Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-28

ton as the FEPC. Your article ON
that subject was very interesting
and informative
Therefore. Nen. cannot quite
understand your piece which ap-
peared In this paper few weeks
ago TO the effect that the Jewish
people are exploiting the Negro
people in their capacity as store-
keepers and landlords.
am still trying Ia figure out.
Nell. exactly what you attempted
to accomplish by your article II
we grant merely for the sake OF
argument ialthouEh l myself do
not believe IL that there rs
gram OF truth in your statements,
would stu hike 10 know what
good your article viii do. Do you
think that YOU can change the
conditions by your article Grant
ing that YOU do want To change
things, do you think that you
chose the right method
As Negro journalist, lighting
for the enlargement and extension
Of rights Of your race, haven't you
come across persons who said
pretty nasty things about your
race? Haven't you been pretty Of
Tended by the things the Bilboes
and Rankins and others too num-
erOus to mention have said about
your people, Let us assume, Nell
that Just for the sake Of argu-
ment, there was just grain Of
truth in what they said DO you
seriously think that they were
really interested In helping the
Negro In removing the bad things
they criticized am quite sure.
Nell. that as AN intelligent tourn-
alist, you don't
am quite sure that you knew
that the lies and infamies these
men bruitcd about were calculated
10 and did harm the Negro race in
their search for equality, DO you,
can you, really think for mo-
ment Nell, that an article of your
/ type. which Is really a facimilc Of
the type the Bilbucs and Rankins
repeated. could help relations be
tween the Jewish and Negro p"u-
pies one whit On the contrary.
| acquainted as YOU are with propa-
ganda technques. isn't II quite
possible that you are laying the
groundwork for sChism between
between the two people that could
work 10 the dotriment Of both
After all II Is a matter ~ record
that the Jewish people have
materially aided the Negro PEG
pies in their fight for civil nights
Many Jewish lawyer has de
Tended Negro In a civil rights
/ trial Isn't II possible. Nell, that
you could De doing harm 10 both
races
! believe. Nell, that by virtue
az your article. you have abide
Gated your right 60 net ~
spokesman for racial equality
and the drmocratic treatment
81 mlnoTities.
You know Neil, that during the
past decade the position Of the
Negro people has advanced very
greatly, This has been partly due
10 the spirit Of the times genera
tod by the liberal influence Of the
administration Of PreHidcn
Franklin y Roosevelt. but also
not in q small measure % the mill
tant Negro press which conttnu.
ally attacked discrimination
against the Negro people and
made sincere appeals 10 the con
science Of the white population.
These appeals 30 the con.
science Of the American people
has yieIded results, Neil. al
though certainly therr II much
90 b. done. The moral position
Of the Negro people In itS ques,
for equal rights was unqUestIoB-
ably clear However. NPII, what
win b. it, moral position ~ n
allows attacks on other min
ity groups 20 APPEAR In Its col
HHnsS
! think, Ncll. that the Negro
press suffers more from Incidents
~ this nature than tho group at
tackled for II has taken away the
very foundation Of fts existence
II II docs not believe In fair play
for others what night docs II hsve
for fair play for itSeIf7
] am very saddened Men 20 see
an intelligent journalist like your
self fall for the kind % malarksy
that you debunk In others And I
am also ssddensd by the fact that
your boss. Mr.. Newman, did not
see ~ 10 sst you straight on these
things in his editorial aolurnn. A.
q fighter for equal rights II was
his duty 10 do ~ 7 sincerely hope
that have awakened you fighters
for your own rights 10 also re-
spect the rights Of othsra
Very truly yours Max Void
200 Portland Ave
Minneapolis MINI
Editors Note We extend 90 Nell
Ru@~rII. our e"lunpHist. the SANE
pFiyiIeEs wr assume for ourselves.
to-Wft: % eFitIcINe Negroes.
whites. Jsys az Geuttlss. Pr0ts@-