The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-02-20
Peoples
Daily Doiings
By ISAAC JONES
We VIII Win the War
Rat We Could Lose

r. -
!. OF the people who live IN TINS
great country whether coloreo o, o.,
White answer would be We VIII
vim the war" Il asked their opln-
IONS on that vital question OF To-Day
There may be many reasons TOT
,heir decisions but perhaps, tnere
would only be two main reasons =.
,aith in God and faith IN the
rower Of the Allies which are COM
nosed OF Christian nations. on tue
other side ~ the ledger. this same
rrouu Of Americans could point out
many reasons why We could lose
The war. The writer would Ike 10
ouote few paragraphs from an
editorial that appeared in nation
al white publication. The title OF
his editorial. which the writer
has CLASSIFIED as masterpiece
- "The Tine u Now Now l
am quoting from the article: This
war Il not a simple matter Ev-
erybody knows that Yet judge
from the way many people talk
about the war. Il sounds very sim
ME. "Whatll You bet Hitler gets
licked this year? Even money -.
NO 20 one just as simple a.
that"
I'VE started With the basic Ques-
ton are We going 10 win the war:
on the Maybe yes side the
editor ~ this publication pointed
oui The maybe yes Is the SIM
tler half In one sense. there's no
maybe al all. In one sense the war
has been won
on the "Maybe 30" discussion,
he continued: In trying to get the
truth let US put down the cher
factors which may develop 10 pre-
vent rs from winning the war.
some Of the chief factors are:
The Nazi submarines may
make II impossible for US 70
launch big-scale offensive on
Xazi Europe this year.
. THE failure 10 retake BurmH
ibis year may result in the final
exhaustion OF China and the elm
nation Of China as an effective ally
against Japan.
9. The Russo-German front
may At sometime develop into a
sialemate.
4. THE longer the war goes on,
the greater becomes disagreement
among the allies"
In the closing paragraph OF the
splendid editorial the editor warn
Il the American people as follows
Therefore. this talk about win
aing the war In 1913 or 1914 ought
70 be very solemn talk. Let TINS
talk not be used between US as the
speech for comfort. For unity must
bes won now or It may never be
won. II f. a challenge 10 the will
OF the American people. This job
IL vet 10 be done. And the time Is
10 DO II now
The writer wishes that il had
been possible 10 quote this entire
editorial in this column. because
/, should be read by every Amer
lean. II was well written. bring
ing on, the good as we'll as the bad
but the meaning Of the entire ed
itorial boils down to this. WHAT
IS NEEDED IN THIS COUNTRY
TO WIN THE WAR IS UNITY
AMONG ALL THE PEOPLE-AND
THAT Is WHAT WE DO NOT
HAVE. As long as white Ameri-
cans walk off production lines pro.\
ducing war materials because a
colored person is put on the line
with them. We don't have the unity
in America that 1t will take 10 win
this war. as long as discrimina-
ZION. prejudice and color bars pre-
vent colored Americans from en-
,ering any branch OF the armed
service at their own choosing we
don't have the unity that Will win
this var: as long as black men are
iynched in the southland (as hap
pened in Georgia last week we
don't have the unity that we must
have 10 march through The streets
OF Berlin. Tokyo. and Rome. As
long as black boys are kept out OF
the Us Air Force we don't have
the spirit OF the victory on our
side. as long as whites refuse 10
work. and tie up the transporta-
ton system for hours as they did
in the nations capital Iast week
when a colored motorman vas
hired 10 operate a Washington
street car. we can't win the war
and peace that way. As long as
some whites feel that they are TOO
good 70 ride in the same bus with
colored people. and paint a num-
Der OF buses black for colored per-
sons only. and white buses for
white people only as they did in
Beaumont, Texas, last week, caus-
Ing many colored 10 be late for
defense work. and the beating-up
OF one colored man BY two cops
because he told the white driver OF
this bus that he did not have space
10 move further back In the bus. {.
We can't win the war that way.
As long as white folks keep preiu-
dice In their hearts against us be-
cause our skin Is darker than
their own and hate all colored peo-
pie az long as colored people con-
ilnue 70 hate white folks because
% prejudice and the many wrong
things that they have burdened
ftfe rare with NE can't win the
war that way.
There Il Only One Way To Win
This War
There Is only one way 10 win
this war. we must unite as one. /.
we had better do that before II Is
TOO late. We must learn 10 love one
another without regards TO race
or color Of skin. II will also take
prayers and many OF them Ia
achieve this. because prejudice IL
afrono IN both sides. COl0red pcO-