The northwestern bulletin., 1922-12-30
IT'S A LIE SAYS
PERRY HOWARD TO
N.A.A.C.P.CHARGES
Denounces the Perfidy of Those
Responsible for the Charges
Made Against Him.
ADMITS HE HAS NO USE
FOR N. A. A. C.. p. LEADERS
Claims Those Who Supported
Dyer Bill Have Pr0fited While
He Sacrificed Much.

Perry w. HOWARD, washington, -.
O., who was charged by J. Weldon
Johnson, DR.. Du Bots and other Of
ficials of obstructing the Dyer Anti
Lynchfng Bill, in a letter to the pub
lie, vehemently denies that he Is any
way obstructing the bill.
Mr.. Towards plain spoken letter
follows:
washington. d. c.. Dec. 15.-I
have read with amazement the re-
lease from the N. A. A G. p, Of De-
cember 8, charging that defeated
the anti-lynching bill.
want to denounce the perfidy OF
those responsible for this release for
disjointing my letter and leaving out
certain parts, which was intended to
make 1t distasteful. No honorable man
would do this; and challenge them
to publish the letter In its entirety.
First, want to say that any state
ment or intimation that In any wise,
directly or indirectly, defeated or con-
tributed to the defeat Of the anti
lynching bill Is a lie, and there Is not
a sane man in the country who be-
lieves this, including the man or men
who released the article so charging.
Second, The reference to the Liber-
ian loan is innuendo, and, therefore,
unworthy Of notice.
Worked for Bill.
It is well known by the author OF
this release that for two years have
worked necessarily, together with
other friends, to get an anti-lynching
bill on the Federal statutes; and in
stead OF appreciation and cooperation
on the part. Of Mr.. James Weldon
johnson, our efforts were resented by
him because 1t was interfering with
his one aim, and that Is to exploit his
importance and keep in the limeltght.
I have every reason to believe that
he would perfer that the bill be not
passed If 1t will In any wise dim the
luster of his vanity or self-exploita-
ton.
Our activities for the anti-lynching
bill, or any other movement, have
been consistently opposed by Mr..
johnson and Mr.. Dubois with his
"Crisis," which he has freely used to
belittle and minify our activities in
every way.
Not Opposed to N. A. A. @. p.
I have no word Of censure for the
National Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People per BE and its
earnest members who mean well and
are doing their best; but do object
to these autocrats exploiting them
selves at the expense Of the Associa-
ton and seeking to belittle those who
do not pay homage to them.
It has been presumed from the be-
ginning that the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
pie was a non-political organization.
But true to my political faith can
but resent the present leaders invari-
ably lining up otherwise and mislead-
ing their followers into killing OF
some of the few friends we had in the
Senate. / resent this with all my
soul. I especially resent their action
towards Senator du Pont, who was
defeated through the activities Of the
N. A. A. c. p, and whose friendship
for and fidelity to us have never been
questioned, and in his stead they
elected senator who already has
voted with the Democrats on every
rool call where any matter of interest
to the Negro was at stak.
Stood by Party
have no apology to make for
standing by the men of my party who
have always stood for those things
which will benefit our group. What
! have done and am trying to do
has been at sacrifice; but I challenge
any leader of the N. A. A. G. p. to
show one thing he has done without
reward or the hope of reward in fab
ulous salaries.
The public will well remember that
when came to Washington, Mr.. Du-
Bots with his "Crisis" without investi-
cation or otherwise, undertook to
minify the importance Of any position
forgetting that he had humiliated the
association by wearing out the back
steps Of Woodrow Wilson seeking q
captaincy-not to fight, but to join
the other dilettantes in the intelli-
gence bureau-not to mention his un-
fortunate "Close Ranks" article.
Ads to White Papers.
May I ask what credit does Mr..
Johnson give to the struggling col
ored newspapers throughout the
country, which, In season and out,
labored for an anti-lynching bill? In
face of the fact that these papers have
worked In season and out for the
passage Of this bill and when the N.
A. A. @. p. had $4,000 to spend for
advertising. ] should certainly never
have been guilty Of sending 1t down
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