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ALL INFORMAT!ON CONTAINED DAit 7s) py se la The Negro Froblem in the USA Moscow in Russian for Abroad 11.00 OMT 17.6,59 +25 Broadcast text of ‘Pravda' article by William Du Bois: Europeans, and espectally the inhabitants of Eastern Europe, are somewhat anxious about the position of Negroes or persons of Negro origin in the USA, They hear that Kegro slaves were liberated in 1863 and loter became citizens enjoying socisl b and political equality, They also hear sbout widespread lynching, murder and mob violence. The Negroes continue their struggle for equal rights with the Whites, If one was to believe newspeper reports, these have been basically achieved, notably after the Supreme Court decision allowing Negroes to attend sohools for White children, US inhabitents of various colours cf skin and of various levels of education, descendants of former Black slaves, have often convinced the Buropeans that et home they enjoy complete equality with White citizens; by way of confirmation they have referred to coloured statesmen and even holders of the Nobel Prize, But the events in Little Rock have revealed the presence in the TSA of a degree of racial hatred unprecedented in any sivilised country, What is the truth? - Europeans ask, ec 4 i Rall wet tote ald The facts correspond with reality in both coses, Negro slavery has been abolished in the USA by law, However, at least 5,000,000 US inhabitants of Negro origin are still outcast slaves living in poverty, The majority of US Negroes can read and write, but millions of them are as yet illiterate, They are being pushed on to the path of crime and poverty by the system of private capitalism and by racial hatred of White workers competing with them. In fact, the high wages of part of the White workers are partially paid by the money underpaid to Negro workers, Class differences sre developing among the Negro population itself, On the one hand, there is © group of rich Negro exploiters, on the other - the masses of the exploited - Whites and Hegroes, About 10 per cent of the Negro population of New York are businessmen and specialists earning over 5,000 dollars a year, On the other hand, 50 per cent of this population live on the brink of poverty. ' Por a long time the leading TUs did not admit Negro workers, However, i after the crisis in the thirties the majority of TUs began admitting Negroes, It should be noted that these Negroes are under the influence of the reactionary leadership "SUMMARY OF WORLD BROADCASTS" Part I Joo 997 AT a Weekly Supplement No. 6/26/59 Re: WILLIAM DU BOIS SECURITY MATTER -c ™ a Bufile 100-99729