Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1945-10-20
Georgians
.Jubilant
Over Victory
TIIANTA. Ga.-(SNS)-

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)--
Thrilled at the prospects of an
unrestricted franchise for ali
qualified voters in Georgia as a
consequence of the ruling Friday
hy Federal District Judge T. Hoyt
Davis declaring unconstitutional
the Georgia White Primary, Ne
gro leaders here Saturday charac-
terized the decision as "magnifi-
Gent" "momentous," "inescapa.
bic" and that it is bound to
"change the entire status" of all
Negroes in the state.
Judge Davis decision is the
conclusion of a % days stuc
Of legal evidence and documen.
tation introduced by counsel for
plaintiff and defendants at hear
ings held on the Primary suit, at
Macon, Ga, last September Is, II
and Is, in which Rev. Primus E.
King, on behalf of himself and
others similarly situated, sought
to establish the right to vote III
al elections of Georgia and
$4,000 damages for denial of a
ballot by Muscogee County De
mocratic Party Officials on July
d, 1914.
The suit, instituted by Colum-
bus, Georgia Negroes and spear.
headed by Rev. King, followed the
pattern of similar suits success
fully, concluded in Texas and in
Florida, in which the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People has played q
a conspicuous part. Preliminary
bearings in a suit brought against
T. E. Suttles, Registrar and Tax
Collector of Fulton County in
which Wallace Van Jackson is the
principal and spearheaded by the
Georgia Association of Citizens
Democratic Clubs, have already
been conducted by federal Judge
F.. Marvin Underwood Of the
North Georgia Division.
CROSS-SAMPLINc
Interrogated by an Atlanta
World Representative Saturday
the leaders represent a cross
sampling Of the opinions of labor
industry, domestic and personal
service, education, the ministry
and the professions.
AUSTIN T. WALDEN, Presi-
dent, Georgia Association Citizens
Democratic Club: "We expected
the decision that way; it was
strictly in line with the Texas
and Louisiana cases. g. . feel
that they will appeal but don't
think that anything will be gain
ed"
C. A. SCOTT, President, Citi-
gems Democratic Club of Fulton
County. "The decision is crafty
ing and what most of us expected
IT means the real beginning of
democracy in Georgia."
DIR. j. w. HAYWOOD, President,
Cannon Theological Seminary:
"It IS another milestone in
Americas slow march toward a
real democracy. Any limitation on
the ballot, predicated on quality,
which on the one hand is unre-
lated to citizenship and on the
ether is beyond the control of the
citizen is a fragrant violation of
the federal Constitution.
DECISION "OVERDUE" :. -.
DIR. WILLIAM HOLMES BOR-
DERS, Chairman, local commit
tee for Fair Employment Prac-
tice law and pastor, Wheat Street
Baptist Church: " =. The decl-
sion is overdue. 1t is the inevi-
table result of hard fight with
in a democracy to make it de-
mccracy. Now every Negro every
where should register and vote"
MRS. BIRDIE WALLACE,
President, Service Mothers Club:
"The decision should be great
incentive for every Negro to get
REGISTERED to vote.'
c. L. HARPER, President, At
lanta NAACP chapter and Ex-
ecutive Secretary, Georgia Teach
ers and Educational Association:
at was no more than what we
expected. The Democratic White
Primary is in sharp conflict with
the u. S. Constitution. There is
no doubt in my mind that Judge
Davis decision will be sustained by
II. S. Supreme Court. And if the
white people of the South are
friends Of the Negro and posses
a spirit of democracy for which
ten millions fought they will at
tempt no further steps to evade