Bronze Reporter [Volume: 7, Issue: 33]

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Social Editor i Harriette Walker
~ Legal Advisor __ Herman Gibson

~The editorial policy of the Bronze Reporter is to reflect the
thought of the Negro, to expose those persons and cenditions
which prove contrary to the American way of life, to protest.

acts or policies which deny the Negro his ~full constitutional

rights as. true American.

The Bronze Reporter is a non-partisan newspaper. Its main
object is to fender a public service through good i and
to this end the Bronze Reporter is ey dedicated.

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- Published weekly at Flint, Michigan. Entered as Second
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under the Act of. March 3, 1879.

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4 SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1961

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_THE DEVIL:

EDITORIAL +

FOR THE WITCH.

(Reprinted from The California Esgle)

The Kennedy administration has been getting a lot:

of mileage out of planted stories that the Democrats are
preparing to redeem their platform pledge to curb the
power of the House Rules Commitiee by ousting Rep. William Colmer of Mississippi and replacing him with a ~lib
eral.~

It turns out that what the Democrats are preparing
to do is swap the Devil for the Witch. Colmer~s replacement will be Rep. Carl Elliott of Alabama to whom the
~liberal~ tag has been attached.

Colmer~s ouster and replacement by Elliott will leave

the Rules Committee as firmly stacked against civil rights

legislation as ever. The record shows that the Alabaman
hasn~t cast a good civil rights vote in. his entire career. It
is more than safe to assure that he will use his new ~position to enhance his position with Alabama segregationists..Of course, Elliott will probably cast desirable votes
on medical care for the aged, minimum wage and aid for

- education as long as such bills are purged of any language

that might give any comfort to the cause of integration:
The sum of the matter is that the Democrats have decided to leave control of the Rules Committee in the hands.

of the South.

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~Charity Begins At Home~

By PAUL L. ADAMS
State Attorney General
The open-hearted and openhanded American people are being ~preyed upon by a few unscrupulous solicitors. These racketeers ~not only relieve us of our
money, but they divert millions
of dollars each year from going
into legitimate charity sources.
It ~is estimated that Americans
give nearly $6 billion a-year to
charities. Most of it well spent;
some of it is mismanaged and
wasted; and an estimated $150,000,000 a year is siphoned off

- by the cheats and frauds.

All of us are'subject to charity
solicitations~by phone by mail,
door-to-door, and by other personal contracts. Should we be ~uncharitable to these charities?
Should we turn them all down?
Of course not!.

Most of these charities need
our help, but we can help them
and help ourselves at the same
time if we are careful about our
donations. This can be done by
following these simple rules:

1. Know your charity. If it is
not a well-known. organization
with which you are acquainted,
check its authenticity. You might
check. with the chamber of commerce,. better business bureau,
your local law enforcement agency, or if these groups can~t help
you, you might want to check
with the Consumer~s Protection
Division of my office.

2. Know your solicitor. Request
complete identification to be sure
that the solicitor is a repfesentative of the charity organization
with which he or ~she claims o
be working. If you~ ~suspect that
the solicitor is an imposter, contact one of the agencies mentioned above.

3. Know your contribution. Obtain a signed receipt for your
contribution. This receipt. should
contain, the full name and.address of the charity and should
be clearly signed by the solicitor.

By following these rules you
can protect yourself and help
the many.charities that are really in need of assistance.

Gabrielle Family Awarded $250

DORCHESTER, Mass. ~

The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity~s
eash award of $250 to the James
Gabrielle family of Providence,
R. I., scooped President Eisenhower~s recognition of the family by
about 12 hours, a fraternity
spokeman said here.

Gabrielle, Providence resident
who moved to New Orleans, La.
early last year, refused to withdraw his two daughters from a
New Orleans public school which
admitted Negroes. He was fired
from his job as a. New Orleans

Things poe hall Lia a

water meter reader and later
forced to flee with his family on
threat of violence from segregationists.

