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Papa zna Sta goyori

''ZaiedniGar" od y. septernbra pre-
stanpava pod naslovom. diva zna6aina
savrenena Glanka', il "Hrvatskog Svi-
ieta''. u prvom od tih clanaka, sPapin
govor" osudiuje Sc Papa sto je napao
sovietshu Rusiiu. sto je branio privat-
no vlasl1i$tvo napadao "komunizam'
"Svijet" je primetio: mi smatramo,
da su Papine brige pretjerane. Niti ko-
n1unisti IL Evropi hoce da oduzmu pri-
vatnu svoiinu niti privatna svoiina Il
Evropi wise predstavlia neko narcotic
pitanie Narodi su Evropi izgladnjeli.
On traze prize svesa drugog hljeba i
slobode."
Ali "Svijet" zaboravlia da "hljeb'
"sloboda'' zavise Cd pitanja svoiine. Da
postoianie privatne svoiine produzava
glad spretava 'slobodu' Papin napad
ma Rusiju bese vrlo blag TEX uzgredan.
On je napadao Sociialisti6ke ideje uzeo
je u zaStitu privatnu svoiinu, "a koju
on INA da &c iskociti ma povrSinu. kao
naiyaznije pitanje na kraiu rata. lstina
ie ola "komunisti" Fvropi ne namera-
vaiu 'da oduznlu privatnu svolinu', oni
su to vee mnogo puta san7i iziavih. Ali
nije istina da 'privatna sVoiina Ev-
ropi wise Incl predstavlia nelzo naro-
cito pitnaie" Ona zaista predstavlja i
jos te kako, narcotic pitanje Evropi.
To &c pitanje, po swim izgledima zapaliti
celu Evropu naskoro. Papa je svestan
toga on INA Sta govori. Izgleda da
"Svijet" ne zna Sta govori ma ovoj tacci,
''Zajednicar' ga u tome podupire
hvali =
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KAMPANJSKA KLEPETANJA A
REPIJBLIKANACA
DEMOKRATA

Kanpaniska svadja izmedju republka
sledniih dana Ko nebi znao da zaviri dublje
IL samu srz spora mislio bi ola Sc politician
ovih dveju starih reakcionarnih partila
eloze ma srnrt Interesantno je prlbelezltl to
da jedni drugi imadu dovolino argune-
nata "a uzaiamne napade. Istoriia republi-
kanskih demokratskih adninstracija, kao
istoriia pojedinih politicara iii drzavnika,
puma ie greha, laganja i krivoprikazivanja.
Niihovi kampaniski argument, ne sano da
grde tito uspesno) jedni druge, nego JOS i
protivreGe sami sebi.
Poznato je da ie predsednik Roosevelt
preporucio konskripciju radnika proslon
ianuaru, sto znaci ropstvo ropski rad.
prena F. L. is. {Stranojezicni Informacioni
Birol cd Is septernbra u "ONI SU REKLI
PROsLE NEDELJE" -kaze:
"Predsednik Franklin D. Roosevelt
"Amercki radnici radnice ucinil su
znatni doprinos nasim uspesnim ratnim ma
porina. Oni su snabdeI nase borce So mai
boljim oruziem svetu oni su pokazaG DA
SLOBODNI RAD MOzE NAD-PROIZVESTI
ROPSKI RAD. (Krupna slova nasa.) / ne
obavesteno dete moze videti da je Roosevelt
ovde Il apsolutnoj protivrecnosti sa onim sto
je preporucio kongresu u januaru Owe godine
= konskripciiu radnika Njegovi susedi re-
pubiikanci, sada nu podmecu Owe klipcve
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STAIINISTICKE ULIZICE /
NUHOyI SLEDBENICI

Jueoslavenski stalinisti u ovoj zenill kao
i niihova braea u Jugoslaviji Tito nlegova
kIka. upiru Sc il petnih lila da ubede, ne
samo svoje protivnike nego same svo]e
pristalice, da oni, stalinisti partizanl, nlsu
.Iomunisti' i da njihova namera nlle soy
..t-zirati' JugoslaWju
To je nekada - bar po frazeologill =
bio njihov cilj, oko kojega SUI okuplll zaveh
ie6lan dec jugoslavenskih radnika u America,
koii bar Il srcu. ako ne i u glavi zahtevaf1u
revoluciju, iako ma nakaradan pseudokonnu-
nisti6lsi naSin. A posto vodje dosadasnuh
pseudokonlunista, sadasnjih stalinista, nlsu
stvarno nikada nj zagovaraG revoluciju, MI
hova ie namera uyek bila, da jednog dana
odoace sanau revolucionarnu frazeologllu
Sada su te vodje naisle ma poteskocu ola te
svoie sldebenike odvuku Cd te frazeologlle,
cd kojh JOS mnogi veruju da njihove vodJe
Dire eli 'sovjetiziranja" Jugoslavije, pa i
A1nerike it'd. negde rukavu, koli &c prvom
zgodom biu iznesen u iavnost. U vezi sa tim
pise ..Narodni Glasnik', uvodnieki, u broiu
cd 25 septenbra sledeee:
"Neprijatelji jednstva ameriekih Hrva-
ia stalno optuzuju mas oko Narodno9 .Glas-
nilza. da Sc mi zalazemo "a ponloc Narod-
nom Oslobolilackom Pokretu Il staron kra-
i'll sa1,2o cato Sto naislimo da ce tai pokret
nakon rata 'sovietizirati' Jugoslayiju.'
