Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 20]

~A Reflection Of Negrp Thought~

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~Scouting Program Needed
For Clark School, Elm Park

YOUNGSTERS PLEAD FOR
ADULT VOLUNTEERS TO
ORGANIZE TROOPS

Nearly 20-young boys enrolled

at Clark School want to hecome
Boy Scouts. Unfortunately, they
cannot because no troop is organized at their school. So their in_terest in scouting must be confined to reading about what Boy
Scorts.do or wishing. that they.
_jeould get a troop charter:

_ Why can~t a Boy Scout Troop
be organized at Clark School or
at some of our large churches loated in the south end. The an
cause parents and other aduit:
_ jhave not made scouting possible
for these boys. The Boy Scout

Plans For ~Junior~
Conclave Set
By Kappas

150 DELEGATES TO
ATTEND PROVINCIAL j
The local Kappas will host tny
first joint annual meeting of the
~East Central and Northern Provneces of the Kappa Alpha Psi
Fraternity, The event is scheduled for April. 23-25. According
to Dr. William A. Simms, Chairman of the joint | planning committee, ~~this event promises to
be a ~Junior Conclave~.~
About 150 delegates representing Kappa graduate and under:
praduate chapters in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York and Michigan
will converge on Flint for the
joint provincial. Also expected
are Senior Grand Vice Polemarch
of Kappa Alpha Psi and_ other. prand officers.
Dr. Simms reported that the
business sessions will be held az
the St. John Street Community
Center all day Saturday, April
24. Prior to this, however, ean
nfermal business. session will be
held at the YWCA on Friday evening, April 23.
~Dr. Simms went on to-say that
~the visiting Kappamen will be
well entertained.~~? On-Friday evening they will. be the guests of

-the local Chapters of the Alphe
Kappa Alpha Sorority and the
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. ~rhe

theme of this event will be ~Meet
2 Date~. Planning Co-chairmen
of this affair are Mrs. Vivian P
Edmunds, of the AKA's, and
Charles Saunders, of A-Phi-A~s.
Other highlights of the ~Jiunfor Conclave~ area closed formal
banquet and a formal dance.
Subcommittee chairmen assisting Dr. Simms are: Alfred B.
Corbett, banquet; Homer M.
Branch, housing; John D. Russell
dance; Attorney Elisha Scott, Jr.
special finance; Dr.. Wrex A.
Weaver, hospitality; John B. Tyiska, resourcés; and. William
Fraction, registration.

Easter

- | Let patriotism have its high

days and frecdom its monuments
and let the triumphs of nav:gators and generals be annually observed; but, surely, beyond all
these, a season that stands for a>
much to the race as Easter does
may well be remembered: each
year with songs and flowers and
with every mark of gratitude and
of loftiest jubilation Rev. Ceo.
CC. Lorimer, D.D.

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swer to this is simple. It is be
office downtown is prepared to
make available one of its representatives to help get a troop organized provided the parents and
other interested adults) fulfil!
their responsibility.
NEED FOR SCOUTMASTER
AND TROOP COMMITTEF

- ~In order to start a troop,~ according to John Leithold, of the
local Boy Scout. office, ~there
must be a troop committee made
up of three or more mén/ xssociated with the sponsoring) institution. Then there must be a Scoutmaster and assistant, selected by
the troop committee on the basis
ef personal qualification | and interest in boys.~ Leithold continued tnat he would be available at
any time to help organize a troop
cr treops in the south end. (A
representative, of the Stout office will also: be made available
to heip organize additions] troops
in the north end).

Scouting:is among the ade excellent character building programs offered in Flint. It isavailable to all boys sncdiont of race
cr creed. But in order for boy:
to take part in this wonderful
program there must be adult leadership. Boys like Lowell Tyiska,
Llarvin Raglan and Byron Tyiska
should not-be denied the oppor tur -
ity: to enjoy the very wonderfui
scouting program. They) look te
parents and other community
leaders for making this program
available to them.

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PRS seeneronw Ct Se eee eee nan kl anenenenaeinan ~ GE RE Caan Sear

Bulletin:

On Friday and Saturday, April
9 and 10, Flint Junior) College
will. present the Operetta, ~The
Fortune Teller.~ The | leading
roles will be played by |Mr.. Alphonso O~Conner, and Miss Nadene Pratt.

