How can we justify our preachments of democracy and jus-
tice and freedom to all when a man who is courteous and
clean, and who is denied a 35 beer by a public licensee
on a street he is passing through simply because he is a
Negro?
Color prejudice is a thing most foul. I can
change my speech, learn Italian, Russian, Hotentot or
Japanese. I can change my religion; worship Christ, Je-
hova, Mohammed or Buddah. I can acquire any trait, ethnic
quality or environmental habit, yet I cannot change my
skin.
Why should Delegates Dabrowski or Hostetter
expect my son to make a greater sacrifice on the battle-
field than theirs? You can go all over the world --
China, India, Russia, France -- only here is a man denied
rights because of something he can do nothing about. This
is the injustice of it all. It is truly a phenomena.
THE CHAIRMAN: Any other delegate desire to spea}
in opposition to the anendnent?
Delegate Child?
DELEGATE CHILD: I don't want to take up any