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Negro newspaper?
It was with the thought Of con-
; tinaously ehampioning the cause
of the Negro that the Pittsburg
Courier, joined by all other Ne
gro weeklies, launched the DOu'
BILE VICTORY PROGRAM, Fer
your information, the idea Of 1t
all is to zealously work for II
VICTORY AT HOME and q
VICTORY AGAINST THE AXIS,
To mold energetic sentiment
around the nation favorable to the
plan, there are appropriate but
tons being issued,
The United Government Employ
ees' organization. militant group
Of Americans whose president, Mr.
Edgar b. Brown, is always in bat
tie for our people, has given un-
qualified endorsement to the DOu-
BILE VICTORY drive. 1t is our be-
lief that other organizations mani
Testing real interest in the general
welfare will follow the U. G. Il.
Of the many stories released by
our newspapers, with editorial in
tarpresations given the reader at
the time the news breaks, quite
few of them are not brought to
the editor by some enterrrlslng
citizens. Contrariwise, the infor-
nation comes to the public by re-
porters who are stedfastly on the
alert.
On the Washington scene, the
tide of prejudice and segregation
against the Negro is rising with
the weeks. The revelation, UNI
known perhaps by countless num-
bers within our groups, came TO
the fore by the erudite editor and
superb reporter for the Afro
American, Mr.. Ralph Matthew's.
How successful this OBNOXIOUS
TIDE will enguf the nation ana
its Negro population, will depend
entirely upon the frequency with
which we respond intelligently to
this question: "DID YOU TELL
YOUR STORY OF DlSCRl-
MINATION. SEGREGATION
AND PREJUDICE :. TO YOUR
LOCAL NEGRO NEWSPAPER"
Far from being silent, in these
| times of need for open express
sions is your own ARKANSAS
STATE PRESS. Many nights
when you are abed, representa-
tives Of this growing weekly in
Arkansas and the nations capt.
ital are. awake in search OF the
news. This procedure is q part
of the total procedure by staff
members of all Negro rewspa-
pers. r : ~"
The five Negroes who received
the swings" at Tuskegee recent
w. are the beneficiaris Of legis-
lation proposed by Negro organl-
cations and endorsed by the RACE
press in the form Of editorials and
feature stories; all benefits, OF
course, coming as resul OF
SOMEONE telling the 4th estate
about it.
These gains in our just associa-
ton with democratic programs,
here and there, are not the final
charters in our book Of REAL
FREEDOM in America for the Ne
gro. THERE WILL BE MORE
i GAINS MADE FROM WEEK TO
WEEK. However. unless we dedi-
cate ourselves to program OF IN
diligently aggressive cooperation
these symbols Of progress will be
lost.
A fitting wind-up of this story
is found in the words Of Walt
Whitman:
Il say discuss all and expose all
Il am for every topc openly;
l say there can be no salvation for
Negroes (Paraphrase for
"These States') without limo
vators--without free tongues,
and ears willing to hear these
tongues.
And announce as a glory of These
States, that they respectful
" listen to propositions, re-
forms, fresh views and doc
trines. from SUGGESTIONS Of
men and women. Each age
with its own growth.
Says. writ ngs of Walt Whit
man. New York, G.. P. Putnam's
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