Bronze Reporter [Volume: 5, Issue: 28]

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EDITORIAL POLICY

atlas the @hought of the Negro, to expose those perBY aoe tke which _ prove. contrary to the:

cas
's Children~s Day.

pee chiiraptncistie of: Americans is their love for their~; children. ~This is especially pronounced among Negro Americans. Yoti. will ~seldom -find a Negro. child, abandoned. or
vane ~for adoption. We love, ~perhaps: not. ~wisely, but too
we

~In today'é world this is not. enough. We inieét not: only

love our pte byte soe be willing to take: constructive

\é

action~ far their. ee
indie its aMay 17,1954 Pexidon, the Supreme Court of the

ty ~group of equal edueational opportunities.
|. Mi~higan has no.laws requiring segregation,

thousands of. Negro children; in Detroit; Flint, Saginaw and |.

other: cities; are being. segregated in ~elementary schools
img ee any laws i in Virginia or Alabama can

The fact that this form of segrsgation. is not supported

by law does pat make it any less damaging to the children
involved. Whs As, not: good for Negro children in MissisSippi is not. good for Negro children: in Michigan

" heat and ~the public..

~What ~can ~parents do? Shall we~ Stand~ idly by arid 'see
school Buundaries change to conform to the patterns of the
Negro. ~fheighh ~. Shall we simply, accépt the fact that
~the boundar undary has changed and your; child will now ga. to
~ X school?~

Serryniandared school boundaries can.do more to.effect.
' ttern of elementary schools than any laws.
/ Witness the line between Pierce School ~and |.

oats Soe je

Stewart-School; Walker and Clark, Clark and Oak, Fairview
atid ~Lewis: ~School. It is. our duty as parents to challenge

these: patte

a ~ is ae shies ~echaels are built, it is our. duty to see ~that
Shouudsrie will not be planned to the prclusion
one~ tee, A new ae school will be hee id in the fall

Oe hi. it, If you. live in this Hive ka fale ares have.
-yeigahegae 1a autor Ye a
plannec hi ar futUré, to be located near the Whittier-Ce,~ampusi: What boundaries are planned for it?

~Parents:ean discuss these problems in their PTA and
Child: Study: meetings..and in community groups such as
the one formed at Canaan saptist Church. They can take

~ their Conclusion. and. recommendations to school authorities.
Parents can request a confefence with the school board on
a perticular: ~situation. We have wonderful examples of
courage and cofistrucfive leadership on the part of parents

- in~ Little Rock and ~othér sduthern communities. Don~t let
OUR: children io by. apa and | default.

10 lepine peepee ag: ies patho

5 Te eal tie whl

tes maintained that to segregate children in|
ls solely on the basis of race deprives children

Jj and caution? No; one knows. |
_ Phere is:a-real responsibility here: for parents, is, the school}:

Cie pase

~The 4% sear

AT.
geen parked Gore~

<The. syearold -
a ~vehicle. in

tween: parked cars.~ -

| tween parked cars.~

of children killed in the past 45 days
| on, Detroit streets compose a tragic litany of death. |

it

~children:. Per:
reached what is considered the.
age of reason. \.._All eight of the little children
ran into the streets. -

Six of them ran * front or hetween parked cars.

In~ each fatality, the driver
said he was not. going over 25
~| Miles, per hour, Detroit~s legal
speed unless otherwise posted.
Did he exercise sufficient care

In the same period last

four. children were struck

and fatally injured on Detroit |
streets.

So far this ~year 16

~troit ~compared with | eight in the

cent increase...

children down? L
all were blameless.

Hy, almost
ut they will

WHITE RESIDENTS Ce
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relief funds any Neg

funds; and further, does ot

for ~sty clients.~

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7 Warren Ellington
a Political Writer = L
Beginning this week this column will ~

be a brief autlook on the political activities. of. our. state.

Negro vote
-ical ways.

- Our. ~olumn will me pape the edi- ' FLINT.
~torial. policy. pr. ion: newspaper, Che
aes publieexclamiation as to the re

ts at our. readers.
~ race.

With a commission Tace. soon underway
the tan voter is priming himself. for this

Young barrister and newspap r pti.
lisher Herman Gibson. has ga
great deal of respect fronr. both. Parties.

Yet for a

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by. ineffective and Tackadals
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the: city of. ~Buick and.
has its own, _ political ~woes.

red ~

syearold gil ran in|
front of a. perker: vehicle.~ (gp
1 girl san he isso

~Phe 3-year-old. ~boy ran be E

~The. Tyerond L boy ran - be}

- child ~pe- | j
| destrians have been killed'in De- |"

ssme period in 1957, a 100 -per |
The drivers who struck these |;

never forgetl - an mt hee

ist &

ely con: i
tributes only. 10 per tent of suct |

~making: pa arrangements |

ant

sent

that

af the future.~
~Such F Sititation ~ala Jead~ the

conc: ime: ulliny sible,. Felaeoting~ and ~all import.

Be pe 7 sh Sebethy: in- a nce. The other approach~ |;

jured~ al ~~ ~child aor. deed) nealthier. social relationship
among residénts of the area.

