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12 PHANTEUR 12 ----------------------- much toward him as I had in the past, but that I thought he had made a mistake; also, that, along with members of the KuKlux Klan, the Columbians, and such organizations as Father Coughlin's America Firsters, -- any and all organizations, in other words, which advocated subversion of the law and of the land by violence -- Communists were not welcome in the pages of PHANTEUR. About the same time this happened, his non-Communist friends in Chicago, including his girl, gave him the go-by. Rather rough treatment, especially for one as emotional as Russ. I have not heard from him for some four months, and presume I won't again, especially since I don't know how to address a letter to him. My action was neither polite nor in very good taste, but I really couldn't very well do anything else; PH is not a part of the free American press, dedicated to the idea of full freedom in all respects, but a personal sheet given over largely to the expression of my own personal opinion. There is one important point that can be mentioned in this respect, though. That is, that the usual treatment of Negroes makes them unusually easy prey for, and very susceptible to Communist propaganda. At worst, they figure they have nothing to lose, and they hope they may gain a higher degree of equality under Communism. I once told Russ that he needed, more than anything else, something to fight for, and suggested The Association for the Advancement of Colored People as an organization where his dawning ability to express himself in writing -- which has been his chief ambition for a long time -- would find a worthwhile outlet. Their methods, I suppose, are too slow and too indirect for him; hence the Communists. At any rate, he now has something to fight for, and it should last as long as he lives, too, if he likes a lost cause. ---- I'm sorry about the cut out "o's" in the first paragraph above; I had the cushion sheet in upside down (or do I mean backwards?) and in that position it doesn't work at all well. ---- Stevenson's request that addresses not be published in Startling and Amzg. reminds me that it doesn't matter to me; I'm already on so many sucker lists that a few more wouldn't matter. I even got an invitation from the Governor elect of Louisiana and his wife to visit them at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge -- ten days before the Run-off Primary in which he was elected. Some of Earl's books must be bungled, because I helped defeat him the last time he ran, and would certainly have done nothing to gain his gratitude this time, either, had I been in La. The invitation, by the way, was a splendid reproduction; looked just as though Long and his wife had sat down and penned me a personal letter; I'll wager that a lot of his swamp-country constituents thought he had done just that. --;ooOOoo;-- (continued from page 11) guys are just running out of inspiration (breath, that is.) -- I think I shall try the Burbee method in chess, sometime (as described by Ashley) I'm sure it is the only thing that would ever help my "game." (My last try was in 1935; I doubt if I've improved much in the nonce.) -- Burbee's pseudemise will be a sad blow to the wide-awake you pneumococci; no more soft living. -- A few pages back, I said the Ashley anecdotes were still funny; they probably are, but they're beginning to be boresome in the postmailing. -- Did the phone-caller ever arrive at a meeting of the LASFS? -- Mr. Jackerman; yah mean to say Finlay isn't listed among your clients? How careless of him! Well, at least Rotsler decorated his ad-sheet. And that brings me to the end of a long, laborious, and, I fear, boring, Mailing Review. It'll probably average about five typo-errors per page; I'm short on time, and tried to correct only the worst ones. No time to work up Laureate Suggestions; I hope to include those for the February Mailing, as well as for this (May) mailing, in the next issue. G'bye
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12 PHANTEUR 12 ----------------------- much toward him as I had in the past, but that I thought he had made a mistake; also, that, along with members of the KuKlux Klan, the Columbians, and such organizations as Father Coughlin's America Firsters, -- any and all organizations, in other words, which advocated subversion of the law and of the land by violence -- Communists were not welcome in the pages of PHANTEUR. About the same time this happened, his non-Communist friends in Chicago, including his girl, gave him the go-by. Rather rough treatment, especially for one as emotional as Russ. I have not heard from him for some four months, and presume I won't again, especially since I don't know how to address a letter to him. My action was neither polite nor in very good taste, but I really couldn't very well do anything else; PH is not a part of the free American press, dedicated to the idea of full freedom in all respects, but a personal sheet given over largely to the expression of my own personal opinion. There is one important point that can be mentioned in this respect, though. That is, that the usual treatment of Negroes makes them unusually easy prey for, and very susceptible to Communist propaganda. At worst, they figure they have nothing to lose, and they hope they may gain a higher degree of equality under Communism. I once told Russ that he needed, more than anything else, something to fight for, and suggested The Association for the Advancement of Colored People as an organization where his dawning ability to express himself in writing -- which has been his chief ambition for a long time -- would find a worthwhile outlet. Their methods, I suppose, are too slow and too indirect for him; hence the Communists. At any rate, he now has something to fight for, and it should last as long as he lives, too, if he likes a lost cause. ---- I'm sorry about the cut out "o's" in the first paragraph above; I had the cushion sheet in upside down (or do I mean backwards?) and in that position it doesn't work at all well. ---- Stevenson's request that addresses not be published in Startling and Amzg. reminds me that it doesn't matter to me; I'm already on so many sucker lists that a few more wouldn't matter. I even got an invitation from the Governor elect of Louisiana and his wife to visit them at the Governor's Mansion in Baton Rouge -- ten days before the Run-off Primary in which he was elected. Some of Earl's books must be bungled, because I helped defeat him the last time he ran, and would certainly have done nothing to gain his gratitude this time, either, had I been in La. The invitation, by the way, was a splendid reproduction; looked just as though Long and his wife had sat down and penned me a personal letter; I'll wager that a lot of his swamp-country constituents thought he had done just that. --;ooOOoo;-- (continued from page 11) guys are just running out of inspiration (breath, that is.) -- I think I shall try the Burbee method in chess, sometime (as described by Ashley) I'm sure it is the only thing that would ever help my "game." (My last try was in 1935; I doubt if I've improved much in the nonce.) -- Burbee's pseudemise will be a sad blow to the wide-awake you pneumococci; no more soft living. -- A few pages back, I said the Ashley anecdotes were still funny; they probably are, but they're beginning to be boresome in the postmailing. -- Did the phone-caller ever arrive at a meeting of the LASFS? -- Mr. Jackerman; yah mean to say Finlay isn't listed among your clients? How careless of him! Well, at least Rotsler decorated his ad-sheet. And that brings me to the end of a long, laborious, and, I fear, boring, Mailing Review. It'll probably average about five typo-errors per page; I'm short on time, and tried to correct only the worst ones. No time to work up Laureate Suggestions; I hope to include those for the February Mailing, as well as for this (May) mailing, in the next issue. G'bye
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