Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-08-17

supper, OF the y, y. supreme
Court decision and favors implc-
mentation OF the ceurt ruling.
short was nne OF tho speakers
sunday night at IN. civil Rights
mass meeting at the Monsoon
Hotel sponsored by the Leadership
Conference On Civii Rights pre-
sided over by Roy wilkins,
Speakers included Gov. Herbert
Lehman and Clo~Ar1. vice prcsi-
dent Walter Rcuther who has a.
merged as the top civil rights ad.
vocate OF the nation.
Reuther told the audience that
the Democratic party had moral
duty To support "a strong, positive
civil rights plank, such a plank
In necessary he said. ALSO be-
cause u In practical politics"
IT'S = q. 10. In the marning of
opening day of tho convention
here In Chicago and tho bands
ar" already playing beneath the
hoiei windows.
The Minnesota delegation con-
Hidcred somewhat unprediotablc, In
helng assidulouHly courted
The Michigan delegation has ~
% 10 Negro delegates and In
CHARTERED In the Congress Hotel
where the Gopher state group In
housed
Tho Ciyil Rights leadership
headquarters IN In On. Pine
Room of the Congress. also,
FORMER ~. Paul Urban League
secretary Clarence Mitchell. now
NAArp Washington bureau chief
IL playing an important part In
the civil rights night
Mitchell, Robert short. plat
form committee member and
Minnesota delegate Cecil New.
man went into a huddie M soon
M the latter arrived Sunday.
Humphrey supporters ordered
900 copies of tho Minneapolis
SPOKESMAN August 10 for dia-
tribution here. Tn. paper con.
tanned the story announcing sup.
port of Minnesota Negroes Of the
Senator for Vico-l'reaident
Chicago, Aug ~ Negro dele
gates and civil rights advocates.
chiefly the labor union group.
while pleased generally by key
note speaker Gov, Frank Glenn
oniA speech were dissatisfied with
his moderate ciyli rights APP
proach.
TuoHdnY morning several Inn
portant Negro leaders from IN.
Democrats For A strong civil
Rights Plank Committee called ON
former President Harry Truman
ana Senator Lyndon Johnson Of
Texas. insisting that they support
a ciyll riRhls plank acceptable TO
Negro voters who are the chief
objects ~ u, y. race discrimina.
ton.
Truman. who newspapers had
reported as fayoring restoration
81 the "4s" and "b2' planks when
told Negro Democrats did not fa-
vor such an approach In the So
platform and considered II UNI
satisfactory then told the drlega-
ton and newsmen present that
he urged y strong plank In sup
port Of the supreme court decis-
Ion.
The visit 10 Lyndon Johnson
found him. Of course. no red hot
civil rights advocate. but he told
tho delegation no realized that
the platform would have TO be
written ~ aH Ia make u palatable
10 Northern Negro voters Fur
Their than that. Johnson, who says
NV he In a serious candidate for
ths Presidential nomination.
would not 10.
The Aam. group In seeking
meeting with Paul Butler, Ma
,ionai committeeman Of whom Me-
gro Democrats are critical be-
cause he has taken SIDES against
= strong rights plank.
For delegates the real drama OF
the convention will begin Wed
nsEiay. when the platform and
resolutions committee makes It's
report.
Southern leaders Of Dixie dele
cations have had two eaucases
In the FIRST two days and have de-
r,dsd 10 stand solid against a plat
form specifically praising and up
bedding the U. g. Supreme Court