Flint Spokesman [Volume: 1, Issue: 44]

EP Gy Eee eee?

~W. e Tell the Truth~

RACE CLERKS IN REGISTER OF DEEDS OFFICE~
% Reading i in photo from left to

right are: Miss Ruby Turner,
and Miss Mamie T. Wright

~ New Job Opportunities Come to

Capable Flint Youth |

Appointment of four members;

community to positions
by newly clectcd Republicans is
be mg heralded as a great step
forward in th> City of Flint.
Each appointment was carefully
made after recommendations
were sorted and the latest word
is that every: selection is.working out favorably.

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Jimmie Johnson jis a ntw deputy sheriff, Stats Senator John
A. Wright recommended Miss
Jessie Jones as a cierk-secretary
of the Michigan Senate; and the
new Register of Deeds, Leon
- ard A. Freeman,. appointed Miss
es Ruby Turner and Mamie T.
Wright to cl.~:kships in the Register of Deeds office im the Court |
House.

Len: Freeman~sin the Court. House foilows the
lead of the Veteran Trust Fund
when last summer that committee appointed Anna Lee Ray
mond Bannister to be office sec
retary~ in~ the Court House. The
move ~was: a revolutionary one
and caused considerable eyebrow
raising. Time has recorded how
successful Mrs. Bannister~s appointment has been in the Trust
Fund Office~ and thé ice was
brokenjtg make way for Freeman~s ~avpointments.

Miss Jessie Jones, 21, is now
residing jt we YWCA in. Lans-: Meter eaten fo ake-e2o-ate-efo-akes:

SADIE
HAWKINS
DANCE.

5 ATURDAY,
January 18, 1947

10; p.m. to 3a. m.
Lanes 50c --- Men 75c

ROYAL
GARDENS
~ CLUB

Each nite the first ten
ladies will be ad
mitted Free!
SUNDAY NITE
~ Py
ary 19, 1947
to.1 a. m.

Januar
tg Dp. the

Ladies 50~ ~ Nesey 7S~

Come ice Come All!
be all

appointmenis |

ing while the Senate is in ses~sion, She takes dictation and
does correspondence. for various Senate committees, and does
general secretarial work. She
had her first taste of tnis kind
of work while sacretary for
Miss Gace Pinel, Dean of Girls,
at Flint Cental High. Subse
and completed a_ twobusiness ~administration
While at Wayne = she
served as private secretary to
the Dean~ also. Her recommendations wete high from Certtral
High school and Senator Wright
took her to Lansing, recommend'ed her appointment, and served

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las her sponsor in the Senate.

| Miss Ruby M. Turner. age 24,
|daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl
H. Turmer, 1246 Everett Street,
attended Fairview, Lowel!, and
Central High Schools and won
scholarship honors at Central.
She. was. employed as.a secretary -in an attorney's: office and
during the war was employed in
the Genesee Courty Rationing
Board. Last Summer. she served
as cashier and road. secretary
of the M & S Softball team.

Of her
|Deeds, Registrar: Freeman saia:
| She has pitched in on a new,
hard job and helped: immeasurably to clean up the back work
we inherited. She is proving a
distinct success.~~ Ruby is. still
interested in athletics and is a
member of the: basketball team
of the Elks Recreation. -

Miss Mamie T. Wright, age
22. of 2813 1-2 Industrial, also
graduated from ~ Flint Central
High School. She attended Parkland and Emerson also. She acquired her business training at
Baker Business College.

Mamie served about three
years im the Armed Forces as
a WAC and was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant. Her
service record was outstanding.

In her.present capacity as a
clerk in.the Registrar of Deeds
office, she has been assigned to
the Chattel Mortgage depart| ment. Freeman said of her work
parte is doing very well in the
| Chattel Mortgage department,
has learned the requirements of
the position, and is a capable

versity
year
course,

~Photo by Nash Barrers

quently she atended Wayne Uni-~

work in the office of |

Spair,

FLINT, MICHIGAN, SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1947.

