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Friday. Kept. 8, 1M1 rat sbtifHrtHN I's'HaeliI'e Fife tta*-fte PAID ., POLITICAL AD PAID POLITICAL AD Slotin Explains Liberal Platform Smith- by PHILLIP SLOTIN My parents were born in the Jewish‘faith in Poland. They emi grated to this country in order to seek first class citizenship in a Democracy and to escape religious persecution. A native of Georgia I attended University of Georgia where I received my Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (BBA); Emory University, where 1 received a Bachelors Decree of Law (LLB), and I attended Georgia State College for approximately one academic year in graduate work in accounting. I took the Bar examination as a junior at Emory and was successfully admitted to the practice of law in 1952. at which time I became associated with Mr. Daniel Duke (who had achieved national acclaim for his prosecution of the KIu KIux Kian.I I am presently a member ol the firm of Wimberly, Ivey and Slotin. In the past nine years of law practice. I have participated on some of the most important cases in the community involving racial injustice. M. L. SMITH CASE Last year, with the help of the Atlanta Daily World, the Negro community represented by a Citi zens’ Committee, I was one of the lawyers instrumental in helping acquit an innocent Negro boy, M. L. Smith, who was charged with the crime of raping two white girls. This acquittal was the result of three trials and an appeal to the Supreme Court and covered a period of time of 14 months. One of the most signifi cant factors in the case was that it demonstrated to the “evil” forces of this county that they cannot now pick up any inno cent Negro bov and “railroad” him to the electric chair under the guise of racial justice. The Negro community now no longer lives under the fear of “it might be mine tomorrow.” Let me quote from an editorial following the case, in the Atlanta Daily World. “In the first place, his counsel are to be commended for the firm stand and the devotion ex hibited throughout the trials. Two hard-worked attorneys— Dan Copeland and Phillip Slotin. now have every reason to be proud of the fight they put up . . All in all. the enactment and its ramifications give a new mean ing to loyalty and a new em phasis on unstinted devotion and racial fealty.” KLAN INFILTRATION OF DEPUTY SHERIFFS Last year, in speeches on be half of one of the sheriff’s can didates. Archie Lindsey, (pre sently Fulton County Commis sioner). I attempted to expose the fact that the Klan was at tempting to infiltrate the political deputy sheriffs ranks and warn ed the community of its potential dangers. Shortly thereafter at the University of Georgia riot ing Klansmen were exposed as Fulton County deputy sheriffs, indicating that my warnings were substantiated. This situation—Klansmen wear ing deputy sheriffs badges and legally clothed with all the au thority of a peace officer-—is a potentially dangerous situation, and it is a particular threat to the peace and security of the Jewish community. I cite this not only to indicate my past ac tion in this area but also as a warning to the responsible Jew ish leadership y and particularly 1o the ADL that something should be done. SCHOOL BOMBING About the first of the year af ter the legislature voted on open schools, many racial organiza tions were organizing, gathering strength and trying to stir up trouble. One of these organiza tions was the Klu Klux Klan, which met at a rally at down- down hotel. At this rally, an At lanta attorney made a statement that “We must burn the schools to maintain segregation.” One week later, the English Avenue School was bombed. Mayor Hartsfield issued a state ment that unless the good peo ple of Atlanta speak up, every one may think that Atlanta is run bv the bigot, rabbles, and racists. At that time I not only spoke up bv writing a letter to the Editor of the Atlanta Journ al. I also contacted the law enforcement agencies of Atlanta, tempting to have the attorney prosecuted and charged with the crime of inciting. 1 further at tempted to start disbarment pro ceedings against that lawyer. Although this attorney was never disbarred and was never prose cuted. he has not since that time made any public inflammatory statements nor has any other leader of any similar organiza tion made any inciting state ments. In mv opinion, this event was the turning point in the public attitude and atmosphere toward school desegregation. I am proud of mv participation in this event. SCHOOL INTEGRATION At the time I made mv an nouncement in April that I would run. I stated that the people have a right to know what a candidate stands for. I stated, unafraid, and at a time when no one was say ing anything, and at a time when leadership was so desperately