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THE BRONZE REPORTER
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EDITORIAL POLICY
The editorial policy of the Bronze Reporter is to
reflect the thought of the Negro, to expose those persons and conditions which prove contrary to the
Ainerican way of life, to protest acts or policies which
~deny the Negro his full constitutional rights as a true.
American.
The Bronze Reporter is a non-partisan newspaper.
Its main objective is to render a public service through
goed journalism and to this end, The Bronze Reporier
is faithfully dedicated.

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New Year Promises
Progress For Negroes

The New Year is upon us, alld we greet it earnestly.
Why? Because there is every reason to believe that the
American Negro will experience even greater gains in his
fight to win recognition, equality, peace and happiness in
this New Year.

Come go with us as we dip into history and come forward. Let us look at what we havve done and try to determine what the record indicates will happen in the future.

Here we are. Before us are slave boats. Negroes are
in chains. Men, women and children are crowded together

*. in what appears to be great masses of wiggling, sweating

| flesh. Over.them stands a man with a whip~ready at -any

~*~ moment to draw blood from the back of. any one of them
that objects to his chains too strenuously. They take them
to great plantations, and put them in fields to work. But
some of them become cooks. A few of them are taught
to read. The Negro is on the march out of slavery. This is
progress.

Some run away and go up North. Some of them stay in
the South and teach themselves to read and write. A few
learn trades. The Negro 1s looking around~trying to find
ways to better his condition.

Then, the Emancipation Proclamation sets. them free.
A mass of brown humanity is turned loose~to fend for itself.
They have no money. No means of transportation~ No
clothes. But they are free on paper. |

A few more of them go North. The heavy concentration
in the South is breaking up. Being turned loose, they must
now learn to think for themselves. They find jobs. Little
businesses are started. Little schools begin to ~pop up.~
Later, some of them become teachers. Later still, they invade the professions.

Today, we see them in California, Michigan, Oregon,
New York, Pennsylvania,~ everywhere. And what are they
doing? Everything! And how did they do it? The hard
way. Now, they have better homes than ever, more adequate
clothing, more nutritious food; they have more money and
_a greater number of automobiles.

Still, however, there is something missing. After putting
forth all this effort, there are those who still think the
American Negro is not human. They would still give him
~chattel~ status. |

So, in this coming year, we think that there is a great
deal the American Negro can do to further prove that he is
just as human as any man on earth and therefore just as
desirous of those material things which make life more
tolerable.

First of all, he can make. every effort possible to educate
himself. He can read American and Negro History (there~s
a difference). He can study Philosophy. He can (in this
area) attend the Mott Classes to learn academic subjects
as well as crafts and trades. He can study Religion~Christianity, Islam (Mohammedanism), Buddhism and all the
~others. This, we feel, will intensify his faith rather than
diminish it. And faith, we also feel, is essential to his realizing both his material and non-material goals.

Secondly, he can learn to love the man next to him. We
see many Negroes today who regard their fellow men (both

_ white and colored) as lightly as they would a rain drop in a
torrential storm. This shouldn~t be so. If only we could
learn to practice this thing we call brotherhood!

And lastly, in this New Year, if we can continue to educate ourselves, learn to care about that fellow ~across the
street,~ and in addition to these things, bring into our lives
~kindness, courtesy, honesty and courage, then we feel that
the New Year shall hand out to us more of the economic
opportunities we need to be able to improve our status as
a group of people. r |

In conclusion, we have this to say: The American Negro
has already traveled a bumpy, lonely, mine-filled road, but
the New Year promises, we feel, a lessening of the handicaps, and finally some dividends on our investment of blood,
sweat, patience and perserverance. _:

HAPPY NEW YEAR! _

-GOOD THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER
GOD be merciful unto us, and~bless us; and cause
his face to shine upon us; Selah.
~That thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving
health among all nations. be
Let the people praise thee, O God;
praise thee. |

6 BRONZE REPORTER, FLINT, MICH. DEC. 29, 1956

let all the people. been introduced by General Elec
An electric dishwasher that
even eliminates the scraping
chore, as well as performing the
task of rinsing, washing and drying the dishes automatically has

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+ A perfect gift in the home, for
any special occasion, this automatic electric dishwasher can
fit in with your kitchen~s color
scheme as it is made in all GE
mix-or-match colors as well as in
white and wood-grain finish. It
eomes in both the 24 inch undercounter and the 80 inch under
Mobile Maid model. -

eounter, as well as in the portable

Designed to meet the most
laborious three-times-a-day dishwashing problems, this all-new
scraping action is best news of
the year. Heavy food soil is removed automatically. Large or
hard food waste such as bones
and corn cobs need merely be
shaken off. The exclusive flushaway drain pump removes and
liquefies food particles, swirling
them out the drain before deter
gent wash begins.