ATTORNEY THOMAS SP

EA

LOUISIANA COPS
ARREST PAIR FOR
CAR OWNERSHIP

LOS ANGELES ~ ANP ~
A vow never to return to the
south again came last week
from Jack Hammond, proprietor-of the Purple Heart bar and
cafe here, after reporting to the
local NAACP branch details of
how envious white policeman
of Baton Rouge, La., arrested
him_ and. wife because of his
shiny new 1946 Buick automobile.

Hammond, his wife and three
young children, had motored to

Center, Texas, to spend the
Christmas _ holidays with Mrs.
Hammond~s father, the Rev.

Charles Bell, he said. But while
there, he decided to motor to
New Orleans, Hammond~s hometown.

Mr. and Mrs. Hammond started. for New Orleans, without the
children, by the way of Baton
Rouge, he told Leon W. Steward, acting NAACP executive
secretary. and when they arrived in Baton Rouge they stopped to eat breakfast. While they
were eating, two white policemen came into the restaurant,
located in the Negro section of
the town,to find the owner of
the shiney new car.

Different Skin

I AM the person who was
born to live in a skin with a!
different: color from yours.

I could not choose
ents, nor. you yours.

Thus, the color pigments embedded by tha unchangeable
hands of mature in your skin
are perchance white, while mine
are black, or brown. or yellow.

But, underneath I am_ juSt
like you. ~

My muscles ripple -in the
same waves of power, and thrill

to the same
tion.

My mind has the same funetions as yours,

I reach out, just as you do,
in aspirations of the soul.

~IJ_.love antl hate, hope and derejoice and suffer, along
with you.

When my children lose their
fair chances at life, and become
aware of the bitter road of pre- |
judice that. they must tread.
when I know what my color
has cost.

I offer you my hand -in rebuilding an unjust world, that
you and I car make better than
we have found it.

I am the person in a different skin.

throb of joyous ac
~Writer nknown.

LAKE SUCCESS, N.Y.
ANP ~ Priscilla McDonald, of
Pasadena, Cal., is the only Negro girl working im the press
division of the. United Nations.
She is assigned. as secretary and
junior assistant to Stanley Ryan,
| chief press officer, and handles
all high powered dicuments for
her division.

_A product of the busirress
schools of San Francisco and
Berkeley, the young secretary
kas had a varied experience.
She served in the international
branch of traffic control in
Washington, in both the Russian and British section which
had to do with lend-lease shipments to the allies. During her
time there. she was the first
Negro woman ever to run -the

See~New Job~Page 3 (Reprinted from Labor News)
California Girl Holds Ranking
Post in U. N. Press Division

By Gladys P. Graham teletype machines which = she

said were more or less restricted
to her fairer sisters of the majority groups.

Leaving Washington for New
York City, she -was employed
by the Bureau of Child Guidance and the Office of Price
Administration Resigning to take

an appointment with the Unit
ed Nations. Miss McDorald said
she was the-first of her group
to work at Hunter college and
took notes of the first meetings
of the security council] which
conveneu wnere. These notes
were incorporated into the press
releases issued to the papers all
over the nation. She attended
the meeting with the
Press Officer L. Berry.

The young secretary said that
See California Girl~Page 3

my par-:

~ Chief

the deHammond

With drawn guns,
manded the owner,

and driven to the police station.
One of the policemen drove his
new car. Upon arriving at the
police station, ihey were subjected to a variety of personal
questions,

~~Where did you get those
boots (meaning: the driving
boots Mr. and Mrs. Hammond
wore)?~ the cops asked. ~In
Los Argeles,*~* Hammond _ replied.:

~Thke them off,~ the police
men ordered. ~~You don't have
any business with those.~~

~Where did you get all that

jewelry?~ the inquired. *~In Los
Angelés,~ Hammond answered
again.

~~Where did you get this money
(about $400)?~~. they wanted to
know. ~In Los Argeles,~ Hammond replied.

