The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-04-17
BY J. II. FORNlSS
Jonesine for
ISAAC JONES
NAACP Parade
wolf, Wolf"
Gandhi-Fasting
Four Freedoms?
Defending Jitterbugs

dNlit' |lNhl' "H" "tt ga i'''''4'
should have been there TO hear the
many hich soundfng phrases in
favor 81 our much'aked-about
democracy
Bur readers don't get me wong.
this parade and meeting, bolster
"a Win many dciuoc falc So aktrs.
WAS rc4ly insgrns There Were
many Thousand lovefs and fight
crs for democracy present AMI ey.
r,fhlne was casied out in almost
d ck like precision. Nei | am wont
fa h,lic,c tia there arc many more
laNsf~ 40 armo facy IN TINS 'th,
"a sexual OF dcnocra,y Than wcr,
setn at ihis mammoth demonstra-
ZION
democracy IS really on the
mar,h though slowly ia 'his ereai
eify OF ours Ready, ihe demon
>lraion Ncnld save done credit go
anl Democratic eiN IN Ameriea as
ne spirit OF democracy Was Ia
evidence AZ. over Cadillac square
An Nocfo DGfag should don it's
Wei known hN 10 The hcrculcan
EFFORTS of pt McChnisn Glosier
Cmfcn;. The Rev Charles iIlll La
b7 commiiicos AMI jn-t Won and YOU
and you aho b p,d TO make lhis
We oc sion that H turned out TO
be The N motors can never be
epaid fof 'aeir cnotts to advance
The cause that which We. as
REAL AMeloans are wiling 20 even
80 ior % maintain
Thcecafe two soar notes In The
symphony az aemctracry ihueit
'ne apparent inability o' an negro
leaders for us' once go he able 70
consolidate lh.r cohesive orsan-
ila'pn- IN one etcaf cNolt Of This
.or' and really demonstrate 90 all
Nmortca and The world th3t we can
ee together q ono slnpcndous -.
n aaa demaud ra' emocrlcy
hoh ~ homie ud abroad.
VI IN a liiilc more c9op, t.ou this
c,n pud VIII w. aecnarii I,f
lhon 100 w.er, we've el' ui iha
who age already cmr,osed and
shogld hav h,en iAef, 'o ud i4as"
Who are still seeking 20 land semc
- thls m0aiiNc employment
may nor come aeain9 50 b. rs
hoping 'ha' ai tho next dcmon-tt-
ton which should zoe soon 'l
n4mber Who attended viii he 1fal-
iplied housand fold D. Gan BIZ
done ana ain hc done when yoa
as individuals take u upon yoa
sc,f 10 SEQ that there NO more and
bigger mor,itafions
THERE IS a famlia4 story hat /
am sure most OF you readers have
heard or read ~ some peri Il of
your life. whether you be- young
or old The story rams someihin-
ike this ION one occasion a TED!
,ending sheep was told 10 cgS
Wolf wolf TO bring aid from d s.
o.dDs IN case the much-icarod
beast appeared on The scene The
lad iun loving 49, most lads are
decided 10 have hit OF fun US
yelling. wolf Wolf when. in rcal-
ity there WAS no Wolf 10 be seen.
lie found his pleasant pasiim'
and tried IL several times but alas.
me wolf nnaly appeared and hts
frantic CRIES of woll Wolf thought
no aid from his cid for they ici'
sure tins cry 700 WIS another oi
vi, attempts AZ teasing"
1hi8 wolf wolf crying is
brought ,i,ldly TO as almost every
time We turn our radio dial or read
the want az" section OF our Metro
poiNan daily papers when We dahl
aud hourly arc reminded OF ,h,
alarming shortage Of manpoWcr Z,
man the factories engaged in the
production OF war munitions an
other implements Of war
However, the American NcgrC
has come 10 know that all this la
msnting anent labor shortage
merely means that there is a short.
age of white labor. but as far as
Negro labor is concerned, there
are hundreds Of Negro Boys and
girls. men and women, who have
devoted their time. money and ~
fort in mastering some OF The tchc
nical trades only 10 discover after
finishing these killed trades thai
this cry OF vol. wolf does not
mean that the other part Of Amer
lea is seeking aid from skilled
/ Negro laborers. and still is reluf
tant TO give them The opportunir
To prove their ability TO give yahi.
able aid in these times OF sore dis
tress And sull the cry goes up
wolf. wolf" when will America
learn 10. in the immortal words o
our own Booker Washington. Lee
down your bucket where you are
and cease this cry OF "wolf'9
/ MAIATMA X. GANDHf. OF Civil
disobedience renown. has recent,
let IL be known that be soon cx
poets TO begin another ~ his equal
~ renowned Hastings II woul,
seem to the average layman tina
Gandhi should have discovered or,
this late date Thar fasting ctti
though II be, as he lets one snt
all know, "a fast unto death" hal