Lighthouse and informer. (Charleston, S.C.) 1941-1954, July 05, 1952, Image 2
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16th YEAR, EDITION^Y
"rovi n a
.-a bo u tr
ca'lfNa !
? By JOHN H. McCRAY, Editor ]
The Lighthouse* and Informer
CHARLESTON: Race citizens
B here keyed up as never before
P*"i <J>ver the July 8 Democratic pru
jjP^.-mary, the reason being that
r there are' three rare- candidates
offering for three t>f the ton scats
the-county has in the House of
Representatives,' Rev. Frank R.
Veal, pasor of ^jiSt.bric Emnijuel:
A ME Church, J. Arthur Brown,
ry.al estate agent and Herbert
Ficltti(ng, an accountant. While:
,'v. ?".l race members hero say they j
'* will generally vote for this trio
Sgi first, they concede the edge in the
number of votes to Mr.
K -JteWing, scion Of the. late Julius
Fielding,, who pioneered the
^;rHttmeral directing business here.j
V Unofficial estimates place regis-'
tercd Negroes at more than
;r ?8,000 ,in an overall total of some
: 28.000 or 28.000'persons,
f
- DILLON: We've AtiuLy .sulved
J* solved_' the mystery of Wm.
L_?<Rudy)- Lylch. whn?has been
jg? seen every Saturday cn the cor[
ner of Main sreet here by the
mfc Jay Bee drug store. Rudy, ar< he
is called, hangs cut there to colX
lect from his customer> holding'
jtffc insurance policies in the North
'Carolina Mutual I.ife Insurance.
Hfc^laANTK: BKAi'H' if
to .lt>e a .tic ws paper man if 'he
BKtaBple like you. We pulled in ;iw;bow]
2 A." M Sunday :;nd Br <> ther
Davis at the Hotel Gotci n
rrhustle-1 up a f.ae room space and
Kfnaade us a special .guest overat.
and whether J>e meant it
Hw/cipt, Mr. Davis almost wept'
L pulled put just . before' '
lil&v. ' Slttintf iiri.-l
f :.i. cA-.i,, K.:a iii ino loopy 'after '
it ' r hi a space of 3tt ltfih- '
the two of us co'unfled 42 J
pojcaons who wanted hotel space
. and Just couldn't get it . . . To 1
^ ;'vX)r. R. K. Gordon of Dillon: Rot- 1
-g ter- add another' story t? your
fine hotel . . . Sunday morning,
W. K. Smith, president of the
K businessmen's a?sociati ei h> re,
K told us he had a letter from a ]
V minister seeking -.^formation en
Bk the beach, attr.outing Hie l< t.
Bk ter to inf yrmatiun Wf published
; the week before By tin wav, ]
all the establishiNepf- :v ii are
tickled aver that issue . . . We
Hfr '""in inlM ..ii. vniini rupU?W .
ft (Peanut) Doyle, wn',-e eyes (
B nearly jumped out he
Bp-looked ar und and spit*' us .
rl' The beach was ovo.trun wit':
Lk Legionnaire5 Sunday, early aiB*
rivals for th?- state e nventio:.
* of the American Legi n, whiih
L opened a Myrtle Reach. 1-1 mho
away. Sunday. Esp ciallv yjbrant
wire Attorne.v l.i:u>'!:v <"
Jenkins and ilmtnn aanwboth j
? Columbia . . We f un i fh
reason our favont cabin No. 7
at Smith's wa. n't V$vt .'able w
that E. C. Join- . J:, and tuo
madam of Sumter beat us t (
|B^ MYRTLE BEACH. ( . B. Han- ,
R.. cQ.ck back .in Columbia would b J
tffirticklerf alive to heai a hat .!<
^Bftuff and Joo Coint4 o t:?
EWh then-, wives, bad t a>
Sunday. Trie;, wer
^jr caught <&t Chorlie'r> p'ncu and
Jr.l there ntay be a picuro- pubbdis'l
ed latVr . . . By the* .. v. ^
tl Heyward''across at *th CaAfno.
