The Omaha guide., 1948-09-18
TIME TO EXAMINE OUR POLITICAL PARTIES

2-5452 RAY PECK, Manager.
TIME TO EXAMINE OUR POLITICAL PARTIES
we are in the midst of talkahon, and when double
tax IS the accepted thing We speaking about the pres
ent political campaign and the promises and pledges the part
their votes
These indeed times that try the souls of And
those e has been wooed and he
damned by every political group who has made an attempt
These very crucial days which ive the time
now come for serious thinking the part OF
woman and child Of couse thre Negroes who would not
think of voting any one except Republican, be he good
or bad republican, and for other than that hap
pened to be the party when Negroes ancpa
ed Then there Negroes who the Democratic party
and ar just sincere in their for supporting it.
their republican brethen Also heve another segment who
are ardent supporters OF tn Progressive party and the Socialist
and other minor parties.
Political parties built upon threshold Of great gu
etons Of time and those questions have been sed they
go on to other qustons dsband
But fail any great democrats far the Negro
IS concerned is better, than the other
1t dolls down tn point where must choose man.
For instance years. Teddy Roosevelt good
perhaps good Lincoln and both republicans On the
other hand Grover Cleveland certainly than
republican Rutherford Hayes he neither the best the
worst as far Negroes concerned you might say that he
steered middle course but he fair and he demo-
Likewise Franklin D. Roosevelt democrat, and he
mighty good far Negroes concerned
Taft and Wilson about alike and was Republican
and the other dnIocrat
please bear mind that whatever any Of them did in behalf
their part that Of the party they represented WhatveF
the benefits Ngro received because OF constant ham
The republican administration in 1860 would never have
freed the slave if could hae forced the surrender OF the South
bv any other means The democratic administration the
up would have issued executive orders
acceded the demands of the Negro for justice and demo
matter of winning elections doubtful Politics pol
tics and played by republicans democrat both will
to get into office the forget about mora and ehias.
The record Northern republican has been Just
bad as of the Soutern democrat both have played dr
politics with Americas one-tenth 4
Look at records OF each will bear @ O The only differ
ence, depending upon which, was in psHVer /
i
Party platforms meaningless Of the aine for they
stance the republican patfo they have plank
ing the rights Negroes in every platform SINCE l ana
control OF both branches Congress 1870 until 1882
and 1916 until the present en-
well that they did intend to them trough but only to
eele the southern into fbusering tm t@ death
M Gp % M anv other civil rights that
80 Tbev were brought up only ebarrass the adman1srat
ion office The on ~ ne 70 @
We have only benefited from eaer party because ee Neg
mon the politicians, thus forcing them to acoede IN
p;ng his rightful share of democracy they talk 50 much
gt There IS no way under the that the repufoan can
aoo - the reason why acted did in the last spec-
not only about those measures affect all OF the peo
I ITness it was to gather campaign ammunition ne question:
of whether not the president : @ o. - = : & pE
" ~ of civil rights program IS lett TO- the ndivloa
cs ~ pt I'VE do know be is it no more than what the
Vole ,:;,s have done and attempting to do, except
~ Tr,,man has beaten them to the draw !,
fgeiy srv In the South, where there only demo
not ia ~ choice be made between the candidates
Is East North West South men and measures Shouo
- considered above party lables- -
be p the ragety of it the fact that the kind of Con-
M @ III I'VE been electing such bad example IN demo
gres. ~ # IS hollow mockery to democratic ideals ana
n nra II n sad commentary but that Congress
strian nothing that SIDE snow mere
t # nothing make feel proud of the fact
fits ced them represent There nothing high
low TO Whiei ms - - !, off;ca
20 minie IL ii means keeping ms pdily - ~
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AZ - he cav the movie, "Gentlemen's Agreement or
the book Maybe he thought Of it himself At any ate rate
reporter Kay Sprlngle OF the Fs
n Izette shaved his head got him deep suntan in
inc and then spent four in the Deep South disguised