Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-12-28

HuTSfon Piece
On Sen. Tuff
Nav York, lester Granger,
Une ~ tho top ten Negro leaders
of the nation TOOK issue with n
recent Saturday Evening POST
article by Fora Noale Hurston
which claimed the Negroes 0f
Ohio are crazy about Senator
Robert Tan.
Practically every Negro news
paper and independent newspaper
writer In the nation jumped ON
Miss Hurst0n's article which
pleased many TAFT supporters and
also fooled some ~ them who
don't know what ia all about.
Mr. Granger. writing from New
York had this Ia ahy about the
Hurst0n article,
There was a time, fifteen or
twenty years ago. when the name
of zora Neale Huraton stood for
something among the rapidly
maturing school of young Negro
writsTa, Miss Hurston, aS the tai
cnted protege Of weil-known
writer Justified her sponsor by
producing q couple of botter-than-
average novels ~ u time when
even average writing by Negro
authors was being hailed ~
significant indication of a racial
renaissance"
The Huratnn star, however.
flarcd only briefly. ana then dim.
med out She has written only sci.
dom In recent years and. So far 49,
her NCKro public - concerned.
when she has come out with n
production u has boon readily cvi.
dent that she "ShUIlda stood IN
bed" This Is certainly true of an
article that appeared under her
name IN the December sth iasuc
~ the Saturday Evening Post, IN.
titled, - Negro Voter Sizes Up
TAFT"
One suspects, after reading the
article that Cora Ncalc IIurston
was concerned, not 80 much with
sizing up Senator Robert 4. Taft
az Presidential candidate, a.
with estimating how much the
Taft financial hackers would put
out for n piece NJ campaign writ.
ting that recka like an over sized.
averaged piece nf LimburEpr
cheese Possible she got good
price FOR her story, IN fact she
must have cotton a good price
for putting herself on record In
this way Hut whatever the price
paid rafts hackers got bad
bargain, The atnry IL u flop, II
wouldn't convince q halfhright
voter IN the most backward Pc.
htical community. Among the In
creasinEly sophisticated Negro
voters, who arc studying the
Forthcoming Presidential cam
Palgn, the Huruton article Ia more
apt To- produce an angry reaction
against the banner bearer of RE-
publican scTVatiSm
IT'S not that Miss Hurston ~
Tot senator Taft for a price. NJ
coursrt It's the shameless, belly
crawling way In Witch She cN.
presses her support and her 81.
fort to pun Negro voters down 60
crawl with her octRula Roy
Cohen, AZ hts most vicious worst.
would not have gone farther In
trying 10 picture the Negro voter
~ childishly gullible, a. easily
distracted by cheap political she,
nanigans a. the most rattlrheadcd
youngster by the plittcr ot . now
toy.
The author ~ now living IN
Florida, whcrc Nhe performed
similarly In that states last syn
atoral race, writing glowing tri-
butes To the successful, and race
batting aspirant for the l., =
Senate, In turning her attention
Co the NCgro voters ~ ohio, she
shows that she knows cvrn Irss
Of Negroes in that northern stat"
than she does of enlightened Ne,
grc opinion In her own Florida
To quote brief example rrum
her article: TAFT has strung Ne.
gro backing In Ohio now They no
longer mention him politely ~