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Letters To The Editor
srATEMENr from MRS. MIKE HOLM

Editor only surprised
May 22 that colleague his candidacy
the office Of Secretary State 1t extraordinary decision
former Governor and puzzled that Governor An
could be persuaded himself politically this
This evident there few within the
Republican would kngmakers who been
sponsoring depended
detracng Elmer Anderson earnestly believe that in this
effort they win be unsuccessful
Naturally this action the Of former Governor Anderson
ponder consideration de-
it duty order to
give the opportunity decide whether they want free
primary they admins
ter their state affairs.
any other office that Secretary
office which particular quaf
the the public especially the adj
Motor Vehicle Department with which
familiar.
realize course, that would probably financial
backing figures
speak themselves Elmer Anderson 53s $685. Mrs Mike Holm
s50154.
After thrtywo public service Mr. Holm had practically
nothing and living realize that under these
will be handicapped conducting all
feel deeply about the fnda
will later date
- Mrs Mike Holm, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Go Out To The Ball Game

baseball tho Twin Cities
than they years With the number
cavortng the oued bas pitchers showing
their would think that Negro the Cities would
goody when Mliers
town
Twin Cities having league
The fact that they the popular big
league teams both exaspatng at times also rewarng
the first instance local beginning
enjoy the diamond prowess OF Willie Mays Biz White
Campanella they called play with the parent
ON the other hand Twin City seeing
OF the of the they exhibiting
their right 20 major league berths
Since Branch Hickey dened and hired Jackie Robinson
lot bridge opportunity young
Negroes organized baseball everybody
support The whistle
thinks the Twin Cities should to the bali
and cheer the players who helped
the Great American Pastime.
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a place to visit Long
ago in 1926 to spent months there working
sleeping parlor for the Pullman Co
In those years Negro community life and gongs-on
centered Today not only live work and play in
Gotham but also in most of the surrounding
suburbs
ago of color to the City from the hnter
lands would HE Immediately of its not
satisfactory hotels Not today many more or less frequent visitors
like correspondent set foot in Harlem Inc rea reason
least Of its people have moved TO downtown
Manhattan They join the myriad OF eol0rS na MAJ anu Ta
world cultures that make New York City blend all OF e world
Stand Broadway for few minutes
and you people every Of the globe calmly ignored
infinitely by the typical New Yorker VINO seem
ngy racial creeda color differences as just
part of natural New York. living
is New YORK the waldorf
Astoria down guests They
longer Special treatment the less desired rooms or the
lower floors of the hotels was in vogue IN the carry Gays wh
longer special the less desirable rooms or the
have almost disappeared also.
Negro like the NAACP and the Urban
held outside Harlem usually in the name hotels
It's much easier for hundreds OF new ana OLD "e le OF
Negroes many socially prominent to attend af
Manhattan than to make the long drive up to
and often mothbitten accommodations
Lester Granger who has overworked
individuals American public hfe looks well
physically say used only about six days of
months rest ordered by his board of trustees
Roy wilkins the Minnesota boy NAAcP,
speaker NAACP enjoys former praccng journalist
who edited weekly during his school days at the
University the fac touch with words the
trade writers.
This plus platform poise acquired doubt by count
speeches he cause countless towns make wilkins an
night in New York and he held his audience
great despite of the hour and the fact that two
more follow
DR. Ralph handled the real task
speakers with acumen All OF
York audiences of the type
Starlight Room of the except
principal last speaker 2 old Rev Martin Luther King
leader Of the Montgomery Ala, bus protest.
looked the topfght audi
despite its patience King would not
be to their attention
brilliant performance of Boston Uni
Seated the section we had an
not prepared for his forcu
sophisticated banquee in their seats ana
applaudng a certain passages
simple recital Of the events which led
up Alabama which has left
the segregatOn South sdn unbeeng and
balance.
