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Eleanor Roosevelt — Part 30
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rot ‘ F. Foover, & .
: Coo °. taral Buretn of Suv cbigstion,
“ , Re; urs Roosevelt's article "If I were’ a hegro", -
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~~: fhere is much stir concerning loose talk and sutyer- |
civ: writings which would gite aid to the enemy forces at hor
end clrocd; but of all people in the United States today who
axe J:liberately aiding and abetting the enemy abroad by fo-
mentios ragial trouble here st home, I firmly belleve thet 7£,.
of mit Joyal American pofulstion who are not afraid to ertret”™
them elscc and who do eny Intelligent thinking at all, will
give if ac their honest orinion that the wife of our naticn's
Frecijert and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, besde
the liet. She claims to erenk as a private citizen, yet If
the wire 8 private citizen, 911 Toyal Americans would nar: .
her * traitor. She uses he: official position on 411 aea-
i eicr., #nd makes occasions, £9 make utterances which ere ‘al:
i , cules:i to @rouse distruet end suspicion between the whit. a:.
repto rece here in the Untt:) States. While the white c:‘'i-<;
sane of the United Statee herve sacrifled their careere, *nek-
"oe, thoi gll,- end ceiwtlessa thousands will make the «u-
+, + atritiee ~ in order «':at such a6 ehe ond tue neer rar
f.>-+ fer gone unreveale? &“$ supposedly politics] reasen at.
cor i. in her bosom) may continue to enjoy the "four fr: da-
ihe fe: of our men who do return home will find the Roos. el
“ud fre ov grove in complete charge of our so-celled "dem, -TaA‘'
Jur? that they fought to enie.- Can you wodsder that the vrrr:
cud, toor ere laughing up ¢h.ir sleeves av ust
fe you know, all leyal Americans are now fichtin: to
the fest: their backs are to the wall, while most of uF at
howe Cre in mortal combat eriinst actual starvation in the —
midét of plenty ~ but 16 is vot for us. Members of my O.n
==" fatty ureé¥er there: I piould know. Yets she dares tosiib+~
= .~ reve. itt :ances of which, "ff I were a negro” is but a rita
\ . ceerrte. fhe Begro pigest yoblished in Chicago is a yublice
tp ticn fcsued for the specific yurpose of keeping the raci.t
1% cuocsiion +gitated by falee propaganda at home Just_at this.
Coe Chime Mer. our mma Or attenticn mist of necessity be direotsd |
v tove:d th: fighting fronte ebroad. hat in itself expre>ses8 .
oye Ana natshell the whole rer -o attitude of truculente and Vell!
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' erenia - rather than merit, on their part. She should 1. or:
thea. fy attaching hersc}f to such a nefarious scheme of, mit -
‘Jiziina propaganda, she pot only irrevocably injuresfhereclf .
“and neJ)i€ice whatever influcnce She might.have badP#ith: the 2
c¥bit« citizent of the Unitcd States, but sheAe dolngths nes
“Ere: a grove Gieservice vbicn will reoulre many Eeneraticne ° =
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