Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 39]

a ere

Se Se Se Te Oe ae ee

Se a ee

Ro ae aa Be

THE FL

ee: Me, SR. ee aE Ee mre ee

a Te ee ee a ee ee ee

* &

~We Tell the Truth~ ees

Re ee ee ie ee
4 2 4

PT ee ee eh ae aOR Mee T,
~

Oe TT as Sh ga oe Or

DEC) 61946.

SPO ~ESMAN
a os

po,

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, st a

PRICE 10c PER COPY

1 OLUME I~NO. 39

sodialtnsiiians

GAL RAIDS NE

CORE

By Frank L. Gillespie

~NDUCT IN PUBLIC
ACES

e on all decency, a total afynt to all citizens and the

ividual.

imself, every other Negro

~|iranded with a

iat we are addressing this to
@groes~ is because,

iat the individual Negro does.;1ere was a time when

2 jerson _of color had courtly: race, being conspicious because
f color,;are. more noticeable
or their profarfity and vulgar

expressions that are heard
{ Flint today.
4 These people have no respect
* for anyone. We hear them in
+ moving pictures, On busses and
up and down all of our streets.. Can we blame other people for
mot wanting us to frequent the
places where they are likly to
tbe exposed and have their lov~d ones expoSd to our lewdness
and vulgarity?

*

Coat
%

~all concerned that We are not
judged as individuals: we are
judged as a growp and when
one of the group does something, it is @ reflectior upon
~everyone. This condition will
continue until public opinion
in our group+rise up in indignatior and demand that all
hoodlums be put where they
belong so that decency can
reign in our midst ag is in ail
' other sections of our, city.

V1 2
COMMANDOS
"Anowal
Benefit Ball

ROYAL
~GARDENS, Pa

| Dec. 14, 1946

ADMISSION $1.00
*

Music by
Eddie Woods
and His Band
i... ~
vant FLOOR SHOW

featuring
> BILLY:

E SASH GAMBLE
and His-Chi-Town Revue
Come One, Come All

the Commandos Are
| On the Ball

+
PS
<7

ni ge

POU Oe COO

The worst and most appalling
ng that we can think of, is
-e lack of civility of Negroes
public places. This is a pla-]|

| orst mark possible that could
~j.rer be placed against any inWher a Negro misconducts
is
black mark.
-4Nhy are we talking so specifi
ally about Negroes? The reason

ie the whole
'* +e collectively is penalized for

every

manners, but it seems that our

in

It should be remembered. by.j..

PLANS MARCH OF ~DIMES
DRIVE Steering. committee
of Zeta Sigma chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority meets
in the office of Dr. John W.
Chenault, director infantile paralysis unit, Tuskeyee institute,

| Alabama,

to discuss plans for
March of Dimes for the
Tuskegee chapter of- the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis, Inc.

Shown in the above picture,
seated, left to right: Mrs. Elaine

the:*

Freeman Thomas, Carolyn Walcott Ford, and Otoria ~Williams
Drye. Standing, left to right,
Lottie Younge Waddell, Barbara Bond Tolliver and Dorothy Sultar Chenault,

NATION AROUSED

OVER REPORT

]
By Luther A. Townsley

protests. from the mation~s indigant Negro and white organizations became louder and ~loud-.er this week as enlisted Negro
GI~s in Germany were revealed as: the target of George W:
Meader~s. heretofore secret senate committee report, released
last week by four Republican
members of the committee,
which | is~ investigating _national defense program.

The NAACP, the American
Council on Race relations, and
the United Negro and Allied
Veterans of America went immediately om record condemning
the report as a malicious attempt ~ eto smear Negro. troops
in Germany. Other national
Negro and white organizations

_| are preparing heated protest

to be sent to top
officials, the war
rdepartment, members of the
serrate investigating committee
on the national defense ~ program, and high ranking members of the Republican and
Democratic parties,

Meader, a counsel for the sen}ate committee, is a Michigan
Republican ard is reported to
be preparing to seek a congressional office from Grand Rapids on an anti-Negro and antiSemitic ticket. His repert promotes hatred against Negroes
and Jews, outstanding leaders
of both peoples agree.

Republican leaders responsible for releasing the- vicious
document are Sen. Owen Brewster (Me.), Joseph H. Ball
(Minn.), Homer Ferguson
(Mich.) and William P. Knowlamd (Cal.), who. constitute. a
minority of the senate committee investigating the National
Defense program. They publicized the report over the objections of Sen. Harley M. Kilgore (D., W. Va.), the committee~s chairman. and the written
protest of Secy. of War Robert
P. Patterson.

