The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1938-03-11
r E A T u z E S
New Method

II i good to near from Elmer
LafAsf, editor Of Opportunity and
nigh appointee IN the State Of New
DIX BY Governor Lehman, that the
Aeglo IS undergoing change anu
n employing new method to eff
Feet soiution Of some of his prob
lelus Speaking at the annual meet
tnp Of the National Urban League
e,eatly, Nj. Carter said /
he Negro IN America is under
gong 4 change. a profound change
iii his thinking, change in the meth |
I'd of MS approach to solution Of
MS problems. For three-quarters Of
a century he sought amenorauon OF
lua oeial and economic ills largely |
through an appeal to the o-called |
better element N the community. He
based his appeal On pity or tolerance
d, the vanishing synpathics Of the
| descendants Of the abolltlonists. But
lotiaY the segro is seeking to better
his condition by another method
9bi.b teqaiHes neither apology for
ht raeial identity nor masked cha
l1a for lis racial status I
summing ZIP, significantly Mr.
attet avs Thus We find the Ne
gfo worker making the most sus-
famed fight ii MS history to enter
organized labor On the one hand,
aud 81 Ieast j formidable part Of the
American labor movement the clio,
eagerly seeking las atfiliation ami AZ
Iepianee 81 the other. Thus We find
housing committees throughout Am
elica inviting Negro participation il
aeW housing programs, aud Negroes,
themselves, demanding participation
! w}lso the invitation il net forthcom
| ing Tbn-. We find new alliances for
tbe batae against social diseases
aud II the South q dramatic demon
I stration hat Negroes and whites If
thr most ilIiterate classes may join
together fofa common aim,
Aad fhis Il good for only u the
recognition of the identity of the in
/, ferests of Negroes and whites can
There be any possible solution of the
i problem at races
We are pleased @ see this reeog-
uitlon of the change taking place II
the public opinion If the Negro
group Many whites still employ the
sutmaded stereotypes Il their think
mo ef the Negro and that thinking
ii ansouad VA iaTe definitely en-
ba kel in new era of public policy
fo5 the Negro group, based mainly
an the original thought of Negroes
themselves as i enianatcs from the
promise Of demanding untesel'vediy
fall citizenship rights and from this
nav point 81 paitage we are gong
ffWard
Joe LouisDefended
In 1le recent fHlbieltS oii Joe
.9 aad bis fsonal affairs We
Hete Il church 3apef, ne thtlstian
Indies, tales up 5He eudgtls ii be-
half 0f tie world heas 1xe sh5 cham
nom Editor + Clarence C9leloagh
iii s "a eatitled Lei Af aiia
Mis. Joe Louis Alone says
Whom Joe Louis was rising in the
World of sport like a morning glory
We folt impelled, notwithstanding the
Christian Index has no special in
J eo5t IS prize fights. to Offer the
Wish. we hoped he would not forget
that His race still contains the best
cooking women in the world, and
hat lie would not lie Jack Johnson
turn traitor to racial integrity and
seek popular martial relations and
5ci4tion Outside the Race. In that
respect he's made very good; he's not
lttftg poung man even if lie IL iii
the world Of sport; he's Sunday
school student, faithful member Of
the Baptist Church, both he and his
wife. Also ii seems, he nor his wife
are So much in love with fine clothes
and cxtravagant society in fact it
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