The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-03-13
BODY DOOMED,
MEMBERS SAY,
Low
Urge Preside To
Act On Race
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WASHINGTON - AMP - With
INC morale OF The Office force a, a
low Stoic. and ihc members of-,hc
committee r,cG pcr'l1bcd over The
prc>cn' copd Ior nc 'hrcc 7cm-
bCys & ;no FEPC Who me, -ur--Mon-
dy acdr s>cd very strong letter
90 President Roosevelt express mi
eu;lgc diSsdH2f3c,on ~ he manner
- which Pau. V Menu, pas nd
lc1 nc fl ~, @! tina; organization
recently.
Pres O.; and presiding was Ear
D.ckcrSou Win Inn. John Brophy
OF The Go and Morn, Sh>klu Of
INC AFL Wrfe ne o;her members
Ether %. ne chairman. Was do.
sent as NsS VI ton Weos,"I
Feeling ,ha, ne Pres. den, has dc
,c,,cd ne group n he crisis. there
Nas nothing 20. nc members 20 CO
ba' express. 'hc.g sentiment 30 nc
mar ho origin led The ldea Of nc
com ;tce
WA only routine work proceed
-g-l.-, -rft ne efiiee,-n9 policies esla5.
l.,ncr. no TOIunes cs,dbl she'd
whereby The committee vii. be able
20 see is way clear 10 do an efiec.
I've Job. there is little reason to ex.
pee anything except DISCUS, and
d4sSenMon Some have said this will
DC The policy of ne powers that be.
20 let the committee die a natural
death LnnoIced and unheedcd
The recent meeting Of lie derS'
ftum oil over the country is being
considered more Or less a political
gesture 10 soften the blow Il is
felt in n sh places that nothing Will
come OF this meeting no matter
Wha, has been promised.
A SIMILAR case is pointed out IN
where about year ago
there was a March on Ann polls
TWo thousand Negroes laid their
grievances on the governors door
step lie promised TO look into all
Of ihl complaints Election time
vas drawing near and some excuse
had To be made. Since then, there
has been nothing heard Of the COM
mitiee appointed by the governor
TO investigate the charges!
FEpC is in a similar spot No one
seems TO know what 10 do. The
original sponsors have deserted the
group leaving the entire matter in
the hands OF underllngs who are
constantly under fire and taking
a severe going over because OF their
failure 10 comprehend the situation
or attempt 10 do anything about II.
This FEPC is Of vital interest 10
every member Of minority group
in the United States and the man
OF that organization may
be seen as the handwriting on the
wall as far as liberalism toward
minority groups is concerned
The contents OF the letter to the
President were not revealed, but 1t
is known. that careful reading
would show a complete dissa,isfac-
ION with both Mr. McNutt and
ATTY. Gen. Biddle, the latter too
strongly influenced by the profess
.ional white solvers Of Negro prob.
ems. who know only how TO Inc
heir pockets off Negroes earnings
,r live of their misfortunes.
The Negro is determined not 10
-e. he FEP6 DIE without holding a
wake that viii resound down 10 the
very edges Of the fourth term, SAID
one speaker when questioned on the
matter II Mr. Roosevelt has any
ideas about a fourth term, he had
better stop flirting with the unre-
south and stick with
those who have carried him thus
far Surely, the Negro had an. I'M
p, rtant part in his successes "
No satisfactory word may be had
from The FEPC representatives.
none Of whom seem TO know what
is going on nor how long they Will
90 iunc,Ioning.