~Where did you get that car?~
they asked.

In Los Angelses,~~
shot back.
|; ~You ain~t got no. business
| with that car in this part of
town. where. we found you,~* the
| business quoted the cops-aS say~amd you ain~t got no bus
Hammond

He and his wife were then
-separated and placed.in cells,; Hammond. said. Escaping barefoot from his cell early in the
morning, Hammond - succeeded
in sending a message for help
to Joseph Henderson, an _ old
friend and owner of the Ever
Ready Cap and Hotel in Center,
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NAACP Delegates
To Be Elected
Sunday

Flint wih of National Association for Advancement of
Colored People will meet. at
3:30 p. m. Sunday at the Golden Leaf Baptist Church, 916
Jamieson street, to elect State
convention delegates, it was announced by Elisha Scott, Jr.,
president,

Other forthcoming NAACP activities on schedule include:

A community turkey dinner
for the benefit of the organization, which will be held Feb.
15 at the Flint Imterracial Center. Mrs. Elizabeth Willis is
chairman of the arrangements.

An intercultural program at
the Center Feb. 16.

Rev. Timmons
Seriously Ill

Rev. E. J. Timmons, Pastor
of the Metropolitan Baptist Tabernacle, is gravely iil in the Hurley Hospital. Rev. Timmons, is
much beloved for his astuteness in his ministerial work, his
liberality in dealing with community problems and his contribution to good citizenship.
Rey. Timmons condition ~is considered grave and as we go to
press. he is not allowed to receive any visitors.

Mr, L. J. Timmons and -Mrs.
Anna Smith (father and s~ster
of Rev. Timmons) arrived this
weck from Loriane, Ohio, to be
at.th2 bedside of Rev. Timmons.
Rev. Timmons~ many friends
wish him a speedy recovery.

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said. He acknowledged owner-/3
ship of the automobile. then he ~
and his wife were handcuffed }

+4 Miss - Waller

MISS CARRIE M. WALLER

Orchids to Miss. Carrie M.
Waller, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Waller of 9th St..
who recenily completed a course
at the
Pattern Designing
New York City.

School

is the only woman to ever attend th~s exclusive school of all men~s and
women~s tailored garments. She
is a graduate of Tuskegee College at Tuskegee, Ala., majoring in tailoring,

YWCA Starts

National Drive

On last Wednesday afternoon
Miss Jaunita Mills: a member
of the Northerr High School Y
Teens, spoke before the Y Family divisicn of the YWCA in
Flint which is joining with 434
YWCA~s across the-country in
a nationwide campaign to raise
$2,100.00 for a ~~Round-theWorld Reconstruction Fund.

who is Captain of one of the
Y Family teams, the campaign
will provide funds to inaugurate
7and carry on a special self-help
post war program among girls
and women in 30 countries.
part of the: money will be used
to replace facilities destroyed by
war. Most of it will be used
to train personnel to carry on
the work of the YWCA.

Mrs. A. F. Butler is Captain
of a team in the General diviscon. In speaking of the cam
paigm recently Mrs. Butler
pointed out that the male
casualties of the war number
ed: 25,000,000. She stated that
the fact is that women overseas have an obligation and a
responsibility to take leadership
in the. political, economic, cultural and_ spiritual rehabilitation of the world because there
are not enough men left to do
the things that used to be considered men~s work. Working
with Mrs. Butler on {his compaign are Mrs. Alex Burrell,

~| Mrs. Wendell Owens, Mrs. Allen

James Gordon
Robinson.

Pradher. Mrs.
and -Mrs; B.C;

Mrs. Brady will have Mrs.
J. W. Moore. Mrs F. R. Olmstead, Mrs. R. R Turpin and
Mrs. J. E.. Wellwood. as team
workers during the 10 day per-iod, Jamuary 15th to 27th when
the Flint YWCA hopes to reach
its assigaed quota. Miss Elsie
Pratt will be a member of Mrs.
V. W.'\Irwin~s Y Family team.
Among -the list of outstanding
citizens who have agreed to act
as Sponsors for the Campczign
are Atty. Elisha Scott, Presi
tion for the Advancement cf
Colored People, and Rev. Robt.
R. Turpin, Vice President of the
Flint Urban~ League.

