The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-22
Is. Mo,e, To Protect Soldier,

Is. Moves To Protect soldiers
VOl-R SOLID RS stationed in various Army camp
L throughout tho South have encountered many
battles with city police officers and civilian whites
who hate them because their skin l. dark AMI
because they hail from the North. nniil many sus-
gestions have been made 10 the War department as
to how such trouble could be avoided. Senator BANK
head of the good state of Alabama came ~ut with
one last week He thinks that colored soldiers from
the North should be sent only to army camps IA
northern sections OF the country; soldiers Of on
race who live the south could he trained IN DIXIE
This sounds good and your writer believes mos
people OF yonr will agree with The senator
from Alabama once in life. However the men @ho
run the War department seem to have d,neren'
opinons In n press release last week Gen. Georl'
C. Marshall Army Chief Of STAFF has ruled that mi'i
tary policy must dictate location Of troops.
In a letter 10 senator Bankhcad he general
wrote however that The Wa department fuly rec
ognzes the harmonious relations bei"een me 50
diers at any particular camp and the adjacent civ
ilan population Is conducive TO high morale ann
contributes TO military efficiency
On the heels OF this announcement your Uncle
sam found TWO Beaumont Texas. white policemen
guilty Of beating and shooting Negro soldier with
out respect to the uniform hat he wore
ATTORNEY General Francis Riddle announced late
Friday that tho Government has initiated Federal
curt action against Texas white cops for yolat-
ing he civil rights Of coored soldier
According 10 the reports Clyde Brown and Billy
Brown ara the names 81 the policemen involved
Pvt Charles j. Reco IS the soldier who SUFFERED
hrntalitles ~ the hands Of the above two Officers Of
Tho law This soldier ordered on bus because
he took seat reserved for white passengers
The soldier was heater when he alighted from
he Vehicle tnken 10 the police station in that Texas
city md shot twice
The ofensa is Federal msdemeanor and may
mum nenaltieS conviction are one wears I'M
prsonmeni or thousand dollar fine. or both
Attorney General Bddle said that he had acted
npon reouosi OF The War department.
Folks do you know that IS certainly move IN
the right direction nv the War department to sion
the hardships that your peoue serving In the armed
forces have had 20 endure AT the hands 81 preiudced
white folks Navbe that Is The the War de-
tment made II known that u only had right
10 select paces 10 send soldiers FOR their training
While that may BE- true and n that Is true " TOO
should SEQ that those boys protected lets hoph
that this The beginning ~ The ending nf clashes
hctwecn orr soldiers and Dixie whites There's no
Question that the Government can't do ANYTHING
about H. y can and proof Of ihis Is the convicnr ~
the two white police officers down In Beaumoni.
Tevas
Deem down In my heart this coumisi doesn't want
this column termed as "Sorg ~ Prejudice" from
won on thu homo front until the purpose Of this
column Is 10 serve as "mouthriece" 10 keen Won
nosted On various sights here and there. Thev all ar"
Tor YOU and rboui your peop'e. Therefore thi7
writer snends hours AZ his desk readne releases and
dozens OF daily and weekly newspapers from all ovc~
tho country IN order that have the Main
truth about things that should N vo"
arc one ~ tho members of the thirteen million col
ored Americans living under the rules and laws o'
thie nation