The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-09-06
THE. SOUTH OUGHT TO BE
INTERESTED

The Roosevelt political party alliance
with negro voters in States outside the
South is the subject of an article by Frank
Kent which ought to interest every intel
lgent. patriotic Southerner
I'm this article Frank Kent disCloses the
manner in which the Roosevelt party has
transferred the support of three million
negro voters in northern States from the
Republican to the radical party. The Larg-
er part of these votes is TO be found in ten
populouS eastern and northern States. This
bloc is so large and is so Solidly allied with
the radicals that Roosevelt and his aides
have concluded that if they must choose
between the negro vote and the support OF
the solid South. they will dump the south
eynerS overheard and continue their cruise
with the negroes
In fact, Frank Kent asserts, Roosevelt
and the little gang of White House radi-
Gals who are closest to him and have the
greatest influence in controlling and fixing
administration policies, are ready at an
early date to come out into the open and
show the country what their real purposes
are, This course is opposed by jim Farley,
Senator Guffey and perhaps other politi-
clans OF their stripe 1t is their policy to
continue TO play the Southerners for suck
CrS.
We quote Frank kentS concluding para
graphs in the article published in The
Charleston News and Courier:
The more astute of the left-wing intimates of
the PRESIDENT now 50 firmly in the White House
saddle have different view and concrete plan
For quite while they have had in mind a scheme
by which they feel the Roosevelt regime and, Incl
dentally themselves. could be kept in power al
most indefinitely. 1t is fact they have talked this
over among themselves. It is a further fact that
# the primaries this summer and the elections this
fall should turn out in a way to insure Roosevelt
control over the next session of congress the eff
fort 10 put their plan into effect will he made OF
course if the new deal loses in the Georgia and
MARYLAND primaries and IS further diminished IN
strength by Republican gains in November, the
Roosevelt control will not exist and the plan would
have TO be dropped. p.
'Of course, there will he people to say that no
such thing is contemplated. but that is what they
SAID IN 1886 when it asserted by this writer.
and others that if Mr., Roosevelt were reelected he
would seek by legislation to control the supreme
court Briefly the plan is this: If the Roosevelt
control IS frightened by the elections. first. there
will be an open administration drive to put through
the ant-lynchng bill This will be followed by
legislation, now being carefully thought out to
nut an end to the Acknowledgement of the negroes
in the South Mr. Roosevelt will be openly behind
this drive instead of coverty behind it at the
last session The time will have arrived, it is said.
when it will he unnecessary as well silly to be
afraid of the South
The brain-truSt argument is exactly that of
Dr High to wit, that it is vital politically to
hold the Black Belt than the Solid South, The
greatest reservoir of potential votes in the country
some FIVE million and more-they contend, is
made UP of the negroes of the South. who are not
allowed to vote and the poor white share-croppers,
TO whom the new deal particularly appeals 1t is
possible argue the presidents advisers by entran-
chsing the negroes and substituting the share crop
pers. TO add so great army of voters to the new
deal forces that they really would become political
" unbeatable That is the dream. How far they
get with it depends upon how much domination
they have over the next congress. If they win,
they are going after those five million voting hSh
IN that untouched southern reservoir with legisa-
tive net guaranteed to catch them all. The idea is
in line with the wishes of the negro leaders with
whom the administration politicians have been
dealing 1t has been enthusiastically evolved by the
brilliant young men who constitute the Inner
White House circle" The commitments of the
practical administration politicians to the northern
negroes are such that they will have to go along
with the brain trusters' plan it is launched.
The South ought to be interested"
The gravity of the conditions which
would be forced on the South by serious