Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1943-03-13
The Negro And The South's Most
Absorbing Political Question

Absorbing fOItlCaI Question
In an article in recent issue of the Saturday Evening
Post entitled "Wil Dixie Bolt the New Dea?" Governor
Sam H. JONES' of Louisiana told to James Aswe raised
very important questions regarding the political
social economic and industrial life development of the
SOUTH during the past seventyve years. and particularly
that of the last ten years under the New Deal Democratic
Party AS would be impossible to write talk about the
history of the south period within the last seventy
five years without mentioning the Negro question prob
lem, it only natural that portion of the governors
story given to the Southern Negro from which the
following is quoted.
problem the the obvious that
creang clear that the high hopes
pn n b su tp observe dgntas high tf New
Deal armament they travel about region bthe
are disturbed and alarmed There intelligent Negro leaders
disservice.
But think it undesirable everyday
cratic Party Economic much my eyes
this region away unthnkng allegiance to party
real passion which equal
hope that uniformed sumpsers the New Deal will adjourn their
who perhaps understanding of and affection for
not morale when they told that things
any such war aim rightly wrongly"
And,
We believe industrious ambitious Negro in the
South has opportunity fulfill himself his social
the mongrezaon of the South equality" is the
a mus Dp many
IN their and its they resent being
logical hobbies u W0'e ag'a0rs pursuing s00
Negro leaders of the South and the rank and file of
southern Negroes glad to join with Governor Jones in
opposition to the efforts Of New Dealers any
who hopes to the an instrument for forcing
the social Equality of the Negro upon the South: or
who thinks Perhaps the mongrelizaon OF the South for
which social equality is the euphemsm would benefit the
n9flO nand
file of intelligent Negroes of the South that they are
pelng done injustice, when anyone either friend
or foe, liberal conservative or reactonary attempts to
assert that the Negro of the South DESTROYS Of or seek
ing ntermarriage and social intermngng as implied in
the term Social Equality when used in discussing the
Negro question 1t may be WE'LL perhaps again point
out that within the framework of the philosophy
OF the great Negro educator Booker T. Washington the
principal Of the separation of the races in the minds of
southern Negroes is settled issue.
What is disturbing to Southern Negro leaders
and rank and file of intelligent Southern Negroes is the
fact that the alleged desire of the Negro for Social
Equality, is made the main Issue" against his every as
praton towards the attainment of full citizenship status
which means in the of American citizenship partc
patton in the civic and political life of community state
and nation condition which would far less conducive
mongrezation than the conditions under which Negroes
have lived for the past seventyve years. when mongre
cation has to degree unknown before in history
Inherent in the war aims and propaganda of the United
Nations and of this nation particularly are those eternal
cdculaed TO arouse IN The hearts all
everywhere and not only the Negro the South the de-
sire for the fullest of manhood and freedom and
it is becoming increasingly alarming to Southern Negro
leaders, and the rank and file intelligent Negroes
boring such thoughts finding such thoughts
among their people, that people in high places observing
the reaction of the Negro to the United Nations aims
and propaganda of the war; becoming disturbed and
alarmed at the bghty sowing of riot and dessenson
amongst for generations to come.
The morale of the Negro boys in the armed service
well Negro citizens the home 'front.' at least until
the day of final and complete victory like those of all other
people, needs the sustaining and force of the
aims and ideals of this nation of the United Nations
Having thus attempted to throw little light
upon the evolved in what is fast becoming
the absorbing political question of these times it well
be stated that intelligent Southern Negroes have long
thought Governor Jones thinking that the south has,
for sevenyve paid far too great price for what
he calls THAT political BOBBY trap known the "Solid
South composed in equal parts of ougrown tradition
habit and self deuson which s about fall apart Of its
own absurdity"