Atlanta Daily World

THE RIGHT TO VOTE
"The right to vote must be open to all our citizens irrespective of race, color, or creed--without tax or artificial restrictions of any kind. The sooner we get to that basis of political equality, the better it will be for the country as a whole."
-FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

No Penny-Pinching Campaign
The Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People launched its annual membership campaign here Sunday to raise $10,000 as a legal defense fund and to enroll 10,000 members. The undertaking is a relatively easy matter provided all of our forces in the churches, in the schools and in our civic and social groups, are properly organized and stimulated. We know the people are willing to do any reasonable thing for the NAACP, because they know that the NAACP is the one organization that stays on the firing line twenty-four hours out of the day and twelve months out of the year. But the people simply are too busy to stop or too tired after they stop, work to get out and come to the NAACP office and bring the money which they would gladly pay, if they were contacted. In other words, the people have the money but someone must go and get it.

That is the problem which NAACP officials and workers face. Hence, the need for many more volunteer workers than we have at present. Prof. C. L. Harper, the President, is simply overworked already. In fact, the small staff which he has to assist him is far too inadequate to carry on the activities which would be required if all of our citizens gave as they should. The important question now, is how are the people going to be reached? There is but one answer: let the chapter have your name as a volunteer worker. Let each club, each sorority and each fraternity, place some of their members at the disposal of the officials to work and canvass for a day or two, a week or two. Let every church pitch in and canvass each of its members and then select four or five good workers and call the office of the Association and turn in their names. There ought to be 250 volunteer workers now in streets, knocking on the doors of people who are ready and willing to make their contributions and to take out memberships.

The money is here and no organization in Atlanta is more highly respected than the NAACP. Watch how easy it is going to be to get 15,000 members and over $10,000 if the people will only volunteer to work. And once the workers are on the job, let us as prospects lay aside the poor-mouth talk and give generously. Now we need to push the cause of the NAACP as never before.