Flint Spokesman [Volume: 2, Issue: 6]

THE FLINT SPOKESMAN |;, nicipal legislatures.

-cannot help wondering why our

anxiety about the freedom of his

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- like Jefferson,

3 OPEN LETTER
~PRESIDENT HARRY S. TRUMAN

ea da a

- The White House.
Washington, D.C.
Per Great White Father:~

~Among the vast numbers of
your children who listened attentatively to your splendid ad
dress as you spoke to us last

night from the palatial salon of
the Washington Hotel Mayflower
were several million who were
black, ycllaw, ~bronze, _ red,
brown. You have some fifteen
million such children who con
sider you their Great White
Father. We are your colored
children; all of us true, loyal

Americans. We too, espouse the |
great cause of freedom and de- |~

mecracy. We do not quite know
what it is like you do, because
you see it has been many many
eenturics since we have been}
permitted to enjoy such a way of |
life. But as we read the pages
of our once glorious past, we see
our selves as enjoying the unmolested, untrammeled freedom
that was ours as we pursued our
arts and crafts centuries ago in
the happy jungles of Africa or
on the broad expanses of the. Americar plains where the buffalo roamed.

~Gteat White Father, we, the
American Negro.and the Ameri-|
can Indian, your colored child-,
_ten, are beginning to feel like or-|
phans; are beginning to believe
that. you either deserted us or
have never known us. It is a
painful revelation, when a child
comes to the realization that his
daddy loves somebody _ else~s
children better than his own. We
are ~made to feel slighted when
you speak as you did last night
about the aid our country must
give to ~those people whose freedoms are endangered by foreign
pressures. We cannot help
wondering why to date you have
never made a speech about our
freedoms that are constantly. endangered by domestic pressures,
many of which. are written on
the statues of our state and muYour American Indian and Negro children
love the Greeks as yOu do. In
fact,.we love everybody, but we

Great White Daddy in the White!
House. does not express some

own fifteen million colored child
TO~

more than one tenth of your own
great nation? Is it that your big
heart is so stirred by the unhappy plight of the peoples of Po
you have not been impressed by
the pitiable condition of millions
of your own children,. jim-crowed, disfranchised, humiliated, impoverished, ghettoed, beaten and
lynched, guilty of no sin or crime
other than of not being white?
Hasn~t anyone ever told you that
nearly everyone oy your cabinet
officials presides over a department that fairly reeks with racial
discrimination and segregation?

It is hard for a child to lose
faith in his deddy, so we are
trying to believe your failure to
talk about us is not due to your
lac of love for us, but rather be| Case you are too busy with the
ppesane of great world affairs to
Zive us much of your attention.
When you made hundreds of
promotions in ~the United States
Army a few days ago did it occur to you that almost none of
them went to brave and loyal
Colored men? Have you ~been
impressed. with the fact that of
the tens of thousands of Indian
and Negro boys who served in
~the armies of the United States
On every continent and every sea
for the realization of the four
freedoms, only one Colored man
wears a star on his shoulders;
and that though there were many
potential Dorie Millers, all who
~ever wore the gold braid of the
Navy can be comfortably seated
around a card table?

Have you forget us or is it
that you don~t have time to look
after us? Last night you said:
~~We shall weaken our own house
by Our refusal to keep it in basic
repair. At best this is poor judgement. At. worst, it is an invita
~ion to disaster.~? How true! You
were speaking like a prophet
then. ~Your Colored children are
wondering if you realize how
really prophetic such an _ utterance ~might be. No house is in
basic repair whose family is divided by prejudice, neglect, discrimination and: favoritism.

As you waxed warmer in your

stirring address before the lead
crs of your pariy: you said: ~~We
have seen it beforé ~ aggression
by the strong against the weak.

ren who love him and helped
make him es Chief Harry.~

We heard yuu say iast night, |
Great White Daddy, that ~we
have witnessed

~We know how fire spreads. And

we know how it ends.~ Yes, dear
White Daddy, we, your Colored
children have seen it before, we

i see it now, In fact as it concerns

us, we have not experienced any

land, Greece and Turkey that

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~BEAUTY NOTES

~WANTED FO RMURDER~ | pacific zone, she is a reniiile-,
~Melissa ~The Messer, sus-| of the belles of New Guinea, they
ceptible ~Sarah~ and Suzett~ would like to forget, but Sarah
Switch Brain, the remainder of belicves everything she reads and
~the six. Sea. consider it smart to brush- the
~Melissa~, the messer any one; hair straight ~up in a doughnut
who~s interested in how to mas-! forga:ting the model had plu-persacre a croqu~nole can get first: fect features and is the only one
rate lessons from Melissa, a lead-| to stand. such. a séveré style. How
ing whiz for cutting down the' ever, Sarah has a remarkable! s
life of a perfectly good waveé.} marror when she ~ukes it ~sae

plan m e rT
~ood groups: Leafy, gtet
low vegetables~at least ont

possible; potatoes, )
one oF more ~servings ~tins
@ fruits and vegetables

DETROIT, Mich. ~ APNS~~|STEtae meat, poultey
Adhering - 46 the Civil Rights. gaily if sible; e~8s~ 4

statute~ of Michigan, thé Bob-Lo

week per person;
discrimination case, which has

peas, nuts~one or

_of nations.~

atrocious violations of the rights bing else for centuries~~ alWe are at a loss to| ways aggression by the strong
explain why you employed the against the weak. We are the vicpast tense. Was it. because you) tims every day, everywhere. You
are not noav witnessing the atro-| need not set your sights on southcious violations~ of the rights of. te Europe to see this, you

