His accent and modest, even diffident, manner led the Negro leaders to view him as much less than he was.

It described "the dangerous spirit of defiance and vengeance at work among the Negro leaders."

But it has been surpassed by the current policy of the Negro leaders.

So long as the Negro leaders were fighting against government-enforced discrimination-right, justice and morality were on their side.

As if the blatant racism of such a demand were not enough, some Negro leaders went still farther.

Yet the entire policy of the Negro leaders is now moving in that direction.

Why, for instance, does a local Negro leader say, "Integration here is a farce"?

"If all the white people I've talked to had the courage of their convictions," one Negro leader has said, "we wouldn't have a problem here."

For some weeks, Hay had been arranging for a number of Negro leaders to meet with the President.

"There will be war," he said, "on any Negro leader who doesn't want to unite for the benefit of our people."