The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1939-07-28

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ACCENT ON HEELS:
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worth WHSiG Tie accent OH WuTQ
is placed. Take the word sobject,"
to accent the first syllable makes it |
q noan; to accent the second makes !
it d verb, and what is more the two
different words have two widely diff
ferent means. Where we place the
accent, then, is important.
On scanning the papers of the
18th instant, the most striking news
account deals with Chamberlain's
deliverance on the Danzig crisis. The
weary world was waiting for the
words that meant war or peac. in
the world, words upon which may
hang the fate Of western civilization;
and this is what we read: 1For half
an hour before he spoke, Chamber
lain was slouched on the government
front bench with his feet on the
treasury bench level with his head"
If | had to single out some ore
thing in the news of the day as most
important, l would single out the
position Of Chamberlain 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 a world in waiting, with
bated breath, to hear the fateful
or gladstone tidings; millions Of
mothers were anxious to the point
of heart t-breaking; the fate of mil
lions Of young lives were supposed
T. quivering in the balance; the war
hounds were straining at the leash
and Chamberlain sitting with his
heels on level with his head.
1t is hard to avoid the conclusions
Of many close students of interna-
tional affairs that not only does
Chamberlain understand the ambi-
tions and aspirations Of Hitler, but
that he is in full accord with him.
The sacrifice of Ethiopia u
Czechoslovakia were sad chapters
that Hitler and Chamberlain wrote
in secret collaboration. Ii as some
contend Russia is withholding her
until Chamberlain has been removed,
favor. Ii is generally known that IN
she Is doing the world mighty
support from the Parls-London axis
London is a bloc committed to fas-
csm and that this bloc speaks thru
| Chamberlain; and 1t is further
known that Chamberlain takes firm
grounds only when pressure is ex-
erted by an opposing bloc. The rea-
son he pledged support to Poland
| was becaus epublic sentiment in Bri-
tain demanded this or his political
] head.
From the position Of Chamber
lain's heels we can Judge the atti.
tude of his heart and head Cham
berlain Ii pros Hitler III his sympa'
thies and his every manouver these
monhs ID corrohoration Of tbs the.
sis. This writer is beginning to won.
i der il the munition manufacturers
of the world are not in some mea
! sure behind this constant War-scare
| And he is further wondering
Chamberlain is not aware Of tfi'
fact. The iitters with which tlls
| world of today is afflicted may 4
| genuine and then they may be IN
result Of some concoctcd plan Of IN
international diplomats and mum
| tion manufacturers to sell munitions
Ttsers n something stfshy and foxy
;.IyUaL this whole matter, ard Whe
| we note the position OF Chamber
lain's heels we are beginning to wor
der il we are not after all so man
goats. There is an "insido' and Q
these matters and there Is an "ou'
isde,, and we on the outside ca
only imagine and guess things; bt
tie position of Chamberlain's heel
arc putting certain definite no1io1
into our heads.
When d key man is too compls
cent iii times of supposed crisi
Chamberlain's heels talk far MOI
there is something wrong sonaeWhei
eloquently than his tongue. Whe
Louis went back to his corner ~
the third round with Galento, ne d
not prop his heels up; business vi
too serious for elevated heels, al
incidentally neither did Galen
prop up his. When Patrick Hen
made his Liberty OF Death speec
he did not rise from d heel-cock
position We. have elected II z
premise to accent Chamberlain
heels. and not his words.
Negroes can get mighty less
from this incident. In speaking
LOYALTY to the race, 1t makes all !
difference in the world what we :
cent. TOO many Of us accent Wor
when we should put the accent
The dollar and on the ballot. 9
Negro who boosts Negro busln'
with his words and carries his tn
elsewhere is doing the Chamberla
act. Negro newspapers and the s
serving Associated Negro Press 2
Negro business and the Negro
teliectuals and professionals wa