Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 11]

THE BRONZE KEPORTER

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acts or policies which deny the Negro his full constitutional
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1961

EDITORIAL

Common Sense And Schools

(Reprinted from the New Jersey Herald News)

~This September, millions of young Americans are
returning to school after their summer vacations. There
- was a time when this annual event was of interest only
tv the students, parents and teachers involved. However
in recent years we have witnessed scenes in connection
with this formerly peaceful occasion which are of concern
to people everywhere.

In 1957, the city of Little Rock became a battleground in the integration struggle publicized throughout
the world; last year New Orleans joined it to besmirch
the name of America. In both instances, racist elements
in the community disgraced their city and the United
States. To carry out their opposition to the Supreme Court
school decision of 1954, and wage a guerilla warfare
against innocent school children.

This year we fervently hope there will be no repetition of these incidents. At least eight more Southern cities
will admit over 1,000 Negro children to newly integrated
schools.-Two crucial centers in the process of school desegregation are Atlanta, Ga. where ten Negro students are
entering previously all-white high schools and Dallas, Tex.
which is desegregating its first grade classes. The only
states that now have the dubious distinction of having
completely segregated schools are Alabama, Mississippi, and

~ South Carolina. i

Our elected representative in Congress should recognize the fact that the Supreme Court outlawed public.

school segregation seven and a half years ago and. that
it has a responsibility to help implement that. decision.

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Bring ~Em Back Alive! is an
educational traffic safety program
aimed specifically at promoting
more careful, alert and_ safer
drivingat all times~not just at a
particular. season.

The program, which has been
officially commended by the
Michigan Association of Chiefs
of Police, is positive in nature, in
that it seeks to encourage driving, but in such a manner that
there will be fewer accidents, injuries and less loss of life.

Automobile Club of Michigan,
which is promoting the program
as a public service, is convinced
that safe driving is the result of
proper education, training and
experience.

-We are also convinced that absoiuteiy nothing positive is to be
gained by calling drivers names
or -inferring that the majority of
them should be ruled off the road.

All of us are surrounded every
day by so much good driving that
it is the. exception that we remember~the careless or poor
trained driver who makes t
headlines.

There is, however, room for improvement in most drivers. It is
not that they are bad drivers, but
perfection is hard to come by, and
most of us have flaws~small or
large~in driving techniques.

Bring ~Em Back Alive! is aimed
at improving the driving skills
of all motorists.

If each of us is a little more
courteous, a little more careful,
knows a little more about driving, then each of us also has a
little better chance to Bring ~Em
Back Alive!

This is what you are saying
when you display the Bring ~Em
Back Alive! sticker on your dashboard or bumper.:

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Stop, Look, Listen
At Railroad Crossings

Sutin M. Hare, ~Chairman ~of 551-train-auto accidents in which *

the State Safety Commission, 70 people were killed and 328
warned motorists that train-car were injured. In 1959, 57 peoaccidents were on the increase ple were killed and 212 were inin Michigan and throughout the jured in 466 accidents.

nation. He urged all drivers to Of the 328 injured in 1960, 166
remember to Stop, Look, and List- suffered broken limbs, were unen at all rail crossings no matter conscious or were bleeding badly
how. seldom trains were sched- and had to be carried to hospiuled.. tals. The rest suffered momentLast year Michigan recorded ary unconsciousness, bruises, abra
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were np visible signs of injury.
Nationally,.the 1960 death rate

Q~Will-the Veterans. Administration reimburse me, or the

also exceeded that of 1959, with
1,300 fatalities in 1960 compared
to 1,150 in 1959. Acgidents
throughout the country caused by

undertaker involved, in connec
tion with. the burial of my: son in

1956?. Hé"'was: a war veteran.

-~ A~Although~ payment ~not ~to

collisions between trains and Vehicles aiso rose. from = 5,800. i

exceed~ $250 is made by the VA

toward the expense of the per- tne part of all

- 1959, to 6,200 im-1960;.

ing.1n- Michigan jwould be exces
Q~Since $15,000 may now be sive. Press reports say that the
obtained through a direct GI loan Luce Road~Chesapeake and Ohio
and since the house I am buying crossing where Mrs. Betty Olzewby- this~ method will only cost ski and her four. children were
$13,500, can I get an improvement killed, was an open one with no
loan for the remaining $2,000 at embankment or ovsurucuus vw
the same time? wuck lie view of the tracks.

