St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-02-15

hcuary those who cultivate interest -
welfare of the oored brother prior to an election NELL RUSSELL
The majority Of them don't anything about the Negro
and the Negro problem and make very effort to provide them
selves with intelligent information EXCEPT in cities and at ~
there are large concentrations Negroes doubt if they really
because voters often politically divided that our total
strength adds there's ALWAYS the chance that it
rev hundred votes the swing campaign
and candidate ignore or bypass the Negro in his
community He what he's supposed to saw saws it bat
uS' ana eh goes nome thinking COMPOUNDED
anyway.
All candidate has get up mutter something about IL
100000 Negroes democracy and getting the Kitchen from
then on he by the reputation being the greatest liberal
since good old Abe, God rest his soul!
And we've been falling for it. brother been falling for it'll
Instead of looking Democratic Republican or anv other
for crumbs from the table organize ourselves into solid
hed political bloc and pressure that will have losing
sleep nights. We can do it.
Right that they don't know which vav we ~
going to hop l94 how many There's talk that third
under the leadership Henry Wallace NAV he roanJ 10
happens it's going to be MURDER and of people who
will love to dig the intelligence and tolerance buried b the
filthy rawlings of Rankin BiIbo and cono IT, o.
cans can't ab their wishy date by pointing to the south
ern bloc the Democratic party Negroes aren't going to be
bambOOzled by the pOtcang technique The COP is
gong to have to make with the with the talk
between now and 1913.
attended the Lincoln Day dinner given by the Hennepr
Republicans at the Hotel RadssO Saturday evening" for
pose-to Harold Stassen After obsern NJ
up in his behalf report personabe Young fellow
with foefu convincing manner Of putting across what he hoe
doh nave enough hrsthand information his
record as yet and only the Lord predict his future nten
tOns.
Stassen other candidate public office is smart he'll
arm himself with enough pertinent the Negro and min
oy question the nation today in the unhappy
position OF having to poparrot what he Books
ana statistics are reabe people aren't He the mistake
many whites do OF droong how much Negro people
because he once had coored maid He'll poison Negroes
who say anything but yes and surround himself With
can say MOI and long and loud He'll attempt to get
acquainted with the Negro working not conRne
polite aes with the DOCTORS lawyers professions who
are the most selfish people the generally speaking and who
usually conne themselves circles of activity that
their opinions equally restricted
Politicians have been taking into their ranks few
bandana heads of letting scrape their way
through campaign and then them political
oD with fancy title that they think we're same
stuff I'm afraid have the reputation being easily bought and
easily pacae thanks to the Tom for the
doubtful privilege Of sitting the speakers political
wow calling Senator eoojum behind his back
course)
Dumb voters and dumb politicians time
the millennium arrives should fairly Meanwhile the best
anybody else do is decide which evils he
face, and throw his support accordingly.
I'll close by saying that Truman Democrats
can put up the ticket They're country
way, why not make it oficial7