Bronze Reporter [Volume: 4, Issue: 39]

chairman.

NAACP~s funds.:

elections ahead.~

~DETROIT ~ jae aE lak soneadiocs aed of ~ 21
vote in the South, factua] studies to determine precisely why A Americ
are so absorbed with skin color, and ~social engineering on a mass!
scale~ to alter the views of millions of middie-ground Americans
are ~torn by an inner conflict~ on the. civil rights issue, should be among, the next steps for the NAACP, in ie opinion of ~

ieilerting that ~the Negro vote cannot afford to be tied to an
litical party,~ Dr. Tobias holds that the NAACP ~has a responsibility
not only to work for the enlargement of the Negro vote but, within the
framework of our non-partisan policy, to give it guidance i in the crucial

Studies of personal motivations and feelings behind racist views,

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In a satis sidéeas ellngiuhéa for detiovay on disaauene night _
of the NAACP~s 48th annual conventiom here on June 25, Board, >.
Chairman Channing H. Tobias calls also for continued NAACP efforts for. the passage of federal civil rights legislation, appeals to the
courts ~where necessary,~ ~and work to mcrease ~substantial y~ ona

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* Discustinie ee "tad a ahead~ in ~the area of eitise opinion,~ 1 Dr.:~Pebiaa. writes off ~benighted elements~ which are ~hopeless and un-~
reachable.~ He calls for ~work to convert the uncommitted millions of ~
- Americans~ who are ~torn by an inner conflict~ and who ~may be*
', misled by the racists and bigots into believing that they have a: Lig n edt

in maintaining~ segregation.~ These- millions, the NAACP -leader be~
lieves; ~recognize the immorality and illegality of segregation and ~ite
incompatibility with their religious: beliefs and ~political ideals" ie

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To carry out an enlarged and seeuletited NAACP program, ~the:
Association. will ~have to have far greater financia] resources,~-Dr. To- a
bias asserts. One million dollars a year~a figure net asa itonee: Sa
goal in 1953~is not enough; he warns,

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~FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY. JUNE 29," "19:

ARTHUR B. SPINGAHN
~Natl, Pres. NAACP.

ROY WILKINS
Exec. Secretary

NAACP Special Counsel

COMMISSIONER STEPS uP: named to.

two of the~ five ma-| A
oe oa <a responsible ~ for

| Rev. Bell, Noted Pontiac
~Pastor leaves For Ky.

By SADIE G. WILLIAMS ~~

4 The Ministerial Fellowship of Oakland County willl fi, assemble at the New Bethel Baptist Chureth Sunday |: de ie June. 30, 1957, i a Bs 30 & M. for a Rerewell rm: a

Church po the community.
over 13 years...,

All Pastor~s Choirs, tahers
and church members will pay
-|their farewell and: best wishes
for the job well done in Pontiac
by Rev. Bell. He leaves for Louisville, Ky., where he has accepted the czll as pastor.

Rev. Bell has served in ma
tural, as. well as _ religious
growth of Pontiac and surely
his going to a new community,
will add much to dhat community, as it did when he
came to Pontiac. It is said by
their works ye shall know
them. which is quite true with
fhis charge. Rev. Bell's work
speaks for itself.

He was called to Pontiac to

ny capacities in the. civic, cul-.,4 Church tel the basement into

a beautiful church edifice that
is outstanding

el Church; for the timbers have
| been hewn and the way paved..

spect him. He served: his com
Church alone.

The secret of success lies in
embracing every opportunity of
seeking high and right ends, and
in never forgetting that golden
rule of the Catechism, ~of doing
your duty in that station of. life
to which it shall Heme God to
call you.~

The Reverend James E. Wadsworth Jr., pastor of St. Mark~s
Community Church, 12th at Atkinspn, was elected Moderator of
Detroit Presbytery of the United
1Presbyterian Church at their
{June meeting at the Southfield
U. P, Church,

Mr. Wadsworth and the other
commissioners from the Presbytery to the General Assembly
which met the preceding week
at New Concord,, Ohio, reported
of the historic merger. of the
|U. P. Church and the Presby-.
terian Church U.S. A.

~The union of these two
} churches brings into being a

new denomination of over 3
million members which will be
-ksiown as-the United Presby
| Elders James Hurst and James
i Shirley of the St. Mark~s Church

Pre appointed to the Finance

Tana Social Service Committees

respectively.

Annual Men~s Day was observed Sunday at People~s Community Church, Woodward and

_ siege

Cross Burned At
[Negro Vet~sHome

SANTA MONICA, Calif. <A Al iw

Elected Moderator
of Detroit Presbytery

terian Church in the USA.

The formal union will take].
piace:in May Of 1958 in the city |:
of Pittsburgh, Pa. There are 18
churches in Detroit Presbytery
of the U. P. Church and over 80
churches in Detroit. Presbytery
of the Presbyterian Church U. S.
A,

The union of these two strong
denominations will make Detroit
one of the leading Pieeeby teres
centers in America, -

The delegates. heard with
pleasure the report of the Financial ~Secretary that Detroit
Presbytery churches had given
ever $39,000 to benevolence the
first five months of this year.

Naval Housing
Segregation

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BABITT, Nev. ~ The U. S.

