The Omaha guide., 1942-08-08

to utilize all Of its Eaanpower and
womanpower If it j. going to defeat
the axis However. it seems thar
some people within this country are
not Of the same opinion, for -vvo
incidents occurred here recently
which have had q weakening effect
on the morale Of Negroes anxious
to engage in the war effort. both
civilian and military.
The first incident is Of the several
-egro postal employees who volun-
teered their services in answer 10
the navy's call for specialized men
in that particular branch OF the : r
vice Upon presenting themselves
they were told that Negroes We're
not wanted and that there was no
place for them.
The second incident occurred
! when a young lady of fair complex
ion mad completed all the require
ments necessary for a job as a stem
; ographer in the navy department
when it was discovered that she was
colored. Immediately she was told
that the job was filled and the CT
ficer 50 informing her ALPHABETICALLY
said remember this i the SOUTH
President Roosevelt has indicated
BY his Order $500 that ALL the
manpower in this country has to be
utilized regardless to race. creed.
color, or national origin. The ex-
act words OF his order are herein
stated Il do hereby reaffirm the
policy OF the United States tha-
there shall be no discrimination in
the employment OF the workers in
defense industries or government
because Of ace creed. color. or ma
rional origin. and I do hereby de
clare that it is the duty Of employ
ers and Of labor organizations in
f~urtherance Of said policy and III
this order, to provide for tie fu1
and equitable participation Of all
workers in defense industries, with
out discrimination because OF race,
creed, color or national origin. .-."
With the recent report OF the
Nazis successes in Russia a perth
ent question arises does the south
know they can lose the war by
turning down good, loyal prospect
i've Negro citizens in both military
and civilian phases of the war effort
because they are black and must De
kept in their place. It is a fore
gone conclusion that the southern
clique which runs the army and
navy and influences war industries
can't 60 on hampering the war eff
fort with their prejudices in this
way If the axis is to be defeated.
For whether the south knows it or
not, many Of the united nations al
lies happen to be dark skinned races
and view with particular concern
the treatment OF the Negro in the
south
Our dark skinned allies not thai
there is a strange similarity BE-
tween the south's treatment Of Ne
gro citizens and the way Hitler
writes he viii treat them If be ever
wins In other words, the south
comes altogether 100 close to prac-
ticing what Hitler has preached in
his book 'Mein Kampf." Does the
south realize with its lynchings, pol
ice brutality. For White Only
signs, poll tai laws. unequal school
systems and white primaries that it
compares favorably with Hitler's in
famous theory Does the south
know that the United States Is a
member Of the united nations and
has as its allies China, Africa, India
Russia and South and La
tin American countries among
+; which there are many dark Skinned
people who believe that they are
fighting the peoples revolution to
end the exploitation Of the MANY
BY the FEW? Does the south real
ize that a continuance OF the inhum-
an treatment Of Negroes doesn't do
anything to strengthen the ties BE-
tween our allies and the United
States7 Is the south aware Of the
fact that India's great leader, Ma
hatma Ghandi, knows Of the United
States hypocrisy in the treatment
Of the Negro2 Does the south know
that all talk OF democracy. the fight
for freedom and the ike suffer
greatly when the dark skinned all
les read Of such incidents, Dude
Cochran, q white man, shooting a
Negro fatally in the courtroom and
being freed almost Immediately, civ
ilian police brutaliZing Negro sold
iers. separate Negro divisions in the
army and navy and the barring Of
Negroes from important defense
jObs7 Does the south know all those
various injustices make our dark
skinned allies susceptible to the
smooth propaganda of the Jans7