Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1918-07-27


to gu ole them.
1t may be then that the New York
. Age took it for granted that DR.. Du
Bots would resign the editorship of
the New York Crisis, position
which he had filled for somo time to
the satisfaction OF the reading public.
There have been two schools Of radi.
cal thought III this country among
the colorcd people leayened by con-
servative group of which the late DR..
Booker I. Washington was tho most
ardent exponent. The Washington
mantle seems to have been either
divided or has been used at one and
the same time by the Hon Emmett ]
Scott and DR.. II. II. Motion, both Of
whom have been consistent devotccs
ot their patron Saint, DR. Washington,
who has gone on before.
The other schools were represent
Cd by William Monroe Trotter, ESQ,
editor of the Boston Guardian, on
the one hand, and by DR.. W.. j.. b.
Dubois, editor tho New York Crisis,
On the other. Both Of these leaders
arc connected with influential organ.
izatons. DR.. Dubois is admittedly
the ablcst citizen of color before the
people Of this country today. He
belongs i'll the upper atmosphere of
thought, so to speak, being proven
al
learned III letters as to make it diff
iicult to find associates, who are able
to follow him in the realms OF scho-
lastic thought to which he has for
many years had ready access.
SO much for that. The Admins.
tration at Washington has virtually
accomplished what might have been
a few months ago deemed the i'm
possible. 1t has brought the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
Of Colorcd People through it's officers
in direct contact with the War Dc
partmcnt which heretofore has been
the hot-bed of race prejudice and So
cial os:racisms. BY the appointment
of DR.. George Il. Haynes as Director
OF the alleged Giles b. Jackson's Blu
reau OF Economics with Col. Giles
Is. Jackson loft out, tho FIRST blood"
was drawn SO to speak, CT moro pro.
pcrly speaking, the first success was
achieved. Then Major E. Spingarn.
the sponsor for the National Associa-
ton for tho Advancement Of Colorcd
People was appointed Oh the General
Staff at Washington. He is Il white
mcnts.
He has succeeded in bringing to
his assistance his great and good
friend, DR.. w. Il. b. Dubois. This
seems to have met with general APP
prevail in some quarters and with
much dissatiSfac tiom in some others,
if we are to Judge by the reports Of
! meeting held by the Washington, D..
c., branch OF the National Associa.
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People, Of which DR.. Archibald X
Grimke is the President. The direct
cause Of the outhurst is chargeable to
an editorial article, which appeared
in the July number of The Crisis,
urging the race to bury its grievances
for the time being
This is alleged to bC unlike the I'M
compromising DR.. Dubois and is
iraccablc 60 the influence of the War
Department. But it is best to repro
ducc The report, which, we arc pri-
ratoly informed gives but slight
idea Of the passion displayed IN the
meeting and the violent attitude OF
some OF The speakers, who addressed
the meeting;
Washington, July 1i.-The stor-
micst meeting ever held by the local
branch OF the n. a. y. c. p. here was
held last Wednesday evening. Be-
cause OF the question of endorsing DR.
DEBoiS' desire 10 continue as editor
Of 'rhc Crisis while holding a COM
Ill .SaiOn as Captain in the Army, as
signed to duties in the Intelligence
Bureau, and the matter of repudiat-
ing his editorial in the last issue of
the Crisis urging tho race to bury
our grievances, an exceptionally large
attendance was present. Many OF the
speeches were radically denunciatory
of Editor Dubois alleged selfshness
in desiring to draw salary from two
positions and traitor" and 'Bendict
Arnold" were some of the cndearing
terms applied to him by speakers be-
cause Of his "Close Ranks" editorial
in the last issue of The Crisis. The
local branch here which numbers
1000 members went on record as
censuring Editor Dubois for attempt
ing to draw salary for two positions,
and for his alleged surrendering edi-
torial in last issue of The Crisis. The
local branch sustained the board of
trustees Of the N. A. A. C.. p. in their
decision reached at meeting in New
York that Editor Dubois must choose
between the editorship Of The Crisis
and a position with the Intelligence
Bureau in the War Department; that