St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-10-27

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The NAACP at its 1919 con-
approved non-partisan
political action. Taft has renig-
ged on FEPC and in several in
stances cooperated with the Dix
For this White has been
through Ohio attack
ing Taft's record.
The latest retaliatory blast
against White came from Perry
Howard of Washington, ID. c. and
Mississippi who broadcast to the
daily and weekly press an attack
on Whites activity.
On Oct. 10, Walter White sent
the following scathing letter TO
Mr.. Howard, the text of which Is
reprinted here:
Dear Mr.. Howard:
II returned TO my office this
week to find your three-page
publicity-angled TRADE against
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
and its executive officers.
I'm view Of the highly question
able methods by which you retain
control of the phantom Republic
can Party in Mississippi, find II
ironic that you question the
processes by which
develops its legislative
and political action program. As
l explained In my memorandum
Of October 3. this program is de-
veloped and passed by the dele
gates to our annual conventions.
Your insinuation that the Nation
al Office handpicks these dele
gates is as false as II Is vicious.
Has Attacked Demos
"Your reminder that no where
have (you) seen any criticism
from (me) of the failure of Demo-
Gratis to carry out their cam
paign promises merely reveals
your limited reading or short
memory. I have repeatedly con-
demned the failure of both par
ties to fulfill their campaign
pledges. My attack upon the
Democrats during the fight for
revision of the cloture rule last
year was so sharp that 1t precipi-
tated a near physical clash with
J. Howard McGrath, then Demo-
cratic senator from Rhode Island.
This incident was widely publ
cized. Apparently you are also
of the fact that the
Taft supporters in Ohio have re-
produced and are using as cam
paign literature an editorial from
The Crisis condemning the Demo-
cratic Party for its failure to de-
liver sufficient votes for cloture
on FEPC.
Sen. Wagner Not Dead
Your pathetic failure to know
what is going on in the world is
further revealed by your use of
the word late in referring to
Senator Robert F. Wagner. To
correct your misinformation. may
| inform you that Senator Wag-
ner is still alive. He Is now re-
from illness and
fatigue, caused in part by many
years Of unceasing battles against
lynching, Acknowledgement and
discrimination against
Negroes. II IL as incredible as 1t
is disturbing to learn that Me-
gro Republican politician has not
the common decency to ascertain
or not a great cham
pion Of justice like Senator Wag-
ner is alive or dead.
NAACP Program
The NAACP is not a non-pol-
itical Organization. We have a
program which can be
achieved only through political
action. We are, however, nom
partisan, in that we are equally
to politicians of what
ever political faith, who oppose,
sabotage or fail to support the
program formulated
by our national conventions. We
shall continue this line regard
less Of what favorites of yours
we may need to expose.
Your present concern for SEN
ator Taft prompts me to suggest
that the public has a right to
know the terms on which you
have attempted to line up South
ern delegates for him TO various
National Conventions.
Il would be highly pleased II
you would furnish a single In
stance in which the Taft-Hartley
Act has been invoked to gain or
save a job for a Negro worker.
Our researchers have been unable
to uncover any such instance.
Follows OP Liner
In conclusion II Is interesting
to note how faithfully you are
following the Communist Party
line in charging that / am max
ing the NAACP an auxiliary Of
the CO. Ever since the CLIO
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