Chicago world. (Chicago, Ill.) 1918-????, 1949-11-26
VUES and
REVUES

Dy llO Sll tlC1 Ol lle lllldS lid
ton do we condone crime and
criminals, but the apprehension
and arrest Of two colored crimi-
mails recently reminds us of a weak
characteristic that is ours as a
race. These men talked too much
in an attempt to show off their
newly acquired wealth The
American people are inherently
afraid of the police and some in
stances on this account have moth
ing but contempt for them. The
recent behavior Of the police in
the Englewood district gives us
even more Of a reason to be SO.
The actions of this group of So
called peace keepers played in the
hands Of the people there, who
stirred up the trouble. The way
that they handled the trouble re-
sembles the tactics of Hitler's
Gestapo agents or the Russian
OGPU. policeman is charged
to enforce the law, not to make
the law or attempt a witch hunt.
Perhaps the blame should be plac-
ed on the upper brackets Of the
force or even to the Mayor him
self A continuance Of this action
would mean that we will be forced
to cart around in Our wallets iden-
LITIGATION cards issued by the po-
lice stating that we are not COM
munists to avoid arrest Mr..
Hutchins, Chancellor Of the Uni
versity Of Chicago, issued recently
statement on how he thought
we could best combat Communism
in this country. We feel that such
ideas are good. We, however,
would like to take the same prin-
ciples set forth by Mr.. Hutchins,
paraphrase them a bit SO as to
make them applicable to the race
problem. Such a statement and
action coming from such a man
of stature, would be another
means of combating racial bigo-
try in this country The coup
d'etat in Panama was brought
about when the Police Chief
forced the President to resign and
issued the oath Of President to
his cousin. Such tactics are COM
mon in the Latin American coun-
tries. We were wondering, how
ever, what effect this administra-
tive governmental change will
have on the little social freedom
that the colored Panamanians
have. They work for starvation
wages and are only step or so
above slavery Another COM
promise on the racial question of
equal education for all is almost
an accomplished fact. Quietly the
southern states have been putting
into operation a scheme to use
Meharry and other professional
and graduate schools to accom-
pllsh the equal education edict Of
the Supreme Court. We, as Ne
groeS, would be tired Of compro-
misses and the white man should
too. We have been the subject
of more compromises in the for
nation and executing Of our gov
than any other racial
group III American history. We
almost upset the Cons titutional
Convention in 1887. The North
compromised on three separate
occasions on the terms Of our
constitution to save the strug-
CLING union. For representation
the south even called
each slave a fraction Of a white
man. We were the subject Of
many compromises prior to the
Civil War. When, Oh when. viii
all Of this pussyfooting and buck
passing stop SO that we NAV as
sumo our full stature as a citizen
under the Constitution Of these
United States? The Recon
struction Finance Corporation re-
Gently loaned Henry Kaiser an
other $44,O0O,0OO or whereabouts.
he really has his finger in the
governments eye. We wonder
how many Negro businesses have
used this avenue to acquire funds
doubt if most of us could
Quality The recent gun play
at DuSable Hi makes one Won
der what was the basic cause Of
the trouble. There are SO many
reasons why but what was
the specific contributing factor?
We understand, a 1T" man said
that there was evidence Of dope.
Why should teen ayers become
the prey of racketeers, dope ped
dlerS and hOOd1ums? From here