The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-08-04

NEW YORK-Letters from en-
Uttered Negro soldiers denounclng
Senator Eastlsnds smear OF Ne
gro troops in his effort 10 defeat
continuance q, FEPC are being
received da IN the national
Office. 50 Fifth avenue. The ever
growing wave o. resentment and
tension on the part OF whole units
~ Negro troops as well AS indi-
vidual men Is evident in the fol-
loving excerpts from a letter
signed by 327 Of the 374th En-
gineer- General Service Regiment
sent recently 10 the Mississippian:
Your system for scuttling de-
mocracy at home by smearinE a
minority on the nations Senate
floor and talking the FEPC Ito
death" truly must arouse misgiy-
must look Ia the United States
for leadership. II YOU succeed
in the discontinuance Of the
FEPC America must prepare for
period Of racial discords. at
tended by all Of the tensions
thereof. and the country will not
deserve to win q war against in
tolerance with intolerance and
ignorance firmly entrenched at
home.
WE SHOULD like 10 be schooled
IN the particular logic by which
900 900 soldiers can De judged on
the supposed record Of one di-
vision or on the words Of A few
unnamed High Ranking Generals.
While neither accepting nor ~fe-
IectinZ the supposed record OF
the 92nd Infantry Division as you
have displayed il. and inssmuch
as we are not sufficiently informed.
we find il extremely difficult to
believe that such vast conclusions
as you have drawn can be ration
ally deducted. With only two ALI
Negro Infantry Divisions tthe rank
ing officers are white) in existence
due TO the influence OF such pre-
sumptuous reasoning as yours. can
you scientifically justify your
statement. assuming that you are
correct and We certainly doubt
iD about the 92nd? And again,
General George S Patton, 10 name
High Ranking General has had
some praiseworthy statements 10
make concerning Negro combat
men. One thing more. last winter
when the last vestige of Nszi pow
er concentrated and drove a bulge
IN American lines so miles deep
Negro service troops were asked
10 volunteer for combat service
The allotted quotas were oversub-
scribed and the Official record. no,
the view OF a few High Ranking
Generals was uninpeachable"
Rejecting the sentiments OF in
dividual Gls. irked after readini
the Senator's undemocrstic remark
are those received from Sgt. Du
wayne Corzine and Corp. w. NJ
Kelly respectively, both in tn
European theatre OF operation.
Sgt. Corzine wrote:
This is a hard pill to take afte
seeing what happened to our Amer
lean troops after being returne,
| to the rear areas for hospitaliza
ton recently after D-day. The,
weren't OF one color: they wen
/ mixed. The Germans weren't shoot
ing just white troops: they wer,
killing American soldiers.
Il believe II 4 few bombs had
fallen in the Mississippi area IL
probably would have changed the
Senator and his followers on the
type Of politics they are offering
the American government
81 CANNOT express the bitter
ness felt after reading Senator
Eas;lsnd's speech" wrote Cpl. Kell,
10 the NAACP. The Negro c.
who has been overseas servin.
with various outfits for "a month:
declared further:
We were sent over here 20 dc
a job and God above knows w
did it. But for what ask you
Senator Eassland was greatly
mistaken when he said Negroes
have caused America TO lose pres
tige all over Europe. II there
was any differentiation IL was
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