The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-01-23
BOSTON
BAKED
By MABE KOUNTZE

'"rhe cost of lighting for
equality may incur the label
of 'Subversive.'
Mary Church Terrell
REPUBLICAN PARTY chiefs
need to feature more solid news
OF frlendlier relations toward
colored citizens. Much of the
great work of Abe Lincoln was
chilled" by the Taft com
promises" with Dixie. Even the
eisenhower -'sqhoolboy stand
Tor equality" was silenced dur
ing the campaign. The COP
Investigations have classified"
many honest and loyaI coIored
Equal Fighters" as Communists
or communist Front leaders
Why? A"'
TEDDY ROOSEVELT one If
VIle great Republican Presidents
was not ashamed to shout to
The hills" his great apprecia-
lion and respect for the Ioval
Colored American. Hadn't COL
ored troops saved the ColoneI
during the Spanish American
war? Teddy never forgot. He
shocked the nation by inviting
a colored leader to the White
House. His personal valet and
oodyguard was a colored ex-
FB1 agent, James E. Amos.
JIM AMOS passed awav re-
Gently without any big COP
headlines. Yet, Jim was a Pre-
s1dential Bodyguard. Both he
and his father were personal
friends of a great COP leader
Jlm'S dad was an old soldier
and Mounted Policeman who
rode with the President on
Capital cantors. AS everyone
knows, Teddy rode in battle
with Colored Cavalry men whom
he considered among the
worlds best. Read your his
tory.
FBT AGENT, jim Amos had
a brilliant record. He helped
apprehend Nazi spies during
World War II. He helped solve
the case which sentenced IS
people accused of stealing u. S.
War secrets. He caught a
federal fugitive the F,BI had
sought for IS years. And FBI
Chief Ed Hoover gave Jim
many commedations while
practically nobody knew this
Tan Yank was in federal SER
vice. Colored FBI men? In
possible! !
COLORED TROOPS of the
Ntneth and Tenth Cavalry
charging with Colonel Teddy
RooseVelts famous Rough Ri
derS" up San Juan Hill, proved
for all time they were among
the worlds best markSmen. And
jim Amos, crack shot and
f1re-arm specialist, became
Teddy's personal bodyguard
and valet. Roosevelt loved big
game hunting. But every wea-
pom the President used was
first advised, Inspected and
tested by Jim Amos.
CAPITOL COP Papa Joe
Amos rode with the President
when Teddy galloped his horse
through Rock Greek Park. 1t
was the Presidents friendship
with Papa Joe that won him
an introduction to Jim who
soon became one of Rosevelt'S
most trusted men, after becom-
ing valet and bodyguard at the
age of % yrs. jim joined the
FBI in 1921 and retired in
1858, after more than thirty
years. Protecting Uncle Sam.
THESE DAYS when some
Republican "spokeSmen" are
losing sight of the long proven
loyalty of Colored Americans,
I suggest the COP leaders am
plify'' the true story of men
like Pappo and Jim Amos, the
9th and 10th Cavalry, the Saith
and 55th Regiments and other
loyal Tan Yanks. Such pro-
grams will prove lot wiser
than trying to smear" the
verv core Of Colored liberal
leadership, including 80 yr old
beloved Mary Church Terrell.
EVERY LIBERAL Of color
worth his salt as an outspoken
Civil Rights champion has
been called either a down
right communist or else a tool
of communist fronts. Yet, not
one. including Robson has been
proved guilty of sabotage, sell
ing secrets, etc. AS in all
groups, there are some defec-
tions among colored with I'M
derstandable reasons why. But
politicians who "indict race" are
treading dangerous ground.
"ETGHT POLIO!"