The Omaha guide., 1933-10-14
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ney al Fort Wagner; IN the oath anC
25th regiments of United States In
fantry and the Ninth and Tenth Cav.
airy at Ell Caney and San Juan il
Cuba; and during the insurrection II
the PHILIPPINES; and on the feats OF
the Tenth Cavalry at Carrizal"
He pointed with pride to the accom-
plishments Of the men Of the 92nd
and 93rd Divisions during the world
conflict, especially at Chateau Thier-
~. on the Rhine, and at Metz
DEGREES Ingratitude Of Nation
Contrasting the service rendered by
black soldiers with the recognition
accorded them by their country in the
post var period. DR.. Scott decried the
ingratitude shown by the nation in its
treatment of them "As one who re
calls the assurances of 1917 and 1918,
he declared, Il confess personally a
deep sense of disappointment; of
poignant pain, that q great country
in time Of need should promise 50
much and afterward perform 50 lit
tie "
Claims Negroes Right to A New Deal
"We have q right to share in all
the opportunities offered in Ameri-
ca" he said Instead Of q world
made safe for democracy, we have
Mussolini and Fascism in Italy; Hit
Ter and a Nazi regime in Germany,
with their bitter persecution Of jew
ISL people; and Communism and Boil
shevism in Russia There is no place
in America for any of these isms
W. must resolutely set our faces
against every effort to give them a
foothold in this land of America
Our fight must be for a free Amer
ica, for the spread of rue American
principles in every section Of our land,
South as well as North, East and
West, and against alien efforts to
destroy or free institutions and that
threaten the security Of our repub-
lican form Of government
He pleaded with the colored vet
T z not TO Be led astray BY utopian
and alien principles OF government,
and urged that they perform their
full citizeship duties, in the confid-
ent hope that Better America" viii
not fail to accord them all Of the
rights guaranteed them by the Fed
eraI Constitution He said: 1.-THE So
cial revolution through which we are
at present passing should have our
unqualified support have always
believed that, even in the presence of
bitter disappointment, it j the duty
Of every good American TO do his
part, and that having done his part,
as you men did during the World
War, one has claims upon the graft
tude Of the republic which a not Be
denied in the forum Of sober thinking;
in fact, the performance Of full citi-
zenship's duties by Us win impose in
escapable obligations winch patriotic
Americans viii not seek to deny, or
evade. This present social revolution
means the preservation Of those in
stitutions which should be as near
and dear to Is as to any group of our
common citizenship
1t IS our duty, and it i our re-
sponsibiIity, the duty and responsible.
ity Of every MAJ who wore the kahki
uniform during the World War Ia
fight for that Americanism which
Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt 50
eloquenty preached; that American
ism which should be the legacy and
heritage Of every American citizen
the humblest along with the most ex-
alted.
Il have always ~contended that a
country worth fighting for IS worth
living for At the same time, l have
always commended that a man who is
brave enough to carry a gun in de-
Tense Of his country's honor should
be honored with al Of the rights and
privileges Of untrammeled citizenship
complete protection Of life and lib
erty. freedom from the n d
~cowardly mobs, al Of the political and
civil rights that other men enjoy; ths
elimination Of unfair and u-nwarranted
determinations Of all kinds, and al
this time, Of all times, a square deal
in every industrial code under the
N r A.
In conclusion the speaker stated
liberalization IN the future in racia.
| contacts must be the rule and not the