Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 72, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1919 — NEGRO MINE GUARDS BARRED [ARTICLE]

NEGRO MINE GUARDS BARRED

Would Involve Conflict and Confusion, Says Oklahoma Governor. Oklahoma City, Okla., Dec. 5. —Gov. J. B. A. Robertson canceled his request for troops to protect mine properties when he learned that two companies of negro infantrymen were to be sent to the state from Columbus, N. M. In a message to Maj. Gen. Joseph Dickman, commander of the southern division of the army at San Antonio, Tex., Gov. Robertson declared these troops would only “Involve us in unnecessary conflict and confusion,” and .formally withdrew his request. Gov. Robertson characterized the intended sending of negro troops into Oklahoma as a “needless waste of time and expense.”