St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1946-08-23

Senate claiming the right Of mem
bership, the jurisdiction Of the Sen
ate to determine the rightfulness
Of the claim is invoked and its
power to adjudicate such right i'm
mediately attaches by virtue of
Section 5 Of Article l Of the Con-
stitution empowering it to Judge Of
the elections, returns and qualifi-
cations Of Senators.
During the debate in the Ware
case Southern Senators were
threatened with an inquiry into the
integrity and title to their right
in the Senate. And TO prove Arkan-
sas was not a backward State, the
late Senator Caraway said Pennsyl-
vania had adopted the method used
in Arkansas in the reconstruction
era of letting colored people vote
in one ballot box while the returns
in another had already been certi-
fed.
Blatant Call to Crime
Openly, blatantly, during the re-
cent Democratic campaign in Mis-
sissippi Bilbo called upon the white
people Of his State to carry out
crimes Of any degree to keep col
ored electors from voting in the
Mississippi primary.
Here is what he said:
81 call on every red-blOOded
white man 10 use ANY MEANS
TO keep the niggers away from
the polls. IL you don't understand
what that means you are just
plain dumb.
Il believe white people will be
justified in going to any extreme
TO keep the Negro from voting.
And the best time to see the
Negro about voting is the night
before"
Bilbo is a disgrace to the United
States Senate. His nomination,
equivalent TO election in Mississip-
ri, was obtained through uncon-
stitutional processes. He should be
denied a seat.
Chuckling Over Randolph
Washington is chuckling over the
political ineptitude of A. Philip
Randolph, cO-chairman of the Ma
tional Council for a Permanent
FEPC and president Of the Brother
hood Of Sleeping Car Porters.
At time when he needed Demo-
cratic and Republican support for
FEPC legislation, he started a
third party movement. Questioned
about the wisdom Of such a move,
he said it was a "philosophic ex-
ploration of the issues"
He Numbered again in connection
with the primary election in the
fifth Congressional district of Mis-
souri,. He first committed the Ma
tional Council to oppose Repre-
sentative Roger c. Slaughter, Dem
ocrat, who was seeking renomina-
ton. Missourians called on him to
make good his commitment. He
asked Anne Arnold Hedgeman, ex-
executive secretary to go out there.
She was unable to make the trip
but sent Dewey johnson Roundtree,
an ex-field representative who had
worked in the middle west, to sup
port Enox Axtell, President Tru-
mans choice.
After her arrival in Kansas City,
there was some wire pulling and
Randolph telegraphed Kansas City
that Robbie Arnold, local FEPC
chairman, was the only person au-
thoriZed to speak for the Council
in Kansas City. Miss Arnold sup
ported Jerome Walsh, labor lawyer,
who ran a poor third.
Editors Note; Washington, D. C, may
be "ehueklinE," as Correspondent Louis
Lautier infers. but not even Washington
has furnished American Negroes with =
man Of the stature or sterling character
Of A. Phillip Randolph. No other Ameri-
can Negro Is as highly respected among
the masses Of Negroes rs Is Mr.. Randolph.
n he exhibited some political ineptness
in the Missouri case he can be excused
for that mistake for his great eOntribu-
tons and hard work for his people has
seldom been equalled even by efete Wash
inRtoulan leaders who are "chuekling."