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THE SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
Established 1875
By J. H. DEVEAUX
SOL C'. JOHNSON.......Editor and Publisher
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THINK FOR YOURSKLF- -ACT FOR
OTHERS
Since its early publication, The Tribune
has been pleading for the registration of
our voters. It supported every effort in
that direction. About three years ago re-
newed efforts were made to again arouse
the people. Mr- John YV. McGloekton, Or.
R. Mark Gilbert, the Hub and others led the
movement. They sacrificed time, and means
in doing without the hope of reward. Their
^.greatest desire was to have our men and
women registered in large number. Not¬
ing this increased interest, the attention
of the officials at the court house was
froused, especially those of the Tax Collec¬
tor who did everything to discourage 1 he
registrants- Many of them being ebarg-
‘eel with large amount of taxes, these ef-
forts were such as to cause legal steps |i
b£ taken against the tax collector. It was
found that he erred in some of his at-
tempts to prevent registrants from (nulli¬
fying. The barrier being broken thous¬
ands of our men and women became (null¬
ified. In the Julv primary election most
of these registrants showed their appreci¬
ation by voting against those who at¬
tempted to thwart them. Within a few
short months sprrie of them seem to have
iijrgolten those who helped them. TO?
primary, fur thjiy.eity elect ipp takes ]»lace
Tuesday, December 10. The G. I. faction
‘is opposing the C. P I,. In organizing th<
G. I. met at the Armstrong Junior College.
At its initial meeting it was clearly stated
that it was a white man’s party. The G. I
soon after was merged by the administra¬
tion. Ft then changed its attitude and is
now proclaiming friendship for the Negro
)ne of their leaders is making ridiculous
promises as to what ^hey are going to dr
’or the Negro, promises that will never br
cept Tbi-s isi disgusting to every sensi
tie Negro voter who is thinking for him-
elf- The w'onder is that a few Negro G
.*s are allowing themselves to be led by
uch roseate promises and failing to appre-
iate the service of those leaders who did
o much for increased registration while
hey were in the service. It is regretted
Fs<> that some of our young women an
ermitting themselves to be used in in
ucing voters to vote against the best in
•rest of the whole people. The action of
aese is the main reason whv we are no*
| bio to secure for the whole that whic'
most needed. The Tribune is urging all
f our people to go to the polls Tuesday
3d support heartily the C. P. K. ticket.
-One of the main leaders of the G. T. par-
■ is loud in saying what that party will
> for the Negro. This same leader has
job with the administration in the scav
■gcr department, where our men have
•en long employed. On wagons where
ere are three employees, the two Ne-
oes do the laborious work when the sole
iite man simply drive. We are not sc
mb.
WILL NEGROES AGAIN?
Before we go to press again the elec-
n will have come and the votes, express-
r fbe wishes of this community, will
eve been counted. If the voters have
m as wise as they should have been, the
;t men of all those named in the ballot
1 have been given the nod to assume the
ponsibility of governing our city- We
til not have another opportunity to cau-
i Negro voters as to the grave respon-
iiity which confronts them. Candidates
1 others interested in them, from both
ties, have spoken to various groups, and
many instances the net result has been
confuse the situation. The fact that
re are . some good men on both sides:
t both sides have been making gener-
promises, has not clarified matters a
at deal for those who rely upon the
iking of others rather than upon their
i analysis . of men and issues. Negroes
e in the past received so little consul-
ion at the hands ot city administra-
s any promise of a better day for them
ns attractive to them. But there are
or three things that Negro voters
t take into consideration before mak-
up their minds as to how they tv ill vote,
very important thing they need to get
of their minds is that it Is peculiar
unusual for people to vote en bloc.
8B8e are some clever individuals trying to
e it appear that there is somethin^
amentallv wrong about voting solidly
A ticket. Such individuals are tak-
Why The (Citizens Democratic Club Endorses The CPL
(A GUEST ED
It will well behoove our Negro citizens to examine well
the political picture presented to us in this coming local dec-
tlon. Above everything else, each Negro voter should intelli¬
gently evaluate the issues involved, and With a minimum oi
extraneous influence, vote their own conviction:. Certa.niy.
