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Pros and Cons. On The.
Negro Buying Power

An evaluation of Negro ~buying power,~ and. ~earning
power,~ is described in a recent issue of Timé magazine.

Another publication, the

National Guardian, presents

also an appraisal of the Negro economic status. Some
portions of the two articles are contradictory.

The Time magazine article notes:

~Consumer - goods companies are becoming: increasing
_ ly, if belatedly, conscious of the Negro market as a distinct
and flourisning entity within the U. S. economy.

~In the past dozen years,~
come of U. S. Negroes has

Time says, ~the personal in
doubled to $27 billion, and|_

now constitutes 7% of the U. S. total ~ a buying force
equal to that of the whole population of Canada.

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~Negro buying habits differ demonstrably from those of
whites,~ ~lime says. ~Because they are barred from eating
in many places, Negroes spend more per capita for eating
and drinking at home than whites do.~

The February 12 issue ~of the news weekly: National

Guardian states:

~Statistics contradict the rosy picture of Negro progress
currently presented in many American newspapers and
magazines, according to an economic round-up prepared

by Joanne Grant.~

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Citing data from federal and local agencies and from
individual specialists. Miss Grant shows that U. S. Negroes
today are still last to be hired, and first to be fired; they
earn a median family income just over half that of the
white family; they suffer both educational and housing
disadvantages which have perpetuated what the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights has called ~the vicious circle of

discrimination.~

~~e acne
How, ion 'the community and the nation cam akford
waste maybe ahswered earlier than we expect, Miss Grant

concludes: ~For Negroes are

restaurants, theatres, recreation centers and driving for

the vote; jobs, and education.

They are saying~ now.~

They are not asking: When,

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Probe Of Bias At
Base School Urged

WASHINGTON ~ The National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People has called
upon the -House Committee on
Education and Labor to investigate the exclusion of Negro children from a federally-aided school
near the Blytheville Air Force!
Base in Arkansas.

Clarence Mitchell, director of
the NAACP Washington Bureau,
sent a telegram, to. Commiftee
Chairman Adam Clayton Powell
on Feb. 2. asking for a Congressional: probe of the ~extensive discrimination against children of

members of the dined forces ~at
the Air Force Base.~.

Mr. Mitchell acted in response
to a request from. L. C. Bates,
NAACP field secretary in Arkansas, who reported that school
authorities continued to assign
Negro children to a remote~ allNegro school ~despite NAACP

protests to the Départments of |

Justice and Defence.

The NAACP filed complaints
on behalf of 15 Negro school
children with the federal agencies last November: Neither has
taken corrective-action.

Watch Out For Kids

Sesatt We _

ONLY. BY REMOVAL OF WEAKEST LINK CAN THE CHAIN BE FORGED

In fulfilling governmental responsibility to the people, a vital
factor is-~sound,: efficient -organization:..of administrative. structure ~ the: re serving the
people.

Poor organization can lead to
wasted resources, confusion and

SAYS...

Q~I am a veteran who has
been retired from active service~
because of disability. I have GI
insurance with the ~Total Disa:
bility Income Provision - rider.

May I apply for the TDIP payments?

A~You may apply. in order
to qualify for the 1IP payments,

dence that you aré. disabled to

l | the extent ttiat you cannot carry
themselves leading the fight
for dignity by knocking. down public racial barriers. in~|

on substantially chistes roriey;

ment.
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Qt hive a participating GI

| insurance policy. When may I ex
pect to get my _ dividend

payment.-?

A~tThe VA is. paying the 1962
insurance dividend on the -anniversary. date of each policy ~
that is, on the'date the policy be- |

came effective.
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Q~Does marriage bar an otherwise eligible child of a deceased
veteran from the War Orphans
Education program?

A~No. The child is still considered an ~orphan~ for all purposes of the program until age 23
and, in certain cases, after that
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Q~Is it still possible for a

on a course of education or vocational training through the
VA?.

