Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-11-17
BRIEF
NEWS
SCENE
high and LOwdOwn"
BY BAHEE THOMAS

now has three judges Of Negro
descent. Only by the strong sup
port Of Chicago Negroes were the
Democrats able to keep the prin.
cipal offices In Chicago and Cook
county. Strangest phenomenon
though was the large vote which
Chicago Negroes dumbly gave to
Alderman John Duffy who helped
defeat q city council ordinance
outlawing tm-crow In Chicago
pubic housing. william Dawson,
Democratic Congressman handily
defeated sttorney-preacher-poli
coe Archibald Carey for election
to Congress from the First Dis.
trict.
In 81. Louis Negroes failed In
their attempt to send Sidney Red
mond to Congress In a predomin-
antly colored district. However
they also helped tie the can Ia
Sen. Forrest c. Donnell. Republi'
can who has been no friend OF
civil rights.
An Negro candidates lost In
Baltimore, Md. The AMP aaid
that there Was q large amount
Of apathy among Negro intel
lectaAls" In the Maryland
msarOpoliA Three splendid Ne.
gro candidates lost In FREEDOM
InAntly Negro districts 20 sec
ond-Fate white candidates
Down in South Carolina the
citizens voted TO to repeal the
poll tax. Only the states Of Ala.
bama, Arkansas, Mississippi
Tennessee, Texas and Virginia
still have poll taxes. Out in Colo
RADIO where only q few Negroes
live two Negroes were elected 70
the state legislature. One was
Elvin Caldwell, Democrat and the
other was Earl Mann. Republican
who was elected TO his fourth
term In the coIora6s 5tMte A&scm,
bly,.
A single Negro out Of three
who ran was elected to the Mas
SAehusettS Legislature. He wa
elected from Middlesex where the
population u mostly Caucasian.
In Detroit Charles c. Diggs,
former state senator who just was
released from prison six months
ago was elected by 2S.74s votes "a
his opponents 5,494. Three men
and one woman were elected "a
Michigan's state lawmaking body
Down in Louisiana the first Ne
gro TO run for office since Recon
strlction days, Earl J. Amede. At.
torney, ran fifth In a field OF sew
en- candidates. First three vote
winners were elected. He was q
candidate for the Orleans Parish
school board. Amede ran for Of.
fee despite the plea Of conserVa.
tive Negroes that the time wasn't
ripe. He poIled many votes in the
ALLEVIATE wards.
In Georgia. the Gov Hum
mon" Talmadge faction lost their
attempt to put the general eiec-
tons on q county unit system
This In the system where counties
with small population have more
elective power than cities with
huge voting population. Talmadge
blamed northern white radicals
and the Negro bloc" for the de-
feat Of the anlmend1nent.
In New York. former Minneso-
to resident Elmer Carter. Repub-
hcan. made q weak showing
against Adam Clayton Powell for
Congress from Harlem.
Way out In Arizona, with small
Negro population. two Negroes
won election TO the state legisla.
ture. The state voted against tn
repeal Of the laws requiring seq.
regated schools for Negroes. MOI
only are Negroes required 70 at
tend segregated schools but In
some cities. spaniah-AmerieanI
are also made to attend Seperata
schools
THE PRESS; Stanley Ross
white, former war correspondent
and recent editOr-publiaher ol
the Wilmington. (DsL) SUNDAY
STAR has been named managing
editor Of the Negro New Yort
Amsterdam NEWS. AnOthsd pale.
faced staff addition 10 Robert L
Elmer. former NsW York Posi- -
AstAnt circulation managed WhS
win head the Amsterdam NEWS
circulation department
Gerald L Porter. former q
Paul EXPRESS pubhshsT 10 re.
ported working On Q Des MOinsa
weekly. His last known eonnce.
ton was with the Kansas PL.AIN'
DEALER in Kansaa city. Kans
Alpbonso Horton. former ID mar
On the g. PAU RECORDER. hal
gone 70 Gary. Ind for . post with
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