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WAVES OPEN DOORS
President Roosevelt’s order opening the
WAVES and SPARS to Negro women is another
forward step toward full utilization and integra
tion of Negroes into the armed forces., I* rom the
beginning Negro women in the WAC have demon
strated their loyalty and capacity for service to
their company. It is only fitting that the same op
portunity should be offered to Negro women to
serve in the Navy and the Coast Guard.
The action is the most recent in a succession
of moves by President Roosevelt aimed at breaking
down the bars of prejudice which stand in the way
of the Negro’s full participation in American life.
No other president in our history has been so un
tiring in his efforts in behalf of the underprivileged
among whom the Negro occupies too prominent a
place.
The Negro’s forward march toward the goals
of full equality in employment, in politics, in the
armed services, and in every diverse walk of life,
has been steady and unswerving during the years
of the Roosevelt administration. Our goals have
been high, and rightly so, and our leaders have been
tireless in their efforts to attain them. These
efforts have borne fruit in this instance as in the
past because of the presence in the White House of
a man w T ho has been outspokenly sympathetic to
ward the Negro’s cause. In the armed services
alone the Negro has forged far ahead of his posi
tion in the First World War barely a quarter of a
century ago. Today Negroes are a part of the air
forces; they serve as captains of vessels, some
manned by all-white crews; there is a Negro general
in the Army; Negro women have been admitted into
the Army Nurse Corps; Negroes have been admit
ted to various branches of the Navy; they have
been integrated into the officer candidate schools
and have been admitted into the Marine Corps.
These are all new departures in our armed forces
as was the Army order forbidding discrimination
against Negroes at post exchanges, theatres and
in government transportation.
Negroes cannot ignore these gains under the
leadership of President Roosevelt Against them
in this campaign are the empty promises of Gov
ernor Dewey who this year in New York demon
strated what Negroes may expect from him when
he threw 7 overboard the three bills recommended by
the Interracial Commission appointed by him. Seven
members of this Commission, Negro and white, re
signed in protest against Dewey’s action, among
them former Republican Channing Tobias who has
since declared his support of President Roosevelt.
The record is clear; let us act upon it.
OUR DETROIT PRESS
Detroiters have an opportunity in this elec
tion to observe their three daily newspapers vying
against each other in an attempt to discredit Presi
dent Roosevelt and his supporters. Leading the
field is the Times whose blatant abuse is couched in
less discreet terms than the attacks of the other
two papers. Next in order of stridency comes the
News which is pursuing a slightly different strategy
but whose efforts are no less vicious. An example
is the article on Sidney Hillman by Benjamin Stol
berg which appeared prominently in Sunday’s News.
In this article Mr. Stolberg traces a fantastic
tie-up between Mr. Hillman and Earl Browder of
the Communist Party, thence a tie-up with Russia.
The inference is clear to Mr. Stolberg that the
Democratic campaign is being directed from Russia.
The account of Mr. Hillman’s life is as biased and
twisted as is the absurd claim of Communist dom
ination with which the article begins. Mr. Hillman
is not a Communist; there is no Hillman-Browder
axis and the Russians are not reaching right into
our backyard to direct American affairs. No one,
in fact, probably not even the author believes these
wild accusations but if they succeed in discrediting
Sidney Hillman and the Political Action Commit
tee the author’s purpose has been achieved.
The Detroit Free Press follows still another
policy in its anti-Roosevelt campaign. Starting off
with a studied impartiality it has now come into the
home stretch with editorial guns blazing away at
Roosevelt It has joined in the whispering cam
paign aimed at the President’s health, but its whis
per has become a shout. It has consistently praised
Secretary of State Cordell Hull and his policy as
though they could be separated from the adminis
tration of w hich he is a part. The Free Press has
hailed Mr. Dewey’s statements on foreign policy
is the answer to a nation’s needs. One of the
paper’s own columnists, Walter Lippman, in a re-
EDITORIAL PAGE OP TUB MICHIGAN CHRONICLE
cent column backing President Roosevelt for re
election ably answers these arguments on foreign
policy. In conclusion he states: “The choice now
is not between President Roosevelt and the faultless
President ... I cannot feel that Gov. Dewey can
be trusted now with responsibility in foreign
affairs.”