Only time car tell whether
they will wave the inciting antiNegro and anti- Semitic report
~before the eyes of the American people during the 80th

statements
government

on the maladministration of the
American military government
{in Germany. Meader had neo

é

congress im an alleged hearing

condemnation,

SMEARING RACE GI's.

I;

~CHICAGO"=+- ANP-~) Boaring. +;

contact: with Negro. troops during his hasty. ~stay | in Germany.

His rhaterial ~about them ' was |

gathered from ~~heresay, ~some
probably from Nazis. They also hate Jews an dNegroes.

~It is difficult to discuss those
portions of the report. which -attack or own. soldiers ~and helpless victims of Nazism, without
the. strongest disagreement and
"** said Senator
Kilgore.. ~A general diScrediting of whole categories of troops
on such a basis is not only unfair, but tends to undermine
morale,

~Neither prejudice nor malice
has any place in factual reports,~ Kilgore declared.

Meader discovered more mis
conduct of American troops,
particularly American Negro
GIs, in. his four-week probe

than the afmy~s inspector general found in his three-month
investigation. the NAACP pointSee~Nation Aroused~Page 7

~tend. ete

Elks te Hold

Xmas Party

The Elk~s Lodge, yt City
1036, will hold a Christmas
party on Christmas Day at 1:00
p. m. for all of the children of
the ~community, both north and
south, at the Elk~s~ Rests Every
one is Bains nee to. at.

The Elks Mave gone to considerable expense to put or this
annual party, and everyone
should come out and make it a
big success, ~

Mrs. Gussie Palmer, mother
of the Juveniles, is chairman of
the.affair, with Albert Harper,
Ex. Ruler and Ladesta Hamiilton, Dt. Ruler, presiding.

To Whom It

May Concern

Charles Dyer wishes people to
know that he and the Charles
R. Dyer are not the same,

Charles R. Dyer who has
been arrested approximately 6
times in the. last three months
is not our. own ~~Charlie.~
Charles R. is a stranger in our
city and <-his native home is
Texas,

All Lots in Oregon

The Oregon Lake Park subdivision, a novel development
that. is being carried out by interprising citizens of the community, is all sold out. This plan
was fostered by the late Rev.
T. L. Ballou and a group of ministefs and other responsible citizens. The coming of the war
interrupted ~the project. ~After
the passing of Rev. Ballou, who
was head of the project, Mr. Lucious Fleming, prominent fraternal and church worker of the

city was chosen to lead the
work. Since Mr. Fleming took
over in June, all of the lots

have beert sold and there is a
certainty that the development
of the park, which will give Negroes greater recreational outlets, the very best. suburban
living conditions and a chance
to show the whole,state that
our people in Flint have some
initiative and origirfality is assured; Assisting Mr. Fleming in
this enterprise is Mr. Frank L.
Gillespie.

The original members of the
group ~were: Lucious Fleming,
Jesse Governor, William Whitson, Henry G. Reynolds, Mis.
Pauline Bell, and Mr. Frank

| Lake Subdivision Sold

GiHespie. The new members of
the group are Rev. Edgar Timmons, Nathanicl Turner, Andrew Battles, Louis Chaney and
Rev, Ervin Curry. ~
Some of the members are
ready to build as soon as materials are available.
ber of this group is donating
one half acre of ground to make
a park, This park will. relieve

-the great meed of colored peo
ple for a place to go. The park
will. comprise ~about seven and
one half acres.

Oregon Lake Park, is a naturalistic paradise. It has two lakes
~stately towerjng trees, which

make an irtviting bridle path. |
It abounds with colorful birds,
and is in very close proximity

-to Flint. It is hoped that the

park will oper on May 30, 1947.
A plan will soon be under -way
that will enable every Flint citizen to join in helping to develop this park..

Carbon:

Carbon is an essential ingredient
fm smelting operations tor the pro
duction of calcium carbide, ferro
alloys such as ferrosilicon and ferro
-hrame, phosphates. silicon carbide,
luminous abrasives, iron dre reduce
~on and other rlectre processes.

ELLENDER

JACKSON, Miss. ~ NNPA~
~The serrate sub-committee investigafing the - election of
Theodore (The Man) Bilbo split
on party lines here as the open

hearing ended on Thursday.
Louisiana Senator Allen Ellender, chairmar of the hear
ings sought a unanimous report
absolving Bilbo of responsibility
for denial to Negroes of the
right to vote in the Mississippi
Democratic primary. Republican
Senators Bourke, Hickenlooper
of Iowa and Styles of New
Hampshire are believed to intend to recommend to the full
committee that Bilbo be denied
his seat in January.

