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TtlUv F WnTMnEr 11 1954-
Many Candidates Negro
(Contiiued from Page One)
elected from the Fifth district.
Republicans William H. Robin-
son and jErnest A, Greene won,
bringing I the Negroes who will
go to Springfield to seven.
Nee-roes jProfit in Democratic
Sweep 1 DMII
In Ne\# York, Negro Demo¬
crats ruining for office in the
boroughs of Manhattan, Bronx
and Brooklyn were swept into
office in one of the worst Re¬
publican,- defeats in the state’s
history, in one of the quietest
campaigns in Harlem in years
Democratic candidates swamped
Republican hopefuls.
From the 21st district race
for state senator, Democrat
James Watson beat John A.
Ross, 42,932 to 13,780. For the
assembly from the llth district.
James C. Thomas (Di whipped
Albun Martin 12,166 to 2,525.
The first Negro woman to
hold office in the state assembly
is democrat Bessie Buchanan
whc polled 21,575 to her oppon¬
ent /Lucille Pickett’s 5,737 votes.
nctiil ODrer results showed Ken-
phipps iDem.i polled 2,-
415 rotes while his opponent
Walter Gumbs picked up only
243. Over in the Bronx, repub¬
lican James Webb registered
2,345 but 16,722 voted for his
opponent, Walter Gladdin. In
the Sixth district. Joe B. Wil¬
liams’ 3.159 failed to stop Ber¬
tram Baker who tallied 9,562
votes.
Negroes In First Around Nation
Whije New York and Chicago
elected a large number of Ne¬
groes to public office, Negroes
were also setting unprecedented
records around the country.
A bathhouse attendant was
elected to the Hot Springs
i Ark. i city council to become
the first Negro to sit on the
council in modern political his¬
tory.
Fred W. Martin best out two
white candidates to win the
council seat from the predom¬
inately Negro Second ward.
Unofficial returns gave Mar¬
tin 2,834 votes, incumbent al¬
derman O. O. Miles, 2,559, and
Ralph Wright, 2,284. Another
Negro aldermanic candidate.
Raymond Tweedle, lost in the
Fifth ward by more than 2 to
to councilman Lonnie Freeman,
Another first was in Balti-
j more, Md. Truly Hatchett, a
| real estate salesman, became
| the first Negro to be elected to
the Maryland legislature in the
: state’s history as he ran fifth,
fc polling 11,447 votes, among six
p U democrats elected from the of
Fourth district to the House
Ej Delegates.
A Negro independent, Calvin
I Douglas, garnered only 345 votes
Kj in the Fourth district state sen-
atorial race.
Bowers Re-elected in Ohio
In Ohio, democrat Frederick
Bowers was re-elected to the
Ohio house of representatives
for the third time. Bowers ran
in Marion coun<v where Dayton
I is Joqateii A 42-year-old
I'defeated in T%l«do enM hisr
ond try for state representative
to the assembly.
qj’he first Negro ever to receive
offjR reito'ican In nomination for any
Lucas county, he fin¬
ished eighth in a field of 10
seeking five seats from the
county to the house of repre-
sentatives.
His defeat was attributed by
observers to the fact that he
failed to pile up solid votes
predomlnantly Negro wards
which normally vote democrat
ic.
St. Lous Demo Committeeman
Re-Elected
St. Louis Demo Committeeman
bers, democratic committeeman 19th
and bos$ of the powerful
ward, wtjs re-elected constable
of the [.Third district over Re-
publican Leonard Brown, 11,675
to 3.33U John W. Harvey, dem-
ocratic Candidate for magistrate
of the j same district, defeated
Ellis Outlaw.
In Kansas City, Kan., Cordell
D. Meeks was reelected second
district county commissioner •___in in
democratic sweep which
brought, success to the entire
licket. , '
Meek&'Hvon opponent, by 800 votes over
his James Cox, in a
district almost equally divided
between.; white and Negro vot¬
ers. Both Meeks and Cox are
Negroes. *
In the only other race In¬
volving fAegro candidates, Dem¬ had
ocrat Dr, Eldrew Browne
iSKS
l Hit Eighth district iepre#enfa-
| tive race for a seat in the Kan-
, sas legislature.
| Negroes Win on toast
J Continuing on the victory
I trail with Negro candidates, in
i Los Angeles, Augustine Hawk-
ins was elected to the city
assembly. A Democrat, he was
mopposed for his seat as no
Republican candidate ran in the
district.
Another Negro
outcome was still in doubt. Lu-
cious Lomax, Jr., publisher,
of the Los Angeles Tribune, was
ailing Republican white in-
umbent, G. Delbert Morris,
0,112 votes to 12,815 with
ut of 249 precincts reporting in
race for the state assembly.
