The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1936-07-18

BALI lMOftE, Mu.-At the tWen-
ty-seventh annual convention of
the N. A. A. C. p, recently held
in this city, the organization a
dopted a number of resolutions on
vital issues, among which were
the following:
EDUCATION
We pledge ourselves to press
forward with increased vigor the
struggle against jim-crow and
segregated opportunities in all in
situations Of public learning wher-
ever they exist. We recognize as
fundamental that so-called equal
but separate Accommodations" whe-
Their in educational institutions,
public conveyances or in any other
phase of life, are a negation of
the democratic process and impos-
sible of attainment. We recognize
fully that we face difficult strug-
gle but we are not deferred by
the obstacles in our path towards
the goals of full and unlimited edu-
cational opportunity.
LYNCHING
We appreciate the efforts by our
friends in the 74th Congress to
secure action on anti-lynching le-
gislation through the signing Of a
petition for a Democratic caucus,
the discharge of the judiciary COM
mittee and other means. We Wig
orously condemn the opposition or
timidity of those members Of both
houses of Congress which blocked
consideration of the anti-lynching
bill. We condemn the tactics of
certain leaders of the Democratic
party who used chicanery to block
the taking Of a definite stand by
the Democratic Caucus of the
House of Representatives on the
anti-lynching bill. We condemn
the Audit and Control Committee
Of the Senate which failed to con-
slider the Van Mugs resolution for
a Senate investigation of lynching
We deplore the failure of the Re-
publican minority in the House to
take an official stand on the bill
We urge that all candidates for
election to the Seventy-fifth Con-
gress be asked to pledge them
selves unequivocally not only to
vote for an effective anti-lynching
bill as soon after Congress con-
venes as is possible, but to support
petitions to the Democratic eau
Gus and the Republican Conference
for unequivocal declarations of
party policy on this legislation, and
to sign discharge petition should
hostile members Of the judiciary
or other committees of either
house of Congress attempt again to
block a vote. We record our ap-
probation to the growing number
of senators and congressman, Re.
publican, Progressive and Farm err
Labor, Democratic, who fought vi
gorously in the Seventy-fourth
Congress for consideration of an
anti-lynching bill. We view this
fight not as one primarily for the
benefit of Negro Americans but for
the benefit of all Americans since
lynching is no longer a minor, a
sectional, nor a racial matter.
WALSH-HEALEY
We approve passage by the Con-
gress Of the Walsh-Healey bill to
establish decent standards of
wages, hours and working condi-
tions in the manufacture of arti-
cles purchased by the federal 60
vernment. We urge the Seventy
fifth Congress that a further step
be taken by adoption of an amend
ment prohibiting discrimination
on account of race, creed or color
in employment in the manufacture
of goods for the federal govern
ment.
SHAREHOLDERS
We pledge anew our support of
the heroic struggle of white and
Negro sharcroppers to secure for
themselves just and humane con-
ditions. Involved in this struggle
is much more than the immediate
demands Of the sarecroppers. We
recognize that there will be no last
ing solution of the problems share
troopers face until there is n fun
damental reorganization of the eco
nomy of the cotton-raising in
dustry. We deplore the apathy
and Indifference of men in high
places, including the Majority Lea
der of the Senate, who have re-
NAMED mute at brutal outbreaks in