Nextionetl Alliance
Cf Postal

Employees

The Flint Branch of the Nation!
al Alliance of Postal Employees
mot for their regular | business
meeting on Sunday, March 28.
Officers for the coming year
were sworn in by the! district
vresident, Mr. Eugene H. Burton of Cincinnati, Ohio.

The officers
elected: were:
Reger A. Lewis,
president; Waltrer Hollimon,
vice president;

Thecdore Roman
was re-elected financial secietary; Samuel McClarin was tre- |
elected recording secretary,
Samuel! Williams, treasurer.
Mis. ~~berta Ranson,
dent. of he Sixth Dis save
Alliance Auxiliary, addr
Flint Auxiliary at their regular
meeting. Mrs. Ransom /is from
- Indianapolis, Indiana. She later
addressed the Flint Branch of
the Alliance and the branch Auxiliary at a luncheon held in ker
honor and Mr. Burton~s| honor..
Mr. Burton was primarily visiting Flint to complete plans for

Roger Lewis

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the district convention to be held
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~tend the League~s. Career

Students Urged To
Return Card For
Career Clinic

Boys and girls planning to atClinic
Saturday, April.17, at the | St.
John Street Community Center,
dre urged to retuin their ecard.
indicating their choite of jobs
that they would like -to know | more
about.

James Mason, Leacue~s- indud
trial.Relations Secretary, said ~it
is important that these cards he
returned to the Urban League office at once so that everyone can
be assigned to the proper group.~

The Career Clinic isi /planned to
encourage boys and girls to think
and plan for their -{uture jobs.
Evenyqie attending the Clinie
will receive useful information on
job preparation and requirements
as well as the many [advantages
connected With the | particular
job.

Entries in the Essay!-ontest,
which is a pert of the | Vocational
Oprortunity Campaign, must be
in by April 10. <All contestant:
ere sequested to ~Remembe:!. The
Favre is Yours -- ane Pre
pare,~ said ~Mason in/an appeal
for students to return their cards.

FEP Defeated

Wednesday,: March 31,

Plain

1954,

the legislature in the | history ~of
Michigan. Fair Employment was
once again thé issue, Representative Crampton: istroduced a motion to dismiss the State Affairs
Committee from furtkar consideiation ~of ~bill. His argument was
that both major parties had promised action on this |legislation.
and the State Senate had passed

the bill, and the heuse_ should
have an opportunity to vote on
the measure. jeer

gRep. Betz, chairman of the
State Affairs Committee state~

that the bill was Communist inspired, and that Fair Employment
should be tne responsibility~ of
the local communitizs.|The House
Speaker stated that the Committee hadn~t had time to give t*bill the necessary consideration
that it deserved, and it should ~~
the responsibility of} the next
legislature to work on this issue

The Democrats voted en-mass

was one of the hottest days for|

FO

Gov. Williams appeared - be-/

| fore an) audience of 1200 at the

Flint Armory last Sunday in the
Joint cIo- AFL Council Rally.

Ed Carey, minori} leader of
the Hous? of Representatives,
was speaking when the Governor
and his party arrived. Carey~s
speech was interrupted as ine
Governor was received with \a
rousing standing ovation.
though the rally was supposed to
be. non-partisan, Rep. Carey was
carried-away as. he reported to
the eager listeners the manner
in which the majority party members would block vital programs
of the Governor by citing ppecitic
instances.

Among those sharing the rostrum. were State Senator Garland Lane, Rep. Jimmy Col-*a:
and Rep. Roger Townsend = and
Commissioner Robert Carter.

Commissioner Carter introcuced the Governor with a nice
witticism. Said Carter, in effect.
in 1948 we had the office picked
for Wiliiams, but we were not
sure of the votes ~ this year we
have the Votes but we are not
sure of the office. (Gov. Williams has not committed himself
as to the office he: will seek~
Governor or U.. 8S. Senator).

