Phoenix tribune., 1921-11-05
Chinese JAIL BIRD
OBJECTS TO COLORED
MAN AS CELL mate

MAlV HO ULLL-MAIL
Chicago, H.. Nov 4.-Charley Hoy,
Chinese held at the county Jail last
Monday, sent letter to Deputy Sheriff
AIRY Lauhenheimer protesting
against being confined in the same
cell with a Colored man.
81 want cell by myself or with a
white man." Hoy wrote.
AT the Jail it was crowded condi-
tions made the doubling up of the
Negro and the Chinese prisoner nee
essary. There are now 1,016 prison
ers. The normal capacity is 500.
to. be, as I have already said, no
longer one of a particular section
Just as do not wish the south to be
politically entirely one party; just as
believe that is bad for the south,
and for the rest of the country as
well. so I do not want the Colored
people to be entirely of one party
wish that both the tradition of a sol
idly democratic south and the tradi-
tion of a solid!y republican black race
might be broken up Neither politi-
cal sectionalism nor any system of
rigid grouping of the people will, in
the long run prosper our country.
with such convictiona, one must
urge the people of the south to take
advantage of their superior under
standing of this problem and to as.
sumo an attitude toward it that will
deserve the confidence of the Colored
people. Likewise. 1 plead with my
own political party to lay aside every
program that looks to lining up the
black man as a mere political adj
junct. Let there be an end of preju-
dice and of demagogy in this line.
Let the south understand the menace
which lies in forcing upon the black
race and attitude of political solid
arity.
An EQuCdlIOn i o fII All
Every consideration, it seems to
me, brings us back at last to the
question of education. When 1 speak
of education as a part of this race
question I do not want the states or
nation to attempt to educate people,
whether white or black into some
thing they arr not fitted to be. I
have no sympathy with the half-baked
altruism that would oevrstock us with
doctors and lawyers, of whatever
color and leave us in need of people
fit and willing to do the manual work
OF a work-a-day world. But l would
like to see All education that would
lit every man not only to do his par
ticular work as well as possible but
to rise to higher plane if he would
deserve it. For that sort of educa-
tion I have no fears, whether it be
given to black man or a white man.
From that sort of education, l be-
lieve black men, white men and the
whole nation would draw immeasur-
able benefit.
1T is probable that as a nation we
have. come to the end of the period
of very rapid increase in our popula-
tion. Restricted immigration will re-
duce the rate of increase and force
US back upon our older population to
lind people to do the simpler, physi-
cally harder, manual tasks. This
will require some difficult readjust
ments.
The South's Work
In anticipation of such a condition,
the south may well recognize that
north and west are likely to continue
their drafts upon its colored popula-
ton, and that if the south wishes to
keep it's fields producing and it's in
dustry still expanding it will have to
compete for the services of the Col
ored man. If it will realize its need
for him and deal quite fairly with him,
the south will be able to keep him in
such numbers as your activities make
desirable.
rs 1T not possible, then, that in
the long era of readjustment upon
which we are entering for the ma
tion to lay aside old prejudices and
old antagonisms and in the broad
clear light of nationalism enter upon
a constructive policy in dealing with
these intricate issues?
"Just as we shall prove ourselves
capable of doing this we shall insure
the industrial porgress, the agricul-
tural security and political safety of
our whole country regardless of race
7or sections and along the line of
ideals superior to every consideration
of groups or class, of race or color or
section or prejudice"