Even pots and pans get really~
clean because of new power-scrub
washing action.

by

Spiritual, Family,

The stories of Chanukkah
and Christmas help them to
understand that through the
ages men have been sustained
by faith in God.

spirit of God~s goodness to H:s
children on earth and of man~s
humanity to man.

With song and story, pagentry and giving, our children
learn the lessons of sharing.
They sense that they are their
brother's keeper. They understand that the needs of others
are a concern of theirs.

We are reminded that teaching attitudes, understandings,
and a desire to serve is as importer in our school program
as importing information and developing skills. I

Dr. Siepman. of New York
University expressed this idea
when he said that the next generations would be fearsome to
contemplate if our children were
taught only the information and
skills which would help them to
earn a living, for them men
wculd have full stomachs but
empty minds and hollow hearts.

If the boys and girls in our
schools today are to make a
worthy contribution toward
peace on earth, they must have
knowledge and skills; but also,
they must become men and
women of good will. They must
be willing to share this knowleage and these skills with the
more backward peoples of the
world.

Only then, when we have
helped these nations to produce
enough food for their starving
peoples, when we have helped
them build a better life for
themselves, can we expect to
create the climate for true peace

on earth.

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Leut. Hart Gets
Kelly As Aide

Lieutenant Governor Philip A.
Hart has announced the appointment of Douglas Kelley of Lansrier as his administrative assistant.

The post is a new. one, since
in the past the state~s Lieutenant.Governors have not
been full-time officials.

Kelley, now 27, has been
active in civil rights organizations for the past ten ivears;
and was recently elected to the
executive committee of the
Lansing Branch of NAACP.

For the past year he has been
assistant to Congressman Don

Hayworth, in Washington and
Lansing.

Speech Delivered ~
Radio on Schools

BY MISS OLA B. HILLER

On the ~These Are Your Schools~ Radio program,
Miss Hiller,.Administrative Assistant in charge of information and communications, recently spoke on the
subject of the text of her timely address.

This is a season of the year when children and young
people are made aware of mankind~s spiritual heritage.

They catch something of the,

Najtional Heritage

Good teachers always plan
their work so that ideals and}
understandings are taught as)
well as facts. Think back, if you
will; to your'own. school -experience, 2

Is; it not true that. many of |
the | ideals and_ enthusiasms,
which your teachers aroused in|
your minds and hearts have been |
more lasting than facts? Such |
teaching can and is being done |
in évery subject matter field)
and at every grade level.

For example, third grade
teachers try to help their chilGren understand the heri:age|
which was bequeathed to them
by the pioneers of this city.
Many of them take a-bus trip

site of the early trading post,
} the first school, ~the first church,
the sawmill. They visit the grave
of Flint~s first white citizen. |

They learn of the hardships
which the first settlers er@ured
eud ofthe courage, ingenuity,
end vision that. went into the
building of this city which is
row ~their home~a city which
sends products to all corners of
the earth.

As the children progress from
grade to grade, their horizons
are broadened to appreciate the
heritage of their state, their nation, and their world. The recent
visit of Canadian students as
guests of Central High School
students is a good example of
helping young people to understand the viewpoints and problems pf a neighboring country.

Making children and young
people feel a sense of security
involves helping them to feel a
part.of a great spiritual and national heritage.

This is particularly true. for
those whose family ties. have
been broken, leaving them with!
little or no feeling of pride in
their family heritage.. |
_ Many people fee] that when

we talk of security, we mean
financial security, Financial
security can be a fleeting thing.

True} security comes aes
those volues which havev a lasting effect upon one~s life.

Such: values are found in our
spiritual heritage and in our
family and nationa] heritage.

They| are found-in the love
and affection of family and
friends.|-They are found in: our
~day-to-day experiences with our
fellowmén. Teachers are ~constantly trying to make thesé experiences count in the lives of |
boys and girls.:

The Christmas season offers |
one of the best opportunities cf
the year to help students realize |
the true purpose of life~to cre- |

'to their fellowmen,

ate in the minds of children and |
youth dreams of worthy service

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through the city, locating. the],

Listen Flint
By Herman Hamilton, Jr.

