Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-11

office of the paper Saturday af
five of his supporters and vi
Newman, editor-publisher of the
paper for "meddling in his cam
paign."
Newman was alone in the news
paper office, talking at the counter
with a King supporter who had
come to obtain information about
the NAACP program.
Kings onslaught was so sud-
den, and he was SO angry that
the usually voluble editor could
not get a word in edgewise, he
reported.
King accused Newman Of telling
unnamed persons that he was a
black Muslim," and made other
threatening remarks, and told the
newsman that he planned to sue
him.
You keep out of my road" the
pastor told the editor, Don't get
in my road" he shouted as he
was restrained by a woman sup
porter who came with him.
I AS King, who is pastor Of Sab
athani Baptist church, the leading
Baptist congregation on the Min
neapolis southside area, still FUN
ing at the mouth prepared to leave,
Curtis c. Chivers, advertising man.
ager Of the SPOKESMAN came
in. King called Chivers a double
crosser." Chivers is president of
the Minneapolis NAACP branch.
King told Newman he planned
to expose him, urge his congrega-
ton not to take the SPOKESMAN,
and discontinue the church ad-
vertising in the paper. He also
stated he was not going to adver-
tise his campaign in the SPOKES-
MAN.
His parting shot to the publisher,
known nationally for years as a
aggressive militant defender Of the
rights Of racial and religious min
critics was the startling charge:
You are nothing but an Uncle
Tom"
The aldermanic candidate had
two prior conferences with the
editor to talk over his campaign,
and the position the paper would
take on It. He and members Of
his committee had been told that
the paper did not plan to support
him in the primary but that his
candidacy would be given Objec-
tive news cOVerage.
The paper has not taken an edi-
torial position on his candidacy
but supporters themselves were
the first to report that the paper
did not plan to support King in
the primary.
Newman stated Saturday that
the objection to Kings can
didacy was in no way personal.
He reiterated that he has only
talked about Kings candidacy
when readers or other interested
people in the 9th Ward, asked his
opinion.
Originally, I questioned the
King candidacy" Newman claims,
ITO him personally for several
reasons: 1. On its timing; 2.
The way it was projected; 8. The
emphasis on race which most Ne
groes decry in others; 4. And the
disposition Of King and some Of
the workers to attack viciously
any Negro who opposes his cam
paign; 5. His failure to seek sup
port from organized political
groups"
II also told him and some Of
his sincere supporters that it had
never been the papers policy to
support candidates alone because
they were Negroes" Newman said.
II think more Negroes should
file for public office" he stated,
but I think they should file for
office as candidates who happen
to be Negroes rather than NE
gro" candidates. I would criticise
white man or woman who ran
as q white" candidate, and there
fore could not logically support a
man who runs as a Negro" can
didate."
The publisher also said he was
alarmed by Rev. Kings statement
at a leadership meeting" at his
church on March 8, several days
before he filed for office, in which
he criticised 9Th Ward Negroes
who had already endorsed "a white
man" for the city council.
This type of racial approach
Newman told King supporters Is
a type of "black chauvinism" un-
suited for a community where
whites and Negroes have cooper
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