St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-04-11
Democracy Defined at Moscow
Editorial In the Crisis }

of doubt
thrilled read Of the rsdshnOn of democracy delivered
before the Moscow Council Of Foreign Ministers March by the Ame
can Secretary of State, George c. Marshall
Mr. Marshall reading the Council and particularly the Soviet
Union lesson in democracy conceived by THE American
and cEsns He urging conception
democracy be extended to the German people Hear him.
II realize that the word democracy given Interpretations
To the American and citizens has
We believe that human beings certain naenabe ghsha
IT, rights which not be given taken To society
10 democracy respect the rights
free their beliefs and without
that they be snatehsd from their home family To
society free aw-AbdnG citizens live being
the right deprived R liberty pursuit
pinssaL (blaek type ours)
Surely Secretary State a good able welinfomed
he passages Surely
ss For all of them quite well that
Negroes do enjoy democracy defined by Mr. Marshall They
know that to extent jews orentas and others
denied their democratic rights both by the courts and by
Mr. Marshall must have known that the minute Negro
the District Of Columbia line into Mr. MArsha of Vr
g he is stripped of the rights may enjoy
line During the against Hesm, literally thousands Negro
employees Of the War Department who lived Washington and worked
in the huge PntASon building where Mr. Marshall General Marshall
top Inundated and attacked because the
building in Virginia Today the airport which the
tons capital will not permit Negro air traveller eat its dining
because located Virginia To the north Of Washington
twenty minutes from the White House the Maryland whose
legislature last month refused to repeal its nate travel Jim Crow
Denied the right During war; victory hanging
in the balance took Presidential executive order Negroes
jobs plants and agencies Last proposed fair employ
ment practice law hbueed to death in the U. Congress
All over the nation Negroes and others are denied the right to work
and to be promoted Individual Negroes have had dig their
nhganon
establish their right jobs railroad hremen
The right voteo their freely
Of Georgia. Mississippi South Carolina and Alabama
dehed the u and instituted policies frankly
to keep Negroes from voting
Life, liberty the pursuit happinsss'
the unsoled Monroe Co. nchngs which their
wives shot dead cold blood by white
the shameful housing practices where restrictive combined
action Of real estate boards and banks and policy Of
Rgencye FHAa result in Negroes and others adudged be
nonCaucasAn being barred from buying and occupying homes
side crowded ghettos
Would Negro like pursue a little happiness theatre,
beach pool hotel train plane ship golf
winter resort? Would he like overnight
camp Seeing
Well just let him tTy
Mr. MAhaPs predecessor Mr. James Francis Brnes Of Spartan
burg lectued the nations Of the world free democratic
tons tie Balkans the while thousands Of Negroes in his
dared This getting to be embarrassing There
time when America and Britain could talk about democracy and
people,
included Britain rude enough refer the Negro problem
America ignored spots British
Logical and cold and pseand always polite Moreover Russia
Regardless Of h other faults has subscribed to the Anglo
American color line philosophy the western going to
n certain definitions and practices in order TO win points from
then Russia insists that they clean No double talk
Soviet position always based human rights but the
she ID there at the bargaining table in this hard being
played for keeps that in the give and take human rights