_ Address at Rally of Colored Republicans, Chicago, Illinois September 13, 1940 • •• While relief lasts there shall be no discrimination between per sons on it by reason of their col or. If elected I shall continue re lief for those who cannot secure gainfule mployed. In certain de partments in Washington, regular Jim-Crow departments have been created. Under my administration there shall be no discrimination btween people because of race, creed, or color in the appointments to Federal positions. That man who serves as my subordinate who makes any such discrimina tion will be fired on thd spot. I will carry out the Republican Platform pledge to the Negro by seeing to it that Jim-Crow de partments in the Federal Govern ment, and in the divisions which tho New Deal, are eliminated and that Colored citizens, are appoint ed to any branch of the Federal Civil Service for which they are qualified. I will give the Negro a chance to 'be heard before Govern ment takes its decisions affecting his welfare and the rights denied him under the New Deal. —Wendell L. Willkie WJIkie Speaks to Negroes Senator King, my voice is a little husky from constant talking today, but I was about to say, Mr. DePriest, Senator King, and my Fellow Americans that I want you to send Senator William E. King down to Washington to help me. I thought so highly of him that I appointed hint a member of my Advisory Committee in this Campaign, and I want him to be come a member of my Advisory Committee when I become Presi dent of the United States. You know we talk a great deal of democracy in this country. We have more democracy in this country than in other country in the world- But'there are some BEN HANDLER Endorses for— DISTRICT JUDGES Raymond E. ^ McGrath, Arthur C. m THOMSEN, Charles LESLIE, Henry BEAL, Edsel SMITH, W. A. DAY, Frank M. DINEEN, F" COUNTY JUDGE Charles J. SOUTHARD. (Political Advertisement’ Negro# DIGESl AUGUST ISSUE NOW ON SALE! Thousands missed (he first issue which sold out before it was a week on the stands. Be sure to get your copy of this new, ex citing number of Negro World Digest,—96 pages crammed with ] readable stories and articles condensed from the best in mag azines and t)ooks every month. Ten minutes o day will keep you )) obreast of the main trends in Negro life. Send for a free, illustrated folder on our amazing subscription and premium offers. I West 125 St., N. Y. C. —In ex. fw* CNS things that we must do before this democracy can claim to be reaching anywhere near perfec tion And one of these is to com pletely eliminate in this country any discrimination between peo ple because of race of religion. Up to four or five months ago no man in the United States had less notion that he would ever occupy public office than I did. But in every phase of my life from the day I was conscious of things, every time the opportuni ty has come to, whether as a boy in Elwood, or as a lawyer, or as a business man in New York, I have struck at every type of intolerance that has come in my way, and I have done so publicly. Relief _ I have written out a few things here today because I want them quoted: The real test whether our lea dership is making work for us to do is whether it excludes any por tion of its citizens from free par ticipation in the opportunity and responsibility of government on account of race. Now the Negro people of this country are citizens and entitled to every right that any other citi-' zen is entitled to. And those that are so1 unfortunate as to be on relief are entitled to the same treatment on relief as everybody else. And If you elect me Presi dent of th United States I shall see to it that relief is continued. We can again start the wheels of industry working so that men will have jobs instead of relief. But I will see to it while relief lasts that there shall be no dis crimination between persons on it by reason of their color. Now I have written it out and I want to make it exact so that no man can doubt what I say. If elected I shall continue relief for those who cannot secure gainful employment. It is not right, how ever, that America should con tinue a practice in which the Ne gro is the last to be hired and t\he first to be fired. The Ne gro has little hope if he must wait until the Whites have all been employed, at least under this ad ministration. Creative Work for Negroes — I promise to do away with the theory that relief in a Negro re- I servation. I will abolish discrimin ation in the administration of re lief and I will strive to find creative work for the Negro as well as for every man. It is indis putable that the leadership of America, in government, in in dustry and in labor, should give the Negro an opportunity to be creative and to participate in the great enterprises of American life. I hope that the Government, Capital, and Labor will cooperate in providing such opportunity. I want to say that no man in America looks upon the hideous crime of lynching with more con demnation than do it. Mob vio lence shocks the conscience of the nation, and legislation to curb this evil must be enacted. Now', in addition to that, in the administration of the affairs of Government, during this Adminis tration, which has talked in fine words about Democracy but pra cticed little of it in certain de partments have been created. I say to you that under my admin istration there shall be no discri mination between people because of race, creed, or color in the appointments to Federal pos-i tions. That man who serves as my subordinate who makes any such disersmination will be fired cn the spot. Will Eliminate Jim-Crow Departments in Government Now if there is anything about LO ANS-'LO AN S-LO AN S We Loan Money on Clothing, Shoes, Jewelry, Radios. Type writers, Guns, Musical Instru ments,—Anything Valuable. WE SELL—Unredeemed Suits ! —Topcoats—Overcoats or any thing not redeemed. BILL’S LOAN BANK 1804 N. 24th St. Tel. WE-1369 ! rriy language — it is just