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VOL. 6, N». It .a—Official and Le*al Newspaper July 17, 195* Ike-Nixc '• elec fed By COP'S Democrats Ready ti + ake Over Chicago July 21st CHICAGO—(ANP)—With the echoes of two conventions—the Progressive party and the Repub lican party—still ringing the air, Chicagoans prepared this week for an avalanche of Democratic party delegates and guests and their “step children,” the “Dixieyats,” who are “Windy City”—bound for the National Convention which opens for one week July 21. The huge air-conditioned Inter national Amphitheatre, site of the National Republican convention, also will house the National Democrat Convention. The Na tional Progressive party Conven tion met in the Ashland Audi torium. The Progressive party, meeting over the July 4 week-end, in cluded in its platform a strong cavil rights plank, while the Re publican party’s platform con tained a weak, vague, and gen eral civil rights statement. The action by the Republican party should make the work of the Democrats easy as regards to dril rights, for may statement it makes m this issue would prob ably be stronger than that of the On the eve of the convention President Truman reiterated his intention to wage an uncompro mising fight far a full federal civil rights program in his party’s plat form. The President met at the Waite House last week with a commit tee of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights representing some 51 organizations seeking inclusion of a compulsory civil rights plank in the Democratic national plat forms. Top business at the convention will of course be the selection of a presidential and a vice presi dential candidate. But the issue which probably will delay the nomination of officers to head the Democratic ticket will be civil rights. With the Dixiecrats already having adopted a wait-and-see policy in regards to civil rights, this issue could well delay for-, mal opening of the convention for some time. All business of the; convention must be dealt with before a president and vice presi dent candidate can be nominated, according to rules of the conven tion. Dixiecrat factions have indi-. cated that they will bolt the party again if a strong civil rights plank is included in the party platform. A compulsory, federal FEPC state ment would probably produce heated arguments and eventually: result in a walkout by the Dixie-’ crats. Among the various Negro dele gates who are expected to give the Dixiecrats a run for their money will be: Michigan: Edgar Carrie. Prince Clark and Judge Charles W. Jones. Detroit, delegate*; tjihm. Hatcher, William A. White and; Richard T. Bom, Detroit, and Dr. Samnel B. Milton, Lincoln Park, alternate*. I Bins u; Congressman William L Dawson and Georgia Jones Ellis, Chicago, dele sate*: Kenneth CaswobeU. and Rah* Metcalfe Chi cago and Frank Sommers, East St. Loak alternates. Mhnwi: Mn. Anna Brown. Kansas City Mo., and Mn. Ardania Morgan, St. Look. Mo., delegates; Jordan W. Chambers aad| Jean Blythe, both at St- Loam, alternates. New York: Congressman Adam Clayton Powell and Henry Toppin Sr.. New York, delegates; Canon DcWMt Baker and Earl Brown, New Yock, alternates. Pina tying*' J. Thompson Petti aad Mrs. Stole Monroe. Philadelphia, and Andrew M. Bradley, Harrisburg, Pa., delegates. CsWtrwk: Almena Loon and perhapa W. Bryon Rnm/ord, iVlrgstri Misirlnm: Silas F. Taylor, Boston, al (Con’t on Page 2, Cols. 4 and 5) (▲HP) ; PRINCE HALL MASONS PLAN AID FOR NAACP—At their re cent convention in Newark, N. J., the Prince Hail Grand Lodges of the United States dedicated the organization to a program of un derwriting expenses for th1 NAACP legal research bureau. Goal of the Masons is $20,000 for 1952. Lodges throughout the nation on Sept. 12, the date of Prince Hairs birthday, or the nearest Sunday to that date, will hold special meetings to raise money for this fund. Shown above (left to right) are: John D. Lewis Jr., grand master ei Oklahoma and president of the Conference of Grand Masters Prince Hall Masons, and Willard W. Allen, grand rna,tf»r of Md. j DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower ap peared before the Republican con vention Friday night and pledged in a ringing speech accepting the presidential nomination to lead a “crusade” against the Democratic administration. ^ Eisenhower, in his first appear ance before the 1,206 delegates who earlier had bestowed upon him the highest honor in their power, called on all GOP work ers “from the precinct level up” to give “even greater devotion to 1 this cause.” At the scene of his greatest civilian triumph, Eisenhower de clared: "I know something of the sol emn responsibility of leading a crusade. I have led one. I take up this task, therefore, in a spirit of | deep obligation. Mindful of its de ; cisive importance: I accept your summons. I will lead this cru sade.” In conclusion, Eisenhower said' I “It is more than a nomination that :i accept today. It is a dedication I — a dedication to the shining promise of tomorrow. As together we face that tomorrow, I beseech the prayers of all our people, and the blessing and guidance of al mighty God.” Dr. Gore Elected Vice President of NEA DETROIT, Mich. (ANP) — Dr. George W. Gore Jr, president of Florida A and M college, last week became the first Negro to hold of fice in the National Eduation As sociation when he was elected vice president of that organization at1 its 90th annual convention and 31st delegate assembly here. The meeting also marked an other first when representatives of some 15 Negro state teacher associations attended the assembly which met from June 29 to July 4. The states from which these rep resentatives come maintain two state organizations on a racial ba sis. Long active in educational cir cles, Dr. Gore is a past president of the