Sunday Chicago bee. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1925-19??, 1942-08-02
LETTER TO
THE EDITOR

Chicago, Illionis.
Gentlemen:
The praise which you gave
Judge Holly editorially last week
is well deserved, not merely be-
cause he SO recently appointed
Negro foreman of the Federal
grand jury and rendered a decis-
ion favorable toward the under
signed but because his whole ca
reer both as lawyer and a ed
eral judge has been characterized
by high sense of duty. He
has been fair-minded and liberal
both on and off the bench.
When our case came up last
year the Park District asked for
change Of venue which took it
before a judge Of the Superior
who from the first plainly show
ed that he was out of sympathy
with our cause. It was he who
made it possible for the Park Dis
trict to "stall along until the sea-
son came to a close. The atten-
ton of the public will be directed
to this act of sabotage when the
judge referred to comes up for
reelection.
We hope that our act will cause
Negroes in other north shore viii
lagos to insist upon the right to
use the beaches and that they
will not segregate themselves. 1t
is my understanding that Negroes
are Disseminated against in the
use of beaches in Evanston, Ken
ilWorth, Wilmette and Winnetka
as well as those beaches in viii
lagos farther north.
There is a powerful group Of
Americans which is determined to
perpetuate a master-servant re
lationship in this country. A
group which will not be salts
fed until we have a complete sep
arate system in every phase Of
life throughout the entire nation
north as well as south. This
group has already established
'ghettos'' for Negroes in prpacti-
cally all Of our northern. cities;
it is largely responsible for the
perpetuation Of our jim-croW ar
my, navy, marine corps and air
forces; by gerimandering bounda-1
ries, 1t is creating complete sep
arate school system; it causes Ne
groes to be jim on trains
leaving northern cities for the
South. predict that unless we
put a stop to this trend, within
the next two decades Negroes will
have lost all of the rights and
privileges of American citizenship.
I am in favor Of are announced
proposal Of A. Philip Randolph
that we ask the President Of the
United States to issue a proclama-
ton or an executive order for
bidding all types and forms of
discrimination and segregation in !
the entire United States and II
also believe that every Negro
should adopt the slogan made ia
nous by Patrick Henry, "Give me
liberty or give me death"
And now, just a few words "a
bout our situation here in Glen
coe. Glencoe represents fascist
spirit which is apparently char
acteristic Of all Of the villages Of
the north shore and unfortunately
there are a sufficient number of
uncle Toms" and "aunties" to
sabotage the few feeble efforts
which a small handful Of Negroes
make to correct conditions no
better than those in the heart Of /
George and Mississippi.
We have been told by citi-
zens who have lived in Glencoe
for many years that a few years
ago there was a definite plot to
force all Negroes to sell their pro-
perties and move away from this
village; that the A. M. E. church
was burned by vandals who were
caught but never punished; that
Negroes are not even now per
mitted to use a public golf course
a portion Of it lies on
forest preserve land; that for sew
eral years white and colored SCHOOL,