In the past Mr. Roosevelt has won the election
with the support of only a small minority of the
nation’s press. This 1944 campaign is no excep
tion. Readers of all races must refuse to be misled
by the selfish interests of those publishers who wish
to return to the pre-New Deal era of governmental
laxness toward Big Business of which they are
a part.
MEN WITHOUT CONVICTION
One fact becomes ever clearer to those observ
ing Detroit and its treatment of minority problems,
as issues arise in various areas of life requiring
decisions. It is the paucity of true liberal convic
tions and leadership even among the ranks of Ne
groes. The influential leaders of Negro opinion may
be counted on one hand while influential liberal
Negro leaders are even fewer. With every reason
to have liberal view’s some of us still are anamalous
ly conservative, though w T e have nothing to conserve.
We have on countless occasions in these columns
tried to focus attention on the faults and shortcom
ings of the city fathers, but we have not been blind
to the condition of Negro thought and action. Our
policies are often not unified and one group may
advocate non-segregation in housing, while another
fosters segregation in health. Our motives are shot
through with petty, selfish interests .and there are
those who overlook the good of the many for gain
by a few.
We do not have a handful of men and women
w r ho without regard to self, or financial gain, w’ill
consistently fight for the good of all the people.
No coordinated, liberal policy has been set forth
for health, education, or housing. We must put
our house in order without delay. The time for
decision is near.
The Facts In Our News
An Ex-Chaplain And Race Dls
crimlnatton In The Army Ex-
Chaplain Grant Reynolds, who is
now working for the National As
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, did a very telling
series of articles in the last two
issues of the Crisis magazine
against race discrimination in our
armed forces. These articles set up
elearly and eloquently the discrim
ination and Indignities In many
Instances suffered by Negro mem
bers of our armed forces. These
facts—and they are facts if Grant
Reynolds says that they are. He
has the mentality, the background
and the courage to lend meaning
to such an article. Such an article
helps anv government to clean Its
house. For his writings on this
matter, we should all be grateful.
These articles In the Crisis will
bear much fruit.
His last move, however, In re
lationship to race discrimination In
the armed forces as he saw It. needs
careful scrutiny by the Negro vot
ers. He announces a very high
sounding title known as the Non-
Partisan Council for the Ellmlna
tlon of Discrimination In Military
and Veterans’ Affairs. This cer
tainly Is a well sounding title for
an organization to fight anything,
not only race discrimination In the
armed forces. This title Is an ac
ceptable title. At the same time
Mr. Reynolds announces his organ
ization he issues a call to the Amer
ican people, and especially Negro
Americans, to cast their votes
against Mr. Roosevelt for permit
ting discrimination In the armed
forces. In such a call to the Negro
voters Mr. Reynolds Is no doubt
sincere and honest. It la hard for
one to believe that Mr. Reynolds
believes that the President of the
United States and commanding
chief of the armed forces can eradi
cate race discrimination In our
armed forces by Issuing an order.
We In America know that by the
experiences we have had with dis- (
crimination In employment. The i
order to cease discrimination Is
not a guarantee agslnst discrimina
tion whether to the army or to
employers In factories and govern
mental agencies. Any President
of the United States Is going to be.
to a great extent, a victim of the
general tone of the citizenry. Mr.
Dewey has already announced that
he will leave the running of the
army to army men. There Is no
reason to expect Mr. Dewey can
change more rapidly the practices
of the army than Mr. Roosevelt
has been able to do. There have
been many changes under the
Roosevelt administration that affect
the well-being and the opportuni
ties extended io Negroes in our
armed forces.
It Is logical for a people aa de
pressed as we are to put a great
deal of hope and faith In words.
We put a great deal of hope and
faith In the words of officials, and
we equally restrict our own vision
and ability U plan the next moves
for our advancement by the effi
cacy we give to our own words.
Sometimes we become the victims
of the mere statement of a diffi
culty. What man among us be
lieves. actually that Mr. Dewey
will dare do for the down-trodden
people what Mr. Roosevelt has
done with the protracted opposi
tion of the key men who now sup
port Mr. Dewey. The Armed Forces
of America will respond to the
persistent demands of the people.
Nerroet have been able to make
advancement under the Roosevelt
administration by work and plan
ning with the liberal forces of
America. We have seen the bar
riers fall one after another, be
cause Negroes joined with the peo
ple of America for an equal op
portunity.
