St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-11-29

ing SuStalned,Only one Oh every
45 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 a way
Of life void Of all kinds Of prejudice,
the abolition of extreme poverty
or extreme riches and useful en-
plOyment Of all people, met in At
lanta last week-end-white and
cOlOred together in the home Of
whites, situated in a white resi-
Dental 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 fight
injustice but who do not fight for
justice.
1t was the opinion Of some of
the most prominent speakers that
we are going to have great deal
of violence in the South because,
as they put it, 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 a
below-deck social, economic and
political status. 1t 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 a very likely increase
in blood shedding. OF course, there
are those who say that to ever
admit the possibility of the ex'
pected violence is TO awaken some
who are asleep. Those who are
convinced that it is to come say
that we ought to plan now what
we are going to do to handle the
situation when 1t comes, Just as w
prepared for possible air raids dur
ing the early days Of the war.
They believe that steps should b.
taken now to relieve the increase
in possible population pressure il
the deep South where there is wha
is known as economic over-popula
ton insofar as colored people arr
concerned and where they have n,
toe-hold in the making and ad
ministration of the laws under whicl
they live and where the Constitu
ton of the United States is not il
operation.
Frankly, | think they have some
thing there. | think progress car
be made in the South, but | thinl
it will be too little and too late
This means for long time to come
it will be place fit only for mis-
sionaries and exploiters. II one fall
in the missionary classification, h
will most assuredly have back o
him great humanitarian and phil
anthrOpic foundations to assure hin
Of bread and butter and shelter AM
clothing while he fights to enabl
the people to develop sufficien
strength to lift themselves up, on
and forward as human beings.
Right now there is a growing
conviction that some sort of well
heeled organization should be Sc
up to facilitate the training of 81,
million colored people in the Soutl
for life in large industrial AM
commercial centers. This plal
should include features such as tina
found in the Farm Security Admin
istration, which advances loans u
worthy applicants to buy farms
seeds, tools, and other basic neces