Evening star., 1938-05-14
Quotes and Comments
In Which Occasion Is Taken to Correct Several
Errors, None Relating to MIR. Roosevelt.

$262. .264 for Clark County" I was
careful to add that knew Of no sig
nificance in this juxtaposition Of dates,
that knew nothing about Mr..
Aleshire's voting or about himself,
except that "he must be a good man
he is the first Democrat ever elected
to Congress from his district"
Man Of Strong Character.
From one Of Mr.. Aleshire's COL
leagues, Representative Alfred N.
Phillips, jr, Of Connecticut, now re-
ceive letter. Representative Phillips
says that, as I implied, Representative
Aleshire voted for the Presidents re-
organization plan, while he. Repre-
sentative Phillips, voted against 1t.
But Representative Phillips regards
Representative Aleshire as a man Of
especial courage and candor," Of
marked strength of character"
Mr.. Aleshire's name Is first on the
alphabetical list OF members. Hence
he Is called upon to cast the first vote
on every roll call. In that position Of
alphabetical priority, Mr.. Aleshire Is
on q spot but never tries to get of it..
Mr.. Aleshire never equivocates He
does not do what Is sometimes done by
persons whose names begin with one
Of the first letters Of the alphabet
he never passes, never waits until q
second roll-call, when it can be known
on which side the majority is.
Representative Aleshire seems to
have. to a peculiar degree. the regard
Of his associates. Representative Phil
lips writes: Those Of us who see Mr..
Aleshire. whom We respect and for
whom we have affection, sit day after
day on the floor of the House in his
wheel chair, to which he Is bound by
a physical affliction preventing the
use of his lower limbs, and know OF
his devotion to duty and the arduous
work he does .. honor this brave,
fine American"
The AnH-Lynching Bill.
Some months ago, writing about
the so-called anti-lynching bill,
printed a list Of associations sup
porting it. I said: TT is seriously
doubtful II the members OF those
organizations have read the bill"
From an official Of the Young
Women's Christian Association, I re-
ceived letter explaining at length,
and convincingly, that the National
Board" of the Y. w. c. A. issues "spe-
cial study material on the problem of
lynching;;" that "the national conven-
ton (of the Y. w. c. A., composed
of well-qualified and studious dele
gates from all parts of the country,
has discussed and Endorsed the prin-
ciple" Of the anti-lynching bill, that
"our Public Affairs Committee has
published bulletins on the issues in
volved and has provided our local
associations with information pro and
con-"
BY these and other methods, the
heads of the Y. w. c. A. maintain
an exceptional and most laudably
pianstaking system for investigation
OF measures which the Y. w. c. A.
indorses. Admitting the good in
tentions and the thoroughness. still
incline to entertain doubt whether
members Of these organizations have
read the bill" Without being cap
tious. and merely to throw light on
the frequency with which great or
ganizations indorse bills without all
their membership being fully aware
what the bills contain, I feel inclined
to make a challenge. If, out of the
total Of 465,000 members of the
Y. w. c. A.. as many as a hundred
members-members as distinguished
from ofticers-had read the anti
lynching bill in the form in which
it was when I made my statement
in that event would be glad to
make a modest contribution to the
excellent work which the Y. w. C. A.
does.
(Copyright, 1e3S)