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NEGROES DEVELOPING RESISTANCE TO ANTI. DEMOCRATIC FORCES NC\Y YORK—“The verr hist ended ’-as been cm of the grim est -e-’-" :n the history of the National Association for the Ad vance ient of f o'o' d People,'’ de clared Walter White. “Negroes i America have been disillusioned ever the wvp -r ’- re' imrs brutal ity and official rercr oion from all of the f’ nboyant promises of post '— ■ detnoc r— m-d decen cy. Yet 'here has bee:1 • cf good vs’1 a bur ibs - eg" of * Ki t-nee - lice has reflected it'-e'f jr* tT>p growth of the Association i" ■ *;e*-v rertion of the co-n* 7Vt t' ’ ■ - o’ er pheT omei?I nor even la iiing, for the '"fm '• ■ "■ cfccc 'icv Q.n^ fairness if dove’oping rmorg all of peorlf rf go - --’rt, end p" peciar. - ro»on~ f'" colored peo- i pies of t’-“ - -r’ ’ ” - >r , oa --- --- ■— ot r NNAACP ' o-r-al Meeting on Jan liarv f> i- ■" - f 'b’tnrhini. ef Ney Yor’-’" rr- -dom Poure, eontirv ed. "T’~ o rrt>e civilized world was shocked n 1 946, by re-orts of the ultra--— ■ — of * i-ic>-r-—f>r- lynch ing mobs —’ o to-trred a id mutil ated Neg— 001 end even worn!"'. It listened -o>-t "nbelieving, t repoM® r>* b’o'-'-toreh killing and eyc-g'i,rrt--"r o' Negro veterans freshlv ^-'-ned from v war to end • torture and racial exterminat-on. But it must be encouraged too when it watches the Tame of re s'®tance fanned into full life as Negroes "nd their democracy-lov ing friends fh’-ht the Bilbos and Rankins stand their ground at t,he reg'~t-at'on booths defy organwation" like the Columbian® .and sit it out in ’-nsegregated housing protects in defiance of the howl'ng mobs. The NAACP vic tory at Columbia. Tennessee: the historic victory over Jim-crow seating in interstate bus travel; t'-£x unprecedented spectacle of 250 Negro veteran® called out bv NAA.CP branches in Mississippi, atari ,;r-T ii the coustroori at the Bilbo h-agree, a-ixioi'® to sneak against the hate-filled champion of lynching: the white students jam ming fi-e Au~tin. Texas courtroom shoulder to -hou’der with Negroes, giving encouragement to the As sociation’s lawyers in their suit to force the crniver®ity of Texas to adm't onalified Neero students: all of this is a part of the flame.” The NAACP secretary signifi- ' cantlv focused attention on the political scene with specific re ference to the far reaching im- ' parlance of the Association's Su preme Court victory in the Texas primates issue, which gave the right to vote to Southern Negroes for the first time. “The new Con gress 1 • viewed with hope." de clared Mr. White. “.but Ne- ' groes will continue to view it with a large degree of skepticism. In 17 northern and border states with a combined electoral vote of 281, it should be remembered by both ma- , jor parties, the Negro vote could . swing the alance of power. With | Negroes going to the polls in the south, their votes must now be considered a decisive factor in any election. The Republicans now in power have just two years in which to prove to Negroes that j they should remain in power." The following are some of the ' highlights of the Association’s I work in 1946. Nineteen rorty-six was a year of tremendous growth for the As sociation. One hundred eighty-four new branches, sixty-four nev/ yoyuth councils and college chap ters were chartered. The Associa tion also set up in the national of fice a department of public rela tions, educational department, and made provisions for a church se cretary. The staff of the Washing ton Bureau was augmented by the employment of a Labor Secre tary. The thirty-first award of the Spingarn medal was made to Thurgood Marshall, Special Coun sel of the Association. (See cita tion in July, 19*6, Bulletin.) Perhaps the most outstanding aspect of the Legal Department’s . work was the winning of the Irene Morgan vs. Commonwealth of Virginia case which established the liegal principle that state se gregation laws do not apply to interstate passengers on inter stat? carriers. The Legal Depart ment arranged for and direccted the defense of some twenty-seven Negroes charged with crimes varying from attempted murder to illegal possession of weapons, as a result of the alleged riot in Columbia. Tennessee. Twenty three of the defendants were clear" ed on all charges through the As sociation’s legal efforts. '• • In the field of education, the LCJ gal Department handled four uni- | versitv cases involving the right of Negroes to enter graduate schools in those states where Se- ; gregation io practiced and got pro-* visions mad; for No?.roes in the graduate schools. These cases were instituted in Texas, Okla homa. and two in Louisiana. The Legal Department was suc cessful in reducing the periods j confinement levied against former Negro servicemen by court-mar- j tial courts in a total of more than . 