According to Mrs. J. L. Brady,

~the
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dent of Flint. National Associa- |:

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ATTENTION

PARENTS

The Flint Spokesman, due to
increase in circulation is
sorely in need of 10 more effidependable and honest
newsboys. If you want your son
sell the Fl:nt Spokesman,
call the Flint Spokesman office
~5-3338.

Tke other requirement is that
each newsboy must sell 25 or
more papers each week and
be well mannered.

Blind Student
Wins Achievement
Award for Blind

TAMPA,: Fla. ~ ANP ~ A
blind Negro scholarship student
was the wirtner of the 1947 Captain Charles W.Brown Memorial medal, it was disclosed here
by the American Foundation for
the Blind last Saturay. The

Americar Gentlemen's | award went to Alfred D. Brooks.
in!a graduate of Langston univer
sity, Oklahoma.

The medal is warded each
to blind students ~~~whose
work uring -the past year has
shown the greatest intellectual
achievement.~ Brooks was singte out for this honor by reason
of being the first blind student of Atlanta University
School of Social work. where he
received his master~s. degree last
spring. Currently, Brooks 1s a
staff employee of the Florida
Council for the Blind.

Electronic Guide
A moving finger of light, guided
by radio waves, magically appears
on a map which is located in the
pilot~s cabin of an air-liner and
moves automatically to constantly
show the pilot his exact location
directly on the flight map; thus making obsolete older methods of air

navigation.

IMPROVED RACE RELATIONS IN. FLINT

| Another First
In Flint

Speaking frankly before fellow veterans, Attorny John
William Thomas pulled no punches in discussing the improvement of race relations in Flint,
since the end of hostilities, before members of the~ Commando
Club at FICC, Sunday, Jan. 12.

With oniy veterans present,
Attorriey Thomas told of his
own reactions and observations
since he has returned from service; The speaker is a Trustee
of the Veterans Trust Fund for
Genesee County, appointed by
the AmVets. ~~We decided at
our first organized meeting that
there was no color line ir the
administration of the Fund in
Genesee County, that we would
dedicate ourselves to see that
there would not become one,~~
he explained.

The first step was the appointment of a permanent staff with
offices in room 409 Court House.
As an office secretary, Anna Lee
Raymond (now Mrs. Howard
Bannister) was recommended by
Flint Central High School authorities and colored leaders.
She was installed as the only

~At first busy-bodied outsiders had certain remarks to
make about this appointment,
but the committee members
consisting of A. E. Summerfield,
Jr., H: W. DeVine. E. J. Harper
and myself held firm, and today
after six months, we are more
than ever determined to live
up to-our decision: She has proven to be a wise choice;~ he said.

Puttiyg a colored employee
jin the Court House in a secretarial capacity with duties of
meeting the public, perhaps has
helped to cut the ice. Newlyelected Republicans have followed with the appointment of
four members of the colored
race to positions each was suit~eq to handle. he pointed out.

~Senator John A. Wright
sponsored Miss Jessie Jones as

Asadota Dafora, African Dancer, to

Perform Here Feb.

DAFORA

ASADATA

Asadata Dafora, the eminent
African dancer, appearing at The
IMA Auditorium om Wednesday,
Feb. 5 at 8:00 p. m. has always
found it a.stimulating experience
to present the dance and music
of his native land. Since Mr. Defora- has come to this country
he has.done much to teach people the true interpretation of African culture, its beauty as well
as its joyous primitive yet corrtrolled energy.