Da bi ubedio svoje pristalice j svoje ne
priiatelje, "Glasnil" navodi Tita l<ao autori-
tet ma tom pitaniu. U tom navodu od Ilta,
kategoriclsi Sc pori6e da je cilj partizanskog
pokreta 'sovjetiziranje" Jugoslavije; da le
partizanski cilj 'boriti Sc protiv osvajaea
niihovih slugu, -. ne, kako mas nasl ne
pr;iatelii optuznju ola je mas cili da Sc "a
vede korunizan.'
Kada lopov izjavi sam da ie lopov, prl-
rodno je da mu treba veroyati tu iziavu,
sa1no-optuzbe No posto je kod stalinista sve
Ii opste apsurd nelogi6no strmoglavo, to
kod Nth oval pojam stoji sa nogama u
vazduhr Njhove pristalice nedadu Sc nj
Ia1<o ubediti da su niihove vodie lopovi, na
suprot te sanoizjave lopovluka.
Pseudokomunist po prvi put postaju To-
giGni i dosledni, kada oni iziavljuju da nisu
"Iomunisti". Oni po prvi put, kako III mi
pasntinlo govore istinu. "Glasnik', otvoreno
jasno ksze da svi oni koji njih pri}zazuju
"kon1unistina" iii "sovjetizatori,na' Jugosla-
vie, kleyecu Osloboelilacki Pokret da su
to .sz1onamjerne klevete
Pored toga oni oko "Glasnika'', nemadu
nista da dodaju, tome sto ie Tito gore ma
vedenin recina kazao. mi Sc sa tim eilievi-
ma slazeno', rel1ose oni. Ali Il prkos svih
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bot kolar sa ostrva Rhe. Niegova supruga Anna Bel
lima k,1na ure cd tuge Ona mogase seb oprostiti
"a gubitak njenog kumeeta; nakon dugh godina opla
kvania onoga sto smatrase njenonn sopstverona
nennarnoscu siromasna zena utonu njer grob Ne
zelec da sedi besposeno John Barbot glaease celeni
prsobran sa akvom opreznoscu kao sto b gla6ao ean
cvni bakreni kotao umetnickom izradom iii iedan
cd njegovh lirnom obozenih zejeznih stova snleste
nh niegovo kotlarskoj radionici, koji Sc sjae sa
zlatnn srebrenm blskanjenl. covek Cd neobi6ne
kuraz povrh svega Cd veke prisebnosti easu opas-
nosti Barbot ucestvovase nedavnim verskim rato-
virna Medju drugim grebotinana nosase jednu
nanesenu cd zaseka Sable, zadat takvom zestinom da
e nakon sto je otseka kotlarevo levo uho proorala
kroz njegovu agodicui odnela vrh njegova nosa Ma
sprot John Barbota lice ocuvase izraz
neodsranjvo dobre naravi. Franc Taupn glaease cev
puske tex donesene zahdrjala ostecena IL kovaenice
Tai start vodja Osvetnka cd Izraela covek kome su
okonosti dodelle neublazivi gnjev prema papstima,
JOS uvek nosse, viseci uzici prvezanoj petl
dugme cd njegovog kaputa, mali kornadc drveta
kojem, u obliku zareza on drzase racun Katolickih
popova koje on ~poubija osvet "a smrt njegove
sestre mucenja Hene Zarez sada dostizahu broj cd
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dvadeset cetir Neubazvi osvetnik sedase ma drugoj
stran kolevke Theresinog detea, delise maternsku
duznost uljaiuci ie olako Kad god b Sc dete pro-
bueo Franc-Taupin bi pustio cev od puske ma svoia
