The Northwest Enterprise

RED CROSS DRIVE
By E. I. R.
Nothing would be more pleasing than to see every Negro organization in Seattle have a representative join the army of Red Cross volunteers in their canvass for the 1944 goal.
We are willing to admit the Red Cross does not perfectly fit the specifications and designs of a purely democratic organization. In fact nobody even pretends it does.
We may, in a measure, agree with those who feel that some members of the Red Cross would rather see a white soldier die on the field of battle than administer one drop of Negro blood to save his life.
That stupidity may save the life of some black soldier.
BUT, despite this stupidity, the Red Cross is the only organization
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tion in the world that is doing anything for the entertainment of our own boys on the battlefields in foreign lands.
It is the only organization in the great wide world that can give our boys abroad an atmosphere of home feeling in order to make them fit for the firing line.
In Great Britain alone we have more than 150,000 black men.
Nearly all of these men are engaged in building air fields. making and repairing equipment and carrying bombs to the Air Force.
Each of these men is an unsung hero. Another unsung hero is a Negro soldier in the battle of Salerno, who brought his truck through with much needed ammunition for the artillery, with his left arm shot away by a shell.
This Negro soldier jumped out of his truck, saluted the commanding officer. saying he hoped he had gotten back in time. He dropped dead as he finished reporting.
If that is not enough to make you volunteer for this Red Cross drive - remember this: Negro men and women are being upped in the Red Cross organization. It is said that behind the scenes a mighty change is taking place and this change is for the better. In no sense would we have you cease criticizing any wrong.
If criticism will eventually remove hypocrisy from our democratic government, in the Army, in the Navy. In the Red Cross, whoop it up. But in doing so, be realistic. Do the things duty calls upon you to do whenever the call comes.
The greatest honor you can give to that black soldier who delivered his ammunition, saluted his commanding officer and fell over dead, is to double your contribution to the Red Cross.
JOIN THE NAACP NOW!