A~You can file for a direct ~Since Engineering and Enloan to cover the cost of the forcement measures are difficult
house and for an improvement or costty to use in the prevention
loan at the same time, if the of tmis kind of accident,~ Hare
total will not exceed $15,000. Culltaudeu, ~We Muost again turn

Q~Is: it necessary that I finish to Education toshelp, and hope
high school in order to enter that through regional and local
training under the War Orphans safety arives and wide-spread.coprogram?. operation of the press, radio, and
A~Certain vocational programs ~ teacvisiull We Wiis Peillind Uile OLivcan be entered upon under: War ~8 public of tne necessity to
Orphans Act. provisions without Stop, Look, and Listen at all rail
a high school diploma. Consult Crossings.

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~The number of. traffic accidents caused by unsafe vehicles
is not known~, according to Secretary of State James M. Hare,
in a statement made regarding
the currentiy running ~ail tnd
Charlie Campaign,~ offering free
tail and. stop light inspections to

complete details.: =

Q~Has Congress granted any
special benefits to peacetime
veterans yet?

A~Although several proposals
of peacetime benefits have been
discussed in Congress, none has
been enacted into law thus far.

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in ~tne etiort to provide a minimum, non-compulsory safety inspectuion of motor cars on Michigan~s highways during the Labor
Vay houday period, Mr. Hare
has arranged with ail major oil
companies to provide this free
inspection at any service station
in the state.

Hare caliled* attention to a
recent.-Look Magazine article,
stressing the fact that states with
effective~. auto. inspection laws
have cut their tratfic fatalities
from 15 to 32 percent, while
stressing the fact that this campaign is not compulsory, but offered as a free service to motorists.

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Report from
Washington~

MEETING IN BRUSSELS

If all goes well, in less than a
month I should be flying the
Atlantic as. a member of the U.S.
delegation to the Fiftieth Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary
Union in Brussels.

The purpose of the Union is to
promote~ personal contacts between the members of the various Parliaments, to establish the
development of democratic institutions and to advance the cause
of. international peace and cooperation? Founded in 1889,
tnrough the efforts of British and
French parliamentarians, representatives of nine countries attended the first meeting in Paris
that year. This year, just short of
60 countries will be represented.

'y Meetings have been held every

year since 1889 except for the

two World War years.

The United States is one of

~the charter members of the

Union. The delegates are all
members of the Congress, ten
Senators and eleven Representatives under the leadership of
Senator Albert Gore of Tennessee. The size of the delegation
is determined by the population
of a country and so our delegation is next to ~the largest, being
exceeded only by that of the
U.S.S.R.

Through the years, the InterParliamentry Union has earned
a reputation for its foresight and
the influence ~of its resolutions
on international thought. The
first proposal for a World Court
was made by~ the Union early in
the 1890~s. Before World War |
the Union had passed resolutions
which recommended the development of machinery for international ~cooperation on a lasting
basis. As a matter of fact, the
League of Nations set-up followed various recommendations of
the Union. Now the Union is
affiliated with the United Nations as a ~Class A~ organization
with representation on the Economic and Social Council.

One always has the idea that
meetings of this kind do not require too much exertion on the
part of the delegates. But I have
already found out that this is
not true in the case of the InterParliamentary Union! Senator

Gore has given each. delegate

several pounds of homework to
cc before. we board the plane,
and. the schedule laid out for
the Union meetings sounds pretty
strenuous.

The Union meets in ~plenary
session~ ~ which in laymen~s

language means everybody at --

every meeting ~ to debate various topics assigned ahead of
time. i

Despite the fact that there
ére usually several hundred
delegates present at each meeting, business does get attended
to ~ and with dispatch! The reason being that all speakers are
limited to 10 minutes apiece and
some of them, unlike many. lawmakers do not take all their allotted time.

This year~s topics ~ and now

you know why we are all doing

our homework ~ are:

1. The effect of world trade
end policies followed by regional
economic communities.

2. The evolution of countries
in the process of development.. 3. The way to peace.

4. Parliamentary control of international organizations.

Needless to say, I am looking
forward with~ the greatest ~

an
ticipation to- my first particip:
tion in.an international.confer-.
ence. When I get back T id

have much to tell all of you.

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~the duty of man to make

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~benefit of all.

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~By ELIZABETH ELLINGTON
_. Actording to the Bible-and of things hoped for~ ~ and:
Christian Science man is the fill us with the life and understanding of God, and

not in matter, but in Spirit. good will towards men.~
- God. Spirit being the root ~ (P. 15~5-10)
from which man came: It is eS gs

Praying does good, and it:.
is through prayer, study, and
application that thought.
reaches out and helps others
turn to God, and blessings
are made manifest constant
Wy.

