Arkansas State press., 1953-04-10

appealing Le11er
Draws Comments
From Ex.EmpIoyee
am in a small unit in the
u. 5. Navy made up of about
90 men and when papers and
magazines come We all read them
whether the person to whom they
belong is present or not. This out
1T IS predominantly white with
only two Negroes in it. When
come In and see some Of the
fellows reading my paper It
makes me feel good TO know that
they take enough interest in the
problems OF the Negro 10 read
about them. On several occasions
We have discussed the Negro
problems, subject which / en-
Joy discussing at any time. Some
times We sit around at the lunch
hour taking sides in discussing
different topics, such as do l
think the Negroes and the whites
should 90 to school together and
others concerning the Negro prob
lem, Il makes me feel good when
such fellows, with wnom l work,
from places In the south as Vir-
ginia, Georgia, Alabama, TAX
sides with me on these issues. We
sleep In the same barracks in the
same dorm and eat, drink, play,
60 on liberty and some OF us at
tend church together.
The thing that inspired me to
write this letter was a letter that
appeared IN the February 9th
issue of the paper The paper
came while | was out and when
| came in one Of my mates was
reading it. What he read shocked
me SO that l could hardly be-
lieve what l was hearing. 1t was
the letter written by one
of our supposedly intelligent COR
should be intelligent leaders, a
pastor of church, M G.. Garrett,
to Our Red Blooded White
Friends Of Little Rock, Arkan-
sas". The fellow who was reading
it called my attention to it and
said, this is ridiculous isn't it"
At first it made me feel bad but
when l read it and thought what
the fellow who read it before me
said about it, it made me feel
pretty good to know that he read
it and thought it ridiculous. So it
led me to believe that there were
people in Little Rock who re-
ceived the letter, that thought
the same as this fellow from the
deep south.
I really feel sorry for this
church miles Chapel, its pastor
m. G. GARRETT, its chairman Of
its board r.. o. Burgess and
the late DR.. A. A. Womack. | feel
sorry for the church because |
am sure the members must I'M
doubtedly feel bad and are in
need of much sympathy to have
been sent such a man to lead
them | feel sorry for the pastor
for many reasons that time nor
space viii permit me to mention,
but to mention a few, ne is sup
posed to be a God sent man to
lead his people out of darkness
and the shadows of life into the
bright lights of life. He is to so
let his light shine that all men
can see his good works and fol-
low, Does he really think that
his light is shining now? Well,
it is but not in the direction that
our Father in heaven wants it
to shine. He is man of little
judgment and Of little faith. The
Bible says, love we one another
and live in brotherly love. 1t did
not specify any particular place
that one brother should live Does
he really think that God has pre-
pared a separate place for His
children and that when we all
gather around the throne we will
have to take the back seat and
let Our Red Blooded White
Friends take the front seats
When God passes out the bless
ings Will He give the white Chris
tians first choice aad the Negro
Christians what is left? Was the
pastor truthful and sincere when
he turned the two Negroes and
one white away from the church
because they were Communist" p?
Did he do what my Bible teaches
''whosoever will let him come?
We're these men really Commu.
nlsts or were they service men
passing through our fair city, go.
ing home on leave after serving
in Korea? l had the pleasure OF