Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1942-06-20
Suggestion Is
Included In
Win War Plan
Make Jincrow
Military Offense,
Attorney Suggests

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Dental order making race dlScr1-
mination q reasonable offense, and
creation of a new cabinet position
with Negro as secretary OF In
terracial affairs were asked by
Hugh E. Macbeth, prominent Los
Angeles attorney, in an address be-
fore the Poble club here Saturday
night.
The noted lawyer, a graduate OF
Fisk and the Harvard law school,
executive secretary of the Califor-
mia Race Relations commission and
Liberian consul at Los Angeles, al
so proposed the organization of an
interracial organization to be
known as the Defenders of Democ-
racy with Miss Pearl Buck, famous
novelist and liveral, as one of the
organizers.
Mr.. Macbeth based his discourse
to the Poble, composed of South
side leaders, on Miss Bucks cele-
brated letters on democracy and
the color question originally appear
ing in the New York Times and
reprinted in the Negro press.
HUMAN SLAVERY
According to the attorney, the
issue presented by this war is that
of human slavery with which the
Negro is familiar. Despite his tech
nical emancipation, he has never
been free and is still subServient
to the master class which also en-
slaves its own kin.
For proof of this attitude by
our ruling class, read the debates
in the Congressional Record and
tally the votes on pensions and
unemployment when our economy
bloc performed in Washington and
found the treasury empty for peace
full, constructive human needs" he
said. Then tally the votes of these
same statesmen less than six
months thereafter, as without de-
bate they found billions in the
treasury for other purposes. There
you will find the imperishable rec
ord of the ruling class in the
greatest democratic nation of our
civilized world at a moment of
crisis. Consistently they followed
the world trend of civilization as
we know it-that of interracial
human exploitation
Nobody should be misled into
thinking the intelligent colored
American believes this is war be-
tween democracies and totalitariap
fascistS, Mr. Macbeth went on.
WAR WITH FASCIST
1T is a war in which the fascist
Or slave owning elements of the
world, are using the human misery
OF nine tenthS of the world TIC
wipe out the one strongest effort
of democracy in the world-our be-
loved United States of America
the barrister asserted. "And truly
it is OUR United States our hope
which we have ever cherished
never furnished, and for which we
have given our blood, our toll and
| our sweat as no other group OF
people in this country has given"
II the white units for the sole
purpose of Wiping out Japan as
threatening the domination of the
world by the yellow races, then
the yellow races, brown, races, and
black races will rise behind Japan
for an interminable racial war, he
pointed out. This war will have
the stimulating effect on the color.
ed races of thorough pruning Of
their racial stock, but will leave
the so-called white races witt
scarcely enough "seed corn" left
to start a. new crop.
Contending that the only way fol
the nation to prove to coloree
people throughout the world tina
it is serious in its claims O
democracy is by fostering democrac,
t home, Mr.. Macbeth suggested
'plan of offense" which includes:
| Formation of the Defenders o.
Democracy composed Of fearless
leaders of races, national and reli.
gious groups in the world:
Calling upon President Roosevelt
to make clear that the United
States is not fighting for tn.
supremacy of any one race or ma
ton but against Imperialism ant
dictatorship of all sorts and varie
ties, and that the Atlantic charte
and -Four freedoms apply +.
every human being Have tn.
President invite the Negro pres
to all press conferences:
| Have OCD develop and enforc,
program against all forms o