needed, that: “It is the solemn duty of every candidate, of every public officials, of every religious and civic leader, of each and every citizen of Atlanta to see to it that there are no ugly inci dents during the forthcoming school desegregation.” I feel that, along with Mayor Hartsfield and Dr. Letson. I was one of the min ute men in setting the pace and the proper atmosphere and pub lic attitude for peaceful desegre gation. Since that time, of course, some public officials and organ izations such as the Atlanta Bar Association and OASIS have fol lowed suit, but where were my “Johnny-oome-lately—do-nothing opponents”? OBJECTIVE AND FACTUAL HONESTY Several months ago at the be ginning of this campaign I charged in a press release that all the emphasis was being placed on the mayor’s race and the aldermanic candidates were being ignored. I further Charged that unless the press and civic clubs sponsoring the rallies made changes in this trend that the public would have no opportuni ty to meet and know the alder- manic candidates and that this aldermanic election would be come a “farce” whereby voters would be voting for a name rath er than bv an intelligent decision based upon information about the candidates and their plat forms. I contended that the mere fact that the aldermanic candi dates put hundreds of signs all over the city displaying his name does not objectively inform the voter. At the start of this press con ference I was placed in a lie de tector machine and the mem bers of the participating press asked questions covering every phase of mv basic honesty, both personal, professional and poli tical and they asked me ques tions on mv political views and platforms. The results of this test appeared publicly in the newspapers, local television, on radio stations, and the wire serv ices over the entire country. The results of this test, among other things, indicated that I am a man of scruplous honesty and integrity: that I was not a “bought” or “kept” candidate; and that if elected my sole re sponsibility would be to repre sent the best interests of Hhe people of Atlanta. I received con gratulations from people and the news media all over the country with such glowing tri butes as—“Diogenes can put out his candle, the mythical honest man has been found.” I believe that people of Atlanta would rather have proven and objective honesty and sincerity than they would political promises and hundreds?of “say nothing” adver tising si£n.s. COUNTY UNIT SYSTEM FIGHT: As part of mv original cam paign announcement I stated that one of the most obvious prob lems confronting the city of At lanta is its relationship with the state which, including the unfair County Unit System, lack of fair representation in the legislature, lack of home rule, and lack of slate tax equalization. Since that time I have commenced a one- man fight against these problems including an appearance before the Twittv Legislative Commi- tee and the announcement of my solution to the problem. My solu tion to the problem was simply that the urban areas, under re sponsible leadership of elected officials, ban together to vote' for officials of their choice in the State General Election and to boycott the State Democratic Primary which is controlled bv the County Unit System, I am the only candidate or official who, has come up with a practical and feasible solution to these prob lems and I have taken this fight to the public bv appearances on radio, television, and in the news papers. AFFIRMATIVE PROGRAMS I have always in the past and will always in the future fight prejudice, injustice, and bigotry. I do not know or pretend to know all the answers to all the problems and challenges now facing the city of Atlanta; how ever. I do say that I will meet these problems with the same enthusiasm, in tegrity, ability, dedication and courage that I have always demonstrated in the oast. I do have solutions for some of the problems which I will attempt to outline as the campaign pro gresses but which I cannot de tail at this time because of limited space. CAN SLOTIN WIN? Old-time politicians have told me that they have never seen a more enthusiastic and effective campaign than the one in which I am currently engaged. With my objective and factual ap proach and with mv fresh and effective solutions to the city’s problems. I have been able to keen mv campaign wav ahead at the other 44 candidates. I be lieve I will win this election on September 13 bv a landsilde of votes from all sections of Atlanta bv people who are sincere in their desire for honest and effi cient leadership. SHOULD THERE BE A JEWISH VOTE? I do not think that the Jewish voters shonld vote for a candi date merely because he is Jew ish. I believe, however, that if a Jewish candidate is deserving of Jewish support based mm