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

uon convention,
He is DR.. Theodore II. NJ. |
his home and who heads the
Negro leadership, A head OF that
Council. Or Howard has been the
leader In the current fight To com.
pei his adopted state to accept the
Supreme Court decision ending
segregation In the pebble schools.
Howard IIat.ru
The almost ono million Negroes
Of mississippi look 20 him. tho
NAAcP and the Regional Council
for leadership In the desperate
Struggle they are wagtng against
economic boycotts, open violence
and outright defiance Of supreme
Court deciaions guaranteeing the
right TO vote and safeguarding
them against other dcnials of con.
Stitutional rights. These are the
people who love pr. Howard.
Al the other end Of the scale are
the Howard-haters. led by the
Mississippi Citizens Council which
the physician describes a. "the
modern ku kiux Khan" swarm
ing around tho Citiscns Councils
are tho politicians and the other |
rAckcteers In race relations who |
are determined 10 hold on TO the |
Jim Grow system.
BodyGuard
The situation In No tense that q
2t.hour guard 10 maintained at the
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 tocch with his
family and friends at all times
50 that he will not "mystsr,ously
disappear"
A big, strong. friendly man. Dr.
Howard In one OF the top mon In
tho medical PROFESSION ana con.
ducts n nationally famous hospital
and clinic AZ Mound bayou which |
offers low cost medical care % |
MianisHippians lie 10 married 20
the former Helen boyd OF River
side, who In AZ determined M no IL
Ia stick 90 the night until MIssis-
aIppi Joins the union" M ahs puts
II.
The physician tells the story
Of what 10 happening In MlssIs-
sippi without bitterness and
without Tancor but with an un.
deTton" % grim determination.
lie left just after last weeks
primary riection and saw tho
length 10 which tho politicians
ar. willing 20 70 % hold on %
power.
Won't Count Votes
In Mound Bayou. which In an
allEcgro town, the election simp-
ly refused 10 count the ballots"
Or Howard relates. In Isaaqusna
county, Negroes were refused per.
mission 10 vote In Bunfl0wer ,
county, Negro voters were denied
the right TO put their ballots In
the box"
n Ia the physicians belief that
MiaSissippi whites are determined
10 drive n half million Negroes out .
~ the state. They know int.gra.
ton In coming" DR.. Howard says
naiIy They know that the tins .
will come when Negroes will vote. q
~ II Ia now. Negroes comprise al
most half Of the states papula- {
ton The politicians are dstsrmin- !
81 10 reduce that percentage ~
ths, when the aggregation system !
ioss break down they can stlll re-
tain control without having 10 APP .
peal 10 Negro voters" D
Cut Wage.
Dr Howard charges that the at.
tempt 10 drive Negroes out OF c
The state oSntsrs around plans % {
reduce agricultural wages on the {
one hand and 10 ruin small Ne :
gro farmers on the o,hsT Wages a
Tor cotton chopping have been cut "
from four dollars per day last
year 10 two dollars per day this &
year" he said.
Negroes who farm the 30. 20 a
ND 60 acre plots are going 10 be 81
81 20 believe that they can get d
heir usual credit at the banks q
light up until next March. Then "
when they 10 10 the banks they "
,rr going % be refused" DR. lt
ipward predicts Buch a refusal II
stlI leave them without means Of
livelihood ana they will be forced u
p migrate. he says u
Head ~ the economic drive n "a
,a,nst the Negro IN the Citizens n
'Ouncil which includes most 81 the x
,0werful financial and industrial
safrfs 81 the state. according 20
~ Howard lie says that banks
nd lending institutions are be-
ng preSSursd into refusing credit
u Negroes or into making them ),
cans
Can't borrow
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