St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-09-09
GuiImonf Answers
White Supremacy
Organizers Charges
Continued from Page l

printed truth and visual AIDS whlcn
are never seen in either Northern
or Southern newspapers"
What are these printed truths
to which Coward refers? Il have
copies Of every tract and publica-
ton Coward was attempting to
foist off on his first meeting. Each
and every one of them are the
most vicious forms of hate-mon-
gering available in a free land
which because of its freedom per-
mits their printing and distribu-
ton" said Guilmant.
Chief among the NSPWR- spon-
sored publications is a one-page
leaflet published by Frank L.
Britton of Inglewood, Calf Brit
tons speciality, usually photographs
Of Negroes and whites in intimate
poses, is designed for shock effect.
The assumption behind the Brit
ton publication is perfectly clear:
Association between Negroes and
whites is repugnant because of the
Negroes inferiority." In almost ev-
cry instance, this California pub
Usher reprints pictures of national
Negro figures in the company of
white people. One such picture of
Billy Eckstine shows the once
famed singer surrounded by Cog
gle-eyed celebrity - struck white
girls. The caption for this picture
reads: rs this what you want for
your daughter?"
1t is obvious such a picture has
no value to the hate-monger him
self unless he instin it with the
filth of bigotry."
Another form Of the printed
truth" being circulated by Coward
who says he is not bigoted, is the
White Sentinel published by John
Hamilton, former cohort of Ger
aid L. K Smith, who works out
of st. Louis, Mo.
The very ineptly name news
paper" Common Sense published
by the nationally known bigot
Condo Mckinley is also being prop
osed by Coward as a source of
the printed truth, said Guilmant.
Publications from the Christian
Nationalist Crusade, a hate-mon-
gering political party, are being
read as the truth" by Coward
If he hasn't taken the time to find
out who prints these truths"
then Coward is naive If, on the
other hand, he knows they are
published by Gerald L. K. Smith
then he is attempting to fool his
followers.
Il doubt that anyone of intellig.
ence is not aware that Smith is
perhaps the worlds best known
and best paid bigot. To accept
them as truth in spite Of the con.
demnation they have received from
every legitimate government and
social agency, from every religious
organization, is a bit too far
fetched to anyone not inclined in
the first place towards bigotry."
Furthermore, if Coward claims
he is not a bigot and therefore,
generally disposed to sowing racial
hatred, said Guilmant, he is fol-
lowing the path of the established
hate-monger nonetheless. One OF
the favorite past-times of the bigot
is that Of attempting to link any
form of social equality for minor.
tiles to the Communists. This pat.
tern has also been adopted by
Coward. This is apparent in some
Of towards favorite literature
from which quote: Communist.
know our strength Is in our white
stock and that when they have
mixed our blood with Negro thai
we are licked forever"
In his letter to The SPOKES
MAN, Coward states that Lawr
ence FeWg, operator of Kilroyl
cafe and one of the initial attend
ants at NSPWR meetings, ha!
been serving Negroes ION tina
corner for several years. He ha!
always been courteous to the Ne
gro. What Coward fails to real
ize is that Fevig has not Away
had Negro customers in his cafe
In fact, until the neighborhood il
: which he is located became a com
munity in transition, Fevig did no
have Negro customers.
"Once, however, a restauran
operator finds that his entir,
neighborhood has suddenly crossed
racial lines, there is little he car
do except feed them, unless h
wishes to close up and move out
Even after the changing pattern
OF the neighborhood became obvi.
GUS, Fevig has been known or
several occasions to act vilely to.
ward Negroes. The sudden appear.
ance of the NSPWR on the horizon
must have appeared as a God-send
to Fevig." said Guilmant.
At another point Coward SAYS
in his letter to The SPOKESMAN
that The replies received by the
NSPWR in answer to its ad in
the Star-Tribune personal columns
were not available to anyone else. ;
What Coward fails to realize
Is that several Of the letters re.
ceived by the NSPWR were in my
hands before they were ever mail
ed" said Guilmant. Many Of tn,
letters were written by friends o
mine who made every effort Il
write as Vilely as they possibl,