The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1918-11-08
The Statement Of
Our Case TO the { ubIic

sion Of tha facts and ability to state
them to use tongue sad ren III de-
fensc Of d people naInsrly crit.csae4 !
ostraciss i md Tin sfowed' simply
because ef gace :siess stsss- liore of oGr
people VITO are stfe;ls iinancialiy 1T
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Ne ftal thai the d .ele wiaStaa iii
The forna ty Mr. i Il. 2 etoa ~
weeks ag5 was an aI,e gl-. cement of
our case II the court u public opinion.
We admire this evidence Of race love.
Ills lecital Of facts showed fami-
liarity with the history Of the coun-
try. We commend his courage in
resenting the attack on "OUR BOYS
|OVER THERE" when they were
ridiculed as being ghost frightful and
sleepy headed unless some white Off
|cer were present to keep them awake
or allay their fears in the inky still
ness Of the night. The "TEMP0R-
AIRY WAR-WID0WS and bereaved
MOTHERS needed their case stated
after such an insinuation on the un-
questioned valor of their husbands
and sons and he stated it. He stat
ed to the reading world while our
boys stated it to the military world
by making the "sKULKING HUN"
beat hasty retreat back towards the
| "hell- hole" from whence he essayed to
domineer a peaceful world, Mr.. Jeton,
we second your motion.
Who will say that Mrs. Jessie
Hathcock did not clearly and forcibly
and even fearlessly state our case
when she publicly resented the ridi-
cule Of our boys through the Assoc
ciated Press. Our boys are giving
their life's blood to help the world
give birth TO real democracy, that
must be born from the womb Of war,
and Mrs. Hathcocls's patriotism ex-
pressed III choice English through
the columns Of white daily, asks
that they be viewed and spoken of
as 100 per cent American soldiers.
Mrs. Hathcock's comeback at the
Associated Press is worth one thou
sand complaints at the big gate.
Have we who enjoyed the fruits of
her able statement Of our case; been
I big enough and thoughtful enough to
tell her that she said the right thing,
at the right time to the right parties,
or have we left her III doubt as tc
whether we commend or censure her
able statement of our case? Mrs.
Hatheock, your point is well taken
and the Associated Press is out of or
der.
The writer does not know Mr. Al
bert Hand, personally, but we COM
mend him for the noble stand he
made at o. S. U. We honor him be-
cause he had both the backbone and
ability to appeal from local prejudice
and state the case Of the colored con
stituency to higher authority, when
an effort was on foot to elbow them
out of state institution, founded
and p,,,,..a.a ~ Lx5 al tLa ,,nx.,,Io ~
unfit material to make the highest
type of American manhood in peace
Tor in war. So far as we have been
liable to learn he was right, and an
liable statement of the case won tenn
Iporarily, at least. Mr.. Hand, you
seem to have in you the stuff out OF
(which great men are made.
The Rev. Mr.. Beldoder, Of the
Episcopal church, has ably stated our
case in some recently published pam
Iphlets: ITO WIN THE WAR; is pro
found in thought logically arranged,
forcibly stated and respectfully adj
dressed to the President of the ma
|tion. Should he not have our en-
|couragement by purchasing a copy
at ten cents to pay for the printing.
at least? "THE WAR AND THE
|COLORED RACES" is replete in his
toric research, choice in diction and
sane in content. This able claim for
our race should be read by every race
lover and student who hopes in the
future to take part in the drama Of
life.
And now for the dear old FORUM.
What shall we say of it? The Forum
that champions all the causes Of all
the people all the time. First it is
the only city paper which will pub
|lish all the general news Of our peo-
|pIe. Ii we attempt to state our griev-
|ances against discrimination in the
shop, school, office, or otherwise in
the dailies, they may be consigned to
the waste basket and the big daily
|does not even lose subscriber. But
|they can have a place on the Front