kolena snesio b deteu - bar tako tesko kako Sc
Franc Taupin moze snesiti. On zvese cd male nrovi
ne koia mu ie data cd mesnih vlasti La Rochellea
nagradu duge godine sluzbe koju obayliaSe u
osob narednika gradskh strelaca Josephi je ostavo
ia Antonicqu Antoncqovo sestri niihovoj materi
vernu odanost koiu on dade tako mnogo odliGnih
dokaza Krstianu Lebrennu negovoj supruzi Bridge
Ii, niihovoj cerki Hem, nhovom snu Odelinu Ma
pokon dve zanatije uposlene radionici Bois- -Geu-
laume Roland, kao Serpentn ucenik, zanirnahu Sc
sa OWN iii onin vez niihovim zai1aton wise "a
voju drzanja njihovih ruku zaposlenm nego radi
stvarnog rada ook susahu Antonicqa koji je naglas
citao
Antonicq je citao Contre-Un rad napisan Cd Es-
tienne cd La Boetie*) koji unnre oko devet godina
pre- Jos nikada ne razum, ljudsk ponos, pojam pra-
je danas poznat gavnom kroz priiatestvo
koe udni Monaigneom koi ie nadahnuo posdneg
da napise iedan cd njegovh najocaravajuch pasaza.
La je roden Sarlatu l. novembra $780, une
gnatu bzu Bordeauxa 49, augusta 1863 e
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FOtica ne interesuie pomOc
gladnina

"Amerikanski Srbobran'' cd %. sep
tembra, obelodanio je jedno pismo koje
je poslao Konstantin Fotic, direktoru
U. N. r. R. A. (Administracija Ujedinje-
nih Nacija "a Pomoc Obnovu), Her
bert Lehmanu, Montreal, Kanadu. Dr.
zeci da Fotic tom pismu, cini jak APPEL
ma pomenutu organizaciju. da Sale po-
moe Jugoslaviju grupi koju on ovde
predstavlja a Mihajlovic tamo, procitali
smo to pismo pazljivo, ali toga apela NJ
iZdaleka nema u pisrnu.
Njegova namera je prosto blla ia Ga
obavesti UNRRA-u da u Jugoslavili pos
toji jos jedna uprava koja nema nista
zajednicko sa vladom Subasica. Ta upra-
va je Centralni Naconalni Komitet Ju-
goslavije. Ma sve strane po tome pisnu
on je iskrizao, kako pomenuti komitet
nije obavezan "a aktove Subasiceve VIA
de, koja sada ina svoga predstavnika
UNRRA-i Sa ovim Fotic indirektno ka-
re da ponienuti Konitet ne zeli da pri-
ma ikakvu pon1oc IL ruku predstavnika
Subasiceve Wade, a verovatno ola i ne
ocekuju mnogo tie pon1oci Cd svojih po
itickih neprijatelia
Ovde Sc vidi da Fotica ne interesu-
je spasavanje gladnog naroda koji Sc
okuplja oko Mihajlovita pomenutog
Komiteta, vee da MEGA interesuje da-
leko wise politi6ka sudoina Jugoslavije.
Neka gladni skapavaju, glavno je pita-
ME ko ce vladati IL Jugoslaviji. Tako
eini druga strana partizani
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KOngres americkih Slavena

Amerieki Slaveni, ii. onaj deo Sla-
vena koji Sc okuplja oko stalinista Ti-
tovaca, odrzali SUI kongres Pittsburghu
%. "a. septembra, koji je imao, kako
kaze "Narodni Glasnik" 1900 delegate.
Verovatno, da je svaki covek, svaka ze
ma svako dete bilo istovremeno dele
gat koliko prisutnika, toliko delegate.