We know that labor has many
grievances aga.nst our pre. ont ad
ministration. We know that lib
erals of all persuasion* can And
i&Swea on which they violaatlv dis
agree with our President in the
handling of such issues. Labor
and liberals are wise enough to
know that the President’s program
is going generally in their direc
tion for better life for the masses
Labor knows that if Mr. Dewey's
crowd gets into the White House,
what gains they have already ob
tained will stand a poor chance
of advancement. Everything that
labor has fought for has been op
posed by the men who now give
their millions to see to it that Mr.
Dewey becomes head of our gov
ernment
A man of Mr. Grant Reynolds’
Insight certainly must know and
understand the implications of hav
ing a man in the White House who
is supported by people who are at
least fighting for the Negro’s com
plete Integration in all phases of
our American life as far as poli
tical machinery can contribute to
that Integration. The prejudices
of white people toward Negroes
cannot be changed by a President.
A President, however, who is will
ing to have his administration to
grapple with the problems of em
ployment, housing, health, educa
tion and civil liberties of the people
is certainly doing more to break
down discrimination than all of
the resolutions that could be passed.
The basis of the discrimination In
the army is the same as the basis
of discrimination in a factory or
a governmental agency. The one
thing that should be crystal clear
about Mr. Roosevelt Is that he haa
always walked unhaltlngly In the
direction In which all common men
In America must set their faces
if they are to remain free.
We all abhor and have pledged
ourselves to fight against dlscrlm-
THE CHRONICLER
By CONFUCIUS
That WAVES and SPARS open
ing to our girls was no surprise
to us folks in the population who
have been keeping up with FDR
all these years He's been doing
such like for all his term in office
. . . one thing after another pushed
open (even against opposition) to
the darker brothers.
FREEDOM RALLY
THIS FRIDAY NITE!
We’re getting so darn sick of
that inaccurate stuff the Free Press
throws out in those editorials. Like
that one last Sunday about labor
agencies in the government. BUT
guess we can’t expect rabid GOPera
to see that the National Labor
Relations board is only one of a
number of impartial, non-political
agencies which clearly state the
rights of labor and management.
By all that’s true, do they HAVE
to fight this election with lies?
HENRY WALLACE’LL
BE AT THE RALLY!
Another boy on our side is that
long-time student of foreign and
domestic affairs, Walter Lippman.
Seems like nobody atall is for
that LAD Dewey. As Othello says
tis passing strange . . . Ar>d Lena
Horne came out for FDR the other
day, too.
THE REV. A. C. POWELL
WILL. TOO!
What's this about all us folks
moving North to solve the South
ern problem? That Jive's got to
go . . . we can't run away from
every white sup'emacist that
shouts boo at us. In moderation,
.t'l 1 do But let s have a little
more thought on the Southern sit
uation right there and knock It
out.
BFTTE DAVIS'LL SEE
YOU AT THE RALLY!
There's a nrw book out “Wing*
of Fear” by one Hodding Carter
about the good o> Southland.
wuico bids fair to become a Beat
1 >
Enquiring Reporter
Question: What do yon think of
the proposed Heme Bale Amend
ment for Wayne Ceuty?
Gerald Boyd.
902 Lawyers Builder
Hr
Gerald Boyd
“The CIO and
Either progres
sive organiza
tions have tak
en a stand
against Home
Rule. I will
follow the posi
tion of these
organize t i o n •
knowing that
tfieir policiea
have alw a y s
been for the
best interests of
the people and
particularly the
Negro people”
George A. Isabell, real citato
broker
706 Tobin Building
“I am against
the proposed
home rule
amendment as
it is beesuse It
is too much
like the city
charter which
was devised to
keep Negroes
from being
elected to the
city govern
ment. It is bad
government.”
<•
G Isabell
Rev. John Miles, Peoples Church
6345 Roosevelt street
s WUr
Rev. Miles
“I think that
it is an attempt
on the part of
the newspaper
controlled min
ority of De
troit to steal
the County of
Wayne from
the people as
they did the
city of Detroit.”
A 1 Jones. Mgr Victory Loan Co.
