Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-09-09
Guilm0nf Answers
White Supremacy
Organizers Charges
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printed truth and visual aids which
are never seen in either Northern
or Southern newspapers"
what are these printed truths
to which Coward refers? II 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
toms 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
gie-eyed celebrity - struck white
girls. The caption for this picture
reads: lis this what you want for
your daughter?"
It Is obvious such a picture has
no value to the hate-monger him.
self unless he instill 1t 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, a 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-
domination 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, II 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 blgot
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 Il apparent In some
Of Goward's favorite literature
from which I quote: Communists
know our strength il In our white
stock and that when they have
mixed our blood with Negro that
VIVA ~. HaIrnA No,~-,..,
TN his letter to The SPOKES-
MAN, Coward states that Lawr-
ence Fevig, operator Of Kilroys
cafe and one Of the initial attend
ants at NSPWR meetings, has
been serving Negroes ION that
corner for several years. He has
always been courteous to the Ne
gro. What Coward fails to real
lie Is that Fevig has not always
had Negro customers in his cafe.
In fact, until the neighborhood in
which he is located became a COM
munity in transition, Fevig did not
have Negro customers.
Once, however, a restaurant
operator finds that his entire
neighborhood has suddenly crossed
racial lines, there is little he can
do except feed them, unless he
wishes to close up and move out.
Even after the changing pattern
OF the neighborhood became obvi-
Gus, Fevig has been known on
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
In that several Of the letters re-
ceived by the NsPwR were in my