Tako su stalinisti u proslosti brojili
svoje delegate
Svrha kongresa je bila jedino da Sc
podupre izbor predsednika Roosevelta L
iducim izborima | prkos toga, kon-
gres je izjavio: Mas Kongres te van
stranatki''. A takodjer, rekose: "Medju
mama ina Republikanaca -" l, dale
kazu: "Ai svi snao mi ujedinjeni du-
bokom uvjerenju da nasa zemlja treba
Vas lRooseveltal Ga dale budete Pred
sjednik." Ear "Republikanci'', koji su
mediu wanna imado to 'uvierenie? Ako
oni inladu takvo uyjerenje kakvi su on
da to "Republikanci"?
Doduse, kongres je brbljao mnogo
o "ratnom naporu", ''trajnon miru" it'd.
Ne Zameramo ulizican1a i oportu-
nistirna ma celu toga pokreta, sto iva
djaju te slavopojke, najistaknutijeln
predstavniku aneriGlzih izrabljivaca. Ali
ipak zameramo radnicima koii te opor-
tuniste slede. opominjenno ii da Sc
ostave te ponizne rabote - obozavanja
svoiih neprijatelja. Naiveti neprijatelji
radnika jesu niihova domaca burzoazi
ia, koja III svakodnevno ugnjetava IL
rabljuje. Napustite jugoslavenski rad
nici, te oportuniste trazite vasu pravu.
revolucionarnu organizaciju. Mi snao l,
vereni de &C te je naci, Obratite Sc ma
S. l.. P
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Dxepna Biblija.
iii
KRISTIJAN STAMPAR

Sedemnoesa knjiga romano Eugene Sue-a: Taine na-
roda iii "Istorija jedne proleterske porodice kroz
vekoren PriGu Sesnaeston1 Stolecu
U doe knjige - Knjga II.
Sa orignalnog francuskog engeski Daniel De Leon
Uvek ponovo, dakako pegla postajase neaktiv-
na "a moment U takvim momentima Cornela
b dzala glavu susala wise oprezno etanje sa kojm
Antoncq razonodjavase oklpljenu porodicu onda
b Sc njene oci MEGA obrae, sa ikakvom krade-
njeznoseu, vec protiv, nastojeci da susretne
njegov sopstveni pogled bistrim pouzdanjem "a
mlade. Corneijn otac, Kapetan Mrant, jedan
cd najneustrasivijih mornara Cd La Rochelle covek
jos punoj snazi svojih godina bese zauze crtanju
nekih odbrana koje on smatrase neopodne "a sigur-
most pristanista
Blizu uz kapetana sedjase njegov drug, John Bar
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vice sveta liubav slobodu puno-duSno zgrazavane
tiranju govoro jezkom wise re6itim visorn topli
nom cd srca nego jerk upotrebljen toj besmrtnoj,
knizi Tai vapai proklinjane kletva protiv ugnjea-
vania Osvencki vapa proistcuti il ozloedjene duse
veihog gradjanina, prouzro6ivase sva pemenita
ola Sc tresu saglasno. Te stranice Cd kojh svaka
rec odise gorucim ubedjenem ocelice svega
Garobnog naroda, koi je konacno ma kraju njegova
strpljenja ogronlnim zocnima Sto su kraljevci,
saradnici iii orude Riinske Crkve JOS uvek podhra-
njivali ovo zenlji uzima "a ozbilino sto kao sto
su Nizozemske zere cinile savest da slede Sveds-
Ike kantone, koji Sc povezahu Repubhku.
(Nastavice se)
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logija" iii "ekonomija" cisto je kapita-
hstlcka. Drugim recima, tai popo otvo-
reno bezobrazno brani danasnji kapita-
liam ropstvo radnika.
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bom nekoko raloya kojih Ne
dvobeno da naiprvatni cd ngovh proizvoda jein ko
pomiDje Montaj.ne oyim re6ima:
Moja moe rukovanja bese takva usudo pruzt
kao kasnu izradu bogao bojadsanu sagano
nosti, ja ouda zamih da ednu
Estiennea cd La Botea takvu iednu ko
Geo MOI ostai rad meno, Dobrovona
sluzba, kolu ,od tada dugi dae
napsan nJeeovlm mladim godinama obku eeja pocast
sooode prov tiranije koi je tada
Juii vsoke naobrazbe rasudevana ne bez poenacne
uzne pohvae posto e kasno napsan pun
ia ouoe. = Mona1gneov Esej, Knjiga l. pogavlje q.
