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THE PALLAS EXPRESS DALLAS TEXAS SATURDAY DECEMBER 13 1919.
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COLONIZATION.
b attention of many of our readers has doubtless been held by some
schemes of men among ua and others not of us for our colonization
and the maintenance by of a separate Negro state which should be allied
with the United States as Canada to Great Brltian. The reasons for its
adoption are not numerous. The main one of which is that by forming
such a state the many trials and indignities and the friction which is caused
by our presence here will be removed.
THE MIRROR OF
PUBLIC OPINION
THERE'S A DEEPER CAUSE.
The Federal Government allows it to be publicly state that it confesses
There is no real reason for believing such a thing for the history of to a deep misgiving because of the discovery that a well-organized propa-
otber dependencies of the United States does not bear out such reasoning. ! ganda has been at work and is still busy to undermine the loyalty of the
Negroes of the United States. The Government has Just received a com-
WOTlCFt TO TWK PUBLIC.
Any erroneous reflection upon the
?haraetr. atandlns or reputation of
any person nrm or bhimhwii '"Z"
aar appear In the column of The
na.Ua Expr" will be (ladly cor-
rected upon lt belrur brought to the
tfftntlon of the publish'.
Kntered at Poet Office at Dallas.
Tnxa. as etcond-claee matter under
act or Conjrrana. ajarcn isiv
IMPORTANT.
No subscription! mailed tor a lose
awrlod than three months. Payment
for amine must be 50 cent.
J. B. JORDAN. Mnaer.
THE DALLAS EXPRESS has
never hoisted the white feather
neither has It been disgraced
by the yellow streak. It is not
affiliated with the flannel mouth.
It la a plain every day sen-
slble conservative newspaper
which trims no sail to catch
the passing breeze; flies no
doubtful flag. It professes a
patriotism as broad as our
country. Ita love of even hand-
ed justice) covers all the ter-
ritory occupied by the human
race. This la pretty high
ground but we live on it and
are prospering. Boys of the
press come up and stand with
ua. This ground is holy.
W. E. KING.
ftVITRDAY PM'KMHER IS HH-
THE MAN LOWER DOWN.
There are entirely too many of
ua who because of a supposed differ-
ence In condition ate prone to lift
our skirts and look askance In a
I'm-holier-than-thou attitude upon a
less favored brother or sister who
for the time being Is thrown in
contact with us. Let it be remember-
ed by all of us that very little sep-
arates classes and kinds of ' man:
that charity should - be the practice
of all and that It is probably only
the grace of Ood and the common
sense of some of our ancestors that
have removed us 1 from the level of
that unfortunate to our present con-
dition. That If our case had been
left to ua we would have made as
nice a mess of it as we do of our
boasted good behavior and proper
conduct when wo sneer at one of
the leas fortunate of our race and
God's creatures.
So often instances come to our
notice of men and women of sup-
posed culture and when the ordinary
conditions of living and moving
among one's fellows throw them In
contact with those not generally ac-
corded the society of their special
clasa or group. They seem by every
means In their power to strive to
make that person feol that either
be ought to consider the brief con-
tact a high honor or that he is
something openly understood to bo
undesirable. Such action is thought-
less unkind and un-christtan. It
seems that we of all people should
be free from any leanings toward a
system of cast or prejudice for we
more than all others have suffered
most from such systems. The In-
sults sneers and Jibes which we
feel simply "we are not as certain
other men In color" ought to serve
to make us considerate helpful and
and by all means courteous and
kind to our fellows for be It evor
remembered that whatever of praise
and credit or blame and criticism
falls upon one falls upon all and
the common lot and destiny of us
all is so linked and bound up one
with the other that we rise or fall
together.
All men with black faces be they
learned or simplo comely or homely
rich or poor honored or unbonored
bear together the burden and re-
sponsibilities of each other.
Christianity among us amounts to
nothing if it does not guarantee to
each of us such a sympathy of under-
standng and singleness of purpose
that our contact one -with the other
will be helpful and pleasant for
after all a twist of the hand of
Fortuna Is all that Is necessary to
reverse the conditions of any two
Individuals or groups and make of
the haughty the humble and vice
versa and the spirit of Christianity
an we constantly ask for its practical
working here on earth 'amounts to
nothing more than the giving to
every race or individual the bene-
fit of the courtesy sympathy help
and general kindness which was
i ught by the Lowly Nazarene dur-
ing his stay upon earth.
