Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-04-26

for the NAACP IL helped briuE
about the climate ot pualig uptulgU
which Influenced the n2N famous
May lT 1854 a. s supreme Court
decision outlaw as race segregation
!u public schools
IL has played an Important part
iH tho development % another 81
the pioneer Institutions among
Negroes ard the Organized NvEra
church Invariably u has Elvyu -
ks space freely % an ttuuWiaa-
tons helping build many ~ them
Ia huge mcmhershlp
n WAS the chief thorn Ga the seat
% the top hrass IN the armed forsgH
who wanted 20 maintain iho iutt
teieat asmocTatically rmpofrass-
inE jimcrp army. navy. air faFle
and marine corps mocker5. 10
there ever was enc. Opportunity FOR
American youth % All races crvets
aud culors 60 train work play and
face the C1mmop enemy tBgsthtT
has greatly enriched our national
life
Iu the period ot a single week tho
negro paper may De expected Go
hack better schools better trans
poriAtloEs better streets, better
haWes better lawns and gardens,
urtted parks. better schools. better
churches better manners better
AFNaa tttlEf hAbAN CONDUCT tEASFH
wives. better husbands. not 90 mgus
tIou support or the Community
Fund GrhaU League. NAAcF, tHr
cancer Fund she Polio Drives ana
the 1Qol good causes which are
ataut in TIE Intriguing land ug
ours
This press policies 10 larEo de-
gree community cuts0ma and habits
seeking al@ays 30 help train tha
people tH those standards and at-
tributes that viii better TT the Iu-
ufFidual into the main HtryaB OF
eammEuity and national lfe.
For Number Of reasons only iu
The past rs years has this press az.
summed aH aggressive role lu hyipinN
root Que crime III might have ttlt
Ihat emphasis on puulshinE gTimtW.
BlH alone WAS Insufficient because
fHe cause FOR grimIna}i{y among
Negroes last hired first fired on
tuba, small opportunity FOR t8uea-
tlou restrictions OF an kfndH was
NOT being attacked by those Boa
position 90 cope with g. lu too
waUy communities tho law meant 90
most Negroes white opprysEnr
One can see bow that idrH could bee
kept alive when one realizes that
even az this late date iu city IKE
birmingham Ala where Negroes
number 1lftOuJ souls Out Of 4#E uNg
Policeman o. law enforcement oTfIn
Ger
Nevertheless the Negro preas DO
today playing aH active role iu the
tight against Juvenile delinquency.
narcotics psdaliug and the vice
which often inreats the ghetto type
NnEfU dlHff}C1H and Us often EaaEEUa
iHuH 90 The best residential dis
irigts The Los Angeles TRIBUNE
g. currently carrying on q cam.
palHu 20 nd d Negro district iu that
city from gambling and UyoHtitu-
ti1u which has apparently been car
rsed on right under The nose. and
maybe with the eonutFanuc Of tho
police department.
Tho Negro Press rcspKuiEaa that
those who oppose the right % run
citizenship for the Negro use the
criminal statistics Go tTF o. prove
that the Ful0rgd people ATe IUHsr-
emily criminal ana undossTylUK ~
equal treatment Thran critics OF
course VIII not admit that the en-
ElFoumcHt. lack Of opportunity and
All ~ the other hundivaps under
The past go years is the cause ~ tho
hiNs number 90 Nsgross committing
crimes or lugarcsFRfsH iu prisons
They vii not even take into cone
stdegsfiDu the white judges. white
Police white 3ufurH-aGt'H a great
wonder the statistics do not show
e greater figure OF Negro crime
In fighting crime he NrFrn
Press has 10 contend against Yha
fruntrafGu8 and cultural Tags that
afgHut every Hud0fprIvIIavta sub
division 81 a community pUgefs
uou. the HInd ~ frustratlan vhIrb
through fhn years produced 90
many huw'HtHav nn saturday uEEhfr
in TOO many Negro rommuHi'ra
A. ar example ~ the role this
press has PLAYED ga thfs sraa Z rff5
the Kansas civ rATI. Ia th, Farfy
Thirf.ea Ef- editor. ghrafsr FrsrFlI1
became alarmed at on. uumEar az
haFd-rE committed BY Ngrruaa Ir