Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-22
Two Ways to
Lynch Negro,
Speaker Ayers

WASHINGTON, d. c. Nov.
2l,-Lynching cannot be elm
mated In the south until its
blood brothers. segregation
and discrimination, are elm
mated in the north, the Rev.
Thomas Hart Of Catholic Univcr-
sity told the Catholic lntGrTRcial
Conference here last Tuesday,
Rev. Hart addressed a panel at
81. Patrick's Academy as the Inter
racial Conference met and drafted
a resolution urging President Tru-
man TO recommend passage Of an
anti-lynch bill 10 the EiRhtieth
Congress when II convenes in Janu-
airy. lie shared the panel with
LcElis Perry, Legislative represen-
tatiVe Of the NAACP.
LynChing. said Rev. Hart, II just
another phase of the pattern Of
aggregation another attempt 10
keep the colored man in his place
in the pattern.
In stern condemnation of the
segregated patterns existing In the
District Of Columbia and northern
cities, Rev. Hart said the leader Of
lynch mob Ii just ns logical in
taking the life Of cOlorcd man ~
are members Of community which
slowly stranRles him by denying
him the right to full employment,
the right 10 gain a decent education
and the right 20 maintain his own
sclf.reapcCt.
The only difference Is one Of good
taste and etiquette rather than one
of morality, he declared.
Not . southern Problem Alone
Rev. Hart warned against the
type If thinking that sees lynChing
as southern problem. Lynching
II n national problem, he declared
He scored Ao-callcd liberal people
who are content 10 go on record as
fnvorinR a federal RnttlynCh law
and then promptly diNmisscs the
lynch problem from their minds
People must realize, Rev. Hart
said, that there Is "a vital connection
between lynching in the south and
discrimination and segregation IN
the nations capital.
Calling for more courage thar
has been evidenced In the past, Rev
Hart sad We have the solution "a
the problem Of lynchings but We
lack the courage and furtitude e
force that solution.
Segregation HAsis for Lynching
His connection Of lynchtnR with
segregation was echoed by Mr.
Perry who said that In the De,
troit riots and the Columbia Ten
nesscc mob violence all the serious
trouble had begun in segregated
areas, either through an invasion
OF white" area by colored man
or the invasion Of a "colored" area
by a white group.
The primary cause Of lynchirg Il
economic. political and racial segre,
CATION. Mr.. Perry said. Very few
Of the lynchings OF colored persons
result from their being accused of
serious ofrenscs like murder, rob
berry or rape, he told the audience
In most cases" he continued
the place set aside for colorrd PEG.
pie In the south requires the oh
scryancc on the part Of the Negro
Of an involved code Of racial Ell.
uuCtte IN which the most worthy
Negro u subordinate to the most
worthless white person. II Ia not
surprising, therefore. 60 find that
the majority of Negroes who have
been murdered by mobs have been
killed because they failed TO stay IN
their places
Mr., Perry then quoted from
NAACP records which showed that
colorrd men had been lynchcd for
such crimes" as Quarreling with q
white man; failure to call n white
man MIR: resisting the unlawful
search ~ his home; making boast
full remarks, for trying 20 "ac,
like n white man." for being too
upptty"; for attempting 10 vote
and for being too prosperous