Arkansas State press., 1949-12-16
The Dep South Speaks
BY Robert Durr for ems
Southernism And Communism


From where *tand it seems to me that the most needed
thing elections cooed candidate for every public office
on both Democratic and Republican tickets.
Four years hence politically coored people should
put candidates for the city commissions county commissions
boards of education and other local and state Offices
You may that perhaps colored candidate might
have ghost Of chance And you might be right that
have feeling that if the right is possible that
all would be pleasantly surprised
If could get good the they not lose
for the simple that they sought
would have opportunity with backing to present the
cause of the largest minority group before all the people in
newspapers the radio and the public platform.
Attorney Charles Anderson of Louisville has served in
state legislature of Kentucky for sever Kentucky in
the South What coored people have been able Kentucky
we in Alabama and elsewhere do
Illinois Pennsylvania, New York California many other
states have coored persons both branches the egs-
aure In most these representatives natives
state in the Deep South.
No good enough make the law under
which another who is barred herefrom live and
have his being And it far important as the
welfare of both the strong and the weak
weak have representation and voice policy making bodies
than for the elect
Equal Share
would have it clearly understood that what advocate
here is based upon belief that government can not be
had for any unless all share equally its fruits responsible
tiles.
No matter what may accomplish in the way of ed-
cation what have you really free unless he
owns some land and has much to do with the election
who are to rule him of next man.
1t is expecting too much of politician to look
welfare oil black folk II that politician elected office
white folk, and he himself is white racst have no
racial prejudice but know that any seup where all the power
is in the hands of white black people white or too
black for the good of any
The greatest danger in the world today the temptation t
make white supremacy colored supremacy the way of life
That is most disturbing backwash coming world
struggle
The United States make democracy work in order to
maintain its moral standing in the eyes and the world
lose face Russia all know whether we want
to admit not democracy work in Amere,
or we sunk working democracy for South
is the answer to the menace of communism because rad-
ona southernism breeds and desiminaes the violent
form of communism.
We have to know that the best hope of building the
peace rests with the United Nations In this organization all
nations and peoples Of the earth have the
smaller the nation the important is its participation
all members of the United Nations.
The old League Nations failed because the voice If =
black man was not to be heard there The United Nations will
succeed fail in proportion how well the darker peoples of
the earth negraed into the organization deliberations
conclusions and commitments
The United States with its 100000 colored men and
women-twelve million of whom live in the Deep South
can not give to mankind what or does not give m
nese millions who live in the Deep Southeauaity of parc
patton in the making and administration the laws under which
they are to live and flowing from that guarantee equal Just
ice and equal opportunity for all without regard of race
creed color
All the agreements effected by the United Nations will mean
absolutely nothing until the thing the UN delegates and off
Gals trying to effect for the world made to work the
Deep South II this wokabty not achieved by men of pood
VIII and pugnaciy who follow Gods direction most of us in
life time will again the flaming sword of war cut across
the lives of not only young and but the peoples
Of this world
More black faces in high places is cure for lot Of
things that as the world Of today Black and white men,
as men should see that lot of of merit Of all groups hold
forth for places of responsibility and honor the that
may know each other better may walk live and work together
in justice before God.