Let us think Individually of our
duty In this respect and show our
selves kinder and more Sympathetic
in our dealings one with the other.
thMin mnro fnvnmrl In
For uyuu . ... .
culture education and development1
of spirit Is the responswiirv oi Drink-
ing to their own level their less fav-
ored brothers In black and we shall
not have truly lived till we shall
have truly' loved and served each
of God's creatures' and our fellow
men for be it remembered that "He
liveth best who loreth best all men
both great and small."
It seems that these late days have
put Uncle Sam in a veritable nest
of hornets. He seems constantly
struggling with coal. teel and rail
strikers while he fends off treaties
of Peace and Leagues of Nations.
Air is free but sometimes we wish
thot it had a higher value so that
our friends would cease to present
it to us so often in heated quanti-
ties. If you cannot build up a better
project than the one you tear down
let the present project stay as it is
still you can-
t- r-nire rw 15004 oecd done
for a f Uow wbo neds it will make
you proud yourself.
And the relation of such a state to the United States could by no means
be exactly like or in many ways slmiliar to that of Canada to Great Brltian
because its foundation and maintenance and the very method and reason for
prehensive report from investigators disturbed all over the country and the
burden of It is the discontent among the Negroes is the discontent among
the Negroes is the result bf insidious seditious literature carefully circulat-
IDLE COLORED TEACHERS
has never been doubted. In the mind and on the Hps of the Negro as the
greatest man of all time is that of an American President Abraham Lin-
coln. The Negro knows that if his race's enslaved existence was here so
also was his emancipation and that laid a foundation for his patriotism
his loyalty his devotion which all the agitation of all the propagandists in
the world could not shake. There Is another cause for the changed attitude
of the Negro If it Is true that his position has been shaken. The agitator
could have no effect upon his love for the flag under whose folds his race
had its first breath of freedom its first taste of life.
The Federal Government may be experiencing misgivings regarding the
future of the Negro. There may be grounds for the distress. But the Gov-
ernment must look further and go deeper for the cause of any wavering the
the Government.
its establishment would in no way resemble each other. The history of fed among them. There is no real race animosity if one gets this report
Canada and that of Great Brltian are inseparably linked with conditions
incident to discovery and such would not be the case in a Negro state
whether in Germany or in Mexico.
The Negro however of whatever sort he is or may become is primarily
an American product and In the oplon of all who think much or deeply
will remain so under all conditions. His welfare and the welfare of Ameri-
ca are synonymous. He has done the manual tasks Incident to Its building.
He has done a' wonderful amount of the fighting Incident to the mainte-
nance of Its independence and growth of Its glory and it seems no more
than natural that he should remain to share in Its noonday of world wide
dominion of commerce and development
Those who urge leaving America for some colony where to a great
extent we would be away from the American spirit of thrift development
and progress remind us of the celebrits of old who punished their bodies
for the sake of their souls. It Is a fact that peace of mind as such has
never been the driving force to great development and progress. Where
there Is much peace of mind there is usually a corresponding lack of exer-
tion and what we as other races and nations need is exercise of every
faculty which will result In a corresponding growth In soul and in material
ways.
It seems that as it were these promoters like the faint hearted Knight
of the legend have spent the frest In them over-coming the obstacles Inci-
dent to reaching the promised reward only to lose hope at the last hindrance
and turn away discouraged. Negroes In America have by their own exer-
tion and tho force of circumstance plus the bidding of Public Opinion chang-
ed in a bare half century from chattel Blave and Ignorant worldly weakling
to an educated for a large part cultured and highly awake people keenly
Intent upon entering more fully into the scheme of American life and
at the same time demanding or that same system the respect and privilege
accorded any other similar worker. We are competing with others In
America we are working with helping with striving with and hoping with
the rest of America for that great realization of actual practical Democracy
which past achievement has proven is no Utopian dream. To stop after
such struggle would be criminal. To give up Just when a few more years
of development 'among ourselves and striving for development with those
about us will bring the day of complete citizenship would render the prayers
of ancestors and the sacrifices of the parents of the present generation vain
and of no account.