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SUsTINA REVOLUCIJE nije da &c no.
va klasa upravljati posredsrvom stare
upravne masineriie. nego da &c ona raz-
biti tn masneriju vladati posredstvom
move masine To Je osnovna n1isao Marx
siZma, - Lenin.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-25
PROFILES: CHICAGO
By |. c. ST. CLAIR DRAKE

Belt. Here rents are 20 TO so per cent higher
than in other areas Of the city. Public services
more consistently neglected. The schools are
overerowded and nearly all of the ciiY's double
shift schools are in the area. Mortality and NOR.
bidiiY rates. n well n Juvenile delinquency and
crime rates disproportionstelY high. Recrea
tional facilities inadequate. Most of the white
persons in the Black Belt are there in some csps
city which emphasizes and sYmbolizes the con-
troll which white people have over the fate of
Negroes in the general economic. social and poll
tieal hierarehiss-ths white bill collector sales
man. the school teacher. social worker. or police
man; the curious or the Summers" Over IS
per cent of the retail establishments are owned
and operated by white persons. and they and
their property become the focal point of aniss-
onism toward white people in general.
Within this spaiial and social framework morale
tends 10 be low and fsmpsrs tauf. Anti Semitic
sentiments are latent Demands for the control
of the Black Belt arise. Rssenfmenfs assume
varied organixafional forms. The people marshal
their economic and political power and. despite
the occasional prostitution Of both by some un-
scrupulous leaders. they are able TO make de-
msnds for improvements within the Black Belt
and for lis ultimate dissolution a. enforced
state of existence. For while IL is conceivable
that many Negroes would prefer TO live in an
all Negro community. they resent being forced
10 live there.
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-25
unfinished BUSINESS
By CLARENCE ANDERSON

inatory segregation, harmony and lessened ten.
sions resulted
To further substantiate the point l took leaf
out of the governments experience with mixed
housing projects contrasting Chicago projects
with those in Pittsburgh. In the latter city, for
instance, where mixed projects have proven very
successful, the entire population has long been
accustomed to Negroes living in practically every
part of the city. Few census tracts are without
some colored families. This day to day expe.
rience with others favored success in mixed hous-
ing projects The Pittsburgh experience also in
dcates that distribution of minorities in relatively
small percentages in each mixed project is more
conducive to harmony. Tensions increase when
the percentage of minority tenants goes up to
25 per cent or more at Cabrini in Chicago
(This same objection TO punching in one place you
have heard Mrs. Bledsoe apply to Industry
After making these points your columnlst re-
ceived plenty of support from others in attend
ance such as Messrs. Current, Humphrey, KInzie
and Lee. The remarks of each had convincing
effect. Hence most of the audience was ready
to act when Dr.. Lee introduced the resolution
condemning segregation on the basis that 1t Is
scientifically unjustihabe.
After its passage your columnist introduced the
second resolution, which like the first history
making. This resolution was concerned with fair
employment 1t placed the Societys support be-
hind both the present FEPC and also any future
Congressional legislation (such the Scanlon
blD to create permanent FEPC to abolish dis
elimination in employment.
The passage of these resolutions termed "his-
tory making" the part of the Society. The
reason lis obvious. Too often have scientists kept
mum about their facts in the comfortable security
of campus towers Hence. when the sociologsts
had the moral courage to use their knowledge in
public support of an unpopular issue they made
q for nnr of push 1a
their resolutions will undoubtedly prompt other
scientific groups throughout the country to act
with equal courage. Qn the case of any Alabama
and Georgia groups we'll allow more time)
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-25
THE WATCHTOWER B, ROY WILKINS


in the South and solemnly pledge our lives
and our sacred honor to maintaining it. whatever
the cost in war and in peace; that insofar as
racial relations are concerned we firmly and
unequivocally demand that henceforth the
damned agitators of the North leave the South
alone"
There is much more to it. full Of the extrava-
CANT language dear TO the hearts of southerners,
white and black, but that will give readers an
idea.
