Evening star., 1928-03-20
ARE DISTRICT WHITES
SPINELESS WEAKLINGS?
Can a Colored 0ne-fourth Dominate
an Impotent White Three-fourths
of District Population!
Editorial cor-esronaence Of The Star.
THEODORE W. MOVES.


II is argued that this percentage
means negro political domination OF the
District and renders unfit for participa-
ton in the National Government the
entire population, including the three
fourths Of whites.
Is there some peculiar unhtneSs IN
the Districts white population and
some extraordinary taint in the Dis
tricts negro population which render
the Districts q plus L combination
virulently poisonous. while the much
higher negro percentage IN some Of the
States (reaching sometimes a II plus
:, combination) becomes innocuous?
Quality Of Capitals Population.
Let US make specific comparisons be-
tween the Capital and the communities
neishboring the District in which con-
ditions are approximately identical
The District has the average negro
population percentage Of neighboring
States and cities. Maryland, l6e, and
Virginia, 299, average 23.4, as against
the Districts 25.I.
II the District is forbidden national
representation because of 25.l per cent
negro population. must not also VIZ
ginia and Maryland averaging in COM
binatioE 2S4 per cent? be deprived IN
consistency Of national representation?
VIII the whites of Virginia, who con-
stitute To.1 per cent OF the States
population and who would resent hotly
the suggestion that they Go not DOM
mate the State, slur the 749 per cent
white population OF the District By
suggesting that the greater white per
centage Of the District is unable 10
control a race minority one-third its
size? The white Virginian will hesitate
thus 70 slur the white Washingtonian,
when he remembers that, OF all the
States in the Union. Virginia contributes
far more Of her sons 10 be permanent
residents OF the District than any other
State lover 5000 native Virginians are
numbered in D. c. population). The
white v.rginian in slurring the white
wash.ngtonian would be slurring his
brother and himself.
II Washington Is unfit for American
!zstion because Of ISL negro percent
age. are not Baltimore. l4.s; Atlantic
City, 2le; Richmond. SIS, and Norfolk,
e7.5 (averaging 26-3). also unfit?
Washington's negro percentage has
for so years been decreasing. Between
1910 and 1920 its percentage dropped
from gas to ISL. In the same period
Atlantic City's percentage increased 70
21s per cent.
What negro percentage dominates
and contaminates? Does ISL per cent
dominate the District. while not one O:
tire Il police precincts into which it is
divided showed In the 1925 police census
g majority Of negro population?
The assumption that the quarter
population Of negroes viii politically
dominate the three-quarteFS Of whites,
that one negro is politically stronger
than three whites, infiiets an unde-
served. humilizting slur upon the 40o.-
ess whites Of the District today.
The assumption that the negro II SO
hopeiessIy and ineurably unfit for
America nization that as quarter ele-
rnent Of the population he infects with
his uniitness the whole community un-
deseryedly and insultingIy sIurs the
nero of the District
Threat Of Bolshevistic Aliens.
Note the glaring inconsistency OF
branding the negro as the conspicuous
element Of dangerous unntness in Our
pop9ls ton and Of dlsregaroing IL this
connection the menace Of the unaS-
slrall&b!e. un-American. boISheyistic
radical fraction Of our foreign born
population.
Every intelligent observer recognizes
thst the dangerous un-Amerlcan eie-
nent N our population Is not the
conservative, loyal negro. but that frac-
ton n our foreign born immigration
On the main so4nc and wholesome
which tsants with radical communism
youthful American thought and which
ssss,ls or Uncermlnes American IA
tYsos.e loyslty and American principle
institutions anc ideals
No element Of American population
has shown since 1879 greater progress
In radically reducing iliiteT4ey and IN
the industry and thrift which honestly
accumulate property than the negroes
of the District. In the woTId War the
percentage 0f enlisted negro soldiers
vas distinctly greater Ia the District
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trters tStai population.
The people Of Washington or
Goiorsd~-sEs therefore not justly Snbteet
ts sIurrihg discrimination. They cOnstt'
tut& a hne, strong, American com .
noU0ity. conspicuous f9F hs high per-
tsntsge ~ native born Americans, for
eurpakAlDK earsIlSBcs ia comparative
Iiteracy and for sound, I0yai, patriotic
AmeFic nisFn. tainted bs minimum 0f
BnAssi8lls ted alien population aud sf
bsisbefisgie thought aDd infinfnee.
Progress since 1910.
tm9ug tbe tables submitted 81 the
gfcent House hearing is q memorandum
1ouceYE.Gg ne progress ct tie coi9fel
peODss II the DlStT,cl from 1870 ~
1927 prepared by tu1ee able gfpf e6enla +,
fasfs II our soloIec population George
u MUrFsy Armstrong Iscbnarsl E.gn
eehool. prof keiiy Miller Howard Dnl~
serEty, and ChsTies u. Hall, uni1sd
Etsaek Census .s4re6N
Their fret table shows that In the
lskt fifty yFsTs the negro percentage u
the total population has decreased from
25 per- eeaI - 25i per cent The
sassGsFs adum adds. The HagTe Will
continue 10 dscllHE as a relative Dur
BnsF1eAi faetsf ia the DistTtet sf -
IugubiA a. beesBAs Washington Is not
u manufacturing city o. sn industrial
sns attracting large numbers of uB-
skllled ssTkmsn bot occupation n
y&TReIs controlled bs ibs eTumsDs
cepaFtEaeLta. am 81 bsGanss IL u npt