The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1921-07-02
POLITICAL LEADERS HOPE
AGAINST HOPE.

washington, D. c.. June 30.-pres-
lGent Harding has given assurance Ia
VISITORS who have discussed the mat
Yer OF MS attitude on racial matters
people of America
The reaction from recent develop
rents and trends OF policy, has Great
eu sur among voters and citizens
election. H"i W an
The dying embers of Tulsa's mas
sacre. together with the labor sit
lation and the gloomy news of justice.
rave r1Ne pl2 pig the people in a sorry
It is well then that the Executive
mead, Of the government comes for
ward with a note of announcement.
me question. however is on the de-
finttion of the term fall"
President Harding may seriously be
OF the opinion that he has not failed
provided he makes a certain line of
Of experimenting with the traditions
or the South. on the Negro question
The Colored Americans of all sec
tons are inclined in two directions
feels that the Republican party has
once more. to use the expression Of
one, used Colored people for a good
thing" Second, there is a group that
they are right, try their hand. until
they succeed or fail, and they add.
80 far as the South is concerned,
we know in advance they will fail"
RumbllnEs of Action.
Rumblings of action are being heard
IN al directions II is being declared
that Charles W. Anderson is to be
ternal Revenue, as the outstanding
slice of Afro citizenship recognition.
The President is formulating his poll
cy, It is declared. and even he has
NJ Of NVll 1A1 dc Ii
VIII be- except in one particular. and
that is that he will be Just
1t is however, being maintained that
the enumeration of policy recently
date, and If there has been a change,
! II has been due to the pressure
brought to bear because of the white
publicity given to the facts, and the
pressure of Senators, Congressman,
and political voters in northern states
who have keen eye on Developments
In matters leading up to November,
The big question with the Colored
citizens is this ON WHOM MAY WE
DEPEND TO BE OUR ADVOCATES
IN MATTERS OF PRINCIPLE AND
JUSTICE? Back of that very Sc
to live, at peace with neighbors, to
have homes prot cted. to educate
children, to advance In agriculture,
business and poiiilca lines accord
everywhere. is the cruz
What Is Really HappenInsf
How is this unrest and uncertainty
crystlizing? In all of the so-caiied
voting states,' there are insurgent
movements on. In Pennsylvania, il is
headed by r. l.. Vann, Editor of The
Plttsbnrgh Courier; and they had a
Gently, where they resolve and de-
clared they would henceforth stand
only. for such persons as were known
/ to be loyal. They did considerable
rose. all because of the failure to
pass the Civil Rights bill.
In New Jersey, Isaac Fl. Nutter, In
his statement of the Rublican Nation
al Committee action has received hum
dreds of endorsements on his ex-
preston of independence. In New
| York, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois, par
ticularly Chicago, there are feelings of
unrest, and expressions of dissatis-
1t is too early to predict to wha:
extent this discomfort will CO.. In
Maryland. Virginia. North Carolina;
murmuring, to say nothing of Ken
lucky. where the Louisville News
William Marley, editor, proposes to
the people. that an independent party
Practical politicians among the
white Republicans, as well as the
/ smaller growing number of patriots,
| do not like the turn of events, but
they are hoping against hope"
ALABAMA BUSINESS LEAGUE WILL
MEET IN TROY.
Montgomery, Ala. June 30.-J. H.
Phillips, Presi6eL of the Alabama
State Negro Business League, an
nounced that the Annual Meeting of
| the State Negro Business League
would be held at Troy, Alabama, July
18th and 18th He Is urging every
Negro business and professio al man
and woman and farmer to at nd this
meeting as an effective and Cnustruc-
| tive program to stimulate Negro busi-
] ness enterprises in the State will be