White southerners arc fond Of saying over and
over that legis Station on racial matters
will not bring equality. 1t may be said with
equal truth that resolutions affirming white su-
premacy do not make white people supreme. The
day is past when such fol-de-rol impresses Ne
groes. In fact, no sooner had the Long resolution
appeared in the newspapers than an organization
of Negroes living in South Carolina (not in Har-
lem) issued a sharp statement in rebuttal. That
should be the tip-of for those who can read and
think. When South Carolina Negroes talk back"
in the public prints Gnstead of at the Big Gate)
then the Longs and the Cotton Ed Smiths should
know that the old bluff is dead and buried
In sense these South Carolina whites deserve
sympathy The world has passed them by. They
are living in vacuum. They are trying to roll
back time from 1914 TO 1850 They look around
and they are afraid. They have been so long in
the ditcn holding down the Negro that they don't
know about Russia and China and Munich and
Teheran. They think the New Deal is a Roosevelt
evil which can be disavowed and tossed aside
with words and gestures. Their poor heads are
in whirl, so they shout defantly: Anyway, we
are ahead of the blacks and we pledge TO stay
ahead Of them"
Sound and fury. signfying nothing
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Iutions which are elsewhere reported in this
weeks Chronicle
For example, after Professor Hawley had
pointed out that racial tensions increased when
Negroes appeared in greater numbers in northern
cities, he suggested that tensions could again be
lessened by permitting redistribution of colored
citizens rather than keeping them segregated to
specific areas. However, he concluded, we need
more research work TO prove this.
This conclusion brought comments which
seemed quite elementary. Your columnist had
the feeling that many of the out-state represen-
tatives were unaware Of certain recent facts.
Hence, he took il upon himself to call the atten-
ton of the learned scientists to the amount OF
evidence already in existence which proves that
indignation Tor dstrbuton-to use Hawley's
term) makes for more harmony than segregation.
For examples, / cited evidence from housing
and employment experience. During the Detroit
riots there was no conflict in plants where men
worked side by side. Neither there rioting
in the mixed neighborhoods. Where local unions
well as industry have intcgrated Negro workers
on basis of equal treatment rather than discrim-
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Reprinted from Interracial
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Is there any common ground be-
tween them. Catholicism and Rae
ism? Or are they naturally eXclu-
sive? To settle these questions ac-
cording 10 the canons Of academic
argument. we must begin with a
definition OF the terms We are 10
use
Racis.n involves either the SIM
pie untarn.shed hatred, or the less
c,ear-cut ;pathy-the garden va
riety OF rob.esse obi. ge--wh!ch the
members Of one race feel for one
another. The bass Of Il is not moral
or social, but almost purely con-
ventional II il Mere dependent on
the first two factors i would exist
only in individual cases and hinge
on discrepancy in the moral code,
or in the standards OF sociSl life.
Obviously. this has nothing 10 do
with genuine race prejudice, since
/ is clearly an abstraction that has
its reality by being projected 10
every member of the particular
race disliked The familiar plant
is not, Il hate this Negro. and that
Jew" but. Il hate Negroes and
Jews Therefore racial discrimi-
nation is not a function Of reason
or OF intellect. but a blind con-
formity 10 conventions
And Catholicism? There are
many difteren; views on the attr-
butes which constitute a Catholic.
To some, Catholics are people who
The Michigan chronicle. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1936-current, 1944-03-25
(Reprinied from
The Journal of Educational Sociology

The Journal OF Educafional Socioio9YJ
CyINCE THE PERIOD Of the First World War an
~ overcrowded Black Belt has been, characteristic
OF Chicago. In June of l943 the chairman OF the
Chicago Housing Authority characterized II as
'.more crowded than the slums Of Calcutta'-over
100000 people in an area designed to accommodate
100000. All attempts to reduce this congestion
have been frustrated by the Chicago Real Estate
Board and numerous neighborhood property
owners associations These real-estate interests
have not only opposed the expansion of the Ne
gro population; they have also fought against
Federal housing Fearing the extension OF non
segregated public housing and ar ultimate legal
victory over restrictive covenants (and also see
ing an opportunity for lucrative investmenD, a
few private realtors have, within the last three
wears begun TO plan for the erection OF privately
financed segregated projects The most ambitious
project of this type, now under construction, is
planned TO house about 900 families and VIII
cost 81 500 O00 Neither this project. nor a pro-
posed So 100000 Federal war housing project or
200 units will effectively relieve the overcrowd-
ing. These are just drops in the bucket In
war as in peace, housing for Negroes is one OF
Chicagos chief problems.
Social Isolation Breeds Unrest
Any disiinctivelY Negro patterns OF behavior or
attitude which may exist in Chicago are largely
n product OF the social isolation OF the Black