Negroes Make Good Showings
Isewhere
In Indianapolis, a Negro for
he first time ran for the judge-
hip of superior court and ran
a close second to his Repubican
opponent. He is Mercer Mance,
former juvenile court referee
here. Another Negro, Atty. I. L.
Harden, on the same ticket, was
defeated in his bid for a chair
in the state house of represen-
tatives.
The long Negro candidate in
Tulsa, Okla., C. L. Johnson, lost
in a bid for justice of the
peace. Johnson, running as a
Republican, failed to get a
jority of Negro votes, as he lost
in the overall balloting 29,571 to
22,778. Colored voters gave him
only 1,060 to 1,439 for his white
opponent. His bid was designat¬
ed on the official ballot.
In Louisville. Ky., Rev. Daniel
T Hughlett, candidate for the
.
Louisville board of education
ran a distant fourth in a four-
man race for three positions.
He tallied only 9,515 votes whil<"
i the third ranking white candi-
date picked up 19,245.
Elsewhere in Kentucky, a
Hopkinsville attorney was losing
against several white candidates
in his bid for membership on
the city board of education.
Negroes Fail in Boston
In two other large cities where
Negroes are concentrated, col¬
ored candidates failed to win
major offices. Negro candidates
for state office from Bostor
failed to secure enough votes:
j from wards nine and 12 to se
cure election,
j Atty. Laurence H. Banks from
| ward nine and Atty. Elam from
, ward 12, running on the Re-
■ publican ticket, failed to capita-
: jize on the re-election of repub-
lican Gov. Christian A. Herter.
Banks was beat by 2,055 votes
j although he was the only Negri
' candidate for the office of state
representative in the heavily
populated, predominately Negri
ward.
Elam was defeated in a curi-
ous campaign in which Jewish
merchants who openly support-
ed him were in turn boycotted
by their customers. One mer¬
chant was almost put out of
business,
j in Philadelphia, the W. Negrc Bev-
| candidate for congress,
Carter, was defeated by
< fle^roes :
were
to the state assembly,
) All democrats, they are: Susie
Monroe, Samuel Floyd Gran¬
ville, E. Jones, J. Thompson
Pettigrew, and Sarah A. Ander-
son.
Political observers here com-
’ nted that although the re-
me
] suits were in many instances
j disappointing, the election and
; running of Negroes certain
sections of the South and bor-
I der states was heartening,
'Bid Union
To Join
(Continued fr Atr! I- age One)
I of the IUE-CIO here last week
Citing examples of school seg¬
regation In Hampstead and
Freeport, L. I-. and Englewood,
N j Mr Hi u told the electrical
workers that “the historic Su-
orem e Court decision striking
i down segregation in publicly fi-
’ nanced «__«__1 schools _ _nnlv not only rain relates too
| f the South, out is significant
to
for many areas in the North.
Their union, he pointed out to
bers in these communities. He
the delegates, have many mem-
urged delegates to “go beyond
the hollow ritual of convention
resolutions on civil rights and
participate in the day-to-day
struggle of the NAACP to elim¬
inate the vicious practice of
segregation and disci imina-
tion.”
To
Offer Slate
(Continued from Page One)
month or earlier next month
The nominating committee i
composed of the Rev. Edgar P
Quarterman, J. S. Delawarr
Hosea L. Williams, Mrs. Georgi
Walker Miss Dayse B Pheoni
H Oliver Rudy C, Bolder
2111 ^ Joseph C. Cochran. Th<
committee elected Mr. Delaware
an ardent, veteran NAAC’
leader, as chairman.
The present officers and ex
ecutive committee members o
the locaI branch are: w. W
L aw - president; Benjamin F
Adams, vice president, Mr:
G. Delaware, secretary
Joseph H. Jones, Jr., assistan
Rev. C. S. Stripling
treasurer; and Rev. E. P. Quar
terman, chaplain. Chairmen o
the standing committees are: J
s. Delaware, membership; Con
n i e Wimberly, finance; Samue
Brown, press and publicity
Rev. P. A. Patterson, legal re
dress; Smiley Stringer, labo
an d industry; Walter S. Scot?
education; Mrs. Frances C
iBraddy, entertainments; Clar
ence Johnson, youth work; Dr
R. M. Gilbert, community co
ordination; Rev. L. S. Stel 1
housing; Rev. A. J Hargrett
church; and C. O. Ryals, fum
raising for defense. Rev. Jame
C. McMillan, Adam Morrell, N
J. Jackson and Mrs. Lillian Wil
son are members-at-large c
the executive committee.