2100 years, and has had at least ! eight - death sentences commuted. ] Hundreds of smaller cases were I handled, including police brutal- ] ity. extradition, housing, and em pioyment problems. The Veterans’ Bureau in Washington has served , as counsel for similar members of the armed services who received j other than honorable discharges ; before the various boards of re view.. They have gathered all laws and data on legislation relative to veterans, examining the same for , the purpose of determining whe- I ther this legislation was discri- ! minatory. It has carefully persued the activities of the Veterans’ Ad ministration and is fighting for the eradication of segregation and discrimination based on race in this, the largest government agen cy in existence today. It has urg ed in integration of Negroes into its own facilities and provided for federal legislation for the aid of veterans. It is fighting discrimin ation in the armed services and pressing foV full integration of IT "moes into these services. Some of the main features of the Association’s work in 1946 included the formation cf the Na tional Committee for Justice in Columbia. Tennessee, setting up of the National Committee on Mob \ it! nee, which included a visit ‘n 1 ilent Truman and the s'ub eoci’ent Civil Rights Committee appointed by the Fre t. The Secretary served on f'-r committee to study the UAVV '' f ' err' , aiding i. the hearth*’* foefcre the Senate committee to determme the fit - n--n of Gov. William H. Hastle'to serve in the capacity in the Vir gin Inlands, and served on the At terp - v General’s panel on juvenile c.e’i lourncy. Tire Association pre par'd detailed information p-e mr.ted befor-* the Senate commit* conee?nirsr fVo.rtnr F*’ho. It v'goroucly opposed the distorted f ts as set forth in the Mcadci rep - vt concerning the activities of Negro troops in the European' ■Vrnrv of Occimntion. It suer sored the drafting of a new anti-lvnch ing bill and a draft of a general hJu for the protectmp of C’vil v’ghts for citizens. It posted a SI 0 000 reward in the matter of the qusdraple Georgia lynchings. Labor Department Efforts of the NAACP to pre vent discrimination in the oper- , ation of the employment service after its return t» the states were ( onlined in the first Annual Hc por of the NAACP’s Labor De partment. The report mentions that on j September 11 Secretary Schwel iprhach of the U. S. Department of Labor agreed, for the first time, in a meeting of organizations call ed at the suggestion of the NAACP that segregation in the District of Cohimia USES would be abol ished. The NAACP also asked gov ernors of a number of states to ad-m* policiv’ of no discrimina tion. The writing concludes, how ever. that the return of federal oont-oi is necessary if a real at tack is to be made on discrimina tion. Citing the return of pre-war dis criminatory practices in industry, the report emphasizes the need for federal and state EPC legisla tion. Also on the legislative front the department states that there will be vigorous NAACP opposi tion to any “attempts in Congress to saddle on the American work ing people legislation designed to curb the effectiveness of trade ! unions.” « Calling attention to specific | cases of government job discri mination in Germany, Japan, and the nited States. the document states, “It is safe to say that wherever our flag flies over a Federal esablishment, there also do we find job discrimination.'' [ NAACP branches are currently playing an important role in at tacking job discrimination in con struction employment, the tele phone, and textile industries, the report points out. , Washington Bureau Lesne Ferry reporting tor tne ' Washington Brueau, said that dur-' ing the year 1946, in addition to working for the passage of legis- • lation such as FEPC, Anti-Lylieh- j ing and Anti-Poll Tax Bills, the NAACP gave increasing attention | and support to measures of a non- j racial character. The Cancer Con- j trol Bill Which would have appro- 1 priated $100,000,000 to edmbat that dread disease, the Atomic En ergy Act which set up a civilian committee to develop and control atomic energy, and the continua tion of effective price controls to keep down the cost of living were cited by Perry as some of the bills having no racial implications which the NAACP supported. ‘‘Through the alertness of the NAACP” the report continued, “a non - discrimination amendment was introduced to the National School Lunch Act, approved by the President on June 4. 