St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-11-13
DIR. BROWN ADDRESSES OPEN
LETTER TO PUBLIC IN GENERAL AND
WAR WORKERS IN PARTICULAR


Leagues the Council Negro and other
campaigning Negroes little support Forthcoming
labor unions and few jobs from industry This remained for
months until plant opened its doors to Negroes Later another plant
followed the lead of the first plant and today there only two
plants that employ large of our people.
part industry labor unions have lifted
scarcely the Negroes of this country break except
therefore behOov the Negro worker to proceed
with caution his relations with both and the unions
whenever he gets chance for job
bad selfish employers and there bad selfish unions
There employers who will give Negro job and there
which will give Negro card and there still
py who will give Negroes certain types of jobs and there
still unions and union organizers who will Negroes catspaw
leave them high and dry.
years has criticised discriminating employers For
supported labor organizations and evidently believes
the theory and practice of collective bargaining Your
labor exceptional has
just attitude towards the Negro have been the
pr and with far less Many of the most successful aegro
unions have been built with sweat blood and tears with little help
from the labor moguls.
record of single labor union doing than
tha-month when trying get Northern
Pump and other plants to employ Negro workers.
Now that plants in this have opened their doors Negroes
still tratha they make
should insure their place the industry of tomorrow They
fall oohsayr who along promising them
heaven guy months helping
them In these two plants to which refer
not single Negro had to pay cent for job plant
individuals organizations who made the placements carried
gain and strange the chief employer
of in this area open up the plant he
Negroes had received consideration before
that time
The things we write here predicated solely
Negroes community Sshy because
people have convinced that Negroes
peculiar position must learn to look for ourselves in order
the of both and labor We expect
its interests expect the labor unions take
do the thing He must not
the above honest and
wards him.
Such honesty and sincerity cannot day month
The basis for proof should be accomplishment and the
all nothing Most of industry controlled by white
bad Indifferent Most organized labor of the
let either industry the unions
their of the fire. When firm itself
fair and upright its dealings with Negro employees it should have
support should be labor union but both should
be made to prove their claims of interest.
not opinion for Negro workers to allow
themselves in this where they still do not have foohod in
dustry be used by firm organization
look back and look around the city
won't find either industry labor unions doing much for
Negroes who jobs the necessity of the shortage of
manpower forces them.
All of these have fought the of the Negroes of
these two cities We going keep fighting until and
white black opportunity and make their
contribution However, right the Negroes to begin
look and look critically which supposed to be
being USED they have
been for these by whose interest has suddenly
evnced itself AFTER Negroes have managed get payroll
Sincerely yours,
DIR. W. D. BROWN, M. D.,
President Minneapolis Council of Negro Organizations Mayor