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E B William Dubois — Part 1

107 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Feb 8, 1942 · Broad topic: Civil Rights · Topic: E B William Dubois · 106 pages OCR'd
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. a we vr ieie + Cet b,14:.> aw? amine Gelegstes om | DU BOIS TELLS HARLEM 4 applauded refer ner as... Frluiem > Was praised in Guill, preai- rt Workers eeph E. O'Grady, who irector of the City ns Division Wednes- eat against Acting .itteri’s decision to run dent against Justice “mpellitteri waa not eet the convention. invite him was in- ken of the C. L O.’s _ candidacy. aracterized the Re- as “a menace to abor” and derided abor policies of the ration. He blamed OF passage of the Law, and gave as- Democrats would ght off the books” month. wails Dewey Mr. Lynch, Mr. “ mned Governor xg that the Dem- candidates ‘‘out ywok.” The C.1. 0. -his statement ag 1¢ Governor had ‘¢ plain people— ~ telephone book. ‘in called Mr. ‘t friend the De- wand the labor- rica have in Con- council’s endorae- pellitteri waa de- & voice vote at a! oosevelt Auditor-! venteenth Street. ayy aers opposed the and Martin T. ident, refused to ONLY U.S. WANTS WAR A vehement attack on the Gov- ernment of the United States as the only ome in the world that wanted war, and on the Repub- licans and Democrats for their “bipartisan policy of war" was made last night by Dr. William E. B. Du. Bois, American Lebor party candidate for United States Senator. . Dr. Du Bois addressed 1,500 per- song at a campaign rally in the Golden Gate Ballroom, Lenox Ave- nue and 142d Street. Much of his Iong speech was devoted to a social history of Harlem as the focus of Negro progress in the las® hundred years. Dr. Du Boia moe a reputation ag historian and ewrit- er before becoming active in leftist politics. “Of all nations today,” the 80- year-old professor charged, “the United States alone wants war, forces other nations to fight, and asks you and me to impoverish ourselves, give up health and schools, sacrifice our sons to a jim-crow army, and commit sui- cide for.a world war that nobody wants but the rich Americans who profit by it.” With a scornful reference to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Dr. Du Bois declared: “Let us stop the antics of the Wild Man of Tokyo who is determjied of his own will to fight Ching’/and Russia, and the Bisenhowers/ who declare openly 1 the world.’” when he served at City Hall the for a hand vote.| facts concerning police graft were oor ented ®lan open seqret. He called for a pecial sessjon of the Legislature . g referred to the/and demagded that Governor n he spoke last | Dewey ord ng of his Ex-| vestightj * ¢onx campaign the Concourse! mand = car a new “Seabury in- John McManus, Lebor party Gaverns ttackad i aate - rs Fs piettet: 32 mars MEU D, ehiein ce the legislative record of Walter A. ‘hat his oppo-|Lynch, the Democratic candidate, ito cajole and|/as anti-labor. He said there was who had en-|aa much chance of getting civil start,” he said|rights out of Governor Dewey “as the A. F. L. you would get out of voting for a t Halloween pumpkin head.” ADVERTISEMENT ENCLOSULE foo -979-7324 —/7 1°
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