We belong In America as integral part of its cosmopolitan citizenship.
We must remain in America scattered from Its most southern city to' Its
moBt northern boundary and continue the struggle. It needs us our loy-
alty our patriotism and our mind of patient but firm and persistent bent
which as we back our demands with proofs of worth and actual accomplish-
ment will surely even if slowly bring to bear on the great American con-
science' the force of a never to be denied Public Opinion which shall open
to us the gate of equal opportunity and chance and we shall take our piace
according to achievement in the grand army of citizens of Democracy.
Suggestion That They Re Employed
to Teach Colored Children and
elleve Situation.
Sir According to public reports
Philadelphia Is greatly in need of
school teachers. It has also been
published that there are no more
eligible teachers available. Yet there
are from twenty-five to thirty Col-
ored boys and girls prepared to
teach who are awaiting appointment.
It Is quite fair to these teachers of
the darker race to deny the public
knowledge that there are eligible
learners or. the waitine list?
rightly and there would be no enmity between whites and Negroes but! Some one asks "Are these Colored
for tho unpatriotic propaganda of agitators the more successful of whoms j teachers really eligible?" The ans-
are said to be Negroes with an eye to individual advancement. wer comes back "Yes! They have
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The loyalty of the American Negro has never been called in question.; boys and "girls hive. had.
and thus made eligible." Yet tbey
are forced to remain on the waiting
list while the citv suffers a lack of
' sufficient- teachers.
Is it fair to seek outside teachers
to supply this need and not consider
our own twenty-five or more Colored
boys and girls who stand ready
willing and anxious to relieve the
demand for teachers? Is the answer
that they" do not need Colored teach-
ers? If so let us reason together.
There are scores of white teachers
teaching Colored children in Phil-
.ilnltitiio A re fhnrn onv Pnlnrpri
patriotism loyalty devotion to country if there is any than this report j teacner8' teaching white pupils in
that the Negroes would be happy and contented If only they could escape I Philadelphia? Now these Colored
agitators. The experience of Negroes in the South and the records of itheir I teachers on the waiting list do not
organizations everywhere do not bear out the report said to be worrying ' suggest that they be considered in
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! following suggestion:
Where there are white teachers
CONQUEST OK THE HOOKWORM. teaching in schools of which a large
A few years ago the hookworm was a Joke believed by most people to majr'ty are Colored why not re-
be merely a science or "high brow" way" of describing lazy and undevelop- Jj rTo need
eo people i nanKB to me reseurcnes oi me nocKeiener f ounaation tne ml
crobe of the disease has been Isolated and the conditions which contribute
to Its propagation have been thoroughly studied.
The latest report of that body shows the beneficial effect of curative
and protective treatment in many parts of the world. Tests showed that
the mentality of some 10000 of our white soldiers at Camp Travis Infected
with the disease was about 33 per cent below normal while curiously the
demands them?
The teachers thus obtained to-
gether with the newly graduated
teachers would relieve conditions
and the prepared Colored teachers
would be given positions. Why hrlng
in "outsiders" and ignore the Phil-
adelphia boys and girls who waits
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Negro soldier although quite as susceptible to the infection did not show "!" "7 """
the same proportion of mental deterioration or the same susceptibility to
other diseases as did the whites. In Queensland the tests showed a retarda-
tion of about two years among school children infected with hookworm.
The ill effects of the disease however have been disclosed before. This
report Bhows that Siamese soldiers treated for it gained in weight while
those not under treatment did not and that Costa Rican laborers under
medical care were able to do much more work and earn more money than
those not under treatment The most encouraging result of the widely-
extended fight against the infection is the fact that the populations among
whom it is conducted become awakened to the advantage of sanitary pre-
causions and securing better health conditions. So long as they were ig
norant or of ndifferent to the danger from the neglect of livinc conditions . I8. ?our cnild. -'etin a square
. v. ... .u . .. .. ... eal.' If not what are you going
ptx-ununy lavurtiuiu iu uiv spicttu ui uia mieuuuii iitue uuuiu uu nunc lor j0 Q about it?" In these words the
The school at Seventeenth and
Christian streets may be used as an
illustration. It has been observed
that from 80 to 90 per cent of the
children are Colored. All the teach-
ers are white. There are other
schools where similar conditions ex-
ist. America stands for justice. Shall
Philadelphia stand for less?
