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Speech Of
Val J. Washington
Director of Minorities Republican National Committee
AT THE NAACP MEETING
MOUNT VERNON BAPTIST CHURCH, DURHAM, N. C.
Mr. Chairman, distinguished
guests, members of the NAACP,
friends:
The roll of the NAACP in our
daily lives is becoming one of in
creasing importance.
It is not often that I get into the
South because you have so few Re
publicans here. North Carolina
has not voted Republican since
1928. On that occasion the Demo
crat party rejected its own candi
date, A1 Smith, because he was a
Catholic, not because they liked
the Republican candidate. This |
type of thinking is bad in a democ
racy.
Last month I made two speeches
in Alabama, my first in that .State.
In my opening statement, I said,
“I would not have ordinarily come
to Alabama just to make a politic
al speech, because here in the
deep south, it has been impossible
for a Republican to get a fair*
bearing. Alabama has not voted
Republican since 1872. There is
a more important reason for my
visit tonight. Your state is in the
throes of lawless turmoil which
could develop into open conflict,
if the sgner minds among you do
not keep emotions suppressed dur
ing these perilous days. It is to
offer moral support to your unpre
cendented peaceful fight for your
constitutional rights that I have
come here tonight.”
You can well be proud of the
fearless demeanor, orderly con
duct, and courageous manner in
• which our people are withstand
ing the prejudicial pressures which
are being placed upon them in
* Alabama during these days of ten
sion.
^ In discussing the Eisenhower
program and Negroes’ rights, let
me say that I do not think there is
any better or more fitting time
than now to recall President Eis
enhower’s opening words at his
inauguration on January 20, 1953:
"My friends, before I begin the
expression of those thoughts that
I deem appropriate to this mom
ent, would you permit me the priv
ilege of uttering a little private
prayer of my own. And 1 ask that
you bow your heads.
“Almighty God, as we stand here
at .this moment my future associ
ates in the executive branch of the
Government join me in beseech
ing that Thou will and their fel
low citizens everywhere.
“Give us, we pray, the power to
discern clearly right from wrong,
and allow all our words and actions
to be governed thereby, and by the
laws of tho land. Especially, we
pray that our concern shall be
for all the people regardless of
station, race, or calling.
"May cooperation be permitted
and be the mutual aim of those
who, under the concepts of oor
Constitution, hold to differing
political faiths; so that all may
work for the good of our beloved
country and Thy glory. Amen.”
As I listened to the President
offer this prayer and the ijianner
in which he gave it, I knew that
better days were on the way for
you and me.
As Negroes we are a very pati
ent and unselfish people. In fact,
we have been, with a minimum of
complaint, allowing people to keep
from us many of the constitutional
rights that are justly ours. We
have, however, continued to im
press upon our white neighbors
that we have not been satisfied
with our lot. Our mart spectacu
lar gain in recent years on the
civil rights front was Made On
May 17, 1954 when the Supreme
Court handed down its moment
ous school desegregation decision.
This was a long hard battle for
which the NAACP must be given
full credit. The battle is not over;
we still have a long way to go.
Suppose Wb -examine the posi
tion of the leading Democrat can
didate, Adlai Stevenson, on this
subject. I believe that his atti
tude and statements will eventual
ly cost him the Democrat nomina
tion, In view of this I would sug
gest that you check very closely
the attitude of Senator Stuart Sy
mington of Missouri on all facial
issues. Recently his name has
been cropping up favorably among
many of the southern Congressmen
and Senators. Mr. Stevenson is
satisfactory to them, but has
shown weakness among Negroes
and other groups who supported
him heavily in 1952.
Now what did Mr. Stevenson do
to create much of this antagonism j
toward him? I think most of us
thought Mr. Adlai Stevenson was '
a super liberal. He comes from !
my State of Illinois. While I am
of different political persuasion, I
still had a healthy respect for him
and considered him a worthy op
ponent of the Republican Party.
During the month of February
thousands of his followers, both
colored and white, were sadly dis
illusioned by his gyrations. A
prominent Californian who left the
Democrat Party 22 years wrote:—
"I think Mr. Stevenson has set us
back twenty-five years with his
suggested January 1, 1963 date for
integration and other statements.
Since many of the Democrats
whom I have always respected and
followed are still supporting and
defending him, I feel that this is
a good time to make my exit from
the Democrat Party. I cannot see
how Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Sen
ators Herbert Lehman, Hubert
Humphrey, Paul Douglas, and
many other so-called liberals can,
in good faith, support the present
Stevenson preach i n g s. I am
ready to go to work. You tell me
where."