we should not permit ourselves to be swayed by the selusii
interests of those who wish to make ot our people their own
political pawns, anu who speaa to us with sugary phra-.es, using
language that they know will, appeal to us- Let us examine
the lads in the ease, anl then vote-
In the first plate, let us advocate political solidarity
amongst our people- It :s vitally necessary that we show a
solid front- in Savannah, we are in the env.able posit on
of being the balance of power, which makes both groups who
are running lor office, bid foe our vote. If the vote ot the
Negro is spin, it censes to be the balance of power, and that
neutral zes its effectiveness. The counter-argument, to the
effect (hat il one party or the- other wins, tnen that parts
w e supported am! pci haps lest,'would not be able to keep its
pledge, being out <>l office, and the winning party which wc
failed to support would owe us nothing because we would
have no uiliucnce with them may be answered bv Die fact
• hat such an argument fails to lake into consideration the
fart that this is inply (lie law of polities. “To the victor be¬
longs the spoils " Tint is sJnpiy the gamble we must take-
Ihe candidates on each side must take that gamble, and so
must we- 'f ile thing to do is take a -land, one side or the
other, and do aii in our power to make our side w n- if our
„id<. wins, we have double .nfluenee. If our side loses, we are
just where wo are now if we play the game of “good God,
good devil,” then wo arc ineifect.ve Ether way- Wc are stilt
( ust where we are now-
Wc have our organ./ation which is strictly the expres-
ion nl the rank and l ie of Negro citizens in this community,
hi the Citizens Democratic Club, with John W- McGloekton
is its president This group, through regular organizational
channels, is ici-icm ataLve oi the vast majority of the Negroes
if this city- It starts out in no campaign pledged to any par-
.icular group, but seeks to ascertain where each group stands,
in any particular election, ths group will advocate, and go
lowu the line for whatcvei candidates or party offers the most
u our people, :.nd who inve t gation shows to give greatest
■videnre of sinceriiy in tin i pledge- The leadership of this
group have proven their sincer ty and honesty, and no man
s able successfully to challenge this fact- None of our lead-
■rs in this organization have anything personally to gain by
heir recommendations and they seek to hold our people to¬
gether purely and only because of the benefits that the race
an expect i'rom such solidar ty.
Now the white man has done his work well on some of
he members of our race, and beeau e of this fact, he has
nade two predict'sms regarding Negroes and their present
ght oi the franchise- First, that it would be easy enough
or them, by the r time-honored technique to split the Ne-
|,-oes up bv getting them into a fight amongst themselves,
secondly, (hat what they could not ucceed in doing by the
irst method, in they could accomplish by buying off enough No¬
roes key places to aeeompish their purpose- And will you
iloase bear in nnnd that by buying off, we mean with more
ban with mere money- Racketeers, for instance, arc not in-
crested in a linaiiria! bribe as such, hut are interested mote
n receiving an immunity to punishment for pursuing their
llegal ends. with favor establishment of this
Mr do not look upon the
o-called “C GLOBED G 1 PARTY," or club or whatever it is.
n the first place, we do not need any white men to call our
•eopie together to organ’ze us into any sort of movement.
r lir G I Party is strictly a white organization, and I obieet
o a "colored contingent" thereto- When Billy Sunday and Sam
ones were going strong, we had a lot of Negro ministers who
ailed themselves “The Black Blly Sunday.” or “The Black
tarn Jones.” It’s time we outgrew that- Wc don’t have to
>c a "Blac k Soinchod Else " We are Negroes- Let’s be that,
vlveh is quite sufficient—-not a black whitc-something-or-other.
