The Omaha guide., 1934-05-19

are as follows:
Clark Foreman is still on the pay
roll Of the Rosenwald Fund, as is
his secretary. DR.. Weaver is paid
partly by the government and partly
by the Rosenwald Fund. The other
| office assistant is paid by the gov
eminent
The appoin1t nent of Clark Fore
man was not entirely satisfactory to
the race. The N. A. A. C. P. sent
a protest to the Department Of In
terror and newspapers throughout
the country protesting vigorously a.
gainst the placing Of a white man in
a position Of advising on Negro af.
fiars. But certain so-called leaders OF
the a had agreed that their race
should be led by a white man-and
there he is.
The appointment Of Clark Foreman
was a mistake. a mistake which
leaves the race but little better off
and which leaves DIR. Foreman in
a pitiable position.
The time has come in the history
Of the ace when it is never necessary
to go outside race to find men suf-
ficiently educated, sufficiently eff
Gent and sufficiently patriotic to adj
wise on Negro affairs. The few
colored persons who still believe that
a white man is needed to properly
advise either the race or others on
the ace deserve the hearty condem-
nation of loyal Negroes. Even white
men, within themselves, condemn
such weaklings. DIR. Foreman, him.
self, was hesitant about calling the
names Of the colored men who Sc.
] lected him. He said he would rather
for the information to come from
them.
Moreover no white man can pro-
perly feel the needs and aspirations
of the race. Few white men fight
enthusiastically for justice too the
Negro. And there is always a subtle
d~istrust Of a white man, especially a
southern white man, who processes
an ardent race interest. Wild an
imals can be tanned, but sometimes the
savage breakes out in them, and tanned
lions have been known to bite the
hand that feeds th9m.
Personally Foreman is a fine fellow.
I believe, however, his interest in the
race problem is professional. He
goes out of his way to have his fell
low workers feel that he and they
are just the same fundamentally. He
is always in ticklish position. He
is not as sound on the race question
as he should be in such a position.
His anomalous position as white
men and a black leader weakens his
usefulness to the race rather than
strengthens it.
Two instances Of the way his kind
works on the race question are per-
tinent- When the selection of -four
men made to do the preliminary work
on a survey Of white collared Negroe.
one chosen, / believe by DR.. Foreman
was DR.. Sanders an Armenian
Shortly after the appointments D1
Foreman said to me that the fact tina
an Armenian was in his office Shout
quiet criticisms that he was in favo
OF segregation or had a segregate
office. This naive failure Of the goo
doctor to grasp the fundamentals 8
a serious problem would be laugh
able were it not for the tragedy O
his position.
When the c. w. A. in Washington
was practicing the most vicious dis
crlmlnatlon against colored whit.
collared workers, the aid of DR.. Fore
man was enlisted to fight for just
ice. He wrote a very fine letter t,
someone on the matter and promise,
to fight the thing to the finish. Som.
two Or three weeks later,I droppe,
into his office to find out WHY re
suits had not been obtained. He tolc
me substantially this: Why I though
everything vas going on all right.
was assured that the matter would
be righted. What should be done il
matters of this kind is to continue tx
flood me with protests and committee:
protests, then I can say to the re-
sponsible persons. See here these PEG.
pie are on my neck. they are worrying
me to doc something. You must d.
amething to right matters.
This, of course, is the natural ply
SOCIOLOGY of any white man in a sim.
liar position. He can 60 to othel
white men and ask fir personal pro,
lection and indirectly get results fol
the race-maybe- But the race to
| day needs stronger 1eadorship r