Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-11-09


who voted for Ike" liked Ike"
moro than they did his party, was
the Congressional races which
showed that many Of the same
people who helpd reflect Ike"
voted for Democrats for the Sen
ate ana the House, again placing
control OF both houses OF the u, y,
Congress in the hands of the
Democrats.
ThlA IN tho first tinaa In the
history ~ tho present two party
system, according "a Associated
rwss political anaiysist. that
succcssfuI candidate Tor tho
Presidency ha. faiied to carry
with him nj l-ast one branch u
Congress.
Another widely noticed result OF
tho election was tina noticeable de-
lection ~ Negro voters In the ur-
ban North and South 10 the RE-
publican party. II reminded oh.
servers Of tho 1922 elections whom
over 10 per cent of tha Negro
voters. after 90 years loyalty, left
the Republican party for tho
Democratic
Indications that the vote was
heading back Repubiican.way, at
least on tho national level, and In
the Presidential races when u was
revealed few days before the
election that "a Negro newspapers
which had been supporters OF the
Democrats since the time of F'DR
had switched their political al
lsEiancs and urged their readers
Ia vote for Eisenhower and Mia.
ON,
The b,ggest lowa 10 the Demo-
Gratis VISA Ire potent AFNo-
AMERICAN chain which operatss
papers IN baltimore. Washington,
Philadelphia, Richmond Va, and
Newark. NJ J. Tho editorial
opinions ~ these independent
papers are widely respected.
In some cities, especially In Iiar-
lem. Negroes who had been voting
Democratic stayed away from tho
polls In New York alone, obssrv-
eru assert. 20 per cent of the us-
usIiy heavily loaded Negro Demo
cratic vote simply did not 30 Ia
the polls
Carl Rowan, Minneapolis writer.
writing In LOOK Magazine last
week predicted the switch Of
thousands ~ Negroes 10 tho re
publican Presidential candidate
because ~ the resentment which
many Negroes feel toward the
southern wing Of the Democratic
party, as represented by Senator
James EaAtiand, Mississippi
Democrat
EastiaBd was n prime target
In the north among Republican
sirateRists among and working
oB the Negro vote, Tho attack
was rvL,irntIy very effective DE-.
spite often fesbir attsmpts ~
Negro Democrats and others Ia
dismiss EastIand and ths south
ern Democrats m an issas.
4 last minute gimmiek which
10 doubt had some effac, In some
Negro areas ws# a half page I'd
Inserted in daily papers in tho
'0un,ry. signed by ons local min
ster and about 100 Negro minis
srz from throughout IN. country.
The al was scheduled NJ the las,
minute ~ that II would be diff
.ult 10 check the authenticity OF
he endorsements, the Democrats
lain. and the Democrats made
~ effort 10 answer the obvious
ast minute effort 10 garner UNI
Ieridsd Negro votes.
Not even Fis~nhsw~v's open
admission that he was An ad.
yocaie Of states rights" APP
proarb Ia the solving of ths
rare problem s~emsd la hurt him
among Negro voters.
Stevenson. who was hsaithnt
uring the primary about his APP
roach 10 the civil rights problem
efore thr national convention be-
an finally 10 speak out In forth
Ign, fashion ON the subject but
his did not Aeem 10 turn the tide
inch WIS cutting into the 7s
sr cen, Negro vote he had re-
elved in 1862.
stevenson even went right
dawn Into the south and ap.
proved the q. n. suprcme Court
decision. hut this apparently
dld not stem ths drift
The national drft 10 Essen
I0wer was cIeveriy managed and
engineered by Val }. Washington.
republican National COMMITTEES
Iirector Of minonties.
Washington. n former news
'apsrman and an Astuts politician
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