The Chronicle-star combined with the Moss Point advertiser., 1946-06-28
Bilbo Speaks To
Large Crowd In
Court House Yard


Theodore G. Bilbo, candidate
for recollection to the United Stat
es Senate, spoke to a large crowd
of supporters and curiosity seek
ers in the yard of the Jackson
County court house last Friday
night. He was introduced by Fl
p. Heidelberg, P~ascagoula attor-
ney.
ALFRED in n white linen suit
with red necktie and his famous
diamond stickpin, Mr.. Bilbo
spoke for two and one-half hours
during which he lauded his pub
lie service and attacked national
publications, which had critized
him. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt,
Clare Booth Luce. Jews, Com
munists, Negroes. the loan to
Britain. his opponents, and this
newspapers editorial policy.
The Chronicle-Sta and Adver-
tiser had attacked the incum-
bent's record on the issue of OPA
on the dav Of his address. Mr.,
Bilbo said such editorials makes
me sick" and declared that ''the
little editor OF this little news
paper thinks he's smart and
knows more than the whole
United States senate
Using occasional profanity to
p%unctuate his remarks, Mr.. Bill
ho devoted a large portion of his
address to the race question, de-
clai1ng that the Negroes must
not vote in the forthcoming cleo
"And the time to stop them Is
the night before" he said.
MI. Bilbo stated that ne is SO
years old but that physicians
had told he had the constitu-
ton "of a Is year old boy" He
said he was going to write sew
eral books after he retired to
his dream house. near Poplar
vile, among them Segregation
or Mongrelization."
Claims Major Bills
Mr.. Bilbo took credit for saw
ing the air lines of the future
from a monopoly and declared
that in the near future all freight,
regardless of weight. will move
through the air and that the only
thing left on the ground would
be a few persons who are afraid
to die"
The speaker then took a large
portion of the credit for the Tom
Bigbee canal project and painted
a glowing picture of the pros
perity that would come to north
ern Mississippi at a result of in
creased water traffic.
He also claimed a major share
of credit for the establishment
of the regional research labora-
%sories, which played a major
part in the early production of
p~encillin and, according to the
speaker, saved millions of sol
diers lives during the recent
world war.
On the race question, Mr.. Bill
DO p~rofessed to be a good Chris
tian" and said he was perfectly
willing to have the Negroes his
brothers in Christ but damned
If | wanted one of them for my
son-in-law''. He declared he was
'the best damned friend the mig
gers got and that he had been
working for years to prepare
them a home in Africa.
"Of course. the niger is a citi-
zen and you can't make a citizen
go some place." he pointed out,
81 just believe in preparing them
a place-and then making them
want to 60"
Hits Opponents
Lashing out at his opponents,
Mr.. Bilbo declared that he had
figured it out from his past vot-
ing gains and that Frank H. Har-
per of Hattieshurg would be
elected to the senate if he kept
running and gaining-in about
$4,000 years. He said Tom @.
Ellis was a good boy" and had
always been a good "Bilbo man.
until he decided to run for the
senate.
There is no use supporting
Ellis" he advised. you might
lust as well vote for the real
product. Vote for papa
He said Nelson T. Levings was
running on his record IS q We
teran and that, if he was quail
fled for that reason. there are
100000 men eligible to go to
the senate
The speaker saved his bitter.
est assault for Ross Collins ane
spent his time in counter attack
Ha.