The southern news., 1944-08-19
Negroes Resent
snub Received At
Demo Convention

NEW YORK For the first
time in its nearly IL years in
power, the National Democratic
Party finds itself up against the
power of public opinion of a ma
jority of Negro leaders and the
Negro press as a result of the
snub Negroes received IN the
partys snational platform.
While some followers have
sought to justify the vagueness of
the plank in the platform dealing
with Negroes, independent leaders
have been outspoken in their de-
nunciation. The Negro Democratic
aold- suard'' apeear4to to he ripoine5
at the seams,
National Committeeman Perry
w. Howard, of Mississippi, Let
loose broadside at the Demo-
cratic Party when he said, DE
mocratic Party platform at Chi
caog worst on Negro question and
Republican best ever of either
Party. Federal education ap-
preparation under state control as
contained in another plank in the
Democratic PLATFORM" said Mr..
Howard. means S12 for education
of white child to one dollar for
Negro child"
DR.. E. Gaylord Howell, of New
Brunswick, N. j., who was a dele
gate to the Republican National
Convention, said the platform
holds out no indueement for the
Negroes of this country as it re-
presents a surrender to the racial
prejudices of the South
Assistant City Solicitor Linwood
Roger of Baltimore believes that,
"Self-respecting Negro Democrats
must vote the Republican ticket
now since the Democratic platform
plank concerning Negroes adds up
to exactly nothing. 1t hedges; it
IS vague and meaningless. 1t is
Vacillating and obviously is drawn
white supremacy proclamation.
The South dared President Roose-
welt and his leaders TO say any
thing in the platform in favor of
the FEPC or to denounce brutal
and inhumau treatment and other
inequalities. and the south won"
Attorney James B. Morris of Dos
M ines, takes the position that the
Democrats did a fine JOB of strad-
ding the f.ncC and said exactly
nothing in the plank in their plat
form on the Negro, but nobody
will be fooled by the compromise
with the bourbon below the Mason
and Dixon Line"
Judge Perry b. Jackson of
Cleveland said, ut is clear that
Negroes can expect no help from
the Democratic Party in their
fight to eliminate discrimination.
The Party's failure to mention the
evils of lynching, poll tax, discriil-
nation in the Armed Forces or
even the fair employment practice
committee surely explains where
the Democrats stand and they can
be expected to do nothing about
them"
Attorney r. Gillis Nutter, of
Charleston, w. Va, assailed both
the planks on the Negro as wen
as the one of federal aid to edu-
cation.
THE plank in racial and re-
ligious minorities is a mere snare
to catch the Negro vote. There is
not a fortnight statement in the
entire platform on the FEPC, poll
ak, nati-lynching legislation in
contrast to context of Republican
Party's platform demanding pas
sage of such legislation.
''The plank on Federal aid to
education, administered by the
States without Interference by Fed
eral Government is definite set
back to Negroes and will do much
harm in the fight to equalized op-
portunities. Any federal aid to
education without safeguards will
be of no benefit to the 230 coun-
ties in the South without single
high school,"