The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-04-27
Elm. AutlrnPUruttPrI
Editcg and Publisher
1901 1894
BOMB OUTRAGE AGAINST
COL QRED HOUSEHOLDER

On Friday night. April Z. occurred
Al outrage which has shocked the IA
tons capital Because she had moved
into z so-eaIled .-Ehire" neighb0rho0d,
the hone Of Miss Edna B. Holland
Washington high school teacher, was
dvnam1red when an unidentified eriLni-
nal PLACED q dynamite bomb under he-
front porch AZ 1924 Harvard street.
For some time q group q 81 white
h0meoEners had been trying 70 foree
Mss Holland 70 sell hsr property. since
they objected, On the basis Of z pre-
Judiee as ignorant as Il Is vicious, TO
the presence OF proximity OF eolored
residents II the block Consequently,
Il Is 1elt that some Of these persons
may have inspired this crime against
a respectable citizen
Residential Segregation. g policy
which has resulted In the undemoers-
tie creation Of ghettos for colored peo-
pie with attendant bad housing eondi-
tons and exhorbltaut reuts. Is rightly
evaded by those eolCred people fnan-
elsly able 70 eircumTent restitution In
the ghettos By purchasing their own
homes in districts where houses are
more attractive dwellings as vel as
cheaper than those II which the vast
majority Of eolousd people are forced
70 live. Such pioneers often meet with
mob violence, as did Dr.. Ossian Sweet.
who figured Ii z celebrated trial for
murder some years ago when he and
his family killed some Of the murderous
hOodlums Of Detroit while defending
their homes.
Il Is urged that Boston citizens fol
low the example OF John P. Davis. na-
tlOnal secretary OF the National Race
Congress, Who telegraphed TO Attorney
General Robert H Jackson demanding
an immediate investigation. Said Mr..
Davis: 'aThe National Race Congress
demands a immediate investigation By
the FBI OF The dagtardly conspiracy 10
deprive z citizen OF her constitutional
rights. We demand that every member
Of this so-called white citizens com
mittee Be Appreciated and charged
With conspiracy 10 deprive this col
Ored citizen Of her constitutional
rights"
OUR DELEGATES
Boston can be wei satisfied with its
representatives Al the National Race
Congress which Is meeting over the
weekend N Washington. The dele
cation comprises more than thirty
men and women who are outstanding
for their progressive convictions on al
questions affecting the welfare Of the
race and the country At large. They
can Be depended upon 70 take an
aggressive and uncompron1ising role
N debate and action when civil and
political liberties are concerned.
The Congress meets IN an atmos-
phere charged with the anti-deno-
cratic sentiment Of the Bourbon
South.
To those delegates visiting the na-
tlo1al capital for the first time. the
segregation and race-discrimination
set-up there viii no doubt be confus-
ing, not 70 say eIssperating. Long
accustomed 70 the more advanced
sage q democracy prevailing IN
Massachusetts, they viii wonder why
II is that the nation, committed as it
IS TO democracy, has failed TO estab-
llsh democracy within q hundred-yard
radius Of the seat Of Congress. The
failure becomes more astonishing IN
face Of the fact that Congress is the
sole governing power over Washing
ton and the District Of Columbia. For
tunately they are In Washington at a
TIME when they can give q boost TO
liberalism and progress By supporting
the Washington Civil Rights Bill re-
Gently introduced in Congress. We can
be sure that they viii welcome the
chance 70 blast the Jim Crowism
which disgraces the Capital and nocks
the platltudinous claims that the "a
ton wants democracy to succeed.