Minneapolis spokesman., 1962-10-19

gresham H. Carl Andersen and the former Joseph
Patrick OHara of Glencoe who during his entire
congressional career could be found voting with the
Di1cecrats most of the time on most domestic un-
economic issues and all of the time civil rights
issues.
Present Congressman Ancher Nielsen Republ-
candidate for Congress from the district form
ery represented by OHara is case in point. Wash
ington DC. newspapers October reported that
in the matter of the House of Representatives Dis
trict of Coumbias request for freezing anti-dis-
elimination housing regulations sought by two Re-
publicans along with Di2decrats, found the
move losing approval by a vote Of 10 to 49, Con-
gresham Nielsen whose native state has fair hous-
ing measure, told the Washington newspapers he
didn't vote because he felt he did not have enough
information the matter to take stand! He
should have stood with the majority on such an
issue.
Does Congressman Ancher Nielsen want the
people of Minnesota to believe he does not know
that the shameful housing bias in the nations cap
ital directed at all darker groups has cost us the
respect Of nationals of the Asiatc and African
nations because diplomatic representatives of these
nations still find harsh discrimination in our
capital when they seek living quarters?
In taking this position Nielsen, many Republi-
can congressman from this state before him, plays
the game of the racist Dtxiecrats who are in the
Congress.
In contrast former Minnesota Third District
Congressman Roy Wier Democrat defied the District
of Columbia committee composed of of the
same Democrats. When the committee set up a study
Of the public schools Of Washington Congress, Roy
Wier Immediately charged the study designed
to prove that school desegregation was failure
and wrong. Wier while serving the committee
honored the liberal name Of Minnesota by shouting
from the housetops that the committees investga-
ton was designed to dscredit the school integraton
program in the District Of Columbia.
Wier was a liberal Democrat who with Blatnik
and Karth constantly voted against the anti-Negro
positions Of the southern Democrats, who connived
for 80 years with conservative northern Republicans
to keep status quo in race relations in the US.
The northern RepubHcan-southern Democrat
informal "unholy' Congressional alliance blocked
any meaningful federal legislation to protect the
Constitutional rights Of the southern Negro for 7s
years from 1879 to 1857.
This shameful conspiracy kept the Negro in the
South without the ballot and in position of second
class citizenship Without the vote he could not
cessfuly protect himself family from discrimin-
atory practices and downright oppression Nor could
he fully enjoy the fruits Of a citizenship granted
him almost 100 years ago.
These some Of the reasons why the in
telgent Negro voter still finds it difficult to vote
for any conservative of either party. There are
liberal Republicans whose positions on the human
rights matter fair and sound but they too, are
rejected by the bulk Of the Negro voters because of
the partys Congressional coalitions with the Dixie
Gratis which too many Republicans try to shrug off
Congressman Walter H Judd, is won't to do