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‘'All races and all colors make
up America.
“All races, all colors, all faiths
have helptd to make the name of
this nation a synonym for lib
erty to all peoples in the world.
“We are concerned today with
Justice for all from the stand
point of minorities.
“We Americans have an ab
horrence at a lynching, at racial
violence at the misuse or abuse
of authority.
“Puddin McFadden was a 60-
year old colored farmer down in
Florida.
“One night the town marshal,
a man named Crews, and some of
bis friends went out for an au
tomobile ride.
“Said Crews, ‘I think I’ll get
Puddin tonight if he is on the
streets.’
“He was on the streets and
some two hours later was forced
by Crews into the car and driven
to the Swanee Rivei- made fa
mous by Stephen Foster.
“After beating him with a
whip, Puddin was forced over the
bridge into the swirling water
below.
“Some days later, Puddin’s
body was found.
“Today, Crews stands convict
ed by a federal court.
“He received the maximum sen
tence.
“A victory for Justice for All.
“Isaac Woodward, Jr., a col
ored soldier, was discharged from
the United States Army at Bates
burg, South Carolina, after forty
months’ service.
“He had served over a year in
the South Pacific.
“Isaac started to his home here
in New York.
“He was on a bus.
“There is some question as to
who started an altercation in the
bus but there is no question that
today Isaac is blind.
“It is alleged he was beaten
with a black-jack in the hands of
a local officer.
“Today, that officer stands
charged, on my direction with a
violation of federal law.
“A federal judge and jury will
hear the facts and determine his
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guilt or innocence.
“We shall prosecute vigorously.
“John Jones and Albert Harris,
Jr., young colored boys, were
placed in jail a few weeks ago
down in Louisiana.
“Several days later the Sheriff
told the youths they could go
home.
“Those were happy tidings—
until Jones and Harris walked
out into ‘the jail yard.
“There waiting for them was
an armed mob.
“Whisked to a secluded spot,
the mob used whip and club un
mercifully.
“Jones’ lifeless body was found
the next day but Harris, left for
dead, escaped.
“He is safe today—far away
from Louisiana.
“I ordered an immediate inves
tigation.
“The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored Peo
ple assisted us magnificently.
“Twelve d ^ys ago a federal
grand jury in Louisiana indicted
two deputy sheriffs, a police of
ficer and others for this heinous
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crime.
“A federal jude and jury will
pass on these facts and determine
guilt or innocence. We shall
nrosecute vigorously.
“ Several monthms ago there
was a most serious racial distur
bance at Columbia. Tennessee.
“I immediately directed an in
vestigation and later a grand
jury presentation.
“In a personal appeal. I pub
licly invited all persons having
information to forward it to me
or to the grand jury.
“Every phase of the matter
was heard.
“Three'"hundred ninety witnesses
were sworn and examined over a
period of several weeks.
“The grand jury found no evi
dence on which to base an indict
ment.
“Tonight I again say if a per
son has evidence identifying any
one engaged in this vicious van
valism, I welcome it and will per
sonally see that it is presented
to a grand jury.
“Last July a frightful murder
of four colored citizens of Geor
gia shocked the nation.
“President Truman personally
directed the Federal Bureau of
Investigation to enter the case.
“Over 2500 witnesses have been
interrogated.
“The President often inquires
of our progress.
“Today—a—nd I reveal it for
the first time tonight 1 have
directed that the entire matter be
presented to a federal grand jury.
“I am hopeful it will be able
to put the finger on those dastard
ly conspirators who committed
this brutal crime.
“It is true the jurisdiction of
the federal government depends
upon a thin thread of law.
“I am sorry ‘to say there is no
field of law in which the federal
government is expected to do so
much with so little.
“The federal statutes give me
the power to prosecute only when
a person has been deprived of a
federally secured right.
“The right of life, liberty and
property, the Supreme Court of
the United States has repeatedly
held, is not a federally secured
right.
“Despite these legal handicaps,
there have been 309 separate in
vestigations involving civil liber
ties since I became your Attor
ney General 16 months ago.
“Twenty-three cases have been
prosecuted—an average of one
each three weeks.
“Six cases, involving ten de
fendants, have resulted in con
victions—B in acquittals and 9
stand ready for trial.
“I have burdened you with
these details in a few cases be-
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cause I cannot help bringing
home the horror ‘that results when
mob violence takes over, when
lynch law replaces due process
and when irresponsible persons
set themselves up as the judge,
the jury, the prosecutor, and the
executioner.
“This wanton disregard of or
derly procedure militates against
the priceless heritage bequeathed
us by the men who founded this
nation.
“The way of justice Is that of
equality for all.
“We must not base our think
ing upon the writing or state
ments of agitators.
“Undei* the cloak’ of an at
tempt to secure civil liberties,
they would take true civil liberty
from us.
“There are those who say I
should devote more time to acting
and less to ‘legalities’—unless
there is an unwillingness to act.
“Those that say that, know
there is a genuine desire to act,
but I shall not be bull-dozed into
acting extra-legal.
“That is the fascist way, the
communistic way.
“It is, indeed, a pathetic thing
for Americans to have their
Americansim unrecognized.
“In a great many instances this
is so.
“We condemn those who bring
it about.
“The average colored citizen of
America is a good citizen and
deserves better treatment in the
hands of a democracy, but com
munism is not the answer and
communistic leadership will" not
cure it.
“The average colored citizen is
too intelligent and too good an
American to fillow the leadership
of those who pay lip service to
democracy but would bring the
slavery, the purges, the atheisms
of communism upon our people.
“The average colored citizen is
proud of his Americanism and I
say to you, that there are no bet
ter Americans and few who have
contributed as much to the up-
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building of this country of ours.
“I believe that the real soul of
justice for all in America is the
exercise of local responsibility by
each community in every state.
“The intent of the Bill of
Rights was to protect life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness
through local self government
and the administration of justice.
“In the event of a breakdown
of such community responsibility,
then, the federal government
should exercise such rights as the
Congress sees fit to bestow upon
it to protect the life and liberty
of its citizens.
“Your President, Harry S. Tru
man, is giving his special atten
tion to this problem.
“In his usual forthright way,
he hopes to translate our ideals
into living realities.
“In this he has our prayers.”
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