The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-11-28

Peoples
Daily Doiings
BY ISAAC JONES

African descent mas taken MS
stand again the word Negro. a."
Writing under the title OF The
People Speak. in an eastern pub
LEGATION. he tells the world:
The word Negro has been so
often associated with the evils of
segregation. injustice. and abuses.
rhe persons referred 10 as Ne
croes' are only in the United
states. whose national origin is
completely ignored We are all
Observation-Disclosures and should
Se so-called just as other people
are described according TO their
origin and country adoption"
MACl'S DEPARTMENT STORE
of New York City and the largest
retail organization Of its kind in
the world are hiring colorcd
clerks Colored girls are also he
eng used IN tho office of the Macy
organization The new policy is
described as 'AIarcy's contribution
TO the effort 10 make democracy
work az home" This is an ex-
ample that thousands OF other
firms in this country who have
always drawn the color-lne when
I. comes 20 employment should
follow. Action speaks louder than
words
a WELL KNOWN race column
- comes out with genuine idea
80 establish better relations he
tween the colored and white
4 americans He feels that our race
should "sell itself TO American
5 whites so that We NAV be ac-
cenred as fnll-fledged citizens
THE WRITER states .there Is
not single intelligent radio pro-
gram addressed ~ This problem
which does not helm nerpetmate
The old stereotype OF the ultra
religions. singing. hapny-go-lucky
Nccro who i harmless and child
like. We have never used the
magazines Of wide circulation
among the masses and middle
class to ">el'" ourselves as ad-
'eriiSerS do motion nictureS. or
'nees- motor cars and other COM
r,oIities.
"Wc get these publications only
IN connection with rrief lynch.
Ing. >harecropninr disease. etc.)
tre our whifo friends 10 ho hlam-
Cd for knowing 50 Iistle about uSl
W. need MILLIONS of small nan.
nhlef> which toll In simnle lon.
ru'gr and without argpmens tho
things wo want white p~anle 20
know AM think ahout Negroes.
arr circulate them widely.
we need half.hour or hour
/ program weekly over n major net.
work With expertlv written scripts
and hig names. We need full page
ads In newspapers and magazines
IN connection with our Oufstand-
lng anniversaries. We need color.
/ fnl messages on unity and under.
Standinv between the two people
IN outdoor display. We need. In
snort, to use every propaganda
medium 10 reach the masses Of
white peonlc oi this country. and
We are not doing II
This column Classics tho above
plans as sermon within SER
mons and II would mean lot for
colorcd Americans. with other
things added. II they would be
executed and not merely talked
about
a WHITE STUDENT at Louis
lana state university. expressing
his views on the fight that col
ored people are waginp TODAY for
democracy In reality. in letter
10 tho editor of national coll
ofcd newspaper. states in part:
came across copy of your
newspaper on file in the Univers-
NV library. II there ever was a
publication that works for the in
teresf of Adolf Hitler. In this
time of national crisis. it's yours.
Here in the south. white peo-
pie and colored people have
mutual respect for each other and
We ret along just fine or course
We don't mine,e IN a social way
they have their society and we
laye Ours know the Southern
Negro as we'll as any ono and
there Is no more contented or
hammer soul living
Nothing makes me more fur
'ors than 10 sec an innocent Ne
gro misireafed and Tho majority
~ tho southern peonle feel the
same way So Won N YOU 'rahblc
fcusng' Yankee Negroes will Just
''nd 10 YOUR own business and
Acon YOUR nosc OIL Of ours things
viii he much better Off In long
lun There will never he mixed
colored and white society in the
south
y It almost useless 10 offer any
criticism ~ tho above letter COM
inc from The non Of a southern
white youth However. maybe he
didn't thinb 10 remember that
colored folk have been waiting
ton long now for things 70 ret
netter Lynching looks mere like
an aid 10 Hitlcr's cause lie I'M
dors'ands Tho southern colored
oeonlc from white mans Wow
urini and not from The angle
what IS guaranteed all citizens
regardless 10 race. creed or coll
or Southern colored folk don't
care any more about the society
among the to races than the
whites There nav he mixed col
orod ard Whit societv in the
south in tho world ~ Tomorrow ."
United States Christianity ran
iose ont IN the present war This
ls The opinIon Mordecai Johnson.
president of Howard university
expf, >sed before 1S0 quests ~ 'he
'wentv-siVih annual dinner ~ the
| School OF Relirinn lie said.