St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-11

skin intellectuals by carload, being added daily
to the list of front" groups o. leading
brethren are beginning to wish no doubt that they'd
not been impetuOus in publicly lending sup
port to certain Such heretofore cows
Of the Negro intellgentsia the National Negro
Congress, the Civil Rights Committee Lawyers ~
Guild, the Joint Anti-Fascs Committee,
ern Conference Human Welfare on the -
list of organizations prominently being mentioned J
as having been taken by ism forces and will e.
probably be under FBI congressional scrutiny -
before long if they aren't already. Whether or not
the deep red charges will stick remains Nell husseu
Meanwhile the auent and nationally Negro weekly
The Pittsburgh Courier has running Of articles BY viii
nam Dell Novel; Sovletrained former Negro Communist
which have been exposing the by which the party
apparently hatterg number Negroes patycang around
with the Cause unknowng of Novel; who
his job in Russia he finally became
Communists don't actually happens to the Negro
except those instances where he can be used the pa
In the third of the series of articles NOVEL;
was deeply interested the sound theological aspects party
program was promoted rapidly almost Immediately
placed charge of the District Negro Commission a special
commission minority questions The other
mission were white Later 1929 Russia
gate to attend anniversary celebration Revolution
with my expenses paid by the Communist party
stayed one month.
During that short time had suspect the Com
mns motives with the Negro proper
later discovered that there was basis for suspicious.
" When it began leadership insruc-
ton that can't solve all the problems and file
You are party leader Well take Of the rank file
This was invitation for spot
organization and sacrifice the welfare the
such sacrifice was DICTATED by the high
aware certain hypOcrss in their despite
pretensiOns
" Running through their whole offensive pa.
nalm They insisted that the Negro leaders
them against me
new streamlined model for Uncle Tomsm.
-. The plan in6trae Negro organizations and
to take over control where possible and also organize
Communist front organizations composed minority people
Nowes first article telling how he first break
with the party in the of
~ story NOVEL; has to tell isn't startling to those who have been
cgnza of the trend in the past few openly
what only few Negroes have courage point out The
Negro press as whole either has been sleeping the subject
has preferred not to touch it, perhaps for fear of being charged
edbaitng There has also been on the
part OF some who should have known better that the Democrats
and Republicans doing nothing for the Negro
mun apparently why let the party go
way? Only the ocPenned George Schuyler Pittsburgh Courier
cumn constantly warned that Negroes allowing
to be used For his trouble he nasty
Names but Schuyler kept right charging that Communists
up to kuduggery their esousa of the Negro He
main baptism of fire from those leaders
were practically tamPng each other their the
letterheads of certain liberal" organizations.
All the country prominent Negroes by
crowd and don't see that it's tribute their astuteness
that they fell for the lure with such resoundng Invitations
become key committees of
some OF the now suspect groups were accepted with fond enthusiasm
that must have caused pleased sm upper hierarchy
of the White liberals gathered by the same
method nut with much more discretion on their part One
get to support organization actively financially orally
through lip service, place him board which
effectively sence criticism and also neatly lines him with
the shenangans afoo that he unnowngy becomes party
weird antics. Executive usually wndodressing and
seldom actually know what
Vaccinations of an organization.
Right now race leaders are having to
face facts for the first time They finding they have been
used their have been used and their influence has
not for the militant they thought they embracing
theological pottage with dangerous implications.
good and maybe the present wave
of routing deal which
will start Negroes the road towards thinking
and being easily
the white
I'm afraid Negroes have that NO
POLITICAL PARTY OR IDEOLOGY WHICH CAN OFFER
FUTURE UTOPIA. The salvation itself In
allowing himself be pulled by the white bootstrap
Negro has gained little Of prestige selfsuency
Proof that the at
be found the amentabe Negro
leaders in local allowed organi
cations be caoed during year
So fattered have they been having
white far left of followers responsible
backing flood resolution passing ryng
all following the general plan and propaganda
In Harlem few weeks Negro Congressman Clayton
Powell who for long rode in high
circles along with other
meeting by the
the Golden ballroom The other pleaded prior
their apparently
send For his failure working
people, Powell attacked platform by
Richardson who formerly his assistant Abyssna
Baptist church Communist councilman Benjamin supposed
have tried smooth Richardson's
Powell and the absence of the other leaders who
had been invited appear
will increasing engage
ment" alb handed
wing boys
since the getting
break their cautiously
and coming
airing.
excruiatingy funny and very significant
going place liberal
par rifa