American Teachers Asso ciation, the National Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. He was dean of Tennessee A and I state university from 1928 50; he is a member of the Amer ican Association of School Admin istrators, Kappa Delta Pi, National Society for the study of Education, the Sou thorn Region Education Board, and other organizations. Copernicus, the famous astron omer, was a Pole. His real name ,is Kopemigk. Courtesy Liucota Joumil-Star RICHARD M. DIXON Richard M. Nixon, 39-year-old ;man selected by the GOP to team ■with Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as vice president nominee has not been a public servant for long. He first entered the public life | only seven years ago when he was picked out by a citizen’s commit tee to run against a Democratic i Congressman who had held his seat for 10 years and was consid ered a sure bet for re-election. Once a member of the House ol i Representatives, Nixon won i reputation for bull-dog determin ■ ation—a willingness to work daj and night. It was his patieno . and his conscientiousness which i perhaps more than anything else i sent Alger Hiss to jail. 1 Nixon was a member of the house un-American Activities Committee at the time. Nixon is one of the youngest I vice presidential candidates in his ' tory. _ Local Polio Chapter Receive* Aid From National Headquarters Morris Siegel, Chairman of the Lancaster County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, announced today that the local chapter has received a ‘check for $3,100, representing an advance from the national office to assist the local chapter in meet ing current bills for Lancaster ; County polio patients needing such help. Mr. Siegel stated that a total oft $30,779.54 was contributed to the March of Dimes in Lancaster County this past January. Fiftyj per cent of all such contributions remain here to assist local polio patients, he said. The other half goes to support the national pro gram of research, training of pro fessional and scientific personnel, and for emergency epidemic aid. “Our local funds were all obli gated weeks ago,” Mr. Siegel said, and it has been necessary to call upon National Headquarters for additional help. And it would ap pear that this is only the begin ning,” he said. He anticipates that it will be necessary to call upon National Headquarters for much more financial help before the current polio season is at an end. "Up to June 28 It looked as if we might get ‘through this year I without too many new cases,” he said, "but since that date at least eight new polio patients have been j reported In Lancaster County.” The total reported for the year ; 1951 was 40 new cases, Siegel said. Negro Delegates Split Over GOP Civil Rights (ANP)—Negro delegates to the 25th National Convention of the Republican party debated the is sue of civil rights with newsmen covering the convention more than they did the long-awaited final results of the nomination of a presidential candidate for the Republican party. Even the nomination of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower for Presi dent has not overshadowed the civil rights issue in the minds of Negro delegates, alternates and guests and visitors. Central figure in the split among colored delegates was Har old C. Burton of the 22nd dis trict in New York City. Burton seconded the platform ~ approved by the resolutions committee to the surprise of nearly all the 1,206 delegates attending the con vention and nearly all the thou sands of guests and newspaper men looking on. GOP Civil Rights Plank The civil rights resolution as passed reads as follows: “We condemn bigots who inject 1 class, racial, and religious preju dice into public and political mat ters. Bigotry is un-American and a danger to the Republic, s "We deplore the duplicity and - insincerity of the party in power in racial and •religious matters. Although they have been in office as a majority party for many years, they have not kept, nor do they intend to keep, their prom ises. “The Republican party will not mislead, exploit or attempt to con fuse minority groups for political purposes. All American citizens are entitled to full, impartial en forcement of federal laws relating to their civil rights. “We believe that It is the pri mary responsibility of each state to order and control its own do mestic institutions, and this power (Continued on Page 3) State 4-H’ers Planinng For State Fair LINCOLN (Special)—4-H boys and girls from all over the Com husker state are preparing for their biggest show of the year at the annual Nebraska State Fair in Lincoln, August 31 through September 5. Wesley M. Antes, Superintend ent of Class R, boys and girls club work, at the Fair, estimates that nearly three thousand youths will be on hand at the Fair to ex hibit their livestock and home making displays. The Stat#Fair 4-H show is the only one state-wide in scope, which means that competition will be the finest and stiffest in the state. This fact alone will make any prize ribbon a worthy tribute to the determination and ability of its winner. 4-H livestock judges will be: L. A. Weaver. Columbia, Mo., beef cattle: Deu H H. Kildee. Ames, la., dairy cattle: A. U. Anderson, Ames. la. swine; and M. A. Alexander. I-into! is. sheep. The wide variety of activities will provide contests to all phases of agricultural work. , Activities will include agricultural ensi nerv ine. beef, farm demonstration. clothing, crops, dairy, entomology, foods, forestry, hotneraakusa, horticulture. housing, music, poultry, publicity, sheep and swim. An as* : st ant superintend mt win work with Antes in bandlina each of these depart menu Highlights of the big 4-H pro gram will be thi livestock shows and saleo and the annual 4-H chib dress review, which will be an event of Wednesday, September 3.