SATURDAY, AUGUST 5. 1944
As One Edi
By H. P. UEASTiEY t
In The Moore County News '
1
A singular proceeding took
place last week when the Georgia
Democratic primary was
held. The Negroes have what
is called an organization of
Negro Democrats. They wished
to vote in the regular Democratic
party, hut the Democrat- i
ic party organization in Geor- ]
gia has ruled that the primary ]
is strictly a. wane aiiair. l'ne (
Supreme Court of the United <
States recently ruled that Ne- ]
grocs could not he legally dis- <
barred from participating in <
the Democratic primary of Tex- 1
as. The court said that since i
the primary was established by t
law, it was an arm of the state 1
hence, the party ruling that i
only white voters could take 1
part in it was void. The Geor- 1
gia situation is a little different i
because in that state, the pri- i
mary is not created and con- i
trolled by the state law, but <
by a# private organisation t
known as the Democratic party, c
and only party rules govern it. 1
That is the question the South f
Carolina Democrats had!
assumed when they had t h e t
legislature to abolish all laws i
creating and governing a pri- (
mary election. Rut the Georgia 1
Negroes claim that the Texas t
ruling applies even when the i
primary is not created by law t
since the nominees of this pri- t
mary are the only ones who f
can be elected, and if they are t
not permitted to vote in it, they I
.are deprived of their right of i
helping to select their officers. *
The singular thing that took i
place Tuesday is the way the t
Negroes proceeded In laying I
the foundation for the contest t
which is expected to be brought c
in the courts. The leaders ad- t
vised the Negro voters gener- *
ally, not to attempt to vote. *
This was to avoid trouble. In r
Atlanta and other places, a
number of Negro leaders was
selected to go to the voting *
places and seek to vote. They f|
did this quietly and orderly. '
They would step up to the polls, c
state their names and address- '
es. The registrars would look '
through the registration books '
and say, "Sorry, but we do not 1
have your name 011 the regis- s
tration book." Then the color- 1
ed applicant would say "Thank '
you," and withdraw.
? * I
At this distance fairness '
seems to compel one to com- 1
mend the Negroes for their way 1
of procedure. Years ago in this '
state, many Republicans set up <
the claim that they should be I
allowed to vote in Democratic M
nrimarifiR hpranap tho nAminono 1 1
of such primaries were sure to <
he elected. Hence, if the Re- i
publicans were denied the right 1
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o vote in them, they would
>e. deprived of their right of
lelping select their rulers. This
claim was especially put forth
vhen so many Republicans deiired
to vote for Senator Simnons.
Ofcourse this claim was
spurious because these voters
lid not claim to be Democrats
ind were not pledged to vote
'or the Democratic nominees,
n Georgia, the claim of the
<egro voters is different, for
hey state that they are Democrats
and wish to vote for the
Democratic nominees. At this
listance, it would certainly be
>f no avail for us to talk very
nuch about the rights and
vrongs and the various contenions
in Georgia. And we are
nclined to think that if all peo>le
at a distance were to talk
ess, the white and colored people
of Georgia could get much
learer together. The only point
vhich we think important to
nention is that the Negroes of
3eorgia are proceeding in a
iglit and lawful manner to ascertain
their rights under the
aw, and when those rights are
established, the Democratic organization
of Georgia, or of any
>ther state, should seek to an
ml them. It. must not he fortotten
that the southern people
lave always claimed to give
he Negro all his legal rights,
^nd as a matter of policy, we
hink that the North Carolina
vay is better than that of Geor;ia
or Texas. That way is not
o seek to prevent qualified Nerroes
from voting in the prinaries,
but to welcome them to
'ote as Intelligent citizens and
tot merely as Negroes. From
he quiet and orderly way the
tfegro leaders in Georgia seem
o be acting in Georgia, one
ian think that their particina
ion in Democratic primaries,rhen
they are Democrats, could
lot be any great danger to the
leople of Georgia.
