The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-08-21

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Il takes little mag nation 10 see
how .he drsr labor bill could be
u~d against Negroes by unscrupu-
,ous and prcjudiocd aides who will
a7,c 9oWct particularly In southern
p, .ions. And II Mr. Roosevelt. while
NgsStns publicly nc has received
~ s1-c7 snti-mI grafton proposal
,ou Biddl' and deciding privately
- follow tbs policy uses this quiet.
y IN connection with the admins
ration OF the Austin Wsdsworth
-b.--.Ac- c-aek-will- taFA- backward
.or black America
Suppose Sam Johnson. "A Sl2 a
week drugstore porter I'm Midtown.
Mss. wanted to 90 10 Detroit az
the urging Of friends Tor get a $50
week. job IN a war plant Since
Detroit - an area 10 which. the al.
'ogucy general feels, further Negro
D g. ton must re stopped he would
200. &c sold ticket there
IN idct. Under the broad power OF
Bodies suggestion. Mobtown Off
,.,Is Woalc have the power 10 pre-
won't any Negro from going any
wlero. on the ground that the dcs-
tHatlon. no matter where. could
not absorb him" And any strange
Negro entering Mobtown could be
turned back or arrested for tho
same reason.
Obviously nobody is going TO
m he a study OF each OF tho thous-
ands ot communities IN America
and decide whether that area can
absorb Negroes and then report
+ 20 Washington. with copies OF the
Official decision and rating going 10
a.. bus and rail stations and all
.ocal authorities Throughout tho ma
ton The cost and time involved
are too tremendous 10 contemplate.
Any other. method Of determining
would be left 20 local option thus
giving tho sadi>ts and colorphobists,
both north and south. a field day.
Add that 10 the Dor draft bill
and you've really got something
WITH virtually every Negro man and
woman capable Of working subjec,
10 the whIms Of local draft boards.
i, would be a simple matter for De-
trolt or Chicago or New York draft
officials 10 decide IN Amos Black
ought 10 be shipped TO Alabama 10
Worh oA a farm Cali essential war
industry. or for some big plant
that dat want Negroes in the first
| Place 20 sec 10 il that It's area ban
ned further Negro emigration and
,Aen brought in white workers from
a, parts Of the country through the
Austin-W adsWorth measure.
This is not fanciful This is
condition that may exist before
the end OF the year, either quietly
or openly And We might as well
start fighting this thing now. You
have your congressman and, your
senator; write 10 them and tell them
TO oppose this labor draft bill, and
tell the White House that you are
completely against the Biddle de-
sign for greater fsscism. And then
tell your clubs. your organizations,
your unions, your leaders to do
Likewise.
AS for Biddle, he has proven him
self a midget in a giants job. About
/ tho best thing that can be said
shout him is that he made ges-
,ure OF fighting lynching by iuvok-
ing the federal civil rights laws and
indictlng southern whites. But
against this is his record in the
, pconage cases that have been
brought 10 his attention, and Atty
William Henry HUFF OF the Abolish
Peonage committee can tell you
plenty; his attempt 10 deport Harry
, Bridges, the west coast labor lead.
or who has been a friend to Ne.
gro trade I'm onisis: his groundlcsS
contention in the Schneidermar
case. and his ant-labor opinion
which would permit two disgruntled
unionists TO call a strike vote
His proposed ban on Negro migra-
ton. clearly contrary TO the prin-
!. ciples OF American democracy
would penal.ze the numcrics lly
weaker Americans for wanting full
citizenship rights ir northern COM
munities where they have a fairly
decent chance OF getting them. while
dong nothing al all TO curb the
free movement OF White southerners
who arc determined to keep the
Negro down and carry this fascist
attitude WIN them whenever they
m CRATE 70 more liberal are s.
l B!ddle, in this same .communcs-
uon, also advised the President
asanst making a broadcast TO dis
cuss the tense race situation, sug-
costing trat il he had snything' TO
uSay let il DE done as part OF some