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4 SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1961

EDITORIAL
Thank You - Mr. Robert Carter

Delegates on the Committee on Declaration of Rights ~i
Suffrage and Elections of the Constitutional Convention
ot the State of Michigan must have been enlightefied last
week as they listened to Robert L. Carter, General Counsel of the NAACP, stress the néed for the inelusion of spe
cific civil rights safeguards in any revised Constitution |

for the State of Michigan which the Con-Con decides: to
propose.

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We commend Mr..Carter for bringing his talents, in; we a

telligence and énergy to the battle for a stronger civil
rights article in the new Michigan constitution. We -con- Con-Con delegates on acquiring him.

Mr. Carter, in his talk, pointed out that:

~For many years racial discrimination was looked
upon as a problem confined to the southern reaches of the

United States. That this was not true can be determined:

by even a cursory examination of the history of race: reJations outside the South. Indeed, the Constitution of Michi- |
gan of 1835 - specifically limited the franchise to white
males, and although that limitation was deleted in the Constitution of 1850, public incidents have occurréd from}:
time to time, the most shocking of which were the race

_ riots in Detroit during the war years, which underscores

the fact that the debilitating virus of racism *has spread
throughout ~the nation and is seriously undermining ~the
strength of democratic institutions of this and~ other. north- |

ern communities may not be of the raw and crude varie eS ~

indigenous to the South, the social and psychological d

riment which it transmits is as- pernicious and devastating ah

as that of its southern variant.~

~Moreover, the face of America has iataea ~dens
tically in the last several decades. Today, approximately
45% of the 20,000,000 Negroes in the United: States live
outside the South, ~and when one takes into account the
presence of Puerto Ricans, who are subjected to the same
kinds of color discrimination which Negroes face, Ba be
comes clear that racial discrimination in the 'N

a large segment of United States citizenry. This State is

one of the art&s;iniwhich a large percentage of non- white |:

migrants have-come,: settled and sought a new life.

~The large northern urban complex is becoming increasingly non white and, therefore, an area of startling
contrast~a community of ~the very poor and the very rich.

_The exodus of middle class whites to the suburbs has be
come a phenomenon of 20th century America, but if their
departure from the cities is to i oh the non whites, pres_ studies show that suburbia is at best if a temporary
refuge.

~In any event, the present great increase in the non
white: population in Michigan makes it impossible for /public authorities to delude themselves that race relation issttes do not pose important and ~pressing public questions
which this state must face.

* ~In Michigan, as in most areas of the North, disenfranchisement on racial grounds is not a part of the fabric of the society, as it is in the South. Discrimination, however, is present in four broad ~areas~housing, employment, education below the college level, and i in law enforcement. eee

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~ONLY THROUGH, Justice ~CAN. THERE BE PEACE

VERNOR Writes

a8 ~br. JOHN 8. SWAINSON, Governor of Mighigan
LAI n: Michigan, we have recognized as perhaps our

and eee ~our, human resources.
We, Nae ~too, that citizens with a~sense of ann dignity, a
Qn; ~decent. housing and gainful hase epee are the
source a ~state ~can possess. -
Thrower the executive office we have sought to. further the
rights of;all: our citizens. To encourage added effort in all areas
of ~civil rights; I called a ~meeting last week of chairmen state
boards. and commissions,.as well as all-state agency directors.
aT that meeting the:top executives of the state were. charged.
with~ Rp che 208 for: demonstrating. that in the field of: civil
what. we~ preach in Michigan.
Stration has stéod. for~and we.shall ~again ~intro-: aimed -at eliminating Giserimination in housing,

education: and } public: ~aecommodations.

We also: propose. to. change the name of our Fair Employment
Practices: Commission to the Commission on Civil Rights, and to
give it powers to, initiate action, rather than having to wait for a
claim to, be. filed before. it. ~

The Michigan. ~fas~ demonstrated in~ its more than ~six
years of. ~existence ~governmental activity in~ this-area is pracbers has ae

scrimi ution: ti F baplerment housing and education; that. to
etfectively deal, with one, we must deal with them all.