WHAT YOUR CHILD NEEDS.
COLONEL SIMMONS AN II COMMUNITY BEBTICB.
Roscoe Conklin Simmons spoke to a crowded house on last Friday
night and by that speech did much to uphold and maintain his reputation
one of the foremost orators of America. His subject "My Flag From State
Street to St Mlhlel" was fitly chosen and skillfully handled. Mr. Simmons
as an orator stands almost without a pier among Negroes and in its last
analysis his message is charged with truths which are unassailable. He
calls to public attention the loyalty and whole-beated support of Negroes
at all times of America and proves beyond a doubt his value to America
and its traditions and- In the face of facts which prove beyond a doubt hiB
value tr America begs for him a man's chance.
Mr. Simmons spoke to a mixed audience and we noted admiration and
sincere respect for the man and his message upon the faces of all who were
present.
He came under the auspices of the local Community Service and It Is
to the credit of the manager and his Advisory Board that so many of Dallas
citizens were able to be helped by this orator.
The funds from the lecture go into tho Community Service treasury and
are to be used In the continuation of this work in Dallas. Community Service
will be remembered as War Camp Community Service which opened in
Dallas a few monthB ago for the purpose of welcoming back to civil life
the soldiers and sailors who had seen service In me late war. Later after
demobilization had been completed It became Community Service and Is
now managed and financed by Community Service (Inc.) which In America
hss been responsible for parkB supervised playgrounds for children and
all similar activieB which have tended to ncrease the happiness and con-
tentment of citizens generally.
This branch In Dallas has done wonderful work in stimulating interest
and enthusiasm among all classes of people along the lines of ciyic well
being and social activltiy and it has filled and is filling a long felt need
among the people as a general meeting place and center of recreation.
Its future program is to be broader. It is to become a real Community
House which shall be maintained for the citizens who support It. It Is
expected that while It will continue to have a well developed social side
it will be more fully- allied with such community projects as charities de-
velopment clubs of whatevery sort they may be and its recreational facili-
ties will bo open to the Community generally.
It Is easy to see the advantage In having such a center of civic social
and religious activity among us for the co-mlngllng of individuals
means n ts last analysis a sharing of though and a co-operation
In action In no other way attainable. It will mean that there will be made
possible a sympathy of action In all movements amf an understanding of
the intent and purposes of every project add will serve In a way to do
away with unnecessary effort in many directions.
It is to be supported by the Negro citizens of Dallas. We feel that it
will recolve their hearty support and co-operation and we are assured mat
It will continue to result In lasting good to the community generally as it
has already done.
Its eradication. Its conquest like that of other infections depends upon
the cooperation of the people among whom it thrives. Such local help is
beginning to be given and that points to the day when hookworm wll be as
prevontable as yellow fever or typhoid.
ALABAMA'S FINES FOR LYNCHING.
The account of court proceedings at Bayminette Alabama that has
drifted to the North is inspiring. Twelve men Indicted for taking a help-
less prisoner innocent n the eye of the law out of his cell and murdering
him have pleaded guilty "by consent" fines ranging from $100 to $300 have
been imposed and paid and the affair is resjudicata.
Now any punishment for lynching is better than no punishment. The
slaying of an accused but unconvicted fellow citizen cannot be regarded
so seriously as horse theft In Alabama until public sentiment has changed;
of course the fellow who stole a horse would not escape with a line and
no imprisonment but the suppression of mob-murder by substantial fines
to make it expensive is not to be discouraged. It is the first step that
counts. Sooner or later a short Jail sentence will be insisted on.
Don't make the mistake of imagining that Alabama is hampering cus- J tainlng such standards as these for
k4.T.4.M. n-i. Ai.Km . iHlhls children it would be a fortunate
new dodger "WHAT DO GROWING
CHILDREN NEED?" just issued by
the the Children's Bureau of the U.
