The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-10-24
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lnOuBn ne stay ut, ySO SAAoh
trust him" is the humiliating atti-
tude Mr.. De Priest would have the
Negro take.
The thoughtful and intelligent
Negroes land thank God there are
millions of them, no longer are
fooled by Oscar De Priest. They
remember that he is the same Oscar
De Priest who called nationwide
nonpartisan meeting in Washington,
D. c., and urged the Negro to split
his vote, stating that he never could
hope to get anywhere politically by
placing all his eggs in one basket.
This same Mr.. De Priest Travelled
all over the United States last win
ter and early spring of this year
urging Negroes to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, yet now he says in
substance that the Negro is a fool
who votes the Democratic ticket.
De Priest spoke of the fiery cross
in Texas. OF course we all know
he never saw any fiery crosses
burned in Texas. 1, too, was born
in the south and reared there, but
the first and only time I ever saw
fiery cross of khan regalia was in
the state of Indiana
1 saw the khan marching under
the Republican administration and
not once did we hear of the eloquent
Senator Watson raising his voice de-
nouncing that organization.
AS a matter of fact, during all
the years this distinguished Repub-
lican has been at Washington, not
once has any one heard him lift
his voice in defense of the American
Negro.
F. B. RANSOM.
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Editor Times
GLAD you realize Roosevelt is a
" real leader of men. Thanks,
for the editorial on old sourdough;
or Henry Ford. Ford has an ak
to grind and finds the Republicans
willing to grind it free.
Republicans say, Don't change
horses In the middle of the stream"
Now, do they think sane man or
woman would stay on a sinking
horse and drown? Let's change
horses. The present nags have
collie. Republicans call the poor
people idiots. Let's show them on
election day that we think for our
selves, by voting the straight Dem
ocratic ticket.
Remember a vote for the Socialist
or Liberty party is vote for
Hoover. If you enjoy charity
baskets, jowl, stale bread, and soup
lines, keep Hoover, but, if you are a
red blooded American, who wants
the right to earn living, vote the
straight Democratic ticket
MRS. w. A. COLLINS.
SO North Hamilton avenue.
Editor Times
A FTER nineteen years of being a
"A. Republican and Democrat,
mostly a Republican, am going to
vote for a real leader, or, two real
leaders, Norman Thomas and
Maurer, as l heard them both, and
they are heading a party which will
really do something for all of us if
elected
A good many of my friends would
like to vote for them, but they give
the most asinine reason for not do
ing so. saying, Il would vote for
them, but they haven't got a
chance" They will go and vote for
something they don't want, just be-
cause they think that something
they do want hasn't a chance to
materialize.
A lot of people won't vote at all,
because they say that both of the
old parties are no good. Well, 1
think as Norman Thomas said,
"One party is just spare tire for
the other one j. c. KENT.
Editor Tones
THIS country was founded for the
4 most part by people seeking
freedom of religious worship. Any
industry that serves the wants of
men is by virtue of that service a
function of religious worship. Laws
within this country prohibiting such
industry most surely violate the prl-
mary objective of the founders of
this country. The writer refers to
the eighteenth amendment and the
bulwark of laws supporting it.
G.. l.. BURKHART.
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Editor Times
TN the You Say 1t Column" Oct.
is Mr.. Buffehead asked for some
"wise guy" to tell him why the de-
preston is hitting the foreign ma
tions who have no prohibition law
and no Hoover, the same as the
United States.
am not wise guy" but I
know that the international bank
ers and their gold standard have
plunged the nations Of the world
so heavily in debt that money sifted
into the hands of such a small per
cent of the population that the
common people have no money to
buy back the products of their Ia
Dor, and therefore, our industrial
plants are idle.
In this country. the international
bankers control the major political
parties, to get legislation to control
the country's finances. The finances
control the machinery; the machin-
cry diSplaceS men and women, but
the machines can not consume any
thing they make; therefore. We have