The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1945-11-10
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GLoSTER B. CURRENT

walked UP the gangplank octo-
! ter 10 1915. at 10 90 am. from
Pier 90 IN New York. 10 begin
what threatens 70 he chain OF
experiences varying from mar
velous to inglorious from dis
crimina,ory 10 democratic. from
interesting 20 dull
Ever since Mr. Walter White
wired me on October l that The
Z NAACP war,ed me to represent
the association AZ the Conferences
IN London. have not dared 10
go excited until was ALSO
ul,sly sure WAS going 20 sail
OF course you can understand. II
one were 10 rs, choanalyse me
they worlf say that the hoy from
Gown under who has had many
disaprointments in life is afraid
TO LEI himself get evcited for
fear ot another disappointment.
When IL was known that was
going. everyone that I know who
conld 90 anything 10 make my
,rip pleasant. has done so. My
f.rst worry was money That was
taken care o. My second was
leave of absence That, too,
was granted The third We're the
n.anv preparations rhev have all
heen made except one an in
incubation fer Nphus which l
hop. to ger aboard ship Many
other regulations faced hut
each has vanished or heen licked.
The rational office Of the
NAACP must think great deal
az rs Detroit hoy They have
spared no pains 70 make me
creditabie delegate Mr. White
has Given me- letters OF introduce
tion "a Harold J Laski Herbert
Agar and members Of the Ameri-
cam and British Government
Othcr friends have given me let-
ters TO members of Parliament
and other British officials The
,rip starts well
This VAS written before We
sailed We we're instructed to
come aboard ship a, 10000 NJ.
W. thought the boat would sail
rs noon hlt not So We don't
sail until 4 90 pm didn't get
m breakfast this morning be-
cause was writing some impor-
tsnt letters ard last minute in
siruciions 20 the stat, when my
Ioom-mates sister called for mo
., the hotel So tho dining room
incident is the first event Of the
trip
We were standing in line wait
irg 10 get assigned TO tables
There was Tom Neill Of the emit
ed Electrical Workers-ClO. Roy
Napp Of The Columbus Urban
league Alice Driest, the youth
press representative and Meyer
Bass OF the Jewish Welfare board
As We stood in line. took Alices
newspapers and hogan TO read
! them Va we're all chatting nom
chalAntly and exchanging many
eAperierces OF the last few days
noticed swarihv Young veteran
who had pair OF wings on his
lapel lie kept staring at us. star
ing staring started 70 say
something 70 him bat didn't be-
cause got tangled up in another
conversation Never Bass. the
jew did Meyer asked him pleas
anny
Are you going to London"
Don't look like I'm travelling
in that general direction?r was
the angry reiort OF the veteran.
Later, after dinner. on the pro-
monade deck Meyer told us that
he did not have his dinner be-
cause the youth asked 10 talk 10
him. The young veetran was
member OF the Raj and had been
wounded His home was Cleve-
land, Ohio He told Never that
seeing me talk to the white girl
"efe him up He didn't mind
Negroes and wasn't premdiced.
Int when IL came TO Negroes talk
ing and associating with white
women that was where he drew
ne line he further told Never.
that he felt that in many things
Hiler in Mein Kampf" wasn't all
wrong
There are five Negroes in the
American delegation OF twenty
persons Three men and two wo-
men When we got aboard SHIN
we found that the girls-olivia
Stokes Of the Baptist Christian
Center and Esther Cooper. execu-
tive secretary n the Southern
Negro Youth council were placed
together OF the three Negroes
Alexander Mapp OF the league
and myself we're together Russell
Jones of The International student
christian council was placed with
Nary Captain At this writing
we don't know whether he Is
vita colored person or not We
suspect that ne Cunard Line
WIS overly interested in our well
i"re and thus segregated as AS
ior me- J preferred 10 be with
happ because we have lots in
common and have iot ~ -