S. Department of Labor challenges
every parent. In simple concise
language the essential requirements
for the normal growth and develop-
ment of the child arc listed under
the headings Shelter Food Cloth-
ing ) Health and Personal Habits
Play Education and Work Religion
and Moral Training.
These simple standards include
nothing that is not fundamental. It
would be easy for the parent to check
each item and discover in what re-
spects if any his child is not getting
what is absolutely necessary for his
proper development.
While the average well-to-do in-
telligent parent could probably rate
himself 100 per cent efficient in main-
tomary Industry In this Bayminettee case. The Alabama judges would
shrink in horror from the notion of punishing members of a white mob
for slaughtering a Negro charged with speaking insolently to a white per-
son. Here the victim was as white as his murderers. The race line is em-
phasized not softened in the discriminatory infliction of a penalty on lynch-
ers of a Caucasian.
"Blood riteney" is a term much older than the English language much
older than European civilization. The ancient Jews knew fts meaning and
the ancient Hindoos. But n Its earliest form the payment went to the rela-
tives of the victim. Here the fines are taken by the community and go
to the reduction of taxation which is always popular.
In recording our thoughts and deeds we hope that Saint Peter will
consider the effects of hard times and high costs on ardinary human minds.
It seems that If the miners felt that the population was too large they
might have found a better way of decreasing it than of freezing it to death.
We realize now that that often-seen orator who waved his arms stamp-
ed his feet and cut all manner of forensic didoes came from a country
where miners often went on strikes at the same time that the gas pres-
sure was low and the Inhabitants had to do something to keep warm.
We agree with all who wish for a speedy termination of the unpleasant-
ness with Mexico and. our friends in West Texas join us most heartily in
this wish. They're too close to Mexico for comfort.
"LEST WE FORGET."
This is the caption of a sane frank and fearless editorial which was
y recently published in The Los Angeles Times perhaps the most influential
dally on the Pacific coast It is certainly one of the fairest-minded and
largest visloned newspapers in the country. Tho Times says most force-
fully and truthfully the thing that needs to be said in these troublous times
when there seems to be a concerted plan to brand our men as rapists. This
damnable propaganda was carried with malicious Intent to France where
the splendid conduct and manly self-restraint of our brave black troopers
stamped it as a lie. If has been revived in our homeland and again with
malicious intent Therefore it Is most gratifying to find infleutla news
papers seeking to counteract the njury done us by the wide circulation of
libelous reports. When tempted to become bitter and resentful take heart
and be grateful for the friends of truth and justice who have the courage
to give wide publicity to words like these in The Los Angeles Times:
'Through It all white people should keep their minds clear and not
permit themselves to make the mistakes of thinking that all Negroes are
like. When some degenerate Negro assaults a whUe woman and is lynched
for It while people who do not think deeply come to the conclusion that
every Negro would assault a white w omtm if he did not stand in fear of
lynching.
"Nothing could be farther from the the truth than this conclusion.
Anyone who knows it is not true. The Negro who assaults or who desires
to assault white women Is the exception. We do not fear to say that this
kind of Negro numbers only one In 10000. And that is Just as good an
averfege as white people can claim.
"The fact is that the average Negro is not at all attracted by white
women. We are to remember that there have been and still are white men
who prefer Negro women to their own race. One of the greatest lawyers
America has ever known was one of these.
"Neither are we to forget that during the civil war the cultured white
women of the south were left wholly at the mercy of Negro guardians while
their men folks were away in the battlefields. And these women were not
violated. The Negro then answered for himself and his answer was sub-
lime. Monitor
We are charitable It's true but we don't quite agree with those U. S. dip
lomats who sold that few million of pounds of sugar to France at thrte-
fourth what we used to pay for it and raised the price on us. Charity be-
gins at home.
community In which every child had
correct weight for height; a safe
clean roomy place for outdoor and
indoor play; and schooling for at
least nine months a year from 7 to
16 years of age; or even clean whole
garments and three square meals a
These dodgers can serve the com-
munity as well as the parent as the
basis for R survey of Its children.
"Has your child these?" is a jues-
tion not only for parents buf also
for cities towns and villages. The
children's rights in a democracy are
without exception all "children's
rights.
POLITICAL PATTER
-V1DA.
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OUR GREATEST DUTY.