BtL.. * JMli
A 1 Jones
"As a student
of government,
I think the pro
posal is a sound
one. As a mem
ber of a minor
ity group, I
think that the
proposal is such
that we would
suffer.”
Harold Bledsoe. Attorney.
303 Tobin Building
”1 thirYk it is
a vicious at
tempt on the
part of a de
si gni n g and
well organized
clique to ob
tain and main
tain for them
selves the con
tro 1 s of the
county govern
ment, against
the best in
terests of all of
the people. It
is a vicious
piece of legisla
tion under the
rule.’"
PB
H. Bledaoe
guise of *home
ij DEWEY AND WASHINGTON ;
If Dewey had been Washington
(A thought which staggers me)
I’m betting high he would deny
He’d touch that cherry tree.
—PM
{nation In onr armed forces until
every vestige of it Is wiped away.
This we do now and In the future.
We all know, however, that Mr.
Roosevelt has led us and Is leadinf
us In a direction that will make
us strong enough and free enough
from want, disease and Ignorance
to fight and to win over race dis
crimination wherever It Is. Mr.
Dewey cannot offer ns such a pro
gram, because the men who are
around him must needs keep. us
Ignorant, keep us living In rat
traps, and disease-ridden. If they
are to take their millions from us
without much protest on our part.
seller. If you can, get it and
read it. This lad pulls no punches
about his own Dixie and the way
slightly pigmented folks are treat
ed there.
BE THERE WITH
“OTHELLO" ROBESON
Those die-hards are still hepped
on opposition to the Health Center,
aren’t they? Deliver u* from little
men with small interests who al
ways badger progress to let them
pass on their little tricycles, They
know damn well they’ve got the
money to get adequate medical at
tention (yet fight for their busi
nesses in the area), but how about
all the little guys who need a
health center and more and more
facilities for all of us regardless
of race, creed, etc.
MAR9’ OWN
ORSON WELLES. TOO!
Hear tell that Walter Harden.
CIO laborite, has left the UAW
offices. Folks give many reasons,
none of which are very clear, for
his departure.
HEAR DOROTHY PARKER
SLAY DEWEY!
Luckiest break FDR fans here
have had i« that split ballot in
this year’s election. Be sure to
mark both of them! Wonder how
the GOPers who rely so on state
officials’ strength Nov. 7 let the
ballot be split? Now the state
GOP ticket can’t carry Dewey in.
assuming the GOP ticket here can
carry itself it
ASTUTE “MAMA" BETHUNE
WILL BE THERE, TOO!
Prexy Roosevelt s speech on for
eign policy was really O K He’s
way ahead of most leaders on that
force for the world organization,
and brother, that’s what we need!
As Sinatra says. “That man is cute!”
OUR OWN R. i. THOMAS
WILL BE THERE!
I/earned Bob Weaver of the
M~*ee CHRONICLER, Ptf* *
BOOK NOTES
By GERTRUDE SCOTT MARTIN
This year has proved a banner
one in the literary output of social
significance for Negroes. If every
year produced a •‘Strange Fruit," a
‘Freedom Road" and a ‘‘Deep
River," understanding between the
races would be a far less formi
dable goal.
Added to this 1944 list of out*
standing books dealing with the
race problem is Margaret Halsey's
"Some Of My Best Friends Are
Soldiers” which though in a much
lighter vein makes a point of hit*
ting racial intolerance. Miss Hal*
sey calls her book a "kind of a
novel.” It is made up of letters from
a New York girl. Gretchen, to her
brother. Jeff. In the Army, In
which she writes chiefly of her
experiences at the Canteen where
all soldiers are admitted regard*
less of color or creed.
NORTHERNERS TOO SMUG
ABOUT PREJUDICE
Miss Halsey who is also the au*
thor of “With Malice Toward
Some," writes in gay style but the
impact of her statements of race
is no less strong because of this.
