The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1948-02-26
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Well, it turns out that President
Truman has got himself all tangled
up with group Of Southern gov
ernors who don't like what he says
about their little red wagon.
Some Of them threaten. to bolt
the Democratic ticket in the COM
ing elections, but they face the
question Of where they may 20
when they bolt. In politics you
don't just bolt from something.
You also have TO bolt to something.
For professional politicians to
bolt their party always is a ser
ious matter, but when it is com
plicated by traditional Democratic
adherence, as it is in the South,
it becomes something rather more
than complicated.
In his stand for a change in race
relations, the President surely has
thrown a huge hunk Of consterna-
ton into the South.
Where the Southerners miss
point is in the fact that race rela-
tions are bad in the North also.
Enormous Negro populations are to
be found in several Northern in
dustrial cities and they, too feel
the weight of discrimination and
the sting of prejudice.
Nobody is going to wish race
out Of existence. Nor
is anybody going to order them
into limbo.
Change will come. Much change
has come. Lynchings are much less
frequent than they used to be. Both
races have contributed to better
understanding and both races must
keep on doing so.
The black-white race issue is by
no means our only sore spot. There
is the sh-Christian situation
and we have had also our Catholic
Protestant issue.
During the war we had an acute
Japanese issue. We didn't do too
well with it, either.
But there has been Improvement
the japanese among US.
Great numbers of them have set
tied in Chicago, without segrega-
lion. They are happier than they
were before the war.
A lot of intelligent work has
been done to promote understand
ng among Catholics, Protestants
and Jews. Much progress has been
made. But much more is needed.
Race issues arise from more than
me cause. Economic conditions
start prejudice. Any racial minor
ty that is real threat to the ma
ority will reap hatred.
To some extent there is an econo-
mic phase in the black white situa-
ion. But, of course, there is more
han that. There is a great back
ground of slavery. 1t will take a lot
# Booker T. Washingtons and DR..
Jarvers to beat that down. 1t will
axe lot of Giving" on all sides.
If we could but get ourselves to
egard others as persons and to
udge on personal merit lot of
would have been made.
Jackie Robinson is a member of
he Brooklyn Dodgers because he is
great ball player, not because he
S black.
What this nation and its people
we every human being, black,
'rown, red, white or what have
-ou, is equality of opportunity.
races are barred from many occu-
ations in this country by reason
f race.
The constitution of the United
itates doesn't say that "life, lib
rty and the pursuit of happiness"
re guaranteed to white persons.
1t is true that the Southern gov
rnors don't like what the President
aid and maybe the President didn't
eally mean it all himself. But it
) good now and then for someone
D blurt things right out in meet
lg. Thought processes are started
nd often after the heat has been
and all hands have blown
if steam some little degree of pro-
ress or betterment is recorded.
Once white persons, especially
were "bound out" in this
ountry. That got stopped and so
ave a lot of other disgraceful
lings, like witch burning, got stop
ed.
We are doing a lot of preaching
, the rest of the world. Somehow,
} some folks think, preachers
Mould live up to the provisions of
leir creed