St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-04-22

region would have eventually been
ruled by anarchy and nobody's
life WOULD have been safe"
Among editorial comments in
northern newspapers were these:
Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal:
Walter White deserves more
credit than any other single in
dividual in our generation for
improving the economic, political
and educational status Of Ameri-
can Negroes.
He devoted his life to active
advocacy of the idea that all per-
sons should be treated according
to their individual worth and not
on the basis of the fermentation
of their skins.
Walter White was a
leader whose contribution to
American democratic principles
will go down in history. In cham
pIoning the rights of the Negroes,
he was also seeking strict adher-
enee to the high concepts set
forth in the Declaration of In
dependence and the Constitution
which recognizes all citizens on
an equal basis.
New York World Telegram and
Sun: The Negro race (has)
lost an exceptional leader and
able spokesman. Mr.. White de-
voted his adult life TO crusading
for equal rights for Negroes. His
dedication to this cause and his
philosophy of moderation made
the NAACP a strong, widely re-
spected organization. BY his in
vestigation and exposure of race
riots and lynchings, he helped
greatly to marshal public opinion
against these evils -"
Lewiston (NIaine) Journal:
walter White lived an inspiring
life. He devoted his energies,
mental and physical, to a crusade
to better the American Negro
His sincerity, sensitiveness, wit
and enthusiasm won him wide
spread respect ="
Long Island IN. W Star and
Journal: Walter White spent
his life working for the end of
segregation and discrimination.
Our people, of all races, have
benefited by his labors"
Dedicated Champion Lost
New York Amsterdam News:
when Walter White died the
entire world lost a dedicated
champion to the cause of freedom.
Mr.. White had spent 81 years of
his life fighting lynchings and
Jim Crow and all of the other
more subtle forms of racial OPP
preston, But his interest in man.
kind did not stop with the race
question in America.
mir. White was a genuine hui
manitarian ready to do battle for
the victims of tyranny wherever
he found them. He knew the evils
of colonialism from his first hand
contacts with that system and he
wrote and spoke out against those
evils d. Negroes OF America have
lost a fearless leader in the long
and uphill struggle for full cii-
zenship rights and privileges in
the passing of Mr.. White, and
mankind has lost a true and test
ted advocate of freedom and hber-
".
Chicago Defender:
Walter White. throughout his long
and singular career, grew to the
stature Of spokesman. not only
for Negroes, but for all Ameri-
cans who loved justice and for
the great majority OF the worlds
yNaAFNlAG ushA An1nrnA
walter White know that the
Herculean effort to attain full
citizenship status for the Negro
in America was not merely a cru
sade for justice for his race, but
also a struggle which. when won,
would result in a victory for the
nations basic principles and a
triumphant justification Of her
right to world leadership. Thus he
travelled, wrote and spoke not in
narrow terms of Negro rights -
but in the broad, vast concept Of