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Paul's Wintry
egro Leader Claims Discrimination- Growing In
By G. MacLeod Ross
DISCRIMINATION, 11
Rustin, the negro•14ader in his
article in the London Sunday
times -bemoans ditscriminatibn
against the'suntouchablesr' of India;
Ile alight haveadded the religious
prejudices as between Hindu and
`Moslem; „the tribalism of Africa;
rica;
even the division of Muslims into
Siinnih and Shias. But .the. negro
leader will never modulate his
appeal by acknowledging . that
there are negroes and negroes,
just as there are whites and
whites. I have seen Hindus wham I
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1pathed and despised, yei I have
'been proud to find friendship and.
comradeship with such as the gen.
#le Kapoor, a Peshawari Hindu.
. Possessed of a brilliant mathe•
matical brain, tar superior to my
own, here was a modest, sophist.•
icated, loyal, hardworking offi-
cer, whose.•honaurs degree from
Glasgow University had been foil.
owed by 10 years residence.,in
England. The same can be said
of Chinese ;gentlemen I have
known and I salute RungFungHs•
sang. ,I have met Pathans of whose
cunning bar a•z ism I am reminded
when I read of 'onditions in Dal.
las, Texas on ovember 2$nd
1963. But egltal y I have been
prbud to associatewith nen like
Khan Bahadur S ,arbat Khan,
sorinetime Political AgentTochi•,-
N.W.F.P, and one whobefriended
me so often. ".
England did not mature over.
night. The feudal serfs of the el.
eventh century, should. they re.
appear today in their thousands,
would be, collectively, just as in.'r
compatible as is the collective ne.
gro. And no one will deny that the
feudal conditions under which
many negro slaves lived in the U$
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before' emancipation, produced a extralegal strategies. If direct
Much more socially compatible action is now taken, without viol.
individual than have the factories ence, many of the uncommitted
and easy` -money of Detroit and (that, is the discriminators) will
Chicago since 1939. Nevertheless •' be pulled the right way and de.
the paternalistic 'climate of life clare for immediate relief",
on a plantation merely condition. So once again we encounter the
ed the negro to , become a ready same old, discountenanced cliche
victim for the social welfare that 'laws' will make the negroe„>
measures which .are so lavishly __collectively acceptable irlWest.
offered in the Western world. ,ern society 'as neighbours,
In New Orleans I walkedwith my employees, friends and acquaint.
Southern hostess when a negro anoes, How can Bustin believe
begged from her. "Get off that that a "law” cast change apeople
sidewalk ,and take Off yo'a hat" whose state of development is
she said. The negro disappeared still hundreds of years behind that.
down a side street. When we got to ,of the majority with which they
her home my hostess' children demand unconditional equality? if
surrounded her asking for cook. "laws" fail, and every sane man
les, They were followed by their knows how ineffective they are to
negro nurse. My hostess kissed change social 'attitudes,; then, like
her children and said: "You just all the other leaders, he counsels
do what Majnrny Lou thinks best ,V direct action., p
for you". There you have thebas. Rustin skirts a valid solution
is contradiction in its•stark.
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RUSTIN'S SOLUTION
Rustin's recipe for redress is
first, resort to a law or laws.
"The only alternative to law"
he says "is • direct action..,,tfe
coloured minorities will take to
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Wingham 'town hall..
The president Harvey C.' John.
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cot raging reports were heard
from all departments. It is ex.
pacted that the objective for the
campaign will be reached.
Gordon Leggitt and his "Bell
Ringers" delighted those present
with several musical numbers.
A very excellent essay on
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cancer, written by Douglas Eedy
of Holyrood, was read • by Mrs.
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Reverand Mr. Hamilton pre.
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his accompanying commentary.
The little cradle, made ariddon.
ated to the• sq'd'lety ,.by Mr. and
Mrs. Tiesma was on display at
this --meeting. It was unanimously
v decided to present this gift . to
the Princess Margaret hospital in
Toronto. Ladies .of the Wingham
.branch served refreshments
at the close of 'the meeting.
Labor Speaks.
'Published by
,rGODERICH and DISTRICT LABOR COUNCIL
All too often, we who belong to
Unions have_ letters • read at our
meetings ' 'asking for financial
help for other Unions, who have
been._forced to strike. As, a rule
• these letters tell us what they
are on strike for; often it is hard
to believe what small wages men
are expected to work.for. These
other towns are• like ours; the
Union men receive at least aver.
age wages; so what does the non.
union man get and how is he ex.
pec.ted to live, on it?
Unions haven't been able to get
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.the profits yet. Not while theboss
goes to Florida every winter and
'ais workmen can't afford to goon
camping trip for . a week. Not
while the boss •drives a new high.
priced car and the worker drives
a piece of mobile : junk, Not while
his kids go to a private school and
his workmen's kids have to quit
' school dt sixteen 'to ga to work.
• Not while the worker has to, piIt
his wife to work to keep his home
,together.. Not while he has td have
a second job to try to .make ends
meet.
Fellow Workers, there isn't a
single one of , us that the boss
keeps around because he likes our
looks or we're good company.
If we're not making a profit for
him, we all know what happens.
'We're outl
So far all the Unions have been
able to do is get a start made.
Some of course have done better
than others. But, what about you,
who don't as yet, belong .to a
`py th-Your
pay a cheque and your hours , of
work? Is there room for improve.
m ent?
You can get together and do
segfthing about it. ' If you wait t.
for your b64S to give you a fair
share of the profits you make for
him, you'll still be waiting wndn
you get your only ride in a Cad:
iliac; one way to the cemetery.
It will be too late tlien.do it
•• . now!
re
when`he says; "We hear that time
willtake care of the problem.
Time in itself solves nothing; it
is what is done with the time that
counts{'. Having regard to the
centuries it tdok the
world to emerge, it wouldbesur.
• prising' if the collective (negro did ,'.
,not also require a considerable
per, iOdloo. Not,.that it need be
measured in centuries of course,
.having regard to the potential ad.
vantage, Q>n,livirig'beside a:modern.
civilisation,
There Iso none ' who would, not
wish -to see the collective. negro
shed his inferiority .Complex;
show pride in . being negro and
anxiotits to conform to the usages
of the rKtajority. Would it not .do
more to establish his image, if
he and his leaders employed a
--,more subtle, approach and thus
proved that he deserved recogn.
ition, rather than trying to com•
Mani it? For'.it doesnet require
.great sophistication to
Whence Rustin's "direct actio
without Violence" will lead.
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