The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-08-04

Observation-Disclosures
EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE

break the heart Of mankind! In br,1-
tally and deadliness and suffering
the World War will be merely
skirmish and Introduction. Ii Eur
ope accedes to the demands OF Hit
Ter, il will mean the economic and
moral enslavement Of millions; and
# Europe does not accede, there is
every reason to expect deadly and
devastating war in the near future.
In any event England is to be
blamed. Her jittery craftsmanship
Of 1938-39 is but the reaping of q
harvest that was sown on SELFISH
ness and greed these twenty years
since the treaty of verailles. Eng
land was 50 bent on its program Of
world hegemony that it sacrificed
everybody and everything that stood
in its way. France knew from bitter
experience that Germany had to be
kept in state Of subjugation, il
the peace and. safety of Europe was
to be preserved. France faced the
in the interest Of its territorial,
ugly facts of history. England tried
and economic hegemony to be ideal
istic and failed to note the signs Of
the times, with the result Germany
has come back and taken the lead
in the affairs Of the world.
repeat what / said upon my re-
burn frNm Ge1many last summer,
that the 9hly way to keep Germany
from condasring Europe is to con-
quer it's. territory and partition it
among the other nations. There is
no nation or combination Of ma
tions than can accomplish this to-
day. The result is Germany is bid
ding for the supremacy not only of
Europe but the world. If England
had faced the facts, and, like France,
had prepared, the world would be
spared the orgy Of deaeh and suf-
fering that is Immediately in the
offing.
To make matters worse our poll
ticians are inviting disaster to Eur
ope and eventually to this country
by as cheap and vacillating short
sightedness as was ever displayed
by intelligent. mens Woth our re-
sources at the command of Eng
land and France they have chance
but without them Germany's sue
cess is sure. Just q vote in the
right direction would save the stu.
alton in Europe but alas! When we
boys hunted rabbits on the planta
tions aof South Carolina, We had dog
that could run what we called
"sight-lick'' meaning running with
the rabbit in sight but once th'
rabbit was cut Of sight they left h,
trail. 1t seems that most of th'
politicians In Washington who arr
throttling Roosevelt's wise and 50
gacious craftsmanship are 'sight
lick" fellows and connot see yer.
far into the future. England,
vaunted diplomacy has recently beer
"sight-lick' and they are lost before
the long range tnonking and plan
ming Of the Germans.
Negroes must learn the danger
t',pt turks in "sight-lick" thinking
on cur conditions. What is our i'm
med ate advantage must be subord
mated ta the advantage of the groul
and the oncoming generations. Th'
worlds EXHIBIT NUMBER ONI
in a hong range thinking OH th
problems of Negroes is found ther
In Richmond. w. A. Jordan, NOV
ing figure In the Southern Aid So
ciety, made one of the finest ges
lures Of Negro leadership within re
cent times. When Miss Black wa
dismi mi-sed from the school system o
Norfolk because nhe tried throug
legal means to get equal salary fo
equal work, Mr., Jordan instructe
his Norfolk branch to offer Mis-
Black a position with the Souther
Aid Society Is the exemplification 0
the "Double-Duty Do'sbrs' rhilcHt
ply at it's bast. But more than tina
it shows haw the dollar may b
made to do triple duty. When M
proes insure with the Southern All
they get protection. as duty numbe
one; they make jobs for Negroe
as duty number two and they pr
tect Negro womanhood, as dut
number three. The dollar sper
thus become potent factor in M
gro advance.
If Negroes would support ~Negrot
surIsort the Negro buying publ
In business and these in turn wou
we could get sorpewhere. The n
ton owes Mr.. Jordan "a debt
gratitude for coning to aiss Black
rescue; for in rescuing her a SC
vice is being rendered the rae
Whether Miss Biz X elects to fetu
to school for further training or
take a position with. the -Southe
Aid, does not matter .nN viii certai
" steel her heart to know that
powerful an organization is behil