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A Call For Action
by Freda Kirchwey, Editor and
Publisher
(Reprint from the Nation May 24, ’41)
It is no longer possible to fool
ourselves. The small remaining outly
ing areas of compromise have shrivel
ed into rion-existence. The deal be
tween Vichy and Berlin has wiped out
the last pretense on which the appeas
ers could base their miserable man
euvers. The France we honor and love
lives only in opposition and latent re
bellion. And the France of Darlan
and Brinon and Petain has met its ap
pointed destiniy; despite its denials, it
has become openly the France of A
betz and Ribbentrop and Hitler. Mr.
Roosevelt’s appeal to the people of
France to resist collaboration with the
enemy was strong and moving. But
it will mean nothing unless it is back
ed by actions in this country that
speak at least as loud. The seizure of
the French ships in American harbors
may be a portent of such actions. But
time presses; and the people and the
opposition leaders in France can be
expected to resist the traitors and ty
rants who rule them only if they are
given reason to hope that resistance
can succeed. We must give them solid
support, not only noble words. Too
many noble words have been spoken
in the past; too many hopes raised.
The time for that is past, too.
Let’s look at the record for a min
ute : it may clear our brains and stren
gthen our purposes for the days to
come.
The present agony of the world
was made by the appeasers. The fail
ure to apply effective sanctions a
gainst Itafy when it invaded Ethiopia
in 1935 not only doomed Ethiopia to
defeat; much more important, it noti
fied Hitler that he could go into the
Rhineland in 1936, and Japan that it
could move into China in 1937. The
treacherous non-intervention policy
applied to Republican Spain did more
than give Hitler and Mussolini their
first victory over democracy on the
Continent. It led directly to the cat
astrophe of Munich and to all that has
followed. The futile gestures at Gen
eva against Japan’s aggression suc
ceede merely in driving the Japanese
out of the League while assuring them
that their plan of conquest would be
opposed only by China itself.
It is useful today to recall this
history, and to consider American pol
icy in its ugly -light. Useful and dis
quieting. For one also recalls that the
policy of the Roosevelt Administration
toward the depredations of the dicta
tors, from the invasion of Ethiopia to
the capitulation of Vichy, has been a
Confusing mixture of outspoken con
demnation and mealy-mouthed con
cessions and surrenders. At each mile
post on the way to disaster the ap
peasement state of mind has ruled. In
the Ethiopian crisis we combined smug
disapproval of Fascist aggression with
a refusal to cut off Italy’s oil supply.
After all, why should we? Neither the
oil companies nor the British Foreign
Office wanted us to do it. Such an act
would have exposed the pretenses of
the great powers, which had never ser-^
iously intended to implement sanctions
but rather, as the Hoare-Laval pact
amply revealed, to sell Ethiopia for a
mess of Fascist promises.
And what did we do about Spain ?
An unheard of thing. Our precedent
ridden State Department defied prece
dent to aid the overthrow of republic
anism in Spain. We passed a special
resolution, after the rebellion had start
er, prohibting the shipment of war
supplies to either side in a civil war.
That made it possible to do what we
never done before— cut off arms from
a legitimate, friendly government fac
ing a military revolt. And so, of our
own will, we shared the treachery per
petrated by the French and British ap
peasers and insured the victory of
Franco and his Fascist backers. We
might have saved the Spanish Repub
lic. We could certainly have shown up
the shameless farce of “non-interven
tion.” But we preferred to trail the
Chamberlains and Hoares down the
broad road toward Munich. And
when, along that road, Chamberlain
made his ill-fated pact with Mussolini,
the deal received the personal blessing
of President Roosevelt. I have often
wondred who in the State Department
wrote that unbeliable note of congrat
ulation.
Meanwhile Japan continued, as it
continues today, to destroy the unde
fended villages and cities of China
with bombs made out of American
scrap dropped from planes fueled with
American oil. Some women in the Un
ited States stopped buying silk stock
ings, but no oil companies stopped sell
ing oil. And the United States gov
ernment refused to embargo sales cf
war material to Japan.
It isn’t a policy. It is a state of
mind. It prefers to risk total catas
trophe rather than an immediate, min
or danger or even mere dislocation.
Better play safe, is the guiding princ
iple of the appeasement state of mind.
So it “plays safe” until the nation and
civilization itself are threatened with
extinction.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is not
an appeaser. But he has acquiesced
in the acts of appeasers in both the
State Department and in the Europ
ean democracies. And he must accept
responsibility and blame for his acqu
iescance. His own desires have been
on the side of resistance, and it was be
cause the people sensed this that they
voted him into office against last Nov
ember. Every bold move he has made
has brought an overwhelming res
ponse from the country. Every sign
of hesitation or withdrawal has prod
uced a quick reaction of anxiety. The
people feel that in these days, the saf
est policy is the boldest. They want no
hesitation—and most of all they want
no appeasement.
