Show Negroes Who o Filled Need o of Short or Labor Now NOVI owl Grave Problem Ey UJ UJ's Associated s la Press lien CHICAGO Aut Au Aug SO Chicago O. has Us its C CHICAGO W race problem The Tho second largest city In the United States Stales Is unable to solve soh It Tho The negro Invasion began bes-an soon after the outbreak of oC the World war when Industrial plants were calling for labor Agents penetrated the south Bouth spread spreading InS InS' reports of or northern riches raco race equality and glowing slowing among amon the the- imaginative o colored men It was as not hard to induce them to leave their fields of or cotton and humble cabIns cabins cabins cab cab- ins for Cor the eil city o of promise The They camo came by br tho the thousands Great p packing plants were teeming with black men and women descendants descendants descend descend- ants of former slaves la fount found employment employment employ employ- ment in tho the ell city departments they worked on railroads and In machino machine shops Many ran of ot them mado made goodar good AVar ar Pa PaC t Conditions Chan Change c But when the thc war was over and the white whito men came back to their old employment employment em em- thousands of or negroes roes found round themselves out of work Many Ian became criminals and scores of murders and and ups hold-ups were cre traced to not so long long- before discharged from om in industrial In- In plants These incidents contributed contributed con con- to tho resentment of or the white people Under tho the doctrine of or race equality Chicago could not attempt segregation in the schools But white children refused refused re re- ro- ro fused to occupy scats seats with little negro girls s and boys Clashes frequent and sometimes they got beyond control control control con con- of oC principals and teachers Ono One instance serves to illustrate A school chool principal who feared his negro charges chare would be Imposed upon after leaving school undertook to escort es escort escort es- es cort them home A negro man tho the father Cather fa father fa- fa ther of or one of or tho the children resented tho the principals principal's action and charged him with attempting segregation lie assaulted assaulted assaulted as as- the white mau Other white men and negroes gathered A race raco riot was In progress pros In the shots that were cro fired Ired ono negro was waa wounded l. Tho The negro ro responsible for the trouble was killed leaping from a Q bridge while fleeing the mob Tho The Incident was wasu u used od b by southerners to Illustrate their contention that tho the northern white whiteman whiteman whiteman man was vas no different from the tho southern southern southern south south- ern white while man in dealing with th the negro no- no gro sro as a a. neighbor l roII homes Dynamited Another cause causo for frequent clashes has hns been a n tendency of negroes to to oc occupy oc- oc cu cupy houses In exclusive neighborhoods neighborhoods neighborhoods neighbor neighbor- hoods peopled by whites Tho The expanding expanding expand expand- ing negro population forced scores of oC colored families to move Into inlo flats where white whito families lived In ono one section section section sec sec- tion of or tho the eit city it was charged whito householders contributed to a general fund that was paid to gunmen to dynamite hOl homes es of or ne negroes A ne negro negro no- no gro child wa was killed and several colored colored col col- ored orcil persons were Injured A committee of negroes groes brought their complaint to the city council but hut found no relief A special committee called on Mayor Thompson on but tho time mayor maor decline to meet It IU Promised police protection brought no relief from dynamite outrages os In most cases a second warning to a negro family to move is not necessary ary for Cor innumerable instances have o taught tho the negro that tho the second warning iu is In tho the form of ot a a. bomb or a stick of oC dynamite lay In Return S SOuth SOuthA uth uthA uthA A conference of ot white men and negro nero ne- ne gro ro raco race leaders haw has been called to tr try to solve the problem Scores of ot roes negroes have returned south Houth convinced con con- vinced that conditions there are arc more favorable to them than In the tho north The They za say tho the southern white man understands understands un the negro and provides n a place in civic and Industrial life lite for I him the tho northern man proclaims I Ito Ito to tho the world equally of or the tho races but tails falls to practice It when his neighbor I Is 13 a I. I negro i |