St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

Golden
faithful
congratulated having splendid
workers. Added commentator should the
good Mother Golden publicly
that the church appreciated her untng work and counsel
Roosevelt Can Take and Give 1t Too
Republican editors professedy
strong commenting
highly pubcized detection Douglass
Hanes Jim Reed, Burke and others.
The wonder that Roosevelt has rfrand from strong statement
long. had much
Lie abuse Roosevelt Interests mica the New Deal have de-
scended only the Liberty
League financed and inspired against Mrs Eleanor Roos
welt through the south which attempted to show by base appeal to
southern prejudice friendly with the
core people, that she Communist and other propaganda of
that type.
the Republicans a campaign thigh plane" their
slant believing about Hague Pat Nash and Kelly Democratic machines
will doubt be answered by Roosevelt and others his who
know how carry the battle to the enemy
We believe this is going to be vicious mudngng campaign
There has been presidential campaign that know of that
The booty great party actually
it by purely lady and gentleman tactics.
the battle always
Od Man Those body blows that he threw at his Demo-
cratic cohorts who took walk just sample what he do and
naturally the other side doesn't like it too much.
Editorial lettings
Young any politically
by keeping Arkansas from getting Paul Dewa Coored people
notably smallest their white brethren
The N A. A. P in Minneapolis has done jobs in this
the months that ene public commentator from all
Birth the
walt exadon show what organized people do right
they consider wrong
Negroes strange say any organza
u
good enough safely ought to be good enough for
support
people enough believe you get
something nothing!
The Senator Has Something
Congress has done damn thing before the Republican
convention and it's mood do things right All this talk
pickering produce George
ris Independent, Nebraska, in interview.
Broken Traditions
broke many historical traditions pecedens
which prevented presidents a
wemng reversed The old rule that Negro would address
Democratic convention discarded The refusal of
venOns include plank their platforms concerning the treatment
to accorded the nations largest minority with abandon
The convention the liberal held the history of the
Democratic party The selection President Roosevelt third
candidate the plain recognition the that the precedent
secondary " the record and his program The delegates
the position that it better twelve whose
policies they knew and whose ideas they an for the sake
tradition choose candidate whose and policies would the
the convention met four AGO tradition
broken when prayed opening
sessions Senator "CottOn" Ed Smith promptly
walked out and made bones about the his
Tuesday Bishop Revrdy university prayed
in the convention Following the prayer Congressman Arthur W. Nit
chen delivered address the delegates
ing extinct.
The platform of the party very definite
with reference to the rights Negroes The plank
dealing with Negroes states that party
complete legislative safeguards against
service benefits plat
form pledges to the cod
Although the platform failed specifically
of restoring Negro suffrage enacng
annch law the protection sufficiently broad
INCLUDE both whether was the intention of the dra include
those provisions left to conjecture
that the Democratic dominated South
TO include plank in its platform pdging dea
Inc that has seen tit to enact grandfather clauses
designed to keep Negroes holding public
the ballot from the Negroes of the South
votes and promises give to all citizens regardless
the equal protection of the laws
The cause for this liberal gesture of friendship
exodus OF the Negro voter the Democratic
traion Of President Roosevelt only handful
Negroes voted the Democratic ticket and
cal etiquette to vote other than straight Republican
FORE the party made bid for the Negro
to do Its vote white; its
Since platforms made to attract voters useless prior
birth of the New Deal to attempt Negro voters
During the last the given
able recognition by the administration 100000
employed have
rolled the CCC Many Negroes held important positions