When Mr. Dafora first came 0
this contry, he was appalled at
the lack of knowledge of Afri
NOTICE

Owing.to shortage of
paper, 8 page news print,
we are forced to use temporarily, 6 pages. As soon
as the & page news print
arrives, we will resume with
8 pages.

oth, IMA

}can arts and customs. His desire

to familiarize American with his
E ative Africa prompted him to
write the first of his famous
dance operas, ~~~Kykunkor.~~ Aujdiences were skeptical of this
new form of dance drama, ard
the opening night there were
many empty seats.

But.the critics were impressed
and their reviews were enthusiastic in their praise. Asadata Dafora and his unique program had
passed the acid test. The public
came and kept coming. There
weren't enough seats so they
overflowed to -the foot of the, Stage. the piano, window ledges
~anywhere. No one cared. No
one that is except the police

|department when they had to

untangle traffic from a ticket
line that extended for over 3
blocks. The dance group had to
find another theatre with a larger seatimg capacity. ~~Kykunkor~? was actually moved three
different times into three larg
er theatres ~ until it was considered one ~of the leading
Broadway productions. Such

ieading artists of the stage and
concert world as George Gershwin, Lawrence Tibbet, Geraldine Ferrar, Roland Hayes.
Leopold Stokowski, visited his
performances many times.

The American public was
thrilled with this new form of
entertainment. For the first time
they were learning to apprec:ate the fascinating jungle rhythms and native dances authentically presented by a man who |
is internationally recognized as
the foremost expon2nt and
i choreographer of African dances
jand music in this country.

full-time employee of the Fund.;
ge se ~my. We all served equally.~

jfoce Judge Gadola,

Attorney J. W. Thomas Lays Facts.
Before Csanteels Club Sealey

a clerk in the Michigar Senate
in Lansing, Sheriff William R.
Marshall has made all of us

ihappy with the appointment of

James R. Johnson as a deputy.
Register of Deeds Leonard E,
Freeman has seen fit to appoint
the Misses Ruby R. Turner and
Mamie T. Wright,to clerkships
im his: office,~ he outhined.

These appointments were not
political in nature, anymore
than the appointment of Mrs.
Bannister was ky the non-political Veterans Trust Furtd. Not
one of these candidates were
helped to be elected by these
individuals. Probably if a check
of the precinct recors were
made, none of the appointees
actually voted at all. he surmised.

~Why were these appointments made?~~ he questioned.
*~My- guess is that it was because Len Freeman and_ Jack
Wright are veterans like yourself and myself. We all learned in the army ~ if we did not
know it before, that an enemy
bullet is no respector of religion
or race or creed. We all stood
equal before our Nation~s ene-~

}

With a ~beginning like this,
other employers are~: awakened
to the possibilities. The Teles
phone Company is starting ta
hire colored operators. Others
will follow in time. Our job is
to see that these good begins
nings are ~not spoiled, ~ that..others.are encouraged to make.

our democracy live in this on~ ~
small way.:

These are not the only evie
dences of fair treatment to alf
minorities. Having occasion t~
examine some Friend of thé
Court files recently, the speaker
found an unusual fact about our
judicial fairness. pei

~I was looking over a record
of Judge Paul V. Gadola in a
certaim case and found cut this
fact. One-half of all the people
on probation from his court. are
colored. When you stop to-~onsider that he had twice as many
~if not more~white crimiuffals
come before him for sentencing,
his record. c! probation is unus.
ual. I concluded after exaraining these case histories that if
a colored criminal comes before
Judge Gadola and he shows
any hope at all of becoming a
good citizen, he~ll get his Jeniency and in all cases fair treatment. His record shows him to
be a good friend of the minority~and I~m certain that if I
had the time to examine fhe
records of the other judges, I
would find similar facts,~ Thomas said.

Thomas discussed about a dozen cases of colored criminals bewhat the
investigations showed and wkat
their previous records wert, and
what the final sentence was, to
prove his point.

~The improvement of -Recc
Aclations that I am wilirg to
werk for can be defiree. 7s
equity of opp>.tunity. All-our

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Consultant.

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Counseling
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