Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-03-06

Westbrook Pegler, has gone IN Ior
improving race relations, maybe
we'll get something done along
that line. Brother Pegler gave the
white folks credit for the improve
ment in Mondays Minneapolis Star
Journal and he is right but he could
have pointed out that the colored
brother, too, has played a part in
such improvement in racial rela-
lions as has taken place.
The Minneapolis Urban Leagues
annual dinner will bring the dy-
manic Lester Granger, national
executive secretary of the League
to the Twin Cities. Negroes and
their white well-wishers will also
get an opportunity to see and hear
Charles L. Horn, President of Fed
eral Cartridge Co. and director Of
the Twin City Ordnance, who has
taken the unusual stand that every
loyal, worthwhile and qualified citi-
zen is entitled to work in a govern
ment defense plant. His action In
hiring Negroes as guards shat
tered all ordnance plant presidents.
Governor. Harold Stassen this
week appointed Tolerance Com
mittee, for the State of Minnesota.
In Minnesota, as well as in most
states, the chief sufferers from in
tolerance are Negroes and Jews.
Our remarkable young governor
did not appoint either a.Jew or a
Negro to his committee!
1t is apparent from the various
letter columns in the Twin City
daily press that the Negro people
are beginning to utilize such de-
partments to get their case before
the general public. Such methods
are sound and we heartily approve
of them. The general run of Min
nesota white people in this area
are fair-minded and too few OF
them know much about the Negroes
plight in everyday life. One good
letter in daily paper can do more
good for the cause of the Negro
than a thousand editorials in Ne
gro paper, which usually only the
most highly intelligent and en-
lightened whites read.
Herbert Howell is a pioneer cor
respondent to the letter columns OF
the Mill City dailies and Rev. G.
T. R. Nelson and Draftee Reginald
Harris have had many of their
trenchant epistles printed in the
Despatch and Press.
The story going the rounds that
the Japs are going light On Negro
soldiers is just SO much enemy
propaganda. The Japs are too
practical to temporize with Ameri-
can soldiers just because they are
Negroes, and even if they were not
American Negro soldiers are not
going to trust any of Americas
enemy soldiers, be they Japs or
NaZis.
Fighting with Macarthur at Ba-
tan are Negro regulars, and they
are not taking pity on any Japs,
and the Nipponese are not picking
out any particular complexion OF
America to shoot at. Negro troops
are reported in Australia. Uncon-
firmed reports are that several Min
nesota boys are in the outfits which
are down under waiting for the
little brown and yellow men to try
Australia. If we don't miss our
guess, the American troops are not
going to be any push-over for the
sons of the Rising Sun.
While German "U" boats and
Japanese planes are shooting at
Americans black and white every
where they can find them Detroit
whites are busy chasing Negroes
with clubs, stones aided by police
dispensed tear gas to keep them
from moving in a housing project
named in honor of a great Negro
woman. If the Russians gave him
any time to relax Friday and Sun
day Adolph Hitler must have
laughed long and loud at our
American brand of HitIerism and
rank stupidity.