The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-20
~ ~ 7HEeoosE JONAS

If WERE Otis Eaton. or II I
were anyone else and wanted 20
Ct myself elected recording Sec
re.ary OF Ford Local 600, or 20 any
other position for tina; matter,
wouldn't insult the INTEL gcnce CT
the RANK and f.lc wo:k>- by &C.
sorting 70 the Marin Dies tech
r.aue Of pulling Ae Red Herring,
even 4 such policy had been
adopted By my campaign mate,
whether t; was Paul Ste. Marie or
anyone else. wouldn't inject he
Red Herring issue for the simple
reason that 10 do so would indicate
that had no platform and was
only playing Charlie Mccarthy 10
nly campaign partner.
IN My CAMPAIGN speeches ard
releases ! wouldn't throw any
bricks at the Communists TO mat
ter what Ste Marie thinks Of them
that would be his business-ior
ss Eaton and every other worker
knows, practically every man who
laoorS for living believes in some
OF The ;eae;s o. Communism. and
as Eaton and every other Ford
worker knows. few Negroes would
have received .he!r diplomas from
the foundry department and moved
UP 10 the skilled labor division had
i; no: been for men who believed
that every man should have a
chance 10 work al The JOB for which
b" has been trained. would re-
member tina; the FIRST white man
who protested belief in industrial
democracy were called Communists
and tina. Negroes who threw in
their lot with them were called
fellow travellers And | would also
remember that by travelling with
such fellows the Negro is where
he is in the Ford industrial setup
to5ay.
| WOULDN'T SMEAR SHELTON
Tapes with he Red Herring for
would be afraid someone would
remember, that supported Tapes
IN last years elections and they
might ask nc why supported him
knowing ma, he was accused OF
beng Communist. II the ticket
] supported las, year is Red this
year il must have been a little pink
90 begin with and | would be afraid
someone would question my rapid
conversion, especially since Il be-
came noticeable since my alliance
with Ste. Marie
I WOULD OPPOSE Tapes on
the only issue involved - that ]
would like 10 have Tapes JOB
which pays $4,000 per year. and il
/ couldn't win on my own popular
ity and gooi clean platform for
i'm proving the conditions OF all
workers. black and white alike. !
certainly wouldn't stand in Ste
Maric's corner with a bucket OF Red
Herring ready 10 toss in when the
going GOT too rough FOR real cam
paign issues
AND IF ! WERE supporting Paul
Ste Marie ! would support him on
the issues OF Negro women and
the difficulty they had with him
and Willis Ward before the bars
against them at Ford's were finally
dropped would do something TO
refu;e Horace Sheffield's charges
that Ste Marie assumed an atti-
tude OF indifference to the en-
ployment OF Negro women before
he spoke the first word in their
behalf. | would support Ste Marie
or anyone I chose 10 support. but
certainly would not join in when
th"y began singing the Red Herring
blues
I'd OFFER SOME explanation Ss
10 why Ste Marie. as Sheffield
charges. refused TO so along with
the men iniercstedsin securing jobs
for Negro women long before the
FEPC thought OF holding hearings
in this section Of The country. But
Id make Ste. Marie himself ex-
plain that he didn't take posi-
ton until FEPC threatened Ford
and other defense moguls and then
gave the impression that he was
on tho right track all along
I'D MAKE STE. MARIE explain
why be opposed q demonstration