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b etter institutions and a fuller p articipation in the commu- 

 nit y lif e. In the communities from which Negroes move 

 the relief from the fear of race riots and the emphasis 

 which the movement gives to the justice of many of the 

 Negro's claims for better treatment lessens race prejudice. 

 The dispersion of the Negro population brings larger oppor- 

 tunities for learning the white man's methods and standard 

 of living through observation. 



CONSTRUCTIVE MEASURES 



The complications arising from the movement of Negroes 

 while serious are, therefore, not grounds for undue pessim- 

 ism. In communities gaining by migration many of the 

 difficulties can be alleviated by energetic measures to adjust 

 the migrant in industry, to correct his abnormal health con- 

 ditions and family life, and to develop a community ac- 

 quaintanceship to take the place of the lost personal rela- 

 tionship, which existed in the ante-bellum South. In the 

 communities losing by migration the first need is to so or- 

 ganize agriculture and industry that, where Negro labor is 

 needed, high wage offers elsewhere may be met with pro- 

 portionate increases. The second need is for a fuller reali- 

 zation of the necessity of a more just policy towards the 

 Negro in community relations and a more energetic pro- 

 gram of fostering this justice. Unless effort is made to 

 alleviate the social grievances of the Negro, no amount of 

 effort to alleviate economic injustices is going to stop the 

 movement. 



This statement of the needs of communities is rather gen- 

 eral. A number of very concrete constructive measures 

 which have been tested and which seem to be meeting the 

 actual needs in a very hopeful way may be cited. 



The movement of population has emphasized the fact that 

 there are three factors to be considered in race relations — 

 the Negro himself, the South and the North. The great need 

 for sympathy, understanding and constructive leadership 