The Citizens Deinoi • atie Club undoubtedly is going down I he
hie for the C P I ticket this t'.me, just as we did in July- This:
'oes not mean that we are the colored cont'ngent of the CPL
roup- The next election might see the Citizens Democratic
’arty supporting some other group. When you see the Oiti-
ens Democratic Club give their support to the C P I in these
wo elections 'the one last July and the one in the present
nstance) it is because we gave the factors due consideration,
nri because the fans show th s to be tihe best course for our
icoplc to pursue- that sixty-odd minis-
It has been publicized some of our
srs have endorsed the G 3 party- l seriously doubt the cor¬
rectness of th s number- But he that as it may, I think we
>eed not lie too much disturbed over this publicity. Once upon
>. time this would have meant more than it does today. I
hink that we pveache’s had just as well not deceive ourselves-
Ve no longer do all of the thinking for the people whom we
castor- Once we represented the only leadership that our
icople had- This is no longer true today- Walter White is
he national leader of the NAACP, our •-■trongest militant or-
an zation. and he is not a preacher. Phili p Randolph is our
trongest labor leader, and lie is not even a churchman, let
lone being a prcaehi-r. W ll am Dawson of Chicago is right
■ov our most influent;.:I politician, and he is not a preacher,
dy brethren, the situation lias very decidedly changed. Let
•s not delude ourselvts with the opinion that any of us have
-ur congregations and the'r votes in our vest pockets, anil
bat we can deliver them to any group we please- Our people
vill vote tlie way they choose, and not the way their minis-
ers dictate. There are now Pharaohs arisen now, that know
lot Joseph- openly sed feeling that
Some of our brethren have exp re, the
hey do not w ; sli to follow McGloekton because he is a layman,
n the field of polities, the layman is in his legit'mate field of
'eadership. It is not wise that preachers, who are carrying-
lie Word of God. be so much a part and parcel of political
•hicanerv, as to be the leader of a political movement. Let u,s
ecognize the fact that in the field of politics and civic en¬
deavor. we preachers must win our spurs. BY OUR CONTINUED
ACTIVE INTERESTS, and on equal footing with laymen- Me
have no right to assume that we are political leaders, s’mply
>nd only because we me pasturing churches. Let's stop saying
'hat “niy folks are going to vote the way I tell them to.” Af¬
ter December 10th, some of us are going to be very much fool¬
ed. it seems to me
I think also, in tfils connection, that the people have a
iug a cue from Mr. Talmadge who made
a point of his opposition to Negroes’ vot¬
ing that they always vote en bloc. Groups
that have a strong and vital interest to
promote always vote that way. The South
itself has voted solidly so consistently that
it has lost much of its bargaining power,
certainly, in national politics Negroes in
Georgia must vote now to preserve
—’ to vote. This must be the
ling motive. This must he the determin¬
ing issue. Another thing to be taken into
consideration is the record of their past
experience at the hands of the administra¬
tion which has been in power for the last
twenty-five years. That record is fresh
in the memory of everybody, so fresh
flwH , that it is not necessary to review it.
Thp fact that some Negroes have been mi-
ploved in various more or less menial ca-
pacities during these years is
cant for the reason that whatever
istration is in power employs Negroes in
such capacities- There are some definite
signs that one of the parties has very close
association with the administration which
has permitted police brutality against Ne¬
groes to go on with impunitv. The same ad-
ministrati*>n “'V,"* 11 ........... allowed the iniquitous oole
(Fo game to prey upon tlie pwl and i ltnprm -
SAVANNAH TRIBUNE
By Dr. Ralph Mark Gilbert
rigli! to know the answer to this question —“Whv i> t that
some of our pastors ait so much interested in civic aifa.es now.
DURING THIS POLITICAL CAMPAIGN, when they have shown
little interest in the civic and common iy irtfairs oi our
pool'll pr.or to this? Ju t what is "the milk in the cocaanut’
now / i or six years we’ve had an organization here known as
tip. N\A(P flow much interest dd they show .n tins’ Me
now have the Hub, which represents a cross-section ot the Ne¬
gro hit of the ionununity, and the average Negro preacner w
ry conspicuous lor his absence from that bony. How many
them helped in tlie establishment of a Y. \i C A .n .Sa¬
vannah? How aet.ve a>e they right now in the Christmas Seal
S ib lor tin- Tuberculosis Association? In wnat movement for
■cneial tiv.e betterment have they hown a wholehearted m-
tcrest? There l.avi been some exceptions, but the rule has-
been that our preachers have done very little leading for gen¬
eral c ommunity good- U In this sudden outburst of ato.n.e
energy?
It seems also that we should be very careful, zr. ministers,
our civic alliances. Inert ate men who are engaged in very
questionable enterprise vho for seliish reasons w. h to see a
.
certa n political machine pcrpc.uateil. As a Ch. ist an m,n s-
(,-i, do you w.sh to be in a Hi:-nee with men of that type. Can
you convince your people that this cort of alliance is unsel-
tish on your part? insist that look for
'to all of our people, w< you a reason
beh nd whatever leason may be stated publicly- We’ve got to
look beyond the limited advantages that ma- be secured on
election oav, to the administration that w.ll be in off.ee for two
years after that time- The issue; of tivs campaign are far too
important to be tampered with just out ot loyally to the men
who are supposed to lead us IN THEIR OWN FIELD Our
and their interests arc far too important fo us to
tamper with them at this vital time.
We challenge the right of our m'nistry to lead our people
on no othci grounds for a right to such leadership
than the mere fact that they are pastors- Now don’t mis¬
understand me- This has nothing to do w.th their i ght to
lead their institutions within the frame-work of their partic-
ular organization. It does not mean that as citizens, that
they do not have the sane right, to participate into the po¬
litical frame work as anv other cit zens. What 1 do contend,
however, is that the; have no right to assume that they should
dictate the votes ot the people whom they pastor simply and
only because they arc pasturing tho,:e people, and any pastor
who assumes un>thin^ differently is betraying the loyalty oi
the people whom lie serves as rei gious leader.
