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FOR NATIONAL

BRIDE- ELECT~Mr. Edward
Todd, Winans St.,
the engagement of his daugh
ter, Virginia, to Sam Williams,

son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Williams of Everett St. Miss Todd

announces -: #| ciation, composed of the follow
= | dence

is a graduate of Central High

School and Mk Williams is a3

graduate of Northern High
School. He served 30 months
in the Navy.

THE BANNER LINE

By MEL BANNER

My Dear Henry Wallace:

I am glad to see you come
~home. To the country which
gave you birth, honor and position. I know that you have been|.
tortured by ~fair - weather
friends~ and crucified by more
intimates in your own circle. Because of these trials of life,
which come to all of us who
stand for a~ principle, you have
come to stand as a symbol of ali
that is cherished and honored in
America, among which is the
right of free speech.

Henry, because you speak of
your age as the era of the comjon man, you have been torn
asunder. There are those who
wish to portray a different kind
of man, not the kind you have
seen over this broad earth. Also,
Henry, when you mention that
America is embarking on a Career of imperialism, you are
inmost - assertedly portraying the
wrong type of American man,
even though you might be telling the truth. Our recently acquired ~ possessions ~ around the
globe must be _ protected, and
maintained. Those who are in

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charge of such operations do not
call it imperialism, Henry, they
call it ~National. Defense.~ Those
who might acquire a few millions more by this new title, do
not call it anything, but they
refute your ~common man.~ But
Henry, when you say that as a
nation we must bridge the gulf
between Russia and America,
the common man agrees with
you. They as well as others
around the globe are hungry,
and Valclore, of radio station
CKLW stated that ~a hungry
anything is vicious; the Russians
are hungry.~ But the manager
of a new radio station made a
statement at a recent meeting
of the local Junior Chamber of
Commerce to the effect that if
we tried to understand the Russians seriously we could get
along with them.

These men agree.. with you,
Henry, on these two points, but

the ~free press~ the fourth
estate, does not.

However, there is one thing
sure, Henry, as I take leave of
you, you have built a hot fire
under the boiling political pot,
and the smoke,~the smoke is
beginning to drift away.

Watch Your
Conduct:

It has been brought to the attention of the Flint Spokesman
that many business places are
being confronted with excessive
loitering in their places of business by the younger set. We
wish to bring to the attention
of the parents and young people
that business places are not to
be used for social get togethers
of no financial ~benefit to ~the
business. There are places provided for your recreation and

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such gatherings; they. are the
FICC, St. John St. Center, and
the Clifford St. Center.

LINT UNDERWRITERS ASS'N PL

DGES OVER MILLION

NEGRO INSURANCE WEEK

pwr ritual lsrael Church

~Negro Insurance In Every

Home~ Is Slogan

The ~Flint Underwriters Asso
ing: Great Lakes Mutual, Superior, Life and Supreme Liberty,
have pledged themselves to call
upon every Negro family in Flint
to place Negro Insurance in
every home.
SPEND YOUR DOLLARS
WHERE THEY WILL DO
DOUBLE DUTY
To Every American Citizen:
GUARANTEED RIGHTS

The Declaration of Indepenguarantees inalienable
rights. These are the rights of
lise, liberty and the pursuit of
happiness. The value-of the many
services of life insurance to the
general public have long been
recognized as a major economic
factor for a fuller enjoyment of
the rights guaranteed by the Declaration oi Independence.
LIFE INSURANCE BENEFITS

Because of life insurance families have been kept intact, child
rem havebeen educated, the val-}

ue of the human life has been
kept alive, savings accounts have
been established, homes have
been purchased, permanent income for life has been assured,
and outstanding debts have been

liquidated.:
IMMORTALIZES LOVE
Threugh life insurance the:

its sting, death of some of its victory. Life insurance has aided in
solving the time factor.
- It has.immortalized love. It
does not guarantee that a person
will not die, it guarantees nevertheless the completion of his
plans.
DOUBLE DUTY DOLLARS

In addition to the above there
are Over 11,000 Negroes employ -
ed by these companies. The employees of Negro insurance companies support over 50,000 people, supply their food, sheler,
clothing, and other necessities of
life out of their earnings from
life insurance. if

Millions of* policyholders, beneficiaries, employees and. their

~.milies have benefited from the!~

life insurance dollars saved with:
Negro ccmpanies through. the
protection they receive in: the
smployment that was created.
This has been made possible because of the nickles and dimes
that these policyholders. - - have:
paid, which protected over 4,000,
000 policyholders, with a total
protection of $750,000,000.

