Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-03-28


and conventions. II takes courage
am q member Of an inteTraciaI,
Faith group, the members Of which
believe In and work 10 build a new
social order on the foundation Of
what Is good In the old. One night
a white doctor who belongs TO this
group reported that another white
doctor did not approve Of colored
and white members Of the Faith
group meeting together. 1t iS illegal
to practice true Christianity in this
section.
Calmly Stood Their Ground
The chairman requested that all
members present Join freely In con-
Sultation on the matter to the end
that we might arrive at an agree
msnt by which We would stand to-
gether, shall never forget the
statement made by q white woman
doctor. She said. In substance:
II thought that we all under
stood when we banded ourselves To-
gethsr that we might be imprisoned
because Of our practice Of absolute
within our organization,
irrespective Of the race or religious
background Of individual members;
that We were no convinced Of the
Importance Of our position ms
II relates 10 achieving the Most
Great Peace that we stood ready
TO be ostrReized, TO give up our
friends and suffer imprisonment. IL
need be. rather than surrender our
faith and It's practice. I move that
We calmly stand our ground and
take the consequences"
Each member was then given
an opportunity 10 state his con-
Victions. And everyone present
vowed not TO be moved from their
vows
To have seen these white mem
berS Of our group live u life free
from race or religious prejudice, In
spite Of all the advantages which
supposedly accrue to those sub.
scribing TO and worshipping at the
shrine Of race segregation, was
indeed marvellous sight To he
hold. They point the way TO world
peace. They are the examplnrs Of
that which, II adopted by white
men everywhere, would make this
the white mans shining hour.
There are men Of goodwill. who
are mentally capable Of helping
the white man TO stand back, rs
u were, from the trees In the
garden Of mankind far enough
10 see the great human forest.
The United States IL a nation
Of iS2,0O0,OO0 people. There are
100000 colored people in II.
There are upwards Of $4,000, 900
whites in this country. Clearly, the
whites are In the majority In this
country. But In China. for example,
there are four or Ave hundred mil.
lion souls. Scattered throughout
other parts Of the globe there are
millions Of other eolored peoples.
Thus. from n global aspect, the
white man IL minority. But this
minority has the industrial. finan.
ciRl and military resources to give
the world effective and constructive
leadership along the path Of justice
and world unity which are neces.
sary for the foundation upon which
to build just and lasting peace.
White Mans shining Hour
This Is the white mans shining
hour, In which he has the oppor-
tunity to arrest uf tide Of atheism
and communism by applying the
Golden Rule In human relations.
He has the once in. a lifetime OBJ
portunity to deal with others as
he would want 20 DO dealt with.
" the colored peoples Of the world.
who constitute the majority, should
ascend to world dominance. There
is no point in his delaying prac.
tieing what he breaches. There IL
no point Of talking about what will
be done In the by-and.by. Il Is
already almost too late now. The
street Of by-and-by leads only to
the sea Of never" In a very large
sense. today Is forever,
l can understand those Who
would like 20 try 10 stem the ris.
Ing tide 81 communism BY feed.
Ing the starving peoples Of
Europe and supplying them With
billions Of dollars worth Of sur.
plus var materials. I also can
see this method a. . source Of
temptation which may be fan
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