The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1942-04-03
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termination is fixed, and soon
we shall be on our way.
The Weights Against Us
The sluggish and inefficient
are giving way to the active. and
efficient. Victory will be ours,
despite the fact that we are be-
ing hindered on many fronts with
weights that I'll to often beset
and retard u.s..
Under the necessities Of our
perilous situation they are CIV
ing way, while the minds and
hearts Of our people are fixed
upon that rebirth Of freedom for
which we now fight and struggle
One Of the weights has been,
and, in some measure, still is.
the stubborn attitude Of Govern
ment itaelf in refusing to permit
a large element Of its own citi-
zcns to effectively serve their
inns subject was cou.ageously
brought TO the fore at the inau-
garal banquet in New York Citv
'ast week Of Freedom Flouse. 4
mouse, as its name in1icates.
svh'bohzing freedom, and dcdi-
Gated to the advance of tho
caase Of freedom { r1,nyhout ths
world. It seeks to stimulate an
people 70 support the cause 4
freedom everywhere, -inclu,ipo
the United States Of America
Fertinent inquiries were ra;s1
6t that meeting by Wendell VII
kle who resided; Il wonder some
times, he aail, whether NC
are not little pharisaical or
perhaps even presumptuous i.
our high-minded statements n
| nout freedom Are we alway
IS alert to practice it here at
nome rs we are to proclaim it q
hroad7 DO we sccord freedom
to an Of onr citiznns?,
Navy Department Discrimination
nc then es-.... told the stor,
CT Doile Miller, the Colored tines.
attendant, who won unayin1
fame at Pearl Haroor; wno, l..
he had not been trained, OF .4l.
owed to shoot j g,si.i seized one
On the signal bridge Of the Bat.
tleship Arizona, aftei
ing to the comfort OF rs qu,l
ed Commander, and fired it Til
his ammunition was exhausted
OF the long-continued delay b.
the Navy Department in anounc.
eng his name among those OF
other heroes Of that tragic bat
tie; OF the fine act Of Judge
ment and self If-sacrificing, COURAGE
displayed; ani Of the racial bar
IN the Navy which prevents this
young man from enlisting in IT,
Navy except as servant, be
cause his skin is black.
he did not fail to refer to IT,.
generosity Of Joe Louis who risk.
ed his Worlds Championship
Title in order to raise nearly
100000 for the Naval Relief
Society, and declared the Champ
lon, also Colored, cannot enlist
N the Navy.
Attention also might we'll have
been directed to the failure al
Rear Admiral Nizimit7 and the
Navy Department to INCLUDE Dor
le Miller,s exploit among the G.,
for which Awards have bee. an
nonnced, Including pharmacists.
stenographers, firemen, sign.l
men, labor foremen, electrician
nachinists, general helpers, ana
what not. Why, this omiss;ona
Demands Government End
Racial Ban
And, finally, he said: Nov
you lovers of freedom-,I dom,
think this is right in free coun-
try. Won't you, while you are
proclaiming the necessity for
freedom throughout the world,
devote some time to BRINGING
about a correction of this inine-
tice at home, an injustice which
makes mockery of all our fine
words. Don't you think that as
| American citizens we should in
sist that our Government and our
| Navy Department climate the
bar that prohibits any American