The delivered without Kings referring
which the type of platform feat the odum
employ.
only prepare their ad
their talks but usually read
them earlier before rapid comuca
could learn couple Of speeches
country filling engagements However
important read in the San
making impossible for the
speaker appear California city with the text It's
speakers they talking to more Intelligent
and audiences today.
him and that something that
Thurgood Marshall in an aside TO
developing individuals like
been IN
to b. a Negro"-Cec Newman
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BISHOP RAINES WRITES

Editor Now that the smoke has cleared and the General
recedng history finding time by
something pleasure being
privileged TO work with them something of the
the wonderful that turned
pages conference stories and pictures
that readers who not Metho
enlarged understanding way church
tempting operate neracia international church There
difficulties making perhapsohers for which
responsible all of them contributing mpercon But
could help that
goodwill in this matter of racial adjustment
desire make progress rapidly possible
What appreciated handling of the General
church credit making
Christian inteacal fellowship and for
find break through the barriers that keep from
complete Indignation.
grateful appreciative Of all did through the
MISUNDERSTANDING Richard C. Ranes,
Relations Bishop the Indiana
Area
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BISHOP cooRs PENS US A LINE OR TWO

that the Bishops delegates of the
thous
Methodist who attended the sessions deeply
your paper and editorial comment
neapols recently
evidence that maintain keen interest in what talk
the thinking and of religious organizations
thanks to the members of your
who rendered such able journalistic service in reporting and
interpreting many readers of
Sincerely yours Stanley Coo Resident Bishop The Methodist
Minnesota 1887 Summit Ave. St Paul Minnesota May
90,
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it gives a feeling of activity,
and it gives a peg for more
publicity.
II asked them to keep the
money in their own county,
and keep it to buy radio time
and newspa,p ads. They
drew up their own ads, and
some of them were wonderful.
/ found there was a great I'M
mined source of original tall
ent. / believe Tennesseans
have a real gift for this sort
of thing.
II would find women who
were college graduates, back in
little towns without even a
telephone. They had never had
a feeling of participation be-
fore. This really gave them a
feeling that they were taking
part in a movement that was
over and beyond electing one
man. They were bringing Ten
nesee back into the true dem
ocratic club-that's little d.
democrat"
Mr.. Kefauver won, as every
one knows, and he has given
Mrs. Ragland's women's or
ganization much of the credit.
She did a similar job on be-
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chairman in each district. and
told them to appoint country
chairmen. and for the latter
to APPOINT precinct chairmen.
And / told them to send out
separate publicity notices on
each appointment. I sent out
notices on all that I could too,
Stressing in each case how
proud we were that they were
all leaders in the community
joining US. And they were, too.
I stressed that very hard.
II don't know about the rest
of the country, but in the
South, men are inclined to look
down their noses at women
who are in politics. But if
they shift to it from a back
ground of other civic work
Red Cross. Community Chest,
Boy Scouts. anything like that
lit is much more acceptable.
Sending out so many pub
licity notices made us appear
much stronger than we were,
] knew. Then we ran fund
drives. That serves several
good political detectives, apart
from the money it raises-it
shows the candidate is being
financed by small supporters.
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DEMOCRATIC WHIzBANG
Mdrthd RQglQnd
Joins Volunteers

are uneasy about the eco
nomic situation. They have a
feeling that the Democrats
have a little more interest in
the average person, and that
the Republicans have a tend
ency to be a little more con-
cerned about Big Business"
Politics a Duty
Martha Ragland is petite,
blue-eyed and grey-haired, in
her late forties. She has a
businesslike manner and a
dedicated belief that political
participation sis the duty of
every citizen-just like church
work, civic work, and other
projects that go to make up a
well rounded life"
She is the wife of a Tennes-
see businessman and the
mother of two children, Tom
my, 81, a senior at Vanderbilt
University, and Sandra, IS, a
junior at Radcliffe College.
Her daughter is keeping
house for the family for the
next two weeks, but Mrs. Rag
land isn't quite sure what will
happen after Sandra returns
to Radcliffe. "We haven't
faced that yet" she declares.
MY biography says I'm a
holnemaker and that isn't
Just put there for effect, Z she
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to head his women's division.
/ was petrified. ! was afraid
to tell my husband. I nearly
had a nervous breakdown. !
had never headed any kind of
a campaign. I knew absolutely
nothing about politics. When
I offered to help. I had ex-
pected to be in the ranks. I
had visions Of myself speaking
at a few small country school
houses. and folding literature
in the back room.
Anyhow. Estes insisted. so
I took it on. We were fighting
the Crump machine. you know.
I found that women were eager
to support Estes in the fight,
and that they really were in
terested in issues.
There wasn't much time,
and / decided the best thing
I could do was conduct a mas
sive writing campaign.
/ wrote to any contact ! con-
ceiyably had in the State, or
that Estes had.