Now let’s see exactly what hap
pened to make Mr, Stevenson lose
much of his high rating among
liberals. Though he claims to be
a super liberal; on February 5th
in Los Angeles, he registered op
position to the Powell anti-segre
gation amendment; and, to the ap
pointment of a special bi-partisan
Congressional commission with
subpoena powers to study viola
tions of Civil Rights, voting rights,
and other injustices in the South,
as proposed by President Eisen
hower in his State of the Union
Messages. (The NAACJ* had in
dorsed this idea.)
On February 7th, he said that he
would not cut off Federal funds
from segregated schools, nor send
Federal troops to enforce integra
tion if the law was ignored. He
topped off his speech by offering
a target date for integration of
January 1, 1963, with these
words: “government power
should be used only to the extent
that the public will support such
use. 1 favor a cautious temperate
approach to the whole problem,
not one that could provoke ugly re
actions and even lead to another
civil war.”
Mr. Stevenson met with such vio
lent protest from his close follow
ers and the surprised public, that
on February 12, in Portland, Ore
gon, he called for "Removal of the
desegregation issues from the
Presidential campaign”.
George Meany, President of the
AFL-CJO joined with Mr. Wilkins,
saying he felt Mr. Stevenson was
, "running away" from the school
segregation question.
But Mr. Stevenson did not make
his biggest blunder until March
1 2nd in Minneapolis. Very peeved
by the criticism of his previous
statements he made the famous
statement which many political ex
perts believe will help eliminate
him as the Democrat candidate.
Now let’s analyze the Stevenson
position, keeping in mind that he
has been labeled an outstanding
| liberal. However, on Civil Rights
when the chips are down, he has
! gone to the right of the Supreme
Court and become the most con
servative of conservatives. Cer
tainly Mr Stevenson had misjudg
ed the seriousness of the issue and
the temper of both national and
world opinion.
His warning against the use of
force which he describes as “troops
and ^bayonets” is out of place, be-!
cause there is nothing involved
beyond the enforcement of an in-1
junction issued by a federal dis j
trict court to enjoin local school
boards which refuse to comply 1
with the Supreme Court decisions.
Mr. Stevenson also speaks about
"ugly reactions.” The ugly re
actions have not come from us but I
from the White Citizens' Councils,
attackers of Nat King Cole and
other* whipped into frenzy by the
Kastlands and their ilk.
Some of Mr. Stevenson's backers
talk about the use of the ballot to
rectify all southern wrongs But
Is there any reason to believe that <
it will be any easier to enforce vot- (
ng laws in Alabama, Mississippi
:>ther bad areas in southern states
than it is to enforce the right to
attend schools in the south from
elementary to college; as decreed
by the Supreme Court?
Mr. Stevenson’s position that de
segregation should not be an is
sue in this campaign is pure de
magoguery. From the start of his
campaign for the Democrat nomin
ation in California he courted the
South in the hope that he could
win these anti-Negro delegates. He
thought he could hold Negroes and
other minorities in his camp at
the same time. You just can’t talk
out of both sides of your mouth
and get away with it in this en
lightened day.
The greatest test of liberalism
in this country is where you stand
on the rights of the man lowest on
the totem pole. Right now that
rung is occupied by you and me.
The Democrat party's approach
to the Negro voter has taken a
strange reversal of form since Mr.
Stevenson’s backsliding. Its
spokesmen have quit talking civil;
rights since over 35 per cent of
their Representatives and Senators
signed a manifesto against our
rights, and Senator Eastland has
become Chairman of the powerful
Judiciary Committee.
Let’s review some of their old
gimmicks. From a 16 page pamph
let used by Mr. Stevenson in the
1952 campaign, I quote, “If you
don’t want to turn back the clock
to: BREADLINES, SLUMS, MOB,
VIOLENCE, SEGREGATION, DIS
CRIMINATION — VOTE FOR
STEVENSON AND SPARKMAN.’’
Mr. Sparkman is one of the chief
spokesmen for the manifesto sign
ers. It is they who are causing
mob violence and doing all they
can to keep segregation, discrimin
ation, and slums. These are acts
of Democrats, not Republicans.
The total income of Negroes in
1955 was estimated as over 16 bil
ion dollars per year—more than
at any time in history including
the prosperous wartime years. That
certainly does not sound like a
bread line economy. So we de
bunk that argument!