BILBO GIVES. TESTIMONY
The end of the hearing brought

Each mem-}; Bilbo himself to the witness
| chair. He said that Negroes had
every right to vote in the Republican and Socialist primaries
but denied that Negroes were
Democrats. He said that they
therefore had no right to vote
in democratic primaries.

~LILLY WHITE~? FACTION
The leader of the so-called

Lilly White faction of the Mississippi Republicar, George L.

Elks~ Girls

Foils Hithlip

The Elk~s girl~s' ' basketball
team, sponsored by the Elk~s
recreation committee, through
the RICC, ~won. the basketball
game \from their toughest adversy,/ Lang~s Grocery, with a
score Lof 18-16, on Thursday
levening. The game was played
at McKinley Park. Our _ hats
are off to the girl team, that
they may draw ~ in the future.

Luther Martin is Coach and
Eddie Woods is assistant coach.

1 Ruby Turner is Captain. Every
one should support these girls
and give them added strength.

Announcement

The Art Clearfers wish to announce that Mr. Jess L. Wooten
is not working with the company any more and that they
are not responsible for~ clothing
picked up by him.

SHOPPING
WEEK LEFT

CHRISTMAS
SEALS

i the

SEEKS ~

TO GIVE BILBO
CLEAN SLATE

Sheldon, former governor of
Nebraska, and a long-time resident of Mississippi, testified in
the behalf of Bilbo. He is leader of the group that is bucking
the recognized ~~black and tan~
faction of the Republican party, headed by Perry Howard
National cOmmitteemarr.

-Democratic leaders, all of
whom professed fo be opponents of Bilbo, also testified in
his behalf. They said that he
had not incited any violence,

See~Ellender Seeks~Page 8

EDDY WINS
OVER RUIZ

Our own Bill Eddy won a
unanimous ten round décision
over youthful Chu-Cho Ruiz in
a fast; rugged ten round boxing
route at the IMA Auditorium
Monday night.

Eddy~s.right hand jab was
responsible for the unanimous
decision over: his youthful op~ponent. While there being no
knock downs, both men were
rocked and shaker. Although
-Eddy-Ruiz fight was the
main event the semi-final in
which Serotos slammed out a
decision over Flounery was a
really main event.
~Our own. Eddie Garland scor-}
sr ~a one round. ps Sepang se over |
Joe Fox of Detroit. Fox being
-knocked down in the first round
still had lots of fight in him but
missed the count in which the
time keeper f/was doing the
counting instead of the referee
which caused a lot of confusion among the fans. Willie Edmonds of Grand Rapids dropped

| Chuck Hirst of Detroit in the

thirty-sixth second of the first
round in a scheduled six rounder. Mike Sharron of Detroit de
cisioned Georgie Mack of De-|~

south.
won from
in another four

troit and Harold Jones,
paw from Detroit
John Varcy.
rounder.

Our hats are off. to Tommy
Cussans for superb boxing
shows that he~is bringing into
the city of. Flint.

Ex-Flint Trolly
Coach Driver
Guilty of Rape

In a long drawn out four day
trial, Mr. Sentell;.a former Flint
Trolley Coach Bus Driver was
found guilty of rape of one of
his passengers. The act occurned on April 25, 1946 on Lippincott Blvd., on the bus which he
was the driver. ~

The case was. tried before
~Judge Bishop in -Circuit Cofrt
on December 3. Mr. Sentell~s

| sentence was deferred until a

later date.

Brawl; One Killed,

~MUSKOGEE, Okla. ~ ANP~
Two Negroes were injured and
one killed during a brawl which
cropped up at a football game
betwcer~ two Negro high schools
here last- Nov. 28: According to
Chief of Police R. E. Davis,
the slain man, Oliver Davis,
was shot through the heart,
with Jack Cato reported in. a
criticial condition from a_ bullet through the heart, with Jack
Cato reported in a critical condition from a bullet wound and
Eugene Gaines suffering knife
~wounds and bruises.

During the~melee, two white

Oklahoma Football Game Ends in

Two Injured

policemen were hurt slightly
while attempting to quell disturbances. Two Negro officers
came to their -assistance, and
according to the police chief,
each fired one shot, one of them
firimg his,pistol- into the air.
As a preventative measure
against further outbreaks, ~ police ordered all taverns in the
city closed and cancelled a Ne
'gro dance scheduled for that

night. No information was given as to the~ cause of the fight,

but it was learned that the
dead and injured were from
Tulsa:

BERMUDIAN. RETURNS:~Mrs.
Nena Smith of Bermuda has re-,
turned to our city. Social activities are already beginning to
hum by her wit and charm~
Photo by Beck.

