Address of Paul E. Lockwood, Executive Assistant District Attorney on The Staff of Thomas E. Dewey, At the Third Annual Lincoln and Douglas Commun ity Program of the New \ork City Branch of Nat 1 Alliance of Postal Employees at the Abyssinian Bap tist Chucrh, 132 West 138th Street, New York City, on Sunday, February 9, 1941. ^ (Continued from page 1) brings up two questions of vital importance to every American citizen whether colored or white. First will the Negro obtain his fair share of the employ ment resulting from defense work? Second-will the United States make full use of the work capacity of its 13,000,000 colored citizens? The American people have said that the social gainst we have made must not be sacrificed in the pressure of re-arming. Certainly a tremendous soc ial and economic loss will be sustained if the colored citizen is excluded from doing his part fairly in our defense preparations. In the defence councils of the nation, Labor speaks on its own behalf. A disting uished labor leader sits beside the industrial chief of our defense board in Washington to look out for La bor’s rights. Labor has demanded such protection. It has obtained it. Certainly, it’s reasonable if our colored citizens should demand firmly and militantly that their right to an equal opportunity in working for America be smilarly assured. This is not an arrogant and unpatriotic demand. It is a righteous demand that comes from the desire of the Negro tto do his part for his country and at the same time raise his status. It is an expression of his deire to be clothed with the same rights and duties as every other American citizen. The colored citizen cannot be sure of adequate protection merely because several officials are chavg ed with seeing that his rights are not violated. The movement must have a broad base. All colored citiz ens as well as all other fair-mirtded Americans must unite behind it into a great force. This force will strengthen those officially charged with the protect bn of Negro opportunity. They, as well as Negro organizations, must continue to demand equal rights and opportunities for the colored citizens in the in dustrial approach to preparedness. One great safeguard is equally as important. The Negro must himself be able to grasp these op portunities when they appear. He must be trained and ready for the job. This means that the Negro must be given opportunities to learn. He must take advantage of the training of apprentices. The school ing of young colored men an;I women in technical skills for defense work must be fostered. \ ou must be certain that Hot only you, but particularly your children, have an opportunity to be trained in trades ant' skills. Then the colored man can work beside the white man in defense plants with the same degree of equal ability as he has always exhibited in working beside the white man in the Postal Service. America must give to the Negro this opportun ity tD earn a living and to perform significant serv ce for his country. He must be justified in feeling he is an integral and important part of the United States. In this way, he too, can feel the inspiration which is born of a sincere love bf country. Failure to insure such opportunity to the Negro must inevitably result in ill health. More important it must result in' the less of the urge to work. In the District Attorney’s Office, we can see every day one of the conspicuous evils caused by lack of economic opportunity. I refer to criminal offenses which in many instances are fostered by lack of jobs and se curity. Particularly in the case of the colored offen ders, it is found that lack of economic opportunity causes cnflicts with the law. The other day a young Negro was brought in charged with robbery. He had “mugged” a colored woman here in Harlem. He mad|e a free and candid (| nfession,, and was ready to take his medicine. One of Mr. Dewey’s assistant’s said to him, “Why did you do it?”—“Because I was hungry” came back the ans wer quickly and frankly. The boy had been unem ployed for months. The prosecutor of New York County, and, I am sure, every good citizen, would be most happy to have lawlessness checked by removing the cause of crime rather than by punishing offenders. But such a happy result will n>t be achieved simply by giving lip service to democracy. It will not be achieved until the full fruits of our democracy have been extended to everyone who lives under it. The mere passage of legislation^ the adoption of res olutions, the expression of good intentions, will not bring this about. Something greater than laws is needed. In this time of wjrld crisis—in democracy’s great est hour, we deed a fuller understanding of how De rnc cracy works. 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And the customer may be assured that the makers of Feen-A-Mint employ highly trained graduate scientists, using the finest' most modern equipment in testing this product These are some of the reasons why millions of people rely on Feen-A-Mint, the chewing gum lax ative, for welcome, pleasant relief of constipation. into practice tolerance; for members of the differ ent races to defend America by working side by side. Tlie Postal Service has shown that this can be done. I know of no case where riots or tights have occui led in the postal service because a white man'did not care to work beside a colored man. This tradition of the Post Office, regardless of political administrations, should be an object lessen to all industry. It should be hammered l«bme to all employers who hesitate to take in Negroes bqcause of a fear that the whites will object. It should be remembered by all labor un ions who exclude or curtail Negro membeiship for fear of offending the “sensibilities” of their white members. Let them look at the record of colored men and white men working side by side in the United Staten Post Office. They can then be re-assured. They can then take immediate steps to give equal opportunity in making a living to the colored citizen, for his own I sake and the sake of his and our country. It is more than fitting that seventy-live yea.*3 after the war which brought about the political fiee dom of the Negro, we should honor Lincoln and the spirit which guided him. Now the world is engaged in a death struggle between democracy and the dic tatorships. We should call upon all true America vs to make this nation a genuine shrine for democracy by fighting for the integration of our Negro citizens into the industrial effort of our defense. To that objective, let us pledge ourselves here ti xlay! 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