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cess, in the north as well as the |
manifested itself during |
the state and local elections Of |
1850 and 1851 and has erupted |
with greater force in the current !
presidential campaigns.
2. The myth that the presence |
of Negroes in housing projects de-
preciates property values has been |
exploded in scores Of cities where |
integrated housing has been pro-
ven completely successful and con-
ducive to better Negro-white re-
lations.
8. Professional bigOts - anti
Negro, anti-Semeitc, anti-CathOlic
have continued the successful Op-
GRAFTON Of their network. They |
maintain close contacts for pur-
poses Of mutual support, the ex-
pIOltatiOn Of common propaganda
themes, and the exchange Of
sucker lists.
4. Because segments Of the |
South cling TO the mores Of white |
supremacy, there is steady pres
sure exerted by the Ku Klux Khan |
against social equality for the Ne
gro and there are political forces
fighting against civic equality for
the Negro. Everywhere through
out the country, in lesser or
greater degree, there is a struggle
against economic equality for the
Negro, reports the League.
In the South, where dynamite
has become the weapon of bigots,
the League characterizes the rash
of bombing as the bitter resent
ment" Of Southern reactionaries
to the visible social progress"
that has marked race relations in
that area since the end of World |
War II. Many of the entrenched |
mores are being threatened by en-
lightened Southern youth, sup
ported by a hard core Of Southern
educators, editors and ministers,
the report said.
8. The threat that guilt by as
ISOLATION" and smear techniques
involving racial and religious |
ISLANDERS will become imbedded in |
American mores, doing violence TO |
traditional democratic concepts Of |
justice, fair play and freedom to |
disagree" Americans find them
selves accepting hysterical, UNI
proved denunciations with less
and less repugnance, the League
warns.
9. A recent trend among several |
prominent hate prOpagandists 20
switch from Jew-baiting TO anti |
Catholic themes" a heretofore |
less competitive area among dol
lar seeking hate merchants" Anti.
Catholic bIgtOry still seeks TO
carry on Its century old vendetta,
the report declares. "and a mum.
Der Of pseudO.religious publica-
tons have been trying 90 revive
the hysteria Of the KnOw-Noth-
ings,"
Z. A concerted wave of attacks
on public education. This has been
directed particularly against
school systems. teachers, text
books and modern methods which
emphasize intercultural education.
Promoted by professional propa-
gandists, these attacks have pro-
duced chaos in many school COM
munities and have hampered the
operation Of entire school systems,
the League reports.
However, IL finds some eViden.
ces of u trend 20 fuller democracy
In higher education and reports
that In the last two years 1875 col.
Ieges I'm 81 states voluntarily re-
moved potentially discriminatory
questions Of race and religion
from their admission blanks.
The outbreaks of violence and
hoodlumism during 1851 --- the
worst year on record, says the
League, since the pre-war days OF
the Christian Front, cannot be dis
missed as juvenile delinquency. al
though many authorities have
sought refuge in this unsupported
explanation. The ADJ study re-
cOgnizes as one major cause for
violence the defiant efforts of
racists TO Illustrate the develop
ment of integrated housing 49,
whites and Negroes living in the
same areas-that has become &
happy outgrowth of the low-cosl
housing shortage" II recommends
a process of community education
and attentive police treatment I
half the outbreaks.
The cold war and international
filters are held responsible for
the tinge of hysteria that has en-
veloped the American people" a
factor, says the League, which has
given greater acceptabiIty to
wild, unfair, accusations which
have descended to the level of
character assassination"
This has been the traditional
technique of bigots," the report