The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1945-05-26

NoTk o.f oa. StTatcEIcs 10 meet
sNls,.r- Conditions a = result
We hurp o.- bcadS unnecessarily
sao frequently oa obstacles We
cag!d have avoided by slightly
Nsrcd tecarques and approaches
ST. aiming - the same goals
1T II TIME We were growing
IN politically. roN and realizing
that mo forces Nho fight Just as
strcruouS.y " not more so 10
Keep Us ir Our places do not use
Napha7ard methods They 81 up
-stp ~ I-hi tanning, mapping
strategy pooiu. their resources.
Weighing me consequences. We
must meet them on common
srou~A and not prov de them with
the loopholeS through which they
delight to Jump
All OF which leads up 10 sug-
geSt.on that n. 2ai we'll be put INTO
effect by the rational committees
and councils which serve as lob
byIng agencies on matters affect
Ing Negro welfare, and by the To-
Cal CARNATIONS, local groups. and
the man IN the street whose CO.
operation is necessary 10 success.
The suggestion comes from Mrs
Beatrice Reed, the administrative (
assistant in the d. {. Branch of
the NAACP.
For practical purposes. we will
excuse the National Committee
to Abolish the Poll Tax becSuse
IL is near the END of the ssi.>-
how" on its petition to discharge
the House Judiciary Committee
from further pigeon hoiing" Of
its bill 10 abolish the poll tax.
But, THERE ARE three other
bills pending in Congress which
are OF primary interest 10 Negroes
IN their struggle for economic. le-
ga and civil equality. All three
az them are tied up in committees
Of the House of Representatives
because OF the same fact-they all
deal with improvement OF the sta
ius OF Negroes. They are the bill
for permanent FEPC. the anti
lynchlpg bill, and the civil rights
bill for the District OF Columbia
Petitions for discharge Of the COM
mlttees considering the first two
have been placed already on the
Speakers desk. A petition TO dis
charge the third may be filed
about the first of June.
ORGANIZATIONS working for the
enactment OF these measures have
separately directed their efforts
toward the one goal before them
release and enactment OF their
own pet bill A constant stream
OF lobbying contacts is made with /
Representative 10 enlist their sup |
port and sign a discharge petition I
Some of these representatives I
may get annoyed - un)ustiflably, .
Of course. since II is their job 10
listen 10 the petitions OF their con- /
s'ltuentS and 10 act IN the best in /
terest Of democracy. But, through I
this separate procedure. IL IS also .
possible for some other represen- (
tstives TO Jump through the loop |
holes They can sign one petition I
and refuse 10 sign any others -
but play UP the fact back home
that I'm on your side. see what /
] old!' A division of signatures on
petitions. however, results IN no
one OF them getting the required
2ls names necessary for discharge I
Can't We dispense with the .
glory angie IN the interest of the I
total picture? Can't we get these |
national councils and committees
together 70 agree that on this Pc
tltion business IL will be "ah fu
one and one for all?" Can't we
Use Little strategy and close up
the loopholes?
The combined efforts OF the Ma
tonal Council for a Permanent
FEPC. the NAACP sponsor OF the
snu-lynching bid. and the groups
working for the enactment of
civil rights bill in the District OF
Columbia should be directed tow
ard making the voting populace
aware that all these things are but
. piece Of the same cloth. The
voters can impress upon these Con-
eresSmen VINO are interested IN
retaining Their $4,000 year Jobs
-sSi,h = poss Die $500 expense &C
count that it's about or nothing
counts
rs just as easv for a Congress
man 20 write his name on three
petitions as 20 do ii on one. They
sfe al right on the Speakers desk
together. But you've got 20 make
hiro realize that patchwork won't
On H. We want full piece of
goods, =. IN one piece and . yard
we