TO RECOGNIZE NEGROES AS CITIZENS NOT_RJCE-SAYS
DEMOCRATIC
MAYOR-NOMINEE 5 CENTS
JUST WHAT MR. TAYLOR MEANS IS VOLUME 28 THE QUESTION, IF ANYTHING AT ALL I=======================~~==========~;;;;;;;;~
By L Willis Cole
At the oPl'ning rally of the Democ.-rallc org nlZ~li n of LoutS­"
iII" and J fr ['Son County, Leland Taylor, n min r r mayor,
pledged in one of hlS 1~-POlDt.s: "To recognize -.groes ~'liz ... ns
,ather than a .a,...,"-and that was all .. Ir. Tayl r • , o.:\e."e
that is a plenty. but if h Ol'<". he does n t kno "hat the. '''!:To
knows and \\h~t th .' ro thmk ... And as Mr. Taylor will be the
head of the Dcmocrnlle adnunlSlrnli . should hIS t,,·k. t wm m
November, we att.: wond nn what. . Taylor ml:an5 wh n he pur-poses
to recogn.ze • ~g as c.tizens rather than as N &roe>. I
If groes were rerognized as citizens. equal and m th ... same
manner ::os arc otl r cItizens rAther than as ... ~~'S. in LouisviU --­or
in any other Amencan commuruty. \\ mll~ht und rst:Uld what R Lel,md Ta,'1 ., means. Th~t it IS not the clbtom in :n-"alled Chr;St­inn
and nc;r.l' ICratu: Am,{'nea to reocot:nize "egrocs:is citu(ns Ta.lher
than as f'~ "()l: ... IS the ff."tlSOn for such organizations as th ... 'atlon- I
al iatJ n For the AdvanC\;mcnt vI C.l"red People. thl> l.. rban I
League. FEPC Coun ils. Intcr-ra~lal Comm,,'''lOn. nd nubtant E L CA
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:::t~£;':~j;~:;§i~~?"§~IWANTEo,MR.O'NEALi LHB,T,H:~I~ALL I SPE~ SUNOAy,RALLY FOLLOWS
c.bzens rather Ulan 3S Negroes. In the next place egroes ha"e III informabon gl\'en the Lead· ONE OF OUR local papers stated rt!('ently that the Repubbcan I Mrs. Anna Arnold Hedge"",n, I STREET PARADE heard candidates for president of the Unrted St<:tes. for governor er IS tru , a Commonwealth·s at- I party had far more funds for campaign purposes than the Demo- executive secretary of lhl> Ka·
of Kentucky ~ mayor of LoutSville .'."ak~ pract.cally. the same torney is wanted to prosecute I crats. The story wI>nt on to say that the Grand Old Party would tional Council of the Permanent
statement, but "ho as the head of the \ Ictonous party d.d nothing George Cook who shot John P., pour large sums into the black belt in 3!'1 effort to buy the elec- F. E P. C. will be the principal
- u a Slat.em(~nt
OFFICERS AND ENLISTED MEN Th ("Omrnanc ·In-dlll f fl(
AT UNIVERSITY CENTER IN IT "L Y ~··.'th::;~:e~r~~l:~:2<;~~~ BISHOP PHilLIPS Et DS WORK ON
COAST; HIGHEST TRIBUTES PAID
CROWD HEARS EASLEY, CLAYTON AND
OTHERS; TODD REESTATES PLEDGE
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