The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-06-19
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WHAT is BEHIND THE DRIVE TO
TONE DOWN WALTER WHITE
BY PETER DANA

NEW yORK-tCalvins News
servicel--Newsparcr readers must
have noticed during the past sew
eral weeks what appears 10 be
sort OF about effort by a
number OF persons 10 "ione down
Walter White Of the NAACp. II
not 70 discredit him White has
been accused Of everything from
trying to wreck Tuskceee Insil-
tute 70 esing Judge William II.
Haste as his errand-hoy.
When this reporter mentioned
these attacks on white 10 man
from the Midwcs an active lead
or ~ the NAACp In his com
nuni,v during luncheon AZ
the Hotel Theresa the other
day he said ne doubted whether
even Walter White could make
Negroes want 70 be free and
eqnal II was his oninion. more.
over that the NAACP had hest
close shop r & was to cease op-
posing COMPROMISES of the ciii-
zenship Of colorcd Americans such
as are represenfcd hv Jim Crow
aviation training. scerepatcd army
|rnis and the varied platforms
drawn IN hy Nero lntollecinals
siraddlirE tho fence which sits
between firsi-class and second
class citizenship
The Moral Level Of the Fight
One Of 'he shocking aspects
o. The fi1ht on White IL the
moral level on which Il IS he
'nE conducted Thus ono weekly
c'lored ranor has suggested that
Walter White was prlncinallv mad
AZ white folks MOI because he "a
50 interested In tho welfare ~
Ieolorcd Americans themselves hut
because heing ne white as any
white man he Is mad MOI N 10
treated Ike ono Thls'is truly p
new low IN nuhl'c comment, ana
+ hciokcrs quality ~ mind
which in Editor Roscoe Dnniee's
phrase can 10 anflr described rs
'procossed in'erloriiv This e
indeed the Kind ~ talk p~eiudfred
white folks have aimed r., getting
Negroes 20 d. since hcfore the
/ Civil War II Is dlvIslve. 81
smacks ~ ir'cr'orliv q 6 an
end produce % he race-scrrcra-
'ion which mon Ike Walter
White have had Tho sense ana
courage 70 fighi fcr Tho evil
things iher know T. 10 10
On Destroying Tn>keree
= would DO much more ron.
sorahle Interpretation ~ Whites
+ Position this reporter believes
- ay Tho NAtcP' leader ms no
objection - Tuskeccos fullest
POSSIBLE service 20 rs immediate
community and the nation NJ
largo but that whom Tnskcgee
invites activities affecting the en-
Tire colerti rroun like army
iraininr into the Jim CROW
mould on which y was patterned
this IS another matter Mr. White
has not hen hesrd ohjer''rr IA
The MIXED officers raining school
~ Fort Benninr ca lie has been
heard MANY times ohioc'lnc n
segregation whether AZ TusRocee
CT in New York II IN f-htine
SEGREGATION and iis attendant
/ evils Mr White roes after Tus.
kerco then here IS nice arru.
ment and 4 forceful one too
thaf II would be hcitor That Tus.
kcgee wore DESTROYED han ihal
The dignity - whole group o'
american citizen should be Tor.
ever eomnron'iscd
Moreover y toes no. f0llou
that because Waiter White s'lck'
70 The NAAf-p IDEAL ~ equality
for all citizens Tuskcrce Is &c
he "destroyed Perhaps Il IL onls
advisable hat the school weigh
equality 81 citizen participation ir
American li'e- which iis situa
iion docs not allow against M
merits ~ the NAAcP fight ~
this For however important Tus
kceee may be, II is MOI impor'an
enough 10 block fhe path 70 cQua
and full participation Of millioni
Of colored citizens in American
life
As for tho claim that jude
HASTE is playing errand-hoy ~
Walter White. ono can only sal