The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1943-07-17
BY FRANK MARSHALL DAVIS
(fOR AMP
March ON Washington
Nominated For Oblivion

Nominated For oblivion
II was hot in Chicago tho July
Fourth weekend Delegates to the
first convention OF The March on
Washington movement who even
in cool weather ought To see a
mcnialiSt for accepting that name
for their organilation allowed the
hcat 10 completely addle their
brains At least. that's the kind
est explanation allowable for
their decision 10 bar white mem
hers and Therefore establish jim
crow elan 10 firht Jim CROW
Because Of this action. taken
after what Tho delegates called
due d'lihcraiion and over the pro-
ieS's OF . tiny group Of sensible
Iersons now nominate The NOW
for oblivion Since It IS fnnda-
mentally wrong despite IFS hirh
powered idcoloeN as spcwed nv
Moses Philip Randolph and
farnished satcllifcs who re,olve
about him. li can serve no use.
tul purpose in an alreadv divided
nation faced with the ahnormali-
tics 81 war
u should be ohvious 10 anybody
SNARE enoueh 10 graduate from
kindefrarien thai the Negro has
GOT 10 ee' loser fo rather than
aparl from he numerically eco-
rondlallv and socially dominant
white rfoup You can't sepreealc
Yourself into nicerai h. when
mice stari TALKING biz 10 The eats
end demanding thor ichts. it
faAs ia hive Few powerful fe-
line proceeding the mices Tanks
There nrc plenty ~ white Amer
INNS who win 20 about IN anv
c'for 10 soc that members OF
his kalcid scuric caste gci fiji
citizenship rights II there were
rcnc. There woald have bren no
pfceress since emancipation
alone the pushvmrrean 4 too
weak % do antihnr hnt vainlv
l'o'esf n white Am.ri.a dccd-
80 ionof w that tho negro
should no lpnecr receive EXON p
token ~ ciii7ea-hip We could do
neihlNo bug cccpt 81 die
WHY Not Unite
j nevr paws o. turn awsy pc
ttutial friends IN So doing We
mcely neu'ralac 'hcii aia With
cui a an dcciniilne the enemy.
Action ~ iap NOW deloeatos was
2 sian IN ihe face 70 ,hose ready
20 aid us j. acceniuafcs The on
ros.''oN OF a. se .~hifc groups de-
''rmined ~ ksan me Affamerican
down pfpmoios inaciion among
hose hofdefiino Whites willing 10
ccrccdo cculn RIGHTS when ar.
rlath'l hv hlack and white
pohng IN onifv An orcaniya-
i'on liuited 10 Ncetors dctcrmin-
~ 20 chance N" stains quo can't
hcip hni he locked upon with
srspicion by ne rest Of This ma
ilon
The unW IS intended As a mass
movement instead II now looms
rs MESS ~ increment
lntegcs'inrlf enonrh This braiu-
'hild ~ Moses Randolph has a
program in most respects 10 hat
% 'he N''cP That in nseIf
oueh 70 irditaie me usclcssness
~ NOW II u Is dosirons Of aid
ing Ncerocs why does 6 not be-.
ooHo par and parcel of The long
established association: and n
lhotc is 2 feeling that the NAACP
docs moi appeal TO The masses
why nof le' Moses Randolph de-
Vote himself 10 hc~nr ihc rank
ami ne into the association cor
rai2 This would ecralaiy produce
more 2owerful organization
The Two Negro hodios ~ simil-
ar idcoloev with me longest his
Tory and eroa,est prestige arc
the NAArr and The 1'rhan league
Roth have white mcmbcfs and
nisewots hoih encourage whiie
support both are responsible Tor
a GREAT share of our gains dur
inr The past several decades
neither would have survived ON n
st-ii anii-while platform This
shonld be yicwahlc bv even he
ostrich headed
However ! suppose wccan look
forward TO periodical upsurrines
~ the muaiic fringe The seq
iera'cd hart.io-Africa movements
end me 4eih sfaicrs have habit
- poppire up ever SO often. Bnt
unlike The Moses Randolph brood
they were logical enouph to see
the absufdity Of discriminating to
fight discrimination; II there wns
going TO be- Jim crow oreani-
zaiion they reasoned thcy ought
TO use u 10 start jim crow state
or else leave this nation entirely
Interestingly enoush the NOW
took tho patented crack at the
Communists IN IFS resolutions. and
also Jumped on the Republicans
and Democrats You will notice
noihing was said about the So
tialisis. You viii also notice that
Moses Randolph has long been