~ A block unit is ordinarily~ organized whenever a problem of
any kind is a thréat'to the pre
of a
one this peel be dem; hi any: ne rhood' that ~lacks|
oply one had adequate: ~recreation: ~facilities for.
teenagers. The teenagers ' ~may
have no suitable place ~af' which
their ~social ~heeds: ~can ~ be~ ~met.~
Many of them may be forced to
turn to: other imprdper ~means
of amusement. ~The problém of
the present, is the lack of proper
recreation facilities. ~This could
easily Jead to a ~highi- rate of|an
juvenile ~delinquency~ which~ at:

some kind of ~action~ to _Pombat

no ~specific problem exists, de}.
"isire to organize a block. unit}
| just for the. purptse of féllow
' rae can do. ~! unit of this tpye is more capable
~ |.of combatting community problems that arise than one ~that

~ | units which can include ~all re- oe

sidents of each block who are

is, concerned..

Although the primary purpose
of a block unit is to combat problems that are threatening to

|. aa ig conditions of the. residents

@ Neighborhood, a group
ot denscantel residents do not

at have to Ifed I
Ce coe ~hy bein teenie =

ex Pe to. ten r jdents ~aa

ship, giving social _ activities,

}sponsoring edticational~ projects,
+ Or ce cia for problems: that

possibly occur inithe future,
it, ~In fact a block

pos, organize after the resident recog
maintenances to avoid ob-:
improving and ~developing

or future living conditions
hood. ~AS An Y ex
ated:

time would be 2 Problem

nizes that a serious~ problem
pera A Teady: ~0 block
is prepared. to _gombat the

oa lem as soon ag it arises
while the_ one that organizes after~a problem arises has to take
the time to organize the residents
while the problem ~ is still developing. ~ Z
When a few residents attempt
to organize a block unit they
should ~not exclude anyone because of His race, religion, or
national origin. Residents of all
ethenic groups should be included in the block unit. Not only is
the prevention of racial and religious restrictions an advantage
in getting all residents to work
together to get a certain job
done, it is also an advantage in
vei ge down ~barriers of racial
d religious prejudices that may
exist among: ~neighbors of a certain block. This is a very important advance in bettering the
living conditions ~within a com
~ residents ~tb~ initiate

munity,

_ In. Flint, block units are non -

ere ei

THE FAMU ROTC c GROSS counTRY~ tropht
~Willie | Pyfrom (left), "Belle Glade, and Johm Steph
ami Sy Henry W. Warner during the Intrathural ii
in the university commons ai Floriza A and M University. (A and
M staff photo by Horace Jones, Jr.) (|

Plymouth Makes Millionth V-8.

DETROIT~The millionth V-8

The million engines. Sie a

engine for. Piymouth passenger oe total of ~approximately

315:000,600 horsepewer~e tal to
more than 50~ timés ~the _ total
horsepower generating~ capacity
required to supply electrié power
33 moriths ago. Tooling of tie} to an industrial citys the size
plant wwas started 10 months- of Detroit and environs r equal
earlier. --: to ther, total simultaneotis peak
{ horsepower output of more than

cars was>-produced here today
at- Chrysler Coi~poration~s Mound |
Road; Engine plant. Engine production was started at the plant |

Key éompany offi cials at. the J ~20 Hoover Dams.
production cf the milestene ~n- if
gine swere L. B. Bornhauser,|; "The 1,000,000; -Plymjoutifs total
group eéxecutive~power. traitr[tnore than all of the privately
manufacturing, R. C. McCarroll, rand publicly owgied passenger
general manager of the Engine | cays registered in Alabanta, KanDivisicn and D. E. Miller, plant, sas, Connecticut or. Washington,

A

partisian, independent organiza- {he experience, Pras hing the
tions,. cffiliated with the Com-| ineed of working together as a
mittee for Action on Lawlessness | team on projects that~ ~concern a
in Flint~ (C-A-L-F). They receive | particular area ~or ~fie whole
assistance in organizing from the | | communi ity.. Such ~oerdination
Urban League of Flint. Each: creates broad inter-group comblock gaptaia. works \in coordina;munity relations and brings into
tion with other bleck captains | existence healthier physical and
of his community school area~ moral iepnditiqng: ~inl which to
and threugh the community | live

school. This gives each captain |

See; ean
of white home owners here have |{
asked ~ity council to cut off from | |

familie: é

atl ey

2 et Ue Sa, 8 (
ee eet ees ~st a
oP) meats

bell~s statement that ~The

reat deal of. ~dissatisfaction among
Siar Su

diy: sree to See his politica |

1 Rot want int gent Neis echoed a tan delegate in|
recently. There is

ipo Bne Bhs. ~who have stuck to.: paper p Appar sib Charles Tucker lost

Negro.

whe soaties eee: his. hog o
ew pats have ~upon ack hiss fad |
the county committee. Flint: with a Negro vote potential of over 20,000 is being |
overlooked by both parties. ==

SAGINAW.. the most promising
aspect about Saginaw i is the grass roots

_work done there many rere ago by an

ig GOP orga

ente i
His roots are Stitt felt, although i
Potter has made |}

need cultivation. Sen.

inroads among the ~ Haag asc of this

city, but ~

be asleep. The age not as strong as

they would like to be here. |. OAKLAND COUNTY.

just emerged from a school d con
test which was the hottest in| years,
- County. NAACP President news:

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