St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-04-18
shocking Pattern"

shocking Pattern"
In many cities" Time says
Negro leaders and organizations
such as the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People put pressure on politicians,
city officials and newspapers to
! play down the subject Fearing
loss of Negro votes, few elected
officials dare TO resist the pres
sures. Abetting the concealment
campaign is the feeling shared by
many whites that Il Is unfair,
inflammatory and even un-Amor-
lean TO talk about Negro crime"
Based on a survey OF the situa-
ton by It's correspondents, Time
notes that in one city after an
other, the figures where they are
not hidden or suppressed by pol
iticians reveal a shocking pat
tern. Items;
New York u4Gs Negrol OF the
prisoners confined in houses Of de-
tention last year to await dis
position of their cases, $40 OF the
males and 6b% OF the females
were Negroes.
Chicago (iBS5 Negro). In 1855
twice as many Negroes ms whites
$3.50 10 go were arrested on
charges Of murder, non-negligent
granddaughter. rape and robbery.
Detroit 1850 Negro. Two out
Of three prisoners held in the
fwayne County Jail are Negroes
Last month 62gs Of the defendants
presented for trial In Recorders
Court were Negroes OF last years
%. 2i6 arrests resulting in prose
cution, excluding traffic cases,
Negroes accounted for 1879.
Los Angeles G3G5 Negro). In
1855 Negroes accounted for 2ssS
Of all arrests, and 49, Of the
arrests for homicide, rape, ag'
gravated assault, robbery, burg
Harry. larceny and auto theft.
san Francisco (7ss Negro). The
victims in 500 OF last years 1854
recorded robbery cases reported
THAT the assailants were Negroes
- White Problem"
In hiding the facts about Ne
gro crime. Time notes, "the con-
spiracy Of concealment" helps blur
the causes Of II. Most often, Ne
gro leaders point 10 poverty a.
the No. / factor In Negro crime
| As Editor Louis Martin Of the
Chicago Defender sees II, the main
cause is poor and crowded hous'
ing. But the moderate crime rates
among European immigrants, sub
iect 10 similar stresses Of poverty
and bad housing, suggest that
other factors may be more i'm
portant.
Negro leadership could make a
start toward lowering Negro crim'
rates by abandoning the conspir
acy Of concealment and urging
full disclosure Of the facts 10 b
met" Time says, once they faceC
the facts, Negro leaders and or
CARNATIONS including the NAACI
could help by wholeheartedlS
undertaking short-term efforts o.
rehabilitation, by accepting resPon
sibility in an area where they hab
ituany look the other way. Blu
even heroic efforts by Negro lead
ership could only dent the Negrc
crime problem, because essentially
II is white problem"
"Pervasive Discrimination"
Unlike the Caucasian immi
grant Of an earlier day, a Negro
can scarcely ever hope, even in th'
North. that the white society vii
really accept him on his human
merits, Time continues Negroes
are more prone than whites &c
break the laws. rules and customs
Of society because they are exclud'
ed from fun membership in II. II
gross and subtle ways. from un
written bans on employing Ne
groes 10 the family patronizinl
tone that even liberal hearteS
whites take toward them, Negroes
are made TO feel alien and inferior
This pervasiye discrimination
, holds down capable Negroes at tn
top Of the social ladder, dims thei
voices among their own people