Next year the greatest duty given
to an American citizen is to be dis-
charged when he cast his ballot for
some man to be president of this
county. Each four years smce the
country has been a constituted re-
public the people have voted and
elected some man to shape the af-
fairs of the government and with the
inception of the man comes each
time a new policy and a change of
sentiment and conditions.
Not sinco the black man became a
citizen of this country has ho been
placed in the position which he has
occupied for the past eight years
and never has he had such an un-
even chance to measure up to con-
ditions. Although the Colored man's ballot
made it possible for Mr. Wilson to
become chief magistrate of the gov-
ernment he has never done one thing
toward helping the black man In a
straight forward way to be treatted
as a man and as a citizen. After
his failure to redeem the pledge
made to the black men who so ably
supported him In his first election
his policy has been a negative one
in all things In which the Colored
man has been concerned.
The black man's ballot helped to
elect him the first time and then
the women made the majority for
him the second time.
Both times fate seemed favorable
to him first the black man's repu-
diation of the Republican party and
then the women's hope that Mr. Wil-
son would keep Ibis country out of
the war.
History records just how sincere
the President was with either of
these causes which contributed so
much to his political welfare. Every
sensible person admits that expe-
rience is the best teacher and if
any people have druifk the bitter
dregs of political experience more
thoroughly thau the American black
man no one knows.
There is no use discussing the
war that is past and every intel-
ligent person knows either from ex-
perience or by study what has really
happened and none have suffered
more than the black man and none
needs to profit more by experience.
So far in national affairs our
best hopes seem with the Republican
party but even with that party we
must satisfy ourselves that the lead-
ers and standard bearers must stand
as near upon the platform of uni
versal suffrage ana mannooa rignis
as it is possible for a white man to
stand and in order to get the men
of honor uprightness and justice we
must begin to sift the records of the
men who are being groomed as pro-
posed possibilities and when we have
satisfied ourselves that they are as
near the quality as we can get them
it is our duty to do our best for
their nomination and election. It
ever there was a time when the Col-
ored people should scrutinize close-
lv nnd flight mnrp imltpdlv nnr) de
terminedly 1920 campaign and elect
ion is me time.
The Star.
Twenty years ago we went into a grocery store with our money tied
in the corner of a handkerchief and hauled our goods away in a wagon and
now we haul the money in a wagon and tie the goods up in the handkerchief.
Just a little cold is not half so far-reaching In its effects as just a lit-
tle coal.
The only man now dayB who is free from debt is the man who can't
get into it
The bestj proof of a happy home is a clean smiling baby.
Editors'
Notice i
The Dallas Express will b" glad to receive from any of its read-
ers say article upon current topics which may be submitted for
which it may have space. We ask however that these artUcies be
moderate in lenirth and that as far as possible they be typewritten
and signed. If It is not possible to type them we ask that the page
be written on one side only and as plainly as ts possible. Address
all such articles to the Literary Editor Dallas Express
GOING OUT OF FASHION.
(From New Orleans Item).
Some months ago Alabama gave a party of lynchers notice that mob
law has been set aside at- least temporarily in that state. The notice
took the form of nearly a score of penitentiary and jail sentences distributed
among murderers of a helpless prisoner in a county jail. Later seven white
men were convicted at Winston-Salem North Carolina of attempting to
lynch a Negro. They carried the case to the Supreme Court That body
has found their conviction was proper and they must undergo their punish-
ment This week Kentucky adopted a constitutional amendment providing for
the automatic removal of all officials responsible for the maintenance of
law and order in a county where a lynching occurs. An enabling act Is
required to put It In free but this will undoubtedly pass as soon as the
legislature meets.
Lynching has had Its day in the South. Other southern states will soon
follow In the footsteps of those that have taken vigorous measures who let
them have their way. The law-abiding citizens of every Southern State re-
gard it with horror and destation and their influence In the matter will be
Increasingly felt It is not merely a grave moral wrong an outrage aimed
at law and order which endangers all the people white and black but it
Is an economic blunder which injures every community stained by such occurrences.
