Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-29

% workers presently employed Will
remain so in the near future. The
union representative says the other
"a workers will have to rely on
state or federal support, or re-
place many plant workers who now
think they are fairly secure in
their Jobs.
A group Of persons from all parts
Of the South, who advocate q way
Of life void Of all kinds Of prejudice,
the abolition Of extreme poverty
or extreme riches and useful en-
plOy msnt Of all people, met In Al
lanta last eek-end-white and
eOlOTed together In the home Of
whites. situated In n white resi-.
dential section and held an all-day
conference on this business Of pro-
mitigating peace and justice in the
South by a course Of positive, bal
aneed action In direct opposition
to the policy Of those who eight
injustice hut who do not fight for
Justice.
1t was the opinion Of some Of
the most prominent speakers that
we are going TO have n great deal
Of violence in the South because,
as they put 1t, we have a resurgent
Negro who has not been given jus
tice in the South or North, and
who can no longer remain COM
placent than the Mississippi river
can flow toward Canada instead
Of the Gulf Of Mexico, over and
against the reactionary element
among the white population, who
are determined to fence him in
and squeeze and freeze him into
below-deck social. economic and
political status. II was admitted
that some Of each group are bluff
ing, but that the majority Of both
are irrevOcably determined.
This means increasing tension.
clashes and = very likely increase
in blood shedding. OF course, there
are those who say that to even
admit the possibility Of the ex.
pected violence Ii 70 awaken some
who are asleep. Those who are
convinced that u In to come say
that we ought to plan now what
We are going to do TO handle the
situation when Il comes, just a. We
prepared for possible air raids dur.
ing the early days Of the war.
They believe that steps should be
taken now to relieve the increase
in possible population pressure in
the deep South where there Is what
Ii known az economic over-popula-
ton insofar as colored people are
concerned and where they have no
toe-hOld In the making and ad-
ministration Of the laws under which
they live and where the Constitu-
ton Of the United States Is not in
operation.
Frankly, | think they have some
thing there. think progress can
be made in the South. but l think
it will be too little and too late.
This means for a long time TO come,
il will be a place 1T only for mis-
sionaries and exploiters. II one falls
in the missionary classification, he
will most Assuredly have back Of
him great humanitarian and phil
anthropic foundations to assure him
Of bread and butter and shelter and
clothing while he fights to enable
the people TO develop sufficient
strength 10 lift themselves up, out
and forward as human beings.
Right now there IL a growing
conviction that some sort of we'll
heelsd organization should be set
up to facilitate the training Of sir
million colored people in the South
for life in large industrial an6
commercial eenters. This plan
should include features such as thal
found in the Farm Security Admin.
istrRtion, which advances loans I,
worthy applicants to buy farms,
seeds, tools, and other basic neees