The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-07-14
Sees Prejudice
AS Peace Threat


rfNf1NNATI, o. In an Army
1. nd Navy approved broadcast. July
4 over the Columbia BroadcastIns
|rvs,em NAACP Secretary Walter
'whne told Of the despair and dis
\ lus,onment OF American Negro
.soId,crs in the Pacific, as result
n, the perpetuation OF the same
|tacial theories they are supposed
Ia he fighting to eliminate in other
|psrrs Of the world.
Examples We're cited OF friction
|he,wceu whites and Negroes, and
L. discriminatory treatment against
,nd,iduals and whole company
HINTS by those determined on trans
Inlantlng overseas the racial pat
Lerns practiced in the most back
|Nard sections OF the United States.
.rxnericnces responsible for damp
knlng morale in general were those
kimllar to the case OF white Ma
4 ines who without provocation
heckled and fired upon Negro Navy
base company camps on at least
kour OCCASIONS. Forced finally TO
&bs,end themselves after one OF
Aheir number had been killed, the
Narrors we're later charged with
t,olinr and unlawful assemblage.
Another instance cited hy Mr..
tWhiie was that Of a Negro youth
.vho enlisted on his seventeenth
Ar,hday "in order TO serve my
kounlry and help my race During
1a,er inquiries. however. II was
brought out that this same lad
Mad been twice found guilty and
fonricied by a court-martial 20 five
fays solitary confinement on bread
had water first. for sitting IN the
bnly vacant seat Immediately I'M
b. the sign dividing Negroes from
Fhl,es In bus in virginia sec
fnd for entering a white" Virgin
b restaurant 10 purchase food.
eThe point wish TO make" de-
'fland 81 White after review
N these circumstances. lis not OF
fuch clashes which race prejudice
Ia caused unfortunately in many
hea,lcs SO war want TO per-
scnalg iIic corrosive effect Of is-
1ofance hgotry and proscrip-
Hor IS e result OF this. the spirit
n many mon. particularly Negroes
Ia besn dsmpened and in some In
rAsrccs almost wholly crushed"
" TAf prrllions effect Of such
nnaaiiesafnns of race prejudice
Dr. White pointed out further, Tex
tends beyond American Negroes
to tho natives whose aid we need
ln winning the war and whose
<friendship We will need after the
'Far II We are to have peace"
On ihe brighter side White re-
ievea he performance OF the ssrd
'pgsion commended by General
Igncn of he American Division,
b .oe N Negro CTS in the con-
|frgr'ion 10 roads. and airfields on
f aam M Saipan. together with
PER hsrdllnr OF thousands OF tons
f oS. close on the heels OF
u soa Toops
ne't nn according 10 Mr..
IN Nas come 10 many white
p fhe Army. Navy Coast
na Marine corps, that the
80 ~ race Is neither n sec
nor a national one in the
ID slaics. hut an increasingly
Want WORLD problem.
NnY cannot he quite the same
he declared. "in their
'ior~ Of each other when they
70 seen their comrades die for
IDEAL commonly held. Race or
n h'loas prejudice Is seldom pres
n IN 4 fox hole"
y IS tragic that n took war
q sung millions OF lives and bill
fns OF dollars to teach us this
son But some Of us are awake
IA Tho fact that TO date In this
~ lSoO0O human beings have
&" for each OF the oe1 pages OF
81 Nor's hymn Of hate. MEN
hNNPF that 30o men. women and
"ldren have died for every word
that infamous volume"
Hope for better future based on
new attitude. az examplified In
W case ~ returning Negro vete-
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