“You would be risking our
chances at world peace, and you
would be risking prosperity at
home.” (Harry Truman). We ended
the Korean war within six months
after we took office and business
reached an all time high in 1953
and 1955, two of the three years
we have been in office. So that re
bunks that argument!
"If Republican candidate should
be elected you would have as Pres
ident a man without experience in
civil life.In Congress you
would have reactionary leadership
from one end to the other”.
(Harry Truman). If the calibre of
leadership which President Eisen
hower has given can be maintain
ed without experience in civil life,
let us have more of it.
“If the G.d.P. wins, you’ll have
a 25c dollar, because their plat
form commits the Republicans to
abolish economic controls entire
ly.” (Walter Reuther, C.I.O ) Con
trols have been taken off, but the
dollar has been stabalized by this
Administration. The cost of living
has gone up less than % of 1 per
ent in the past three years and
three months But under Mr. Tru
man the cost of living went up
47 per cent between the end of
World War n and when he went
out of office in January, 1953. •
So that debunks that!
"The issue (of the 1952 cam
paign). .. is democracy versus gal
loping reaction... .Galloping reac
tion would weaken, if not cripple,
democratic trade unions. It would
threaten the high wage policies
which have done to much to pro
duce American prosperity.and
bring back vivid memories of de
pression breadlines." (C.I.D. News,
September, 1952.)
There have been fewer strikes
than ever before in the history of
trade unions under this Admini
stration. The highest wages, in
history, averaging over $77.00 per
week, are being paid. We have
over 63,200,000 people gainfully
employed. Last year was the best
yeai in history for both labor and
industry. So that debunks that!
"The issue of this campaign is
whether the control of the most
powerful nation in the world, the
leader of the democratic forces a
gainst Communism, shall be hand
ed over to big business." (ADA
World. October, 1952). I have de
bunked all of the other arguments
with facts and figures. The ques
tion of big business or ‘he party
>f the rich needs special treat
ment. This is one of the biggest
pieces of politicial baloney ever
foisted on an unsuspecting public.
Suppose we take a microscope look
at this bum..
Of the 11 million Negroes 18
years of age or over, some 90 per
cent are laborers, domestics, or
farmers. You can see therefore
why so many of us accept such
propaganda as factual. The labor
ers are worked on by union lead
ers; in many cases the sharecrop
pers are being taken advantage of
by their employers. Most of the
sharecroppers are in the South and
practically all of the plantation
owners for whom they work are
Democrats. Labor cannot make a
job; it does the job. Capitol can
not do the job; it makes the job.
So one cannot live without the
other.
While I do not subscribe to at
tacking wealth, whether it be Re
publican or Democrat; I do feel
that the record should be set
straight. Certainly not all of the
rich people are in the Republican
Party. If the United States Senate
and the Governors of our States
are a barometer, we followers of
the elephant are pretty low on the
totem pole.
As Republicans this Administra
tion does not want to take away
from any person or organization
any of the things which they have
done to help gain our Civil Rights.
All this Administration expects is
full credit for what it has done.
Each Civil Rights advance
should be put in its proper cate
gory so that no one can take credit
for what he did not do. In the
restaurant case in the District of
Columbia, (which went to the Su
preme Court) Mrs. Mary Church
Terrell, a magnificent crusader,
brought about the victory with the
help of many of us who contri
buted to the campaign. Neither
Democrats nor Republicans can
take credit for it.
The school decision, of course,
was the result of tireless work by
the NAACP after a long and bitter
court fight. I am very certain
that there are few, if any of us,
who did not contribute to this
fight. So neither Democrats nor
Republicans can claim credit for
| that.
Bui nomine can object to the
1 Eisenhower Administration getting
: full credit for opening up the
theaters, hotels and other places
jof amusement in Washington,
D. C.; or the integration of the
fire department there. Certainly
we want credit for the successful
desegregation of the schools of
the District of Columbia and the
starting of it immediately after
the Court decision.
We also want some of the credit
for Air Force, Army, Marines and
Navy, reporting segregation en
; tirely eliminated in the pak three
i years. Negro officers and enlisted
men have gone up over 50 per cent
in the last three years.
We do want credit for ending
segregation at West Point,
i We do want full credit for end
| ing segregation in Veterans Hos
! pitals.
We do want credit for ending
school segregation on all but two
installations on Federal property.
These are two schools on military
posts where the counties had sign
ed long term contracts with the
Defense Department. We are
negotiating on them now.
