Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-11

to Of" front" groups some Of leading NlN
brethren beginning to wish no doubt that they'd
not been impetuous publicly lending their sup
port certain Such heretofore sacred
Of the Negro nteligentsiA the National Negro
Congress- the Civil Rights Committee the Lawyers N NbM
Guild the Joint Anti Fascist Committee. the South $3.50
Conference Human Welfare the ms
list Of organizations prominently being mentioned
as having been taken by ism forces and will
probably be under FBl congressional scrutiny A@sm
before long they already. Whether AN nth
the deep red charges will stick remains to be ~ ~
Meanwhile the NTuent and nationally circulated weekly
The Pittsburgh Courier has been running articles
liam oD NOVEL; Soviet trained former Negro
which exposing party
apparently haCrnG number of Negroes
with the Cause unknownE Of NOVEL; who bcfed
his job Russia finally
Communists don't actually fiddle what happens Negro
those where pary
In the third
deeply interested the sound theological Of the
program promoted rapidly. almost Immediately
placed charge the District special
commission minority questions The other mCmbcS Of the
mission white
gate to attend celebration Of the Russian Revolution
with my expenses paid by the Communist party Of the United States
stayed month
During that short time. .uspoe,
muRit motives With the Negro America
later discovered that there suspicious
When it began to mo for leadership hrs inSruc
ton that you can't solve all the problems Of the rank and ho
party
This invitation for soft In the
such sacrifice DICTATED by the high
Of certain hPoes in their despite their honorable
pretensonS.
Running through attitude offensive pa.
They insisted that the Negro leaders take sides with
them the Rnk This, seemed constituted
| a strcamined model for Uncle TOmism.
The plan nRItrate into all Negro organizations and
possible
Communist front composed Of minority people,
Novels first article telling how he first break
with the party the Of the Courier While
the story Novel; has TO tell isn't startling I" those who have been
Of the trend the few openly subntatcS
had point The
Negro press whole either has been sleeping the subject or
preferred touch it, perhaps for fear Of being charged with
red batting There has also been the attitude the
Of who should have known better that the Democrats
and Republicans doing nothing for the Negro and the Com
apparently why the party
way Only the vto ennd George Schuyler Pittsburgh Courier
Coumns constantly warned that Negroes allowing Themselves
he used For trouble he called Of
but Schuyler kept right charging that Communist
akudugRrry lie
those lee and ineIectuas who
practically ampng each other their the
lctterheads Of certain liberal" organizations.
All the Negroes cored by the
crowd any great tribute their asurnear
they fell for the with resounding Invitations
members Of the executive boards
suspect groups accepted
that mrk upper hierarchy
Of the White liberals gathered the fold the
but their part way q
organization actively financially orally
through service, him board which
effectively lence any criticism and also 80 neatly lines him up with
unknowngy party
Executive boards usually window dressing.
seldom actually know what going the common ee
Vaccinations Of Il organization
Right now Of leaders having
face facts for the first time They are finding out they have beer
their used and their influence used
for the militant they thought they embracing but f
theological pottRRe with dangerous implications.
good nd maybe present
Of ism routing good deal Of which to be ~chhunnE
Negroes thinking independent,
being easily by and paude" offered by
the white
I'm afraid Eegruss have that THERE IS No
POLITICAL PARTY OR IDEoLOGY WHICH CAN OR WILL OFFER
FUTURE UTOPIA. The salvation Of the within itself In
allowing himself be pulled by the white mans the
Negro has gained little Of self SufCFncy
Proof plan worked partial
found the amsntSbe which Negro
communities have allowed tho Of their
cajoled during year
So nstred have they been at having luncheon the YMCA with
follower that they've responsible for their
organizations backing food Of passing rayng
all following the general plan and propaganda line.
In Harlem weeks Negro Adam Clayton
Powell. a high York sfS,
circles along with several other leaders failed show
up sponsored by National
Golden ballroom The other leaders
for being Powell apparently didn't
his failure rally d working
people" attacked platform By Rev Ben
formerly his conhdan AbyiniG
Baptist church Communist councilman Davis EuppoEsd
smooth Richardson's against
Powell the absence Of the other leaders who
| had been invited appear.
wiD b. number 81
handed by Negro invited
oaiSolsd rallies The dn
since the getting sktsh Also Negro
beginning break their cautiously
bot subject 81 the Negro and Communism coming for
! airing
sIerutatngy funny and significant about faces
place the literal ranks from in This Sh0ut
| be an indeed.