St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-02-06
THIS
WORLD
Social Action
Half Million Dollars
Twelve Ministers
Our Newcomer Critics

The January 10 issue OF SOClAL
ACTION, which is published by
the Council for Social Action of
the Congregational Christian
Churches, confines most of it's 81
pages to an article, "Discrimina-
ton, Incorporated" by Frank R.
Crosswaith and Alfred Baker
Lewis.
The article cites among other
things that Northern Pump Co. of
Minneapolis is one of the we'll
known concerns which has ignored
the Presidents executive order No.
1902.
We think the statement or fore
word by Dwight ]. Bradley, execu-
tive director of the Council, is
worth reprinting for our readers.
Mr.. Bradley said:
The whole world is engaged in
a civil war. 1t is a war with many
fronts. At the present time the
major front is the land, water and
air battle between the United Ma
lions and the Axis powers. The
way this battle goes will determine
for generations the outcome of the
civil war.
But while this global struggle on
the major front goes on, the fight
ing proceeds also on other fronts
without let-up. For the total war
reaches down to the very roots of
civilization. The struggle is be-
tween the dynamics of democracy
and all the counter-forces of priv
lege, discriminative reaction and
tyranny.
In America the democratic dy-
manic is expressed most pOtently
at this hour in three movements.
1. The rise of the Negro towards
social maturity and his demand for
democratic political, economic and
social status.
2. The rapid increase in the
power and responsibility of organ
lied labor.
8. The reputation, by democrat
ically minded people, of all forms
of anti-semitism or other fascist
race-ism, including hatred of the
so-called "yellow-races."
1t is to the problems connected
with the first of these three move
ments that this months issue of
SOCIAL ACTION is directed. The
status of the Negro in America is
one of the basic problems of de-
mocracy in this country. 1t is well
to remember, however, that this
problem is allied and intimately
tied up with the status of organ
lied labor and of all racial and
other minOrities.
We must fight the battle of de-
mocracy on every front if the
great movement of the United Ma
tons is to bring to mankind the
freedoms and the opportunities for
which we hope and work and
struggle in these apocalyptic days.
Dwight ]. Bradley.
DIR. w. D. Brown has startled
the Twin Cities by suggesting that
Twin City Negroes raise a fund of
100000 from their own pocket
books to be used for the progress
and betterment of the Negroes of
these two communities.
The doctor contends that it is
impossible to win any appreciate
victory for even the best of pur-
poses without money to work with.
He has pointed out that Negroes
here and in all sections of America
must look beyond the war to the
period which will follow and pre-
pare LUZ every SNSALudA1Iy'
He further reasons that if the
Negro really wants civil rights,
economic advancement and security
for himself and his children, he
must in this day be willing to pay
for it. He must be willing to pay
both in money and service. Few,
too few, he asserts, are willing to
pay anything in cold cash for some
Of the things they want in this
country. The doctor says we need
a half million dollars to do q de-
cent job here. What do you think?
The twelve Twin City ministers
who refused to allow somebody etc
arrange" meeting with Governor
Harold E. Stassen have received
much public commentator. Every
word Of praise received they de-
serve.
Another minister who since ar
rivinR here late in 1871, has not