The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1936-06-05
THE CAUSE OF THE
NEGRO In THE COP &
DEM. PLATFORMS


| The platform mongers are now
busy OH their Quadrennial task I'm
political parlnncc a platform is a pub
he declaration of the PRINCIPLES and
policy of Il political party issued be
for an election. On the approach of
he National Convention of the Re
publican and Democratic Parties Ne.
no politicians busy themselves in
pressing upon Party leaders certain
pianks favorable to the right of the
race In the campaign of 1928 it oc
ured for the first time that both mar
Ties were importuned in this regad.
The late lamentcd National Non-par-
imam League had just been organ
lZed. This political body sprang up.
flourished and faded like school
'oys tale the wonder of an hour. lis
prototype the National Negro Rcpub.
lean League passed through the same
tagcs us its cvancscourt antitypc.
~ Commute consisting of Hon. Os-
ar Dcpricst- President Kelly Miller
secretary ana Mrs. Mary Church
-erell was appointed to draft idcn:ic
cSolutions an dto Impress the mupou
National Committees of both parties
Tor Incorporation in their respective
platforms. The central purpose of thc
resolution was to insist upon the On.
1orcement of the 18th and 18th a. |
mehdments and the cnacting of an
anti lynching law. We presented
these propositions TO Hon Simon ID. !
Foes then Chairman of the Rcpubli. I
can National Committee, and to Mr..
Joucttc Shouse Chairman of thc FIX. !
ccutivc Committee of the Democratic
Party. Mr.. Fess parricd our REQUESTS
with the old old story of the homo. ,
factions Of the Republican Party but |
ever came To the point at issue On !
he other hand Mr.. Shousc stated |
that he personally approved of all
| NAT we requested an dthat he would |
Use his good offices To see that we
OF chance To present the matter bc
fore H." - mittcc ON Resolution.
hen the cratic Convention ma,
Inc !" was left III the hand
on. imam, who would be i'm
'hicaso al iEt meeting of both Con.
venti''is. Tlbrreupon certain po,Gti.
al cXc2encicS arose which caused SIN
ny members of the Non-PartiSau Lea
ne including lis Chairman TO re
urn I" their former partisan allci-
ancr which left the Non-partiSau
league in thu lurch and the matter
ever was effectively presented t,
ithcr National Committee. No other
"rncy ii seems, made an effrrliv.
ppcal 10 either party. As result Mr.
i"ov"r promised The Negro nohiny
nj Kept his word. Candidate Roosc.
"It made no specific promise. to any
ace or class but laid the chief ..tr.s
"f emphasis upon the forgotten man
OF whcm the Negro is chcif.
The National Bar Association liza,
Icngascd TO present the Negroes caus,
10 Dotht Party Conventions at their
sessions next month. The bill If Par
'lcnlaiS is substantially the same ~
ina tot the years gOm" by-cnforcc.
ment of the 14th and 10Th amend.
mrhlS and the enactment of Il FEEDER
al AEii-lynchimg law.
After long and mature dclibcra.
tion have reached the conclusion
i'll my own min dthai if is Il waste of
while 10 bother either convention
with the insertion of Negro blanks in
their naiional platforms. Abundant
experience proves that such idle in.
diligence is merely for the sake Of hr
quilting the dupIbc Negro VOTER with
no genuine honesty and sincerity of
purpose of enforcement after rlcc.
ton. 1t is useless for the political
fowler To any longer spread his net
III the presence Of the black. There
exists today no deeply divisfvc iSsucs
between The two parties on questions
in which the Negro iS vitallv concern.
cd. He would probably be- better Off
if both platforms emitted any spcci
lie mention of him and concerned
themselves with generic principles
touching the ccononi. problems of
and wages, rclyicf and uncm ploy.
mcnt which vitality concern al lalikc.
il i particularly unfortunate to
have the question IF lynohing invol-
we'd in partisan politics. Lynching in
This country will never be- >tuppcd
until the American people in an ont
burst Of righteousness make up their
minds to stamp out this blood thirsty
form Of lawIcs~ncss just as the,
stamped out kidnapping without re-
gard to race section or party. Let II,
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