We do want credit for the im
proved operation of the Committee
on Government Employment Policy
resulting in the upgrading of
thousands of employees. Three
hundred Negroes were made sup
ervisors in the Post Office alone
in 1955.
We do want credit for setting
up a new Government Contract
Committee in 1953, putting Vice
President Nixon in charge and
tightening nondiscrimination reg
ulations resulting in the following
agins: White collar jobs in the
following industries for the first
time.
(a) Packing Houses.
(b) Public Utilities.
(c) Federal Reserve System.
(d) Eliminated two types of con
tracts in the Oil Industry—white
and colored. White workers re
ceived higher pay than colored in
South.
(e) Placed 25 to 30 skilled work
ers in the chemical industry.
(f) We have been instrumental
in having a special aircraft train
ing program for Negroes in the
aircraft industry where they were
not used at all.
We do want credit for the Capi
tal Transit Company in Washing- |
ton, D. C. employing Negro bus
and trolley operators.
We do want credit for getting
308 new jobs for Negroes in Gov
ernment above $6,000 ranging from
auditor in charge to an Assistant
Secretary of Labor.
We do want credit for having
pulled one of the outstanding dip
lomatic coups of all times. Three
rulers of darker nations were the
official guests of President and
Mrs. Eisenhower in less than one
year. They were Emperor Haille
Selassi of Ethopia, President Will
iam V. S. Tubrman of Liberia and
President Paul Magloire of Haiti.
We do want credit for opening
up the White House to Negroes
for all types of social events from
lawn parties to State dinners for
the first time in history.
We do want credit for the mag
nificent Civil Rights program sent
to Congress by Attorney General
Brownell.
The Attorney General has ur
ged 3 changes in the “right to
vote” law:
First, addition of a section
which will prevent anyone from
threatening, intimidating, or co
ercing an individual in the exer
cise of his right to vote, whether
claiming to act under authority of
law or not, in any election, gen
eral, special or primary, concern
ing candidates for federal office.
Second authorization to the At
torney General to bring injunc
tion or other civil proceedings on
behalf of the United States or
the aggrieved person in any case
covered by the statute.
Third, elimination of the re
quirement that all state admin
istrative and judicial remedies
must be exhausted before access
can be had to the federal courts.
In closing let me tell you what
we intend to do in the com'ng
years.
1. We intend to be fair always in
our dealings with all of our
people.
2. We intend to make the Con
stitution work for all citizens
in every article and every
amendment.
3. We intend to enforce the Su
preme Court decision because
it is the law of the land.
4 We intend to recommend leg
islation where it is needed to
uphold the law.
5. We intend that there shall
never be another world war,
but we will fight, if others
force it upon us.
6. We intend to continue our
fight for the use of the atom
for peace and prosperity in
stead of war and destruction.
7. We intend to strengthen our
ties with our friends in the free
world because in this atomic
age we cannot stand alone even
with our great industrial might.
8. We intend to continue keeping
America strong so that it can
meet any emergencies which
might arise from within or
without.
9. We intend that there will never
be another depression in this
country.
10. We intend to continue our ef
forts to raise the living stand
ards and better extend our
prosperity to all those who
have conscientiously helped to
create it.
We submit our record and our
intentions as a program of pos
itive and progressive action by a
party which has been in power
only three short years. I offer
it to the NAACP for your con
sideration. The Republican Party
will stand on its record of fair
ness to all regardless of Race,
Creed or Color. ,
These words of Dwight D. Ei
senhower, our leader, express
our position in this day of stress.
“People are made in the image of
God. They are divinely endowed
with aspirations and talents. Their
destiny reflects their divine
origin Therefore, the Republican
Party roust be inspired by a con
cern that comprehends every
American; that sets up no walls of
birth or creed or party; that all
men and women of decency and
good will are equal in their dig
nity."
Albert Ware
Mr. Albert Ware, 71 years,
5211 South 28th Street, expired
unexpectedly Tuesday morning
August 28th. Mr. Ware had
been a resident of Omaha forty
years and was a retired employee
of Armour and Company. He is
survived by a daughter, Mrs.
Geneva Marks, three sons, Mr.
William Ware, Mr. Mose Ware,
of Omaha, Mr. Harvey Ware, Chi
cago, Illinois, sister Mrs. Mary Lou
C1 opton, Kalamozoo, Michigan,
faur grandchildren and other
relatives. The body is at Thom
as Funeral Home.
