The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1945-07-11
EDITORIAL
THE SOUTH Is IN THE SADDLE!

Il1E SUUlH IS In lllE SADDLE!
When the flood of hot anger which overwhelmed Ne
roes coos off and subsidies under the benecent influence
of reflection they will restrain their sense of shock
by the fact that unworthy United States
Mississippi should have been the author of the most
poisonousy slanderous insult uttered publicly by
American against other Americans They will not be
stunned by the discovery of the mind of Hitler and the
conjunction of buzzard in JAMES o. Eastand and the
new evidence of the foul black his soul They
will know that when this beast which looks like man
opened his mouth to besmrch the record of the Negro
soldier he spoke, not for highest type of man. but
for the lowest species of animal.
Negroes should remember that this Eastand comes
from State which, according to every standard of prog
ress and advancement stands last among the
1t is the poorest State the most ierae the most lacking
in the marks of culture the most backward in public
health 1t has to the House and Senate a long line
of the most notorious charatans disgrace
bodies Since the days of Vardaman claimed late life
by asylum the plantation politicians from Mississippi
have We'd with another the vuure feast of white
supremacy This Eastland is but the latest and newest
addition to the board where such guttons RAN
kin and Bilbo sit with distended stomach.
Picture, if you WILL the two drooy-mouthed Missis-
sppans Bibo Eastand consuming hours of time in
bestia effort to kill off the Fair Employment Practices
appropriation. Recall, if you WILL the insult to your
brothers, fathers, killed and manned in this
which they in way sought AS his words that they
would neither work fight drone in the inner
of mind forget you can, the hurt to yourself
your peoplefor get if you can your striden appeals
for long to be allowed to play full part
fighter and workersforget if you can that had been
planned that should not be allowed to fight and
think of America, your America, of all Americans and
what the Eastlands must mean to them.
Dread them if you WILL but dark days descend upon
America, the Beautiful While the Nation whole has
been engaged in fighting its enemies abroad the South
has moved ahead to clnch the victory which it never
yielded in the Civil War Twelve of Mr. Roosevelt
the South the opportunity to take control of
United States The South has fought only for the
rights of the States which represents but also for the
domination of all the other States 1t has to
this position of domination It's victory discerned most
clearly in its successful opposition to matters which con-
the welfare of Negroes but its does not stop
there. The South has captured Washington.
The North the East the Middlewest and the Far
west go to the Southerners in the saddle in
Washington for what they want These Southerners DOM
mate the most powerful committee in the Congress Re-
Gently the President of the United States asked for IA
vorabl consideration of the Fair Employment Practice
Committee Bill Six Southerners the rules committee
blocked consideration, denied the House of Representa-
tyes chance to vote it. These six hrottled democ
racy in the House. Other Americans white Americans
and black Americans must treat with Bbo and Eastland
Mississippi with George and Russell of Georgia. with
Elender and Overton of Louisian, with the Ranklns
the Ramspecks Gibsons of whom represent the
people Southern Senators and Representatives came
from districts where the people, white and black eff
fectually dsfranchised.
But spectre appears These Southerners
controlled the Congress- the ndependnt offices and
bureaus But within recent months they have new
influence in the Cabinet and the White House The only
Fasteners Northerners left in the Cabinet Slim
son. Republican and Forresta and Morgenthau, Demo
Gratis
The appointment of James E. Byrnes Secretary of
State could prove to be calamity to the United States
Byrnes is the kind of race-hating politician East
land. But Byrnes is in position where he could
to the Presidency of the United States In other
words in a world where being fought because
of Byrnes white supremacist of the first rank
placed where he may brew DEVILS broth.
President Truman might be righteous Christ
Himself, but he will never be able to relieve this Nation
from the evil designs of the evil who have
power with him.