1946. The amendment was offered on the floor by Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., (D. N.Y.) at the request of the NAACP and assures that colored children in the south will participate equally in the free school lunch program.’ Mr. Perry said that the efforts of the NAACP in Congress had contributed to the defeat in 1946 of legislation in Congress had con tributed to the defeat in 1946 of legislation in Congress to establish peacetime military conscription. He said that the Association would renew that fight in 1947 un less the Peace-time Military Tiaihlrt? Bill which is introduced assures that there will be no ra cial segregation or discrimination in the armed forces. Special Research • W. E. B. DuBois, Director of ! Special Research, NAACP, re ports that the main literary work of the department has been the writing and preparation of a man" j uscript of the book, ‘‘The World and Africa,” which Viking Press j will publish in January. 1947. Dr. j DuBois and his staff edited and j revised the Prefatory Volume of ! the Encyclopedia of the Negro. In ! addition to writing and editing the ! introduction and summary of a : petition to the nited Nations on J the plight of the Negro minority i in the United States. Dr. DuBois j wrote a great many articles for j national magazines, and newspa- j oers and has delivered scores of ! lectures and radio talks chiefly on j the question of colonies and par- j ticularly colonies in Africa. Veterans Bureau The NAACP's Veterans Bureau, in its first year of operation, un der the directorship of Jesse O. Dedmon, geared its program in such a way as to be of maximum service to minority veterans, and Negro veterans in particular. It concerned itself, first, with the re habilitation of veterans; next, the hospital and medical service, and third, the policy of the armed for ces with regard to improving the position and hastening the full in ■-j efcTiJisrcy Production! Production! Production! • Production! Production! '•Production! •' •Production! , } Production! > (Production! I Production! : i Production! i Production! 1 f ' Production! f ' Production! [ ’ , Production! i . -_:_J tegration of Negro manpower and woman power in the regular es tablishments of the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, in the reserves of the several service, and in the National Guard. The Bureau has served as an information service fo" thousands of Negro veterans publishing and distributing a Vet erans Handbook for the guidance of Negro veterans. It has aided in receiving educational benefits, pensions, and other benefits pro vided by law. It has been instru mental in gaining the employment of Negroes in the Veterans Ad ministration. and urges branches to press for maintenance of vet erans right in obtaining jobs and benefits in their localities, and to see that Negro representatives sit on local housing committees in or der that veterans may receive the necessary housing as provided for in Federal 1 , Vsla'i'on. The De partment has fought for the em ployment of Negroes on the re cently established Veterans Em ployment Service. The Veterans Bureau testified before the Gillam Committee, which issued the Gil lam Report, making some strides towards integration of the Negro into the Army, but imposing a quota system based on the Negro population percentage. The Secre tary of Veterans Affairs reports that, modest as they were the Army has failed to carry out tiie recommendations of the Gillam Report. The NAACP also protest ed the War Department’s policy refusing enlistments to Negroes unless they had a high school edu' cation and received a higher mark on intelligence tests than other accepted enlistees. Studies and canvasses were made of Negro in tegration in other branches of the service, with discouraging results. { all