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Enjoying a rest hour at Southern university, Baton Rouge,
-La., left to Fight, are Noveta

Allen, ~~ La., Victoria

She~s so delighted by her newly
done wave (no doubt because sh
Kept postponing her appvini~|.ment) that she is determined to
put them to the acid test, just
to prove herself how: well her
hair stays in curl

If she wer2n~t 2 mental midget,
-she~d do just the reverse, and
treat her new wave gently for
the first two or three days in order to allow the bair to set, but
no ~ Melissa treats: her new

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Says Parents~ Bad

CANTON, Ohio. ~ (APNS)~
Atty. Jean M. Capers of Cleve-|
land, stood before a large gath-|

today and hit hard at leadership
both within the home and outside of the home.

Atty, Capers made it plain that
nothing from nothing leaves
nothing. And that bad -young
people are more times than not
the outsprings of bad teaching
within the home. She said that
the parents and not the young
people are to blame for our backward ways here in Canton.

Any person Who doesn~t stand
on his own feet and fight for
| what he wants doesn~t deserve
anything, You~ve got to pay your
way. She asked that the people
began a better voice in their
fight for a better honest leadership and. for harmony among our
other organizations and _ honest
backing | = the Community

have cals to life your eyes and
look out of yOur windows upon
Pennsylvania Avenue.

Your Colored

Father was really serious when
he said, ~The American Foreign
policy ~ transcends in importance any other question confronting us.~ Your loyal American children who are numbered
among our nation~s racial mihority believe their Big Daddy in
the White House is slightly confused. They feel certain that he
would not now be running with
a bucket of water to help extinguish a fire some one reports is
burning. five thousand miles away if he really knew as we
know that his own house is already in flames.

An old Mosaic law enjoins us
to love our parents if we would
dwell long in the land. The converse may have some pertinence
also, Parents who may wish to
dwell a little longer in the land
of Canaan may find it expedient
at least, to show a little love for
their children.

Cause For Youth Delinquency

ering at St. Paul AME Church.

children are|
wondering if their Great. White |

wave to'a brushing and combing
you can~t forger deducting week
from her hair style, and to cap
the climax, when the ~wave peters out early in the game, she'll
rush back for a re-wave, blamShe made it clear that there| ing the whole thing on her hair
will be setbacks and that it is: drzszer, don~t you think Melissa
not-a crime to fail, it is what you should be wanted far ~murder?

Teachings

Youth Council of Canton:

do after ycu fail. | Susceptible Sarat: is a gullible
Said-Atty. Cepers, ~There will soul, she 1s a.reader of fashion
be more fighting the program magazines results in now going

than thos2 who will give in the. about with quaint hair-do tha:
building fund drive.~ There will! make her look as if she was or
be more young people coming to' her way to take a bath. To her

the center than those attending} friends iately returned from the

week; flour, cereals, meal

sees the model in the magazine,
results is tremendously pleasing
to her, unfortunately to her
friends she is a deplorable sight.

~Suzett the- Switch brain, can
never leave well enough alvn?
She is quite willing to have he:
hair done professionally, but can
hardly wait to get home for r--
designing tcuches s} she gOes3 tc
work and pretty soon the beautiful upsweep is a low Chignen
and before long she looks as if
she swam home thru a rough
surf, what Suzette should do 15
realize that her hair dresser did
not just sit hunches of curls or
waves but created a definite coif.
fure line. If she is smart, she

will hav2 said hair dresser show
her how to handle the coiffure at
home it doesn~t have to be kept
in an iron cage but proper combing and brushing will keep it)
sovely ior weeks so dear~ reader,
let us not be in the wanted for;
Murder group. This is a very
dangerous charge. Smiles.

the meetings. But she said she
knzw that the Youth Council
will succeed because of its leadership. She also stated, Teach the
young -people in the home to be
good young people. But before
you can do that you first of all be

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Let~s check up on the general
appearance of our clothes and

because they learn to do and say
what they see their parents do
and say. Do this and the young
people will follow and you need
not worry about the world of
tomorrow.

before they come off. The -l0ss
of ornamental buttons in particular may spoil the appearance
of a dress. Do repair ripped
seams; slip straps, before laundering or dry cleaning, aiways
look for broken threads and Stitches, so seams wont open.