Il wrote to perfect strangers
Influential people. like news
paper editors and bankers.
asking them for the names of
outstanding women in their
communities they tn o u 6 h t
would be interested in helping
me.
81 got a wonderful response.
1t was very intereSting-I
found out, sometimes year or
two later, that the men who
wrote some of the incest. most
helpful letters hadn't been for
Estes at all.
Finally. I appointed a
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says. I really am. do the cook
ing and the cleaning and take
care of my family"
Like countless other women,
Martha Ragland got into poll
tics through work with the
League of Women Voters. Her
husband, whom she met when
both were students at Wander
bilt and married in 1882, was
a barge line and a -four and
fed mill executive. These activ-
tiles took them to several
cities to live -" Nashville,
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Knox
vile. then Nashville again.
Mrs. Ragland was active with
various league groups.
Like all league people do, I
got in the habit of writing my
Congressman" she recalls. I'VE
were in Chattanooga then, and
the district was represented by
Estes Kefauver.
II soon discovered we had a
wonderful Congressman. He
always seemed to be on the
right side Of issues, and he
explained his views so thor
oughly and we'll. He didn't
send those very noncommit-
tai letters-'so glad to have
your yiews'-that we got from
our Senators"
Zone day in 1914 I told
Estes that if he ever wanted
20 run for the Senate ! would
do what I could to help him.
The Call Came
-Four years later he called
and said he had decided to
make the race, and wanted me
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who held the post for IL years
before Mrs. Ragland took it
over in 1852.
Clement forces, which had
announced they planned to run
a younger woman to succeed
Mrs. Ragland. had to hastily
slate Mrs. Hill when women'a
groups rose up in opposition
against the plan to dump Mrs.
Ragland. Many who would
never have supported a new
conner had old ties to Mrs. Hill
which they felt bound to
honor,
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THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D c. - D-l5
SEPTEMBER B. 1858


half Of Albert Gore when he
ran for the Senate in 1852
which is possibly the reason
he listened to her that after
noon in Chicago.
Mrs. Ragland was made ma
tional committeewoman in
1852, but was ousted from the
spot this year by the forces
of Governor Frank Clement.
Her successor, Mrs. Albert Hill
who was elected in July but
did not take Office until the
close of the national conven-
tom is an 83-year-old woman
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more and more is advocating an
Acheson- minded approach in
dealing with the Communist
leaders"
When his train stopped at Kali
Iamazoo, Mich, the Vice President
noticed one spectator in the
crowd. holding up a homemade
sign. which read, "Hodge-Strat-
ton. What about it?" The sign
referred to the situation in Illi-
nois, where Orville E. Hodge.
State auditor, was sent to jail
earlier this year. Hodge was an
official in the administration of
Gov. Stratton.
Cleanup Lauded
Taking note of the sign, Mr..
Nixon said that when the Repub-
Ilicans "find dishonesty, we clean
1T up, instead of covering it up"
On his arrival In South Bend,
late yesterday Mr.. Nixon visited
Notre Dame University. He
addressed $500 students and
faculty members in the campus
drill hall and then went out to
watch the Irish football squad
practice for its game with Okla
homa Saturday.
The Notre Dame squad, with
three defeats in four games, is
having one of its toughest sea-
sons in many years, and when
the Vice President walked onto
the field he asked youthful Coach
Terry Brennan how the teams
spirit was holding up.
very WE'LL" the coach replied,
but we hope we don't get used
to it,"
The Vice President seemed to
enjoy the quick retort, and sug-
gested Coach Brennan ought to
run for public Office.
A moment later when the
coach delayed the practice to let
the Vice President greet the
players, Mr.. Nixon jokingly told
them he would take a stand on
any issue this year, except on
the Notr' Dame Oklahoma game
Saturday.
They vote in both places, you
know" he grinned.
Once a politician always a
politician" quipped Dick Prem
dergast, one OF the Notre Dame
players, whose home is in Chi
Icago. Everybody laughed, in
Icluding the Vice President, and
the team went back to it's bruis-
ing drills.
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tiVket. But he said, Nobody
has been able in the past, nor
will they be able in this cleo
ton. to deliver the vote of union
members"
When he speaks tonight at
Evanston, a Chicago suburb,
Mr.. Nixon is expected to dwell
on the civil rights issue.