Some. steps have already been taken: through executive action
we haye. énded segregation in otf National Guard units; through
Rule 9 the Corporations and Security Commission sought to elimi~nate: discriminatory practices in the real estate industry~this now
is being tested in our courts. -.~ Last spring I issued a Governor~s ~Code of Fair Practices, in
which all state agencies and commissions were called upon for
specific action in all areas of civil rights. The executive office has
réaffirmed its intentions, and all state ~agencies have been called
on again to determine what we can do~in our own policies and
practices ds employers, and in our services to the people of Michigan~to reflect. democratic ideals.

most solemn obligation,~ the responsibility of developing, conserving;

also. established that: Sesipts eee pg OS enrolling for the. faye sem
~ _ |. ester, you ~should. contact your

SAVINGS BONDS +. It

While we cannot be~ held fully responsible, here. in Michigan,
for what happens elsewhere in the- nation; we age and should~ be
held responsible for what does happen in Michigan.

It is my deep conviction that, together, the federal govern |.
ment and the state governments can make democracy a living |
reality.... and that, in so doing, we can best capture the imagination and allegiance of people everywhere..

~VIC VET
~SAYS...

~Q~Couild you tell me how
many veterans of each of our:
major wars is still living?

~ A~As of September, 1, 1961
~there were 4,450,000 veterans: of
veterans of World War ll and
2,547,000 veterans of World War
I. There are about -31,000 veter-.
ans of the Spanish-American War.
~No Civil War veterans are alive.

Q~Of the loans guaranteed

or insured by the VA to date,

full?

A~-There have been 5,547,300.

Gt ~loans made of August 31,
1961. Of this: number, 2,048,040
have been: repaid in full..
Q~I am a disabled Korea veteran. I would like to enter col| lege at the end of the current
' semester. May I get some sugges- |
tions or advice from VA?

A~Yes, if you are interested

Af you are eligible~ for training,
you will have access to professionally trained and experienced
counselors who will assist you
in the selection of an occupational goal that is suitable to your
interests, aptitudes and abilities.

Q~What is the Lincoln quotation that the Veterans Adminis-.
tration has adopted as a motto?

A~The quotation, engraved in
metal, glanks the ~entrance of
the Veterans. Administration's
~Central Office Building in Washington. It reads: ~To care for
him who shall have berne the
battle and for his widow, and

this orphan.~ It is from Lincoln~s

Second Inaugural: Address.

DRIVE SAFELY.

Relighting of 18 Detroit resi
main streets has been completed.
in the last two years, and almost
a millign dollars a year is cur
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rently being spend on the relighting program, according to a freport made today by the head of
the City~s lighting department.

The report. by.Harold F.- Wall,
general superintendent of ~the
Publie
pointed out ~that the $2,100,000
budgeted -by the City for relighting in the last three fiscal. years
~}is paying off in a reduction of
street crimes: as well as generally~
improved neighborhood ~and traffic conditions.

The City~s. relighting program.
| was. intensified in ~July, 1959,
when Mayor Miriani_ ordered. in-|

creased tures on
lin neigh ood areas wi

dential areas and 15 miles of}:

~Lighting.. Commission, |

ting |
rate | gs

of crimes against persons on the

\ |otment for tesidential relight
~street. Asa result of the Mayor~s
directives, the Public Lighting.:
Commission~s._1961-62 budget al-~

Relighting Of Residential
Area Is Detroit's Goal

street crimes.:
The. lighting department suryeys the areas, designs, the -new
lighting and installs the fixtures.
The recreation department trims
the trees in the area to allow
maximum distribution. of light.

The entire. project results.in
lighting that is about five times
as bright as previous lighting.

After the Mayor~s orginal~ di-|.
rective, ten pilot areas were~selected. These were lighted in fis- |
cal 1959-60. A second group of
20 areds.was then seleqted. Eight
of these haye béén completed, |
~and. the~ remainder are exrvete
to be finished. by? the ~Spring, of
1963.

~The final goal is. relighting of
the entire wid ye te, cag

I \i6 bind together in one.
ie consecration of prilek: ig
i all wrong: doings, because

| into wrong action brings it~s

how. many have been repaid in|~
\ false beliefs: which | may lie

| spiritual, intelligent capacity

who ~put. thelr: trust tn: Hicn

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now, to*~;
because he
knows the. ~secrets, of ~the
hearts of men.. rps

~For: ~God is infinite; all
power, all Life, Truth, Love,
over all and: all.~ (From)
Science & Health with Key to
the Scriptures by Mary i
Eddy).

