The Monroe journal. [volume] (Monroe, N.C.) 189?-1965, 1919-11-07

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The SoGia. o. ghe editorial board oi
one riassziue are men bearing de-
srees itom Harvard university SO
that one cannot say the work is thai
OF unframed minds. This puhlica-
tion Is most radical OF all openly
praisins the march OF the soviet gov
eminent" and eounsel.ng the negro
TO align himself with that movement
by the ORGANIZATION Of negroes ia
four distinct forms labor unions,
farmers protective unicns, co-opera-
tive business. and socialism.
ADVOCATE DIRECT ACTION.
Advocating direct action. one edi-
tOrial says:
The negro must engage in direcs
action. He is forced TO this by The
Government. When the whites speaS
OF direct action. they are told 10 use
I their political power. But with the
negro. il is different. He has no pol
I itical power. Three-fourths of the
( negroes in the United States are dis
enfranchised. II is simply logical for
him to throw his lot with the In
dustrial Workers of tie World"
\ Championship of the attitude of
+ Mexico. denunciation of American
I banking interests. the contrast be
tween alleged Mexican freedom with
/ especial reference TO the negro and
American oppression are discussed az
length. Other editorials constantly
advocate general strike, and in
dustrial unionism for the negro.
Preaching doctrine of physical
force as well as economic force. a
program is mapped out by one OF
the largest negro publications which
appeals to the negroes 10 form vol
untary companies OF those who We're
in the selcctive draft and to find
negro officers who will look after
4 their direction. While contending
that the purpose of such organization
is merely self defense and the uphold
ing of laws, there is running through
4 the editorials spirit of Indictment
that has its danger i'm the possibility
that what might he an insignificant
/ brawl between two or three individ-
uals may be seized by Others in the
for race warfare as the opportunity
to make use of he organization they
have perfected.
One article in particular. written
bv a former negro officer in the
United States army, is given especial
attention i'm the Government report.
He speaks of social equality given
the negroes by the French. and then
says:
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reached the point where their loyalt'
to the Country is conditional. The
patriotism of the mass of negroes
may now be called doubtful"
There is nothing To show that this
officer speaks for any great number
of his race except that his articles
are given prominence in the larger
negro publications.
Usually negro publications deny
that they advocate sex equality, bur
the October number of one of th@
largest comes out openly for socla.
as well as sex equality The Gov
ernment's report on the situation says
i'm conclusion:
Permeating even the negro masses.
there has been aroused a dangerous
sense of radical antagonism which Is
being thoroughly exploited by the
leaders of the press. at least. The
attitude Is not one of wholesome en-
deavor to alleviate and correct the
wrongs under which the negro labors.
Rather il is one of increasing defiance
and organized alignment with the
!, most destructive forces of our poll
teal life to-day
The Government has been advised
by the report in question Of the eN-
tent to which race consciousness and
race antagOnism has been bred.
Without doubt the lynching and race
riots in the last few months have
added fuel to already growing llames.
Just how far the editors are actuated
by a desire TO increase the circula-
ton of their magazines and neWspa-
pers by appealing TO a sense of co;or
prejudice among the negroes is n
genuine movement of retaliation for
, Indictment to riot by newspaper pub
lished by members of the white race
and just how far the returned negro
soldier, with his European ideas OF
social equality have been response
BILE for the present situation will re-
quire thorough investigation by the
T Government and the press of the
Country generally. But that sinisie-
propaganda is already at work among
negroes in these days is large fact
f which the Government is not likely
, to ignore and which may be brought
to the attention of Congress when
, legislation TO curb the revolutionary
press of the Country is soon reques-
ted.