The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-15
EDITORIAL PAGE
The American Negro In The United Nations

working night aud day against II and the Negr"
i content ~ take things n they are and hope thn
better day Will come u Is true that Nv" wrongs
cannot make right hut Il i also true that an evil
cannot right Itself when the negative forces are
working overtime and the positive forces are ac-
cepting II for IT. face value and only hoping Tor bet
ter days.
There arc instances whore some Of our enghisn-
ed groups have taken The initiative TO drop the color
line aud unite all FOR and one for all but the
Fascist-domnated groups are stronger. therefore.
when weaker organization takes this initiative the
Fascist group has ~av Of gaining lie end by point
ing an accusing finger A. the smaller groups and
calling them Communists This has been the
for some lime and nov has gotten 10 the point
where any group thai comes out and oui for the
Negro Is labeled Communisiic. whether lis motive
is good or bad. The hing that should he done is 10
notice. with more scrutiny the persons who ar" yell
ing Communists
II i almost n disgrace Ia the nation 10 say that
there i such n thing unemploy men In the United
States todays. yet II exists. " Just little common
sense used every man In the United States could
he mt 10 work within ninety days hut these Fascist
loving groups know that this calls for living the Ne.
his right 10 share In work program. therefore,
they would rather gamble with lives b! prolongins
ne war In order 20 prevent this .,... ,.... ....
We owe vote - thanks oHr President for the
FEPC and The work Il has accomplished under pres-
eni conditions. But u has not hecn given pow
crs by congress enfo0tc its actions Therefore u
want any consideration We must ger behind ihis
committee and press FOR more action and power
They need the mower o show he people that
there Is q war 10 he won and that there arc things
10 be cherished more than fradionr Tradition
which Is causing shortage or supplies all fronts
tradition which causes with The necessary skil's
10 sif AZ home while he + hoinr made for skill
cd workers: tradition which place man IN paric
Mar oh or mental duties no matter how vol trained
he Is Just because his 'ao l. OF darker hue.
Every day are told that must fear and
light Hitler and Communist fellow travellers hut the
Negro has need 10 fear ior he has been lighting
all his lie try ia avoid Iersm right here IN the
nted States lar he i concerned. Beior"
he can have the incentive 10 tight foreign IIiiIerisn
he has Ia be stloWn that the Hltlerism that he i
fighting i worie than the llleriSm that he i M.
ready snhlectedto 10.
1t IS The genera conrcnsus OF opinion that 81,
foreign groups and societies were 10 permit America
10 solve her own problems. The Negro could have
much better chance. or course the argument might
he put that the southern white man Is OF the
main barriers 20 the Negro hut have talked with
several people fom various parts OF the country and
The truth is thai tf'-ifrtv--ftvrrt whe is cogni-
zanl of the high cost OF THIS tradition hut they
so few that they dare not come forth and conmi;
themselves. on the other hand. our foreign don't
mated societies are working overtime keep the idea
per they work overtime To prevent the souhe,n
white from seeing tho Jolly IN the high taxes ha'
he pays and fosters he idea OF racial superiority just
as Hitler IS doing Thousands Of dollars are speni
in the South for Tie purpose OF keeping the pooi
southern white in he dark far the big polite
ians concerned and foreigners come from abroad
10 commercialize the very thing that their orfani
cations are fostering
What type Of freedom can the American Negro
expect under these conditions! u i duty ~ Ne
groeS ia work overtime toward the end Of wlplnc
out Hilerism here Mt home before going abroad. ~
i our duty 10 show America the folly of lighting 10
defend whit are lighting IL destroy. II u our
duty ~ show America TINT she must set an example
IN freeing lis darker subjects before she can tell
any other nntion about freedom and democracy
Freedom aud Democracy charity heglns ~
home and then spreads abroad and II Is our duty IL
show America that this u what We believe and will
abide hy Let us then. freed0n-lo, Inc neopie. IL
our watchword he; FIGHT! FIGHT. FIGHT!