The Omaha guide., 1946-07-06
FIGHT FOR FEPC IS FIGHT
FOR AMERICAN
DEMOCRACY

AT Madison Park FEPC Rally.
today, the afternoon of June 25th
called for the purpose Of celebra-
ting the 5th Anniversary of the
issuance of Executive Order S8O2
under which the Presidents Com
mittee on Fair Employment Prac-
t1ce was established. A Philip Ram
dolph, Co-Chairman OF the Maj
ional Council for a Permanent
FEPC, declared that the fight for
the enactment of bills S. 101 ana
HR 2232 for a Permanent FEPC
is a fight for democracy.
Already the anti-democratic
forces n seeking to prevent the
enactment of federal FEPC Iegis-
lation in men like Senator Bilbo
from Missippi, who in a recent
broadcast virtually called for mob
action to prevent voting by Ne
groes in the July End primary i'm
Mississippi in which Bilbo is run
ming for reelection. Bilbo appealed
to the so-called red blooded An
glo-Saxon men of Mississippi to
resort to any means to keep Ne
groes from the polls. Under the
influence of this inflammatory
propaganda, it is reported that
Etoy Fletcher, a Negro veteran
was denied the right to register
at Brandon, Mississippi, and was
severity beaten following his at
tempt to have his name placed
o. the role of electors.
/ call upon President Truman
and Attorney General Tom Clark
to take instant, fortnight and
positive action to stop this fascist
violation of the right of Negro.
citizens to exercise their Consti-
tutional rights in Mississippi, es-
pecially in view of the fact that
a recent Supreme Court decision
has outlawed the White Primar-
les.
This spirit Of intolerance ram
pant in Mississippi is rejecting
itself in increased determinations
against Negroes and other of the
minorities in general in employ
ment relations throughout the
country. Newspapers want-ads
boldly call for whites only or gen-
tile whites and bars are drawn
against Catholics and foreigners
Today, there is nc federal agen-
CIV to maintain fair employment
practices since the war time FE
PC was killed by a coalition of
Southern Democrats and North
ern Tory Republicans through the
filibuster in the Senate and failure
to sign the Discharge Petition i'm
the House.
But FEPC is not dead. It's spi-
rit still lives.
What is to be done?
Citizens should call upon their
Congressman to sign the Dischar-
ge Petition in the House. They
should call upon their Congress-
men to support Calendar Wednes-
day in the House. Even if the bill
in the house does not pass this
Congress, a continued fight for it
will strengthen the cause of FEP
c and confound it's enemies.
In addition to the need for con-
tinued struggle for FEPC in this
Congress, the National Council
for a Permanent FEPC plans a
nationwide mobilization of liberal,
labor, civic, religious and educa~
tional forces to wage a relentless
fight to push FEPC through the
next Congress. Demonstrations
like this one in Madison Park have
been urged by the Council upon
the citizens in various sections Of
the nation. We are confident that
that the cause of FEPC will pre-
vail. Its principles are in the ira
ditions of American democracy
and progress. The victory for FE
PC will not only serve to help ELI
inmate determinations based UP
on race, creed, color and country,
but will help to beat back the
rising tide Of intolerance and big
otry, racism, anti Semitism and
anti-laborism In America.