We don’t know if the Rev. Mr. King reads anything except his own fulminations, but it might improve his understanding if he took a look at a recent report by Assistant Secretary of Commerce Andrew Brimmer. . . .
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We should think that Mr. Brimmer’s statement might suggest some useful works to occupy the Rev. Mr. King’s energies. He should to to work to promote family stability among those of his race. He should preach that broken homes and single women, either deserted or unmarried, on ADC rolls stand in the way of Negro economic improvement. He should realize that conditions do not arise as a result of white malice or discrimination, but are occasioned by the acts of omission or commission by Negroes themselves.
“Patience at an End” (Aug. 5; emphasis mine)
“Why Must We Put Up With Daily Brawls?” (Aug. 9)
Sunday’s march was thru the Belmont-Cragin neighborhood, a community of modest but good homes. Families ordinarily would be enjoying the chance to sit on the front porch reading the paper, to sprinkle their lawns and work in their gardens, or go to the park or beach. Instead, they are confronted by a shuffling procession of strangers carrying signs and posing as martyrs. The spectacle is repulsive to right-thinking people.
Obviously, the police can’t do their regular job properly, as the mayor said, “when they have to guess where the next marches will be held.” If Supt. Wilson knew what was planned, he could cancel days off and augment his force by 1,600 men. But still there is no money to pay for overtime and the days off would have to be paid back later. The protection gap would remain. . . .
