The Omaha guide., 1942-08-15

of Wendell Willkie, broadcast
from the NAACP Convention in
California, as a platform from
which to indicate his position on
the Republican party and the New
Deal membership of the Demo-
cratic party.
"Willkie," he said, advocated a
program that, in my judgment,
would inevitably result in two
things, namely: the destruction of
segregation and the amalgamation
of the races, and as I see it, the
difference between Mr. Willkie and
the national leadership of the OPP
posing party is the difference be-
tween Tweedle-dee and Tweedle-
dunn"
Then, indicating the real fascist
line which reactionary poll takers
and other friends of Hitler are to
follow, he declared: These in
stances, like boils on the body, are
indicative of a condition that needs
attention. They are not mentioned
purpose of showing you that the
for the purpose Of arousing feeling
against the Negro race, but for the
purpose of showing you that the
time has arrived for discussion
that will provoke serious consid-
Grafton of the situation in Ala
bama and the south and bring
forth suggestions for a solution of
the problem within the law and un-
der the Constitution Of the United
States"
Citing Tuskegee as one example
of no wa solution of the problem"
can be worked out within the
law, he declared: "One man in
whom I have great confidence,
told me that practically every re-
sponsibile male citizen in the town
was a special officer of some
kind" And then, by way of eau
ton, he d: "Extra-legal
methods Lynchings and burnings
of Negroes-GBMJR) however
necessary they may have been in
days of yore, are not to be re-
stored to now"
Wilkinson gave further indica-
ton of other CONSTITUTIONAL
methods to be used, when he de-
clared that Supreme Court deci-
sions which freed Negro victims,
including four of the Scottsboro
boys, on the ground that Negroes
were excluded from the convicting
juries, ere judgments that were
erroneous from a legal and con-
stitutional viewpoint" because the
criminal element among the Ne
groes has accepted these decisions
by u highest court as a license
to murder and ravish and rob-"
He then launched a direct at
tack on the President, under the
guise of discussing the work Of the
FEPC in attacking discrimination
against Negroes in war industries,
government agencies, and in those
unions that bar Negroes from
membership. For this, he pro-
ceeded to attack the War Depart
ment's Program of stationing Ne
gro troops in the south, concluding
this part of his speech with a lying
statement reflecting on the cour-
age of Negro soldiers.
With sufficient emphasis to let
listeners know that the pro-Hitler
level of a Negro must organize. If
there is room in this country for
National Association for the Ad-
his listeners know that the pro-
Hitler program was by no means
to be restricted to the South, Will
kinson outlined the following as
first steps to carrying out q COM
plete blueprint of American fas-
cism: MY first suggestion, he
said, "is that we organize state
wide, South-wide, nationwide. The
white men of the south who oppose
dragging white men down to the
vancement of Colored People,
there is need for a League to Main
tain White Supremacy. The
time to act is now An organiza-
ton should be formed, so strong,
so powerful and so efficient, that
this menace to our national secur-
ity and our local way of life will
rapidly disappear. 1t can be done.
1t should be done. Alabama must
lead the way.
This is neither the time nor the
place to discuss details. That
must be done by wise leadership
around the Conference table and
followed by constitutional action.
it is not too early to let
the world know that we will not
allow a group of Negroes to des-
troy national unity by forcing the
Negro into channels in the south
that are closed to him and which
will remain closed to him in the
south as long as we think our way
of life worth living"
THE PRINCESSES
The meeting was held at the