St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-03-12
TROUBLE IN DIXIE

emergency the South and its rea
fellow beings has caused controversy which
implications if settled to match the principles
the Four Freedoms.
With Negroes on the offensive against the Hitherto wrongs pc
petuad against certain portion of the South excited
white liberals like John Temple Graves Vrnius Dial
others kept busy writing articles deporng the Negro
of the attack is the 16yearold Negro
aided extent by the realistic northern and bord
daily press telling the of the country how the South hi
been treating Negroes all these many years.
It is surprising how many Northern white people real
Just how many inequalities lot Negro Americans the
people portion the South which lives in the preCv
past fears.
The following appeared the New Republic ber
weekly magazine March ISSUE reveals what Maryland white
of learning thinks about the situation.
Titled "Trouble in Dixie" the letter said:
suppose that with inherited group
seriousness which environment would have spared
following Thomas Sanctions series of articles Trouble
January and 18) with devouring interest It
surprise who hardly has missed issue of The
New Republic in decade that thus far has taken
position the heated issue of relations YET in view of
fact that many socaled liberals have fled in terror at
ing the Negro from the defensive to the offensive as
social group this position is doubly commendable.
among the clear points brought in Mr..
articles is the fact that many Southern whites
responsible and upright people subject other than the
Negro definitely brings to Vrginius Dabney, John
Temple Graves and their cohorts who not only stand in the
of their holding foefathe but give substance
to them. point be found chapter OF book
being written by Graves and the current issue of The
Virginia Quarterly Review He slyly and calmly states that
Atlanta 1906 after series of criminal
assaults white by Negroes Referring the
riot Sanction accounts for by stating that "a crminay
irresponsible editor had got out series of extras carrying
faxed accounts of assaults by Negroes white women
know if Princeton University did does anything
teaching its John Temple Graveses what they could
about Negroes and after ALL the ignorant not in
formed by being confirmed in confusion.
The is that Southern editors do have the
integrity discharge the responsibility they have That
Deal does that the term New
synonymous liberal Virginius Dabney has
taken the phrase The South does not within the
ntend allow this that the of
the Negro and made chesy refrain of it. He likes
segregated education in America How
says, shall able avoid Indignation? This
plies himself have something valid to lose
by this process What it beracial purity? Segregation
its evil Implications What would help Dabney about half
dspassionate intelligence of j. Saunders Reddg the
late W. ]. Cash.
charge being brought that Negro agiators, and
particularly the Negro trying to change things
night This charge worked reaconary slogan could
the of colored people for another
What dismissed the fact that Negroes have worked
night already The Negro press printing practi
cay the type of printed fifteen when
started reading it. It has been able to do this because
thing has been happening to Negroes for the past
fifteen Panic has brought to the attention of the
nation
However much this question is argued, however much
paper the owl fit informing Negroes of how far
they from their have not this balanced
whites from thers cynicsm and dis
will result from the Negroes constantly asking
this question: How much freedom have rea
ton freedom this country? We
enough clamor for freedom so long
selves surrounded free people The slavery does not
justification and venerablenss it. And freedom
worth something would still be waiting for the
Germans and Japs after u.s.
Baltimore Md Henry French Winslow.
opportunities with them increased responsbe
riopc