The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1948-07-03

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southern states. particularly
Texas in the November cleo
ton.
THwART COMMITTEES
RESOLUTIONS
A committee was refused
the privilege on Monday af-
ternoon, June 81. of appear
ing before the full resolutions
committee 10 present the
views OF colored delegates and
alternates as 10 what the civil.
rights plank should contain.
Resolutions expressing these
views were adopted al a
meeting OF colored delegates,
alternates, and convention fol-
lowers at a meeting presided
over By Perry w. Howard,
Republican national commit
teeman, for Mississippi, and
held at the Chris Perry Elks
Lodge auditorium on Sunday
night. June 20
The resolutions, drafted by
Clayborne George, an at
torney, and other citizens of
Cleveland and slightly amend
ed at the Sunday night meet
ing, called the enactment OF
a strong anti-lynching law.
the abolition Of the poll tax.
creation OF an FEPC; pro-
hibition Of segregation in in
terstate travel. and end 20
segregation and discrimination
in the armed services, and
reduction of representation in
Congress of those states which
disfranchise colored electors.
The committee headed by
HobSon r. Reynolds. Phila-
delphia magistrate, was not
allowed TO present these res
olutions o the resolutions
committee because its SUBJ
committee had held hearings
on Friday and Saturday pre-
ceding the opening Of the con-
vention and il was felt that
If one group was allowed TO
appear before the full COM
mittee other groups would al
so want the same privilege.
As prominent members OF
the resolutions committee
sought 10 enter the room in
which the resolutions commit
tee was meeting in the Belle
vue-SuRtford Hotel, they were
buttonholed by Edgar G..
Brown of the National Negro
Council. who tried TO per-
suade them to offer the reso-
lutions of the colored dele
gates as a substitute for the
report OF the civil rights sub
committee.
One OF those stopped was
Carroll Reece, who was chair
man OF the Republican ma
tional committee. Brown told
him that il colored delegates
were not given an opportunity
10 appear before the resolu-
tons committee, they would
seek 10 bring up their resolu-
tons on the convention floor
and. failing in that, they
would carry their fight TO
the voters.
MRS. LUCE RAps DENIS
Former Representative Clare
Boothe Luce, Of Connecticut
divided the Democratic party
into three wings: the Right
or Jim Crow wing, the Left
or Moscow wing, and the
Center or Pendergast wing.
Addressing the night session
OF the convention Monday
night, June IL, Mrs. Luce said
the Right of Jim Grow wing
is led by lynch-loving Bour-
bons, white-shirted race-su-
premists of the Bilbo ilk."
You could promise Heav-
en- 10 the Jim Crow wing"
she said. They'd refuse 10
90 along; Heaven isn't 100
per cent American"
Mrs. Luee conceded, how
ever, that both major parties
claim TO be for the same ends:
the greatest possible increase
of physical well-being. eco
nomic security and political
liberty for the American cit
izen, regardless Of color, creed
or condition"
NOMINATIONS SECONDED
One OF four speeches made
seconding the nomination OF
Governor Dewey was made
by the Rev. Arthur j. Balti-
more, Of Baltimore, a delegate
from Maryland.
The Maryland delegation
was deemed TO have a contest
because eight delegates had
been elected from the state
at-large instead of four. as
the convention cali provided.
The National Committee
decided TO let the Maryland.
delegation settle this contest
themselves. The Rev. Mr..
Payne was one of the four
delegates agreed upon.
Roscoe Conkling Simmons,
OF Chicago, a delegate from
the first Illinois district, sec
onded the nomination of SEN
ator Robert A. Taft Of Ohio.