Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-08-19

ton convention.
lie is DR.. Theodore II, NJ. l
his home and who heads the
Negro leadership, IA head OF that
Council. DIR. Howard has been tho
leader In the current fight TO com.
pei his adopted state TO accept tho
supreme Court decision ending
segregation In the pebble schools,
Howard itatcrs
The almost one million Negroes
of mississippi look 10 him. the
NAACp and the Regional Council
FOR leadership In tho desperate
Struggle they are waging against
economic boycoitA, open violence
and outright defiance OF supreme
Court decisions guaranteeing the
right 10 vote and safeguarding
them against other dcniaia.of con.
stitutionRl rights. These are the
people who love Dr. Howard.
At tho other end OF the scale are
the Howard-haters, led by the
Mississippi GtiEena Council which
the physician deacribcs as tho
modern ku klux Khan" Swarm
ing around the CitiEcns Councils
are the politicians and the other
racketeers In race relations who
are determined To hold on 10 the
Jim Crow system,
BodyEuard
The situation In 10 tense that a
2t-hour guard is maintained at tn.
Howard residence after threats Of
violence had been made against
him and his family, lie never goes
out without q companion and
Keeps In close tooch with his
family and friends at all times
NO that he will not "myntsriously
disappear"
A big, strong. friendly man, DIR.
Howard is one Of IN. top men In
the medical profession ana con.
duets n nationally famous hospital
and clinic at Mound bayou which
offers low cost medical care 10
MiaHiHsippians. lie 10 married 10
the former Helen Boyd OF River
side. who In M determined an he IL
10 stick 10 the fight until hissis-
sippi Joins the union" m ahs puts
II,
The physician tells the story
Of what IL happening In Mlsais-
sippi without bitterness and
without rancor but with an un.
dertono Of grim determination.
He left just after last weeks
primary election and saw tho
length 90 which tho politicians
are willing 90 70 10 hold on Ga
power.
Won't Count Votes
In Mound Bayou. which In an
all. Negro town. the election aimp-
ly refused Ia count the ballots"
Or Howard relates. In IHaaquena
county. Negroes were refused per
10 vote In Bunnowsr
county. Negro voters were denied
the right To put their ballots In
Tho box"
u ~ the physicians belief that
whites are determined
10 drive a half million Negroes ont
y the state They know lntegra-
lion Ia coming" DR.. Howard says
'latly They know that the time
adll come when Negroes will vote,
A. II IL now. Negroes comprise al
most half Of the states pap,ila-
Ion The politicians are dstermin-
ii 10 reduce that percentage NJ
hat when the aggregation system
Toes break dawn they can EtIil re-
ain control without having 10 ap.
zeal 20 Negro voters"
Out Wages
Br Howard charges that the at
empt 10 drive Negroes out OF
he state osntsrs around plans IN
eduoe agricultural wages on the
me hand and 10 ruin small Me-
no farmers on the other. Wages
or cotton ohopping have been cut
rom four dollars per day last
,sRT 10 two dollars per day this !
ear" he said.
Negroes who farm the 80, 30 .
nd 90 acre plots are going 10 be
III 10 believe that they can get q
heir usual credit AZ the banks {
ight up until NEXT March. Then
ghsu they 20 10 the banks they Y
70 going 10 be refused" DR., J.
Igward predicts Such a refusal j
dlI leave them without means Of
yciIhood and they will be forced I
D migrate. he says
Head ~ the economic drive n
RlrRt the Negro IN the Citizens :
'DuEcn which includes most u the I
0Rsrfh financial and Industrial
radcfs ~ the state, according 20
" Howard He says that banks
M lending institutions are be-
" presumed into refusing credit
, negroes or into making them !,