~I had a long talk with our
editor over the week-end. As
you know the F. C. O. has appointed me as chairman of the
Commitee for Bronze Keporter
Advertisement. I wanted to
know how things were developing for the B. R. One of my
question was: ~Do you think
merchants are discriminating
against you because ycu are a
Negro?~

The editor said, ~No, I don~t
think so. In some cases maybe,
but for the majority of the merchants the answer is no. Competition is Flint is very keen,
and the merchant simply wants
to get the maximum advantage
of his advertising dollar. If a
merchant feels that his advertisemen is doing something...

either in selling cr goodwill, he

will stick with a program.
~The B. R. is at a disadvantage because many merchants
believe that our people will
continue to buy their wares regardless of -whether an appeal
is made to them or. not. You
fellows of the FCO are very

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HERMAN HAMILTON, JR.

encouraging but you will need
help from many others. It seems
that my- enemies are doing -a
better job of hurting the B. R.
than my* friends are doing to
help the paper. There are so
many of us who are asleep.
The answer rests with the people who are spending millions
of dollars each year. Their voice
can be heard.

~IT am-not a quitter; I think
th B. R. has come a long way.
Sure we have madeé mistakes
and have beeén guilty of giving -poor service. I find it some
|what embarrassing for people

to have to come to the aid of
our newspaper. You contend
that the people really want the
B. R., if so... Pll have to see
results in the nature of advertisement It takes money to run
any newspaper properly. -I expect to loose a very good man
to the Johnson ~ Publications
soon...just because I cannot
pay him a decent salary. The
loss will be Flint~s. He is talented and well liked. But a man
has to make a living.~

Folks, with the coming of
the New Year, we have our

work cut out for us. Our news- |

paper~ has come to mean a lot
to many of us. It is because
the B. R. refused to sell-out
that it is in trouble. Pressure
is being applied: by these selfish
men who would dicate to our
newspaper. We, too, must take
an active interest to counteract
those pressures.

We are going to speak up
and take a positive interest. in
those business that appeal for
our patronage through our
newspaper.

Merchants can below like a
bull at the sight of red. They
can scream as some are doing:
~What is this a shakedown~
~You, Jesse James of sumbody?~
~Are you running a mugging
outfit?~

We are entitled to a fair

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f which is now existing in our
#.Own city. There is an -organiza~ tion operating as the Michigan
a White. Citizens Council. After

'}Council is to teach the Negro

One Man~s OPIN ION }
- By JOHN HIGHTOWER _.
Former Chairman FEB, Buick Local 599

_ The Bronze Reporter has asked me for the second
time to contribute a weekly article in our newspaper.
~In all fairness to our newspaper. I fee} comipelled.to say
the editor has made many attempts to bring to its readers a well balanced newspaper. Z

Knowing that I am pro-labor jand the white people voluntary
_ and~a Democrat, he sought my | segregation.~

views last year, May Disagree

While I was unable to con-| There will be times.when the
tribute a column then, I think| writer of this column will discircumstances, problems, chang-| agree with the editor of - this
ing times which effect the work-|same newspaper, Herman Gibingman in the general~ and the/son, president of the Flint
Negro specifically have been the NAACP; R. Townsend, our own
prime reasons for accepting this| State Representative; Nat Turresponsibility~ now.., ner, one of the, outspoken Ne
Although I am pro-labor be-| gro Labor Leaders;-Earl Crompcause of the many fine things|ton, over the Anti-Discriminait gave to America and the 62|tion Dept. of Flint, and any
millions workers, other responsible person who is

Nevertheless, there are indi-|V~sted with the power to repviduals who forget about the|Tesent the people and the Negro
rights of others and use the|SPecifically..
labor movement for their selfish ~Works With All

profits, | Nevertheless, I will not be a
This is why this writer will] part of any group nor organizareserve his rights and always)tion which will. contribute in
pais ee such acts with| driving a wedge between my
ac. people.
New Problem J I for one have learned to.work
It is also fitting at this time| with the Democrats, Republi-an
4 to let the readers of this news-| doctors, lawyers, etc., because in
paper know of a new problem|the end we -(Negroes) afe all
fighting for Freedom. Too long ~
have we let individual feeling
over shadow our real Freedom.
Keep this point in mind, that
we must gear ourselves for 1957
for a very sevvere fight. Certain- -
ly we have lost many of the
battles for Freedom; but it does
not mean that we have lost the
war. We can lose many battles
but the important factor is to
band as one and win Freedom
in the end,:

| talking with one of heads of the
~Council, we were able to have
~jlearned some points of interest
from him.

He is a factory worker; has a
high school education and an
outspoken: segregationist. He
told us, ~the purpose of this

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Year. Sincerely, we wish '
for you happiness, health 3
and prosperity. Gratefully,

we thank you for your pate | -

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