This goes also for any other of our leaders, iirespee.ive
of their field of operation- And some of these men, both mm
isters and lavsnen, have been gully of gullibly swallowing
down a lot of bare statements and false promises made to them
by 1 his to-called O I Party. the Negroes
' First is Ihe claim that the C P L Party “soi l
out-’’ The only evidence that has been presented was that
some members i.f the C P I, went to the Slate Democratic of Con¬ the
vention which met in Macon. But this is just as true
G. 1 Party; sonic of their men also were present there. The
fai't is, there leally was no convention in Macon, hut simply
a b almudgc dominated mob. The whole thing was packed
and stage-managed. To hear some of our people talk, you
would think that the t P L of Savannah controlled and ran
the state Democratic Convention i-i Macon, when not a single
t p L man was in official attendance at this meet ng. The
( P I never did endorse Talmadge for Governor. The fact is,
a majority of the white people of Savannah in both camps,
voted for Governor-Eh et Talmadge- But it is an undisputed
fact that the Administration Ticket did send the word down
the Line at the last moment that Talmadge had their suppoi t.
This was never dene by the C P L- The CPL officially is
interested solely in local polities, striving to correct the abuses
of the old Citv Administration.
It is not difficult, either to see that this so-called G 1
Party is realty ihe old City Administration. Tlys local group
of machine politicians was so soundly beaten at the polls in
July, that they did not dare seek political preferment from
the public in their own right- Their best bet is to take a half
a loaf, since they could not hope for a whole loaf Does any¬
one imagine that this group which has held power for two
decades, is now lying dormant? By no stretch of your uiagi-
nation could you picture them being in the C P L camp. Where,
then, do you find them? There is only one place for them to
go. and ti.al is to th s allegedly new group. Why is it that
this group of men were not interested in the overthrow of the
local machine in July? If they are so much against the abuses
of the pasl. why didn't they set their organization into action
before the C P I, got going? The answer is simple. The C P L
won its initial victory, and then this same group of machine
politicians chose another name and some other personnel, but
with ihe same principles they have held for the past twenty
years. That, plus very elaborate promises. This bah will not
lure our people, however, because they are asking. “If you will
do so much for Negroes after December 10, why have you done
none of these things for the past twenty years?”
Of muse, we want Negro policemen; centa.lnly we want
justice in the courts; su>-elv there ..hould be a Negro police¬
woman (or matron' at the City Barracks; of course we want
to be taken into the councils of the City Administration; of a
truth we want better and more expertly supervised recreational
facilities; yes. we want equal pay for equal work done. Why
is it that some politicians are jut awakening to those facts at
this late day? M hy is d that some of our Negro pseudo-leaders
are ,iust awakening to this need? Where were they when some
of us were sticking our links out, fgluing for just those things?
There are some men in Savannah who were our friends when
we could not vote. Those are the men we stand with now.
This is the ae-d test- Where were you, when we needed a
friend, and had nothing with which to reward you? Ami to
some of these Icnd-n.outbed members of our race who are
helping these machine politicians to deceive our people, we
would ask, “where were you when our race needed a voice io
defend them, when voteless and powerless, somebody had to
voice their wrongs and plead their cause? And if this ballot
is taken from us by Eugene Talmadge, where w.ll you be then?
M’hon we were fighting in tne courts of Georgia for this rigiit
of franchise that you now enjoy and bellow and roar so much
about today, where were you then when the sweat and blood
was being poured in’o the thick of the f*ght? What contri¬
bution did you make to get this franchise? Whom did you
persuade to give money to the cause? How much did you give
yourself?
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Ugly rumours are flying about, a whispering campa gn by
some of these black Quislings, to the effect that MeGlocktop,
Baker and Gilbeit sold out their people I challenge them I'
tome into the open and make these statements. They know
they have not a singh (act upon which they- can substantiate
any such charges; aua I promise the public oi Savannah that
the day one ol tuem d.a,es to make tnis chaige .n the open,
and connect their name or mine with it, that (lay one more
Belied et Arnold will he a candidate for the State Een.tentiary.
Long before tiiere was a C F L Party or a so-cailed G l
Party, long bet ore we ever bad a group of white men who would
challenge our cair. long beiore we had any assurance that
Negroes lould vole, it was McGloekton, Baker and Gilbert, who
went after petting our people to the Court House to register.
