Twin-City herald., 1940-03-30


felt, what she thought, when she !.
climbed down off that train on her ar
rival in Minneapolis, and found her
welcoming committee from her own
group of people was lonely red cap.
Sure we realize that she was spon-
sored by white people, and that they
were more or less responsible for her
we'll being during her stay in Minnea-
polls. We also believe that white peo-
pie think whole lot more of Negroes
who are proud of their own, than
those who assume very passive attti-
tude toward our successful ones.
If any white person happened to OBJ
serve that you could not get inside the
Milwaukee station when Joe Louis
came to town, but had none enough
interested in cultural pursuits to meet
either DR.. Carver or Marian Ander-
son, we believe that some of the big
folks who are always squaking about
opportunity, etc, might get very
nasty answer to their complaint.
We do not in any sense wish to
criticise the followers of the mighty
Joe, for we were there with bells on
ourselves, but we want to call your at
tention to a gross negligence, that
must bite Our really big race assets.
Experience has taught US that those
people who have arrived in the fullest
sense feel certain qualification on re-
ceiving honor from their own.
White people receive more favor
able impression of those of us with
whom they come in contact almost
daily, when they see us proud of our
best
This most recent indication of Ne
groid inconsistency did not occur be-
cause we have high ratio of people
who lack culture, it comes from a GER
tain setup that we do not care to go
into, for we are tired of being accused
Of taking a critical attitude. Anyhow
we hope the folks that stand for some
thing in the community will do better
next time.
Tere is good news in the offing for
many a colored person in this COM
munity, for the stars say John Coan
will probably be retained as Post
master in Minneapolis.
This town has been extremely for
tunate in having long list of pretty
fair postoffice executives, but we be-
lieve Mr.. Coan has set an example for
fairness that will be hard to equal.
Perhaps Mr.. Coan himself did not
know the psychological effect of his
recognizing the ability of many of Our
school boys in giving them their quota
of Christmas work.
If the discussions we have heard
among them are interpreted correctly,
a great many of them have lost dan
gerous defeatist attitude that seems to
permeate our group here after contin-
uous bull sessions about the down
trodden.
~ More than that, most OF those boys
needed that money for more than mere
Christmas celebration.
His attitude toward the veteran is
something that he may also be re-
membered by.
Consciously or unconsciously, the
powers that be have not only given
Minneapolis mighty good P. NJ, they
have given most of us a friend upon
whom we can depend.
It seems as though the program oi
cooperation between Jews and Ne
groes mentioned last week may be-
come reality soon.
Meetings are being scheduled to
take in the more active organizations
The Minneapolis Labor Council
may play an important part in affairs
as the prime objective is to secure
more Negro employment.
Some of us who have made the
hopelessness of the younger generation
theme song might go out and look
in on the Youth Conference April 6
and Z.