Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1952-10-18

government turn its back upon the
common man. These forces of re-
action are organized in the Repub-
|'lican party. They would have our
government cease to be what it has
been for twenty years-under the
Democrats-the protector of the
weak against the mighty. And
these policies, as sure as we are
standing here, would lead US back
to the dark days of the depression
and depression is always breed
er of hate among human beings.
You and l are not going to let
this happen. We are not going to
turn the clock back. We are not
going to turn this country over to
the greedy interests that control
the Republican party. They're not
interested in equal rights.
Now remember this. One per-
son in this country has to think
of all the people all the time, and
that person is the President of the
United States. If you want this
civil rights program to continue,
you must make the right man
President this year.
On the one hand, there is the
Republican candidate for President.
He is the front man for the party
that adopted the Wherry rule in
the Senate making it harder to
stop a filibuster than at any time
in history. His party is the one
! that produced watered-doW YER
sion Of the FEPC in the House
| and would not permit even that
version to come to vote in the
Senate. His is the party that beat
a retreat this year in the civil
rights plank of it's platform.
And while the Republican can
didate was in uniform, he told the
Armed Services Committee of the
Senate that certain amount of seq
regation is necessary in the Army.
You and l know that this is NOR
ally wrong. And what's more, it's
even militarily wrong. Our troops
in Korea are demonstrating, every
day, that Americans san stand
side by side, regardless of color
and fight better because of it.
And the Republican candidate,
and his party, and his party's plat
form have refused to pledge eff
fective action for assuring equal
lights for all our citizens. You
could not even depend on them to
ave what we have now-and that
isn't good enough.
And now, while the Republican
candidate is whispering promises
to you, he has been touring the
South to WOO the Dixiecrats into
the Republican fold. What do you
think the Republican candidate and
! Dixiecrat governor talk about
when they sit down together for
lunch? Do you think they talk
about civil rights? Maybe they
talk about taking them away.
You can draw your own conclu-
sion when the Dixiecrat governor
announces, after the lunch, he's GO
ing to vote Republican this year.
am afraid, my friends, that
the Republican candidate does not
offer you much hope so far as
civil rights are concerned.
On the other hand, there is the
Democratic party-the party of
proven performances. This is the
party that has taken the great
forward steps have just described
the greatest since the abolition
of slavery.
The Democratic platform this
year contains the strongest civil
rights plank ever adopted by po-
litical party in this country our
candidates have taken their stand
firmly on that platform. You can
count on them to fight to carry
it out.
You placed your trust in me four
years ago when l dedicated myself
to our great cause, and l have tried
not to let you down. l am here
today to tell you that you can place
the same trust in the Democratic
candidates this election year. And
| assure you with all the sincerity
| have, that they will fulfill your
trust in the same way.
Adlai Stevenson has shown by
everything he has done and said
that he believes deeply in thS
equality of human beings. He will
bring new courage and new. energy
to the fight for civil rights.
He has the courage to say the
same things about civil rights in
New York and in Richmond, Vir-
GINA. He has been great civil
rights governor and he will make
great civil rights President.
Let me tell you some of the
things he has done. When he gave
his inaugural address as Governor
in 1949, he listed the matters he
wanted the Illinois legislature to
take up. High on the list was
FEPC. But Adlai Stevenson was
not asking for the toothless kind
Of FEPC so you can imagine what