The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1924-08-09

| clarlng that I'VE regard the alleged
attitude of the Ku Klux Khan to the
Negro as fairly representative of the
majority of the white race" that the
Negro organization would take a
neutral" position on the Khan and
that the only solution for the Negro
is in Securing for ourselves a gov
eminent Of our own on African SOIL"
William A. Wallace, Chicago, altho
willing to surrender in general to the
Khan, found it hard to swallow such a
servile resolution as the Bishops He
offered a substitute, condemning the
policies and methods Of the Khan, but
assuring the Khan that the Negroes In
tention is mot to take control of this
country" but to return to our God
given country" of Africa. The resolu-
ton assured the Khan that 1--WE seek
no social equality az conceived by
many and thus Mr.. Wallace made the
surrender Of the Negroes manhood
more abject than ever.
i! But now came Mr. Garvey into &C
ton at last Citing the words Of Wal
lace's resolution, ito condemn its (the
Klan's) brutalities and atrocities as
perpetrated upon our race by its
members" he asked:
NOW, cannot we find, Mr.. Wallace,
some language that, er-now, you see,
we don't want to get ourselves into
trouble We don't want to get our
race into trouble. You are assuming
that the organization is brutal in its
factions against us. Now they claim
that the hrutalities and atrocities
charged against them are acts of in
dividuals for whom they are not re-
sponsible. Now they claim that they
cannot be blamed for these acts. Now,
for example, If some Negro goes
across the street and kills somebody
do you think it would be right to
blame this organization for it?"
Mr. Wallace jumped to his feet, de-
manding, ION the other hand, if they
commit these atrocities in the re.
gala of the Organization"
But Mr.. Garvey interrupted: "You
should not indict the organization
but the individual"
Mr.. Wallace now began to retreat
while Garvey continued. Condemn
the acts of atrocity, but do not con
denim the organization"
Freeman L. Martin of st. Louis in.
terjected the remark that when
crimes are committed by individual"
members of the Khan, the Khan takes
no steps to condemn the atrocities,
but winks its eye" and thereby en-.
dorses the crimes.
johnson Aids Khan Again.
Martin was interrupted by Fred E.
Johnson with the edifying point OF
order that you cannot prove any case
against the Ku Klux Khan until it has
been proven in a court of law"
Garvey then demonstrated that "the
Khan question was carried before the
highest court in the land, the United
States Senate, and they practically
got an endorsement before the high.
est legislative body" Said Mr.. Gar
vey: Nov, If you are going to con-
denim them for what has been alleged
then we are going to get into trouble,
Now don't let us get into trouble"
It all settled down, finally, to Gar
vey's original purpose, with the elm
ination of every term or syllable that
the King Kleagle would disapprove Of
all of the little leaders tumbling over
each other to serve and the Good
Bishop MCGUIRE declaring: I'VE are
going to benefit from this organiza.
ton (the Klan). 1t is going to drive
the Negroes into our organization"
Martin Hits Pussyfootlng.
Only Freeman L. Martin remained
comparatively obdurate, declaring
that he would rather remain silent
than to pass pussyfooting resolu
ton" A few others seemed mildly
bewildered, if not disgruntled, but the
Bishops surrender resolution wat
passed, and Wallace's pussyfootine
resolution as well.
A spectator audibly commented thai
he thought this the most disgracefu
scene that has been written in the
history of the Negro people since las
slave kissed his masters hand be
/, tween the blows of the whip.
Within few hours after the Klar
resolution was passed the convention
hall was ringing with belligeren
speeches implying determination t.
form a worldwide organization fol
stirring up all the colonial peoples o.
the world to revolt against all i'm
perialist governments. Speakers from
Africa, Haiti, Bermuda, Trinidad anC
other colonies urged a general coloni
al movement for independence.