Reaction to attempts to unite the white and African-American wings of the Democratic party in S.C. in preparation for the 1940 elections, discussing Sen. James F. Byrnes and NAACP activist Walter White. Smith concludes his essay with challenge, “will red-blooded South Carolinians listen to lobbyists and professional politicians, and fail to amend Rule thirty-two so we can go into our Democratic primaries a united and determined people to maintain white unity and supremacy in South Carolina local and state affairs??? Say ‘No’ by going to your county convention Monday and demanding that it vote to amend Rule thirty-two and send a delegation to Columbia so instructed!!!”
