"Brutal, Arrogant, Prejudiced"
Shocked and grieved by the League of Nations' report that slavery exists in the black Republic of Liberia (TIME, Jan. 19), Negro editors throughout the U. S. last week drove their typewriters hard.
"STAMP IT OUT!" headlined Harlem's Amsterdam News, then heaved in big white President Hoover's direction this dark and subtle hint:
"The United States might eventually be forced to occupy Liberia by treaty, as it did Haiti; in which event, one important difference should recommend itself to the Government: The occupying force should consist of Negro...
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