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What LeadersSay of WilkieWalter White, Emmett Scott, Judge Cobb, Oscar DePriest, Melvin Chisum, and Congressman MitchelMSiye Their Views for the AFRO . •By RALPH MATTHEWS j work to help elect him because PHILADELPHIA.- OuMand-11 bcl cve anbndv ,,r anth.nKin* person*. Interrogated by the I wotjJei bo an improvement over AFRO on their opinions of Wen- R«*wclt Wr have g-t to got del Willkie, GOP Presidential 'hat man out of the White Howe nominee, spoke as follows: al nnWaiter White In Doubt I * S'* Ru,n AheadWalter White. New York, .sccrc-* Melvin fh.-um. • Pbilhdelph.a. tary of the NAACPi - | nlt; W •: ma.:••I don’t know 'much ‘ about “Willkie will make a good run Willkie, although we are check- and has a chance to win. lie ing hi* record on the employment *’1’ a Kood t'-nic for America, of cplored people in ^hc coipora- have not to pet the Demotion which he controls. . fra Us out befnto thev starve us•*My belief is that we won t ou- ThO‘ nnan u anyfind much in his record afTcct- whatsoever.Ing colored people either pro orl In the entire New Deal set-eon. as his association* have rot | up. there Ls not one colored per-broufht him into close contact son with a real .mb which carries with us. I with it authority and ro-pon«i-PredlcU Cloae Fight ! hility. No colored person can“I believe he the Mronimt: 'd * hreendidite the Ropubl.cans could I1L L KP fnmf*A 'un nrnk loul the okcy of a wh«*cK.v ^nrinSv' Miperior. This condition -s dr-■bly give Roosevelt, or anvboayi ^ . ...else, . good run lor the Presi. I rlt;ur mnre SMrs 1dency. Thin is n gocd thingfrom our point of view, as our! #Sarah Pelham Speaks, New real worth is felt when contests ] ^or*. Republican leader:•re clotely fought and we can I *1 am highly pleased with Hv* exercise our balance of power. ; selection and I think we can put The G.O.P.’s went further this him over.” year on the race question than' Finley Likes Illmever before, but whether they, j Fjn, w Washington/\ itirlr In th#Mr nlntfnrm
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Baltimore Afro American
Baltimore, Maryland, US
Sat, Jul 06, 1940
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