St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-01-16
80 satisfy early with thy mercy that rejoice
and be glad all our days." Ps. 9O:14.
Why the Negro Is Apathetic to War Effort

Persons in high places who are students our problems
surprised learn that the majority of the 100000
apatheic the u S. effort.
spite leaders, local and national
enthusiastic about effort results
have been far from encouraging
This does not mean pointed by Negro
country Washington recently that the Negro is
disloya to his country. Far be it from that.
The rbd hater would not dare question the loyalty
of the Negro.
However, being
vital problem be public depends largely the morale
of that person.
Negro very government
expected die for He knows this He meets each day. He
when he tries enlist the armed forces for the
dying for his country.
page year Negro youth
the uncertainty with which the Negro approaches the issues
presented by with the Axis This lack of interest has
not been hidden from those who would recognize it.
Negro practically the country
count strength and democracy halt the various practices
which make the Negro the ountry largest minority suspicious
uncertain and resenfu of lip and hypocal democracy
Despite the warnings in pulpit and press lecture platform
small the daily against Negro
continued in practically state in the Union
These practices strengthened
at the nsstence of southern Congressman and Senators
who come from the peterborough poll tax ridden South
took march Washington threat to force the President of
the United States set machinery force defense
employ Negro labor in the defense plants There still
unions who ignore the presidential order
Does condition like that the loyalty people
Negro youths have sought army finally
set up jim Crow unit after months Of agitation and protest Only
few men allowed to join.
Is that encouraging death
for country?
The consistently Negroes except as
walters cooks despite the fine
Revolution until the Civil War;
Is this attitude of the navy which crying
radio for conducive enthusiasm
are taxed to pay the Admras?
The Marine Corps does admit Negroes
How Negro leaders asking about of their
plain that to their people?
In practically all positions
in war time as it grew in peace time.
We editors serving people might ignore
these conditions but the Negro people will
America has been made ridiculous
its treatment of the Negro Latin Americas suspicion
is based largely dsust because
country
The daily and writer's the South American
different story but they kidding few but themselves.
How the American white majority which has in
the world has ignored the continued
morale by practices already
sistencies and international scandals.
Negro leaders everywhere world peril
which faces the democraces The
effort but they
Negro not wh hearey unreervedy cooperating the
effort.
And they know that by the and
present treatment of the Negro
The attitude of the Coored changed by meat
ment of Negro soldiers southern Negroes
from work in defense plants like Mr. John
Co. by the thousands of conditions the white
ottlmes visits upon its black fellow Americans
There two Americans Axis
One OF her important final victory the
racy work for everybody including
fought persisenty by Americans
our people for the greater task of defeating the