* * *
The Texans, fi we understand
he situation, are in a different
Uiandary. The court has speciically
declared that to shut
rat the Negroes from voting in
he Democratic primary would
te illegal. Whether the Texas
Democrats are going to defy
his ruling or not, we cannot
lay. If they do, it is to be hoped
hat the Negroes will seek to
iroceed in the same auiet and
awful way that they have in
Deorgia. But the Texas Demoiratic
convention has started a
nore ambitious campaign. They
iropose to exert pressure on
:he national convention to accede
to their demands. One of
these is that the convention return
to the two-thirds rule for
the nomination of nresiitonft.it
candidates. Another is that the
national convention protest the
decision of the Supreme Court
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m&^y^^iMDancoNniNEO fl
i y&/wS? 3 w * LETTER BY TWCHAS M
V' w?f. ^HEBIOT WHO WROTE Z\
8v A 1 \? ) 'J/ABoUT n IN "W"7 f/
* Wf i 'ly fSON SIR. RAltlOH'J UU
SIR. V colony at RoanokE M\
WAITER RALEIGH island, he described V/
THE GRAJN TbUND IN VIRGINIA, OF WHICH ffia
THEY NICE MALT'WHEREOF WAS BREWED aSK
AS 6000 ALE AS CoL'U) 6? DESIRED *> KZ
in declaring that Negroes cannot
be denied the vote in Democratic
primaries. It is very
certain that the national cnn,
vention will not accede to either
one of these demands. If
not, said the regular Democratic
convention of Texas, we have
the remedy. That remedy is to
select electors who will not
vote for the nominees of that
convention. This seems to be
what the South Carolina Democrats
also have in mind- Now
it is certain that there are more
Democrats in Texas who wish
to vote for Mr. Roosevelt than
there are those who wish to
vote against him, no matter
what the national convention
may do. The Texas convention
plan disfranchises these, for it
would offer them no way to
cast their ballots. That thov
will submit to this procedure is
unthinkable. When the regular
convention met and , took this
position, there was a bolt by a
number of supporters of Mr.
Roosevelt, whose purpose, it is
stated, is to provide Roosevelt I
electors on the ticket. As far!
as one can judge from a distance,
the regular Democratic
convention is wholly in the
wrong. The two-part> system is
well established in this country
because it. meets a condition
which has not otherwise
been met, and for the present,
there is no way to escape it. If
the Democrats of Texas cannot
abide by what the national
party does, they have no remedy
except to quit the party.
They,will have to go to the Republican
party or create one of
their own. They can't he Democrats
and exclude their members
from voting for Democratic
nominees. Rut it may be said
they don't want to become Republicans,
because on t h e 1 r
main point of contention, the
I race question, the Republicans
11 arc taking the perfectly same
position that the national DemI
ocratic party is occupying. So,
up come the Texas Democrats
to an awkward position. Somebody
in Texas is going to eat a
lot of crow, becnuse it is certain
that the hulk of tlie Democrats
in that state will prefer
to "bear the ills we have than
| to fly to those we know not of."
In other words, the Texas con|
vention hasn't got a sound bottom
to stand on. You can't eat
I your cake and have It at the
FIVE
help harvest 1,000 acres of string
beans. The remaining 00 boys left
for the Maryland bean patch Sun- '
day. Within three weeks they expect
to have the bean crop well In
hand, then they will turn to the
tomato harvest.
These VFV'S are filling an Important
gap in Maryland's labor
supply. While there are severnl
hundred Jamaican and Itahnniian
farm workers In the area, there is
still need for additional help.
These youngsters are helping to
meet that need. Nation-wide, 1,200,000
hoys and girls, white and
Negro, will he needed this year to
help get in the crops, the war food
administration estimates. In thousands
of areas, youngsters, like
the Washington hoys, are pitching
in to help.
It won't he all work and no play
for the YFV's. After a six-hour
day in the fields, the Dictrict of
Columbia youngsters will knock
off and go swimming, fishing,
hiking, or camping, or they will
play softhall and other games.
Recreational directors from locnl
schools will direct the play activities.
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' formal education wis
."i - limited to a few yEARS
: ata local school in
t r~~ Boston , &ut his selfjV
fer education continued
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f?s$~ until he became a
jj. * great pubusheraaid
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for america. but he
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y i vul lepm set our to
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gsl^isp^^^jthe previously unmown
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J same time. The South, went in
to the Republican party ii
192S and got what? Mr. Hoove
and no chicken in the pot!
I). C. NEGRO HOYS JOIN
VFV TO HELP IN WAR-TIME
HARVEST ylDicetfldk c
One hundred and twenty Wash
ington, D. C. Negro boys will havi
n triple-treat vacation this sum
mer. Having enlisted as victor;
farm volunteers to help harvest i
21,000-acre vegetable crop In Dor
Chester county, Maryland, th
youngsters will not only lend i
hand toward the winning of th
war, and make some extra mone;
besides, but they will also enjoy i
real summer outing.
Shouldering duffel bags, o
suitcases with one hand and car
rying their ration books in th
other, (10 of the VFV's loadei
into school busses Wednesda;
and headed for Cambridge, Aid., t
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