pointing to a policy of discri mination against Negro service- ! ment. The Secretary challenged smear of Negro troops' records 1 and interested the press in aues tiouing the veracity of the Meader Report (Jti AMG in Germany. In addition, the Bureau has fought for the admission of Negroes into all Veterans facilities, and has tried to stop thf* erection of an all-Negro hospital ifi .Tennessee. Youth Active units of Youth .Councils —267 (59 newly chartered.) College Chapters— 47 (about .8 are newj. Outstanding progress on White campuses in the North, e.g. t nell nivresitv. University of Wis consin and Columbia college chap- 1 ters. There are now youth groups in *hirtv-*even states' end r>. c. Total membershin is about 25.000. Most active in fight for civil rights, and against discrimination in restaurants, skating rinks, thea tres. and other public places, and particularly in the South, youth were active in registration and voting campaigns and against po lice brutality. Also worked for better educational opportunities for Negroes. Crisis Magazine The Crisis, offical monthly ma gazine of the NAACP, reported a gross income of $63,114 for the year, with an average monthly circulation of 57,000 copies. Branches The NAACP continued its phen omenal growth in 1946 by the es tablishment of 179 branches, more than have ever been organized in any one year and the effectuation on a loval level in these new com- } munities of action programs to | comat segregation and discrimina' | tion. The great streTTJHh of the ( Association lies In its life line of branches operated chiefly by vol unteers In most communities. In larger cities where the problems of industrial life and race conflict are more acute, not only has there j been a trend toward increased J membership in the NAACP but i branches in larger communities j have set up full-time operating offices with Executive Secretaries. These professional workers have | materially aided development of | the Association. All ranches in | NAACP have supplied the Nation' al office with effective media \ through which the voice of 535 000 j members could be heard effec- ; tively in local communities, through state organizations, and providing implementation of Na tional program. The department sought to guide branches in carrying out Asso ciation program through direc tives. action letters, suggestions for programs, etc. Political Action: In September the Association adopted a revised political action program in accord ance with resolution of the Cin cinnati Convention. calling for non-endorsement of candidates and urging branches to examine non-1 partisan problems affecting local < or state issues and authorizing! them to give active support to < Relea^d bv Calvin s New* Service Between 1.000.COO and 2,033,000 agricultural workers will drop out in the next five or six years from the southern labor market because of mechanization in the processes of producing cotton, sugar and rice. This isn't my forecast.? It's the forecast of Ewan Ciague, ’director of the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statis tics. Mr. C ague has his fingertips on more facts concern ing empioymetn and production than anyone else in the ic? entry. He ought to know. And what does Mr. Ciague propose doing about this gigan tic tragedy that Is about to strike the American workers? I hope you listen to this carefully because Mr. Claglie’s answer is as eloquent a testimonial as I have ever heard tot the cal lousness of the so-eailed “liberal” mind. Air. Ciague was speaikng before the American Public Wel fare Association at Baltimore, Maryland. He said that the not few years would not only see teehnoh fgieal unemploy ment soar in the South—particularly among Negroes—hut that improved technology would also cut a swath of jobs in urban industry ail over the eoutnry. Then he added: “This should mean a widely increased unemployment in surance and extension of such insurance to agrieultural work trs. • * *:a insurance is one of the mast constructive sys tems 1 know of to make free enterprise work Some fo'ks may think I’m a little hard on Mr. Ciague, that Mr. Clag •• i a real liberal-minded gentleman w ho wants to see to it that when workers are kicked out of their jcjbs by the “iron bouncer” they don’t starve. Well, in my own de fense I want to say that 1 don’t like to see workers starve ei ther. The