St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-05-24
The Negroes and the
Communists
(From Catholic Central Verein Bulletin)

To write about Communism today to the criticism
beating dead horse For the opinion gaining ground that Com
country been quelched Immediately following
the maance between Hitler and Stain o-cad liberal
and magazines any ae
ton for it became fashionable" dey the Red
Communism in
States not destroyed by violent exrpan decay and
neither thus Although under
ground temporarily it gives evidence of being much alive
Ample hand that the Communists again hard
pursuing successfully
the past They begun Negro
than has crowned their The S
Argus weekly Negro May 10th pointed zone of the
the party and are joining the ranks Of that orgn
zaton This bit OF evidence the asserts the resignation
A. Philip Randolph president Negro
from that body because of its Communist tendencies"
Moreover Ashley Toten international secretary of the Brother
hood Sleeping Car Porters the coun largest and most influential
Negro labor unon charged that Congress
munists Speaking at De PORES Center New York City, at meeting
held under the auspices of the Catholic eac Council
Catholic praised Randolph American Negro
realized that the Communists would destroy all that the Negroes
American citizens hold dear and cherish"
Specifically Mr. Toten the
Congress conducted Washington c. clearly evidenced
the letter. Soviet Russia had been warmly defended
leaders, had attended as
Official delegates"
The "st Louis Argus" however
dphs processes surprise
closed when studied from all
posed almost exclusively young people,
that being heapd their by
constantly before their within their hearing
little hope for the future when with every they they
confronted with you can't here there you
their economic condition. they met with can't work
can't work there Many of the youth feel they
the lowest economic level"
OF greater significance bitterly
is that whenever Negroes hnk of
nchs and the mobs
when they go into the temples of justice country
the color of their skin the strongest determining
innocence and justice equity when
their being adudicated."
Fastening deny Congress
high regard for certain Negro leaders, especially Randolph
editorial at the partially
their resentment and their demands that something be DONE sour
many years. the argus points little gained
civil political
becoming embarrassing Negro leadership whether like
not Commenting that resolutions meetings
and conferences Negroes the states onca
back home and doing the old things will
Considering the nustces heaped Negro
it is only natural the
honey held by the Communists should
The faacy inherent Communism apparent
of the coored country
people,
For theequas Of century country has
redmens problem Conferences meetings
white people condemn acam in other only
sporadic attempts to solve the problems
fronting country The gubjugated segregated
work out his destiny the
social and cultural level Not only the racial
solution it farther from settlement
Of the Civil War And until such time the white
practice certain neglected principles of Christian charity
recognize the difficulty and honestly matters
hardly IN position to condemn the Negro for accepting
since the Communists least
owhp and promise complete political social equality