The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-12-12
EDITORIAL PAGE
People's
Daily, Doiings
By ISAAC JONES

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American soldiers hacked air bases
out Of the iung'es 10 tighten the
grin on North Africa The soldiers
mentioned in this news release are
colored men who have landed In
that part az the world 10 fight 20
XIII and many will no doubt de-.
that America may continue 10 live
and be The and Of the free and
the home Of tho brave.
THE LANDING on this almost
primitive coast cimaxed 1000
mile journey across the submarine
infested Atlantic ocean and 4, was
completed without enemy Interior
ence According 10 reports. there
we're only three alarms en- route.
but none developed genuine
threat As Ioc Louis has so beau
liiully expressed in such few words
I've are on Gods side in this
war and The guidance of the
Almighty God was al the side OF
this ship that carried thousands OF
members ~ our race 10 Liberia.
NAPOLEON EDWARD TAYLOR
OF Baltimore. Md. has tho honor
Of being the first soldier ashore.
OUR COLORED soldiers do
ng their part in he Pacific also
made news this week. The coast oi
New Hebrides. an advanced base
for the southwest Pacific opera
lions is guarded by co.ored sol
diers. a white eastern daily news
paper carried pictures In the sat
nrdays edition Of these colored men
in action all the hoys we're sril-
INK. standing in petition for i'm
mediate action Il ncceS sary, and
said they liked Il We know they
will make good. May God bless
them
THE NATIONAL Association CT
Manufacturers gave luncheon
Dec. 4, AZ the Waldorf-Asloria ho-
tel for Is Us. workers from fac
toy. shop and farm The tite,
Homer Workers was bestowed On
the i6 seven Of them were women
two blind. ono vas Colored, ono
Chinese. and fourteen whites. The
colored member OK tho group was
Rufus T. Turner OF New Bedford
Mass Turner is research en-
cincce COR AerovOx Corp. OF that
,iiv. Hes non-union. so were nine
OHIO members. Turner's JOB IS
military secret. That Is all that
can be said Of the job that he is
doing for his Uncle Sam. Democ-
racy can work here without tho ala
of Jim -crowism and discrimination.
CONTINUING on the subject OF
Democi acy with Mr.. Jim Grow.
The New York City hospital drop
ped Us hf,y -year-old jim crow bar
last week in its method OF training
co ored nurses in sepa ate schools
n New York City. Doctor Edward
". Bernecker, recently appointed
Commissioned OF Hospitals. an
nounced this week that hereafter
colored applicants would be accept
cd for training in every school I'M
der tho jurisdiction OF the Depart
ment Of Hospitals.
WHILE MANY New Workers b.
lieye that this new move was made
as rN-ult OF an acute shortage
o. nurses due 20 war conditions
10 Is a step in the right direction.
II also proves that God has many
ways % bring the people OF His
Garth together: He knows how 10
make them forget race. creed and
color but blood has 10 he spilled
4 10 obtain hose things IN life which
Americans hold so dear. FREE
Dom Lets pray that after this
war men will have their freedom
al over the world. and % ticu ar
~ our group here in the United
States You bet IL can be done
that's not impossible.
WELL. 1T SEEMS that the Pres
idcnt committee on Fair Employ
ment Practice H. light on the heels
4 OF tho nc. Transit company who
has been trying TO "beat-around-
! the-bush' on the question OF hiring
colored moiormen and street car
conductors and bus drivers.
The orders issued this week from
the FEPC rs that they must hire
co.ored men in those j1bs.
DOWN IL WESTERN Tennessee
two white educators took time out
10 ask 1000 colored and white
school children twenty-four ques-
tions on constitutional rights. So
cial equality and good manners. :.
and the "yescs' on both sides are
surprising. Here are few exam
pies "A colored man has tho RICH,
10 fair trial no matter what he
has done The colored children
voted yes" 90 per cent. white
children, Yes" s..
III two white men. walking TO-
gether on a sidewalk that les only
wide enough for the two. meet a
colorcd person. one Of the white
men should drop behind the other
TO let he colored person pass ="
Colorcd. yes" 90 per cent whites
Yes" IS per cent
There should be law forbid
ding the marriage OF colored and
white" Colored YES" 50 per cent:
whites, "Yee." II per- cent.
THE LATEST REPORT from
Boston's fire tells US that one col
ored porter burned 10 death and
a colored maid Is in serious con-
dltion. Many other colored en-
ployees Of the Cocoanut Grove
night club escaped serious inju lee
and are suffering from shock.
| CLOSING OUR CHAT this week
bv getting back TO the war zones. Z.
a colored newspaper correspondent
reports. the most popular soldier