Just recollect a bit - 'l his might be a bit of unpleasant his¬
tory for some of these men but it is engraven on the pages
of nine and cannot he e ased- Where were some of these men
then, when the sweat and toils of our labour went into the
vanguard of this eiioit? Some of them gave I p-service, some
of them gave some si ght performance so long as it cost them
no im on veil ence or troubie. Some of them even accepted
monev for political work which they did not perform in the
last campaign ! ask H e public of Savannah, who s it amongst
us that ha shown a consistent interest in the welfare of our
people? The people may be trusted not to forget, and /they
are not forgetting now- If vou are going to judge McGlork-
ton. Baker and Glbnl, JUDGE THEM BY THEIR RECORDS:
And just apply that same judgment to these cowards who
cloak themselves in anonymity, by prefacing their remarks
with, “I heard-, ’ and “They tell me--”
I’ve been against racketeers and racketeering, wh te and
black, in the pulj.it and out, all along, and I still am. I’ve
been in favor of better schools, Negro policemen, Negro ffre-
men, equal pay for equal work, decent hous’ng, better recre¬
ational facilities, cus etc-, etc., all along, and know the white
people who all along have been in favor of these things, and
because of my active civic interests, have known all along who
those white people were and are, and am in bettdv posit on to
know this than those whose interest was just aroused at this
h’te day.
II you want to know whether or not the so-called Q I
Party is leally the old city machine under a different gu.sr,
just look at the Negroes who are supporting them. It is true
that some of these Negrftes were with the C F I. in the last
election, and some of them have been fooled into going “G I”
tlrs time, but 1 challenge you to show us a single man who
supported the City Administration in July who is with the
C F I. in Hi s campaign. It just goes to show that those few
honest men who r.re being gullible enough to be fooled this
time, arc travelling in bad company. M’hat a p ; tiful spectacle
it is to see men who represent the moral conscience of the.
community traveling with men of the underworld as their boon
companions.
SOME QUESTIONS ME ASK OF THE G I PARTY
1- Why is Ally. Kraviteh so much interested in “advising
our Negro citizens m t to follow our established leadership?”
Is it for the purpose of getting his daughter appointed to a
judgeship? Hid he maki the statement, "Remember, I’ve got
15.000 damn coons under my thumb and somebody is going to
deal with me?" How many of us does he figure to be “damn
toons?”
Z. Wliat sort of justice ran we expect to be administered
by a man running toi Police Recorder, who sat in this capacity
Pro tem and fined a Negro woman S100 because she was beat
up by a white man, and let the white man who did the beating
go Scot free?
3- Why did the “GIF” executives hedge on the matter of
giving the Negro the right to vote in local elections, in the
event Talmadge succeeds in re-establish : ng the white primary?
(Remember, the C P I. made this promise without hesitation. ^
4- Did Mr. Sa liord Butler, when reproached by some 'ij-
liis white friends, for ris premises to Negroes, make the stator
franchise ment, “Oh, them, promise .he niggers anything; Talmadge will di.-T
and we won’t have employing to deliver•’’ As a matter
of fact, if he is so much in favor of Negroes as po¬
licemen, why is it the.' lie fired the Negro truck-drivers in his
department?
5- When the "GIFS” bought off all the little -anall-fry
Negro preachers who were hungry enough to sell out, why do
they now attempt to sling mud on our independent and honest
Negro leadership?
SOME QUESTIONS FOR NEGRO VOTERS
TO ASK THEMSELVES
1. Who of us is so foolish as to believe that McGloekton,
expects to be “appointed as a lawyer” if the C F I, wins, as
the "G I P" Party asserts? Does the G I P take Negroes to
be fools?
?• Line up McGloekton, Gilbert, Baker, Curtright, Capers,
Adams, Roper, Allen, II M. Scott, Matter STotl, Sol C. Johnson
and others who all along have gone down the line unselfishly
for our people, alongside the ignorant, self-seeking, monev-
ioving, loud-mouthed preachers and the traditional Judases of
our people whose records all along have proven them to be
traitors; then ask. “Which of these two groups can we trust?”
3- Why do the G I P's sink to the lowest possible levels
ol campaigning, dragging in mud-slinging, attempting to drs-
eirdit our proven leadership reporting to cheap lies, and stoop¬
ing to appeals to Mice prejudices, to gain their ends? Remem¬
ber, McGloekton, Gilbert and Baker are not candidates for of¬
fice. Mhy not stick to campaign issues? Is it because they
cannot answer our questions?
