The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1954-11-20
CLAIMING CREDIT FOR
SUPREME COURT DECISION
By ALFRED BAKER LEWIS

IT seems that the Republican propagandists are
trying desperately to msead colored voters by claiming
creditmfor two great advances in civil rights the
Supreme Court decision against segregation and dis
elimination in the hotels and restaurants in Washing
ton the Nations Capital and the Supreme Court decls
ion Declaring that racial segregation IN education IS
unconstitutional
Republicans must believe that coored voters are
pretty dumb if the think that such voters will fall for
thatsort of propaganda The fact is that the Repub
lican Administration and the Republicans in Congress
Enthusiastically nothing to do with these two Supreme
Court decisions The which ended segregation and
discrimination in Washington hotels and restaurants
was@the result of suit begun by the NAACP before
President Eisenhower elected and decided in the
right way by Court of whose members were
appointed by President Eisenhower, but all of whom
Sadbeen appointed by Presidents Roosevelt Truman.
w one of them was Republican Justice Burton.
Y wident Truman, although a Democrat of course
Naown his fairness by appointing Republican to
NSupreme Court)
decision against racial segregation was handed
down by nine judges, only Of whom Chief Justice
Warren, was appointed by Republican President and
all the others were appontees of Presidents Roosevelt
or Truman.
For the Republicans to claim credit for these
decisions is therefore, contrary to the facts and they
canoy expect colored voters to believe otherwise if
they think that coored voters are too dumb not to
know the facts
The reason for their making such preposterous
claim IS obviously to cover up the completely negative
record Congress and the Administration in connec
ton with civil rights legislation. The Federal Fair
Employment Practice Law with enforcement powers
was opposed by President Eisenhower and did not get
TO INST base in Congress The proposed Federal Anti
Lynehng Law did not get word of praise from Pres
dent Eisenhower and it died in Congress since the
Republican leaders did nothing about it. The proposed
Federal law against segregation in interstate travel,
although the Washington Bureau of the NAACP made
strenuous efforts to get favorable report from the
Congressional committee this bill, dropped along
the way by Republican Congressman, Haleck, of
OF Indiana, the majority leader in the House
1T is to conceal this barren legislative record that
the Republicans falsely claiming credit for these
two Supreme Court decisions that the Eisenhower
Administration did not inhunce and under our Con-
stuonal setup of separation Of Judicial Legislative
and Executive Branches, could not influence
Before all this it should not be forgotten that the
late~Wilam Monroe Trotter, founder of THE GUARD
LAM Boston, Mass) and the untrng secretary of the
National Equal Rights League, the one who begin
ming fifty years ago. sought to wake up the coun-
try and especially presidents and Congress to sense
OF the enormty of the Seat of the National Govern
ment keeping the un-Amercan practice of segregation
at the national capital Mr.. Troter charter mem
Der Of the NAACP.