Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-05-28
BETWEEN
THE
LINES
BY GORDON y. HANCOCK
A REVOLT IN REVERSE


That the aouth'A political revolt is
now In reverse can no longer be
doubted OF denied. A. first the
revolt seemed . serious matter with
governors from the southern region
going into . huddls about President
Truman and his civil rights recon
msndations. But " seems that sv-
cry meeting sees fewer and fewer
southern leaders willing to take the
long plunge that the revolt logical
ly demands. Boiling tho DemoeTa-
tic party is not the slight thing II
In Cracked up TO be-" and this some
u the more bsllIeose noutherneTS
have found 10 their chaRTin and dis
may and confusion.
The south In growing morally In
ways few take time 10 ponder and
the latest failure II the south TO be
atampedsd on the stats rights issue,
which IL being used ~ . cloak for
Negro. phobia. 10 convincing proof
thereof. Gone are those happy days
when southern politicians could cry
N Or" and the south would
10 into q frenzy 81 excitement and
stampede 10 tho support Of the willy
politician who sspouSed the anti
Negro causes. The proposed revolt
u the rAbld soatheTnsrs just failed
20 matsFlaiiEs and each succeeding
meeting makes them more and
more ridiculous.
Il 10 said that when . man keeps
butting hia head against q stone
wall. u the wall does not give away,
his head will. II 10 seriously TO be
pondsrsd whslhSr the nti.TTuman
Democrats Of the south will keep
on butting their perfectly good
Democratic heads against TTumRn's
perfectly strong stone wall Of eou.
TaEeous atateAmAnAhip until their
heads give away. What Is more,
Truman Ia ndt only dsfyinE these
~Ould.bs Jewellers but he 10 grow.
ing more defiant daily.
Humans moral grounds are so
s..sas .As. u aees net seem az
easy matter 10 dIslodES him from
his pinnacle Of prominence his cou.
raReous craftsmanship. has foisted
upon him.
Il IA equally noteworthy that Tru'
man IL ~ dad sure Of his moral
advantage that he l. beginning to
talk bach" to the rVealcitrant Dem.
ocratic FpVeltRra
when the new soSth speaks In
the sssAlaH slsstleaa. Ne are HaiRE
10 have some worthwhile TPVsla-
IloaA. Although maay u the old
liners do not kAew u, the sUTrSai
south ls not that u Bsa Tillman
and HSks smith and Heaia and
EaFdamaa nor syeR % the late Hl.
ba. The slowly lnIiltrAtiRR sdura.
Iloa Ia doing len weFk and u 10 Just
. matter SI time when the ssutA's
sUFrsat whispers Sill eecsms stsR.
ISFiaa SSlSSs fer Justice and right.
eeaAaeaA.
Although the Negroes who met
., Durham In ia42 ssussd the rise
u the new south. they could not
make u - plain 80 Il IL daily b.
coming. The element with whom
these Negroes sought TO cooperate
IL definitely there and their mum.
hers are growing, That the south
will 90 solidly against Truman In
rvpFiaAl For his civil rights program
u BY M means . feEsESRs soRclu.
sion, of the - states u the rSgicn
only four can BE- definitely counted
a. anti. Truman, II some truce
could hs called between the third
party ard the other major parties,
Truman would have god chance for
victory.
The story gOss that during the
War 81 Secession when Grant and
the uniea armies wVFV closing for
the kill. . wife 81 one of the wealthy
| planters Of the south wNald send
her Negro slave 10 the past office
several miles away to bring the
mail and TO pick up news Of WhA,
was trahsPiring on the battling
trOnts. Things ~srS GOing badly
for the CoAfsdsratss. but the Negro
did not want 10 damPsn the ar,icuT
81 his mistress; and he always
brought nRWs like this; "Mis,as, thu
Yankees are rStrSGting forward
and the southern armies are al,
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