Bronze Reporter [Volume: 3, Issue: 42]

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FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JULY 7, 1956

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James Turner, 40, of 4821 Industrial Ave,, was treated:at Hur
ley Hospital for two lacerations which required five stitches. It was
Franklin, 28, of 1828 Everett. Police are holding Franklin. The un
identified officer is Major Seott.

Russia~s Jews Not

Forgotten in U.S.

Moscow (INS) ~ Members of
the first American Jewish mission to visit the Soviet Union
said last Wednesday that they
felt they had succeeded ~in making Russian Jews feel they never had been forgotten by American. Jews.~

ades." It has nothing to do with
immigration,:

David Hollander of
Mount Eden - Center in-~ the
Bronx, N. Y., president of the
Rabbinical Council, Rabbi Hershel of Schacter of Mosholu
Jewish Center, the Bronx, and
~Rabbi Samuel Aledman of Newport News Va., arrived in the
U.S.S.R. last Friday:

Rabbi S. M. Shiffer, chief Rabbi of Moscow, headed a group
of Russian, Rabbis in welcoming the American visitors at the
airport.

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NOTICE NOTICE

Due to the circumstances be-.

yond the control of the Emmanual Tabernacle Church of the
Pastolic Faith Home for the Aged, Inc.,. the musical event that
was to have been held May 13,
*at the St. John Center, was postponed indefinitely,

The persons who purchased
tickets or made donations can
get their money refunded if they
desire. You are asked to contact
the member of the Four and
Twenty Elders who sold you the
ticket or accepted your donation,

or Mrs. Mayona Roper.

Albert L. Reed
Contractor's
License Issued.
dae fecven Bir faaiae tc te

business as cement contractor. The license was issued June

Central High:
was inducted into the Army in
1950 and disch in 1952.

arged
Reed and his wife, Dorothy, |

have two sons, James W. and
Albert L., Jr. They reside at
1809 Lapeer Street.

Urban League
Secretary
Motors To Chi.

_ The Community Relations secretary of the~ Urban League of
Flint and Mrs. Frank 'C. Corbett
were visitors of Chicago, Illinois,
last week-end. They visited with
friends and relatives during the
three day stay. (Flintites will
remember Frank~s brother, A.B.
who now lives in Chicago).
AB. Corbett, formerly of
Herrlich~s Court Street Drug
Store, is now a pharmcist with
the Walgreen Drug Chain in
Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. A.B Corbett and son are currently making the windy city. heir home.

POLITICS -:

Political freedom is, dr ought
to be, the best guaranty for the
safety and continuance of spiritaul, mental, and civic freedom.
It is the combination of numbers
to secure the liberty to each

one.
~Bulwer-Lytton

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GIVES BACCALAUREATE SERMON ~

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aii. State Conferences of N,A.A.C.P

~ ports will be submitted to our

cour. perhaps could be better char
fm silence for ~their loved ones

_the -young, unknown minister,

- hard southern senators who

By Herman Gibson, President -
Flint Branch, N.A.A.C.P

The 47th N.A.A.C.P National 3
Convention has gone into the
record books. It was tremend
UNDER COLOR OF LAW

ously successful in its under- hl. ~al
uple was united in wedlock
takings. It started on a note of iday, June 29, 1956, by

Warning to the ~communists~
that their assistance was not
needed. It advised the ~Uncle
Toms~ that their presence was
not necessary, as the Conven-;
tion itself would inform the |
Southern Governors preci- }
sely what had transpired in San |
Francisco, California. ~;

The N.A.A.C.P Branches and

- Norman Bourgoeis.
<The bride; wearing pink an
A ~ was escorted to the alter
her brother, Richard Harris.
he carried a prayer. book and a
mk and white bouquet.
~The Maid of Honor was Mis.
udkins and the bridesqaid was Mrs. Richard Harris.
=Both wore blue. Richard was
-best man. |
~A small group of friends and
platives attended the ceremony.

Branches in the Northern States: #
have the ~go-ahead signal~ and
the. voluminous data and re
Executive Committee for eva- #3
luation and ~translation into
Positive local action.

For your President, the most &
Significant impression to be ~
gathered from the whole Convention was that the southern
mothers were! becoming aware
of the full significance of segregation in schools as it effects
their children, i.e., the psychological damage inherent in seg
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the Branche~s district.. Pas

At this moment the 4
sizeable deflection of Ne
the Democratic Party. The,

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Tregated schools, even in situ- from

_ ations where the physical facil- ne msg o cue t agate Texas

ities are equal, resulting in im- <idene aan how it a ped ae

pairment of the ability of the tween ~ Adlai~ Stevenson Be ~Mrs. Charlie Mae Walker~ of

minority group child ~to/ acquire
an equal educa

ation. It was es- President Eisenhower, it. was.

felt. that there. was little to ~#
gratifying to learn that 4) i466 them. except: re. Texas
at last the Negro teachers were that Ee irbrey ac at n of eight with, nee
standing firm and joining in the j 02~ 5 Oe eas Bes is, Mr. an Mrs. Isiah -
fight. The Convention came to St een deflected. from Ht ~This will be E
its feet and cheered when it oir gear ' thet pte Had
Truman~s Fair Deal and we the ts had an

learned of our teachers unprecidented actions. I will be happy
to discuss this problem in greater detail with interested groups
of mothers and teachers, especially those who feel that segregated schools with thei? evils
are confined to the South.

