Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1921-10-26
RACE PROBLEM WORLD
WIDE, PRESIDENT SAYS
Faces Every Country, He De-
clares in a Remarkable De-
liyerance in Alabama.
ey Associated pre-s 70 Every 1vsniar

ey Associated Press 70 Every Gvsnfnw
Birmingham. na. OCT. 2s-rhs
right Of the American Negro 20
broader political. economic and eda-
cational advantages. based On q prlds
Of race. but never on an aspiration
for social equality. was championsa
by President Harding here today 81
plainly worded enunciatlon ~ hi-
views on tho whole American race
problem.
These are some ~ the principles cn
which the President Appealed - th@
nation to lay aside Old preiudloes ana
old antagonlsms "and give support
to a constructive policy ~ racial re-
iatIonship.
Politically and economically thars
need be no occasion f0r great and per-
manent differentiation. provided on
both shles there shall be recognition
Of the absolute divcrvencs IN things
social and racial"
Favors Ballot for FR Only.
Il would cay let the black man y1t-
when he is ne 70 vote. prohibit ms
white man voting when he Is unnr
to vote"
Il wish that both the tradition n a
solidly Democratic south and ths ira
dition OF a solidly Republican slack
race. might be broken up"
Il would insist upon equal sducs-
tional opportunity for both"
Men Of both races may weI stand
uncomDromisingIy against every suw-
gestion Of social equality. This s.
not question q social equality. but
question Of recoguizing funda-
mental, eternal. inescapabie dlner-
ence."
Facial amalgamation there oan-
not be. Partnership of the races Ia De-
veloping the highest aims az an hu-
manity there must be Il humanity =
to achieve the ends which we have set
for it,"
"The black man should seek 60 he.
and he should be encouraged % be.
the best possible black man and noe
the best possible imitation of a whits
man."
/ The Presidents address. which
brought him from Washington ca his
fsst extended trip into the souht sinos .
Inauguration. was delivered az a senl-
centennial celebration of the found-
ng OF the City Of Birmingham. ft was
levoted almost exclusively 90 the race
question. although Mr. Harding also
first extended trip into The south sincs
Is Industrial recovery and Co renew
his faith in the world leadership e
a re-united nation. He said in part
Race Problem National.
"The World War brought us 10 Gun
recognition that the race problems IS
national rather than merely sectional. a..
There are no authentic statistics. but
liz is common knowledge that tho
World War was marked by "a great
migration Of colored people % ths
north and west They were attract.d
by the demand for labor and the hlgh-
er wages offered. Il has brought ths
question of race closer 20 north ana
west. and. I believe Il has served ~
| modify somewhat the views of thoaa
studying this question.
! 1T has made the south realize fx
| Industrial dependence on the labor of
he black man and made tho north
realize the difficulties 90 the comm4ni-
Y in which two greatly differing races
are brought 20 live side hv side. I
should say that IL has been RESPONSE
bic for larger charity on both Sides,
a beginning OF better understanding.
and in the light OF that better under-
standing perhaps we shall be able 20
consider this problem together as a
lprohlem Of an sections and of both
races, IN whose solution the best ln-
telligence or both must ba enlisted.
| Question Is Even world Wide.
Indeed. we win ho wise to recoe
nize il as wider yet. Who eyog viii
take the time 20 read ana ponder Mr.
Lathrop Stoddards hook on the rs.
ing tide Of color. or. say the Thought.
ful review OF some recent literature
OF this question which Mr. ~ ID. Id.
gard presented Ia a recent EdinburE
Review, must realize that our race
problem here in the United States a
only a phase OF a race issue Thar tho
whole@ world confronts. surely ~v
shall gain nothing hy hlinklnF y
facts, by refusing 70 Kixo Thought ta