Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1930-08-02
Kansas Voters D
Hear Addresses
By VIM Pickens
LAUNCHES CAMPAIGN TO DEFEAT
ALLEN OF KANSAS

New York, July rs William Pickens
Field Secretary of the N. A. A &C p.
left New York City koday, it was
announced by the Advancement of Col
ored People, for Kansas where he will
speak to audiences of both> colored and
white voters to urge that they vote a.
gainst Henry ]. Allen in the primaries
to be held on August 5th. Senator
Simeon D. Tess of Ohio, it will be rem
embered, led the fight in the United
States Senate for confirmation OF John
j. Parker of North Carolina as an asso-
tiate justice of the United States Sur
preme Court, which nomination was
vigorously and successfully opposed by
the N. A. A. C. P.
Mr.. Pickens will speak at mass meet
ing in Coffeyville, Wichita, Topeka
Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth and
Atchison, 9TH possible engagements in
).her towns where the Negro populate
IS large enough. Branches of the N. A.
A. c. P. throughout Kansas are actively
iul ones and are doing everything pos
sible to arouse the Negro voters of the
late to realization of the importance
at work to make these meetings success
ii showing their disapproval of Senator
Aliens action in supporting Parker a
gainst their protests. The Kansas City
Call, brilliant Negro weekly, with wide
influence in Kansas is actively cooper
ting with the N. A. A. C.. P. in the move
ment to bring about Aliens defeat.
Roy Wilkios, Managing Editor of the
Call is playing large part in arrang-
ing for Mr.. Pickens meetings and in
stirring the Negro voters of the state.
In making public the plans of the N.
A. A. c. P. to oppose Senator Allen,
Walter White, Acting Secretary, made
the following statement:
THE issue in kansas is of most vital
Importance and the Negroes of that
State have an opportunity to strike a
NV of lasting benefit not only foitLt
themselves but for the citizenship rights
Of colorei people of the whole country
Allen was implored by the Negroes of
his state to vote against confirmation
of Parker who had brazenly advocated
disfranchisement of the Negro. To
those appeals Allen turned deaf ear.
He did everything in his power to put on
the Supreme Court bench man who
was willing to flout shamelessly the lat
and 10Th Amendments so far as the Ne
gro is concerned.
"Now Allen is desperately trying to
fool Negroes into believing that he is
still their friend. His henchmen are
flooding the state with puerile leaflet
citing certain minor things which Allen
as governor has done for Negroes. This
leaflet blandly ignores Aliens work to
get Parker confirmed. What if every
thing in the leaflet is true and more
On the biggest single issue that Negroes
could appeal to him, Allen betrayed the
colored citizens of Kansas and betrayed
them shamelessly. 1t will be to the
lasting credit of the colored people of
Kansas if they unitely repudiate the
attempt to hoodwink them and buy the
back into Aliens camp through petty
Aliens supporters. Rebuke of this at
Job at Washington for David Henderson,
Negro lawyer of Kansas and one of
temp to buy Negro support by a job
given after Parker's degeat will create
enormous respect for the Negroes of
Kansan and of the entirt country. The
N. A. A. C. P. is confident that these
voters will stand firm for the high NOR
al principal involved and will refuse to
let themselves be missed"