Evening star., 1928-10-19
SOUTHERNERS HIT
RACIAL POLITICS
Educators, Ministers and
Business Men Issue "Non-
Partisan" Protest.

BY the Associated Press.
ATLANTA. October 19.-University
presidents. ministers, business leaders
and others prominent in the life OF the
South Joined today in volclng protests
against injection of the race queStlon
INTO the present political campaign.
In a statement bearing signatures OF
as men and women it was asserted tnat
the declaration was intended to be en-
tirelv non-partisan. and added that the
race issue had been raised by partlSans
of both sides. who for the purpose OF
driving voters into their respective
camps. arc. in our Judgment, reopenlnc
the healing wounds Of bitterness and
hate"
The Statement.
The statement follows in part:
"The undersigned citizens OF the
South. some of them supporters OF the
one presidential candidate and some OF
the other, desire unitedly to voice tnlS
public protest against the injection OF
the race question into the present poht-
ical campaign.
Had either political group alone
been responsible for raising this subject
we would hesitate to make this state
ment, lest it be thought partisan: But
It is being raised by partlSanS OF botn
sides, who for the purpose OF driving
voters into their respective camps, are,
in our Judgment. reopenlng the healing
wounds of bitterness and hate.
I'VE believe these appeals are both lr-
relevant and dangerous. 1t is our nope
that no one will be deferred by them
from calmly considering the real issues
and voting his honest convictions. and
certainly that no one Will allow them to
l. @;r q-if
ward our cOlorcd negro neighborS, who
too long have been paWns in the game OF
politics. Any attempt to influence men
and women with an issue so untlmely
is unworthy of the white man and un-
lust to all. If taken seriously it is the
sowing of dragons teeth Of which fu-
ture generations must reap the harvest.
The Signers.
Among the signers were DR.. H. M.
EdmondS. pastor of the Independent
Presbyterian Church, Birmingham;
Robert c. Aston. Atlanta attorney; DR..
Plato T. Durham Of Emory University,
Atlanta; Bishop F. F. Reese of the
Episcopal Church. Savannah; Bishop
w. B. Beauchamp of the Methodist
Episcopal Church. South, Atlanta:
Judge Robert Bingham. editor of the
Courier journal, Louisville: Col. p. H.
Callahan. Louisville business man; DR..
D. NJ. Key, president of Millsaps Col
lege, Jackson Miss; Bishop T. D. Brat
ton of the Episcopal Church, Jackson:
DR.. Howard Odum of the University of
North Carolina: Mrs. T. W. Beckett,
Raleigh, N. c.: Dr. w. p Few, president
of Duke University; James G. Hanes.
manufacturer, WinSton-Salem, N. c.;
Col. HenEy M. Fries, Winston-Salem, N.
c.. business man; DR.. w. L. Poteat,
Wake Forest College; DR.. w. c. Jack
son. North Carolina College for
Women Dr. w. j. McGlothlin, presi-
dent Furman University; DR.. E. o.
Watson. editor Of the Christian Advo-
cate, Columbia, S. c.; Bishop K. G.
Finlay of the Episcopal Church, CO.
lumbia; DR.. H. M. Snider, president
Wofford College; DR.. j. H. Kirkland,
chancellor of Vanderbilt University: Dr.
John L. Hill, Southern Baptist book
editor. Nashville; DR.. ]. D. Blanton,
president of the Ward Belmont College;
George F. Milton, editor of the Chat
tanooga News: DR.. G. B. Wilmer, Uni
versity of the South; George B. Dealey
publisher of the Dallas News; DR.
George w. Truett, pastor of the Baptist
Church. Dallas; DR.. E. A. Alderman