Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-15

covenants have been removed.
The District Of Columbia, with
taxpayers money, operates sep
arRte pools, community centers and
social csnteTs In public owned build.
ings and recreation centers.
In the municipal hospital separate
wards are provided for white and
colorsd patients. In the District
Jail white and cOlOred prisoners are
housed In separate wings or on
separate tiers. The District Of
Columbia Fire Department has a
colored engine company. The Police
Department operates separate boys
clubs for white and coloTed boys.
Separate homes for delinquent
white and eolored children are
maintained.
Race segregation h recognized
public policy In the District Of
Columbia. Its basis IN the dual
school system. n segregation
IL 10 be successfully attacked
here, u appears that the attack
must be made upon It's practice
In the school system.
Last summer n radio workshop
was conducted here for white and
colored teachers In a federal build.
ing. Nobody objected. But after
the school term q class In radio
utilization, conducted by an expert
from the local station Of the Co
lumbla BroRdcAstinR System, has
been open 10 white teachers only.
II Is being held at Wilson Teachers
College. There Is no similar class
open 10 colored teachers held at
Miner Teachers College.
Obviously. the school authori.
ties, who ought 20 know better,
are disregATding the law as laid
down by the Supreme Court Of the
United States In the celebrated
Gaines case. The court In that case
ruled that a governmental entity
must furnish within its borders
educational facilities substantially
equal to those provided for white
persons or break down the prac tice
Of separate schools.
In the District Of Columbia three
members Of a nine member school
beard are Negro, and there Is a
first assistant superintendent In
charge Of colOrsd schools. The
Board 81 Education must have ap,
proved the course IN radio utiliEa,
ton at Wilson Teachers College OF
else II would not have been offered
What were the eolored members Ui
the board and Garnet G.. Wilkinson
the FIRST assistant superintendent
doing when the proposal came be
fore the boardf
The ideal way Of correcting
this racial Discrimination would
be To open the course at Wilson
Teachers College 20 cOl0rcd In
service personnel Surely white
and eOlored teachers may attend
the same class without friction.
Such q course would be a small
experiment In democracy. n Il
works there, mixed classes could
he extended 60 the two teachers
colleges and then gradually
throughout the entire system.
IL democracy cannot be made t.
work In the public school system
~ the District Of Columbia, Their
u Ii folly to attack race discrimina
ton piece meal. What IL needed I,
an All-out attack upon II, beginning
with the public school system anC
extending To every place In the
District which operates under q
public license, including the Lisnel
Auditorium ~ George Washington
University, the National Thcatr,
and Uline's Arena. Hut race dis
elimination and segregation In tn,
local public school system must h,
destroyed u the Nations Capita
Is ever 10 10 rid u these twir
evils.
LIMITATION OF CRITICISM
There Is n growing tendency
among minority groups 10 demand
the legal limitation 81 criticism a.
rected against them and TO expires,
resentment Of real or imaginary
reflections upon them by interior,
ence with public rights.
The right to accuse, to dsnouncC
and 10 condemn IL Inherent In Am,
erican citizenship. Criticism IL thS
impelling force which inspire,
change and creates progress, As &
right II cannot be denied on tn,
plea that Il IL animated by preju,
dice or born 81 intolerance. Il 1,
fair 10 say that the invocation Of
counter, measures designed To stiff,
criticism or 90 deny civil libertie,
Is form of sophisticAl pleadinr
and an admission IL weakness.
The suppression " criticism bS
direct or Indirect methods IL the
keystone 81 the arch 81 totali,
tarianism. and has no place in the
law or the ethics 81 the democratic
state, Criticism does not necessar,
lily have its genesis in intolerance
II can and does represent honest
disagreement growing out " rA,
tlonAl opinions which are Difficult;
TO reconcile John :. Barlow.
"As the United Nations comes a.
make its capital here, one % OUT
tasks Is to show them that Ameri,
cans Of Negro descent can h
gentlemen and ladies.
1T Il not n mark 81 intericrity
to I've courteous Co the old: Co ask
pardon humping into q pedestrian
to give tired white woman q
seat; TO help a hurdened black
mother; to be good nAturcd. kindly,
considerable and self-sacrihcinE. |,
Is not mark 81 superiority 60 yell
and push; 90 show OF In public
to be rude because others are rude
to over paint your face and wave
your legs because white folks DO.
II still remains worth while to he
dlgnihed, decent and well-hred. =
W. T. n. Du Bots.
Il think that eolored soldiers can
he used as effective combat in.
tantrymen in large numbers only
In mixed units 81 white and colorei
troops, fighting and living together
and holding ratings ON ability and
merit. II that Is not our ultimate
goal, We might as well admit il
and save ourselves the needless ex.
pense ~ sending useless divisions
overseas and the needless bunecmhe
81 trying 10 justify it.--Capt.
Warman Wellivsr in Harpers Mag.
anime.