Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1958-08-09
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Negro voters toward Tammany
Hall-which selected Mr.. Brown
to dethrone Mr. Powell-is sure to
be tested when those voters GO
to the polls week from tomorrow
For another, the primary vote
may provide an important index
to the direction of the Negro vote
in the Governorship race in the
November 4 election. That vote
could be a vital factor in a close
election.
Leaders Watch Outcome
| Harlem Republican leaders, who
are backing Mr.. Powell in the Re.
publican primary, will interpret q
Powell victory in the Democratic
primary as a sign that Negro
voters will no longer give over.
whelming support to a Tammany
candidate.
By the same token, a Brown
victory in the Democratic primary
would be regarded by Democratic
regulars as a vote of confidence
not only in Mr.. Brown but also
in Tammany's leadership. Fol-
more than twenty years Tammany
candidates in Harlem - including
Mr.. Powell - have additionally
racked up winning margins of from
2 to l and 10 to l over their OPP
ponents.
The political careers of both men
are rooted firmly in the Demo
cratic party. Mr.. Powell has rep
resented the Sixteenth in Congress
for fourteen years as a Democrat
Mr.. Brown has represented the
Twenty-first Councilmanic District
which embraces large part of the
Sixteenth Congressional District
for nine years as a Democrat. SIM
ilarly, both men are the sons of
Baptist ministers.
One Of the bizarre aspects of the
hard-fCught primary race is that
it will eliminate neither man from
the race for the House seat. If
Mr.. Powell loses the Democratic
primary, he will still be on the
Republican ballot on Nov. 4, since
he is unopposed in that party's
primary. If MIR. Brown loses, his
name will appear on the Liberal
line for the same reason.
Their battle-ground, the Sixteenth
District, is largely a low-income
area that is about IS per cent Ne
j gro. Puerto Ricans and other
whites make up the remainder of
the population.
The district runs from the north
end of Central Park to 165th Street
and from Amsterdam Avenue On
the west to the Harlem River on
the east. A little corner of it
also juts down on the west side of
Central Eark to 100t1 Street.
Both candidates are stressing
their civil rights records in the
primary battle, which has produced
, some Of the most pungent political
oratory heard in the area for some
time.
From sound truck and at meet
ing hall, Mr.. Brown, who speaks
in calm, deliberate voice, has
denounced Mr.. Powell as a "phan-
tom Congressman" who is never
around when his constituents need
him for help or advice
Powell makes a lot of big
speeches about civil rights but he
Is never around to help pass the
civil rights legislation that his
people need" Mr.. Brown says.
Powell spends so much time in
Europe you would think he was a
Roman Senator instead of Har-
lem Congressman"
Mr.. Brown also contends that
Representative Powell has hurt
Harlem by refusing to work with
Tammany Hall. Because of this,
, Powell has never been able to get
anyone job or even get poor
deserving family into a housing
project" he says. "He is a Con-
gresham strictly for Powell's ben
eft"
Candidate Cites Records
| Mr. Brown points out that his
cwn successful fight to obtain
passage of the recent City Council
bill that outlawed racial discrimi-
nation in private rental housing
would not have been possible with
out the help of the regular Demo-
cratic organization.
Mr.. Powell, who favors the "give-
em-hell" brand Of odatory, not
only denies those charges but also
calls Mr.. Brown "hand-picked
Uncle Tom selected by the Tam
many plantation bosses to work
! against his own people,"
Mr.. Powell also points to what
ne says is twenty-eight years of
leadership for civil rights as a
clergyman, City Councilman and
Representative.
He further charges that all the
jobs Negroes have received from
Tammany have been political
crumbs" and not political plums. /"
Zone Of the reasons Harlem Is
what it Is today is that It has been
so badly neglected by Tammany
Hail. he charges. 1.-THE aim of
my campaign Is to make Tammany
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