But appeasement still rules a
broad area of our national policy. We
still sell oil—all but the very best grade
—to the Japanese. We still sell scrap
—all but a few select varieties—to the
Japanese. And at the very same time,
while the bombs drop on China, we as
sure Chungking government that they
(Continued on page seven)
URBAN LEAGUE RAISES
SI,423.94 IN FINANCE DRIVE
As an indication of the Omaha
Negro citizens’ interest in the
welfare of their youth, Mr. Ray
mond Brown, Executive Secret
ary of Omaha Urban League, to
day announced that One Thousand
Four Hundred and Twenty-Three
Dollars and Ninety-Four cents,
($1,423.94) had been raised thru
benefit programs for the Financ
ial Drive.
The Community Chest officials
in a meeting with the Urban Lea
gue Board members and the Exe
cutive Secretary on Saturday
morning stated how pleased they
were with the results of the
drive. They further stated that
it indicated that the program now
in operation under Mr. Brown’s
leadership must be highly satis
factory to the citizens of this com
munity. They approved the Ur
ban League’s Board’s plan to use
the money not required for down
payment to redecorate, beautify
and repair the Urban League
building.
Fortunately, the Urban League
.has been able to arrange a busi
ness deal of $5,500.00 for the pur
chase of the building, with $1,000
to be paid down out of the Drive
funds and the balance, $4,500.00 to
be paid in monthly installments
which the Community Chest is al
lowing in the League’s budget for
rental purposes.
Other expenses of the Drive are
as follows:
DISBURSEMENTS (Paid out of
funds already)
1000 six page leaflets- $11-50
Postage . 3.40
Show banners . .T.1.60
Entertainers for Midnight
Show .10.00
100 Charity Ball Placards •. 5.00
Dreamland Hall service
charge . 5.00
Refreshments Card Party
(paid out of receipts*-••• 11.&0
Total $48.40
DISBURSEMENTS (to be paid)
Letters to Clubs (20).... $ -70
Brushes . 1.64
Mounting Board (2).28 j
Pencils . 3.93,
Tags and Rubber Bands-... 3.75 (
Report Sheets . 3.05 ,
Card Party Tickets ... 1.25
Choir Tickets . 150
Choir Programs . 3 2-5
Dance Tickets (June 6) .... .90
Report envelopes and
Donors’ Cards . 11.50
Tips to Solicitors (200).... 2.25
2 Sheet Letters to Ministers
(80) . 1.10
Team Sheets (50) . .75
350 Post Cards . 3.50
Letters to Contributors-... 7-60
Legal Fees in connection
with purchases . 25-00
Total $74.95
Although Team Captains and
workers met last Thursday to
make final reports, some are still
making late collections from in
dividuals who promised to pay
June 15fch. Mfiss Dorcas Tayor,
Captain of Team No. 17 went over
her goal of $75.00 it was reported
at the last meeting. The Chauf
feur’s Club, one of the newest
clubs in Omaha, brought in a good
sized donation which they hoped
to make $25.00 within the week
Other clubs and individuals are
sending in their donations which
are still acceptable for the renov
ation work to be done at the Ur
ban League
The Negro papers are to be
highy commended for the excellent
way they handled the publicity
for the drive.
• ••
HONOR ROLL
LIST OF DONORS TO THE
URBAN LEAGUE FINANCIAL
DRIVE
(Only Those making direct dona
tions, regardless of the amount,
are listed)
Names of other contributors
will be published next week.
4C’s Club, Web Alston, Americ
an Legion Theodore Roosevelt
Post No. 30, L. Auston, Richard
Bailey, Phil Barge, Edward Beas
ley, Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters, “Bust” Bryant, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Butler, Champion Cigar
Store, Chauffer’s club, E. E- Craw
ford, Eugene Danner, Mrs. Will
iam H. Davis, Eureka Art Club,
Curtis Evans, Maceo Farrell, JJ.
M. Forrest, Leon Freeman, Dr.
and Mrs. D. W. Gooden, Mr. and
Mrs. B. H. Gray, Mrs. Lenora
Gray, Mr and Mrs. A. H. Harris,
Beatrice Jackson, Mrs. M. F. Jack
son, Mr. William Jones, Mrs. Em
ma Knight, Oliver Logan, Cleo
McDonald, Miareus McGee, Memo
Club, Mrs. Pearl Mitchell, William
Monday, Hattie jS. Moore, Pen
dleton Murray, Leonard Norris,
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Parker, Dr. W.
