Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-10-29
Two Roosevelts Running
New Dealer Promises "No Forgotten Races" Yet He
is Nominee of Democratic South.

permitted to vote And Senator James
F. Byrnes, in whose State Of South
Carolina only about 1000 NeGoeS vote
in a total Negro population of about
900, 900.
Mr.. Roosevelt, in one Of his cam
paign speeches. spoke of the Repub-
lican leadership in this campaign as
being "Janus.faced." presenting one
fact to the East. another to the West.
To any charge of "Janus-faced" COM
ing from Mr.. Roosevelt, the Repub-
Leans might make piquant retort by
comparing Mr.. Roosevelt as promiser
in 1882 with Mr.. Roosevelt as per-
former during his presidency. But
let that pass.
In Two Roles.
The Mr., Roosevelt Of today, the Mr..
Roosevelt who is now running for
reelection, Is saved from any neces-
sity of being Janus-faced. He Is saved
by the happy fact that he is running
in two separate rolls-as nominee OF
the Democratic party, and as head of
the New Deal.
1t is the Mr. Roosevelt that is head
of the New Deal who tells the colored
folks that In his administration there
is mo forgotten race" 1t is the other
Mr.. Roosevelt, the nominee Of the
Democratic party, who says nothing
about Negro voting in the South. 1t
is the New Deal that solicits colored
votes in the North. 1t is the Demo-
cratic party that prevents Negro vot-
ing in the South. But the Northern
Negroes who are being solicited to vote
the Democratic ticket might appropri-
ately send pointed telegram to
Uvalde. Tex, telling Mr.. Garner that
I'VE will vote for you in New York as
soon as we are allowed to vote for you
in Texas"
Up to this time, Mr.. Roosevelt,
Farley. Ickes and the other New Deal
leaders clearly have made progress
toward getting much of the Negro
vote. especially in the great cities.
They get 1t mainly by appeal to a
quality that is strong in the colored
race, the admirable trait Of gratitude.
A very large number of the Negroes
in the large cities are on relief. An
appeal put out by the Democratic
National Committee says I'VE have
almost nine and a half million COL
ored people either on work relief or
direct relief" That number seems
excessive. though the Democratic Ma
tional Committee ought to know-pre-
sumably it can get freely from w. P A.
figures which the Republicans are I'M
able to pry out even by court pro-
ceedings. The colored persons on re-
lief are grateful. Another group is
the friends and relatives of those on
relief. The colored people are a gen.
erous folk: it was their custom to give
from their own earnings to those who
had none. From this they are now
relieved.
Fright Plays Part.
To the appeal for gratitude, Demo-
cratic organization workers add in
timidation and fright. The colored
folks are led to think that unless Mr..
Roosevelt is reelected, relief will end.
A Summons to Colored Voters" put
out by the Democratic National Com
mittee tells them that unless they
vote for Mr. Roosevelt you will bring
upon yourself =. . four long years Of
deprivation, starvation, and want Of
food, clothing and shelter So vote
for your friend. your leader and your
President, Franklin Delano Roosevelt"
The colored folks abide by an old
Southern saying: Whose bread eat,
his song sing" When Mr. Roosevelt
and the P. w. A and w. p. A. ofhcials,
in their outgivings about relief, say
I'VE have given" the I'VE" Is assumed
to be the imperial use Of the word as
a substitute for 81" That manner of
speaking has irked Father Coughnn,
who pointedly asks, Where does Mr..
Roosevelt get that I'VE" stuff" It
does not occur to beneflciaries on relief
that I'VE" really means all the tax
payers, and that Gov. Landon. II
elected, would continue relief as long
as 1t Is needed.
(Copyrisht. 1861