The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1939-08-05

EXHIBIT NUMBER ONE

The war that is pending through
out the world will without doubt
break the heart OF mankind In
brutality and deadllness and suf-
fering the World War will be mere
~ a skirmish and Introduction. II
Europe accedes TO the demands OF
Hitler. II will mean the economic
and moral enslavement Of millions:
and II Europe does not accede.
there Is every reason 10 expect
deadly and devastating war in the
near future.
In any event England Is TO he
blamed. Her iittcry statesman
ship Of 1889 is but the reaping
nj harvest that was sown in self
ishness and greed there 90 years
since the treaty Of Versailles. Eng
land was so bent on It's program Of
world hegemony that II sacrificed
everybody and everything that
stood in It's way France knew
from bitter experience that Ger
many had TO he kept In state OF
subjugation, II the peace and safe
~ OF Europe was 10 he preserved.
France faced the ugly facts of his
tory. England tried In the inter-
est of IT'S territorial and economic
hegemony 10 he idealistic and.
failed 10 note the signs OF the
times. with the result Germany
has come back and taken the lead
In the affairs OF the world
I repeat what said upon my
return from Germany last summer.
that the only way 10 keep Germany
from conquering Europe Is TO con-
quer its territory and partition Il
among the other nations There Is
no nation or combination OF ma
tons that can accomplish this to-
day The result is Germany is
bidding for the supremacy not only
Of Europe but the world. If Eng
land had faced the facts. and like
France. had prepared the world
would he spared the orgy Of death
and suffering that is Immediately
in the offing.
To make matters worse our poll
iicians are inviting disaster TO
Europe and eventually 10 this coun-
try by rs cheap and vacillating
shortslehtedncss as was ever dis
played by intelligent men. With
our resources al tho command Of
England and France they have
chance but without these Ger
many's success is sure. Just a
vote in the right direction would
save the situation in fcurore hui
alas, When We boys hunted rab-
bits on the plantations OF South
Carolina. We had dogs that could
run what we called "sighi-l lick
meaning running with the rabbit
in sight but once the rabbit was
out OF sight they left the trail II
seems that most OF the politicians
in washington who are throitlIng
Rooseyelt's wise and sagacious
craftsmanship are "sieht-lick" fell
lows and cannot sec very far into
the future. England's Wanted di-
plomacy has recently been sight
lick and they are lost before The
long range thinking and planning
OF the Germans.
Negroes must learn the danger
that turks in "sighi-lick" thinking
on our conditions what Is our inn
mediate advantage must be snbon-
group and he oncoming OF the
group an dihe oncoming genera
lions The worlds EXHIBIT
4 NUMBER ONE in a long range
thinking IN the problems OF Ne
grocs is found there in Richmond
! W. 4. Jordan, moving figure in The
Southern Aid Society. made one
OF the finest gestures OF Negro
leadership within recent times
when Miss Black was dismissed
from the school system Of Norfolk
because she tried through legal
means to get equal salary for equal
work. Mr. Jordan instructed his
Norfolk branch To offer Miss BlacS
position with the Southern
Society is the exempliication OF
The Double Duty Dollar" philos-
ophy AT lis best But more than
that. IL shows how the dollar nav
he made to do triple duty. When
Negroes insure with The Southern
Aid they get protection. as dniy
number one; they make jobs for
Negroes. as duty number two and
they protect Negro womanhood. as
duty number three. The dollar
spent thus becomes a potent factor
IN Negro advance.
II Negroes would support Ne
groes In business and these in turn
would support the Negro buyine
public. we could get somewhere.
The nation owes Mr.. Jordan a debt
OF gratitude for coming 10 Miss
Blacks rescue for in reScuine
her service is being rendered the
race. Whether Miss Black elects
10 return to school for further
training or 10 take a position with
The Southern Aid. does not matter
II will certainly steel her heart 10
know that so powerful an oreani-
zation is behind her But every
Negro insuring with Negro com
panies is behind Miss Black and
II Negroes would give Negro insur-
ance companies and Negro hush
ness the support II demands
places could he provided for
thousand Young women az Miss
Rlack'q eourapo and uon,onhool