St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1944-07-14
Exit Norman Duvis

Nobody is happy oVer Death Ye desth as Common as births
marriages. and taxes However, those way
progress die the ce because hndrance has been
Last week. Norman Davis white chairman of the
Red Cross 1885, died in Hot Springs age g.
Davis born in Bedford County, Tenn part
education Vanderbilt University got business the
sugar industry in Cuba The Cubans complained about that
He touched coored people chairman
of the League of the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross the patriotic Americans
to give blood for plasma the lives of soldiers
ever when cood people their blood put into jim
crow bottles labeled "coored."
Passes Buck Army
Now is bad enough organization to do this
ugly thing its citizens more lies about
When you get its officials in they the Army requires
them coore blood pama course denies
so does the Navy, and makes its denial official
There is no why private organization like the Red
should be handling blood pasma for the u Government
The Army and Navy and the getting enough
out of loans handle blood soldiers
and all the other things the Red Cross officially
agencies.
We don't know that the death of make any
difference in the m-crow policy but we have half
dozen such deaths maybe get policy changed
Roosevelt could change night he would
If the country happens November
we believe Dewey would change
At any rate Norman Davis dead he explain
Red Cross blood bank satisfactorily is all
right with us, but we don't think he
Mr.. Willlde. The Negro and Mr. Sokolslzy
is to judge by published reactions WILKES
recommendation the Republican platform on the Negro
question popular Some writer's normally fair and
LIBERAL have avoided apparently feeling that the
issue is too hot touch Others for the Negro
but always that the Negro walk tight rope to e and fair
play have been quick to Wilkes
statement Among these have standpatter
the ingenious sophist George Sokosky.
Reduced in simple terms what did Mr. Wihe
said that the Republican party its PLATFORM go
FAVOR OF the equal citizenship rights
Americans Then he mentioned of things poll tax
economic restrictions lack of educational opportunities
forms of intimidation such yncng which deprive Negro of
his equal citizenship rights Republican party should
actively set itself against these things
ship for the Negro.
But Mr. SokOsky simple proposition
although ne processes to be friend He skips it. He writes
the New York Sun and the St.
party historically the champion political equality
and also that the party has been nsnt adherence
constitution Herein Mr. Sokoky discovers conflict
WILKES mention of the poll bolster Sokosky
believes that Federal law to abolish the poll
Therefore, the Republican party advocates
the poll tax and promote the political equality Negro
beay its traditional sistenc Constitution
Of course Mr. Sokolss argument begs question (for
he has of shame and avoids the ISSUE
citizenship rights for Negroes Federal poll
cannot be enacted without violating the Constitution Constitution
should be amended and the Republican
H insert amendment plank the platform actively
it. But Mr. Sokolsky not being greatly interested citizenship
for the Negro ignores the positive alternative simply
the Constitution ep the Republican party advocacy
full political equality for the Negro possible Constu-
ton important Mr. Sokolky political equality for
Negro
Sokoky further delivers himself opinion that most of
those in political e who that they political