James Eastland: Soldier

James Eastland was American politician. Explore interesting quotes on soldier.
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“In Europe Negro soldiers are used principally as service troops ·behind the ·lines, and I state now, on the authority of many American officers, that they ·were lazy; that they would not work; that it was a mistake to send them to Europe, and furthermore, that. they should be returned from Europe ar:d sent to the Pacific, where there are races of color.”

James Eastland

1940s

“I would not be surprised if Martin Luther King and these agitators next desecrate the graves of Confederate soldiers and drag their remains through the streets in an effort to garner headlines. And what kind of person is participating in this march? Beatniks, frauds, and persons wanted to answer for crimes in other States.”

James Eastland

To the Senate about the Grenada, Mississippi civil rights movement, after activists put American flags on the place where a Confederate memorial stood. June 16, 1966 <br class="br"> Congressional Records https://books.google.fr/books?id=TqUs5UlIPaUC&amp;q=%22And+what+kind+of+person+is+participating+in+this%22&amp;dq=%22And+what+kind+of+person+is+participating+in+this%22&amp;hl=fr&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjw8NC1sb3kAhUgDmMBHbF7BogQ6AEIKzAA%7C <br class="br">1960s

“We are dealing with an inferior people, and yet we are discriminating against the white soldier, in favor of the inferior person, and under this ·measure we are giving the-inferior person a preference in securing employment.”

James Eastland

1940s

“There will be· no FEPC when the soldier gets back home, and I make that statement as one who has visited many of our armies and talked to literally hundreds of American soldiers.”

James Eastland

1940s

“I state that the conduct. of the Negro soldier in Normandy, as well as all over Europe, was disgraceful, and that Negro soldiers have disgraced ·the fiag of their country. They consti-tute roughly one-twelfth of the Ameri-can Army, yet they are guilty ·of more than half tpe crime in-the Army.”

James Eastland

1940s

“The Negro soldier was an utter and dismal failure in com-bat in Europe. When I make that statement, it is not from prejudice. I am not prejudiced against the Negro.”

James Eastland

1940s

“Who has won this war? Why should the white soldier, the warrior who has returned home after having achieved the greatest victory in history be penalized for political reasons?”

James Eastland

1940s