difference between Mr. Ciague and me is this: Mr. Ciague accepts a new wave of technological unemploy ment as inevitable, like the recurrence of the seasons. I don't. I hold that technological unemployment is inevitable ONLY IF WE KEEP THE CAPITALIST SYSTEM. If we were to get rid of the capitalist system, then instead of kick in" workers out of their «ol»s the new machines would kick P •» hours out of the working day I Please note that Mr. Ciague talks about feeding technolo gically displaced workers and making “free enterprise" work all in one breath. Now to the capitalists, who are the bene ficiaries of this system, that probably makes sense. But how much sense does it make to wage workers To the pro pie who risk the fate of being tossed on the industrial scrap heap? Does it make sense to yew? We've come a long way to the year and a halt silica \ -J Dav. Then the politicians were still talking about ‘"full em ployment” and “60,000.000 jobs ’’ The Congress passed an ‘ 1 employment Act of 1946” that was supposed to erect a safeguard against the recurrence of mass unemployment. Actually, the Act is a lot of legalistic stuff and nonsense which provides “full employment” for only tliree people— The President's economic advisers who get SI 5.000 a year each. The other day, these advisers submitted their first report and it was a lulu! It was what the late President Roosevelt would call “iffy.” In effect, it said that if business is goc# we won’t have a depression in 1947! President 1 raman liked it, probably because it made no recommendations, hence can be filled like a used weather repcjrt. It looks like the labor-displacing machine and depression have got to take their toll of jobs before any great number of workers are going to get fed up with this starve-awliile* eat-awhile system. For far-sighted folks however, now is the time to think hard about how to make the indicated changes in our social order. For the sake of our children and all the posterity to follow- us, let us not regard unem ployment insurance as the goal; let us rather set as our goal a social svstem in which there will be jobs for all, and peace an4 a^undan??. ' >j' ■*- • s< 1 - ~ "" ■ - --__Mi their position taken on referen dum, bond issues, chartering, Con stitutional amendments. Each branch was urgert to conduct a re gistering and voting drive. With the exception of one branch' iM a youth council, there was an attempt on the paft of the branches to carry out the political action program and policy. At the request the Washington Bureau, manv branches queried Congres sional candidates on issues affect ing minority group. Outstanding political actioIS activity was noted by the State Conferences in Vir ginia. Texas, and" New Jersey and by branches in Detroit. Michigan.' Cincinnati, Ohio: Philadelphia, Pa.: Baltimore, Md.; Los Angeles, Calif.; Chicago, 111. Lynching 1946 saw eight Negro Citizens of the United States die at the hands of lynching mobs. Two of <ihe vic tims were women, while three were veterans of World War II with overseas service. The NAACP feels duty bound to point out how ever, that although the lynch;hg record shows eight victims, there is much evidence pointing to the fact that there acually have been many more. These lynchings, tak ing place in remote southern areas where the residents are terroriz ed into maintaining silence, are never reported in the press. The Association’s Investigators are now attempting to clear up the circumtances surrounding several of these “deaths from unknown Causes” and it is feared that their finding will increase the 1946 toll. Lynching Record for 1^46 July 20: Rupert’s District, Taylor Countv. Georgia: MACIO SNIPES, veteran, five only Negro to vote in the Georgia primary from Rupert's District, was shot gnd killed on the porch of his home by ten w'hite men who pretended they had come to col lect a $10 debt. July 24: Lexington. Miss.: The lynchings of LEON Mc TATIE whose body was found by a Negro fisherman in a Sunflower County bayou, occured on or about July 24. McTatie had been accus ed of stealing a saddle, a fact latei disproved. He was set upon and beaten by six white Mississippi farmers when he denied knowledge of the theft. Sheriff W. L. Mur tagh said “it was evident” that McTatie had been thrown into the >ayou from a car and that he was lead at the time. His attackers lave been apprehended. They