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which he had sole or half interests,
to chop cotton in field for his
Landlord" Bonnie Mckinney, of
Tandy, Miss.
The Showdown
The week before the showdown
early last week, Rev. Towns and
his wife and seven of the children
Five of the II are adopted) had
hoed in Mr.. McKinney's personal
crop for $3.50 each per day.
Last Monday morning. Reverend
Towns said he went to his personal
crop planting and other work and
was in his field when the Gland
lord" demanded that he come back
to his field. He told me, the pastor
stated, "Here you are working in
your own fields when my crops
Negro labor. then we are "@uiltv';
if it is crime to support the lib
GRAFTON demands of our Brothers
and Sisters in Africa. and to OPP
pose the support given by our own
government to the imperialists, the
fascists and the warmakers in At
RIGA, then we are "guilty": if it is
q crime to challenge the attempts
of American industry, as it shifts
its factories to the South, to set
up lilv-white hiring policies. to un-
dermine trade union organization,
and to turn the clock back on the
beginnings of unity between Negro
and white workers in the deep
South. then we are "guilty."
And, if the Attorney Genera
considers the demand for full free
dom-economic. political and social
now, not 80 years from now. as
subversive. then. he had better
"desienate" the Negro people of
America; for this is their demand.
and the Negro people are surely
guilty" of fiohtine for freedom.
And, the NNLC intends to con-
tinue to be guilty" of fighting for
freedom. We will not be intimi-
dated, because the Negro people
will not be inundated. We are
fighting for full freedom. and we
do not intend to stop FIGHTING UNI
til we can walk with full freedom
and dignity in the land of our hirth.
We interpret the Attorney Cen
erals proposed designation. as Of
fetal notice from "hiph govern
ment sources" that the neo-fas-
cists of America have felt the
sting and the fury of our freedom
crv. They fear the power of our
call to white workers to Join with
us in our struggle-they are shak-
en- by the growing unity of Negro
and white. of the labor movement
and the Negro people,
The Attorney General, chief law
enforcement agent of the federal
government, acts more as an Of
fetal apologist and enforcer Of
Jim Grow. Federal statutes, such
as those Outlawing interstate rail
road and bus passenger jim Grow.
and the Presidents Government
Contract Compliance Order. calling
for fair employment practices in
all government contracts go unen-
forced; legal lynchings by South
ern states, such as the recent muir
der of two innocent NEGROES in the
North Carolina gas chamber, in
violation of all federal and state
rules of Justice and fair trial pro-
cedure, are allowed to proceed un-
challenged; Negro veterans in the
South are denied by Jim Grow
practices. minimum government
guaranteed services of the CT Bill:
the Christmas Day murderers of
NAACP leaders. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
nv T. Moore. are still at large. free
by wink from the government to
murder again. In fact. for all its
Wanted efficiency, the FBI, which
is under the direction of the At
torney General, has vet to appre-
bend a single. solitary lvncher.
/ The National Negro Labor Coun-
Gil rejects any concept of the right
and fitness of a Jim Grow lover.
such as the Attorney General, to
pass on our loyalty. In that re-
gard, we will be governed only by
the verdict of the Negro people
and their white allies in the strug-
gle for freedom.
We shall appeal the decision of
the Attorney General to the free
dom fighters of America.