Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1922-06-10
OYER ANT|~LYNCH|NC
BILL. IS SAVED AFTER
CRISIS IN SENATE
SEt 'RESrAItI JOHNSON'S REPORT
or .WEEk IN WASHINGTON.

The Dyer Anti.Lynch:ng Bill. II. Il
II. is saved. This was the statement II
Ian!"S Weldon Johnson. Secretary of
the National Association fnt the Adj
raNcPmcnt Of t"lOrord Peoples 20 f'iith
ATrNu". Now York, who .rI.turnrd to
N,w York from Washington ON Friday
May 2Gth. after spending ~ week f:ght
in% for the Dyer Bill through The most
critical stage Of its existence.
During that tine an uniaVOrablp re
port on the dyer Kill ny tn" judiciary
Committee OF th" SrR>,." on Monday,
May 22nh. was narrowly avcrtcd. an4
thc Republican leaders OF the Senate
were conv incp3 tia, favorable artinl
WAS absolutely essential. During ais
week in The nst ional capital the y \
A. {. T.. Secretary was in c0nSf ant
conference with Senators Horah, Ej'>I, 80
Curtis. Capm,r, Calder, Ernst. Short
ridge, Sterling. McCormick. DillinG
ham and Watson, and with Representa-
tivcs Dyer, Bur:Nn and Madden
Az a rcS!llt oi the Srrrrt;Wy's efforts
not only mas an uniavoTahlc report
hcrn avrrtcd hlt the Senate judiciary
COMMITTEES oil Thursday Mar 24th
met and decided to postpone action fur
two weeks dun ing which time efforts
would be devoted to making the BIZ
| ahSOmtrl? uruSSailablc wh,nr il is
brought upon the floor of the senate.
S"nmcr Boldh said Ia the secretary
before he left Washington that ii thrrc
was anything he SScnat"r Rornh
! could do 10 Save the life Of II single Nj
gro from a mob, he would do IL.
During Mr.. JOhnSOn'S week in WaS'
ing on he presented to the members OF
the Committee on the Judiciary and
leading Republican Senators briefs ur
holding the conStitutionality OF the
Dyer Bill. prepared by Moorficld Stor
ely and by James 4. Cobb. Chairman vi
the legal committee. Washington
Branch \. "A. \. 6. p. \ third hrici
was sent To the Senate by William Ii
Lewis. formerly assistant U. S. Attor
ncy General who had been requested
by Mr.. Johnson to do so. a fmrt!,
brief was sent TO the Senate by Butler
i'I. Wilson. secretary of the Boston
Branch n. A. a. c p
In the course OF the week at Wash.
ington, the n. a. 4. G.. p. Secretary
made clear 10 Republican leaders tina;
failure to act favorably on The Dyer
Anti-l.ynching Bill would have three
disastrous results:
l. 1t would constitute 4 confession on
the part OF the Federal Government OF
inability TO deal with Americas SHINE
and would leave the Negro hopeless OF
that protection against the mob owed
him by the government to which l.l
gives his allegiance.
z. II would be interpreted as a lie
"nSc to mOhS and might he followed by
a reign Of lynthing terror too 'horrihir
TO he described.
3. Ii would be a reputation of the
pledge made by the Republican Party
IN its national platforms that action
would be taken on lynching, and would
more than anything else discrcdit t.lat
party among colorcd voters.
Mr.. Johnson painted out to the Re
publican leaders in Washington that
primary elections III several states had
shown the strong sentiment for the
Dyer Bfll. a sentiment it would not be
safe to ignore. In Indiana Senator
Hcvcrldgo, who had indorSed the Bill.
had been elected governor over Sena-
Tor New. In Pennsylvania, Clifford Pin
chot had been elected over Mr. Alter
who had opposed the Dyer Bill.
In conclusion Mr.. johnson issued tho
following statement:
"Every colored man ana woman in
the United States ought TO make t
their primary business TO see that
the Dyer An!i-Lynching Bill. g. II. -
is passed by the Senate. Six human
beings. Ill Of them Negroes, were
burned at the stake in the United Stat
cs during the fifteen days in thc month
Of May, 1922. If that is not enough 10
stir colorcd Americans to united acl ion
then nothing will or can The Nation
nj Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People offers everyone an op
portunty to work for the Dyer Bill.
Telegraph your Senator. Join the Y.
a. A. G. p. Write us for information
If yOu want il at 70 Fifth Avenue. New
York. DO it now or. in victory or Il"
feat. remember you had opportunity to
take part in Il great fight and failed.
Remember. this is the time to act"