Bronze Reporter [Volume: 1, Issue: 37]

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Saturday, July 31, 1954

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) WEEKLY AT FLINT, MICHIGAN
Editorial Address ~ 202 E. 13th St. Phone CE 3-8481.

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THE; The editorial policy of the BRONZE REPORTER is to pre~ sent the news as seen through the eyes of its staff members,

| Our staff i
| in their fields,
{. them to cope with
a newspaper which: Our main objective is to be of PUBLIC SERVICE where
ever a need is felt, and to that Pa we faithfully dedicate our
selves.
THE STAFF OF ~THE BRONZE REPORTER

~EDITORIAL POLICY

as decurately as is humanly possible.: _In like manner, it will be a reflection of Negro thought |as
q we kee it... It~s scope will be national and its perspective truly
é ae |

o attempt will/ be made-to ~grind axes~ as the saying goes.
BRONZE REPORTER IS A JOURNALISTIC VENTURE,
- not a scandal sheet and its articles will always uphold the traditions of true journalism.
is composed of men and women, very competent
and with variable backgrounds which will enable
e many problems that one encounters on

nders public service.

re |,
- times
break

world

mankind.

security.
For you and I, the Negro, I would say it is equality ~
The right to work, to live, and to express one~s. opinion

A CALL TO ARMS

hese are times. that try. men~s souls.~
when there is more uncertainty, frustration, heartand fear than at any time in the history of the. These are times of:revolution in the thinking of

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- These are

What is the goal of this revolution? | would say jit is
I would say it is a basic desire for freedom.

One means of attaining our goal is through political

action.

One means of attaining our goal is to vote in

all elections: Vote for the candidates who will promote
the best interest of the Negro and the American people.

Brethern, my people; today we stand. on the very
threshhold of freedom. We discuss among ourselves
the reasons for our failure to attain our goal of full-fledg
sion: LACK OF UNITY!

If we dlose clink now, and vote as a group, we may
have | a Negro Commissioner from the 3rd Ward.

~ed freedom. Every discussion leads to same > conclu
If we close vasdie in November we may have a mili-|

tant NAACP.
~ DON~T CRY!

It depends upon you.

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WHAT WE EXPECT

If you don~t vote

Whether you are fr Disiblicen or non-partis~n
we expect you as an elected official to fight discrimination. We expect you to uphold the constitution, and

fight

want

it:

to extend constitutional rights to all people.
Fair Employment, Low Economic Income Housing,
and any other legislation that will promote the welfare |
of, America, | i Is this too much to ask? 7

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By Arthur J. Edmunds~
Executive Secretary
Urban League of Flint

Thiel nsenbor of local ~businesses
that aire allegedly discriminatory
against Negroes appears to be on
the inerease. The- Urban League
has been called in on. several
cases, the NAACP legal redress
committee has by now established
ia direct line of comunication with
the prosecutor~s office, and the
BRONZE REPORTER has exposed several places.

A. large number of these places
cited as refusing~ Negro business
has been eating establishments.
However, hast week the REPORTER charged the Robert Morgan
Dance Studios of Flint of refusLing to award their advertised
prize to a. Negro contest) winner.
LEARNING TO DANCE NOT
REALLY IMPORTANT

~Like |in other cases, many peo
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TO THE EDITOR
July 27, 1954
912 E. Wellington

Flint, Michigan

Mr. Jolin W. Caldwell

Editor in ~Chief

The Bronze Reporter

202 E. 13th St.,. Flint.

Dear Sir:

In ~connection with~ the iirtiele
that appeared in your paper on
July 24, 1954, I would like to
make the foilowing comments.

The article concerns the last
peguiay meeting of the ~Flint
Branch of the NAACP and in it
my name is mentioned~ several
times in connection with) a so
called ~~Leach Opposition. ~~ More
specifically, it is alleged that I
~fined. the opening biast~ for
this opposition ~by proposing that
~the loral branch endorse the can-dacy | of Mr. Floyd McCree for
City Commissioner from the Third
Ward, Unfortnuately, this information represents a gross distortion of the truth and _ is purely
the figment of the author~s imagination.

