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STATI (II) Artlius Knmlnll, Jr.An urmy of lioo national guardsmen, 1800 regular police. and li.IO'J special deputies were assembled in San Francisco on July 16. to protect i tuple) el 's property because „ the order for a general strike wasiol given by uni n leaders to all orga- j pt nlzed laborers In the city. The number of arnted thugs that Jhe employ- to ers bat e Imported fo smash picket ni lines, and to foment trouble so fa that strikes In other parts of the -t country will be discouraged, is not th reported. puThe Detroit daily paper that has been “On guard for rich men's rights' over a century” announces jiu that the strike will be the worst ,u calamity to San Francisco since the fire of ofLabor does not feel so unless np, the so-called forces of law and order sluughter numbers of labor- lya ers. The general strike marks the co-operation of laborers to secure rights for a group of laborers ,on a larger scale than ha* ever been attempted in America.If it Is successful, as was the v recent general strke in Minneapo- |)(in Its, it will show workers that they Gu have a weapon that Is stronger (o|| than tear gas and organized (hisl troops- a combination of men with (,|a^a purpose. ColoItlack workes and all black men h(fr(j who live off T bluck workers ..,)0(should realize the significance of (r|(r a general strike. forA general strike can be used to S(_ stop war. to destroy .discritnlna-fory practices, and to bring about better living conditions for those \yaB who really produce the world s lt;a|nlt; goods. , , . wentIt can. ell the other hand, be Sa|)used against our group; and it wn) will be so used if Negroes con- Ull,tinue to act as scabs and strike- a),|0 breakers. We are so few and so dls- S(m| organized that union pressure ] j( .t)| p.tltlli.'.vi - - l.il ,cou\lt;l force UR out of Jobs, force -\'e1k down our standard of living, tit can \ W(JI• . I* _ n» 11 n Isvnf 11V \ tt Tt \ I* it V I* ■ m .Ivardly go much lower! and leave . urn an Isolated social and economic 1 (lwhiNNTVsvaV tYv« NtiRtD \a»(\«iT*\invf TTorr»Ni\«*nl \i\the admlriisrrniion of the New Deal done for tile race? |(|,They hate drawn salaries, moved tlielr homes to Washington.•nil! Stipplbd totes to the Democratic party.IVr: ! - ' o most tradof \i.o tt I. fm Tun it• - in DeTnit,.. • , •. ..... . In t et at- unda 11 s of asIt.Ivlli. ! tit -hi carry home totheir famines.Tiny f.n us w.th mingled feeling* . r pity ami disgust. We pity t tu.dr destitution, their hunger.n —.Oder to keep from starving; and W they disgust us w.th their weak- * ness, their humility, their lack of aggressiveness that forbids them to fight, to beg. or to steal. .Why is 'black bottom' truly ^ black? iiBecause It has no libraries, no *• supervised recreation playgounds. , o no parks, swimming pool, or ten- |^ nls couts, no adequate community ^ center, no lawns or back yards to |Its houses, no theatres, and no | ^ progressive churrhes.Our chance to elect a Negro coa-gressman from Michigan this year will again be seriously Impaired by the fact that two colored Republican candidates, the Inimical Charleses, will split the Negro vote and allow a white man to be nominated from a black district.In a Enropean country, som* group conscious youth would probably aesasinate the least worthy of the contestants so that his gronp might gain respectable legislative representation We advocate no such drastic procedure here; but we do wish that the man who last entered the race would sacrifice his ambition on the alter of race progress and withdraw his eandl-dscv He will havn done the finest thing that a Detroit Negro has ever done, and he will ftnd himself compensated for It In the future by earning the gratitude and respect of a whole peoplt.Let s glt; on a moonlight,And ance to the tune of Moon-C.low,And drink some moon shine,And forget that the moon 1* cold. And that winter is coming.And that we don’t have a job.
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The Tribune Independent Of Michigan
Detroit, Michigan, US
Sat, Jul 21, 1934
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