Elks Hold
Memorial
Service

Before a crowd of 300 daugh
_ters and brother Elks, The Flint
Elks held their Memorial Service in honor of the deceased
Elks of Elkdoom, Sunday afternoon at Caanan Baptist Church.

The services were highlighted with an impressive oration
by Mr. Chris S. Dixie, newcomer to the city of Flint who

oe Feretan oratory ~of ur ot
munity. ie
The Saginaw ~ Elks were
guests of Flint Elks during. the
service. The committee | in
charge of the service, was Bro.
Fred Scullar, chairman ~ and
Bros. Rufus Palmer and Kedel;
Daughters Stella Davison, Hattie Carrell and Bertha Ford.

Dt. Ruler -Ladesta Hamilton
and Ex. Ruler Albert Harper
presided. -

John W. Thomas
To Speak

To Veterans

The V-12 Commandoes are
having a Veterars Pow-Wow to
es given at the FICC Sunday,
January 12, 1947. All veterans
and -non-veterans are urged to
attend. Guest speakers for the
program will be Atty. John W.
Thomas, and Mem Wright of
the unemployment compensation. Veterans will be advised of
their rights under the GI Bill
of Rights and concerning the
Veterans~ Bonus and many
other GI benefits will be explaired to them.

Golf Classes

To Resume

The Flint Amateur Golf Club
will resume their golf classes
om Tuesday, January 14 at the
-Clifford St. Center. The class
will start at 4:00 p. m. and will

|run for 14 weeks. This club

will. have full facilities for teaching beginners. They have obtained two nets which will be
used in their ~ractice. Real golf
balls will be used amd members
will be able to drive with any
club in their bag.

_ Beginrers will be taught the
fundamentals by onc of ~lint's
leading professionals. Entry to
these classes will be open to
members only. Anyone wishing

contacting Beulah Roman at 4 -1452 or Connie Childress at
9-5442 and J. D. Shook at the

South Side Confectionary.

nie a short stay in a ok city, has |: | ree: ee
these places don~t have the ~back

to joi the club, may do so by

Police Raid
Nets 238 Innocent
Victims

Flint Police Department went
on a rampage last week in their
so called ~Routine - Raids~~ of
gambling joints. Meaning of
routine raids not understood by
us or the police department.
Due to the illegal raids of these
various establishments it was
brought to our attention that
marty innocent victims were
being herded to jail without
cause. It is a known fact that.
these, places have license to operate charter clubs and pool
cooms and when patrons patronize these places solely for
recreation are not responsible
for what goes or other than.
what the license of the establishment calls for:

In cur interview with Chief
Byers about this unjust treatment of these innocent people
he said, ~If these raids are go- '
ing cu they are iliegal and that
tie law enforcement oificers arat fault as weli as the operators of these gambling joints.
They are being raided without
Icgal search warrants, and that ~
the officers involved. are subject to civil suit by the innocent rersons concerned.~

lt interviewing a number of
innocent persons arrested over.
the week end it waz brought to
our ~attention that a _ certain
operator of an illegal gambling
joint wanted all the inrocent
victims as well as the guilty
ones to plead guilty and those
not doing so were left in jail.

2] bone to protect inmocent -vietims. It seems that the - only
answer to this complicated problem is for innocent victims,
when arrested without reason
to file civil suit against officers
in charge. The city clerk's office should show more dis~crétion in issuing licenses to these
establishments which are using
their license as a shield for illegal purposes.

--As a conclusion we would
like to ask a question, What~is
the.Third Ward Commissiotier.

~| doing about this condition that

exists in our community? Surely he feels ~that it is his duty to
help those who put him in office.:

Flint Negroes
Need Leadership

By popular request this ar
ticle is reprinted from last
week~s -issue.
_ The question of today is ~
What is the matter with Flint~s
Negro leaders? One doesn't meed
to be a specialist in sociology.
to diagnose Flint~s colored community illness. It is the lack of
positive, aggressive and unselfish leadership. Fae

It is an old custom of ours to
delegate power of leadership to
our more fortunate men such
as doctors, preachers, lawvers,
undertakers amd business men.
We even accept~ blindly the
white man~s deSignation of these
men as our leaders. But the
shingles of these men don~t automatically make leaders of
them. Leaders are born.

Since we accept the delegated leadership, we do have certain expectations of them. Now,
our leaders are getting fat and
lazy. They do~ ~nothing berause
we ted, are lazy and: demand ~
nothing constructive of them.

It is a known fact, if a carmer plant ard harvests ec
from his soil each year without fertilization, that soil becomes poor.

Flint Colored Community - is
sick. Its back is sore. Its blood
is amemic. Its~ leaders need to

return something to the soil,

4