The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-10-13
Music In The Air


20. Sing A New Song is moi
only Brashears epic staged al the
Worlds Fair, but it's cadence grips
enervates, and charges dusky surg
ing souls OF metropolis ard planta-
ton alike. Not Just 80 song
but new song whose notes
hrill with hope and vibrate with
realty. Underprivileged Texans as
we'll as lethargie New Englanders
march with a common beat TO a
promised land" under the strains
Il this Turing harp. This new song
HIT Is stirring the Negro 10 an
Weakened conscience as never be-
eore. may be called by the satirist
he Ballad But DePriest. Cobbs.
Wells. Bledsoe, and Toodle II you
nlcasc. are satisfied with It's COM
non name. the ballot.
No one knows how long music
was II the air before the present
ecneraiion stumbled across its
treasure chest and called Il wave
lengths For chrenolneical accura-
~ We date it's operations in the
hesinnine However today the
radio Is used as II II were the
heritage ~ centuries
the discover, Of the present gem
cra'iAn
For ages stump speakers as
rs r'i~tpl orators have tfulA
tNr uvlCd the p1Wrr uf the Bal
'N AaNc lic3 n s,' others
SiN i've NrsN hl''di
n nrNS net
ma-~a, w.rr umnatd SIS ~ music
u is ore thina to sing rs enirfy
81 ftar7N ininr fo cNhlhH frr.r,1iec
wh "a commands box prices rs
Wei a> cncorcs. Yesterday the
Negro sang opened his mouth
and sang To-day the Negro Is
studying music He is making. ar
as well as voicing and
vocalizing II.
Likewise the Negro is no long
er talking about the ballot. but is
''t = iliiilik w urt ~ W WI NOuDit-
doe sharpness While we recognize
hat some local conditions offer
more sfa'ic than others we are al
80 mindful hat he radio fan will
persis' until the air Is clarified
Static knows no favorites. Every
political aspirant has similar OPP
POSITIONS 10 overcome.
The Negroes outlook in govern
mental opportunities eclipses all
''her possibilities. Bugaboos of
'ocial equality and employment
'ear are primarily part Of pri-
fa'e concerns. Uncle Sans men
not only make laws but mold pub
lie opinion. Whatever losses are
shared in the lashes OF political
defeat. the race is not worsted in
the deal A corresponding number
are ia ored In he victors' trium-
phant march. a united mass OF
Negro ballot-users helps the as
Oiring white as much as II re-
wards the minority group.
My observation as well as my
advocacy affords two simple rules
for the endowment Of this new poll
teal song. They are Offered not as
The blue print but as n harmo-
mic scale. In this every composer
has equal rights.
The political asrirant must be
u courageous unsclfish character
a person Of good common sense.
Clay models are no better than the
mind Of The potter Trashy. graf
Ing music is not the fault of the
air nor does it bespeak the limits
Of more inspiring program But
that he who tunes I'm wills no bet
ter. Jazz and spirituals have
common root scarce. To him who
thinks with his feet it's Jazz. To
him who aspires with his soul--it's
spiritual. The man makes the diff
ference.
The forgotten Negro after cleo
iiOn has not been due to the lack
of plums on the tree nor TO the
unyielding forester who spurns
sharing the Negroes politi-
cal attennae have for the most
part been the short-sighted ward