The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1942-08-15

ItSr WHAT PEACE can as Negroes expect aft
this war; | have asked myself this question
many times but after linking my thoughts with those
OF sn-called news cOlumnrts | have reached The
,ont fusion that there is hut for 10 expect
Il j. freedom of nothing other than international
poafical freedom and everything tina, goes with a
new world Of imperiasiic slavery and suppression
Of he minority races. How can It be anything else
when We hnd thar night 20 defend at home the
very thing lhai We are trying 70 eliminate abroad:
The fact that II can be- nothing else i Indicated
by the way Negro men In uniform are being heat
end aud man. handled by our So-caed civilian
-tmerican Patriots We find that our segregated
arm, camps are crowded In the deep South In the
Ignorant paris of the country; not Ignorant IN
the lieh al intellectual attainment hut Ignorant IN
the ehf Of the existence oi the brotherhood OF man.
II only indicates 10 the Negro soldier the fact TINT
he i lighting In order 10 preserve this type Oi thing
and further il points out Ia him Just what he must
face when america signs peace treaty when We
get letters from brotherS and relatives IN those
"Ge>iapo~ headquarters telling how they are being
treated can only ask ourselves one question: How
can We expect free pence after the war when We
cannot have n free peace In war time. How can ~"
Negro expect to even share IN this peace when the
pcoplc for whom he i lighting have respect for
The uniform that he wears How can he expect to
he defended when The laws respect and uphold these
people WHO refuse Ia respect his uniform
Another Indication 'hat he Negro can eXpec;
even less his peace is indicated by the way en-
pioymenf has been and Il being handled. Although
hero n a cSperate need for workers find that
orr leaders would laihcr slow down the effort
and samhl, aih lives rather than give the Negro
have. been ~ white They would rather gamble
WIN tradition and take chances AT losing the
raihp. han give the Negro The type OF jon that he
dcee'yes and Is fully qualified 10 do. II this type
nf thing goes on now I'm wartime what else can the
Ntgfo expect wien ii has passed. He will find tina
his faco vii Keep him from belonging 10 the foreign
dominated unions who VIII have the greatest say IN
emp.oymenf These unions will refuse him member
sh and viii import members from their home lands
for M, best Jobs IN private industry Just done
AZ for World VAR No. l. fhus closing The doors OF ON
plcymfnf The Negln and forcing him again in,o
Tue shaCkles ~ economic slavery.
We can read nm, time In papers incidents
where walk on the Jobs because Negroes we're
employed. Jobs where work stoppage would definite
" mean -hottlP neck Ia the war eiiort yet they
represent cross section OF our -Patroiic Ameri.
cans. After reading these articles do We ever lind
from the article who i to he blamed for such Incl
dent>7 The answer l.. definitely no. III We would
yet the root oi the whole stanton II would he
traced IT, our labor unions who IN turn contro.
ed by foreign politics some blg International or
ganilaiion thar hates freedom Tor all people
than an thing else In the world.
II We cannot be Free 80 wartime. there j. no hope
for this freedom peaCe-fine in the last past elghi
wears ODE great so-caed peace loving country his
spor. over hundred and ihiriv-siV million dollars
'H he uited Sfstes for reaching IT'S political IDEAS
THIS means thar cons iderahlo portion has been
spea' foNatd fostering The foreign ideas that prevail
ia our unions. keeping rs from belonging 10 them
Mi ions % thf~e foreign funds are spent also In
eNinging elections working day and night seeing 10
20 that mere viii not be possible chance for The
Ncero 20 share any OF the benefits OF whai IS TO be
gained
Indercurrents Of these foreign Ideas and Fascist
plans can be- henrd In lanniy casual remarks made
ly FaNci>> Fa>ciSt-l0,lng people throughout The
government agencies that after the war over the,
will see that the Negro j. Kicked out Of the Toy.
ernmcni service. Their general opinion i that The
Government l. becoming too liberal In lis employ
men oi Negroes and the, will pnt stop Ia u after
the war. Vet Iii down and hope that this war
will hiring freedom 10 the Negro In more abundance.
How IL when these foreign groups who dominate