Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-17
Adldi Coins As
Ike Keeps Still
On Civil Rights
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Usher Of the Spokesman and Rec
order papers was at the speakers
table at the Hotel NiCollct dinner
and on the platform at the st
Paul Auditorium. On October &
two of the leading Negro papers
In the country, the AFRO-AMERI.
CAN, with papers In Baltimore
Washington. New Jersey. PhiIa.
dclphia and Richmond and the
Norfolk JOURNAL n GUIDE an,
nounCcd their support Of Steven.
son
In Milwaukee. Wise. large mum
bers Of Negro voters greeted him
1000 of the crowd Of 10000 at
the Milwaukee arena were Ne
grocH. On the platform at MIL
waukee with Stevenson was Isaac
Coggs. Negro. Democratic can.
didAte for the state assembly.
At Kansas City before huge
Negro crowd which halted a mo.
torcade. Stevenson said There Is
no need for me 10 give you a
political speech, You know where
stand In the things that you are
most concerned with"
A. ST Louis where he was
heard by $4,000 In KEEL Auditor.
ium there were 5000 Negro voters
In the audience. On the platform
there were five prominent Negro
political leaders John Green. Lee
roy Tyua, Walter Lay. T. II. May
berry. Frank Mitchell Sr.. Frank
Mitchell Jr and Nathan Sweets
In Fast ~. Louis sharing the
Stevenson platform was 100 year
old Henry Fuller % former slave.
Stevenson aaId Of him: MIR. Fuller
was born In slavery and now lives
In America with FREEDOM and dig
nifty. We must work further Ia
establish . sense of respect and
regard for each other"
Down in New Orleans, La. in
the heart of the south Stevenson
rcaffirmCd his previous stands on
civil rights Al that place inept
handling by his press relations
people caused n Jim Grow flarcup
when AFRO. AMERICAN stafter
James l.. Hicks. crack correspond
cnt who has covered much Of both
the Eisenhower and Stevenson
campaign left the party when he
was not permitted to stay with
the correspondents from the white
papers AZ the Roosevelt Hotel in
New Orleans
Tn" Republican National Com
m,ttec through Valorcs Washing
ton issued a blast on the incident
pointing out that Hicks had not
been subjected 60 such treatment
when he toured the south with
Poor handling by Stevenson press
secretary on similar situation
tn Florida had been reported hv
Hicks when II was suggested
that he and two other reporters
stay At the York Hotel in Tamna
while the white reporters were 10
be quartered at one OF the leading
big hotels When Hicks Informed
hts fellow correspondents Of the
situation all Of them to a man told
the press secretary they would
stay at the Negro hotel Faced
with this the press arrangements
man went into a hubble and All
correspondents black and white
stayed At the same hotel IN down
town.
President Truman sewcd NJ ,hr
New York City Negro vote f,r
Stevenson when ne spoke in U,r
lem last Saturday In q trrm,n
douS attack on race and rchC,ou,
bigotrY in speech which A.
tractcd bold face streamer on
the mont page Of the Eiscnhow,r
supporting N Y. TIMES Tr,msr
told how the binding Of Ncgr
soldier in Gov. James Byrres
state 81 South Carolina and tho
Hnching OF two married Nerr,
couples, both Of the men W,
veterans, following the close o.,
World War II convinced him tia,
II was his duty 10 do all in NJ.
power TO secure civil rights lrr,s.
lation.
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