Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 10]

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Page Four

THE BRONZE. REPORTER

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~High Spots. oat

By Henry J. Royster

Things almost came to a com| plete stop this week-end. There
| was very little to do for enterHigin~ Spots get high as the
moon.)

There wasn~t a Band at the
Golden Leaf Club. but the people
seemed to have enjoyed the SOS
(same old ~stuff).

RAf (right around Flint) then.

(except

Activity was also quiet at the}.

R.G, and the Unique Club.

Jumping off at Eddie~s Lounge
we found something new: I mean
a different shake dancer anda
new bhies singer. The shaker was
attractive Katina*from the city,
and the singer was pretty: Mariss
Dakotto Staton from Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, and-of course, Big
John~s trio with old faithful Willie Smith, master of ceremonies.

Digging the show were Mr.
and'-Mrs. Richard Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Metcalfe, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward. Adams, | JrJust in front of the rollicking
band stand were. Mrs. Ruby, Mr.
Millan, Miss Earleen Miller, and

at

Mr. Donald Simmons.:

There~ will be a new shaker at
the Lounge this week Ofay
Dolores Lamarr.. Th Lounge
closed at two, and I still wanted
soms action ~ So [I drifted over
to the Band Box. As_ I walked
through | the door. I could hear
Harvey~s sax wail. The joint wag,
jumping) as the band gave out
with ~Flying Home~~. This lasted
15 minutes and. I*guess J was
just as tired as Harvey was when
he finished. He really -worked up
a sweat, So with the final bars
of ~Flying Home~~, I decided that
I would quit the scene until next
week. |

POET'S CORNER

Derelicts

Broken down and beaten, I see~
them board the trolley day by
day.

Dirty faces,.sand, dust, smielly,
and elothes in this array

With stuble on their brown.
stained chin that droops to
give

A snagegled, sagging grin, as I |
come in.

These ate the ones whose souls~
Are tempest tossed

These ate the ones who lived,
loved, and lost.

~Melvin Banner ~

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Turn On Your
Porch Light

When?:. The Mothers March

| for the MARCH OF DIMES, Jan.

28, 1954,
Volunteer workers, contact:
Mrs. J. P. Bryant, Phone 8-7548

(South Side) or Mrs. Sylvester
Collins, |Phone, 4-6013 (North
Side). |

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Governor Sets
Program To

Protect Economy

Governor Williams told legislators today that preservation of
prosperity is of key concern and
government must act to safeguard
Michigan~s economic health.

Of direct interest to labor. The r

governor~s annua] message. opening the 1954) legislature session
recommended:

1. Boosting of unemployment
insurance benefits to at least 50
percent of ayerage wages now
paid in covered industry.

2. Extension of unemployment
coverage from 20 to 26 weeks
and broadening the act to cover
all employers of one or more.

3. Remedying of the so-called
~death penalty~ clause in unemployment insurance.

4. Increase | of compensation
rates for injured workmen to at
least. two -thirds of the average
weekly wage and extend benefit
periods for medical.care of industrial accident victims.

5. Enactment ~of disability indurance to protect workers not
under workmen~s compensation
from economic loss.

G. Adoption | of a state $1 per
hour minimum wage law.

7. Establishment of a State
Labor Relations Board to supervise * labor-management relations.

Williams told legislators that
state government has regained
sound economic footing and is expected to erase ~its long-standing
deficit by next June. He declared, however, that ~strong measures~ are needed to preserve
state economy.)

~The facts are that the people
of Michigan, in common. with the
people of the entire United States
are profoundly disturbed by current economic | uncertainties, and
political -vacillation about solving
them,~ the governor declared. He
cited rising unemployment, _industrial dislocations, sub-standard wages, tightened credit, and
reduced purchasing.

It is largely a national problem, affecting |the entire Ameriean economy. | The big décisions
which will justify confidence of
the people. ar@ decisions which
must be made in Washington. Yet
the people ~also look~and quite
properly~to Lansing for state
policies which |will maintain the
prosperity. of our working people,
our farmers, our business and professional men, and our great tourist industry,

There is|)no reason~ why _ this
great state and this immensely
wealthy nation should suffer any
kind of econdmic recession or depression. But public confidence
must be founded on the assurance that government, both state
and federal, stands ready to act,
and act: promptly, to protect the
health of our economy.~

Williams keynoted his message
with these words::

~IT believe the sivcner'vation of
prosperity is the thing with which
our people are most immediately
concerned. 24

The governor, said the program
he ~has laid before the legislature
is aimed toward) the maintance of
a healthy economic status in Miéhigan and correction of economic
inequities in present state laws.

~Any existing threat to _ our
standard of living can and must
be met and defeated,~ Williams
told the joint session of House
and Senate members before packed fretleries | in the lower chamber.

MARCH OF DIMES

January 2 to 31

Saturday, January 23, 1954

Turn On Your Porch Light

When?... The Mothers March, Mrs; J. P. Bryant, Phone 3-7548

for the MARCH OF DIMES, Jan.| (South Side) or.Mrs. Sylvester
28, 1954. - Collins, Phone 4-6013 Lops
Volunteer workers, contact:| Side).

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