simple • everyday language—that anybody | does not understand, it has no ! Harvard lilt to it—then speak up and I will restate it. I will carry I out the Republican Platform pledge to the Negro by seeing u> it that Jim-Crow departments in the Federal Government and in the divisions which the New Dea' has created by executive decree, are eliminated and that Colored citizens are appointed to any branch of the Federal Civil Ser vice for which they are qualified. I will give the Negro a chance to be heard before Government takes its decisions affecting his welfare and rights denied under the New Deal. It is my profound conviction that the Democratic Party is incapable of protecting civil liberties in this country in times of stress, and I believe that the Colored citizen above all oth ers needs the leadership that can protect the civil liberties of every group I pledge myself to give von such leadreship. Now let me say to you that I am p. complete believer in demo cracy. and I think it not only the most pleasant way of life, but I think it the most effective way of life. I think that we must make it so effective that no dictator will seek or dare to strike us. But we 1 cannot make it so effective a gatnst these rulers if we deprive ourselves of the opportunities and the talents and the abilities and the enterprise of 10 per cent of our population. Wants to Produce More — My pledge to you of What I want to do with America is this: Stop the boon-doggling—stop the extravagant expenditures — stop theorists—stop the words and start to work. I want to start the turning of wheels of industry and produce, produce, produce. The reason Hitler crushed France is because Hitler produced and France failed to produce. The reason England today stands in desperation is because under the Chamberlain government they talked, while Germany produced, produced, produced. I want to give America great production of the defense material great production of these things that create satisfaction in life the real wealth of the people. If we but start on a program such as that, there is work for all of us in this great democracy. There is gainful work for all of us: there is profitable work for all of us; there is noble work for all of us. I summon all of you people here today to the great crusade of calling America back to its finer principles, calling it back to make our economy vital and vibrant, calling it back to unity, calling it back to effectiveness. 1 ask all of you Colored people to joinf with me because you know better than any others the price of disunity and prejudice. I pledge you I will never preach intolerance. Intolerance is wha' has tom the old world to pieces /.V.VW.V.V.V.V.V.'.'.V.V MR. JOHN SLAVIK - -f Ben Handler Endorses John Slavik, Republican Candidate for County Clerk. He is Honest, Capable, and Efficient He has 21 Years Exper ience. www/.vav.v.v.v.vw (Political Advertisement) In this armed conflict of destiuc tion. I call all Americans—Colored. White, Jews, Catholics, and Pro testants into a great United America to make this the most glorious place in the world. I thank you **•+** Remarks of Senator William E. King in Introducing i Wendell Willkie at the Rally of Colored Republicans Held in Chicago. September 13, 1940. • Admist the confusion of rising and falling nations, of crumbling kindgdoms and tottering empires, when liberty and freedom are on the gibbet of crucifixion; when tyrants and dictators are stalking through the world, the American people are fortunate in having a candidate for President of the United States who believe that. ‘ One of one blood, God made all races to dwell on the face of the eartH.’’ I am happy to present to you a i man who believes in the Magna Charta, wlhich gave freedom not only to the nobility, bpt to the common man everywhere. A man who believes in the Constitution of the United States, including the 13th, 14th and 15th amend ments. A man who believes in the Bill of Rights which says, “We hold these truths to be self evident that all men are created equal, endowed with certain in alienable rights, among them life, liberty and the pursuit of happi ness.” A man who stands firmly with GEORGE WASHINGTON, the first President of the United States and THOMAS JEFFER SON, the father of the Democra tic Party wiho vigorously expres sed themselves against any Pres ident for a third term. p Our candidate for President WENDELL L. WILLKJE, long be fore he thought of aspiring to the exalted office of President of the United States made hjs stand on the race question crystal clear Let's compart? the records be tween the great private Industrial corporations and the largest gov ernment industrial unit. I ref"r to the Commonwealth and Southern! of which our distinguished cham pion was the president and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Mr. Roosevelt’s noble experiment in government ownership. While the Tennessee Valley Authority boasts of giving mor abundant life to : thousands of forgotten men, it is significant that of the thousands of white employees and residents included in the very elaborate educational program of TV A Ne groes formed an insignificant percentage of the total number of workers on TVAj and those few wtere permitted to wdrk onljy as unskilled laborers, nor does the TVA permit Negroes to live In the model town of Norris, Tennes see upon the theory, “Negroes do not fit into the program.’’ On the other hand the Com mon wealth and Southern, the great private industrial corpora tion. once headed by our candidate WENDELL L WILLKIE, has treated this matter of greatest concern to the Negro. Of the total number of workers employed by the once WILLKIE CORPORA TION, more than one thousand one hundred and fourteen (1,114* art' Negroes, many of whom ore 1 employed as line crews, a highly killed class of work. Many years ago. in Akron, Ohio when the Ku Klux Klan attempt ed to bar Negroes from the great industrial plants, WENDELL L. WILLKIE made the memorable fight against that un-American organization. You and I remember just a few days ago while the President was soliciting votes from every un-American organizations in the country and even kneeling before a fiery cross, MR. WILLKIE, our candidate for President, had the courage to declare to the world that ho did not want the support of any man or group of men who fostered intolerance and prejudice against any people on account of religion, creed or color. 