![23 october 1944 edition of life magazine 23 october 1944 edition of life magazine](https://oldlifemagazine.com/media/catalog/product/cache/2afee6a1db8518bab3981312a7d6fc15/c/v/cv031344_1.jpg)
The Decree was used as a “whip” against the national intelligentsia, but it did not stop the development of humanitarian thought. The promotion of the national spirit, necessary for the survival of the state in military conditions, lost its relevance and gave way to great-power sentiments. Results and novelty of the research : The authors believe that the adoption of the 1944 Decree should be considered in the context of changes in the general political situation in the country associated with the strengthening of the dictatorship of the state and the destruction of liberal ideological trends at the end of World War II. Research materials: Documentary sources from federal and regional archives, along with specialized studies. Research objectives: To analyze the reasons for the promulgation of the Decree of the Central Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks of August 9, 1944, “On the Status and Measures of Improving Mass-Political and Ideological Work of the Tatar Party Organization”, and determine its impact on the activities of the Tatar creative and humanitarian intelligentsia in the second half of the 1940s and early 1950s. Should these white people who realize that the Negro is a man who is loyal – one who would gladly give his life for this our wonderful country – would stand up, join with us and help us to prove to their white friends that we are worthy, I’m sure that we would bury race hate and unfair treatment. All that the Negro is asking for is to be given half a chance and he will soon demonstrate his worth to his country. Nevertheless, it gives me new hope to realize that there are doubtless thousands of whites who are willing to fight this Frankenstein that so many white people are keeping alive. They are all proud of the fact that they are of the South but ashamed to learn that there are so many of their own people who by their actions and manner toward the Negro are playing Hitler’s game. Another strange feature about these letters is that most of these people are from the Deep South. To date I’ve received 287 letters, and, strange as it may seem, 183 are from white men and women in the armed service. I just returned from furlough and found 25 letters awaiting me. Each day brings three, four or five letters to me in answer to my letter. Although there was some doubt about its being published, yet somehow I felt that Yank was too great a paper not to. I’m saying that you will.Īllow me to thank you for publishing my letter. I stood on the outside looking on, and I could not help but ask myself these questions: Are these men sworn enemies of this country? Are they not taught to hate and destroy all democratic governments? Are we not American soldiers, sworn to fight for and die if need be for this country? Then why are they treated better than we are? Why are we pushed around like cattle? If we are fighting for the same thing, if we are to die for our country, then why does the Government allow such things to go on? Some of the boys are saying that you will not print this letter. They entered the lunchroom, sat at the tables, had their meals served, talked, smoked, in fact had quite a swell time. about a two dozen German prisoners of war, with two American guards, came into the station. The only place where we could be served was at the lunchroom at the railroad station but, of course we had to go into the kitchen. On the next day we could not purchase a cup of coffee at any of the lunchrooms around there. We had to lay over until the next day for our train. What is the Negro soldier fighting for? On whose team are we playing? Myself and eight other soldiers were on our way from Camp Claiborne, La., to the hospital here at Fort Huachuca. Here is a question that each Negro soldier is asking. Source: Rupert Trimmingham, letters to the editor, Yank, Apand July 28, 1944.