The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-08-04

10 nOlu q ike conference, map
strategy, and assign areas for
pointing UP the weak points of
our group to the masses. This may
involve a long educational pro-
cess, but the effort viii, in time,
be worth the scarifce.
AS matters now stand the
rank and file Negro is left to
follow path of his own choos-
ing-except for the warning he
may receive when he chances to
read strong editorial or other
comment in a newspaper. Regu-
lar workshops, mass meetings or
lecture tours will do much to
bring the facts home to our
group, upon whom much of the
fight, as far as it has gone, is
lost because of lack of proper
medals of dissemination.
The leaders, representing the
American Jewish Congress, Jew
iSh Labor Committee, all nation
al Jewish religious organizations,
Jewish War Veterans and many
community councils, were told
that the Jews in the South find
themselves in the middle of the
fight between the White Citizens
Council and the Negroes with
regard to implementation of the
Supreme Court decision against
segregation. DR.. Arnold Rose,
professor of sociology at the
University of Minnesota and an
authority on minority and civil
rights problems, told the con-
ference;
"'Jews are somewhat suspected
in the South of being relatively
liberal-minded in regard to civil
rights, which they are on the
average, although many individ-
ual Jews are vicious proponents
of discrimination. In order to
avert suspicion, and even worse
things like boycotts, some south
erp Jewish merchants are joining
the White Citizens Councils, al
though their relationship is nor
NAL. Nevertheless, race prejudice
has slippery quality and in
some Southern communities the
Citizens Councils are attacking
Jews as well as Negroes.
''In the national Jewish orga-
nizations, most of the influence
of Southern members is directed
toward asking for understand
ing" Of the South and toward
opposing public expressions OF
support for the Negro and the
Suoreme Court. Some of the
national Jewish leaders have
consequently become ardent pro-
ponents of the moderation"
philosophy and among the most
active spreaders of tales about
incipient violence in the South.
These Jewish leaders are contri-
buting to a most serious dis
service to the Jewish group as
well as to the whole nation, in
my opinion"
Southern Jewish leaders, pro-
lessor Rose declared, "can be ex-
pected to keep quiet about the
Negro problem so as not to draw
fire on themselves. But national
Jewish leaders have the oppor-
tunity thst other American lead
ers have of helping to rid the
United States of its major Achil-
les heel, which has particularly
threatened the Jews. If they do
not take a long-run and cour
ageous view of the current crisis
they are playing the SINE role
that collaborationist Jews PLAYED
in Europe during the Nazi period.
National Jewish leaders are not
on the personal firing line and
they should be expected to give
at least moral support to the bat
tie for civil rights, Rose said.
'Tn this situation" he continue
ed. southern Jews who are also
national leaders, have to make
the hard choice, and in general
will have TO give up nstional
leadership, much as Southern
Democratic carty leaders know
that they can never hope to run
for the Presidency. In a minority
strategy some may have TO play
the coll borationists' role, but
they cannot also play the lead
ers' role, and their national re-