The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1940-03-29
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doubt, OF fear, even OF 1nfer1or1ty
complex. A feeling that only time
and education will gradually over
come.
When I come in contact with a
strong union man who is eager to
grasp my hand and call me broth
er, and then Immediately neglect
to treat me brotherly, I am re-
minded of little story. The story
of young man and woman whose
names were Moses and Nancy.
Moses told Nancy that he loved
her dearly. One day he asked her
for one of her pictures. He said,
Honey, I love you so much that
I want to carry your picture next
to my heart" She gave it to him
and he Immediately put it in the
hip pocket of his pants. She said,
His hearts in the wrong place"
Regarding the treatment of Ne
gro members in the Building Ser
vice Union, feel that we have no
complaint. have the highest re-
gard and admiration for both our
leadership and membership. I wish
there were more labor leaders of
the calibre of Fletcher, Coley and
others who shape the destiny of
our affairs. AS far as I know,
they try at all times to deal fair
and impartially with all the MEM
bers regardless of race or color.
This is happy contrast to many
other unions right here in our
midst in which Negroes and Orien-
tails are not permitted to member
ship because of race and color.
Aeronautical Union No. ISL Unfair
A few weeks ago at dinner
given by our union at the Frye Ho-
tel we were addressed by a repre-
sentative of the Aeronautical I'm
ion No. ISL. The gentleman was
seeking the cooperation of our I'M
ion in what he termed one of their
laudible endeavors. Would it sur
prise you to know, that an import
ant part of the obligation taken
upon initiation into that union is:
81 toiH not recommend for mem
bership In this Union any others
than members of the lDhite racer"
In connection with, 1 have just
this to say. do not believe that
Organized labor will ever reach its
peak of usefulness until it puts
stop to that type of discrimination
and have no more respect for the
union man who seeks to cross to
the land of his ambition upon
pontoon bridge made of down trod-
den fellow citizens, than 1 have
for the INSCRIPTIONS business man
who erects his throne on a pile of
gold unjustly wrung from hands
made hard with honest toll.
Life would be dull and empty
for any people without hope and
ambition. If there were no goals,
there would be no progress. Thus
the Negroes of America have hop
ed and prayed that the day would
come when an American would be
an American. When the place of
a citizen would be fixed by his va
lue to society and not by his col
or. But it seems that that day
has not yet arrived. Whether we
wish it to be so or not, the fact
remains, that majority of the
people of this country would rath-
er believe in a fourth dimension
than to accept as a sociological
truth-out of one flesh, God made
all mankind to dwell in the earth
together.
In His infinite wisdom He plac-
ed upon this earth five divisions
of the human family, and each di-
vision has made some distinct con-
tribution toward the development
of the composite man. The Black
Man has spirituality, the founda-
ton of all religions and sciences;
the Brown Man, cosmic under
standing, out of which arises the
metaphysical explanation of the
cosmic whole; the Yellow Man,
persistence demonstrated in the
formation of the oldest civilization
and culture in the world today;
the Red Man, the spirit of adven-
ture, exploration, movement; and
the White Man, cold-blooded logic
as applied to the practical affairs
of life.
AS each in its way has contri-
buted to the beauty and utility of
material things, so have and must
these five racial pillows upon
which human civilization rests,
contribute to the strength and