~When a representative calls on
you, please remember these facts
and buy insurance from a member company. Remember, when
this is done your dollars do double duty. Buy protection ~ cre
grave has been robbed of some of

ate employment,

ON RACE HATRED TOPIC

ATLANTA, Ga. ~ When there which he labelled as Communists
is talk of race hatred, Jews and|~rather- than the singling ouf

Negroes speak a common language, Victor Bernstein, former war
correspondent and author of th
best seller ~Final Judgment Sus
pended~ told the students o
Morehouse College, recently.

An eye witness at the trial
~which brought out incredibl
evil~ at Nuremberg, Mr. Bern
stein discussed the three ~R's~ o
Fascism, which he described a
race hatred, reaction, and red
bating. Not one alone makes. the
complete Fascist, but the thre
together, and where there is on
will be found the other two.

~~~What I saw perpetrated on
the Jews in Germany, went be
-yond anything my mind could
comprehend,~ he stated. He al
leged that the only reason Negroes were not included among
the top enemies of the Nazis on
their list of hate was because
there were no Negroes in Ger
many. He did _ state, however
that records-in the vast library
at Nuremberg revealed that Barlin had ordered sterlization of the
few pcople with Negro blood liv
ing along the Rhine.

In discussing ~reaction,~ Mr
Bernstein recalled that betweer

of the real Communists,

Resigns Post
To Return to
Law Practice

NEW YORK.~(Calvin~s News
Service) ~ Henry C. Turner,

chairman of the State Commission Against Discrimination, resigned this week to return to his
law practice. Governor Dewey
has accepted the _ resignation
~with profound regret.~

Recently recovered from a severe illness, Turner claimed he
could no longer carry on both
his commission activities and his
private practice.

~In relinquishing my position
as a member of the State Commission Against Discrimination,~
he wrote.to Governor Dewey, ~I
desire to express to you my appreciation of the opportunity
which you gave me to assist
with my colleagues in the pioneer work which the commission was called pon to perform.
We have been keenly conscious
of the great responsibility which
was entrusted to us not only to

1920 and 1930, ~Hitler was a kind
of big-time Loomis, surrounded
by a small bunch of crackpots
who only became important
when the financiers, chemica
and steel men and coal miné~ operators, went over to his.group
because they hoped to get th
strength to crush the workers.

Red-bating, the determination
to make war on Russia, was de
scribed by the speaker as th
bunching togpther' off everyone

who was against Hitler in a class~

carry out the mandate of the

Istatute but to administer the
~law in such a manner as would

gain the confidence and- support
of all groups which make up the
population of the state.~

Governor Dewey told the retiring chairman that ~Few men
in our time have given so gen
erously of themselves to the

public service as you when our
New York law against discrimination in employment was. enacted in 1945.~

Veteran Opens.
Service Station

WILLiE CGLARK

Mr. Willie Clark, World War
No. 2 veteran of 1433. Florida
Ave., opens First Class service
station at the corner of St. John}
Land Leith St. - ~Glark~s ~service
Station will! handle Conoco gas
and oil which is of the highest
quality and nationally known.
Clark is married and the father
of one son. His native home is
Yazoo, Miss.

- Judging from, the. many cars
in -our.. community. with your
patronage Clark~s service station.
will do a landslide -business. The

|| Flint.Spokesman ~welcomes Mr.|
JEWS AND NEGROES AGREE |

Clark into the business world of
our city and hopes that our association will be a lengthy one.
Clark~s ad can be found on Page
8.

De Groats Chew

And Chat Has
Smash Opening

Saturday, Aprii 26 marked the

official opening date of Flint~s
newest up to date confectionery,
De Groats Chew & Chat at 1614
Clifford St. Mr. Daniel De Groat
