The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-03-31
TREASURE CHEST
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE EMPLOYER
AND EMPLOYEE

Recently we have been criticized because have told
Negroes stay their present jobs have encouraged them
to be friendly and loyal to their present empoyers-en
ccuaged them to take advantage of this golden opportunity
to make money and money than ever be-
forebecause have told them beware of outside in
tuences that attempting stir strife between them
and their present EMPLOYERS We have been criticized because
have told readers leaders from within their
own group men who understood their problems and let
these men discuss with the employers and means OF
bringing about solutions for those problems.
However, regardless to what critics say, still
advocate spirit OF better cooperation spirit of friendly
goodwill and still tell Negro readers to wake up and
get wise to the fact that of these critics. each day
striving to their hands much Mississippi Money and
property as possibemoS of them show intention OF
leaving their Mississippi of them leave no stone
untned to cultivate relations with other around them
THEN WHY do they criticize when we tell our readers
10 be friendly loyal and copoeratveWhen we encourage
them to stay the jobs that they have had for years jobs
that have in many shown them consideration and
benefits that they cannot get in other sections of the country?
Because we feel the great need of readers realizing
the Importance of full cooperation with their employers
are using for further editorial comment the following article
that appeared in Pulling Together" recently:
There scarcely one white in all America who does
not know least one Negro for whom he has kind feel
ing and certain amount of respect Similarly every Negro
IN America knows at least white person whose friend
ship values The chief causes of these friendships are
knowledge and understanding White and black America are
at arms length today because they do not know each other
IL you DO not know man cannot appreciate sympa
thize with his problem
Better relationships means better communities
throughout America When people contented and hap
Ply they work better, make better friends neghbors
better employers and better employees White and black
Americans must try to know each other better such
community HE is TO be developed. When that
am human being with ambitions, hopes IDEALS and
realize that you in the MAN, clean and decent and
tneWe shall have mutual respect for each other. Such
respect can only be developed by white and bac Americans
pulling together working out community problems together
facing bad conditions together and planning their corrections
together
You cannot plan fair adjustment of my needs if you
not know me well enough to know what these needs
cannot say that prejudieed and little unless
know well enough to understand your motives Mutual
understanding alone can bring correct adjustment We've
simply got to pull together for mutual good
Your job hands 1t your capital bring the
right returns en- your investment must have the right
attitude towards job will not dislike and
you
My job opportunities in your hands If to Sc
cure economic freedom you must have the right conception
OF yvaue workman, and my rights human being
You will not you prejuiced towards Prosperous
community life needs well invested capital and conscientious
labor Whether you represent Capital Labor it's your job
to play fair in the of life To play fair observe
the rules of deceny of fairness of respect for the rights
others. Prejudice and nisrust be wiped out by
knowledge and sympathetic understanding Such understand
ing can be developed only through pulling together