The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1945-02-10
TREASURE CHEST
THE SOUTHERN NEGRO AND THE LABOR UNIONS
BY Willie ]. Miller

At the 1865 the Civil War was over and the state
struggled with the problems that pressed upon
them The most pressing what to do with the 100000
Negroes who had been freed They began make laws to
establish the Negroes new place the community Some
the laws good and not good but it
attempt on the part of the state to solve their
problems
who to rule the South and how should be done At
the end of 1866 and through 1867 they ocks down
pckngs from the ruins They later called carpebag
gers They to the Negroes in the disguise the Ne
groes "delverers from oppression Violence bloodshed
misunderstanding and hatred followed the carpebag
gers entrance into the Southern states
This period of boodshed and terror not the fault
OF the Negroes How could they IN STEP from
slavery to segovernment and conduct the affairs of the
communities successful The antagonism be-
tween races which these socaed deverers from oppres
sion had sponsored for political and financial profits took
deep root and of the effects with today.
Today these socalled delverers from oppression
invading the South again This time they organ
izers of labor and their motives the the of
866nancia political profits These organizers upon
entering the states began Immediately organize the labor
ing class of people, which consists of the majority in any
these persons of little educational training
and therefore they have resistance to offer these high
powered statesmen of organized labor.
This time however, believe the fault can be traced
back to the leaders of both who responsible for the
Negroes education in the Southern states These leaders
should set up of couner-aack against these
labor organizers by means OF training in the educational
curriculum instead of accusing the Negro of being unfa-
Socialism, of which the Negro knows nothing 1t is the job
OF the leaders of both to teach these Negroes appre
cate the local governments under which he lives Knowing
no VITO read is vaue-ess unless taught what read
and how to interpret it. ~-s ~
Usually the first attempt by anyone interpret the local
government to this class Of Negroes from the labor
organizers of the North and of their interpretations
to their advantage and which usually creates
hard feelings between the races
In their interpretations they always make certain that
the principle of federalism included in their teachings
This principle should be known by all Negroes of the labor
ing group Federalism is the division of powers between
the state governments and the national government All
not delegated to the United States prohibited
the states reserved to the states respectively the
people These powers enable the states regulate such
matters education marriage and divorce housing factory
conditions and labor and many other activities connected
with the every day life of the people
Labor Unions always conflict and the conflict be-
tween employers and their workers constitutes of the
most battling problems confronting today Industrial
warfare is costly to both capital and labor In this warfare
the principal sufferer is usually the general public which
bears the discomfort and in the end foots the BILL Labor
Unions strikes and ockouts endanger the public peace
they class and racial bitterness and frequently
accompanied by violence and bloods1ed.