1 While Mr. Willkie has been a constant champion of the oppres sed and outspoken against intol erance. for nearly eight years Mr. Roose'velt has occupied the White House, yet you cau’t find a spoken or written word he has uttered in defense of the oppres sed Colored people of America. Mr. Chairman, I am happy to present to the 700,000 Negroes in Illinois and the thirteen millions in the United States, a man who believes in America first, last and all the time, who believes in all men up and no man down, who believes not In the New Deal, but in a square deal for all men re gardless of race, creed Or color. A man whose brow was touched by the finger of destiny and whoso head was annointed to lead r, bewildered nation in a dark and war-tom world— the next Presi dent of the United States, WEN DELL L. WILLKIE. *-® ; RE-ELECT LEONARD B. BERGMAN REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONER As Finance Commissioner >>as put the County’s house in order. County on Cash basis and no more payless paydays. Restored County Hospital to its A-l rat ing. (Political Advertisement’ FACTS ABOUT THE RAILWAY COM’ISSION 75,340 voters (16 percent) of those who went to the polls in the 1938 general election did not mark their ballots for the office of Rail way Commissioner. While the office of Railway Commissioner is the fartherest down on the list of the state off ices, as it appears on the ballot, it is still an important one. The average citizen is not fam iliar with the duties and respous ibilites of the Railway Commis sion and it is difficult for a canid ate for this office to pertsonaUy; meet more than a few persons in each community. The Railway Commission is a fact finding body. In other states a similar commission is often call ed “Commerce Commission’’, “Pu blic Utility Commission’’ or “Pub lice Service Commission’’’. Briefl the Railway Commission has certain duties and responsibil ities in the regulation of rates and service of railroads bus lines, » trucks, power companies and tele phone companies. It represents the people before the Interstate Commerce Commission. This of fice Is of sufficient importance that every voter should know some thing about his candidate. 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Tell your druggist to sell you a bottle of Creomulslon with the un derstanding you must like the way It quickly allays the cough or you are to have your money back. CREOMULSION for Coughs, Chest Colds, Bronchitis TO THE COLOREJ VOTERS OF OMAHA: We urge you to cast your votes for Edson Smith for District Judge when you vote on November 5th. We make this request because Edson Smith is qualified and £as been reared in an environment which has made him one of the fairest of men. He was born and reared in that section of Omaha which is so largely populated by colored people, many of whom were his classmates in the grade schools and high school. He is the son of Robert Smith, the present Clerk of the District Court. Through the years he has shared with his father the idea of dealing fairly and justly with the Colored people. More than thirty years ago, when Mr. Robert Smith was a member of the Omaha Board of Education, he recommended and obtained the appointment of Miss Eula Overall as a teacher in the Omaha Public Schools. During the thirty years he nas been Clerk of the District Court of Douglas County, he has had in his employ as Clerks, at different times, Mr. Rufus Long, Mr. Worthington Williams, Mr John G. Fegg, Miss Estelle Robertson, and Mrs. Josephine Bell. In addition to the persons named three extra colored clerks have been employed in his office during the past year,—Miss Louise Bryant, Mrs. Lydia Rogers, and Mr. Boyd V. Galloway. Many years ago, a quartette of colored singers from Knoxville College, at Knoxville, Tennessee, came to Omaha for a concert. They were unable to obtain lodging and board in any hotel in the city and Mr. Robert Smith s Family f°ok in the lour young colored men into their home and shared it with them during the days they were here. They joined in the same prayers and partook together the family meal. It is from such a home, with such a spirit, that Edson Smith comes. It should not be necessary to mention these experiences, but it is. During our country's history, many fine things have been said about freedom and equality. Thomas Jefferson said them in the Declaration of Independence, and when he said them, he was the fourth largest slave holder in the Country, and, therefore, did not mean them. When the Constitution of the United States was adopted, its preamble, setting forth its purposes dedicated it to the preserva tion of liberty for all Americans, but by its terms, human slavery was recog nized. Thus when we would correctly gauge the attitude of white men in the field of fairness and justice, we cannot look, merely, to their words, but must rely upon their deeds. We have given the record of Robert Smith. We ask your votes for Edson Smith! SrsKT We sincerely believe in this case, we state the truth when we say "like father, like son". Vote for Edson Smith November 5th and thereby serve well the Colored Race and the Community. Sincerely yours, Rev. F. P. Jones, 2422 Ohio St. Mrs. Ida Willis, 2025 Ohio St. Dr W. W. Peebles, 2906 No 25th St. Mrs. John Albert Williams, 2418 Maple St. Webster Alston, 5002 So. 18th St. James Ward, 2014 Clark St. Anderson Hamler, 961 N. 25th St. H. J. Pinkett, 2118 No. 25th St. Nat Hunter, 2018 N. 28th Ave. C. C.