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- > SAK) oe. AMSTER i As the Crow Flies ‘ By W.E. 8 pu Bors LTE, fellow white Americans - ‘Yes, yes, yes! We are going to do our_bit. Po this war as in others we will be nelinn: Americans, ‘We fight not in foy but in sorrow with no feeling of ; Presraims T wonder if it tm possible for Negro Ameri- Ans consciously end clearly to set before them- selves and at once follow three programs which always ap , r and re-appear among us and “yet elf are Jogical and rational and not contradictory. First, a Program of immediaie denial of admission to Publicly supported places of recreation; demand for equal pay in return for equal services. These and e half dozen other American Negro should make. The movement to gain them ought to be put into the hands of race. It ia improbable that al} these objectives can be reached within the ext few years and al] of them ere worth trying for. New Group Fresstre Second, group pressure and organization: This is w program of careful offensive and defensive organization. It should fight for effective and complete education even if that involves separate educational institutions. 11 fights for economic Security and such a measure of economic auton~ omy as is necessary and possible in order to a cure Negroer a decent income, so that they can support their own institutions. Jt would involve consumers cooperation and, wherever feasible, producers cooperation; racial business organiza- tion,. racial institutions like ehurches and social settlements. It would look forward toward the organization of adequate recreational facilities, not simply for children but for youths and adults: Organized social activity giving the opportunity for young people of Martiageabie age to meet under the proper circumstances and choose their mates by deliberation and not by sheer chance, The organization of homes and neighborhoods so as to be protected, not only from slum influences, but from race hate; and the e@ncouragement of farnily life and the reproduction of an adequate number of children to maintain our present pop- ulation. All these we are doing with with hesitancy and often lack of conviction. We are forced into these lines of effort by race prejudice and in our t resentment against race Prejudice we allow our- selves often to plan and organize poorly or not - J at all. This work should ke comried oe by the middle-aged group, liberal in education and +, thought, and fairly secure in their economic sur- iy Toundings. It need have no quarrel with the ". young radicals. Qn the other hand, it ean aften .” furniah them sinews of war and advice, and in : parts af their program it may be possible for em to share, Nevertheless, their main object is to put the Negro group ioday in a position of g Security and progress, whether or not that in- * wolves segregation and group loyalty. . -_ t “ Wontinued Nexi Week) - ee —* nerirmeeneavenseneran set ny Jo—eervesernsecnone