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take an equal part.

take an equal part.
We agree with and emphasize tina
conclusion reached. 1t continues:
Great as are the evils growing out
Oh the spirit inculcated by Garvey an,.
his Universal Negro Improvement AS.
ISOLATION spirit of hatred, distrust.
violence and revenge, and lmportan,
as IL Is to protect the ignorant anu
u'lible from robbery and cruel ok.
ploitation. the graver injury that Is BE-.
ing done by the Garveyites is the falls.
Impression their activities create in
the minds OF the white people as to the
real aims and purposes OF those Negro
es VINO are striving earnestly and
sanely for the advancement OF their
race. the elimination Of prejudice and
unfair discrimination in industry and
in civil life
This may be true. 1t concludes rs
follows:
While the Negro needs to be pro
tected from the enemies to progress i'm
his own race, the community at large
In greater degree needs to be safe
guarded against an evil propaganda
sowing the seeds of bitter antagonis,o
and strife. This is why the letter 10
the Department OF Justice should re
ceive thoughtful consideration and
preventive action in the interests OF
order and racial harmony.
III the Department of Justice at
washington cannot stop the Ku Klux
Khan, an organization which IL unde,
mining the foundations Of this Govern
ment by what scheme of reasoning
can 1t stop the propaganda of Marcus
Garvey and his followers? The Con-
gress has an opportunity to pass ami
enforce the Dyer Anticipating Bill.
Let It do 1t. Golfers Weekly now do
vocates Federal legislation upon this
subject. AS for the Carney movement.
those of us, who are convinced that
argument will do no good so far as the
Garveyites are concerned. should re
peat the words Of the Scriptures will,
slight modification LET Garvey
alone; he is Joined to his idols"
This effort to play foster father to
these many revolutionary organiza.
tions should he met with reason and
argument without invoking the drastic
operation of the law, when the Consti.
tuition of the United States is against
such action. We are drifting slowly
but surely to that imperialistic auto.
cratic state. which has practicaI.y
wrecked Europe. In summing this
case up, we would advise our contemp
orary that there are two classes of CO..
ored people in this country. One crass.
not represented by the Carney NOV.
ment is loyal to the United States Gov
eminent and the white and the colored
folks Composing the same. They do
not regard exclusive rice appeals, but
accept the fact tLst they have been
thrown into the melting pot" of this
Republi. and az entitled to every
right ami privilege that any other cit
izen enj:.ys, be he Lack or white. gray
or grizzled.
DR.. Du Bots. in his remarkable pro-
duction in the Century Magazine
claims that very few of this class o.
citizens of color are embraced in the
Garvey movement. If this is q fact.
then we see no reason for this undue
agitation over the remarkable leader
from the West Indies. To charge that
he is nonentity and has few foflow
ers OF native birth and then to Level
all Of the machinery of the national
government upon him and his organi-
cation is to believe the statement and
to say that the organization controlled
by him is making rapid Roadway in
this country of ours.
Personally speaking, from what we
have heard from the Hon. Marcus Gar
vey's own lips in an address delivered
in this neighborhood, he is not stirring
up race feeling among the white folks
against the Negroes. he is stirring up
ni1ter Keeling between one wing of the
BACK folks and the other. One set be.
lleves i'm allegiance and eternal resi-.
dence in this country. their homeland,
The other believes in setting up Re-
public in Africa, where they will exe1.
else all of the power and authority
over their own people that the wnito
folks exercise over all races in this
country.
We believe in meeting Garveys pro-
paganda with the propaganda of reas
on and argument When it comes
TO the use Of force in Re-
public that proclaims it's doctrine
OF free speech and that govern.
ment should exist with the consent
of the Governed. we radically disagree.
We repeat .-any one, who would stir
up hatred and i'll feeling between tho
black and the white races is the enemY
OF both. Down here, colored folks arc
making friends with the white folks
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