The Omaha guide., 1944-09-30
ELECTION ONLY FIVE Weeks Off
FATE OF WORLD, q. S,
EVEHY NAN, WOMAN,
CHILD IN 1T, MAY BE
DECIDED.
BY EARL BROWN
Ton the Staff of Life MGgG-1se
for Commented FeafnyesJ

The United States is the only i'm
portant country IN the world today
in which an election Of any kind is
about to take place. This is, indeed,
something ali of us should be proud
Of, for it proves beyond doubt that
human beings Of all races, religions,
and classes can choose their leaders
at the polls, even during the most try
ing times.
The right of citizens to go to the
polls and vote for men and women Of
ali parties to represent them-to rep
resent the entire nation as their
President or ~dogcatcher is a right
that no citizen can afford to take
lightly. For the right Of free men
and women to vote is the corner
stone of U S Democracy. Without
IT, there would be no democracy, ev-
IN the defective kind that we have in
thsi country. What has transpired
in Germany, Italy, and Japan, how
ever, proves that even the worst kind
of Democracy is far better than the
best kind Of any other form Of Gov
eminent. Therefore, our defective
Democracy is infinitely better than
any ether form of government else
where.
The strength of American Demo-
cracy lies solely in the intelligence,
courage and honesty Of the American
people. All Of the American people.
If the best off or worst off American
is Indifferent to the future Of his
country and fails to register and
vote, he commits an act almost com
parable to stomping the American
flag in the dirt. For he not only
fails % exercise his own sovereign
right, but he actually weakens the
sovereignty of all other Americans.
The n place where every citizen is
equal every one from President to
pauper is IN the polling booth;
and every time any citizen fails to 60
to the polling booth and cast his vote
as he sees fit to do, he is prostitut-
ing the equality and sovereignty Of
citizenship. He is making it infin-
itely more difficult to improve u
defective Democracy so that he, his
wife and children can live more Sc
curely and comfortably.
The election is only about five
weeks off. 1t will last one day. But
on this day, election day the fate
OF the world, the U. S., and every
man, woman and child in it may be
decided That's how super-import-
ant this election will be. It may de-
termine if we shall have to fight an
other war in our life time or our
children's 1t may determine If COZ
ored people the world over will, at
long last, obtain the freedom and OBJ
p~ortunities they have been denied 50
cruelty for centuries. 1t may deter
mine if we in America are to keep all
OF the social-economic gains that have
come to US in the past decade or Be
compelled to relinquish them. 1t
may determine if Is million colored
American citizens will be granted
their full constitutional rights and
enjoy all of the benefits Of citizen
ship.
Indeed, the election next Novem-
Der Z, will determine a lot OF things
things which are vital to each and
every n of US. When l say that
the election will determine a lot of
things, it is obvious that l mean YOU.
the voter, will determine them. Con
s%equently, if you are at all interest
ed IN the successful conclusion of this
war, the fate Of colored people a.
round the globe, protection Of social
gains we have won in recent wears.
and more security for all of us in flu
ture years, you will most certainly
register and vote.
1t takes only a few minutes to reg
1ster ana later to vote. But it may
take even less time than that for the
enemies Of world peace, national Sc
curity and racial justice to wreck our
Democratic form of government and
plunge all OF Us into despair and
slavery. 1t did happen in Germany,
Italy and many other countries.
Though some Of US are SNUG about
il, It still a happen here. Especial
ly to IS million colored Americans.
There is only on esure way to pre-
serve what we have, be in a position
to fight for more of what we need.
and tc insure ourselves against inse-
curity: register and vote. No Amer
lean citizen. regardless of color or E
ligion or national origin, could do
anything better to preserve America
and rave the way for a better Amer
lea for everybody than to register and
vote REGISTER NOW AND
VOTE ON NOVEMBER II