has lived in Flint for about two
years coming here from Saginaw. He is married and the father of one son. The Chew &
Chat will be opened ~til the wee
hours of the night for the convenience of night workers. It is
equipped with the ldtest in soda
fountains and offers many fountain specials. They will serve
ice cream, candy, hot chili, hot
dogs, hamburgers and _ coffee.

Stop in at the Chew and Chat
and judge. for yourself this new
modern race~ business~ enterprise.

Hope Chest
Winner to Be
Announced Sunday

The Homemakers~ No. 5 will
announce the winner of the hore
chest contest Sunday evening at
4 p.m. at the Clifford St. Center. Contestants. competing in
the contest are Julia Birch, Ruby
Reed, Delores McGee, Thelma
Jackson, Geraldine Hayes, Juanita Black, Mary Rose Brady,
Gloria~ Jean Watkins, Elizabeth
Gordon, Ruth Wilson, Hendras
Van Zant, Dorothy Hogan. _

Blinking Reindeer
The lower eyelid of a reindeer coyers most of the eye in b
says the Bétter Vision institute. In

humans, the upper lid does most of
~the covering..

Annual YWCA
Meeting
ieiiins

The annual YWCA meeting
was well attended by. many
prominent citizens. A _ well
rounded program was presented
with Mrs. Alice Meadows as the
roving reporter who through
questioning persons connected
with the YWCA and having
them explain the functions of
the various departments, left the

audience with a clear cut vision

of -just~ what the YWCA stands
for-.and its: importance to the
better: world of tomorrow.
Among those present were Mrs.
E..C..-Robinson, -Lottie. Wickware,,
Butler,

Mrs.. Verna Timmons,

Miss. Elizabeth Moore,- Mrs. Ruth:

Johnson, Mrs. Ruth McGee, Mrs.

E. Prather, Mrs.. U. S. Bagley of|'

Saginaw, Mrs. J..W. Moore, Mrs.
M. E. Wright, Mrs. Ann Johnson, Mrs. George Friley, Mrs.
Thelma Moore and Mrs.

élected to the board ~Of directors
of the-YWCA making it -a total
of "two Negro directors. The
other~ Board of Director is Mrs.
Mi E. bel canes

Just Us Bridg. e
Club Matinee

Huge Success

The: Golden Leaf Club was
definitely overcrowded when 400
or more followers of the Just Us
Bridge ~Club jammed the club
early Sunday afternoon. The
women qvere clad in_ bright
spring colors with those much
talked about hats of all descriptions. The male sex was quiet
and calm as usual taking everything in.

Clifford Dent and his men o
note held down the band stand

playing delightful dance tunes

with everyone dancing and having a wonderful~ time. An impromptu floor show was produced under the capable guidance of Leroy Coleman, featuring such outstanding talent as
Lois Grier, Louis Jones, Doris
James, and Ric: Allen. ~

The Just Us Bridge Club adds
another success to: their long
string of successful promotions.

New Eatery
Opens Here

Another~ newcomer into the
business world.is the ~popular St.

John St. Coffee Shop, located on

the corner of St. John St. and
State St., which since opening
two weeks ago is doing a very
good business for it has already
entrenched itself into the eyes
of the public as being a place
to buy quality food at popular
prices.. The Coffee Shop serves
hot dogs, hamburgers, chili; and
special light lunches. R. L.
Mickey is quoted as saying that
he intends to give Flint patrons
the best Coffee shop to be found
in Michigan. The Flint Spokesman welcomes this new business
into the business world.

anishing
The last woodland caribou in
Maine was seen in 1908. There are
fot hh ae cee
two of which are natives,

Nadine Pratt, Mrs..A..F.

Ruth.
Johnson, Mrs. J. W. ~Moore. was

Tuskegee Grad
Opens Tailoring

~Salon ts

WILLIE G. WASHINGTON

Willie G. Washington of 1627
Clifford~ St. announces to. his
many. friends and future customers that he has opened
Flint~s newest and only complete Negro ~tailoring salon at
17024, Elm St: upstairs over the
Canteen. Washington isa graduate of Tuskegee Institute, class
of *40, majoring in tailoring, son
of Mr. and~ ~Mrs. Fent Washington of: Tusealoosa, Ala., his native home, coming to Flint in

the alteration department of
