The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-03-17
Editorial
UNCOVERING THE TRUTH

The xvore tisenssof Detroit within the past severa
months have discovered many facts and fguers IN Inc
files of various local city and county governmental ue
parnents which to indicate studied policy OF ais
elimination and civic injustice toward Negroes especially
The Detroit Civic Rights Committee Snow F. Grgsby.
the Tribune Independent together with other agencies
and individuals silently and patiently probing
for the facts revealing these facts to the pubic IN
much the that Psychologists are constantly Dig
ging through rocks and subrata in different parts OF tne
world to unearth buried cities. entombed civilizations
and skeletons of prehistoric and animals
Our local Investigations have been and sti are pens
made in the hope enghtenng the masses and arous
ing public sentiment and group action that WI" .eho
eliminate these unwholesome conditions OF race
nation and economic starvation OF our people we oeeVu
the GOSPEL teaching true which Declares You shall
know the truth and the truth shall make you free
Studies have already been made regarding the amount
of tax money expended in operating the various ca GOV
eminent departments the number of employees IN eac
their racial identity and the amount of salaries paid 10
them In all of these Investigations it revealed that the
proportion of municipal and county JOBS hned oy NE
and the total amount of pay received by them are
nitifuly small almost negligible in comparison to the
number whites employed and the salaries they get
Tn tho Detroit Fire Department. there are Negro
poyees although total salaries paid to the employees
of department aggregates millions OF dollars year
Why should Detroit bar Negroes from serving IN It's re
department? In other metropolitan cities, notably New
York City Chicago Kansas City and Philadelphia there
employed fair proportion of Negro fremen VINO are
making of the job of irefghting Coored hre-
men, when given chance become fire fighters
of the efficient and loyal type for race we are
day of lives to fight the helsh nres OF
race prejudice and injustice.
In some of the other local city departments employ
ment conditions Tor Negroes are alhosl az ou do III 'e
Fire Department We have only handful OF our repre-
sentatves in service of the police department the mu
nicpa county hospitals the public schools of the city
city hall the county building the Detroit Street Kali
way, the Public Works Department the City Water De-
partment the municipal courts and so forth.
100 900 colored people of Detroit were lined up
and moved down with machine guns the an
the country would vigorously protest against the
murderous outrage From moral standpoint, however
is it any more criminal and bamewothy for white ct
zens to massacre defenseess Negro feowcizezns than
to kill them economically by denying fair share OF
Jobs food clothing and shelter? 1t worse to murder
and women with machine guns than to starve them
to death.
These harsh facts but shall continue to uncover
the truth until the Negroes of Detroit are freed from
these conditions. We guard for Negro rights.
Truth crushed to earth shall rise again;
The eternal years of God are hers