Minneapolis spokesman., 1957-07-12
pnDAY uLY u 1907
Civil Rights Battle On I'm Senate


As this Is being written the naa determined attempt
federal civil rights ogaoo Congress in the past 80 years Is
beginning in the Senate
The Iras Of Representatives passed cy rights
victory the Eisenhower Republicans and the
tid Victory
only after White House hs Republicans TO stand with
against urytrai amendment Do
signed 70 ta s of The right 10 vote section of the
eivf rights package
passage northern Democratic senators
got together ana decided on tactic which by pass
judiciary committee which under the ,chaea aen Jansa Eaatland
had effectively bottled tbs bin committee fhs proposed action
waa place the House btu On the senate eaedor
This Joined the principal Eisenhower Repablears
by minority California
Rsblcan preadsnaI nomination aspirations and who h us4
o rights After few days Of
paaons speeches
pehap. already bava read the ey hta forces led By gnoiani
junior senator Humphrey with alleged assist
President Nixon presiding officer the strategy
the BIN calendar rms victory made is possible
any bin Tor action by simple motion
1ha motion made Monday July by Sen knowand and the
aonhsers Immediately the battle BY attacking the measure
as lnasfonsbs"
The prsspng danger that souherue begin
win propose amend
proposals the Attorney General
enforce the i5h amendment which gye citizen right to the
ballet southern notably Atsssappt Negro
barring not murder has been TO spp the
Mississippi Negro the ballot
clsu right. o naiion, incude
Nlcerr@eat Nisan that rra win he
the Internationally embarrassing donns-'oaiy
dlaanfyas psobiu uai tho southern segro
vot"
.
permitted 10 vote there degree % unity ard cooperation between
Negroes Atlanta
example Of what the ballot 10 to Improve ntsrra
operation Negroes numbers IN Atlanta the
peiats the type Of batting which
for posshIe asssspp where The states
James Coleman openly admits before fV Audience Of millions that
he dosn' thn the ha d the states pepe who are Nseoes ought
to yo,el
rarrcn, rights tight many undercirronts
may by eye
before the TAFT administration there has break the
coalition Republicans southern
rh operated the premise that the south
eoud 90 what wanted 70 IN regard 20 the rights ~ ia Negro t,
the southern supported the conservatives
Republicans labor
matters the Industrial nofth4
emergeneo Republicans really
liberal faction while not changing me attitude
program civil
rights Mos, ~ the liberal Republicans are seeing
recognizing wcuden wine talked They
Republic witch potoaca he democracy
allowing aggregation aanehssment and trtreauent or ta
largest varying the ts
THIS leadership that tho world today nation
principles tauov another completely
variance With The other without pnng ~ world prestige and the good
wln such prestige and tvapeet brings
rtls group evidence Negro voter
supported during Try
Presidency decided that getting uHeoftfort
able voting nationally party whose southern yeuon has
sussoablp
aor, have operating hat
Of e oa Guer Republicans f oay apparently prepared 70
vote tor tyre % giyil rights legislation
me South euppte civ r,sh legislation passed
especially me ytg sy having cuencra obta'u ta
Since me south 81 cast the mot Faaie part Of does not
nc Negro t unlikely thar ~ whita ot that
section fellow white guilty frdral charge
atrurt,nE a Nraraa right q register
The Eisenhower passed by ,hs House allows ghc tcd
district offender O. desist "a
up practice 81 keeping Negroes tfou
poll Judge wauE
VIII 80 everything their uUhsstcr The
measure Ia
the who represented thc last commissions
dying age their nnbussrs hy loag
nancvrpg ,bc nartheru
Republicans this support missing tstcsing
stsiwarts South pakos
expected cfrrang amendments but they rssht
Eevp voting
finally
rights dedicated both parties
the battle with tho emotional southern
stu viii that the eva officially
bondage h that uhe South @ he
right 20 keep hnmsn beings IN slavery.
dccsdcs the nohrrre have seemed 20 take
ncng southern without much return this time u ths
rights % wtp 81 must BE- iifterrnt
fight between group widsh wants Go kscp Amsr
shon denying thcu the rights Tor which
South black and white ei 60 uphold
the north who have pstieny al
out of its dilemma hat nuins
least ~ leadership unwilling t
sacred Constitution must Take step IN