4. M hy do the Kraviteh-dominated Negro stooges have to
get some white man to draw* up all the, r campaign propaganda?
Is it because they are too ignorant to properly “word" their
own vicious Fes.
Finally, if you want this same old thing that has faced us
lor twenty years continued; f you want the sable old police
brutality and the same old hedging on the issue of schools
the the same old old unequal injustices pay in the salary scale of our teachers] past!
same that have applied to us in the
then together go on wi!h with the the same decent old machine. white If, on the other hand!
you, people of this city, want
to join hands, not as white and Negro in separate camps, but
just as decent, lav,-abiding citizens, for a better Savannah, a
cleaner city, with ju tice and charity for all. then stay in line
with your leadership which you have had reason to trust in
the past, and with the group of candidates who will keen their
word in the future-
The Charge Is A Deliberate Lie
Savannah. Ga.
Nov. 29. 1946-
1 To the Colored Feopic of Savannah:
i The charge has been made publicly and in the white and
Negro press of Savannah by C- P- L. leaders and their affili¬
ates that I entered into a deal by which I agreed to deliver
15,000 Negro votes to the Bouhan mach-ne in consideration
of their giving the Municipal Court Judgeship to my daughter-
I brand this statement as a deliberate lie and falsehood. I
have at no time ever claimed that I controlled the Negro vote
or any votes and 1 at no lime ever made any deal w th any¬
one to place my daughter upon the Municipal Court bench-
I.aM summer she ottered for office before the people of
Savannah and leeeivtd the almost unanimous vote of the
colored people despite the tact that both the Administration
and the (• F. I., which i la inis to have been such a lov.Tig,
kind friend of the colored people, fought her at the polls ami
tried to elect their own candidate, Mr- Mulling, a blind boy.
recently from Tattnall County.
For years and years I have consistently fought the battle
, of the colored people md ii was only natural that this mutual
I regard, built up over the years, should frighten the C. P. L,
'loaders into trying, by false and fraudulent charges against
i me. to seek, in the excitement of a political campaign, to un¬
dermine my strength and prestige.
Last summer when ihe Negroes were fighting bitterly
i throughout the State of Georgia not only for the right to
register, but also for ihe right to vote, not a single while law-
I yer could be eblamed by the Hub or other Negro leaders to
j leaders join me in this battle- L- There are about single tlfteen of white them wanted lawyer
, in the ( • E- and not a one
ly b .. iUeiiiified with Negroes publicly
Alter the July 17th primary 1 continued to flight the cau-o
of the colored people and six suits are now pending in their
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behalf in counties in Southwest Georgia, all brought by me.
When taxes were illegally extorted from the Negro people in
Chatham County last summer, it was 1 and 1 alone who ob¬
tained back for the Negroes, several hundred dollars which I
turned over to these people without fee or compensation.
Judge Lewis. Mr. Albert L- Cobb, Mr. Dunbar Harrison.
Mr Carroll L. Millians, Mr. Marion Porter, Mr. Ray Carter
and others, all of whom an either prominent candidates or
C- P L. leaders, were selected by Mr. Talmadge as Talmadge
delegates; this in Hir face of the promise that the C. P- I-
made to the Negroes in their platform that they would con¬
tinue to fight to re vain the State Primary Laws which guar¬
anteed to the Negroes, the right to participate in future elec¬
tions ot this State. People in Savannah know well enough
that neither Mr. Leo Griffin, head of the Talmadge organiza¬
tion. now prominent in tie C- P- I, ranks, nor Mr. Herman
Talmadge. son of Governor-elect Eugene Talmadge. w>Ukd tWt
have selected these pcooie as h>s delegates unless he knew
they either had voted for Talmadge or would support TA
madge in the coming legislative fight. If Mr. Talmadge *so
blindly selected pcoj Ic not liis adherents and supporters, then
why did lie not select me, M-. A- Pratt Adams and many other
people in Savannah wno were staunch Carmichael supporters?
I am supporting the G 1.-People’s Party because I refuse
to be a party to a traud. The political fate of efther the
( P- I.- or the l». :•-People s Party is not of great importance
as far as I am concerned- It is important, however, that I
should not stand idly by and permit a few cheap, petty politi¬
cians to attempt to destroy, by false and malicious statements,
the prestige and respect which I have bu ll up among the col¬
ored people of Savannah for the past thirty years.
Respectfully.
AARON KRAVITEH
(This advertisement paid for personally by Mr- Kraviteh )