Tequested by the West Coast
NAACP office to order housing
segregation in the
quarters provided here for civilian. and. military

employed at the nearby naval
ordnarice depot,

in} design andj},
furnished with a modern motif.|;
His successor will only have to}:
preach the Gospel at New Beth-]:

We all shall miss Rev.. Bell|~
because to know him was to re-|'

munity, not New Bethel Baptist} 3

prtiac~ s Ensen Bier
cta Chapter No. 28.

SHOWN ABOVE ~ARE THE: EASTERN STAR ELECTA: CHAP.
TER NO. 28 who.récently met at the home of Mr. and-Mrs. Jim
Milton, 53 Pleasantview Drive. Woatay Matron is Mrs. Elia Mae
Thempson. Standing left ~to right; Mrs. Cartje Milton, Mrs. Doretha aWikins, Mrs. Annie R. Miller. Mrs. Flora Lee Young,
Mrsv*Fannie Williams, Mrs. Catherine Branch, Mrs. Rosia McNight and Mrs. Naomia Gage. Seated left, ~ Ella Mae Thompson*and Mrs, Ella Peavy. ~ ~

Name Ppuisnmuley.
Council Executive Bd.

the June 13 meeting of the Coordinating Council on.Human
Relations held at the Detroit Urban League. The Council is
sponsored by the Detroit Commission on Community Relations.

Chosen. to -serve two-year
terms were: *

Father Robert Allen, Social
Action Dept., Catholic Archdiocese: Ernest Brown, Detroit Urban League; Boris

activities; (3) Re-evaluation of
techriques and materials presently in use and development
of new methods and ways to
help fulfill the Council~s object
Hight new Executive Board members were chosen during |

"TUSKEGEE, Ala.~This. little. t

ob PRICE: Ge SINGLE: core aan vb

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Tuskegee Institute and the work~place 9}!

the~ ~white feats. pt
ment.

has ~passed a bill which. jonly

-lreuires the governor's signature

to become~ law, that will decrease the. city limits of. Tus
kegee and thereby defranchise

almost all-of the Negro voters.
To combat. this action:the Ne
_|gro community has decided to

boycott the white merchants

>| who,deriye a -5.to 1 ratio of
trade from their. patronage. This

could. have a paralyzing effect
on ithe city~s commerce, say
white bus*nessmen.

William P. Mitchell, noted
Negro leader, said, ~Our peoPle feel that if they cannot
vote here. they. won't trade
here either.~

In a mass. meeting held this
week with thousands attending,
the Negro community stood firm
that the boycott ~will go on until
this discriminatory law is abolished and they receive equal
rights.

Already the movement. is

| drawing national attention wi

television and radio stations establishing live broadcasts from
within the community.

Because of the. large ~himstiee F
~| of voting. Negroes the legislature.

Washington Carver has taken-on~ the aspects. 0!: ne # sige ss lahama. on eee

we Straley,
fire ~ by~ pines ts of his. force
for a number of: alleged mialfunctions of his duty and who
has been-cited ~by a~Pontiac Negro. who has~ taken his~ complaint to the State FEPC es to
alleged discrimination- in employing Negro. police - officers,.
has received a~ vote of support.sterial: Fellowship;

The: fellowship is comprised
of various leading Negro ministers of Pontiac.

In a. letter from ~the group
read at the City Commission
meeting this week, they deaounced ~criticisms. directed
against. him~ by some. members
of his department.~ It also stated
in part that. ~he (the Chief)
knows how +e do his job.~

Rev. Richard H. Dixon, pastor
of Trinity Baptist Church, ~ is
president of the Fellowship.~

Straley has been the target
of various ~attaeks within the

last. month by the Police Officers Association.

Want-Ad For White
Lawyer Brings Probe

~NEW YORK ~ In. res

plaint, the executive directo

sponse ~to an NAACP comr of the President~s Com
from the Oakland County Min- |

Defense Department has been Miss

Jofie, Jewish Community
Council; Robert LeAnderson,
Citizens Advisory Committee
on:School Needs.
De. Mel Ravitz, City Plan
ion:;and Wayne State
University; ~Don Slaiman, ~Mich-'
igan ~Labor Committee for Human Rights; and Mrs. Florence

| Sweeney, Detroit Federation of+

Teachers.

~Chosen for one-year term was
Florence Cassidy, United:

~Community Services.

~Council of
Churches.
During the rhdcking~: sene8}

Swan, Detroit

that, deinbalives of thé Sbvedar twerabes!~

The* above. will join seven |
Executive Board: members who} ~
Mave ~another year to sérve.| oc.
Present chairman is Edward M+ 4,

ives; and (4) Organization of
joint programs such as the highly successful annual Leadership
Clinic now in its third year.
The Coordinating Council
Serves. as a medium through|.
wh.ch agencies ~and organizations are encouraged to cooperate in promoting understanding
and goodwill-among individuals
~and community groups.

Boars

_The ~Council ~holds monthly UF

mittee on-Government Policy said this week that if
necessary he will bring ~the full force. of our authority~ to bear on the government office which inserted
a want-ad in an Ohio State Bar Association aoa
tion asking for a ~white lawyer.~

* Ross Clinchy of ~the Presi
~Integration~ Is

HAMPTON, Va Thomas K.
Finletter, former secretary of

the-Air Force, spoke.on the sub-}_;..- rps ep =
|dect ~World Integration~a New| Government~ Gtfice ih Cen~| Challenge to U.S. Foreign Po-: need for: f

Ticy~ at the 87 annual com
yi his letter, date

dent's Committee noted that the |