Fix a Light-Weight Refresher
WHEN FOUR OR MORE FRIENDS GATHER TOGETHER OVER
THE HOLIDAYS, there’s bound to come that joyous moment when
refreshments are in order! That’s when this light-weight, pretty dish
of White and Gold Refresher is sure to be appreciated.
Tapioca pudding mix, used as the base of this “refresher", is a
true convenience product. It comes in three flavors; vanilla, chocolate,
orange coconut. Here, in this pleasantly easy-to-fix dessert, vanilla
tapioca pudding is laced with golden, juicy oranges and fancied-up
with snowy coconut.
WHITE AND COLD REFRESHER
' I package vanilla tapioca 1 egg white
pudding mix 2 oranges, sectioned and diced 1
2 cups milk Shredded coconut
( 1 egg yolk ... .
Combine pudding mix and M cup of the milk in saucepan. Add
egg yolk and blend well. Then add remaining 194 cups milk. Cook and
stir over medium heat until mixture comes to a full boil and is slightly
thickened. (Mixture will continue to thicken as it cools.) Remove from
heat. Beat egg white until stiff, but not dry. Add hot pudding grad
ually to beaten egg white, stirring constantly Let stand 15 to 20
minutes; stir once or twice just to mix. Divide diced oranges among
six sherbet or parfait glasses. Spoon pudding lightly on fruit. Garnish
with shredded coconut and additional orange sections, if desired.
New Carpet Sheds Stains f
STAINS from permanent-type inks and other common household acci
dents needn’t be anything more than a memory to a home with
Bigelow’s Maestro on the floor. Maestro is tufted of solution-dyed
carpet rayon which permits the use of stain-removing household
bleaches without damage to fabric or color. Solution-dyed rayon
carpets easily shed stains from alcohol, animal mistakes, fruit juices(
ketchup and most foods.
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ANOTHER MAGIC RECIPE,
COCONUT MACAROONS, I
BLEND s/3 CUP SWEETENED
CONDENSED MILK WITH 3
SUNS SHREDDED COCONUT AND
ONE TEASPOON VANILLA...
Prop by teaspoon on creased
bakery sheet. Bake b to /o
MINUTES AT 350* FAHRENHEIT
UNTIL A DELICATE BROWN.
Luscious Peach Cobbler For Dieters
During this fresh peach season, wouldn’t you like to be giveni
a reprieve from dieting! If you just didn’t have to count calories,!
there would be so many luscious, mouth-watering desserts to be
enjoyed from that ambrosial fruit. _ ,
You can stop feeling sorry for yourself. Here’s a recipe for old-1
fashioned fresh peach cobbler, especially designed to fit into a
reducing regime. Unnecessary calories have been lopped off with
out sacrificing even a little of the eating pleasure. In fact, this
streamlined recipe saves you 129 calories per serving from the
original recipe.
The secret? There’s no sugar in the recipe! Instead the poaches,,
as well as the biscuit topping, are sweetened with Sucaryl, th« j
new non-caloric sweetener that can be used in cooking and baking.
This sweetener gives the peach cobbler a natural sugar-like sweet-i
ness, yet doesn’t add a single calorie!
So make the most of the season’s fruit treasure. Enjoy luscious
fresh peach desserts, and diet, too! - , -
•s Caloric-Saving Peach Cobbler
6 medium peaches (lVa lbs.) 1 cup.sifted flour
3 tablespoons water 15 a teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon lemon juice hi teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon Sucaryl solution 2 tablespoons butter
or 24 tablets, crushed 3 tablespoons skim milk
I 1 tr.bluspoon tapioca ,* 1 egg, beaten
hi teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon Sucaryl solution
hi teaspoon nutmeg ^ or 8 tablets, crushed
Set oven at 450°F. Pare peaches, cut in half, and remove pits. 1
Place peach halves in a l-i|uart greased casserole. Combine- the'
'water, lemon juice, Sucaryl, tapioca, cinnamon and nutmeg; blend
well. Pour over the fruit.
Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt into a small I
mixer bowl. Blend in butter until of the consistency of commcal.
Combine milk, egg and Sucaryl, and add to the flour mixture all at
once. Blend only until nil of the flour is mixed in. Spoon by table- i
spoonfuls over the top of the fruit. Bake in a hot oven (450°F.)
for 15 minutes, ltcduce heat to modcrato (350”F.) and oake 301
minutes longer. ,
Makes 6 servings. Each serving contains 157 CALORIES; 3,7\
grams protein; 4.9 grams fat; 28 grains carbohydrate. If made !
| with sugar each serving would contuin 290 CALOKIES. /
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