leny all knowledge of his death. , July 25: Monroe, ua.v ROGER MALCOLM. GEORGE | DORSEY, a veteran, together with i their wives, WILLIE MA E and f DOROTHY, were dragged ff*m a j car and shot to death by an an n'ASked band of twenty white meif Loy Harrison, a well-to-do i white’ tenant farmer who alleged ly needed their labor on his farm ! drove ttf Monroe Oh July 25 with ! three of them to make bond for | Roger Maifcolm. Melcolm had been ! jailed in Kfonroe on ft charge of stabbing HW former employer, larney Hester, during A quarrel which arose cWer the undue at tention being jhtid Mrs. Malcolm by the latter. Maiiiolm's temporary release was obtained. As the five S were returning to Bkrrison's farm t they were halted by & mob. Harri I Son was held at gun point while the Negro couples were lined up and shot. The coroner reported that at least sixty bullets v cre used to riddle the victim;?. Their mulitated bodies, scarcely recog nizeable, Were found sprawled be side a clump of bushes on a lonely road. August 3: Gordon, Georgia: (NAACP Investigator) JOHN J. GILBERT, participant in unionizing activities of chalk mines, died of “gunshot at the hand of unknown parties” on the morning of August 3rd, about 500 yards from his home while on his regular route to work at 5:30 in the morning. It was rumored in i Gordon that his death came as a | result of making enemies among I the whites by his union activity. August 8: Minden. La.: JOHN C. JONES, 28, discharg ed veteran of European service was found dead two miles from Minden in RorCheat Bayou. His body had been horribly beaten with “some flat object such as a wide leather belt or a thick j plank.” his face and body were burned with a blow torch so that his eyes were “popped” out of his head and his light complexion seared dark. His wrists were mu tilated with a cleaver and he had been partially castrated. He and his 17 year old comnanion, Albert Harris, were turned over by the sheriff to a mob in two cars, con taining white men and one wo man. a few minutes after their re lease from Minden parish jail, where they had been confined a Iweek for allegedly attempting to break into the house of a white woman who refused to press char ges. Jones and Harris were driv en to the bayou, where Jones was tortured and' killed and Harris •M Published Every Saturday at ?.$20 Grant Street < OMAHA. NEBRASKA—PHONE HA 0»uo m Entered a? Second Class Matter March 15. 1927 { t£at the Post Office at Omaha, Nebraska under W Act of Congress of March 3. 1879 J aC- C- Gnllouny. Publisher and Acttng Editor J All News Copy of Churches and all orgm.ix *4 ations must .be in our office net later than l :00 ■G? p. m. Monday for current issue. All Advertising $aCopy on Paid Articles, not later than Wednesday » i? uoon, proceeding date of issue, to insure public- * %a,ion SUBSCRIPTION RATE IN OMAHA W ONE YEAR ' . V-..... $3.00 1 SIX MONTHS .. $1.75« THREE MONTHS ..$1-25 B SUBSCRIPTION RATE OUT OF TOWN || ONE YEAR . $3-50M SIX MONTHS .$2-°°|j National Adzrrtising Representatives— INTERSTATE UNITED NEWSPAPERS, /nrLj 545 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Phone/C MUrray Hill 2-5452, Ray Peck, Manager |( Editorial: "The Land of Many Evil SymbolsJ” beaten and shot in the shouider. | Left for dead, Harris managed to ' escaped, however. Jones, who had i brought a German automatic from ; Europe, had been told by a white neighbor that he would get Jones’ gun if he had to kill him to do it. Randolph Warns Negroes Against Communist Carpetbaggers - (Continued from page 1) Negroes and labor With fantastic promises of Iibebratioii. Mr. Ran dolph stated that the Communist program, policies and practices in the United States of America fife I to build bases among mass groups I such as labor and the Negro as , well as amorte professionals, liber [ als and artists, not because they .•are concerned about advancing the j wetl-being of these groups but pri j marily to tie NegroCs and Labor [and liberals to them with a view | to using these forces for waging natisn-Wide propaganda iii the in terest of consolidating and | strengthening the foreign policy of [ Soviet Russia. Negro leaders are easily seduc ed* by clever Communist politicians because the Negro leaders are un informed about revolutionary I movements and especially the I subtle and devious tactics of the ! Communists. Mr. Randolph indl ! cated that the Communist over tures of cooperation with minori ties, labor aiM liberals should be rejected becau.