The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1941-01-10
Good Neighbors
By s. T. McCants


Enterprise, especially the Good
Neighbor Column readers, and
boosters, we extend our sincere
wish for happiness and prosperi-
ty during 1941.
This being my second issue of
the New Year, please know that
have spent much time, and SER
ious thought concerning my mes
sage to you in this article. In the
meantime, l must confess that
1 have found it quite difficult to
bring you an article of inspiration
and cheer, together with pros
porous outlook for the future of
the Negro throughout the country.
AS have explained in several of
my articles that I would dare tell
the truth, so far as my personal
knowledge would allow, so, shall
not say to you my dear friends
and comrades that the beginning
of this New Year looks bright and
prosperous for the Negro. Please
know that am sorry, very sorry,
that conditions here in our great
America are such that the Negro
citizens young and old are lax as to
progressive views concerning the
future of the race.
The socalled great Democracy
that we are being called to defend,
continues to stand by and consent
to the discrimination, murder,
lynching and burning Negroes to
death.
1t appears that of a necessi-
ty we must look to God, for relief.
AS see it, our president who some
eight years ago took the oath of
office of the United States, swore
on the Bible that he would do all
within his power to protect each
citizen of these United States, re-
CARELESS of race, creed or color and
he himself added that he intended
to above all things, give the man
lowest down chance.
Well, we shall not be vulgar and
say he lied, but I am sure the
great majority of the Negroes in
America realize that he failed to
keep these promises, and his ac-
lions which speak louder than
words in standing by consenting
to discrimination, lynching and
burning Negroes by holding the
coats of those un-American white
hoodlums of the south. claim that
he, the President has done nothing
for the Negro that he was not
compelled to do to save his own
hide.
God of course had things so ar
ranged that many poor whites were
placed in the same financial con-
ditions as were the Negroes. He
had to help them, and in so doing
the Negro managed to exist UP
to now. But, as 1 see it at pre-
sent, with the so-called square deal
labor unions refusing to give the
Negro citizens rights to join ano
work as other citizens and for
eigners, the Negro is now passing
through the worst slavery since his
entry into this country some 4OC
years ago. Our boys and girls, the
men and women of tomorrow have
no future for which to look for
ward. All that is in sight is dis
elimination from the head of the
country to the lowest white being
on earth. To top it all, we are
pelng conscrlpted to prepare oul
youths to fight to protect this
same, damn, so-called American
Democracy.
l claim that this is the last
straw, and if God who promised
to be our Father, Mother and Bro
Their doesn't intervene soon, the
Negroes last resort and faith will
suffer many thoughts of defeat
The darkest hour is just before
day. 1 fail to see how things car
be much worse for the race thar
they are at present, These are oui
darkest hours, with no one but Coo
to help us. Our earthly father, the
President and majority of the Cab