The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1956-11-03
Between The Lines
Eisenhower on Gener al PRINCIPLES

WlLllu lew days the voters
Of these United States will elect
a President to guide the destinies
of the nation for another four
years. II is not too early for the
informed voter TO make up his
mind. For a group that is op-
pressed and depressed and re-
pressed and oftimes distressed,
like the Negro, there is only one
question - and that is, whose
candidacy and administration
promises relief?
In other words, the Negro is
fighting for survival in this coun-
try, and the civil rights issue is
paramount. State rights and civil
rights are antipodal issues and
Shrewd politicians have made
them mutually exclusive. 1t was
not so from the beginning, but II
is so now and if these same poll
ticians have their way, it will be
so forevermore. During the cleo
ton in 1852, the issue was clear
cut and the South, that is the Old
South, went over strongly for
Eisenhower. There was evidently
hope that Eisenhower would lean
heavily toward States rights, each
one of which is designed to limit
the civil rights of Negroes, and so
the Old South fell hard for Eisen-
hover.
Stevenson, who stood firm for
civil rights, was badly defeated.
This writer of course went strong
ly for Stevenson on general prin-
cipleS, the reason being, that If
the Old South opposed him, there
must have been something in his
background and program that
savored of sympathy for the civil
rights which the Negroes so much
sought and which the Old South
so much opposed.
Today how changed Stevenson
has gained favor in the South and
Eisenhower has lost favor and the
switch can only be accounted for
by the supposition, that Steven
son is more favorable toward
states rights and Eisenhower, to-
ward civil rights. 1t is this switch
in the Old South'S attitudes to-
ward the candidates, that determ-
ines the change of attitude of ''Be-
tween The Lines"
On general principles, then, we
are all out for Eisenhower because
the Old South is against him and
by the same line of reasoning, we
are against Stevenson, an ami
able character and an able states
man. But in the last analysis the
Democratic administration will
be dominated by its EaStlands
and Talmadges and its Harry
Byrds whose attitudes and plati-
tudeS are those of the Negro
pholbe. Negroes can not afford to
help vote into power those who
will Cypress them.
Eisenhower has been tried and
he proved true to every test. He
has committed the Republican
Party to a course that runs true
to be ideals of Lincoln and Theo-
dore Roosevelt. The Repubn an
Party of Eisenhower has made
bold attempts to viatlize the citi-
zenShip of the Negroes of this
country. Where in him lay the
power, he always exercised it to
insure Negroes of their status as
full-fledged citizens. The Su-
preme Court decisions that have
stimulated the Negroes aspira-
ton toward the full citizenship
goals have all come under Eisen-
hower'S administration.
Stevenson used one word many
months ago that tied the Old
South to his political apron strings
and that was the word, "modera-
ton" He of course meant by
moderation that by gradual de-
grees the public schools of the
nation would be integrated; but
the Old South understood the
word moderation" to mean