his own merits, that there should be soch a thing as a Jewish vote. Many visitors to Atlanta Ore astounded at the fact that in a citv bf this size, which has the Jewish population and Jewish leaders in all phases of civic, religious, professional and busi ness activities, does not have one Jewish elected official in citv government. In my opinion I think that the best thing that could happen to the Jewish com munity in Atlanta is to elect a Jewish man to the Board of Alderman that the entire Jew ish community can be proud of. It is also mv observation that there is some cause for alarm growing out of the Temple bomb ings. anti-Jewish meetings, and distribution of anti-Semitic lit erature. I believe that it is about time that the Jewish community bind themselves together in an effort to take whatever action is necessary to stem the tide of these dangerous situations. HOW CAN YOU HELP? There are two wavs you can help. First, I need active cam paign workers to help distribute cards, put up posters and signs, help advise me on mv speeches and advertising copy and to help me in my fund raising. At the present time the nucleus of mv campaign workers are meeting weekly at the Progressive Club between 5:30-8 p.m. on Thurs days. We are presently in the \ process of setting up committees to perform various functions. If you can help us as an active worker, please contact me at headquarters JA. 4-0235 or call mv Campaign Manager, Harris Jacobs at JA. 2-4280. We make two promises — no solicitations for funds at meetings—meeting over promptly at 8 p.m. Second, I need financial help to help pay for mv television, radio, and newspaper advertise ments. If you would like to make a contribution please contact me. In view of the time remaining, send your check to Phillip Slotin. 606 Fulton National Bank Bldg.. Atlanta 3. Ga. There are many members of the Jewish community who con tribute generously to many im portant causes. I believe that my background proven honesty and demonstrated dedication to fight bigotry, prejudice, and racial in justice and all those things which the Jewish community opposes entitle me to vour help on the same basis as other good causes. (Continued from page 25) in proportion to the city’s ability to participate. I would not be in favor of taking very much of our remaining bond capacity for this purpose as i has been proposed by some candidates. Annexation. Under the Plan of Improvement the city may annex areas adjoining the city limits when the population density reaches certain proportions. Any area demanding city services should be in the city. Those citi zens need Atlanta and Atlanta needs more good citizens. Transportation. Working close ly with my friends in the State Highway Department to urge completion of the downtown con nector of the expressway. An overall survey of traffic lights, one-way streets, and possibly longer approaches into the ex pressway, plus better markings. Five-county Connell. Yes. I have advocated a joint council similar to this for several years. I followed this procedure when I was chairman of the Fire Pre vention Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce and this result ed in a uniform building code for the metropolitan area. AFTER 48 YEARS Polish-Born Brothers Reunited PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—Two brothers, who had last seen each other in Wllun, Poland. 48 years ago, have been reunited in Phila delphia. The reunion scene was the Philadelphia International Air port. The participants WOre Mor ris Marcus of Philadelphia and Shmuel Marcus of Israel. "We couldn’t speak,” said Morris. “You can imagine yourself what it was like.” Both can speak German, French, Polish, Russian and He brew but Shmuel does not know any English. In a series of multi lingual exchanges, the story was unfolded. In 1913, Morris, now 74, was put in a military service in Rus sia and soon afterwards emi grated to Philadelphia with his wife. The brother went to Ger many with his wife, establishing himself in business. His business ruined by World War I, Shmuel went to Palestine. Both brothers had worked for the Zionist move ment in Poland. Unable to establish himself in Palestine, Shmuel went to France. There he worked for the Zionist movement until the war broke out and he was sent to a camp at St. Denis. Four years later he was liberated and settled once more in Israel. A widower with four sons, he lives in Ramat Gan. After many years, he decided the separation had been long enough and came to the United States on a visit. PAID WANT ADS PEACHTREE HILLS COR. PALMOUR DR. A Hants, ft. SWIMMING POOL NXW BLD0R.It badnna, II bath*. • [orator. duhwooher. at and water (in- to schools, ah no Rant from (IN , landakod. EeH- ■t Manager. apt A-l. 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