Atlanta Daily World

Opposition To Bonds Reiterated By League

2 Reasons Given In Stand

Small Allocation To Schools And Vagueness Scored

In reiterating its opposition to the $14,000,000 city-county bond issue which will be voted on Wednesday, the Atlanta Civic and Political League in a call meeting held Monday night at Greater Wheat Street Baptist church gave two definite reasons for its negative stand.

The League is opposing passage of the bond issue because of:

1. Gross discrimination against Negroes in allocating only $137,000 to colored schools out of a total issue of $2,300,000 for city schools.

2. Vagueness of the purpose of remaining allocations as they relate to Negroes.

NOTHING BUT CRUMBS

John Wesley Dobbs, president of the League, called the bond issue unfair. He said, "It isn't fair; it isn't right. They are offering you nothing but a few crumbs."

The League president told his audience that colored teachers in the city schools had been supplied with names of qualified Negro voters and given orders to visit these persons and tell them to vote for the issue. Mr. Dobbs said he saw several colored teachers carrying out this mission Monday afternoon after school hours.

TEACHERS HAVE LISTS

Several city teachers attended the call meeting last night and two of them denied that they had been instructed to tell qualified voters which way to mark the ballot Wednesday. They admitted, however, that the city teachers were in possession of copies containing names of colored people who are registered. One Booker T. Washington high school instructor said he visited several persons listed on his copy Monday afternoon.

"Not only are we against passage of the issue," declared President Dobbs, "but so are many of the white people of Atlanta and Fulton county."

Mr. Dobbs exhibited handbills which had been given him by a

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white opponent of the issue.
Again referring to city teach-
ers, President Dobbs insisted that
"colored school teachers are go-
ing from house to house asking
people to vote for the bond issue.
They can't help themselves," the
speaker said.
If they don't do it they'll
lose their jobs. These teachers
are getting half the pay they
ought to get. Yet, they are be-
ing forced to help keep us in
slavery," he stated.

CONDEMNS "CUTTING IN"
Referring to white proponents
of the bond issue who have held
at least two meetings with a few
of the colored people of Atlanta,
Mr. Dobbs said he condemned
the act of Negro leaders "cutting
in on each other" in as much as
the Atlanta Civic and Political
League is the "clearing
house
for all political affairs
among
Negroes in Atlanta,"
Mr. Dobbs will appear at Big
Bethel AME church tonight.
scene of a successful people's re-
vival. He said he will speak
briefly on the bond issue.
During the past few weeks,
the League has been able to in-
fluence a large number of per-
sons to register at the Fulton
County Courthouse. Today is the
last day to register for voting
cololrow.