The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-01-30
BOSTON
BAKED
BY MABE KOUNTZE

READERS DIGEST for Janu-
ary features Fred Sondern's
timely article entitled: gu S.
Negroes Make Reds See Red"
This is a forceful and factuaI
story of how most of the Korean
war colored captives refused to
join the communist cause. Col
ored troops resented the fore
Ign foes aaiSa sympathy"
concerning their racial inequa-
1ties here at home.
ONLY THREE out of seven
hundred liberated colored
slaves of capitalism" elected
to stay in China, states the
Digest story. All the rest turn
ed down the Communist special
"Agitprop" three year pro-
paganda program to win color
ed troops. This great Tan Yank
percentage of loyalty is one
for the records. 1t entirely stun
ned the Russians who believed
they would easily win Tan
Yanks 100 percent. Mr.. Nc
Carthy should read this report
A COLORED MAJOR is quoted
In the Digest as somewhat re-
presenting the viewpoint of the
more than 700 Tan Yanks. This
Major was being berated for
enduring the racial injustices
in the u. S. A. But his reply
is a classic: 1.-THE suffering of
the COlored American in the
U. S. A. is almost over. But
yours, the suffering of the
Chinese at the hands of the
Russian Masters, has just begun.
You are to be pitied, not we."
THE CHINESE Communist
officers of intelligence were in
wardly stung by this reply from
colored Americans. The Chinese
were, every conscious of the
useful but inferior position they
occupy in the Soviet scheme of
things" relates the Digest story.
The Chinese also gained a
greater understanding and res
pect for Colored Americans
whom they had been taught to
believe as being stupid and
gullible". They found out diff
ferent.
COMMUNIST PARTY leaders
everywhere have vastly under
rated the intelligence of Col
ored Americans. AS in Korea,
they probably won the same
ratio of 3 out of 700. Some
claim far less. Out of Is mil
lion Colored Americans there
probably aren't one hundred
colored Communist members in
the country to-day. But like
the Russians, some Americans
believed that all Is million
would turn communist over
night. Why?
TAN YANKs did attend Com
munist meetings during the
Depression and might do it
again. But it was mostly to en-
iov free refreshments, dancing,
and to hear rouSing speeches
on equality. 1t is true that Tan
Yanks accepted Communist aid
in the cases of lynching, the
scottsboro Boys, and other
Dixiecrat prosecutions. The
Communists always exploit
such issues for their own bene-
AT. But it didn't mean the Tan
Yanks involved were Party
members!
THIS ASSOCIATION without
loss of loyalty is one OF the
prime issues of current COM
munist probes. Every person
~ Communist association can
not he called a part Of the
@Comnnunist Conspiracy. Ii
this were true, perhaps IS per-
cent Of the U. S. Unemployed
millions who associated with
some phase of communist pro-
gram during the 19SO's, through
the 4O's, would be security
RISKS" That is why reckless
"investigatiOns" could wreck
the country.
THE KOREA war record OF
ron Yanks requires no defense
Thev were in battle at the start
and won the first U. S. troop
victory at the front. Tan 9ankS
threw off the propaganda Oh
az III Germans in two wars. they
i yalY at oTokyo Rose. ana
thew shocked the Chinese Heas;
R,,t still we have hard-neaoeu
noiiticians who refuse to pass
p PgrtS-' for loyal Tan Yanks but
freelv grant jobs to ex-Nazl !.
Facist and other former elleiii'
-.i,,. No this LOYALTY?