Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1937-10-09
OTHERS VIEWS
FROM MIR. WRIGHT
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
Some time late last August I wrote
an article for this paper in which l
showed up the dirty work of Con-
gresham Hoffman who was running
around in the South trying to defeat
the c. 1. o. in it's efforts to organize
labor in order that those who work
might get a fair share of the pro-
ceeds of their labor. I said then, what
is true now; that Hoffman was moth
ing more than the hired assassin O.
the rights of those who work. Ole
Henry Ford who keeps an army of ex-
prize fighters to make his men work,
was one who, I feel quite sure helped
pay Hoffman.
one Joseph P. Kemp who claimed
to be Vice Chairman of the Constitu
tional Educational League who was
associated with Hoffman replied to
my article and tried to smooth things
over and make it appear he and
Hoffman were out to help labor. I
replied to Kemp's letter and said I
thought I could find out more abou
what he and Hoffman were up to-
To gain that end wrote one of the
country. I here give you what they
wrote me about Kemp and his League:
I'VE have been unable to find any in
formation about the Constitutional
Educational League or about Mr..
Joseph p. Kemp, vice chairman of the
league. There have been number of
so-called Constitutional committees
and associations formed by persons
opposed to President Roosevelt's New
Deal or especially to his Court Plan.
Among these are: Southern Committee
to uphold Constitution, started by j.
II. Kirby, wealthy lumberman OF
Texas.
U. S. Defenders of Constitution,
started by D. F. Cohalan, Tammany
leader in New York. National Com
by F. E. Gannett, chain newspape
owner, and Association for the De-
'ense of Constitution, started by Col.
Harry Breckenridge, candidate TO-
Democratic nomination for President:
1885," So it seems Kemp and his
league was only something to fool the
people down South while they, he and
Hoffman sought to defeat the organi
cation of farmers and working peo
pie. I do hope no farmer or work
ing man believed anything Hoffman
said for every word he spoke was put
in his mouth by organized wealth and.
put there to keep the producers poo
while rich men lived in comfort or
others labor.
All those committees were organic
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agents of wealth, and have been fight
ng on the side of the plutocrats here
.ofore. They pretend to wish to pro-
Aect the constitution, but what they
seek to do is to keep the Supreme
Court so it will protect organized
wealth as it has through all the years
They do not intend that the farme'
shall be paid fair price for his CROP
Tor that the worker shall be paid
!, living wage. That is the cause O.
LII this fight we have now against
Mr., Roosevelt. They have found ou
hat he proposes to make this coun
try as fit place for those who labor
as for those who live in idleness on
what labor produces. Between now
and the election next year we will,
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President. lie is going to be fought a
at every turn by most of the mem
bers of Congress from the South who
were elected as Democrats and were
carried into office by the great in
fluence of Mr.. Roosevelt, yet jus
watch and you will see every one
from our State with the exception o
Senator Reynolds and about two
our eleven representatives will be on
the side of the nlutocrats and against
the interest Of farmers and workers
on whose votes they sailed into Of
flee. Congress will probably convene
sometime next month and every one
who is interested in the welfare of all
the people should write their Repre-
sentative in the Congress and to Sen
stand with Mr. Roosevelt and hold up
his hands while he frees the economic
slaves of these United States.
Well we have discovered that Hoff-
man and his man Kemp were only
emissaries of the big industrialists
big employers could have more money
seeking to keep labor cheap so the
to make this world Haven for them
and theirs and keep it a Hell for those
who work. Between now and the
next election next year we will hear
from these two scalawags probably
several times for organized wealth
has much to do yet to destroy the
New Deal the peoples greatest fort
ress. I hope we who have followed
them for about two months will not
be led to put anV confidence in anv
| of the thing they may say or do.
JAS. II. WRIGHT.
l. Henderson,