-*e of the following reasons: 1. The Commu'hist party fine is uncertain and change with toe great frequency. 2. The policy governing the program, work and activities of |the Communist in the United States as in other countries are’ made by [ the Polit-Bureaux in Soviet Rus sia. Communist in America are | merd mechanical reflectors Of this policy arid are promptly purged j if there is the slightest deviation. 3. Communist seek only to Use . Negroes and other minorities to gether with labor for the advance ment of the’ Cause of U. S. S. R. 4. Communist Party is a con spiratorial Organization whose ob jective is world revolution through the propagation’ of civil war in various .countries With the view to preventing the encirclement pf i Soviet Russia by -wastile capitalist nations. 5. Communist rdvocate dis loyalty to the United' States. 6. Communist function through cells and caucus met, Vis in all [ organizations. Mr. Randolph continue. '"hat dur ing the war, as an evident of the , Callous and ruthless indifference to the interests of Negroes, Com munist not onlv refused to sup | port the fight for a fair emplby j ment practice policy in war lh dustries for Negroes, ut it counseT [ led against it by branding the i movement ill-timed and against the interest of war against Naz ism. With respect to labor. Com j munists not only insisted on the ; pledges <5f unions not to strike during the war but deliberately advocated strikebreaking because strikes might delay the shipment of lend lease material to Soviet Russia. This super-patriotism commented Mr. Randolph, came with ill-grace in view of the fact that just before Hitler invaded Russia, which was a signal for Communist patriotic frenzy, these ■ ■■ — =— —- ...... ,, ■ ’ FOREVER BLOWING BUBBLES! i very same .Communists were pick- 1 1 eting the White' House in Wash ington, D. C. and branding former President Rooaeveff, now glorfUCd by them as a saint, as a war mon ger and social-fascist. Randolph stated that Negroes who are the first fired and the last hired cannot afford to1 add to the handicap of being black an dther handicap of being red. It is one of the cardinal princi ples of the Communist everywhere I that Soviet Russia is the only fa therland of the workers and upon that theory th<5y advocate that i workers of various countries turn against their native' lands to sup port the Soviet TJnicW in war of peace. This is a dangiffn us doctrine | to be advocated amon.K minorities j and labor or liberals. But I don’t condemn ComtnUn | ists because they are Radical. I ' condemn them becacuse they are reactionary. Communists t?eek to make the publbic believe it must be communism or fascism. That | Is not true. There is a tfrird I course. It is a planned and plan- ! ning economy within the frame work of political liberty, demo cratic socialism. Negroes to be '' sure face a crucial hour of de cision. The decision must be to re ject totalitarianism on the right <Y fascism and totalitarianism on tli'e left or communism. Negroes must not retreat a single step or either stand still. They must march forward to complete and full first" class citizenship in the United States and the world and seek, struggle, and sacrifice and fight for complete equality—social, ec onomic and political. For Greater Coverage Advertise in The Gl fDE ron THE EEsr «N NEWS. * Read The Greater y OMAHA GUIDE r-QUOfES OF THE WEEK “The do? .had fceas *—Jtfrft Letka lF,dooner','J3ari Biegh, Cal., who, aslin't divoroe. sotd hubby made he r\rkcp with Ike pooch. ’’Why disctdSrage young ped]>fe ' from getting nx'vried?”-—County’ i Clerk E. Beeme^^Jteno. objecting to upping license fee to 5>f>. —-— “A ci!v w iff fs xrprthr a lot less.'”—Gertrude €’?*/,\n, farm H paver e "tor, «•/•.■> n <a\\' >n»try ■ ivife’s lifetime we/rth at '.000. I ‘Increasing w ages withoutiX*’ J$ !.ng productivity of worker* ■ doesn’t make for higher living )fl standard# and greater purc’>as- ■ irg power.”—Leslie Gould. fino'n- H k cial editor. teil “The country is fir-4 of need fes i and wasteful spending, and h.'ifr? soaked with miedening ta.ve> because of faults- of the government.” — Rep. Kmteon, Minn. “A Washington optimist is a fellow that doesn’t care what hap pens—as long as it doesn’t hap pen to him!”— Herb Shriner, commentator.
