Arizona sun., 1946-05-31
The Arizona Sun Advocates Political Study
Council So That Young phoenitians May
Gain knowledge and Understanding
OF prattitaI Politics

Intelligent participation in politics is of primary i'm
Importance because of his many specific problems that
can be solved only by politics. In view of his special and
cal issues and he should be about the
character background ability and attitude of holders
ship in Phoenix it seems altogether prudent that we take
steps for the proper enlightenment of people in po
cal matters to the end that they may be IN position to
election comes off. The enlightenment that we need
cannot from it is to be of real value
1t the result of careful study and evalu
alton of issues and candidates which is beyond the ability
Of one person The Arizona Sun proposes a. Political
Study Club whose function will be to study the issues
and the candidates for office and to report through its
columns the result of such study Heretofore have
voted into office under party labels without know
ing much about their general platforms and almost moth
ing about what we Negroes should expect at their
hands The result that vote and never get any
thing by of recognition consideration in return for
our votes
No state board or commission includes Negro in it's
membership. Nor does Negro hold job in the state
setup of greater Importance than that of anor unless
be tolerated and will never be improved until the Negro
makes earnest effort for the needed improvement.
We should know how our senators and congressman
voted FEPC, the Anti-polltax and AntiLynch pro-
posals. It is important that know just where they
stand the issues before the American people
in which is important stake Our senators and
Icongressmen and should to it that Arizona Ne
groes get of the Federal political plums that
being generously strewn around throughout the
try. California Negroes have lots Of them. Why not
we? Do need Political Study Club or don't we?
Mr. Joseph D; Bibb, the very emminent coumnist
of the PttSburg Courier, in his column of last week.
points out the advantages be gained in the study of
politics. His version follows
young Americans will do we'll to gain knowledge
and understanding of practical politics. this
tator were to address graduating classes this June he
would exhort the fedglng Americans to get active in
politics He would not talk about the nselled heroes
of the past of abstract and intricate heroes of living
He would look out into he of eager, young faces
and emphasize the power in politics.
With colored Americans votingan the primaries
in Georgia, Alabama and Florida with the Supreme Court
supporting the right and privilege of coored people to
vote in the white Democratic primaries it is manifest
that ambitious courageous and energetic colored Amer
cans have splendid opportunities before them to achieve
power, fame and freedom.
Above the Mason-Dixon lne and within those thir-
teen States where the coored vote has loomed highly
important the influence and force of the coored has
yet been exered to full strength but enough has been
demonstrated for the colored voter to comprehend that
he is VITAL potent factor in electng to office the people
who this Nation
Politics is not simple science. We have stated in
this column before that it is a of angles and not of
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