Attorney Herbert Tucker, Jr.,
39 Hutchings St., Dorchester, a
former grand basileus of the fraternity, said the.award to the Gabrielles was made on the recommendation of the Social Actions
Committee.

The committee~s action occured
during the 47th annual grand
conclave at San Antonio, Texas
on December 27.

_ STILL AT LARGE, DEFAMING THE PRESTIGE OF OUR couNTRy.

Ala. Legislature Prepares~ VIC VET
For Sit-In Demonstators ~ s AYS.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
Leaders of the Florida~ Legislature are. sharpening, the ax for
sit-in ~demonstrators and athers
working for integration and civil
tights: in fhis state:

When the~. Législature meets |
in April, one item On~the agenda
will be a threat: to jail the Rev:
A. Leon Lowry of.Tampa, | state
president. of the~, NAACP and. a
ey Ane leader.:

Lowry re ~trarged | with
coat for refusing to cooperate with a:legislative committee
which sought ~to. check NAACP
membership ~lists.: The committee

said it was: looking for ~Toubyersives.~

Recently ~tie: Florida Sunteme
Court upheld a 6-month jail sentence given the Rev. Theodore
Gibson,~ head o~-the Miami NAACP_ branch,~ for ~his ~defiance of.
the same committee.. Father..Gibson, who is rector of Christ
Episcopdl Church, is appealing
to the. U.S, Supreme Court.

The Florida high court joverturhed. A Similar sentence given

Ga. Campus Mob
Action Deplored.

NEW YORK~NAACP Executive Secretary Roy Wilkins this
week condemned the University
of Georgia students who stoned
the dormitory of Charlayne aes
ter.

Miss Hunter and Hamilton
Holmes, were admittd to the | 175 -year-old University of Georgia
under federal court order, January 11, and suspended at almost
midnight of that date.

~According to. university | officials, the suspension was (~for
their safety~ after an -unattended mob of students swelled to
1,000 and then ~got out of hand.~

The full text of Mr. Wil Aas~
statement - follows:

As every Negro knows, ~the
Civil War is still: being fought

-and the play-acting battles) of

the current ' centennial. celebration are merely historical backdrops for the continuing action
downstage.

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~cational Fund has helped
-- organize a state-wide committee

the Rev. Edward T. Graham of
Miami, who -even refused to
say if he was a member of the
NAACP. Mr. Graham is former
president of the Miami NAACP.
~ The three ministers: are among
47. persons in the: United States

who have defied. such legislative
cemmittees on the ground that

the purpose of these committees
is-to block integration and_ other
social progress. These 47 take
their stand under the First
Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing freedom of

~speech, press, religion, association

and protest.

Mr, Lowry summed it up when
he~ said: ~It is quite. apparent
that the.committee~s action is an
attempt to intimidate and label
an organization.and to~ weaken
it. -We have been,.pressing- for
~our rights in almost..every area
and. that is~ why they are after
us.~

+ Mr. Graham* and Father Gibson were sentenced after the committee cited them for. contempt.
In. Mr. Lowry~s case, the committee voted to ask the Legislaturé to jail the minister when
it meets.. The assembly can keep
him in jail during its whole session if he still refuses to cooperate.

Mr. Lowry declared: ~We have
a right to associate with whomever we wich. It is not within the

power of the Legislature to deny

any citizen that right. There is
no attempt on our part to flout
any duly constituted legislative

committee. We are merely at-.

tempting to exercise our freedom.~

Father Gisbon said recently: ~I
shudder to think what would happen if the segregationists could
get their hands on the membership lists of an. organization like
the NAACP. I don~t look at this
as a personal matter at all, but
father as something which concerns all posterity.~

Professors and college students
will be the targets of a bill to
be sponsored and pushed: in the
Legislature by Senator Randolph
Hodges of Cedar Key, -presidentdesignate of the Florida Senate.

