St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-06-25
America Must Face the Issue

America Must Face the Issue
graceu riots but the
chief that America with all its great accomplishments has
solution the problem of relations
nterraca cooperation designed to
inequalities and between whites and Negroes
objective responsible Negro leadership for the past
years. Attempts from government industry and
organized labor for this have met with scnt success 10 this
be traced the conditions which both directly and
indirectly led to the Detroit trouble.
The first real solving problem
horn with the New Deal Tied in with Recovery measures the United
portions it, initiated designed to
help condition of America For economic
adjustments along racial lines because the socaed
blacks affected included the bulk of the Negroes 1t can be said that
the New Deal had the good set designed to help
the one-sixth" Negroes we'll as whites.
apparent that the country had begun the
recovery those reaconay forces which allowed
the New Deal to initiate social reforms willingly in 1888 began an
obsruo The southern Democrats especially began to
cha government building homes
erecting recreana training and aiding Negroes to obtain
positions and to become better citizens
Prior Pearl Harb racial unrest began manifest itself the
deliberate mament of drafted Negro soldiers and around the
south Northern Negroes
extension of the basic human rights demoralzed and
bitter when confronted by the vicious Jim Grow patterns of the
SOUTH where they fight for their
uniform ynched and beaten Negro soldiers Inundated
daily Riots broke out various sections The War Department.
marvel of efficiency organizing and training millions fell down
protecting lives of while their
native land Here view the lack of careful planning and
the facing along problem
gesture by hiring Judge William H. HASTE civilian
aide then refused listen his advice His widely pubzd resg
nation followed.
good
Neither the Department
the Na have set nm funconnp reliable race relations bureau
designed racial conflicts and nraca
ton Every which has attempted constructive
plan relations has been made target of
national awakng bodies These poax benefcaries that
the Negro satisfied with his atuswhy should either the military
civil authorities spend relations De-
faced with budget ahes from such capate and
from sight Negro advisers and with them constructive
inerracial planning.
AS franta began to build factories and
the inevitable relations continued unsatisfactory
Although Negroes armed
and make other Sacrifices the majority of the defense
would hire them For the good of the defense
necessary for the President under Negro issue Excu
tive Order $500 which In effect ordered industry to halt discriminatory
practices employment Here again there magnificent gesture
planning method enforcement patriotic ndust
asts faithfully followed the Presidents order Most of them have had
racial trouble their plants few Others astte enough to fore
the shortage opened their factory gates Negro
practically every Negroes given
tunity o do made contributions to production.
Months after Pearl Harbor there still firms with contracts
right here in Minnesota who will refuse to hire Negroes Thew will
ponbank that they will hire him
The Navy will not admit Negro its female auxares
of onv 6O Negro army to he accented esne the need and
recruiting thousands Negro and white soldiers
dsru imposed system
ton fuller recital of the list of against the
democracy would consume than this entire
Unified strength which should be directed towards vnqung
enemies the Nazis and dspad by nterraca
understandings The foreign fascss laugh American whites and
negroes not ana hgn with one another CVhan treatment OF Negro
soldiers southern communities still bad and clashes between civilian
police and colored soldiers increase Sgula the
break between white soldiers Camp Stewart Georgia.
suited in the loss of lives of white soldiers.
not the Vaccinations Of Nazi the the
recent outbreaks which cmaxd by the bloody Detroit disorder
If the practice Of racial discrimination persecution yncngs
beatngs had been dealt with by and national
the NaZi agents would have vulnerable which
the wartime had insisted that industry
doors all instead Of closing them Negroes
Detroit would have less chance of occurring Negroes
to become good reliable citizens had been
couragd authority along
responsibility for the enforcement of the Constitution
anarchy in Detroit which law abiding depore
would not today be shouting from the headlines and of
Detroit has shown conusey what happen when
intolerance fed by repression and goy allowed
The United States of America face the unaabe that
along with winning the safeguard domestic
solving the socaed problem Failure consider its
Importance result repercussions international
country position among
nations of the world must begin
those practices which tend to disrupt national among
practices discrimination because of
origin.
America must plan for the from the American
body polite practices which possible Detroit riots We have
faith that the America which has contributions
democracy.
Old Stuff-NeW
Recital of the Negroes buans old Everyone knows
is sick What is needed and what doctor with
sensible approach the illness.
Blind prejudice and bgo is the trouble and
eradcaed But neither can
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