A~No, the so-called GI Bill
ucation or training for World. War ll veterans has expired and
the program is completed.

Things You Should Know

OF JOHN WILL

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The GOVERNOR Writes

_ By JOHN B. SWAINSON, Governor of Michigan

you mu&t present medical evi-|

World War II veteran to enter

Rights which. provided that ed
serious hampering of governmental services. Good organization, '

_whether it be in the administra
tion of public or private business,
is inseparably. related to smooth
operation and more efficient neg
put.

1 wave recentuy suomitted five
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more elricient and economical
government; (3d) governmental orsalzatiun Mure responsidie to
ule LegaSlature, the governor
and, OL cuurse, ultimately to tne~
peuple.

tacn of the five plans brings
togerner reiared functions, re@uces GUpiucation and ciarifies
lines of authority, as well as consolidates. certain services tor
greater econgmy. One of the five
plans submi is new, the other
four were presented to the Legisfature. last year, but were not
acred upon.

My first reorganizational proposal is to transter the Michigan
vifice of Civil Defense to the
Michigan State Police to improve
civil defense functions and to
further integrate public safety
~agencies. Some of the functions
currently performed ~by Civil Defense would be new activities for
State Police, but such key ser
taace Nase Unyce
vices as. attack warning, intelli-|.

gence, police~ atid fire protection
are already under jurisdiction of
the State Police.

The four other plans for reorganizational include transfer of
some functions of the Public Service Commission to the Corpora| tion and Securties Commission regarding regulation of airline se-.
curities; establishment of a single
Department- of Industrial Relations. to consolidate activities of
Workmen~s Compensation Department, Department of Labor and
Superintendent of Private Employment Bureaus. Also included
in this department would be the
Workmen~s Compensation Appeal
Board and the Labor Mediation
Board.

In addition, I have recommended creation of a unified Department for Economic Progress by
combining the~ Department of
Economic Development, and the
Tourist Council. If the Legislature approves this recommendation, it would offer opportunities
for more effective promotion of
Michigan~s economic attractions;
improve the quality of current
programs, and obtain greater results form funds provided.

To improve rehabilitative services and training to meet the
increasing need for skilled technicians, | have recommended that
supervision and control of the
Michigan Rehabilitation Institute
be transferred from the State
Board of Education to the State
Board of Control for Vocational
Education.

| organization authority was placed
y law in the office of governor
(with approval ~ the Legislature), six si t- proposals
have been put into effect which
have resulted in. more and better
service to the public.

_ It is to be hoped that the Legislature will approve these five additional proposals in this ~session
so the people of Michigan will
receive even more benefits i.
~ tax dollars. Po es

Since 1958, ~when executive re- |

NAACP Man Hits

~New Methods Of

Miss. Injustice -

HATTIESBURG, Miss. ~ The
NAACP~s Dr. John A. Morsell,
here to help raise monies to assist Clyde.Kennard, noted the
South~s new techniques of. harrassing integration advocates.

Kennard, a successful chicken
farmer, was sentenced to seven
years in jail for allegedly receiving $25~worth of stolen chicken
feed. He also had attempted to
enroll at the University of Mississippi.

Dr. Morselt said a loud ~self-congratulation~ has been _ heard

{throughout the South because

Negroes are no longer lynched
at the rate of 100 per year.

~Lynching has ~been transferred from undisiplined mobs to
the law enforcement machinery
| of the. southern states.~

~Clyde Kennard was sentenced
because the law in. Mississippi is
a means of oppressing Negroes
instead of protecting them,~ he
concluded.

The 600 persons attending the
rally contributed more than
$1, 300.

Job Unit Disappoints
N. Carolina NA A CP

CHARLOTTE, N. C.-- The 155
delegates attending the annual
meeting of the North Carolina
State Conference of NAACP
Branches here voted unanimously
to register their ~disappointment and. dissatisfaction~ with
the President~s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity.