The Christian family is under the command of Christ
Jesus, and looking to. the inspired word of God, for. wisdom, all of them should know
the time to unite in one solemn prayer, to. the.one
eternal God, for safety and
~guidance.

God the one: eternal Mind,
blesses all forever and curses
none, but mortal thought put

own destruction, So in -.all
Seasons, in all times and under all~ circumstances, God~s,
power should be proved, and
this is a time when He is
needed: to solve the human.
helief of the problems. of.
life everywhere, in order
that mankind not destroy
itself-and blow itself off the
} face of the earth.

~God rebukes all satanic.

in. the consciousness~ and
hearts. of men. Yet He gives

to. overcome evil through

prayer. and application of
the Truth in righteousness.
~THE-, PRAYER OF THE
RIGHTEOUS ALES
MUCH~ ee i

storms will blow to send out |

one solid band to prey God's
protection? ~

NOW IS THE TIME to prav
His benediction upon all}

time to lay aside all human
malice, hate and bigotry and~
acknowledge God, the One
and only Mind, Soul, Life, and
Jesus Christ, His Son. ~the
~way shower,~ and redeemer
of mankind?.

'. The prayer of the righteous can unveil the Truth

wore the~ time 7 en:

| the; law. of God, maya ee

see which way the winds and | ~

~a decree for all to join: in|~

men and nations. Is it not!

whieh ~Gucis out. false ~fount.
verorms sinners, and makes
~the way clear..

The time for proof by dem
hange onstration is here right now.

- ~This is the time for Christin the Spirit and prove the

~sin, and sorrow, to such an
~extent that they flee away
as chaff in the winds. |
Prayer in the ~church,
home, on the job, and even
while walking along is the
way to- spiritual progress
which makes manifest in this
life. in some measure the

of God.,

-. Jesus said, ~GO YE INTO
ALL THE WORLD AND
PREACH. THE GOSPEL. TO
EVERY CREATURE.~
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
TEACHES: ~The invincible
~Christ was imperceptible to
the so-called personal senses,
whereas, Jesus appeared as
a bodily existence the
human material concept of
Jesus disappeared while the
spiritual self, or. Christ, continues to exist in the eternal order of divine Science,
taking away the sins of the
world as the Christ-has al
~human. Jesus. was incarnate
to mortal eyes.~ (S&H, p.

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~lion~s den. The three Hebrew
boys came out of the fiery
furnace, without even the
smell of fire

The Ten Commandments,

~The end of the claw is ks
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THAT ~THOU _MIGHTEST
FEAR THE LORD THY GOD,
KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES,
AND HIS COMMANDMENTS
-WHICH |:COMMAND THEE,
THOU AND* THY SON, AND
THY ~SON~S SON, ALL THE.
DAYS OF THY LIFE; AND
THAT THY DAYS MAY BE
PROLONGED.~ (Deut. 6:2)

For. this to be done in our
time we must put our trust
in* the eternal - everlasting ~
-God, through whom all things -
are done well..The Detroit Police Department
Fifth Precinet (McClellan, Station)
was, judged the winner of the department~s Inter-Precinct Traffic
~Safety Contest for. the third quarter of 1961.

The Board of Judges, composed
of police ~officials, a representative of the Department of Streets
and the Traffic Safety -Association, said the records showed that

cent. ~reduction in fatal and injury ~accidents compared with the
previous- year..

~In addition, the judges ~point.
~ed. out, there was a fine balance
between enforcement, engineer~ing and education.

Inspector. Brute Grubb is the
| officer of the Fifth
an Joseph Begin ts the er ane fraffic ~safety

Fifth Precinct Wins
~Traffic Safety Contest

the Fifth Precinct had a 13 per.

offices. -

The Tenth pyradiaat (Petoskey)
and the Thirteenth. Precinct
(Woodward) were second and
third respectively.

One innovation in the foard~ of.
Judges was started at this judging. A precinct commander
from the West Side and one from ~
the East Side, Inspector~ Fred.
Kirby, Sixteenth Precinct pt age Sed
west), and
~Sage, Fifteenth, Precinct mc Oe,
ner), sat in as members of the
Board of Judges; té acquaint them ~
better with procedures of the.
judging and the various activities

two precinct inspectors sit in
each time until-all ~have; had the
opportunity.-. -

~jans everywhere fo rise up:
nothingness of all wrong,.

everlasting and eternal law

catried on by the safety officers..
The program is planned to have:

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