NAACP XMAS SEAL
COMMITTEE MEETS
(Continued from Page One)
of the Christmas Seal drive ar
requested to be present and t
make their reports.
A special appeal is bein
made to ladies interested in th
•work of the NAACP to be pres
ent’ and to help with the plan
•ling of a special “NAACP Ladie r
Night” affair being sponsored
later next month.
Mrs. Stell said that she b
very Pleased with the suppor*
‘hat has been given her by the
manv ones she has contacted
•md if this t.vpe of coonerat.ior
! s • continued the 1954 drive
hould be one long to be remem
bered. She is sending speria
ippoals to the various church
es and reports that the Savan¬
nah Baptist Ministers’ Alliance
has pledged 100', cooperation of
his NAACP effort.
Those persons who have not
-eceived NAACP Christmas
Teals and wish to purchase
hem, may do so by calling Mrs
"tell at 4-0805 or Miss Dayse
3. Phoenix, the co-chairman at
"'-,4106 or 3-6582. Place a N.
V A. C. P. Seal on ail of vour
greeting cards and packages.
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NAACP
Seeks To
Save Life
(Continued from Page One)
f four young Negroes convict-
d of the alleged rape of a
'oung white housewife, ha«
>een set for the week of Nov
8.
Following announcement of
he scheduled execution, Roy
Wilkins .NAACP administrator
•ommunieated with regional,
■state and local units of the
Issociation urging them to
vire the Governor at Tallahe
ee asking for commutation of
he sentence. Other organize
ions and individuals were also
\rged to petition the Governor.
Meanwhile, Paul Perkins. N.
A. C. P. lawyer in Florida
Tied a petition for a writ cf
habeas corpus in an effort tc
secure the release of the coi.
iemned man.
Convicted B> AH White Jury
Irvin was first convicted on
September 3, 1949 by an all-
vhite jury in the County Court
ht Tavares. Convicted with
iim were Samuel Shepherd and
Charles Greenlee, then 6 year:
)f age. Irvin and Shepheri
were sentenced to death
Greeanlee was given life im
irisonment. A fourth accused
muth was shot to death by n
leputized mob a few hours af-
er the alleged crime of Jul
6, 1949.
«•
The charges of the woman
et off a reign of terror in the
Troveland area. Negro fami-
es were driven from their
omes, hunted and beaten in
he surrounding swamps. Their
romes were burned to the
round, their farm equipment
estroyed or pillaged, their live¬
stock scattered or stolen.
Because of the atmosphere
if hostility and the inflamma-
‘ory role of the press and radio
n the district, NAACP attor-
ieys Franklin H. Williams and
Mex Akerman, Jr., vainlv
ought a charge of venue and
rostponement of the trial.
New Trial Ordered
On appeal to the United
States Supreme Court a new
tdial was ordered for Shepherd
and Irvin. In his obinion.
handed down on ADril 9, 1951
‘he late Justice Robt. H. Tark-
mn said: “These convictions, ac¬
companied by such events,
not meet any civilized conren
‘ion of due process of law.
This case presents one of the
best examples of one of th
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worst menaces. to American
i ns tic
Enroute from the prison to
the new trial on November 6.
1951, Shepherd was killed and
Irvin critically wounded by
Sheriff .......... Willis McCall in . whose .
custody \ they .. were. Although ....
the two were unarmed and
handcuffed together. McCall
'•laimed that the shooting was
in self-defense and was exon¬
erated.
At Irvin’s second trial in Feb¬
ruary. 1952. he was represented
by Thurgood Marshall, the As¬
sociation's special counsel and
NAACP attorneys Perkins and
Akerman of Florida, and Jack
Greenberg of the New York
headquarters. Although in this
trial, as in the first, the pros¬
ecution failed to produce any
medical evidence to support the
Oman’s testimony, the jury
again convicted him. This con¬
viction was upheld by the Flor¬
ida Supreme Court with one
dissenting opinion. The U. S.
Supreme Court refused to re¬
view the second conviction.
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cited To
T nspect
<Continued from Page One)
nly old-fashion portable
reens proved such a pleasin'
inovation that an appeal wa
lade to other organizations i-
-der that the project be ex
landed to include the severa’
wards. As a result some of th
■ollections have been carried
ever into the new admiinistra-
‘.ion.
Mrs. M. P Sessoms, president
Tates that all indications poini
‘o completion of this project
;ofore the year’s end, and ex¬
tends thanks for the auxiliarj
o the goo dfriends who make
eossible this excellent addition
o the comfort of patients at
Charity Hospital.
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