Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-07-17
HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON WILL
CONDUCT NATIONAL CAM
PAlGN FOR G. q. l..
ASSOCIATED Negro Prcss)


Olticago. July-Henry Lincoln
Johnson. lawyer, former Recorder OF
Deeds for the District of Columbia.
and present member OF the Republi-
can NATIONAL Committee from ,Geor-
gia, has been named by Chairman
viii II. Hays of the Republican Nat
ional Committee to have charge OF
the entire campaign Work, as 1t af.
fects our group, throughout the Unit
ed States. Some member of the Nat.
ional Committees has always. been as
signed to this work, but this is the
first time 1t has gone to. member
Gf tho race.
The departure is very significant,
and Indicates two important facts:
the Committee has been aroused 10
the insistcnt demands Of tho race
Off proper recognition; and, there Is
real awakening to the Importance
OF proper campaigning among the
voters in the pivotal states Of West
Virginia, Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Ken
lucky. Michigan and Missouri. Sad Il
white member Of the National Com
mittee to the Associated Negro Press
"The Colored people Of these states.
since the great migration from tho
South, will doubtless DO the deciding
factor IN the Presidential election"
Colonel johnson enters upon the
biggest political job ever undertaken
by Il memher of the race. In an inter
view in Chicago for the Associated
Negro Press, he said: "'rhis campaign
will be the most important in which
our people have cver engaged, With
us it is Il campaign for human rights
and we can fight for them better
within the Republican party than
without. 1t is to be a campaign In
which every Negro voter from tho
voting states will be invited to take
an active part. The border states will
decide the battle and the balance of
power in these states lies with tho
colorcd voter The exodus has incrcas
ed the voting strength by thousands.
The Negro Is Interested i'll politics
us never before. lie is reading, he is
.n..lKinB, lie is speaking right out Ill
,..c muct,ug" ana he is aclng. The
vital question he is asking from one
end OF the country TO the other Is:
where Do We Come ln?" lie is MOI
asking it with Il smile OF Indifference
nor with the S.ckly grin OF the cynic
he is asking 1t with that serious dc
termination which proclaims II group
awakened to the full knowledge Oh
mans estate.
The fight this Year, 50 far as the
/ American Negro is concerned, is TO
lie FOR the 1ulfiilment Of 4 definite
national program. When Marcn 4lh
comes around, and the next Prcsi-
dent IS inauguratcd, I'VE want TO be
able to demand of him that this pro
gram which we are now laying down
, VII be carried out" declared Col.
Johnson.
The program as proclaimed by
Col. Johnson is summed up as fol-
lows:
/, A law forbidding Jim Crow cars
entering the capital at Washington.
2. A General Executive Ordert
forbiddng any such thing rs segre
CATION in any department of the gov
ernmont, or federal territory, of the
United States. ...
3. Passage OF 4 law making lynch
ing federal crime, with trial be-
fore and punishable by the United
STAGES Court.
4. That office holding should DO
untl'ammeled, with the, fltll rights
OF any Citizen to hold same and ell.
JOY the emoluments thereof.
Col. johnson who Is now In Chi
c"eo, will spend practically all Of
suite OF rooms in the Auditorium Ho
his time in the city until after the
election. He has been assigned,
tel, on the parlor floor and a part of
the space occupied by the national
Headquarters. The rooms have been
fitted up with the necessary furni-
ture and such office assistants as arc
required, are Icing installed. Col.
Johnson is calling into conference
leading members of the race from
every. section Of the country. He in
Vites advice and suggestions, and
stated that he is there merely as
an instrument for the cause, and not
as dictator" Mail will reach him
addressed to the Auditorium Hotel
Republican National Committee. Chi
cago,l Illinois.
FURTHER announccment regarding
those who will assist in tho manage
mont Of organization, speakers and
publicity, will be made in n few days.
1T is probable that a woman's depart
ment Will be also he opened.