As the Vice President moved
into Illinois this morning, local
Republican leaders said they are
confident of carrying the State
for President Eisenhower, and of
re-electing Senator Dirksen. They
said Republican Gov. William G.
Stratton is facing a harder fight
for reelection.
Cites 4-Year Record
Mr.. Nixon said his forecast
that more young people. more
women and more wage earners
will be for Mr.. Eisenhower this
year than in 1852 applies to all
of the IS States he has visited
this year.
The Vice President said pros
perity and peace are the issues
which have the strongest appeal
for wage earners. He said the
record of the past four years has
dispelled the false fear" that a
Republican administration would
bring on a depression.
There were some boos mingled
with a chorus of cheers in the
audience at Southern Illinois
University when the Vice Presi-
dent said that Mr.. Stevenson
lust isn't in the same league
with President Eisenhower" in
ability to deal with world affairs
and to maintain peace.
At South Bend, Ind, last night
the Vice President compared
Adlai Stevenson's proposed ban
on H-bomb tests with Neville
Chamberlain'S Munich agree
ment with the Nazis before
World War II.
Il do not question his (Mr.
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center of a $50 billion corporate
empire"
Cites GIN Profits
He drew an unfavorable COM
parison between the profits Of
the General Motors Corp,
formerly headed by Mr.. Wilson,
and the tagging" wages of auto
mobile workers. The same
illusion of prosperity" existed
in many industries in the last
1920S, he recalled. He warned
that such an illusion meant pros
|perity at the top, meager in
comes for most and poverty
below.
AS an example of election
eve" prosperity displays by Re-
publicans. Mr.. Kefauver asserted
that Secretary Wilson cooked
up a deal" to have the Curtiss
Wright Co. tide over the other
wise idle Studebaker-Packard
plant until after November 6.
Doubling in duty-but not in
braSs-as trouble shooter and
candidate Mr.. Kefauver came
here to help speed up the already
fast : moving Democratic drive
in this part of Michigan.
Although in comparatively
cordial territory, however, he
faces an overall task as formid-
able as he undertook in Iowa
yesterday.
Seeks to Bolster Detroit
Adlai Stevenson carried Detroit
by $4,000 votes four years ago.
He nevertheless lost Michigan
by 100000. Mr.. Kefauver's goal
today was to put still more power
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. n or dlckenlooper'S an
nouncement yesterday about a
"clean" hydrogen bomb. He con-
tended that such nuclear cleanli-
ness was merely a matter of
degree and always dangerous.
Taking issue with what he
called Senator Hickenlooper's
claims for an "H-bomb which is
good for YOU" Senator Kefauver
said:
This clean bomb nonsense
reminds me of the story of the
crazy assassin who tried 10
assure each victim not to fear
infection, for the bullet had been
washed in good soap and water"
Hits G. O. P. Prosperity
Senator Kefauver's scheduled
speech at a business and pro-
fessional mems luncheon here
dealt with national economic
well-being" rather than interna-
tional atomic disaster. But he
sought to shatter any SUPPOSE
ton that the administration has
produced real, far-reaching and
lasting prosperity.
I'VE Democrats are interested
not in stop-gap election eve
prosperity but in permanent
prosperity" he said. I'VE are
interested in the welfare of all
the American people every year.
not just election year.
Restore Government to the
hands of the Democratic Party
which believes that national
prosperity means prosperity
evenly distributed among all the
people and not just the giant
corporations. 1t is impossible to
obtain this kind of government
under a President who places the
largest spending power of the
Government in the hands of
Charles Wilson (the Secretary
of Defense) and the control of
our financial life and taxing
powers in the hands of George
Humphrey (the Secretary of the
Treasury, a man who is at the
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intentions. Neville Chamber
lain had good intentions when
he made concessions to the Nazis
at Munich. Mr.. Acheson (for-
mer Secretary of State) had
good intentions when he implied
that we would not defend Korea.
And Mr.. Stevenson has equally
good intentions when he says
that an early ending to the draft
and disseminating our H-bomh
tests would increase the pros
poets for peace.
"But the Stevenson plan would
be no more effective in reducing
the chances for an atomic war
than Mr.. Acheson's writing of
Korea was in avoiding the Ko-
Irean War itself. Mr.. Stevenson
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A personal message to men and
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...WHO ARE STILL YOUNG IN HEART
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into the Detroit performance to
overtake the rest Of the State.
He was credited by some OBJ
servers with having come with
more than ordinary success to