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P O B T f .A N » IN Q U IR E R THE RECORD OF APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES MADE BY GOVERNOR THOMAS E. DEW EY... WHILE DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF NEW YORK COUNTY: Francis K. Rivers, 4 « Sfnior \**i«tant District Attorney. was the tir*t Negro in the history of Nrvi York (.it\ to prosecute inunirr ra»ci. Salary: $10,000. Mr-*. Eunice Hunton Carter, a-* Assistant Diatrict Attorney, h i * the first Negro woman in the history **f Nr** York t.it> to be appointed to *ui'li a position. Salary: $6.000. Ji ih ; e K k \ m i * K i 'I R » ' 1 r s . h Mi » I I R O N Janie-* Yerg.111. A >-> 1 -1 a n t District Attorney. S a la r y : $- 1 . 000 . WHILE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK: Hon. Franei!* E. Rivers. a* Justice *»f the City Court of the City of New York, the highest public office e\er li«-l«l hv a Negro. Salar\ $17,500. Justice River» Ha.-* sub sequently elected to a ten-year term. Dr. (.lilan R Powell, . 1 » a member *>f the Nt-»* York State Athletic Commi-sion. 1 bis i* the first time a Negro has e\er held this position. No salary. Receives $23 for each meeting be attends. \ EH*. \> M r s . It» HI M» I O o .l .s Mrs. Bertha J. Diggs, as Secretary of the Department of Labor. This is the first time a Negro has ever held this position. Salary: $5,000. Noah C. A. Walter, a s a member of tin* Industrial Board of the State of New York. This is the lirst time a Negro has ever held this position. Salary: $8,500. N oah C. A. Richard L. Baltimore. Sr., as Workmen's Compensation Claims Referee. This is the first time a Negro has e\er held this position. Salary: $5,000. %i TER r.H-SK tit A. J*»ll>s.*N W hen Franklin Delano Roosevelt was Governor o f New York he maile no Negro appointments o f any significance. It 11 If A K 1 • I.. B A L T I M O R E ASSISTANT ATTORNEY-GENERALS: Conrad A. Johnson, on Corporations Stanley M. Douglas, on Labor Philip Watson, on Election Frauds Lamar Perkins, on Welfare Salaries range from $3,500 to $5,000. P h ilip W M rs. Mathew V. Houtte, a> a member of the Board of V isitors of the New York State Training School for Boys at Warwick, N. Y’. atson l.AMVR P e r k i n s Dr. Henry (). Harding, as a member of the Board of Visitors of the New York State Hospital for the Treatment of Incipient Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Ray Brook, N. Y’. Rev. George II. Sims, Dr. C. B. Powell and Rev. Klijah J. Echols, as members of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination. Dr. Walter N. Beckman, as a member of the State War Council’s Committee on Discrimination. D r . II. O. H a r ih n i . M r s . M a t t h e w B o i 'TTE Dewey has made m ore appointments o f Negroes to official positions as District Attorney and Gov ernor than Franklin Delano Roosevelt made as New York G overnor and President—except ad visory appointments. D r . C. B. P o w e l l R e v . C e o r c e H. ON THIS RECORD-VOTE FOR DEWEY AND BRICKER ON NOV. time to citattfe - ftyone ifa toe fate Paid Political Advertisement by The Republican National Committee, 45 East 45th Street, New York 17, N. Y. 7