COLORFUL NEWS “MOVIES”
By “THE CAMERAMAN.”
PROBLEM ” PLUS—, " 2—SUPREME COURT AND CONGRESS.
3—NOTES OF THE NOTABLES. '
{Preston News Service) <
I—“LABOR CLASS
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"LABOR CLASS PROBLEM,” PLUS.
Writing in the August “LiberatorEditor Robert Minor
finds solace in sounding the philosophy that the Negro s
emancipation can be completed only in the manner in which
it was begun: by treating it as a labor class problem- fol
lowing this philosophy with the quotation of the open lettei
which was recently sent to the American Federation of Labor
by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, the editor avers that "the Negro’s first step to equality
is in the organized work»g class” and that ‘ his secofid and
final step to complete freedom will come with the rise or that
class, black and white, to the position of the ruling class.
Thus are Capital and Labor again prophetically
arrayed against each other, and entwined with the outcome of
their many sided battle, Editor Minor predicts that the prob
lem” has a foremost place. We cannot subscribe to this view
for the reason that within the Race, itself, Capital is becoming
as potent a factor as Labor; and, further, neither the objective
of organized labor, black or white, nor of maisive capital is
to become the “ruling class” of America. Such has not been
America’s history, despite the allegations of various discon
tented labor groups and capitalistic classes.
The Negro, of course, as a slave, was exploited and sup
pressed; but the arm of American freedom stretched itself out
to him. Thereafter, despite grievous civic and political op
pressions he has been forging ahead. The East St. Louis
riots were a stain upon any “equality which inight have been
V sought between the organized working class and the Negro
worker. Racial sentiment in America is practically the same
• on the part °f either whites or blacks- The desire to accum
Y. ulate wealth Is the same. The unseen forces pf selfishness
■l: are the same.
ft There are black classes just as there are white .classes, apd:
$he hopes of the masses, white and black, are ^kin. Intra
• racial organization comes before interracial organization,..
I nd this is one of the PLUS factors of a broader emancipation.
Were this not true, there would be no National Association
X for the Advancement of Colored People,—no Universal Negro
•C Improvement Association, etc. The faie of^thev Civil J^ighis
Bills and' the Anti-Lynching Bill bespeak"ftfobP of this stated
toot be"treaf
ment. „
No, gentle leader, the Negro “problem1
as a labor class problem, alone. It is full of all the other
elements which would nurture the welfare of American citizens
Coordination of efforts and of intra-racial groups under the
virtues bespoken by the U. S- Constitution is the first step to
complete freedom. And when this step has been taken we
must make a “life-size” plus mark and add every single element
that has made for the complete freedom of America s white
classes and masses.
SUPREME COURT
AND CONGRESS.
We honestly wondei what is in the back
of the heads of
r
those who advocate, as does Senator Robert M. LaFollette, a
reviewing by Congress of decisions of the C. S. Supreme
Court. We wonder how those Negroes, who are blindly
calling for such a possibility, would like to have had such a
condition in effect when the U- S. Supreme Court was inter
preting the laws which made the Negro free, gave Lim a vote,
and elevated him to the full growth of citizenship.
We’ll admit that there is room for much improvement; that
rights, in many cases are grudgingly granted; and that we’ve a
hard fight before us to see the silver lining. But, suppose the
Supreme Court decision in the case of Strauder vs. West Vir
ginia, which tested the right of a Negro to sit on a jury, had
been reviewabk by a hostile Congress. Suppose, even now
that congressmen from the “Solid South, elected only by
stifling the unrepresented Negro vote, could pass upon Supreme
Court decisions relating to constitutional questions. What do
you think would happen to us?
Suppose the bitterly-fought segregation cases, fostered by
districts and sponsored by Congressmen who believe in keeping
.3ie Negro in “his place,’’ were to be brought back to Congress
for final decision, and that the congressional majority believed
in the doctrine of Mr. LaFollette, who once said that “his
objections to the demand for political equality for the Negro
was based solely on the ground of expediency.’’ Pray, tell
us, please, where would we go from here?
Suppose that the Supreme Court decision wlhich upheld
the commerce clause of the U. S- Constitution, and thereunder
upheld the creation of the Interstate Commerce Commission,
which has power to compel southern railway linep $n “Jim'
Crow” States, when handling interstate passengers, 'provide
the same equipment and comfort for colored passengers as are ,
provided for ifehite passengers,—I say, suppose'this decision
were reviewable by Congress. What db you think,.Would
happen:-®d W
SupMg!; Jyt Ae supp^ition co^ld npt > 1
resting place m'me minds or thinking people' 1 o the Negro,
the Supreme Court has been the guarantor of Liberty. Down
through the struggles of Republican Congresses to safeguard
review loy?§R\%rt'up£j as dealt
unfavorably with. Mr. Dyer’s anti-lynching bill- Could any
thing be more pathetic? No, nothing. * ••
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Miss Hallie Q. Brown, National Director of the Colored
.Women’s Campaign, Republican National; Contpiittef, Jws I
recently Befen .ip the £ast, shaping -up her bfganizatiotf.tv ‘ 1
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