Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-08-29
How Negro Popers
Feel On PFeSid emfiol
Rue9 To DueG

quate, u says ana bpaThInhh ~
the big question mark for Negro
voters. But II points 90 Hugo
Black as n model for sparkmAn.
Outside Of their political environ
msnt, observes the Virginia
weekly. most sOutherners are
falr-mlnded" Several other papers
feel the same way about Spark.
man.
Wants TwO-PaTty system
The SOuth's sole Negro daily,
the Atlanta World, guide Of half
n dozen papers that peddls It's
editorial position. hesitatsS be-
tween admiration for a strong"
Democratic civii.rights plank and
= desire 10 see the South develop
further q two-party system.
The two leading papers in
Louisiana. the Louisiana Weekly
Of New Orleans and the Sun Of
Shreveport have likewise clapped
their hands over their mouths,
The Sun sees Ike In a tough spot;
the Weekly hopes that the ma.
jority Of Negro votes will go 10
the candidate whose personality
appears 10 be sincere In regard Ia
the welfare Of all people Of these
United States"
The Houston Informer, which
controls the Dallas Express and a
small Southwestern chain. gives
no indication that II has departed
from It's i94I-4s Democratic nj.
lance, Its chief preoccupation ut
present IL the "fallRey Of the
states rights argument" ~ II AZ.
fects proposed federal FEPc ac-
ton,
Such papers az the San Antonio
Register. the Dallas stAr-Post,
the Savannah Herald, the Greens
horO North CarolinaJ Future
outlook, the BATON Rouge Weekly
Leader. the Miami Times. the
Gresnviile (MlasD Delta Leader.
and tho Columbia IS. c. Palm
etto Leader gave most space to
the Democratic proceedings
Alone among the ArkanAAA week
lies the Arkansas Survey Journal
of Little Rock declared editorialiy
that numerous Negro leaders In
the state support Kefauver."
Tho Savannah Tribune, now In
IL Reventy-asVcnth year. has be-
come diailluHioned with present.
day platform promises. Two Of ita
July ~ editorials Scraps Of
Paper" and Democracy dis
played mixed feelings; Demo
cracy loses no matter who wins
u platform promises are not fol-
lowed through or rrpudiAted,"
support for the party Of JEFF.
ferSon In offered by the Oklaho-
man Eagle Of Tulsa. which deA-
cribes the Republican civii-rights
plank ~ clothed In Mother Hub.
bard garb that covers every
thing and touches nothing"
John Mccray. South Carolina
Negro Democratic organiser and
editor Of the Columbia Light
house and Informsr. praises the
Democratic ticket, and that goes,
he says for SpRrkman. who RRt
tight In his convention scat at
Philadelphia In ipAs when the
Alabama delegation bottled on the
civil.riEhts issue. It's q pretty
good slate" In MCCray'a opinion.
Among Negro wecklies tho
strongest Republican rootcrs are
In the North, In places like Glove.
land, New York, Boston and Now
ark, but oven they utter a few
cat-cRllH. The New York Amster.
dam News. while definitely RE-
publican. keeps u critical eye ON
what the Ike Ecalnts say and do.
Eisenhower, AYERS the News, IL
tho choice Of Republicans and
Democrats" and II the fivc.star
general needs any prompting.
Dewey II always there 10 lend q
firm hand"
"Spinelcsa Ia the adjective APP
piled Ia tho Republican civil
rights plank by the able Cleveland
Cali and Post, but n bold banner
proclaims; "SparkmRn Nomina.
ton win Lose Negru Vote for
Democrats" and Negro Demo.
cratic Leaders Weep for Weep"
Those Ho-cRllcd social advances
under the Democrats, the paper
reminds its readers, actually came
~ the result Of Supreme Court
decisions,
A small Hamilton, Ohio weekly.
the Butler County American, ira.
ditionAlly for the party OF lin.
coin, points an accusing finger at
StevsnSon's Springfield eroniea
In Boston. the Chronicle sees
the weak Republican civil rights
plank A. a costly drain on voting
strength. and the Guardian, other
wise q COP ally, says the COP
Pussyfoots ON Civil RiEhta" The
convention. moaned the Guardian
editorial writer, "smelled OF the
stockyards TO me. and I am
wondering II the Democrats
would like TO adopt . mothsrless
child"
Il met Ike, like Ike" declared
ne New Jersey Herald News
sdltor, Oliver w. Brown, but Rd-