St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-10-25


a number of white citizens, from
southern governors to northern
real estate brokers, can be count
ed upon to see to that. Yet these
millions of American Negroes
may soon command the re-
sources, the slills, and the oppor-
tunities to enable them to enter
upon a citizenship certainly more
full and free than they have ever
known"
How will it come about? Not by
national conscience, nor of preach
ment nor of lawmaking, (al-
though these are not factors to
discounD but of that most earth
bound of miracles-the American
economy.
The Negro populations total
cash income after taxes (S16 bill
hon) represents today a purchas-
ing power almost matching the
value of all merchandise annually
exported from the U. S. 1t denotes
a market as great as Canada, a
market almost twice the size of
Australia.
Friends Question Our Attitude
The world is changing so swiftly
that before the conservative can
say "Sputnik" a new set of cir
cumstances make imperative a
change to a new position. Friends
of ours in oil rich Asia are say
ing: I'VE are your friends but we
want you to correct some of your
attitudes and ways because the
Communists are always there. We
want you to live up to your pro-
fessed democratic ideals"
Why We Don'te
The difficult thing to under
stand is why we don't; for if we
did, we would be richer, healthier.
happier and wiser. We would be
richer because all Americans
would be contributing fully to our
economy. This would mean higher
incomes to buy more products.
And more consumer demand for
products means more production,
and more production means more
jobs for everybody-white, black
and in-between.
We would be healthier and hap
pier because we could square our
practices with what we preach.
The inconsistency in what we say
as opposed to what we think and
do can make people miserably
sick-a sickness Of fear and hate.
For moral, economic and political
reasons we would be much wiser.
The little" men in Minnesota
who try to impede the Negroes
progress for all Americans, are
little" indeed. Their smallness
causes them to pout at F'EP laws;
to seek to invalidate civil rights
legislation by noncompliance and
cries Of Unconstitutionality.
Their ears, too, like those Of re-
calcitrants in the south, are deaf
TO the new clamor in the world.
They think the strongest spheres
of influence in world affairs still
emanate from England. France
and ourselves. England is trying
10 regain her eminence France is
unable to elect a popular govern
ment Only we are strong. but not
strong enough. We need friends
We need as many friends as we
can get: in Asia, Africa, Europe
and the Americas.
Refused A Job Twice This Year
But discriminatory firms and
unions, even here, in enlightened
Minnesota also play games with !
our wen-being James Black, %, |
a handsome Air Force veteran of /
the Korean conflict has been re-
fused employment at Murphy |
Motor Freight Lines in St Paul |
twice this year He is an account
ancy student at a downtown bust
ness school. Jim is married and
has a child. This makes is neces-
sary that he supplement his CT
bin living allowance, with part
time work
We're talking to James Black
now, 1o2s Carroll Ave, 81. Paul