Be sure hems are fastened sccurely, Carefully adjust shoulder
pads in necessary for a trim appearance. During wear remember

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pounds of chicken featners said to
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FASHION NOTES

that over looked suit and coat,

pockets look untidy and becom?
stretched out of shape, proper
fitting prevents strained seams.

thé right type of parent, because grooming. | oe >
parents can rear good children To begin with tighten loose| Protect your clothes from per~butions, snaps, hooks and eyes /|spiration by the use of deordent

and shields. Don~t stain your
clothes with perfumes or chologns they should be applied to the
skin. *

That fresh, fresh look you wish
to achicve will be lost if you try
to wear your white collar and
cuff set the second time without
laundering them. Be sure thai
everything. white yOu wear is

spotless and duskless,

Habeas Corpus

Writ Denied
| By Fed. Judge

PITTSBURGH, Pa. ~ APNS ~
Leon Johnson, 40 yr. old
escapee from a Géorgia chain
gang, had his application to
escape extradition to Georgia

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Vice-Dean, B. F. Lee: Theological
Seminary

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denied again when Federal
Judge Nelson McVicar refused
his writ of habeas corpus.
Johnson, who escaped in June,
1943, while ser-ing a life sentence for the murder of Sarah
Thompson, a woman - friend,
nas had his liberty denied in
Common Pleas Court.

Attorney for Johnson told
the court that the fugitive who
was caught in Clairton after
his escape from Georgia, has
had his constitutional rights
riolated in an unfair trial in
Cobb County, Ga. Johnson
feared he would receive cruel
treatment or perhaps be killed
if he returned to Georgia.
Judge McVicar said there is
no evidence of an unfair trial
or a perjured testment and
that the fear of inhuman treatment is unfounded, although
there is proof that Johnson
was mistreated while serving
his sentence. He denied claims
that a race question was involved because both Johnson
and the murdered woman
were colored.

Johnson may seek a hearing before the govérnor of
Pennsylvania to escape extradition.

Louisiana Youth
To Face ~Death~

S; e
econd Time >

NEW ORLEANS. ~ Willie
Francis, 18-year old youth who
escaped ~electrocution last May 3
when the electric chair failed
because of a loose wire, lost his
plea before the Louisiana Pardon board Tuesday.

He had asked for a commutation of the death sentence. on
the grounds that a second trip
to the chair would be cruel and
unusual punishment, which is
forbidden in the United States
Constitution..

The action by the pardon
board appeared to close the last
door on Francis~ hope to have
his sentence reduced to life imprisonment. Willie~s plea already
has been denied by the Federal
and State Supreme Courts.

Francis was convicted for the
slaying of, Andrew Thomas, St.
Martinville (La.y druggist.

Business League

(Continued from Page One)

Waters College, Bethune-Cookman College and Florida Normal
and. Industrial College leading
the talks. The closing sessions
were held Tuesday night at the
Clara White Mission with Mr.
Tom C. David, loan guarantee
officer of the Veteran~s Administration, presenting the subject
~Veteran~s Loans for Business,~

and Mr. W. P. Sterling of the}

War Assets Administration discussing ~Where and How to

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~claimed that since Bob-Lo Island

~the state.

been conducted by Assistants
Prosecutor Joseph Bannigan,
head of the Civil rights,departmept of the Wayne County
Prosecutor's Office, under ~former | ~4
Prosecutor ~Gerald K.. O~Brien, 2
the Michigan Supreme Court
handed down a decision forbidding discrimination against. Negroes~ by the Bob-Lo Excursion |
Company.

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meal; fats, ails~some daily and su
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pete Meat:
Research on the ripening or aging
of meat without mold or undue loss
of moisture has resulted in processes
which take only one-third. the time

| of the old methods. Meat becomes

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The tender when the connective tissue is
conders Judge John J. iaher~s. broken down by en: action. A
conviction of the company ~in; ~abinet which conti s temperature
discriminatory practices against | and humidity to insure maximum
Negroes. activity of these lex organic

In June, 1945, the.company | SUbstencesvana ano~ in which

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admitted that it compelled a Ne-) ~~ pola have been d ped. ft is

gro girl to leave the Bob-Lo

Excursion boat and offered to

refund: her money:
In its defense,

~reported that either will tenderize
meat in six or seven at as against
four or five weeks req! ited~ = thie

the company} Old method. ye ter

is in Canada, and the company
is engaged in foreign commerce,
and as such, its activities do not
come under the jurisdiction of

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GUTE~S DRUG STORE
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Race lea dene?~ are icjubilaat over
the decision of the highert court,
which upheld Judge Maher~s
ruling.

The local NAACP, which has
stood, solidly against the. discriminatory cases, denying minority grours their constitutional rights, has reason to~ feel |
proud of its progress in its re
fort to stamp out discrimination
in all of its many phases.

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The annual meeting of the!
Southeastern Federation of Col-'
cred Womens Clubs will. be held
in. Montgomery. at ~he Alabama
State Teachers Coliege August
| 12-18, according to announce-'
ments from Mrs. M. B. Gaillard
of Birmingham, President. Res,: CROCHET THREAD
ervations should be made for All Colors
housing through Mrs. Zenobia M. arene
Johnson, president of the Mont-. @

gomery City Federation of Col
ored Womens Clubs, who may
b2 addressed either at the College or at 113 Tuscaloosa Street.

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