For instance: *T’ve come to believe,
from working at the Canteen, that
we in the North are a good deal too
smug about our freedom (such as
it is) from race prejudice. The
North permits Negroes to vote, and
to sit anywhere they want in a
streetcar. But how much of one’s
time does one generally spend vot*
ing? And while a streetcar is per*
fectly acceptable public utility, it’s
no place to bring up the children."
ii Letters To The Editor
Gentlemen:
Last week was the first occasion
I had to have inserted an articla
in your particular paper. How
ever, may I commend you on the
very fine way in which this arti
cle was handled and extend to
you assurance of my continued pa
tronage as well as my sincere
wish for your continued and ex
tended success.—Frankia Walker,
1966 Halleck.
Dear Editor:
I have been a constant reader of
the Courier for a long time and I
am sorry to And the publishers of
one of the leading Negro paper*,
fail so completely in the very
thing that caused the printing of
the paper to become a success . . .
by giving the Negro people a
chance. After the Republicans had
them going around half-starved
and completely ignored, until the
New Deal came in and arranged
things so he would be able to
slowly but surely come into his
own and be able to bear the ex
penses of printing a paper for
themselves—after so many lean
days of the Republican adminis
tration. They turned on that same
New Deal and call it everything
but a helper of the Negro. I would
be ashamed to belittle our very
own second savior, T. D. Roose
velt.
If you were the intelligent lead
ers I hoped to be able to follow
someday, you would not be baited
by a few words and a lot of "hot
air" promisee Dewey and hla party
are blasting. And be sold down
the river and lesd all who are
dumb enough to follow to de
struction. You know Roosevelt
cannot do at will what he would
like to do. He is not a dictator!
Instead of him being voted out,
you had better be praying to God
that he is kept in as long as he
lives. What do I care what he is,
Just so he does the right thing. It
is not the party that is important
—but the man and his deeds.
Remember ex-Mayor and Gov
ernor Frank Murphy’ He was a
fine man but he could not get a
staff of fine men to carry out his
orders, so he could not make much
headway here in Michigan. So is
FDR He is s fine man, but he
just can't get the right men to car
ry out orders That is why he is
so slow in doing what he would
do if he had just a little coopera
tion.
Don’t blame anyone If the Re
publicans make you sorry you
ever wanted them In do war again
ANOTHER DOOR IS OPENED!
Miss Halsey has Gretchen faced
with tfce problem of selling her
father the idea of their boarder
bringing a Negro friend of his to
the house- Although Negro hos
tesses from the canteen had come
there for meetings the thought of a
Negro man being entertained by
his daughter was a much harder
one to accept. In this connection.
Miss Halsey makes an excellent
point: "There’s nothing you can do
about the race problem that’s safe.
We’ve let it go too long for that
The only choice we have left is
between perilous courses that are
democratic and perilous courses
that aren’t democratic. M
FRANK APPROACH TO
DAN CINQ WITH NEOROES
Those who read Miss Halsey’s
democratic statement to hostesses
in the Canteen on dancing with
Negro servicemen which appeared
in PM last year will enjoy again
her frank approach to the subject
in her book: In answer to a Junior
Hostess’ question about falling in
love with a Negro, Gretchen an*
swers: "If you're so susceptible
that you fall in love while dancing
twice around the room with a total
stranger, you ought not to be work*
ing in a canteen at all." On the
same subject she writes: "At any
rate, when my girls pluck up their
courage and ask shyly about inter
marriage, I tell them that they are
not likely to have the chance to
marry a Negro; and If they do have,
and he is not the moon of their
OT”Bee BOOKS. Page 1
—but your own narrow-sighted
•elver Going around talking
about them after they are in will
not help any. The very paper
that la Republican will cease to be
if you don't watch out. If not
that, iti headlines will reek with
what Dewey said he would do and
didn't. If that happenj you can
Just grumble and squak! It will
get you nowhere. Fll bet you will
live to regret that you ever heard
of a man named Dewey!
You poor, easily bought thing*.
May God forgive you, for you
knoweth not what you do. But I'll
bet. by golly, you'll soon find out.
This is an open letter to colored
so-called Republicans. I am a con
stant reader of the Chronicle and
love It You people are smart and
can be told something.—Signed. A
Reader.
Dear Editor:
The American Negro was freed
by President Abraham Lincoln, a
Republican. The party did not
free us. but the heart in Lincoln
was designed by God for that pur
pose.
Since Lincoln passed the Repub
lican party has not destroyed the
evil of segregation and discrimi
nation when they were in power.
Nor has a Republican candidate
or president advocated its remov
aL President Herbert Hoover oft
en ducked the camera when our
press correspondents attempted to
catch his photograph.
