The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-07-29
EDITORIAL PAGE
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ACCENT on HEELS,
ENGLAND'S BLUFF

II makes all the difference in the
world where the accent on a word
ia placed. Take the word object
10 accent the first syllable makes
II noun: To accent the second
makes il a verb. and what is more
the two different words have two
widely different meanings. Where
We place the accent then. is inn
portant.
ON scanning the papers Of The
| 18th instant the most striking
news account deals with Chamber
lain's delverance on the Danzig
crisis The weary world was wait
ing for The words that meant war
or peace in the world and words
upon which may hang the fate Of
western civilization: and this is
what We read For half an hour
before he spoke, Chamberlain was
slonched on the government front
bench with his feet on The treas
ury bench level with his head
II had 10 single out some one
thing in The news OF the day as
most important. | would single out
the position OF Chamberlain's heels
in This crisis Nothing could give
clearer indication OF his appease-
ment attitude than the position OF
his heels on this grave occasion
Here was world IN waiting, with
ba,cd breath 10 hear the faleful or
gladstone iidings millions of
mothers were anxious TO the point
Of breaking; The fate OF mil
lions OF Young lives were supposed
~ quiyering in The balance The
war hounds were straining at the
leash and chamberlain sitting with
his heels on level With his head
II is hard - avoid The Conclu-
sions OF MANY close students OF in
tcrnational affairs thai NOT only
does Chamberlain understand the
ambitions and aspirations of Hit
lei hut that he is in full accord
With him The sacrifice Of Ethiopia
and Czcchoslovakia were sad
chapters thar Hitler and Chamber
lain wrote in secret collaboration
1t as some contend Russia is
Withholding her support from the
Paris-LondOn axis until Chamber
lain has been removed she is doing
the world a mighty favor Ii is
J generally known that in London *
a bloc committed 10 fascism and
that this bloc speak through
Chamberlain and II Is further
known That Chamberlain takes grim
grounds only when pressure is ex-
erted by an opposing bloc The
reason he pledged supper, 10 Po-
land was because public sentiment
in Britain demanded this or his po-
litical head
From the position OF Chamber
lans heels we can judge The AZ
titude Of his heafl and head.
chamberlain is pro-lliler IN his
sympathics and his every manen-
yer these many months is corrOh-
Grafton OF this thesis This writer
is beginning TO wonder II the muni-
iion manufacturers of the world are
!, MOI in some measure behind this
constant War-scare. And he is fur
Their wondering II chamberlain is
MOI aware OF this fact. The filters
with which the world TO today j.
= afflicted may be genuine and then
they may he the result of some
cOncocled plan of the international
diplomats and munition manufac-
= turers to sen munitions There is
/ something fishy and foxy" about
g this whole matter. and when We
! note the position Of Chamberlain
heels We arc beginning 10 wonder
II We arc not after all so nian,
goats There is an inside on
these matters and there is an cont
idc. and We on the outside can
only macinc and guess things hnt
{ the position uf hambcrlainS heels
J are putting certain definite notions
INFO our heads
When p key man is ton ,ompll-
cent IN times Of supposed crisis
there is something wrong some
j whore Chamberlain heels talk
far more eloquentlv than his ton
que. when Louis went hack 10 M,
corner after the third round with
+ Galento. he did not prop his heels
up business was far too serious
for elevated heels. and incidental
r " neither did Galenio prop m his
. When Patrick Henry made his Iib-
ertv or Death speech. he did noi
rise from hecl-cocked position.
We have elected IN the premise 10
accent Chamhcrlain's heels and
not his words
Negroes can get mighty los
son from this incident In speak
ing OF LOYALTY 10 the race. IL makes
all the difference in the world what
1--WE accent. Too many OF ~ accent
words when we should put the ac-
cent on the dollar and on the bal
lot The Negro who boosts Negro
business with his words and car
ries his trade elsewhere is doing
the Chamberlain act Negro news
papers and the deserving Associat-
: ed Negro Press and Negro business
3 and the Negro intellectuals and
professionals want accented dol
lars and not merely accented words
4 few thousand accented woes
could do wonders for Negro deliv-
erance Let's accent our dollars
and votes.