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Address at Rally of Colored
Republicans, Chicago, Illinois
September 13, 1940
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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
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DISTRICT
JUDGES
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McGrath,
Arthur C.
m
THOMSEN,
Charles LESLIE,
Henry BEAL,
Edsel SMITH,
W. A. DAY,
Frank M. DINEEN,
F" COUNTY
JUDGE
Charles J. SOUTHARD.
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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
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! 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
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MR. JOHN SLAVIK
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Ben Handler Endorses
John Slavik, Republican
Candidate for County
Clerk. He is Honest,
Capable, and Efficient
He has 21 Years Exper
ience.
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(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
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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.
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; 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.
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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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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. <Galloway :2418 Grant St.
W. B. Bryant, 2722 Binney St. Mrs. Pauline Mitchell, 6621 So 27th St.
Mrs. Maggie McGowan, 2115 No. 26th St. Mrs. Addie Jones-Alien, 6514 So. 21st St.
James White, 1420 Bo. 23rd St. 0, C. McDonald 2215 Bo. 29th St.
iCOLORED CITIZENS OF OMAHA
P. S. How to vote for District Judge: You may vote for as few as one but not
for more than nine.
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