Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-01-16
For Negro Action
On MIR. Randolph's Proposal

According to the press reports the technique Of nom
violent civil dsobedence popuarized and used effectively
oy Manama Gandh in India will be adopted by the March
ON Washington Movement at it's Nav conference if the
wishes of Philip Randolph founder of the movement.
prevail
BY the adoption of such technique Mr. Randolph. who
IS the international President of the Brotherhood of Sleep
ing Gar Forter hopes to focus the attention American
people upon the violation of the basic human moral and
citizenship rights of the Negro in this country
Alreadg awakening with increasing education to the
denial OF him to the basic human and citizenship
rights enjoyed by American citizen with the
coming of the in its goba aspects arising therfrom
the principle of the four freedoms universal democracy
ana brotherhood as the nations chief aims the
ton OF the war; the Negroes concern with his denial of the
principle OF the four freedoms and the failure to apply the
principles of universal democracy and brotherhood to him
as an American citizen has increased with increasing
erences to these principles by the men and women in the
places of power responding the the adoption Of
such means in the successful conduct of the war
With the Increasing of the rank and file of the
american Negroes with the denial to them of the basic
human moral and citizenship rights being everywhere
tested either III open defiance sulen and silent
ment and apathy Negro leaders throughout the nation in
recognition of their responsibility both to the nation and
to the group have long been in of workable tech
nue and pattern OF political and civil conduct and action
out OF which might improvements in the lot of the
Negro American citizen thus enabling him to con-
tribute far largely to the nations war effort Thus
cerned Negro leaders have been looking and
India and Gandh and his campaign of civil dsobedence as
example Mr. Randolph being first Negro leader of
openly suggest the adoption
Gand technique and pattern the part of the American
Negro.
That responsible Negro leaders everywhere should op-
the adoption by group of Negroes anywhere of
the Gandh technique and pattern and therefore
the spread OF the idea the rank and file of the
American Negroes only because of the revolutionary
and radical aspect of the proposal but of the
parave differences between the conditions and opporuni
ties afforded the American Negro under the orderly slower
but enduring of American Constitutional
government and of the traditional and historic differences
between the relationship of India and indians the British
people and the British Empire.
According to history India been civilized nation
for centuries before the Romans first invaded the British
Isles and found the inhabitants living and paint
ing their bodies blue. nation of 4OOOOOOOO people, ten
thousand miles removed from the nation of 100000
pie who, have ruled explored and suppressed them for
than three centuries with conditions much
worse today than the day the British came Gand and
the Indians have the evidences failure of three GEN.
turtles OF the British ruler to improve their lot together
with the undisputed title to their country as basic
for the adoption of the campaign of civil dsobedence;
while the American Negro only 100000 in 900
people, despite the eisences of conditions that have pre-
vented his enjoyment of many rights benefits of
American citizen in all of American lfe though
having claim equal to any other American the seventy
OF his freedom has made greater progress in all
the phases of citizenship than witnessed by any other
group in the world history; and still is not denied the
right to contend for further progress improvement
cordng to the American way which will continue to safe
guard the and gains already made while continuing
efforts towards greater progress and gain.
1t is therefore hope the proposal of nonviolent
civil dsobedence by Mr. Randolph will be at reject
ed by the rank and file of Negroes and Negro leaders
throughout the country that efforts be at forth
to offset the effects of such proposal upon the minds
the Negro masses, and that the March on Washington
Movement will recognize the danger of such movement
and defeat the proposal at its May conference.