St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24
Thomas Surveys
Election Scene
Our N. 7. Way
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Hotel, Wednesday Candidate
Eisenhower spoke to a choral
group Of $50 persons and a au-
deince of $50 at a luncheon. His
winning personality won applause
from the crowd assembled but he
did not get down to cases on the
civil rights situation. His words
were not plain like Truman's or
Stevenson. This reporter asked
four persons in the audience about
their impression and three out Of
four were Of the opinion that the
General appeared afraid to tackle
the civil rights issue head on. The
fourth person said, we know
what ne means, he doesn't have
TO write us a letter"
Sparkman Nixon In Harlem
Here in Harlem, in the streets
the Republican pitch" on Spark
man, which tells what a poor rec
ord the Democratic Wce-presi-
Dental candidate has on civil
rights is falling on deaf ears. AS
a matter of fact the Democrats
here have sold most of the people
this reporter talked to on the
Idea that "Sparkman is a civil
rights advocate in disguise" which
surely is some naturalization.
The best argument current Is
that Sparkman the southerner is
no good on civil rights, but his
northern opponent Richard Nixon
is no good either. Apparently the
Democrats are trying to sell the
idea that a southern Senator is
expected to be wrong on rights"
but the northerner ought to know
better. Hot dawg!
Restrictive Covenants
The Nixon restrictive covenant
deal which alarmed the country
has been offset with the discovery
that Sparkman himself had signed
a covenant a couple Of years be-
fore Nixon. II was also discovered
that Nixon has also signed a cove
nant on his California home right
after he became Senator.
Right now, real estate restrlc-
tive covenants are the most I'M
popular things in the life OF the
average politician or candidate for
public offices.
One Minnesota candidate Karl
Rolvaag, DFL state committee
chairman, candidate for the Fifth
District Congressional seat held
by DR.. Walter Judd CR.) told a
reporter for this newspaper in
Minneapolis last week, that the
revelations that both Democrats
and Republicans had signed the
covenants would be good for all
concerned. He felt that In the
future candidates for public office
will be careful to examine their
prejudices and that he also felt
that from now on real estate oper-
ators, are going to have a more
difficult time. getting often UNI
wary home buyers to sign such
covenants.
Newspaper reporters combed deed
registers in Chevy Chase. Mary
land to find out II Senator Hubert
II. Humphrey had a covenant on
his property but found his record
clear and clean.
Humphrey told reporters my
wife and myself don't believe In
that sort Of thing.
II by chance the daily press had
been able to get something like
that on Humphrey II would have
affected the national campaign TO
a great degree since the Mime
aota Senator is the most popular
Democratic Senator in Washing
ton among the Negro voters, and
millions Of liberals.
In Baltimore the other night
Humphrey gave Gov. Harry Byrd,
Of Virginia good oratorical drub-
bling for his refusal to support the
Democratic ticket.
In New Jersey the popular Re-
publican governor Alfred Driscoll
has the eastern Negro Demo-
cratic leaders worried, Driscoll is
as popular with New Jersey Ne
groes as ex-Gov. Luther Young
dahl was with colored Mime
sotans. He's an Eisenhower man
and there is fear In the Democrat
and there Is fear in the Demo
cratic circles that the Driscoll in
fluence will cause many Negroes
to vote for Eisenhower.
New Jersey Democratic leaders
cannot attack DrisColl directly be-
cause ne is admittedly the best
friend New Jersey Negroes have
ever had in the New Jersey ex-
ecutive mansion. The Demos stra-
tegy is now apparently to tell
Negroes is alright, he's OK. but
he is just an Eisenhower cap
tive" How well this angle is work
ing is difficult to tell. This reporter
talked to scores OF New Jersey
people and found that in that
state 1t was about a $3.50 split
between Ike and Adlai.
Bethune Boosts Stevenson
Perhaps the biggest lift to the
Stevenson campaign came last
week when Mary Mcleod Bethune
best loved of American Negro
women announced through Con.
gresham William Dawson, vice