I proposed that the eee branch
of the NAACP endorse the candidacy of McCree for pone reason and one reason only and that
is because it is my Sincere conviction that the election of,
young Negro of the splendid pls
ibre of Mt. McCree to the City
Cominission would be a tremendous step forward for democracy
in the City of Flint. The achievement of representation on the City
| Commission for the largest single
minority in Flint, the Negro citizeniry would tbe a ~significant ac~complishment and would contribute. greatly to the abolition -of
second class citizenship for our
people, and to the well being of
all pitizens in the community.

It is my firm belief that all Ne~groes who are loyally devoted to
the, objectives of the NAACP,
namely: the Advancement of the
~Colored People to ~Full Freedom

~| by 1963~ should and will proud
ly eontribute their efforts to the
election of our valiant campaigner, ~Mr. Floyd McCree.

I repeat, the above mentioned
considerations have been and remain the only factors that goverm my ~actions.

' Ilreqiest that you clarify the
whole matter by printing this letter jin full in the next edition of
your paper.
~Sincerely yours,.. iB. M. Seldon (signature)
Blanche Brooks Seldon

concerned about this case. They

j-will put forth all: kinds of reagons why we should not be con-j
cerned. For example,

~most of
~us~ know how to dance anyway,~
or ~they~ don~t play my kind. of
music,~ or just plain ~so what?~
This will be true of both white
and colored people who by virtue
of their circumstances or their
professions and limited actions
are | particularly interested in ~~race
relations~ and ~democracy~.

The issue is not. whether you!

want to learn to dance: but that
your right to learn to dance has

been unilaterally denied even if

you, have the desire. The same
thing is true about incidents of
eatimg, bowling, public aceommodations, and certain schecls in
this area. |

BASIC RIGHT OF
OPPORTUNITY

I would wager that less than
10 percent of our serivcemen,
black and white, who have fought
and died in the last 13 years to
make the world free ~again~ had
ever heard of Okinawa, ~Saipan,
or Korea, Lives weré not lost
on those places because we Americans necessarily wanted: to visit them. That action was taken

because they posed a threat to}

the kind of freedom that we have
come to know, respect and strive
for as Americans,

SAME ~PRINCIPLE APPLIES
IN CIVIL RIGHTS

The same is true right here in
Flint. Amd, because it is true,

it underlines our statement that}

~good race relations is everybody~s
business.~ All people who want
good race relations and a living
democracy should be concerned
to the poimt of action, about a
restaurant, recreation center,
school or anything else that denies certain citizens an opportunity for participation simply because of the color of their skin.
This. is true whether you want to
dance, eat or learn.

One isolated case gets support|

from another: isolated: case. They
both gain support from an unconcemed public. We all lose when
we try to excuse or overlook these
law violations ~ laws of decency
and laws of our state. ~ In these
cases, where a conference with
management will not change the
policy and practice, the full weight
of the courts should be brought
to: bear.

n-|Dumping Garbage

Michigan State Police have

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should select. All courses offered by the college are approved

ans are also welcome to atte
these clinics for guidance in s

lecting an educational objectiv
The first of these clinics was
held on July 22 and others are
scheduled for July 29 and August
5. Any interested person is invited to report to the college at
8:30 a.m. on the above dates to
take advantage of this free counselling.

fully accredited two year college.
Students who earn satisfactory
grades receive full credit for their
courses without change in grade
at the senior and professional
colleges.

The fall semester will open on
September 8, 1954. Registration
and orientation are. scheduled for
September 8, 9 and 10 and regular classes will begin September
13. Persons planning to enter are
urged by college officials to make
the necessary arrangements as
early as possible before the open
sion may be secured~ by a personal call at the college office,
or by letter or telephone call.

been instructed to give extra at-|~

tention to enforcement of the
laws prohibiting the dumping of
garbage and rubbish. along high- |
ways and in streams.

The special order was a followup of a reported increase in such
violations.

The Michigan United Conserva
tion Glubs voiced a protest at its!)

annual convention in Petoskey,
when it unamimously adopted a
resolution deploring the ~practice
of some inconsiderate persons
throwing their: garbage and rubbish algng our highways and into
our streams~ and asking all law
enforcement agencies to take corrective action. Other complaints
also have been. made.

Violation of the state laws prohibitimg such dumping is a misdemeanor.

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