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Gov, James F. Byrnes Of South
Carolina.
/ Mr.. Whites telegram cited re-
ports that "some members of the
committee believed the nomination
of Gov. Byrnes unfortunate and
regrettable but felt that refusal
to approve would be construed as
reputation of the President and
also that nomination of Rev. Arch
ibald Carey should atone in part
for the Byrnes designation.
"We deplore such evasion OF a
most basic principle" the MACE
official said, Governor Byrnes
lifelong career Of intransigent OPP
position to the rights of Negroes,
immigrants, labor and other minor
tiles makes him the worst pos
sible spokesman for American de-
mocracy in the United Nations at
this crucial period of world his
tory. His record is so bad that
he will become the immediate and
exceedingly vulnerable target OF
Communist and other critics OF
American democracy"
Further, Mr.. White said in his
telegram, eve deplore especially
the failure of your committee to
hold public hearings on Byrrcs'
nomination when full truth of his
execrable record could be in part
examined by the Congress and the
Nation. We again urged that your
committee not report to Senate
today but hold hearings"
Protests Mount In Nation
Meanwhile, protests against the
naming of Gov. Byrnes mounted
throughout the nation as liberal
groups made known their lack of
confidence in the South Carolinian.
Following the original protest to
President Eisenhower on July 27
by the NAACP, other organiza-
tons expressed their opposition to
the nomination.
In a telegram to the President,
Emil REEVE, president of the Tex
tile Workers of America, Clio, and
chairman of the Philip Murray
Foundation, charged that Gov.
Byrnes ''is outstandingly unqual-
flied" for the post to which he
was nominated Such man, the
labor leader said, surely does not
and cannot represent our country
in the parliament of the world.
Let US never forget that the over
whelming majority Of the world s
people have skins of a different
color than ours. Can we choose as
spokesman d man whose whole
career demonstrates his conviction
that color is a badge of inferior
ity?"
Urban League Asks Withdrawal
Robert w. Bowling and Lester
b. Granger, president and execu-
tive secretary, respectively, of the
National Urban League, sent a
telegram to the President assert
ing that Gov. Byrnes' vulnerability
makes it imperative that his nom
ination be withdrawn by the Pres
ldent or rejected by the Senate"
The governors record, the tele-
gram asserted, "has been so flag
rantly and constantly opposed to
the American ideal of equal op-
portunity that his membership in
the U. S. delegation would make
him an easy and inviting target
for communist attack against the
sincerity of his country's demo-
cratic professions.
The Jewish Labor Committee,
IN a telegram to the President
signed by Adolph Held, president,
and Charles S. Zimmerman, chair
man of the committees anti-dis-
crlmlnatlon department, declared
that Gov. Byrnes' blatant identi-
tlcation with. the forces of racial
intolerance and human inequality
Will basically weaken the other
wise strong position of the United
States" in the deliberations on the
settlement of the Korea issue in
the UN General Assembly.
Speaking for the members of