European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Win  defusing i Michigan pastor the Rev. Lyle j. Weible shows guns posters turned in. This Home is not  simple proclamation borne by signs appearing in a Small but grow ing number of houses stands in silent dispute with those who flock to what mayor Jerome p. Cavanagh Calls the arms race in  is Cavanagh said the kind of thing he hoped for weeks ago when he pleaded with gun buying Detroi ters to return to  the craze for guns among Whites an negroes in the nation s fifth largest City and its suburbs shows Only slight signs of flagging but another reaction is set Ting in. This new reaction says the new de troit committee has produced solid signs of Hope that Detroit where 43died in a riot last july can be spared another summer of  committee established last August to coordinate efforts to solve racial prob lems says Only through massive attitudinal change can any significant improvement be achieved in the nation s  there Are indications that such changes developing in Detroit in Small ways tentatively far Short of the massive doses the committee says Are needed but at least headed in that direction. Industry and government efforts continue and with some promising  hardcore unemployed not Only Are employable but some of them Are win Ning promotions said a spokesman for Ford motor co. Dwight havens president of the de troit Board of Commerce says pro by Hugh Morgan end Lions a staff writers Grams since last i Tiv Bridges of Coin nun Whites and negroes. He n keeping Detroit basically looting and destruction it . ?1they brought a Reali Ati bet wifi Black and White communities that "7tremism in either Zinnion was not a solution. People m Detroit now see that hey must work together and must h Sten to each other if the  of this Community Are to be solved. Kven the suburbs which have for so Long shunned involvement in the problems of this City Are showing a new willingness to devote time and Effort to the problems of the Central  neighbourhood groups some tires a single individual Are nurturing budding efforts to build Harmony to a pud Lute the burgeoning quest for  both. This Home is not armed appear sin the window or on the door of More than 2,000 houses in the Detroit area the sign s distributors say. If the de Mand continues at its present Pace the total soon will Edge past 3,000, and the Campaign already has spread far fro the neighbourhood that originated it there Are other examples mrs. Edward Watt a White resident of Warren a Detroit suburb led a fund raising drive that netted $11,000 to be spent to improve understanding betwee Whites and negroes. She gave $2,500 of the Money to help a negro adult Educa Tion program in Detroit develop a Library on negro , which is almost All White has about 100,000 residents and has been inthe fore among Whites organizing for possible racial trouble including the formation of a militia to meet any invaders at the City  in Warren nearly 2,000 persons signed a newspaper advertisement titled a voice of support to encourage a racially mixed family to stay in  family had decided to leave because of harassment by Whites. In More than 15 Michigan cities including Detroit open housing ordinance have been passed since the riots Lasi july and a statewide Law barring discrimination in most real estate trans actions has been passed by the Legisla Ture and signed by gov. George Romney. Re Ferenda have forced some of a Laws into Public votes including to Industrial cities with negro mayors Flint and Saginaw and a posh Meany All White suburb of Detroit Birmingham where the Laws were upheld Vij the voters. Whey re pretty Good solid  be got Teeth says a spokesman the Michigan civil rights commis lie University of Detroit which Haso member student body that is or cent White has elected Harry or a Nero As student body Presith first negro to hold the  a White opponent. Archbishop John f. Dearden of theban Catholic archdiocese of Detroit n includes 1.5 million catholics inflight county area has pledged $1 lion for a Campaign designed Trout White racism to win housing Jep Tance for negroes and to Bringht help to those trapped by ghetto Oung Detroit businessmen have hied men United for sane thought i St. Their project financed by contributed by eight members is Booi the arms race through an anti advertising Campaign that is being eloped. He men of must in their opening its with startling Impact. One fun Ead shows a helmeted Man armed a Shotgun and with another weapon a Over his shoulder a woman at Side holding another Shotgun a Small before him with a Rifle and a tiny clinging to the woman s  up with the Joneses this Ner could Cost you your life say advertisement remarking that with Joneses this year it s ," says the advertisement. No knows what la happen in the Cit summer. Hopefully nothing. But we know what might happen in a suburb Home filled with lethal weapons. All takes is a sleepy wife. A nervous Hor. A curious child. And a loaded he new Detroit committee sees such Grams As healthy and promising in lations of determination to overcome racial ills that beset the City. But Introit s efforts have come not Only a private individuals and the ranks the clergy but also from big business san assault against the obstacles faced 1 an inner City negro seeking  companies in Detroit have led More than 55,000 people since latib 1 when they were asked to help fide jobs to alleviate joblessness in negro areas and other parts of de automobile manufacturers 1 e d. By with general motors hiring Smo persons including 7,347  hired 4,600 persons