St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-10-12

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had cleaned up race discrimina'
ton in Washington, the nations
capital He said the attack or
capital Jimcrow occurred while
Eisenhower was stiu in Europe.
A 81 year old woman leader,
Mary Church Terrell and the
NAACP led the fight to end dis
elimination in Washington, ID.
C., and not Ike, MIR. Dawson
aveTred.
Indignation in the armed forces
was ordered ended in an executive
order. issued by President Truman
the Illinoisan said.
Eisenhower in contrast told a
Congressional committee in 1850
Dawson said, that Indignation in
the Army would not work below
the platoon level, Now" he said
the Republicans are claiming the
credit for ending segregation in
the Army"
Adlai Stevenson, the speaker
said, was the Assistant Secre-
tary of the Navy who developed
the Navy Indignation program.
Dawson said that he had a part
in the movement eight years age
to break down the barring of Ne,
grOes from the election polls in
several southern states. Now, he
said thousands Of Negroes are 90,
ing to the polls in the South be,
cause the Democratic party's ma,
uonal leadership as represented by
Harry Truman and FDR insisted
that every American had the right
to the ballot.
The northern Negro must cher,
ish and protect his right to vote
There is too much lethargy among
Negroes who move North and for,
get that the vote is the most i'm,
portant American right aside from
citizenship.
Dawson said while he hoped al
the Negroes would vote Demo,
cratic, his chief hope was that
they would exercise their fran,
Chise
In ST. Paul as he did earlier in
Minneapolis, Dawson praised the
Democratic Congressman from
Minnesota. He said that all OF
them have made fine contributions
to the nation in supporting liberal
legislation to benefit small bust,
ness, the farmers and the under.
privileged Of the nation. Under the
Eisenhower foreign policy, the
United States has lost all of the
friends il had under Truman and
Roosevelt.
The Republicans under Eisen.
hover, Dawson said, have turned
the nations natural resources
over to private interests. In the in
stance Of atomic energy, he said
results Of experiment costing tax.
payers billions Of dollars have been
turned over to private interests
Sooner or later consumers will be
buying back power from private
corporations created by taxpayers
money.
Dawson said Eisenhower was a
good man but a poor President
who doesn't know what's going
on is his administration.
Unholy Alliance
In st. Paul, he repeated his
charge made in Minneapolis that
the "unholy alliance" between
northern Republicans and southern
Dixiecrats was responsible for
failure to get civil rights legis-
lation through Congress to protect
the voting and other rights of
American Negroes.
Dawson said that while Re-
Publieans are busy making a
campaign issue out Of Senator
Eastland up north they don't
say a mumbling word about him
In the southern states. He charg-
ed that Perry Howard, Negro
COP National Committeeman
Had stated publicly that the
Eisenhower administration al
lowed Eastland 70 dispense Re
publican patronage In Mssis-
sippI.
We Democrats are willing to
give Eastland to the Republicans"
Dawson said, because he votes
regularly with them in Congress,
anyhow.
When Eastland was named
chairman Of the Senate judiciary
COMMITTEES, Dawson said, not a
single one Of the A. Republican
senators questioned his elevation.
Now, in campaign time, they
Eastland as a campaign issue
when they allowed him 10 be nam
ed chairman without a single pro-
test.
In contrast, Dawson pointed out,
three Democratic senators voted
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