Hodges said he expects to obtain passage of a law to provide
for the firing of any professor
and the expulsion of any student
at. state-supported ~ universities
who advocates or takes part in
demonstrations such as_ lunchcounter sit-ins.

NAACP leaders and the Florida
Civil Liberties Union are among
- groups fighting efforts to punish
| ministers, professors; students,, and other working for civil rights

* and integration.

The Southern Conference Eduto

to counter efforts of the courts
and the: legislature to penalize
these people. Protests to members
of the Legislature and other pub
lie officials have been called for.

The Internal Revenue Service

announced that each year more
r and more taxpayers are. saving

time~ and effort by using the
~short form~ 1040-A Tax return. -
Taxpayers can use the Form

_1040-A if thet wages, subject

~QI sold my GI home and got
a release from liability from the
VA for any future payments. Am
I now eligible for another GI
loan?:

A~You may or may not be.
Release from liability daes not
automatically ~restore eligibility
for another loan. It is restored
only~ ~under certain conditions,
such as selling your home~because
of health reasons, moving to another area for a:better Job; etc.: 3 *

- -@~Under the old death compensation program, the widow. of
a deceased peacetime veteran received ~less than the widow of
a wartime veteran. Is~ this: true
under the Survivors Benefits Act?

A~No. The~ Survivors Benefits
Act provides for. nts
for widows of both W ~
tine veterans. *

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Q~I haven't received my insurance premium. notice envelopes from the VA. What should I
do abut. the payments? ~

A~By all means, keep sending
the premiums into the same VA
office when they become due,
just as you have in the past. But
be sure to include your full name,
address, and your insurance number. You'll. find that on your

~policy. It will help to identify
~your payment,.:: * { % I ~
Q~I am the widow of a re
cently deceased World War II

veteran. He never used his entitlement for a GI loan. Am I
eligible for this benefit?.

A~Only those unremarried
widows of World War ET and
Korean veterans who died in
service or, following service, died
as a result of. a service-connected
disability are eligible for GI home
benefits.

Credit Union
Slates Meeting

More than 100,000 cerdit union
members, representing. ~1200
credit unions in Michigan, will
attend annual meeting this month
according to Louise J. Segadelli,
acting managing director of Michi
gan Credit Union League. Nonks
500 of these credit unions are *

in the Metropolitan Detroit. aren;

ay dé. ~goed. algo

' Eddy p.

peace-~

~In the 37th chapter.
Psalms David exhorted

~Cease from angér, ~and:

_ forsake wrath. Fret not thy
self in any way to do evik~ ~
Christian. Science explains,

2 ~Resisting evil, you overcome
it and.

ge its ~nothingH by Mary Baker~
446 and. on ~p.:
she brought forth the: state
ness. ~a S

_ ment convincingly. -~: >
~hare

~Heaven _ represents
rhony, and divine Science in
heavenly harmony. The great
miracle, to human sense, is
divine Love, and the grand
necessity. of existence: is to
gain the. true idea of what
constitutes the kingdom of -
heaven in man. This goal is
never reached while we hate
our,neighbor or entertain a
false estimate of anyone
whom.God has appointed ~to
voice His Word: ~Again; ~without a correct sense of its
highest visible idea, we can
never understand the divine
Eringigie: ~The, botanist~ must. -

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shina 0 it is with persons.~
(S&H 560;10-21) v

~In the 10th chapter of Luke
when Christ sent ~ott His
seventy ~disciples he~admon
ished them tobe humble, he

taught the lawyer how to: ob
tain eternal life.

- ~And it came to pass, that,
as he was praying in a céftain place, when he ceased,
one of the disciples said unto
him, Lord, teach us. to
BS debe. also taught; his

When ye pray, say, Our Fa~ther which. art in. ~heaven,
Hallowed by thy name. Thy
kingdorh come. Thy. will be
done, in earth, as~ ~it is in
heaven.

