Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1916-03-15

the People to Accoznz5z5 Isl
" Mr. Hodges lately his past record, has sHn hs
ready and anxious to propagate fasehood an e
co5ne his diseased imagination His most recent hafg :
AHtack my attitude the question, which ~
was based upon the report which chair"ar T.
a published in full in the Arkansas Gazette Of Janusr y
& be more han glad for you to ead e d a
heconylnced that every conclusion of Mr. Hodges 5
eleven southern universities organized The COMMITTEE
South who had devoted much time and study this prob
lem was chosen chairman Of this committee by James H. a
honor and afforded opportunity to be OF service TO my
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leading educators in the Souhheard with complete approval
uh and was criticised BY the radical papers North and
It dealt with conditions Of the negro from the close
Strongly Separate Schools Separate Churches
and Separate Cars for Whites and Negroes.
my report pointed difference the relations be-
whites and the before the and at the
time thu the that We NOW n aT f 9e
ton Of ballot the Of that the two races
ing this being but statement Of spoke Of the
segregation of the as Just stating: anpah OF the
is entirely rational expression of life preservaton
this attic Of the after stating atm x above
arated justly that the of the future will be what
stay and that this Condition conons the people South
that they and must deal with it and that the burden laid
render service the white by encouraging him
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his welfare and security take this interest in the negro If
Am Not Favor Negroes Holding Political Positions the
South in Arkansas.
In report quoted the statistics taken from the United
poyed the United States government This report was made
negro and because Stated It was fact statistics
there 5 5 ose s
in favor of holding political positions in the South Thus
charge unfGHndd fact and contrary to what have adV0
Never Criticized the Southern Church People in the Way Mr.
In this report stated churches of the South
not contributing upt the morality of the members
annually by church organization in the United States
10 the feds Of A W t. lead the eec ge people o
the moral 1pift Of the churches
was to discharge the by
Southern churches This statement is true and IS fact known
taken this work. and believe that it would better
t. our own nd non 1y e and % @
ieized the Southern Church people.
Am Not in Favor of Negroes Serving Juries the
Southern States.
m States negroes serve jures statement true and
was only stated Of the investigation by this committee
where report that favor of serving
lures of being employed in the
service Mr. Hodges stands alone drawing this conclusion
LAM in Harmony With s, sG Stsss Farmers and Know
stated in this report that the segregation of the
the departments public service railway and street and in
cities may exceedingly just but the idea of their segregation
giving the white the advantage agricultural
Competition travesy AngloSaxon superiority and
riusce to the negro
The Progressive Farmer that Mr. Hodges refers is
edited by Clarence Poe and his position understood at the
land negro should own farm
ind Warea white man lived After this address wa
sEemsr Poe made his position clear by advocating
r hat Yishedfo remain white to keep themselves
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