The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1931-11-19
HOOVER
IS UNFAIR TO
NEGRO CITIZENS

WASHINGTON. ID. ca fund of
$4,000 is to he raised to promote
the recently formed National Negro
Federation of Young People Clubs,
according to Thurman l.. Dodson, To-
cal attorney and one of the leaders
of the movement. In making this
announcement Attorney Dodson par
APPRAISED the recent remarks of the
Navy League in calling President
Hoover "abysmally ignorant of the
problems facing the Negro citizenry
of this country"
The young attorney welcomed the
appointment of 4 "hand-picked jury"
to investigate his charges that the
President and the Republican admin
istration had not dealt fairly with
Negro citizens.
Continuing his Indictment of Pres
ident Hoover, Mr.. Dodson stated that
thousands of young colored men and
women with hitherto Republican
leanings have become Disguised with
what he termed "thc cold inhumanity
of government officials towards
problems affecting the rank and file
of the Negro masses. "The poker
faced gentleman in the White
House,, said the Democratic leader,
lis responsible for the open insult
offered NEGRO citizens in his nomi-
nation Of Judge Parker. He is re-
sponsible, as chief executive of this
nation for the infamous secret or
der reducing courageous black sol
diers to the RAM, of stevedores, on
the sole excuse that they were black.
He is responsible for the basely un-
just manner in which Negro woncr
are segregated in the government bu-
reau in the restaurants and else
where. 1t is at Herbert Hoovers
door that the discrimination in the
Civil Service ana in the final an
alysis, police brutality in the Dis
trict of Columbia lies. One stroke
of his pen would be enough to wipe
out the suffering of hundreds of
thousands Of colored unemployed,
now left to the mercy of public char
ity."
Names Advisers
Mr.. Dodson said the formation of
the National Negro Federation of
Young Peoples Democratic Clubs,
would proceed along lines already
started in several communities.
Among the prominent Negro DEM
ocrats he listed as member of his add
visory committee were: Attorney Ju-
liam Raincy of Boston, Attorney
Harry Braggs and James Thomas OF
New York. Attorney Earl Dickerson
Of Chicago, Mr.. Richard l.. McDou-
gal and Attorney r. McCant Andreds
of Durham, Attorney Joseph Melee
more Of st. Louis, and DR.. William
C.. Tompbins Of Kansas City, Missou-
RI Others TO be asked to serve were
he minated. Honorable William II.
Lewis of Boston, H. Austin Atkins on
Houston, Texas; Honorable j. Finley
Wilson of Washington, Honorable
Ferdinand O. Morton, of New York,
Bishop Reverdy G.. Ransom, Editor p.
Bernard Young Of Norfolk, Virginia
and Editor Carl Murphy Of the Balti-
more Afro-American.
Citizenship Sunday
"The first objective Of our organ
ization will be to educate colored
citizens to the necessity of register
ing. We plan to ask every Negro
minister in the country to throw
open the doors of his church TO local
speakers in National Citizenship
Sunday At this time every phase
Of the duty of a citizen TO himself.
his race and his country will be dealt
with. After this we intend TO or
ganize In the colleges and schools, in
the fraternal organizations and the
Young Peoples Clubs. We must of
course depend ON the Negro Press
but ! believe there is not Negro
editor in the country who is not sick
of the silly promises and false prac-
tices of the Republican party"