Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1942-12-11

yeah We had three officers re-
sign last week. They Just dsant
want nuthin' to do with us.'
ewhite officers?s
Yeah. Lot a shem white Boys
still look at as like we afn't nathin'
--iust 70 shine their shoes. They
walk away from me when I waIk
down the street. They 70 out when
! come into pub for a drink. They
change their seats when / sit down
in movie. Hell, sometimes / shlnk
maybe sometime one Of these
guysI be neeain' drink from NV
flask--uaaybe lyin' wounded An
bleedna' and dyin,. told one 81
my white officers that. ami he
growied at me and said, you Just
lesve EN- there bleedin', don't touch
en- So IN leave 'ern. IN leave
EN- bleed and bleed tin they die. !"
CAS- this moment two drunken
white sailors staggered up 10 ua.
One Of them plopped his arm On the
corporal's shoulder and said.
@Darky, we're absolutely broke;
could ya let us have something !
We haven't shilling tour MARIE. ?
Without moments rejection be
reached fa bis pocket, took out .
half-crown. ard put il in the sailors
hand.
II have Friend che eontiaaecl
came over here in 1885 with . band
white fellow married an Eagiish
girl. | was taIkIn' 10 them one
day. He went across the street
% gat paper, stayed aalhin'
to his wife- Three white American
soldiers esae hy--#eea ma talkin,
70 q white girl, and they ripped
her fur piece on an tore it up to
pieces"
10 yuc 60 into any Of the Amer
lean Service clubs here, Red Cross
Club, and 90 forth ~
Il jaSt keep by myself. I donst
go lcOkin' Tor trouble no more. Rut
sometimes when have to stav in
London overnight, see I drive a
truck down here from where I'm
stationed IN Birmingham bout orce
a week, an when I gotta stay ever,
70 over 10 the British scidiaes'
eiab an they pat me up, They treat
you mach better than at the Ameri-
can eiubs. When the Americas
do give yOu a bed. they make you
feel they dent want to give Il 10
ysn.@
How do MOST OF you boys feel
about the warfS
Il think most Of as feel Ii don't
matter much wfias happens. We
iast know we have to fight, 50 we
| fsghk."
Z know there's q lot more that
has to be done, but dont you think
sune progress ID being made Ne
groes are being trained az pilots
now, and many more branches Of
the services are open 70 them than
ever BEFORE
yeah, that's right. an, well,
maybe after America gets a littIe
nsessin' aruund, and gets bombed
up SONG. It'll be better. They last
been having Il 100 easy. too much
@ eat an everything. Maybe after
they get messed np some, theyH
begin TO understand, maybe itTl
come out awrighe.1
1yss feel s:ss.s.sz ssasss q Z.
wish English scl5iers than Ameri-
eansfr
Sara man, they drink with va,
they talk with va. There aFnt no
difference with them. I'D ike IA
stay here after the war. except the
United States is still your horae and
yeu have q feelin' you wanna get
back to your horne no matter how
bad things are there
sven, ! hope il win work out
better for you feliuwM That's one
thing this wars abous- eqaal rights
for all people So long, soldier. /
have to run aIpng.s
1 $50 long,
| u WAS the name story with each
os the raany Negro soldiers l talked
10: THE English treat as fine.
it's IN The camp aad around We ret
all the trpabIe ard raoss."
Apparently nothing Is being done
by the army or any ether govern
ment agcncy to remedy the situa.
tion except sonis clumsy attempts
II segregation. Enxtaaa u some kir,d
u educational program designed ID
eradicate the color bias BY driy.
ing home to white soIdseTs how silly
Il q 70 talk about lighting for de-
naoeraey when they don't NIX with
eolored troops IN their own ranks,
official policy seems to be, aKoea
them apartaa fAr spart as poe.
siAle."
| Both Russia ana CermGny have
effectively used thssr iaeclogscai
e0nmissars to nsip build their pow.
srfui arsniss. Though We reject
their systeEns 81 govcransut, we
eould strengthen oar own arms
tremendously by . similar techs
nique o. iTaloetrinagiwn. G.st as havs
b our army corumisssrs d aaps
piled democracy 10 keep our own
idsolcEy alive ia the minds snA
hesrts Of soldiers, Thers Is . vital
nsed for mach department. MOI