The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1925-06-20
Negroes Answer Gen. Buk8rd

nothing but q beast and a devil
and a hypoerlse. We know what
they did to each other. The worst
saVages In Africa are harmless In
comparison. When the north was
fighting the south In America, Gen.
Sherman destroyed the whole coun-
try he marched thru on his way to
Georgia. He made a more complete
Job Of II than was done by the
Germans In France. And this was
done by Americans against AmerI-
cans, against their own people.
Even In those days they forced the
Negroes Into the army to fight their
battles.
As for Gen. Billiards. story, Il Is
bunk. His great victories were
against deserters and half starved
Germans who were glad to be cap
tured. There was only one real
battle In which Americans had a
hand; that was In the Argonne, and
Germany was starved out and beat
en- before II started. The Negro
division (s2d) was not In this fight.
We refused to fight; we had no
quarrel with the Germans; they
never did us any harm.
}. Williams,
Formerly Of the 92d Division.
THIS letter puts before the white
4 ruling class question which they
cannot answer
Why should Negro fight the
battles Of the white man and be
his slave? -
In addition it punctures the bubble
myth of the prowess of the American
forces in France-they were fighting
against WORKOUT, half-starved enc
mics. Food will win the war" said
Hoover. and it did-together with
the avalanche of war munitions pour
ed out from factories manned by Anne.
rican workers-black and white.
One more letter:
TOLEDO, la, June e.-The Negro
soldier fought and died for the Stars
and Stripes and now ls called cow
ard by Gen. Billiard, who states that
"they are hopeIessly inferior"
! wonder If there is a race on the
globe that has made the progress
that the Negro has since the eman-
cipatlon, altho they are prosecuted
at every turn by such narrow mind
ed people as the general?
One of Americas foremost states
men once said, keep the Negro out
Of the schoolhouse and a gun out
Of his hand or he will whip the
world" ! wonder II Billiard remem-
bers that and is just trying to kid
himself into believing that they are
towards.
r IKE the second letter, this one
~ points out a vitality important
change that has taken place among
the Negroes, not only in America, but
in the African colonies of British and
French Imperialism.
During the world war the Negroes
| had guns put In their hands. They
were taught of warware, all the white
man knew because he needed them
to fight other white men. The Negro
masses will never forget the lessons
beaten into them at the point of
bayonets and amid the thunder of
the white mans artillery
II It is right for white men to kill
one another and get black men to
help them. why is 1t not alright for
black men to fight and kill white
men who terrorize and torture them ?
THE question may be put little
4 crudely here, but in one form or
another, 1t is being asked by millions
of enslaved Negroes.
The statements above are two to
one for militancy among the Negro
masses-agalnst a servile acceptance
OF the white mans right to Judge and
punish. II this represented the feel
ing among the Negro masses in the
United States, they would be well on
their way to social. political and eco
nomic equality.
DUT the Negro workers and farm
~ ers are still, in too large num-
bers. fooled by promises and mean
ingless concessions. Their leaders
for the most part are timid and apollo
getlc, unaware OF the tremendous
driving power Inherent in the mil
lions of Negro workers and farmers,
all too ready to make their plea on
basis OF responsibility and willing
ness to keep their place"
What is needed is a leadership
which will din into the ears of the
white rulers INCREASINGLY the ques-
ton asked by the Negro veteran:
Why should . Negro fight the
battles Of the white man and be his