The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1943-12-18
Chronicle


assurance Of essential good faitn
which would sharply decrease the
danger Of further race riots. Whs'
weuId give this assurance? Bishop
Francis J. Haas. former Chairman
sf the Presidents Committee on
Fair Employment Practice. writing
In the August. 1913 AMERICAN
FEDERATIONIST. suggests an an
ewer:
\ I'm commenting On the (Detroit)
rsetinr. the editsr II The Michi-
An CHRONICLE pointed cut thas
sShere wss shsslutely - 6esose
smsnw She Nsgrs ana white faz.a-
M lving IN the same slsck. N
- casea, nsxt - sadA shee.
rSen this edisse. q Nesre. s6ae1. :
s~Ysu wouldn't hart ysur neigh
shers. You know them and they
know you
-Here Il . text that might well
BE pendered by all Of NJ who con-
slider ourselves responsible ciu-
sssns and who have anything 70 90
with the responsible institutions
sof the state, the church. business
and labor -. We must exait inc
ideal Of 'togetherness' In the place
81 separateness and division -.
I'VE must demonstrate by doing
Chat loyal Americans, REGARDLESS
Ssf vintage. can work, live ana
worship peacefully and freely to-
sgether ="
But discrimination by the DOM
Gnant white community. not to-
Setherness." has been the almost
universal pattern. This includes
segregation Of the Negro IN the
Srhite mans thinking. which makes
n almost impossible for him to trea'
lis Nero fellow citizen ~ an indi'
viduai on true merit. Frustration Of
Nose suffering the insult Of segrega'
Aon and Discriminate In employ
lnknt. housing. the armed forces
and In political, social. economi.
and religious Life begeu hatred ane
bitterness.
Z r.egro Americans are outraged o,
segregation I'm our armed forces
where the gulf between professee
mar aims and their application u
hundreds Of thousands Of Negrs
aoldiers Is SO great ~ to make
snockery Of the -Four Freedoms
This policy Of segregation proves n
knsurmountable barrier TO true hap
piness or even human decency. II
Serments the Negro people dali,
IKE q dagger whose point Is Away
IN the flesh. At the same time, b,
eettinx white against black In thu
competition for jobs fatal handi
pap Is raised to every effort u
achieve adequate economic stand
ards and q genuinely democratic
existence for the masses In TIT
majority group.
n they are 10 stop fearing ant
hating each other, Negroes ant
whites must know each other. Blu
now can they know each other ~
aong a. segregation fosters ignor
ance and fear in the people OF boti
races? Therefore We call TO al
America:
Open wide the doors OF al
churches, all schools. all unions. nj
fraterna. bodies and all businesse
20 people Of every race and color
Only by working. playing and wor
ahipping together. day by day. cal
You wipe out the misunderstanding
which are fertile soil for race hatred
Unite Negro and white schools
churches and other institutions "
chat together you may help solv'
Die economic. social and poiiticz
prsbIems which beset all peopI
everywhere. Only In that way.saI
we build . world Of brotherhood
with peace. liberty an justice 70
oil.
. Among the 3i7 notsbles VIII
signed this statement which Is beinI
circulated througho.t the nation
~. Margaret Anderson. william
Bose Benet. HenIy Seidel Candy
oohn Dewey. w. T B. Dubois
4herwooi Eddy. williaL II. Hast,
yohn Haynes Holmes. -annie Hurs
x.-rey McWillianls, Carl Murphy
Kirby Page. Elmer Ric- and WI
ilkm ASsT.