Evening star., 1962-05-01
The Negro Migration

Trick in Sending Negro Fam
lily North" was read with in
terest. Regardless Of the mo-
tives Of the White Citizens
Council in sending this large
colored family North, this
family, willing to work, is far
better off employed in New
York City than unemployed
in New Orleans. There are
just too few job opportunities
in the South for so many COL
ored people.
Most Government contract
work is let out in the big In
dustrial cities Of the North
and West. Since more than
10 per cent Of our national
population is colored, all
plants doing Government
contract work should be re-
quired to give at least 10 per
cent Of their Jobs to colored.
This would give the colored
people more job opportunities
and greater economic stabil-
ity throughout all the United
States and insure them from
being the first to lose their
/ jobs in time Of depression.
These free bus rides
north" may actually be q
blessing in disguise.
X. d. Vass.
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Clarence Mitchell's de-
scription of the free rides
being offered to New Orleans
Negroes as ar incredible
demonstration of cynical dis
regard for the welfare Of
men, women and children"
is heartbreakingly accurate,
The Bible-quoting segrega-
tiontsts who put these poor,
ignorant souls on the bus
may accomplish their objec-
tives Of tightening their own
welfare rolls and showing
the Yankees q thing or two,
but they have forgotten that
the pawnS in this callous
game are human beings,
made (like themselves) in the
image and likeness of God.
The moving forces behind
these free" rides know full
well the terrible price that.
will be paid by those ac-
cepting deStitution, isola-
ton in a strange unfriendly
city, prehaps even death,
from exposure and starva-
ton.
: Mary O'ConnOr MOriarty.
. am astounded at the at
titude Of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement
Of Colored People toward the
anticipated exodus of South
ern Negroes to the North.
Here is a chance for that
organization to perform a
real service to the race. The
Stars editorial contends that
this migration represents O
''eruel hoax" because the
transients will arrive sans
funds, friends and jobs. Why
can't the NAACP use It's
resources to ! accommodate
these people by at least sup
plying the first two commod-
tiles cited?
The arguments made by
the NAACP and certain lib
eral groups are extremely
hypocritical. Surely no fam
lilies will leave the South If
they are working steadily or
are receiving adequate relief
funds to keep themselves
operative. Like many, many
groups before them, includ-
ing the Hebrew nation, the
Pilgrims, the Western set
tiers, and the European i'm
migrants. these people have
reached the end Of their en-
durance in one area and wish
to try their luck in another.
In this case they can test the
much-vaunted and loudly
proclaimed charity Of the
Northern States and their
own militant organization.
J. C. Davis.
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Inc White Citizens Coun-
Gil Of New Orleans is cruelty
offering free transportation
to INDECENT Negroes by the
busload and perhaps train
load to travel to New York,
Washington and other North
ern cities, under the tongue
in-cheek assumption that
the Negroes will be happier in
the North.
Retaliation In kind to that
sort Of mentality is pointless,
and would be unthinkable,
but wouldn't it be interesting
to see the reaction in New
Orleans If the Northen cities
sought out INDECENT members
OF the John Birch Society
and other Northern rightist
equivalents Of the White Cit
izens Councils, and offered
them free TRANSFORMATION In