The ~New Negro~ of whom
Rev. Martin L. King speaks,

don~t know where we stand. Our

California Delegations is -con
cerned about Ike's health and
his running mate. If Eisenhow- ~
er should die or become inecapacitated while in office, they do
not want to see Nixon the next
President of the United States: ~

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~Walker said that she

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mothers of Montgomery, Alabama who placed so much pressure upon~ their delemna. at

Rev. Martin I. King, Jr., was
tossed the ~ball~ to be the
scapegoat and he ran for the
touchdown. In any case, as one
Texas lady puts it, we are growing our young people tall enough to conquer ~mountains.~

Believing that Negro delinguency and crime was more psy- &
chological than: deliberate or ~
innate, I canvassed the delegates concerning behavior problems
in their communities. Surprising enough it seems that Negro tensions~ and conflicts are
less where there are strong and
active N.A.A.C.P Branches, and ~
consequently less crime.

Finally, it may be of interest
to. some of my readers my
observations concerning the
great debate between the Demo- 3
crats. vs; Republicans at the [aim
Convention. The Republican representative led first, giving a
glowing account of the Eisenhower Administration while:acknowledging | that the Demo~erats had |made worthwhile
accomplishments. The Demo
The group that pulled the body of Webster Bernard out of ~
Kearsley Lake last Saturday worked in vain. Artifical respiration
was applied before the resusitator was used, however, after laboring
cratic representative stressed _ for at } 5 min bod rem ley H tal
the policies; of Roosevelt and oe Te ~: oe ere
Truman, acknowledging that.!

whatever Ike had done, the
basis had been previdusly laid

by Roosevelt and Truman. In
Rebuttal, the Republican spoke
ator Eastland and 16 other die
would take: over the chairmanships of the most powerful and
influencial senate committees.
The Democratic spokesman countered with the charge that the
Dixiecrats were Republicans since the Republi _Voted with, them on Civil Rights
matters. The Republicans would
also: have Sen. McCarthy and
Gov. Shivers of Texas who were
as bad as the Dixiecrats.

My reactions and I
most of the observers there was

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CIO Urges
Support For

Negro Colleges

-. Detroit - Michigan CIO President August Scholle has urged
Michigan CIO affiliates to contribute to the United Negro
College Fund which hopes to
raise $200,000 in the state of
Michigan.

Funds from this annual appeal are used to keep the cost of
education down, and the schools
provide professional training in
areas where the doors of most
private colleges are still closed
to Negroes.: The Fund College -students.
are educated at an average annual cost of: $667. The national
average is $1,200..

Contributions should be made
payable to the United Negro
College Fund, and mailed to
Fund Headquarters, 208 Mack
Avenue, Detroit 1, Michigan or
Barney Hopkins, Michigan CIO
Council, 716 Lothrop, Detroit. 2,
Michigan.

Fred Turner
Wins UAW Golf
Tourney ~

Fred Turner defeated
Osborne in ee

Billy
UAW. Goif
Tournament

' Turner and
the last two holes, giving -

er a score of 74, 73 and Osborne
75, 73.,

Randall Hodges, another Negro golfer, was the first round
eader with a one under par 71.
He blew his lead with an 81 the
second day. NNtahaniel Brown
won the first flight with an 83 -74. Other Negroes in the conBol "atas ite. Ke dall, John

er, ayette Ken re)
Martin, Warren Carter, and
Roman played two good. rounds
in the ladies: bracket.

Jewish Community
Council Support

In-telegrams to U.S. Senators
McNamara and Potter, and Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, the Flint Jewish Community Council called for support
today of Senate Resolution 298,
a bi-partisan resolution opposing Arab discrimination against
American Jewish citizens on
religious grounds.

The. telegram. to Michigan~s
U.S. Senators stated:

~We respectfully urge your
co-sponsorship and _ leadership
Senate Resolution 298, outlawing discrimination against American Jews practiced by Saudl
Arabia and other Arab countries, and recommending that
every agreement between U/S.
and a foreign country state that
no U.S. citizens may be denied

man.
Flint. Jewish Communi n ity Council

The resolution was introduced
in the Senate by Senators Herbert Leham, Paul Douglas and
William Langer, and was immediately supported Senators
Doge, Republicans, wot Ware

~ icans, ayne
ine Jackson Jamts. The

Young Singer
Blessed Accusers:

Gets Stay

BY GEORGE COLEMAN

Atlanta, Ga~Frederick Mosley is dead,
words~a declaration of his snnocstica ae

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Death, the final master of us all, is a thing a
anytime; But when it pulls from the deptlis"of uncating ap-"
athy hundreds of people too gently resent apparent injus
~T did not commit the crime, and I want to bless those
who have wrongfully accused me...God bless my family...~

Prison in Tatnall County..
Electrocution went off in or
derly fashion at 10:21 a. m.

from.Defense Attorney Clyde

Henley:

~IT want you to know we did
all we could to save him. You
don~t know how I feel. You can~t
know how I feel," he said.

~But I do know this,~ the
lawyer exclaimed, ~This
has taught me the plight of the
colored people and their fight
for justice in- Georgia.~

Mr. Henley said he will pledge
himself to work, for nothing, if
necessary, to help perfect the
machinery of law and justice in
the state.

Forces to save the yourlg singer were Still in motion when he
was executed, this writer has
been informed. Attempts were
being made to locate Gov; Griffin almost from the moment his
final appeal was turned down.
But the governor, returning from
an out of state conference had
not been found when Mosley
was. pronounced dead.

A touching picture from Reidsville revealed Mosley pacing the
floor continuously while awaiting word that his life woul@ or
would not be spared.

The story further unfolded in
the: final hours here in Atlanta,

case py

_Greatest credit must go to the~
Gospel Defense ~Fund. "Without

like Mrs. ~Willie Kate pn
her quietly ~effective husband,
Larry. There must be a

corner of peace reserved for the~

greatness of Mrs. Ann Martin,

ple who have given. Most
are not known to me by name,,.

Mosley merited.the praise of.

these people. He was a veteran,
husband ahd Christian.

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other members of the Musical Tent weré- guests at a pi
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