Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1929-11-02

nor, and Colonel Anderson, his chief
supporter"
Mr.. Frazier replied to Mr.. Ander-
sons letter to Mr.. Pollard Immediate
ly after it was delivered to him by
messenger. Mr.. Frazier said that he
did not know Mr.. Anderson's letter
was an open letter, since there was
nothing on it to indicate this.
The Frazier letter was as follows
"Your letter dated October %, ad-
dressed to Hon John Garland Pollard,
has just been received at this Of
| flee.
"Dr. Pollard is in Southwest Vir-
ginia and will not return to Rich
mond until Wednesday. 1t is for
/ this reason that l am taking the
liberty to advise you that Democratic
headquarters has not printed nor dis
tributed any circulars with reference
to Oscar DePriest. No one connected
with Democratic headquarters has
had anything to do with the printing
or distributing of any such circular
as you describe.
$50 far as l know, DR.. Pollard
! does not know of the existence of
such a pamphlet as you mention and
is no more responsible for its print
ing and distribution than is DR..
| Brown or his headquarters response
BILE for the printing and distribution
of the circulars signed by Dabney
Harrison, which is now being dis
tributed by friends Of the coalition
candidates, and in which DR.. Pollard
is shamefully slandered.
"You may be sure that when Dr..
Pollard returns TO the city Wednes-
day, he will reply to your letter"
Mr.. Anderson in his letter to Dr..
Pollard charged that Democratic
headquarters is responsible for dis
! tributing the pamphlet.
The text of his letter follows:
There has just come to my atten-
ton a pamphlet being issued and dis
| tributed from your headquarters in
Richmond containing picture OF
Congressman DePriest, OF Chicago,
and his wife, together with an al
legged account of her having been
officially received at the White House
and extracts from inaammatory
speeches of DePriest. On the front
page of this circular appears the fol-
lowing language:
CDR. Brown Republican candidate
| for governor; Colonel Anderson and
the Republican platform upon which
Brown is running demand q radica!
revision of our election laws, inc.ud-
ing the repeal of the requirement
that a three-year poll tax must be
paid as a prerequisite for voting,
"This statement is absolutely false.
Since the Republican platform is
printed and in possession OF your
headquarters, it must have been
known to be false when issued. The
only provision of the Republican
platform on which DIR. Brown is run
ming with reference to the election
laws reads as follows:
"'We agree with Thomas Jefferson
that "the will of the people is the
only legitimate foundation for any
government; to protect its free ex-
preston should be our first object"
We believe that the present election
laws Of this State are in conflict
with this principle. We oppose any
policy which would seek to reopen
questions affecting the relations be-
tween various groups OF our people
long since and finally settled. Sub
iect always to this condition. we
favor the simplification of our cleo
ton laws and the fair administration
thereof so as to permit and encour-
age voting by those persons VINO are
properly qualified and to prevent
fraud or irregularities in the conduct
of elections "
'sIn view of the use of my name IN
this statement, | desire to denounce
the effort on the part of your heao,
quarters to associate DR.. Brown ana
myself with DePriest as nothing less
than Infamous and as unworthy OF
campaign conducted by Virginians.
81 now desire to ask YOU:
a. Whether you authorized OF
approve the issue and circulation Oh
this document from your headquar-
tiers. =,
"2. Whether you authorized OF
approye the false statement referred
to above as to the Republican plat
form on which DR.. Brown IS running.
"S. Whether you authorized OF
approve the outrageous attempt 70
associate DR.. Brown and myself WIN
DePriest, Negro congressman IRON
Chicago, with whom we have noun
ing whatever to do.
az. Whether you authorized OF
approve the effort made in this CIT
cular to drag into the campaign IN
Virginia the wife of the president
of the United States because she als-
charged official acts required OF ner
by her position in receiving the wives
Of all congressman officially at the
White House, knowing, as you no.
that colored persons in official posi- osa
tions have been received at the
White House by all administrators
for the past fifty years, including
those of President Cleveland anu
President Wilson, and that such OF
fetal acts have no racial or personal
significance whatever.
president and Mrs. Hoover have
been extremely considerable OF Vlr-
ginia in making thteir summer home
:, +b;s State and in their interest