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In a prepared statement sent to the Gazette, Dr. J. M. Robinson, president of the association wrote: \"A political mass meeting for those interested in the Democratic party is called to meet at the Dreamland hall, Ninth and State streets, at 5 p.m. Sunday, July 26, 1942. \"Since November, 1928, during the candidacy of our illustrious Senator Robinson for the vice presi- dency, at least 10,000 of us have persistently supported the Demo- cratic ticket. We make no effort for mass voting for Negroes, no rep- etition of the 1870s. We only want orderly, liberty-loving, loyal Negro Democrats to vote for congression- al and senatorial candidates, tues- day, 28th inst. \"The Supreme Court of the land has decreed that we shall not be deprived of this privilege. We shall vote for the candidates of our choice without fanfare, making no effort to vote for those candidates who are not seeking federal offices, unless the judge at the polls vol- untarily permits such. \"It is the desire of the leaders of the Negro Democrats that we evolve into the primaries by our orderly and intelligent system of voting, thereby assuring the white South that in this era of peril*** we, the Negroes of Arkansas, through our loyalty, are worthy of the ballot.\""],"dc_format":["application/pdf"],"dcterms_identifier":null,"dcterms_language":null,"dcterms_publisher":["Fayetteville, Ark. : University of Arkansas Libraries"],"dc_relation":null,"dc_right":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dcterms_is_part_of":["Arkansas Gazette"],"dcterms_subject":["African Americans--Arkansas","Civil rights--Arkansas","Race discrimination--Arkansas","Segregation--Arkansas"],"dcterms_title":["Black Democrats Seek Access to Democratic Primary"],"dcterms_type":["Text"],"dcterms_provenance":["University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. 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Wooten, secretary of the Pulaski County Democratic Committee, said: \"Un- der the party rules, they can't vote in the primary.\" Section 2 of the rules of the Dem- ocratic party of Arkansas states: \"Qualifications of Members (party) --The Democratic party of Arkan- sas shall consist of all eligible and legally qualified white electors who have openly declared their alle- giance to the principles and policies of the Democratic party, as set forth in the platform of the last preceding Democratic national and state conventions, who have sup- ported the Democratic nominees at the last preceding elections, and who are in sympathy with the duc- cess of the Democratic party in the next succeeding election.\" Mr. Wooten said if election judges and clerks chose to abide by the partu rules they could bar the polls to Negro voters in the pri- mary, despite their announced in- tention of voting only for candi- dates for federal offices. State Committee Should Decide, Says Governor. Governor Adkins informed of the meeting and asked whether he be- lieved the Negroes could vote in the primary, said last night he considered it \"clearly a matter of party regulations.\" \"I think it is a matter to be de- termined by the state Democratic committee,\" he said, \"and I think they have a right to make their own rules.\" During the next eight weeks the officer-candidates are just candi- dates, but if they make the grade and are commissioned, any friend- ships they have developed with non- commissioned men must be broken. The army frowns on enlisted per- sons dating officers and vice versa. Barret Opposed To Voting by Negroes. Joe C. Barrett of Jonesboro, chairman of the Democratic State Committtee, told the Gazatte what will happen when these Negroes try to vote in the primary will depend on the lection judges and clerks in each precinct. \"But the party rules speak for themselves in the matter, Mr. Bar- rett said, and I feel theu will be complied with.\" The state committee will not is- sue special instructions to local election judges and clerks with re- gard to voting by Negroes, Mr. Barrett said, \"unless some special request is made for us to do so. 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