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Prints text of letter to Detroit Edison Company asking jobs for Negroes.

Gives objectives of Bulletin's publisher, Detroit Civic Rights Committee; text of a plea for greater Negro employment in Friend of the Court agency; brief news notes; and articles describing various Negro clubs and organizations.

Contents: Jackson Negroes Favor Dignified Equality Drive; Too Many Job Areas Closed, Negroes Say; Moving 'Out" Major Problem to Negroes; Fortunate Negro One Who Adapts Quickly; Chance For Understanding, Good Life by Peaceful Means, Is Negro Wish.

Gives history of employment of Negro men and women in auto plants; commends union leadership and praises Briggs' program for upgrading Negroes as a model for easing current tensions.

Describes growing restrictions, especially in housing and employment, facing Negroes in Detroit since World War I. Reprinted in Detroit Tribune, August 19, 1939, pg. 10

Compares "labor market experiences and consequent social-political adjustment of Negroes and whites, unemployed as result of Packard Motor Car Company close-down of June 1956."

Traces the story of employment inequities in the building trades and lists advocated solutions.

Describes brief orientation program with advance commitment of jobs.

One of findings of this Detroit area study, is that Negroes place higher prestige on public employment than do whites.

Reports data from interview of sample of the insured unemployed without work over five weeks as of June 1 1961, in Wayne, Oakland and Macomb counties.