The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1913-08-22
C0LORED PEOPLE
SEND PROTEST
HEPRES|DEn1
Declares That Never
Before Has an Ad-
ministr- ton Shown
Discrimination

N"' "a" p'f~"t NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. df~
elimination sgsi''-t the cnlore-i rare. th;
letter has been sent To President Wits -
by the National .~ss' citation for the Al
vancement "f tn. Col"red People:
''D.-ir Mr.. Pn sident:
The Nstinnai Association for the Adj
vsnc-;nsnt 81 C.lored People. thrnuyI
its board of dire~tors. respectfully rn.fe~.
against the policy Of your sdmniSirsti /,
IN --2rsRat'ng the col"red employees J.
the d'-T ailments at Wrshirpf a.. Ia ~
Allies that this new snd radical departrrs
has bsen recommended. and il now -
ing defended. "r tn GRAND thst hy Civ.
ing certain bureaus or sections wholly q.
colored employs they are th~rehy rensi..
ed safer I'M pnss---sson of their offees anc
are le-s hkrly Ia he ousted or discrimi
mated against. We believe this reason
ing o. ~ fallsrions. IL is based on :
failu'e T. appreciate the deeper signif
csnce OF the new policy; TO understand
how far reaching the effects of such 9
drawing of caste liner by the federal gov.
Is tn the men thus -tigmstized.
Never before has the federal govern
ment diseriminsted against It's civilian
employees an the gre und of color. Ecery
such act herttoi"re has I.--n that of an
individual stats. The very pre~@nce of
the capitol sDi oi the federal flag has
drawn color~d people tn ths. district OF
Columbia in th~ t%-lief that living there
under the siia<is.H .i the nafinnsl govern
ment ft-eii they were safe fr srn the p.r~e-
cution aud discrimination which f.lIou
them -lse~ here because OF their dark -kin
Today they learn that. though their an
cestors have tonight i'm every war i'm he-
half cf the United States, in the fiftieth
year aitrr Gettysburg and emancipation,
this government, founded on the theor,
OF complete equality and freedom for sit
citizens, has established fu CLASSES amone
it, civilian employees. Ii has st the col
ored apart as j mere. contact With them
were contamination. The efFciency Of
their iab"r. the principles Of fcientifie
mansg' ment are disrrgsrded. the l.o~-i-
bilitis- of promotisar il not now will soop
be severely limtei.
FOR ROUTINE SERVICE.
IT" them Is held out only the pros
pect Of IneIe sulnr.iinste routine service
without the stimulus of advancement l.,
high Office by merit, right deerned in
violable for ali white nativcs A. for the
childr-n Of the foreign b"rn, of Italians.
French and Russians. jews and Christ
ia"S VII" arr NV entering the govern
ment -ervice. For u such limitation tI,i-
segregation will inevitably lead. Who
tODk the trouble To ascertain what our
cOlored clerks thought ah<ut this order.
e. which their consent was never asked
Behind screens and closed door they
now ~it apart as tin ugh leprous. Men
and women alike have the badge Of in
feriority pressed upon them by Govern
mint decree How long will il be before
the Ehateful epithets Of "ngigpr'' and
"Jin'-Crow' are openly applied 10 the-e
sections? Let any one experienced in
Washington affair. or sny trained news
paper correspondent %. w I,.. ..I
Ored IsT,I'le th,-m~-i,.- 70 t,sl 4 % A.. =,
soOn sensitive and h. ls-mln,l.pI nalni--r.
Of th.rr rse~ ~Ili nj ~. 90 eutsr tl... x.,v.
ernns nt s--fNIcr ~hi-,, tina d.rrst~ wlsai
y T. ti'sm fisc "i'' atf,d ind of die
elimination. Inde o.. there j. a wide
sprtAd q, - Sfnon( li,em that tins y fh.
W, pnri<-e q tb.--s- INV srrsntalse or
ders- And ~ber YER there arr men ub.
- tlse y 80 q th.ps vot.--. Who ex.
pi ~ snn q 80 "'.si rult aid Iynrl
tIo~' whDu tls1 call th.ir interiors
there this mistaken astion of federal ~
erBmeid viii - cited a.. tie warrant 10
new Tasisl ontfsg-- that ~ ont u hirl
Heaven for redrs-s. Nlo shall a,
wher- Discrimination onc- yum shaI
ceass2 Who c~s d., t,i s,ery at q
Discrimination tl,~ Ws breed
fresl. g.. ...sic..
COSS1 I1UTIO SAL RIGHTS.
''For the iO~ly of sll class you hsv
liit-i up your voice and MT in vain
shall ten nbsIli.,n 81 cur cilizens say thn
their civic iit~rties and rights are no
safe IN your bsDds7 To s-k the que~tio'
u to answer H. They desire q 'sNe,
freedom," too, Mr.. President, yet the
include IN that form nothing else thu,
the rights guaranteed them BY the cou
stitntion under wh'rh they believe the
sbouid be protcrted from per-eeusio
+. bssed upon q physical quality with xh,cl