Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1937-12-10
Other Editors Say
General Johnson DOns His Hood

Hugh Johnson day
join the Kuxers spiritually literally and he has disappointed
those who have been closely studying through his speeches
writings since the hectic days when he had the job of whipping business
into line with the New Deal under the NRA.
At time when fighting desperately against
Gferenals wholesale they
concerned impossible them get word in edgewis
with the doughty General showed
up.
Some time ago this native son of Oklahoma and alumnus of the
United States Army found the the dsastefu
walking euphemistcay resignation
from the President Immediately he began knocking every effort of the
New Deal to improve economic social conditions America
Each week in his column his radio talks he
been reaching closer closer for the Ku Kux
he not reached but placed firmly his
Over the radio and his column he released blast against the
WagnerVan Mugs annchng bill and gratutousy nsued the
privilege of continuing lynch the that they should
stopped from exercising their constitutional rights.
He dug the Reconstruction repeated old
lies that traducers of the Negro have hurled since Appomatox
This he called he most disgraceful period history
during which the radical Republicans sought enanchse the
whole Negro race as Republicans and since they and still are
the majority many install governments
nexpece to treat the white State population conquered
nces'"
Warming barrage falsehOods that
Negroes all New Dealers that "hrd Dealers
are using them their attempt induce Fasm the United
All this mind because New who
being disgraced
ynching fighting to outlaw it.
of plain gov
ynchng
governments doing today
plain that governments
the Southern States the first public school they had
had.
a plain stealing was done by
Reconstruction State only typical the politics of
that the Union Pacific obbng
and the rigging of the New York Stock Market
is also matter of plain fact that Negroes did
single of the Reconstruction although
Legislators did introduce and support enlightened
legislation that the South has heard o OF had
The North the South
Confdes because they had legislation place
the freedmen back into slavery and deprive the Union
victory.
Only States Mississippi Louisiana South Carolina had
Negro citizens only State Mississippi has
black than white people today.
With the Ku Kux Kan the hooded branch
party during the Reconstruction period many years
sefrespeng Negroes had choice Republicans
South.
AS the Solid South
party Negroes joined the Democratic
the South and would have joined that
places if it had been for the lily white Democratic
Negroes positively "al
America there be found
Democrats Socialists Farmer aborte and Communists
whit different from other citizens
who only yesterday enthusiastic New Dealer.
large proportion of the Negroes supporters
Of the New Deal the last Presidential election
shadow of doubt the proportion sup
porers of the New Deal -.. ...~ ~.
Like public fe impossible General Johnson
to forget his heritage divorce himself
which those who fought for long destroy
long cha slavery have sought for justify
treason.
Now that long verge nactng legsa