King~s Clothing and also _in
charge of the alteration department of -Butler~s hat shop. The
Washington Tailoring Salon will
feature women~s and men~s suits,
also carry a complete line of exclusive sport shirts. The~ Washington Tailoring Salon is now
open and the Flint Spokesman
congratulates Mr. Washington on
his venture into a novel enterprise for our race and feels confident that Mr. Washington will

f get the support of all men and

women seeking style, distinction,
and expert workmanship. The
Washington Tailoring Salon ad
can be found on ~page 8 of your
Flint Spokesman.

Jim Crow Pops
Up In U. N.
Housing

LAKE SUCCESS. ~ (CNS)~
The old nuisance, Jim Crow, has

come up to worry the much
worried United Nations officials

sublet to its employees 912
apartments in the Metropolitan~s

Peter- Cooper Village and New
York Life~s Fresh Meadows
Project in Flushing, N. Y. But
in the agreement between members of the settlement and: the
companies,
the right to reject tenants ~not
found suitable.~ As far as the
UN is concerned, according to
Byron Price, assistant secretary
general, ~The Secretariat does
not assume that this clause implies racial discrintination.~ He
went further to cite the United
Nations charter. But the wellknown lily white attitude of the
insurance companies involved
may cause the term ~suitability~
to conveniently mean ~jim
crow.~.
Be

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1942, was formerly employed in|

here. UN heads are about to

~the landlords have:

Oregon Lake
Park Plan

Acclaimed.The officers, members and
friends of the Spiritual Israel
Church, acclaim:: the Oregon
Lake Park plan; at a special
meeting held in the church building on Michigan Avenue, on Sun_day afternoon, Rev. Irvin S. Curity acted as Master of Ceremon1 les. -:

The Rev. J, C: Thonson gave
a very warm and cordial welcome. Mr. Lucius Fleming, presi-_
dent of Oregon Lake Park, outlined the purpose of the program.
Rev. W. Mays, one of the pastors
~gave a soul stirring address.
He showed that if the grpfup
would only stick together that, the opportunities for the park

ar2. boundless. Mr. F. L. Gillespie was called upon to pinch-hit
for the principal speaker. He
gave a short chronological history of this movement and showed how easy it would be for, the
citizens of this community by a
little co-operation ~could secure
an adequate~ park for all of the
people. Miss Duckett, was- called
upon for an expression. She~ éxpressed herself eloquently for the
support of ~park. Musical numbers were rendered by Miss Evelyn Pea, Mrs. L. Curry, Mrs.
Kimball, and numbers by the Israel Soft Singers A very liberal
offering was taken and many
new friends were made for the
Oregon Lake Park Project.

Ross to Headline
Saginaw Card

Johnny C. Ross, one of the
most popular fighters to don a
pair of gloves in the Flint ring,
seems that for Ross to get, any
worthwhile breaks in the ring
it will be outside of Flint. Ross
has never headlined a show in
Flint or fought any semi-finals
but it seems out of the city they
recognize Ross as an outstanding fighter and deserving of a~
chance to headline shows. May
8 in Saginaw, Mich., Johnny C.
Ross will fight the main event.
His opponent will be Red -La
Vasseur whom Ross defeated in
their last encounter. Luck. to
you, Johnny, and we are in your
corner.

Scout Leader

Train for Duty

Mrs. Emma _ Towner; Mrs.
Aline Wright and Miss Nadine
Pratt were among the 21 Girl
Scout leaders who spent the
week-end of April 26th, 1947,
at the Girl Scout camp O FairWinds, as part of the training
program for Scout leaders. Instruction in.out-door cooking,
shandicraft and nature was givien the group by.Mrs. Marie
|Wallace of the Genessee County
~Girl Scout office.

Reward Offered

A pair of Horn Rim glasses,
\Eee Shell were lost somewhefe
jon St. John St. or on Michigan
~Ave. on the 20th April. Finder
please return to Mrs. Agnes Redmond, 1218 Miss. Ave. or phone

12-1088. Liberal reward offered.