FLINT AREA FORTUNATE

extremely fdrtunate,~~
opening reout that ow

area are
was the Governor~s
mark. He pointed

unemployment. was much _ lower
percentagewise than in other
parts of the State. While he cited
how everyone is affected bv the
current unemployment situation

Frank J. Manley
To Speak

The PTA. Advisory Cosbreiitlc
will hold a meeting Monday, Apr5, 1954, in-the Community Service Building, 200 I. Kearsley St.
at 7:30 p.m. e

The topics for ~discussion in~cate the meeting will be informative and lively. Mr., Lawrence D
Lundberg will discuss ~The Flint
School policy for the teaching of
controversial issues.~ Mr. F. J
Manlcv, (Director. of the Mott
Foundation, will speck on the

for the bill, and were supported
by ten Republicans. It was de- |
feated 53 to 43. |

rsubject, (~Tho -Work-Experience
Program at Whittier and Long' fellow Junior High Schools.~

A new Shrine Temple to be
set up in Saginaw, Michigan, Sunday, April 4, 1954, will be directed by the Imperial Potentate of
the, Ancient Egyptian Arabic
Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
of North and South America and
its. Jurisdiction, Inc., Dr. Raymond
E. Jacksen of ~Buffalo, New York.

~| He will be assisted -by) his pronio
tional director, Booker T. Alexander of Detroit, the) Illustrious
Deputy of Michigan, | Wilion
Boatman of Detroit, and the Imperial Organizer of | Michigan,
Eleger Harvey of Port Huron.

This new temple
fulfillment of earnest efforts
and prayers of men of thought,
of culture, of. toleration, and 01
justice,
and planning for many years for!
this one big creation.|

Much credit for the establish
will be the]

who have been working! know you are proud

Dr. Raymond E. Jackson To Officiate
At New Shrine Temple Initiation ~_

ment of this new Temple is siven
to Att'y James M. Davis, Saginaw,
Mr. James Lott and the Ilustripus
Commander in Chief of Saginaw
Valley Consistory. M. A. Wright,
both of Flint.

Fifty new men will be created,
making them Nobles of the Mystic
[Shrine. All receiving their inspiration as Free and Accepted Masons (Prince Hall Affiliation).
and as Ancient. and = Accepteo
Scottish Rite of Free Masonry
(Prince Hall Affiliation) Northern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., Ine.

There is a wonderful
for this new Temple and THF
BRONZE | REPORTER wishes it:
members much success in years
to come, Congratulations, we
of having
' atthined a new milestone in your
| brifliant careers as Free and Acecpted Masons.

AlN.

- ~You people here in the Flint]

future.

Gov. | Williams was emphatic 2s
he declared. that he was nit a
pessimist.

~Now before I talk avout what
ought to be done, let-me make it
clear that I am not a pessimist.
I believe this country.is scund,
and I believe. we are goings
pull out of this | recession, or
whatever it is. The. only question
is how long will it take? How
much|.suffering and disilluston-.
ment must the people so ~throucn

prosperity? That is the question.~

ORDERLY RETREAT

Goy. Williams lashed out at the
folly of our present haeere trying to reconcile the people to
accept a recession.

~If they think we~re
follow them on anv planned,
orderly retreat from full emsloyment and proseprity, they ave
another think coming. That psy-~
chology of defeatism and reiveat
is poisoning the nation~s approach
to the current econumic cris~s.~

He indicated that the follcwing
are some of the things that cught

woine to

to be done. First, the federal
covernment should be. takin. active steps to get people back ee
work) and get the farmer ov.p?
the eronomic hele, and get cvervbody buyitig again. Second, we
must have action ~in Lansinz to

halt downward trend,
orderly retreat). Conerrte
amples: ~A farm program toe hep
Michigan farmers mearkct their
crops to better advantage...
the improvement of our, je igsurance law Fike

PRES. EISENHOWER AND 1.
~We have both urged the Legislature to raise job insurance
benefits. Some have object~:l, to
calling this the ~~Eijisenk~werWilliams Program~: I~m going t
continue to call it that,

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because
that~s what it is. When the Pr
ident is wrong, I shall he the first
to take issue with him. When he

es
| is right ~ as he is on this cues
tion ~ I~m going to stand with
him. This is too bie a thine for
any Narrow partisan. feelings...
I see no alternatives but ts take
the Eisenhower - Williams Protram on unemployment insvvance
directly to the people.~

In conclusion, the Governor
urged the: voters to /put ina
Constitutional. amendment 7a. the

ber. He reassured the) au?:
that it can be done. ~ENver7
mont of our economic life tas a
stake in it. Compensation payments put into the pockets of
jobless workers can; keen~ the
baker, the automobile maker, the
farmer,~ th? merchant, and the
manufacturer in business. Payments that are not adequate can
put a lot of people besides the

ence
~ég
jobless worker out of business.~

Fe

to. -

before they take matters into.
their own jhands and insist unon
policiés which will maintain

(so-called.

job, insurance program if Novem
ping Ry