Now we have had a long Demo
cratic administration under the
leadership of Franklin Delano
Roosevelt, the President who has
given us recognition. Even if we
do have to pay high taxes, our
poverty-stricken people needed
the food and other necessities.
The President’s wife, like no oth
er, has given time to our cause
and withdrawn her membership
from the D.A.R. because of dis
crimination.
I believe in a democratic gov
ernment where all the people
have freedom and rights, and un
der the leadership of Roosevelt
we shall make furthgV gains in
the future toward realising all
those rights. The demagogues in
our own American government
hope to destroy Roosevelt, but 1
believe under God who did pre
pare the heart of Lincoln, they
will not do so
The world not y« awhile can
conceive of the work of Roosevelt,
but In the future posterity will
teach that he was next to Lincoln
in deed of kindness for the peo
ple.—B. H. Hayes, Lynchburg, Va.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1944
UN-COVERING
WASHINGTON
By HARRY S. McALPIN
White Hoot# Correapondeat
(Btlintl Through the AtUata
Dally World by NNPA)
Perhaps this will make interest
ing reading—maybe it won’t In
one way of looking at it, it is a
personal matter—the fact that re
cently I, as a newspaper corres
pondent. have been the center of a
storm us protest and considerable
furore. From another view, how
ever, it is the public's business be
cause what I write, or any other
correspondent, becomes public
property—and the public has a
right to know the attitude and re
liability of the persona who feed
them information
The story I wrote three weeks
ago criticizing the FEPC chairman,
Malcolm Ross, has aroused official
resentment in the FEPC. I have
been accused of deliberately snip
ing at Mike—who as an individual
is a fine fellow that 1 like very
much. But as a self-assumed ex
pert on Negro affairs, he needs to
be deflated lest he become danger
ous to our general welfare.
A protest was sent my employ
ers, by direction of the FEPC com
mittee. saying the article about
Mike was full of inaccuracies,
though not saying what was untrue
in it. I still maintain it was true,
and have written the committee
asking the chairman and the mem
bers to point out the alleged inac
curacies to me. I shall be anxious,
of course, to retract and to throw
away further information I haven’t
used yet if they can prove I was
wrong. I took pains, however, to
be sure before I wrote the article.
The FBI, the White House and
others have been asked to help stop
the "leaks" through which I got my
information. That's practically a
confession, because a dry pipe
doesn’t leak.
Another storm was created when
I revealed in this column two
weeks ago that Lieut. Gen. Brehon
Somervell, chief of the Army
Service Forces, had said In a
meeting regarding disposition of re
turning battle-weary, Negro sol
diers. “I'd like to dump the coona
in the middle of the desert."
Indirectly, I have learned that
the General claims he said no such
thing More directly, however, I
have been further convinced that
he did. His previous record on the
Negro question is not conducive to
any belief that he would be above
saying such a thing—nor would the
manner In which he balked at the
President’s orders that a new Re
distribution Center plan be worked
out minus the jimerow proposals.
Nevertheless. 1 have asked, in
directly, that the General be in
formed that I will be happy to cor
rect the statement attributed to him
if he will tell me what he did aay.
I confess I may have left out an
adjective of emphasis Just in front
of the word "coons."
And to top all this. I have been
accused of being politically parti
san to the Democrats and politi
cally partisan to the Republicans.
Democrats tell me I am hurting
Roosevelt by exposing Army Jim
erow and administrative ineffi
ciencies. Republicans say my
stories "ooze" with New Deal fla
vor, and that I wrote a preponder
ance of New Deal news.
Personally, I am partial to Roose
velt. That ,of course, is my perog
ative. No man or group of men
may take from me the right to my
own political choice in the light of
what I think best for the world,
the nation and for the Negro. But
in my work, representing both Re
publican and Democratic papers, I
submerge my personal preference
and try to report the news as it
comes or is uncovered by me re
gardless of where the chips may
fall.
In the same way, I drop too. the
personal admiration, animosity and
even friendship I may have for
men and women In public office
when their activities, attitudes and
administration are not in the best
interest of the general welfare as
I see it. I believe, in such cases,
they should be held up to public
light in their true colors When
they deserve a pat on the back, I
think they should have that too
In no otfier way could I Justify
to myself remaining In the news-
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