Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1946-02-23
Leaders Warn
People To Vote
Principles, Men
Live Shoots May
Be Grated For
Much Dead Wood
Rx ALBERT ANDERSON

WASHINGTON CAMP Dur
ing this year, with congressional
seats being up for filling, re-elect-
ing and what not. political eyes
are examining records and deeds
sharpening axes making ready for
a merry November chopping down
Will the welkin is ringing with
praise for Helen Gahagan Doug
las smart praise OF the records
Negroes made in military services
practical politics say that the love
" California fells hot breath on
her neck. And that hot breath Is
the scorching victory Loron Mil
Ter scored in the Los Angeles re
strictive covenant cases.
Miller opposed Mrs. Douglas
and lost in the last campaign. But
did Brother Miller get sore and go
mumbling back to his corner, a
whipped lad? He did not. He sei2-
ed the opportunity which came a.
knocking and blew restrictive cove
nants into smithereens. Now If the
rulings will only stick, Brother
Miller has a sales point for his
customers that will be hard to beat
VETS BACH HOME
All around the country, veterans
ar beginning to show UP strong
" i'm his distri It held by old timers
and men who Eel. their seats safe,
And these vets are out for bust
ness. They are gong into the com
ing elections with service records
to back them up and millions OF
voters ready TO mark an x be-
sides a vets name.
Which bodies the old-timers no
good. Some strange things are 60
ing to happen in the November
ballot casting and IL Is going to
TAXI all of the CIO-PAC aid and
assistance TO pull some of these
weak brothers through. What We're
the incunbents of military age
doing while their brethren were
sweating it out in fox holes and
such? Smart politicians like Hen
ry Cabot lodge of Massachusetts
and Governor Stassen OF MINES
ota jumped the gun and resigned
their nice offices to share the bur-
den with the military and naval
folk. They have a talking. point
tina. will be hard to beat.
What then of the young men who
stayed home? viii their records
in public bear watching? What
did they do? Where did they seek
refuge from the entangltng ten
tacles of the octopus-like selective
Service SYSTEM How did they eS-
cape, the voters will ask. And you
know what the soldier voter will
be thinking when he goes to the
polls TO cast his ballot. Will it be
for his buddy or Will it be for the
smart boys who PLAYED it safe?
VOTE PRINCIPLES, MEN
ALREADY Negro leaders are warn
ing their people 30 vote men and
principles and not parties. Parry
lines will be broken this year as
never before and Democrats viii
support Republicans and vice YER
sa. The Negro is out to elect for
his own protection, the best men
for the jobs 20 represent them in
congress and they will not forget
the empty promises which have
Numbered down thru the news
papers and over the air of men
who just occupies seats In the leg
islative halls says one well known
politicians who asks that his name
not be used
A sober minded constituency
will go TO the polls, regarding OF
wfooping n d hollering, ranting
and raving, name calling and mud
throwing, TO elect real representa-
tives This year, if it follows the
sage advice being given them now,
"T'he time will be in November
for PREPARATIONS, with dead wood
being chopped of and new live
shoots grated in their place
Up in Connecticut, Glare Both
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