THE RIGHT TO EAT
What the Negro Asks of the Ad-
ministration at Washington
Sir: In this morning's issue of
The Tribune you have an article re-
lative to the protest made by the
National Association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People against race
discrimination practiced in the res-
taurants of the Congressional Li-
brary of Washington. Your article
is headed "Right to Eat with Whites
is Demanded by Negroes." "Eating
with white folks" has nothing to do
with this protest We are protest-
ing against the gross and open prac-
tice of .injustice in a building owned
by the nation and supported by com-
mon taxation and against the humil-
iation and invonvenience to which
Colored citizens are subjected. It
makes no difference to the Colored
people in Washington and of the
country whether any white people
eat in the Congressional Library
restaurant or not. What they are
after is something to eat and a place
in which to eat it. If you v are not
familiar with the factSj they are
as follows:
If a Colored person has business
at the Capitol If he ts trying to see
the Senators or Congressmen from
his state and has to wait around as
is often the case the greater part of
the day there 1b not a decent place
within a mile where he can get a
meal. Notwithstanding there are
restaurants under the dome of the
Capitol but ever since the present
Administration has been in power
Colored people have been refused
service absolutely in these restau-
rants. The managers of these res-
taurants apd lunch counters receive
their fight to do business from the
Congressional' Committee in charge
of the Capitol and the Capitol
grounds. Up to a recent time Col-
ored people could go across from the
Capitol to the Congressional Li-
brary and be served there; but
with the appointment of a new su-
perintendent discrimination is now
the policy in the restaurant of the
library.
It appears to me that it is only
the monumental egotism of the white
man that allows him to think that
Colored citizens of the United States
eating in a public restaurant con-
ducted in one of the national build-
ings are seeking to "eat with white
folks."
JAMES WELDON JOHNSON.
Field Secretary National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People.
Wilson's Policy Protects No One Rut
The Outlaws.
(From the Chicago Tribune)
We are threatening intervention
again In Mexico. The government
policy Is probably no nearer effectlvo
settlement of Mexican disorders now
than it has been in the past but
when the Mexicans crowd their el-
bows into American ribs a bit harder
than ordinary there are at least
threats to do something about it
Threats backed by no purposes to
do anything merely aggrevate the
conditions.
We have waited watchfully long
enough to exactly see what comes of
the plan allowing Mexico to develop
a decent and strong government from
within. Mexico is not doing it. It
has been our opinion that Mexico
will have to be given order from
without Mexican developments con-
firm that opinion.
Order can be brought about by in-
tervention if it 1b not intervention
merely to chase some robbers or to
take a city for a short while. If it
is intervention to clean up thorough-
ly Mexico can get peace and decent
government.
President Wilson's policy is sup-
posed to be for the 81i per cent of
Mexicans thought to be law abiding.
If they are law abiding they are the
greatest sufferers from this policy.
It does not protect them. It pro-
tects the 15 per cent of Mexicans
who want disorder and thrive on It.
Intervention would give the 85 per
cent a chance. It will not do any
good unless it is thorough and is in-
tended to put Mexico on its feet and
keep it there. The military under-
taking should not be difficult In
our puttering around In Mexico we
have fought the Mexicans as they
prefer to fight in skirmishes with
small arms in raids over great ex-
panses of territory.
If the 85 per cent of Mexicans
want peace and security and pro-
tection in their farming cattle rais-
ing and industries they could get it
all by their own efforts if they had
support from stragetic towns.
The United States could organize
clothe arm feed and pay a body of
Mexicans who for clothes food and
pay would be willing to pacify their
country and put It In order and keep
it in order.
Maybe it Will Awaken
(From the Doylestown (Pa) Intelli-
gencer) After the administration has per-
mitted bandits to drive American in-
vestors out of Mexico and Central
American countries and British and
German Investor secure control or
all the best oil properties perhaps
it will awake to the Importance of
oil as a fuel in the operation of mer-
chant marine a navy and industry
in general.
Read It With Patience
(From the Chicago Tribune)
Carranza it appears has declared
"categorically" that he will not pay
ransome for the American consular
agent Jenkins. To which we assume
our answer will be "Oh very well "
The Mexican reply will make an-
other page in the history of Wil-
sonian foreign policy which we may
read with what patience our late ex-
periences have developed In u.
It has been a long time since we
heard that tv.o can live more cheap-
ly than one.
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