~Give. us this day; our: daily
bread.
~And forgive us our debts
as we forgive our debtors.
And lead ~us not into temp
ae de }

ple: e. ~And. he~ said sata ~them,

Say ald,

C ralight Ey the the law of
-. fo love one ~anoflier: there is

~én-. a need for more divine he

the to~ - the - ate and

Christian Science,-it is

through the ~love of God, ~and
~our ~fellowman~ that peacé,
joy, and harmony will prevail
in human affairs. Righteous
ness is of the law of God: the.
~very life and~ substance: ~of all
<560. mankind; and: includes all.
So now a closer. lasting. edu
- ~ational, intelligent bond of
uhion must, be proved all over
America, God's land of: free
Yerprets the Principle ~of dom and liberty:

We are, now nearing. the
time when nothing will~ remain to survive: and. prevail
but the true word of God,

and~ His righteousness.

- There is ~no~ toom. left for
mythology, hetnan: ~superstition, hate,-and fear in: God's
spiritual creation. There is
only one supreme éverlastin
God speaking.in His holiness
and rightéoushess, adainst
all. segregation,.discrifmingtion, and indifference in His
spiritual creation.;...

Let us give Him ~praise |

a id
$ thanks that ~He is hoe
f give help to: all in acath ~of

trouble. |, eT EA
David~s prayer;. SA bee
~Give us help from.treuble: for vain is: ~the help of
~man, 2 e ce ~ v bs
~Through God shall do
valiantly: for; et As. that
shall tread ~dow

r. ~enem
ies.~ Peano 108:1 B19-18)
May the al]: power ~ at God
strengthen the~

Many thank tot
Supreme Court of this: larid,
and to all of thé right thinking high officials in. every
State of the union. ~~

~GOD IS, WORKING HIS
PURPOSE OUT.~ ~

G s! Hymnal)

~To God oni My Witte, |B
glory through Jesus Christ
for ever. Amen.~ ie

(Romans 16: 27)

Traffic Safety Shorts

A series of nine television
movie ~shorts~, based on. tr. {.c
accident situations in Detroit
and the best ways to avoid them,
is now being shown on five De.
troit TV channels.

The movies were co-operatively produced by the Traffic Safety Association and the Michigan

State University Highway Traf-.

fic Safety Center.

The shorts cover such accident~ problems as how, to enter
and leave expressways as well
as other expressway situations,
cutting speed at night and _ taking longer to get home because

_ of reduced visibilty, adult pedes
trian hazards at night, child ~accidents on residential streets.
and what drivers can do to avoid

Combined individual ctedit. uni- ~Ae

on reports will confirm the con- fj

tinuing growth of the credit union movement in the state: Mem
bership, up by 75,000, brings the |;

state total to: 925,000 members.

Total assets, increased by $65- [73

million last year, reached a re- [4

cord half-billion dollar mark. As [4

the membership ~approaches a
million persons, one family~ in
three in Michigan has a. credit

union member. |

Democratic control of the or
ganizations, which are self-help,
_hon-profit corporations established primarily to provide low cost.

loan service to members, is ex- f=,

ercised by the membership at an
nual meetings. There, boards of |

directors ~and credit and. super
visory committeemen are elected |;

to run the credit unions for the apm

coming year.

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A featured report at the ~entrual j
pape. on share dividends {

D 20's _ Anu won'ts ~

sutch accidents.

While prepared with Detroit
accident problems in mind for
use on the city~s television stations, said Donald Slutz, managing director of the Traffic Safety Association, the driving situaons and the advice given to
meet them are applicable.
out Michigan and the cae pa
be. distributed. ss cig
state.

The four coinacitbagiigh stitions,
WWJ-TV, WJBK-TV, WXYZ-TV
and. CKLW-TV, as well as Detroit~s educational Channel* 56,
are presenting the shorts as a
public service in the.interests
of preventing traffic accidents in
the metropolitan Detroit area.

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