_ Referring to the Kennard case, |

3 ot ere as well as i

Mrs, Eddy tells ~us in ~Sci
\ence and Health with Key to

the Scriptures, page 334:
~The inyisible Christ. was imperceptible to the -so-Called
personal senses, whereas Jesus appeared as a bodily~.existence. The dual personality
of the unseen ahd: the seen,
the spiritual and. material,
= eternal Christ and. ~the

corporeal Jesus manifest: in
the flesh continued until the

Master~s ascension when the '

| human, material: concept, or ~lus to prove that God is act
the ~ually man~s sustaining life.

*, | Spiritual self, or Christ, con- |.., tinues to exist in the eternal

order of Divine Science tak- |

Jesus disappeared, ~while

ing away the sins of the
| world, as the Christ has always. done, even before. the
human Jesus was incarnate
to mortal eyes. ~

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Protection
Through Divine infeltigance
For us to keep safe

through our-neuclear force,
we should make it plain that
every. material thing, and
Spirit are separate. Yet a
higher knowledge of Spirit
wiil give the needed intelligence - -and- wisdom. when
using the neuclear force for
protection against destruction.

~Those concerned, have the
responsibility of using all of
the power of Spirit to take
away the sins of the so-called world of matter: And everyone should be concerned.

The higher ~ideas of Spirit
raises a people y up above the

ng "himself 2 ste

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Sie scat: senses, into: apie
val wisdom, knowledge and
understanding. It is then
the unseen Spirit, which
guides into right thinking,
and- right acting, will give
us greater h in the ability to use wi to the ~
advantage.: x A

- God Is ~ Sustaining

i. He

~The Christ Spirit appear
ing in human affairs enables

We are taught in Christian
Science (Unity of Good:
A Colloquy) ~the Lord is
God. With Him is no conscience of evil, because there
is. nothing beside Him or
outside Him. Individual consciousness, that is man, is in
separable: from. good. ~There

is no sensible matter, - no
sense in matter; but there is
a Spiritual sense, a sense of
Sprit, and this is the only
consciousness belonging to
true. individuality, or a divine sense of being.~
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~Man ~being the spiritual
reflection of God is protect-.ed. And God gives man wis- ~

dom that he may: use what
he has~in times of distress,
to the greatest advantage to
destroy evil, and prove the
value of spiritual sense over
matter and: materiality..

~The Lord is good, a strong
hold in the day of trouble;
afid He knoweth them that
trust. in him.~ Nahum Ei.

Veterans To Get Dividend Checks

GI insurance dividend payments

totaling $11,016,700 will be made.

during ~1962 to 216,946 Michigan

veterans, R. M. FitzGerald, Man-| &

ager of the Veterans Administration Regional Office in. Detroit,
said recently.

The annual payments have already begun and will. continue
throughout the year, Mr. FitzGerald state, with checking being
issued on the anniversary date
of the policies. This has always
been the custom: with the exception of 1961 when VA speeded up
payments in an effort to aid
the national economy.at the request of the President.

Mr. FitzGerald explained that
the anniversary date ~is ~the anniversary date each. individual
policy becomes effective. By con
sulting. his. policy a veteran:

should know when to expect his
dividend..
Nationwide, more than 47 mil
tion. Gl insurance. pellerielcers
will participate.
~0. breakdown. by. ware~ is availfor Michigan: but. Mr., FitzGeraid said approximately $225
million will be divided. among
almos, 4.5 million World War
Two veterans holding participating National Service. Life Insurance (NSLI) policies. Some 228,000 World War One veterans. who
hold ~participating U. S. Government Life Insurance (USGLI) will
receive approximately $16, 000, 000
in~ dividends.

Dividends will ~average: $50 for
World War Two veterans and
$70 for veterans of World War
One. er: 4

The dividends are primarily
a return to the policyholders of
part of the premiums they. have
paid since the death rate of v
erans continues to be~ less: tha

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estimated in mortality tables up-\ ~

on which the premium rates were
set. by law.

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