directly through Lup Overty centers in Detroit areas St heavily populated by negroes. Rysler hired 10,000 persons with 6,000i,?m. From inner City areas. Us been very successful on the whole said a Ford spokesman. Add general motors the percentage of these people who Don t stay is about the same As the rate for anybody else hired off  Board of Commerce president Haven said the major employers in the Detroit area Are doing an excellent Job. No the big chore is to get smaller companies those with 50 to 200 employees of hire from the inner  for the inner Core Dweller getting to a Job at a Plant Miles away Detroit spreads Over 140 Square Miles and the metropolitan area covers much of Sev eral counties is a Gigantic problem havens said. To overcome it a coordinated system of Public and private transportation has been set up in a six county area. The system includes some chartered buses. It is aimed basically at getting the inner Core resident to an from his Job. Despite these efforts Detroit s Over All unemployment rate has risen slightly with about 31,000 people on the Job less Rolls compared to about 30,000 last . Hudson jr., chairman of the new Detroit committee and a member of the family that owns the department store Chain blames the increase on a influx of Job seekers from outside de  Many negro residents who land jobs one debilitating Factor of their lives is their Homes Many of them old apartment buildings infested with rat Sand Roaches. Many negroes claim they can get no better housing because of shortage of funds or the refusal of real estate agents to sell them newer House sin White neighbourhoods or both. W. &6keejtir�up Vith the Joneses this Winter could Cost you your Page 12 Detroit 1967 citizens groups and officials Are fighting hard to prevent similar outbreaks this Summe. The stars and stripes life Fps the advertisement m with the Joneses year it s guns 99i tue toy jlv3 1968 Ihle open housing proposals May eventually alleviate this problem an the determination of big businesses in the Detroit area to hire the inner Cit poor will help havens said other re medical action must be taken  has hardly Given any Atten Tion to its housing code since 1917,"havens said. This allows inadequate housing conditions to  said the Board of Commerce and City planners Are drafting proposals to improve the code and Chrysler has As signed one of its $40,000-a-year engineers to help with the task. Cavanagh s budget proposed for fiscal1968-69 Calls for construction of More than 700 housing units but the record$460 million budget proposal can t be financed without increases in the City property tax and income tax. The desire for guns however has not ended. Registration of pistols has  were 1,090 registrations last Jan uary up from 626 the previous january and february s total was 1,421, More than double the 662 registered in february 1967. On a statewide basis state police re port 59,910 handguns have been registered in Michigan through May 31compared with 29,968 registered at the same time in 1967.the state police say however there has been a slight levelling off in gun registrations in june from Between 600 to 800 a Day to about 500 a  of fears of racial strife de troit and the surrounding cities set up Rumor control centers planned Steps for alerting each other in Case of trouble urged an end to the gun buying splurge Detroit suburban resident proudly displays his sign in front window of Home. And assured the populace that police officials can handle any civil disorders. In Detroit efforts also Are underway to change the attitudes that Lead to trouble Between police and those who live in the slums. Still the need for negroes in Detroit police Force is Strong Cavanagh said and he has ordered stepped up efforts to recruit 600 negroes for the depart  to 1965, negroes comprised less than 5 per cent of new recruits for the Detroit Force of 4,200, which is about 500 below authorized strength. In 1965,the new recruits were 8 per cent negro 12 per cent in 1966 and 22 in 1967.this is far Short however when com pared to the negro proportion of de troit s population about 35 per cent of the 1.6 million  s budget proposal includes planned pay raises that would boost four year patrolman s pay to More than $10,000 a year. This would make the Job More attractive and satisfy Detroit policemen who went on a Brief strike Las june because the City declined to meet their pay  Michigan National guard also has launched by letter a drive to recruit2,000 negro veterans from the Detroit area. The 10,000-member Michigan National guard has Only 127 negroes. No one is predicting Detroit will elude racial explosions this summer but a positive note has crept into statement regarding possible trouble. I think there Are More White people today who Are willing to move says or. John a. Hannah president of Michi Gan state University and chairman of the . Civil rights commission. We think there s a Good Chance therein t going to be a riot in Detroit this summer says capt. Raymond Mccon Nell chief detective of the state police. The new Detroit committee has Bee made a permanent part of the Detroit scene and some Black militants have returned to it after an earlier walkout because of disagreement with some of the committee actions. And at one House this Home is no armed was insufficient for the head of the household. He made his own sign this Home has three m16 rifles two antitank guns three bazookas two Divi Sions of israeli soldiers a Sling shot a by gun and one vicious ranting pregnant woman. 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