According to authority it
is true that the presence of
God is within us, in Spirit
and in Truth. Yet we must
~be: still and know Him, with
the calm trust of a child in
his earthly parents, and as
we understand, we prove by
demonstration the presence
of our heavenly Father. Man
and woman created in spirit,
not matter have a spiritual.
consciousness with which to
think good thoughts and put
them into action, for the

good of all.:

Because it is a proved fact
that what blesses-one blesses
all! Every one has a right to
the amity of Christ with the
Father.

manifest in daily life his
spiritual status. ~.
not be magnified by the mortal or carnal mind through
doubt and fear, of which are
not the emaninations of the
divine Principle, God, from
whom comes good for the

The Bible tells us

~Bless the Lord, O my
soul: and all that is within
me, biess his: holy name.

~Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his bene
~Who forgiveth all thine
iniquities; wno healeth all
thy diseases; | 4

~Who redeemeth thy life
from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness
and tender mercies;

~Who satisfieth thy mouth
with good things; so that thy
youth is renewed like the
eagle~s.:

~The Lord executeth righteousness and judgement for
all that are oppressed.~
(Psalms 103:1-6)

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Jesus said speaking of God
and himself and their rela ~
tionship to mankind:

~At that day ye shall know
that I am in my Father, and
ye in me, and I in you.~

(John 14:20)

~J am the true vine, and
my Father is the ~husband
~Now ye are clean through
the word which I have
spoken unto you.:

~Abide in me, and | in
you. As the branch cannot
bear fruit of itself, except it
abide in the vine; no more
can ye, except ye abide in
me.~ (John 15:1, 3, 4)

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Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer of Christian Science says
and we quote from Christian
Science versus Pantheism:

~May our Father-Mother
God, who in times past hath
spread for us a table in the
wilderness and ~in the midst
of our enemies,~ establish us
in the most holy faith, plant
~our feet firmly on Truth, the
rock of Christ, the ~substance

Make Your Labor Day
Weekend A Happy One

Your Labor Day week end will Children should be taught rebring you the greatest health gard for safety and they learn
benefits if you enjoy a moderate this best and earliest by observamount of exercise and resist the ing parents who follow approved _ -
temptation to erowd too ~much safety measures. a
into too little time, Dr. Joseph G. py Moiner suggests that you
Molner, City-County Health Com- anq your family eat regular
missioner, states. meals. If you will spend many

Plan so you will feel as re- hours in the car, eat lightly and
freshed, rested and relaxed as include vegetables, fruit and milk.
possible after the week end is You will find it pays to stick to
over. ~'o help you do this, be regular hours for breakfast, lunch
moderate in whatever you do. and dinner.
~~mis includes the amount of sun In Detroit last year 674 perand exercise you get, as well as sons died from accidents. Those
the amount you eat and drink. which occur on holidays are us
If you are driving out of town, ually due to traffic, swimming
allow yourself a little more time and boating. If your plans infor driving than 1s actually re- clude any of these, make. up your
quired and stop driving before mind now to have your holiday
you are fatigued. Get out of the end on a happy note instead of
car and waik for a minute or two one of tragedy by following the
every few hours if your trip is advice of experts in these fields.
a long one. instead of 18 holes Dr. Molner says the following
of goif, nine may be the answer safety precautions are basic:
for you unless you have been 1. If you plan a trip, be sure
playing regularly this summer. that it is not too long for the

ee _ time available.

Many people are taking partin~ 9 If you feel sleepy, fatigued
boating and other water sports or tense, park the car safely, get
and tos makes it imperative that oyt and walk around for a few
everyone ~obey, the water safety minutes.
rues,. if you swim, be sure It 3. Allow enough time to reach
1s uk Water ulat Is Nut Contaminat- your destination so that you are
ed and is approved and don~t not tempted to speed.
overao your swimming - maybe 4, Avoid overindulgence in alyou are not as capaoie and aS coholic drinks.
strong a swimmer as you were 65, If you swim or. go boating,
a cuuple of years ago., See that develop your skills under condilittie children are not left alone tions that are safe. -,;
near the water and that no child 6, Don~t be a showoff in the
goes into the water alone. This water. Observe swimming, divrule. of never swimming-alone is ing and boating precautions.
an important one for adults as 7, Be your age - if you are 50
well as children for this is one and do not exercise regularly,
of the times there is safety in.don~t try to act as though you
numbers. were teen-age.

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