W. Peebles, Quack Club, S. A.
Botts Club of Zion Baptist church,
James Scott, Edgar Smart, H. W.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Stecher,
Theresa Stewart, Edward Turner,
Ralph Underwood, Roscoe Vaughn
Levi Vawter, Albert Wright, Zion
Baptist Church, J. Anderson, F.
Blackwell, Carl Bone, A. Brooks,
Fred Buckner, W. Dale Clark, Mr.
J. E. Davidson, Mr. Deers, John
A. Farber, Victor Graham, James
Grizzard, Chester Hodges, Earl
Jones, Herman Kemp, Hemy
Marks, Eorl McConnell, J. Fran
cis McDermott, T. F. Murphy, Mr.
and Mrs. Jess Hutten, Mr. James
Lee, Harry Trustin, Dave Turner,
L. Webb, Melvin Brooks, Ed Bu
ford, G. N- Campbell, Millard Carr
Elfred Davis, L. C. Erwin, John
Faucett, A. J. Fisher, Sadie How
trd, Cody C. Jones, Edgar A. Lee,
H. W. Lewis, Ollie Lewis, Simon
Levison, C. McFarland, E. McGill,
Palace Auto Ambulance Delivery
Co., Thomas Phillips Sr., G. Scott,
H. Sherron, William Sone, Homer
teel, J. R. Thomas, Townsend club
No. 11, Unemployed Council club,
Bernard’s market, Henry W.
Black, Fiank Blackwell, Butch
Greenlee, James Johnson, Earl
Oliver, M. Pinchon, L. Sanhoefnor
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stewart,
Alyce M. Wilson, Mr. and Mrs.
Art Sampson, James Fellows, El
mer White, George Douglas, W.
M. Doies, George Anderson, Billy
Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Streeter Tur
ner.
COMMENT
Omaha, Nebraska, June 14, 1941
Editor—Guide
Dear Sir: here-with comment on
your editorial of the 13th inst.
respectfully submitted for publi
cation if deemed available.
Resp. Homer A. McCraney, Sr.
2430 Lake St.
An editorial in the Guide of re
cent date in reference to the at
titude of the Negro in the Afro
eurasian butchery is in my humble
judgement, timely, good marks
manship, scratched, but missed the
Bullseye. It is apparent that a
comfortable majority of the white
bloc is definitely pro-British and
any line of averages drawn thru
the Colored bloc, will not be rais
ed or lowered if applied to the
whites. Susceptibility to suggest
ion is a prominent trait of the A
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH
JUST ANOTHER DAY
Barbara Marx says she isn’t as
she sits under the ladder temp
ting her black cat, Blackout with
a safety sucker with a loop fibre
handle, which is a protection even
on Friday, the thirteenth.
mericans and his emotions are
poised a little above his intellect.
Practically all the periodicals and
mike-jammus are shouting “Swat
Hitler!” The most of us are fol
lowing the Band-wagon regardless
of the merit of the case. As we
don’t know what it is all about,
faith in leadership becomes natur
al and is not to be frowned upon.
A casual observation by ordin
ary intellects of the world’s plight
will expose in bold relief that com
mercial rivalries and imperialism
caused the war. England, France
Germany and Italy are imperial
istic. Russia is wearing the Death
shirt of the Czar. The peace of
the world can be attained and
maintained by destroying auto
cracy and the bedeviled proletar
ian of Muscovia.
The milking and leaching of Af
rica and lower Asia is the meat on
which “This our great Caesar
feeds”. Reduce the menu to the
pace of the monsters own prod
uctive capacity and war will take
its place in the corridors of yes
terdays 7,000 years. For all but
3 generations European gangsters
have raped Africa and lower Asia
and the world looked on it as mer
ely Colonial routine. A few saps
excused the “benevolent despot
ism because it killed a few lice.
A louse is a parasite. The Eng
lish aristocrat is the biggest, fat
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est louse on earth. I defy any
competent authority to prove that
any race or nation were benefited
by the domination of the North
ern tribes. The Negroes of these
USA., have made a progress with
out parallel in the annual of the
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As all the yellows, browns and
blacks are fermenting in the maw
of the monster, there is nothing
left for Hitlers esophagus but the
white folks. It is not for us as
Americans to determine whether
the invader or invaded are Simon
Legrees of Lloyd Garrisons. We
only need to know that they are
the enemies of the Republic and
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