Arizona sun., 1947-08-22
Casa Grande9s Negro Problem

According to the August Is issue of the Arizona News,
have pleaded with the county officials to clean up nearby
dives in Negro settlement just outside the city limits Re-
ports by the city officials the of complaints
Sheriff Lynn Early and tod of illegal qGor sales to In
dians and Minors rolling of drunks pckpockeng and
resort1ng OF White men me and boys with Negro women"
having said to the city officials of Casa Grande M you
want the Negroes run out, them out There's
going to be certain amount of sin among them and
trying to keep them within reasonable bounds but
doubt much that they be purified We have
doubted that they had crime out there but they weren't
supposed to all Casa Grande We either
let them congegate scatter them They can't be cleaned
up altogether" =
Can the reader visualize John Doe Jr typical teen
ager of Casa Grande, tipping around with holy halo
wings OF angels and an olive branch symbolzing inno
cence and purity being suddenly seized by two
three Negro and carried off to the Harlem out
skirts being coaxed into the Negro redght district by
Coored women who had crossed into the city proper
in search of customers? Or the reader visualize the
John Doe, Jr, dsobed of the alleged garments of
honesty innocence righteousness and purity slipping be-
hind his old John Doe Sr who weary of his devoted
spouse, has taken the dirt road to the redght dis
trct for little back street, romance Like father like
little Johnny just chip off of the old block They
both obtained this idosyncrasy honestly for old great
grandpa Doe engaged in occasional nefarous activities
with helpless slaves back the plantation. If perchance
John Sr, is pous who walks the straight and
row path his sons perncousness may be attributed
JUNIORS attempt to mimic elders in the community.
One could begin by having few prayer meetings
or heartto-heart talks in little Johnny's home The Does
could stand little purifying themselves Are there red
ngnt olst11cts nor common law marriages nor gambling
dens among their own White people in the heart of Casa
GranQe surely casa Grande
earth If it would be famous than the Grotto of
Lourdes in southern France.
1t would not be bit surprising if the real of the
Negro operated gambling dives and liquorseng night
spots turned out to be White residents aegedy leading
citizens of Casa Grande proper Poor old Sam may be just
front for White gangsters and must bear the brn
of the attack by city and county officials
are not attempting here to condone the misdemean-
ors OF Negroes around Casa Grande Rather merely
setting the stage for realistic picture of the sua
tion at hand.
We trust that the sheriff only Negro lawbrea-
by his statement that he would if desired by
Grande citizenry the Negroes out If he meant Danish
ment of all Negro citizens he had better carry that threat
back down South to Naz Germany for inscription on
Hers tombstone. Race riots and civil the
sultants of such little loose talk that Such chatter
would be expected in crackernfesed states such Miss
issipp, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia. but by public
servant in the state of Arizona progressive state which
proud of her place in the column of liberal and civil
lied states.
Giving the Negro prostitutes and hoodlums one-way
tickets from Casa Grande would not only benefit the
White people but the decent Coored families around Casa
Grande we'll The feeling would be mutual Sheriff. so
do your duty! While in the process of purgng, Casa
Grande officials should rid their fair city of the Caucasian
"black sheep and skeletons which doubt hold their
own when it to pck-pocketing, corrupting the
minds of een-agers, and filling the bellies of Redskins
with frewater Maybe John Doe should board the same
train.