"But where are the traditions of Jefferson?" we persisted.

"They are expressed in the Constitution," ironically answered Jerry Milton, a student of the Law School.

On one of our excursions around the picturesque outskirts of Durham I was accompanied by students of a Negro college, Willy Johnson, the son of a rich tradesman, and Jack Bowles, son of a larger farmer.

"When you get back to Russia, tell your friends that in the States there are Negoes who aren't complaining about their position. There are Negoes in the U. S. Senate," Willy Johnson told me.

"But how many?" Jack Bowles asked him maliciously. "One for 16 million? And in out state where more than a million Negroes are living, is there even one Negro in the city administration or in the Senate of South Carolina?"

"Yes, but..."

"What do you mean 'but?'" Jack Bowles continued the attack. "Maybe you are going to say that this happens only in the southern and "border" states? Or that this is only true of Negroes? Just remember what happened to the Korean-American, Sammy Lee. This athlete twice won gold medals for the U.S.A. in diving at the Olympic Games. The President himself sent him on a tour in the Far East. And why? So he would be an example of the absence of racial discrimination in America. And what happened to him when he came back? Because of the color of his skin they wouldn't permit him to buy a little house below Los Angeles. And he wasn't even a Negro!"

Willy Johnson said nothing.

"So tell your friends in Russia about Willy, and be sure to add that his opinion is restricted to only a few. Millions of our Negoes are unwilling to endure the shame of segregation," Jack Bowles told me.

"The question of the situation of our farmers has probably not been clarified for you," the obliging Walter Clemens told us. "The directors of the National Farmers Union in Washington will talk to you about this."

On the 8th floor of a large building where the directing organs of various firms and organizations are located, hung a small board with the inscription, "Legal Office of the National Farmers Union." At the entrance we were met by Richard Shipman, assistant for legal affairs, and Arthur Thompson, the editor of the Union's publications.

In the National Farmers Union there are 300,000 laboring peasant families. Every day they are forced to struggle to the death with large farmers who are lowering prices on the market.

"We are in a vicious circle," says Richard Shipman, throwing up his hands. "The farmers have no money, and to get a loan, the Government requires them to sow less-land. If they sow less land, there is nothing to sell! The only winners are the large plunderers."

"That is why the number of farm economies is declining," adds Arthur Thompson. "During the past year alone 1,800,000 farmers left the land."

"And what are they doing now?" we ask.