Sea i-rv "bed .ju..zm? .,.1 u.ce^.ue
Wfi thfc afternoon
wri -MrK fcN7.IF. BKAC'I I V i ,
RSvhO Wa-j the ch;u";;:ne "trothd
^^rrod. two --mail sons -wi- .
|f ionnlly 'glunc < d at h !. we
?4i;were ttaking a few ;o I: r
K;*' Suaiday afternoon" M Krone
Bench is about. tai_ mi:rl?.1?i ? ..
. Vorton the coast " If >ou want,
to see a ?lroam ji> r sort humra'
|/ y/pU- ouuht sey the nor W VV
I M""Jh'Qult. C?C i act wn iumi.,1
director, has built. It's ver-re ?
H| 0rtt-fee!
COLUMBIA: Rev. Win. Mc-j
Bowhrian has another I
iKdtliac, a white painted job: tin;..]
L_ jptAS been boasting but w?jn't a- |
khiree actually to a race between ]
Hp Continued on Fife Eight j
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Of JSAA(
^ .'i7 States l)er
states attending the lord e
milted the orgrmizinion To
racial sogrgeatioji when tin
In addition, the delogat
rights program adopted b
Conference held last May
.friends-Ji> go down the lin
which has the-backing also
gro organizations.
.Urge A Mori
liesolut ron?r adopted ~tl
need for "intelligent use of
elections to attain the goa
ity of opportunity in edmui
tice, and the general purs
action- resolution further
Elmo Roper poll which ind
of Negro voters are in finer
national issues. "This is a ?
to which the Association p1
iy.) to-for the good'hot only
itself."
Wliile re-affirming t
policy, the resolution said^.'
political res'pon<ibility and <
that segment of the pooula
vancement this online/at ior
This is a crucial "eTrvfi
out "because there, are th
cp.y .i;; igLolnod- oil mono' .
rpierade of st;.-1 ?
ther vo^t/ict ion>;'of ooRtiT^
fivngc oar lii.tional s< yi.rlt;
ierived from government ir
recting an outmoded and m
In the fight against s<
lm! "upon Negroes to stop <
ment such as theatres, cone
drawtal of financial support
rogation is one of th(. mos
it." The NAAPP nln.W,!
"campaign to eliminate sep
merican life, including publ
moilation and especially pul
Other resolutions .of tl
ism. police. brutality...Uyvalt
ment, social security; healt
services and veterans' at!':
tfl'aii's; racial and religious
The hraneheT \veiv \v;
jontribute to the National N
supported only by the !V\\
ly (Tp'munist dominated. ;
worker- to support the Cot
\I arion Democrats
Mill.I .INS TV.< Ma: ;.,-. (\,u
fv Prfl'SPc'-sMVc" T) riiocrat t a
t/.cri a c'.ui) :n t'i
a i Corninuniiy hot K? , .
night. The therm of"1 thi- y;
i!rani wis "F:r-' (Ma (' '
Tip."
Ull'M . e et , :,jM M ^
'iiavc> nisnt' t'-'arr-r;
lirowns Read (<>
Rev and Mrs. Charles 1
nany congratulatory letter!
[>t. Brown's 2fith year of s
lina, and his 18th year afc 1
Brown was honored by He
last month with the Dootoi
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SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1952, COLU
nail U
hi For
\
^Vf VI) IV) /# Ht/' ^
J Fir
vP Meeting 01
c .. . ~ NEv
lounce Si'urt'jxation
Weir <
ila.?The *750 delegates TnVni :17*
i conies
onvention of N A A C P had rem- ,,,s
an intensified drive to wipe win ' ,nen?
? session ended here Sunday. 'J pitiful
es stood pat on the 10-point eivi! j^
y the Civil Rights Leadership r;UJ
in Washington and asked tlu i
e with tViem on this doiuniet v
of 18 nationally prominent NV- 0<) f
It wr
e Yicorou* Ballot ?- hdjeih?V
'the convention assorted the 'p<i tn
the ballot in nptinicil o.l A?
Is of full citizenship and equal- -t:
ition. employment. hon-up".
nit of lumplne^.'' Tie- iM.'Oj, :
noted the findings of . 'r.-eenf
ieated that at h>a<t !"> ? < . r* 1
iced hv the NAACP posit ion en
sacred trust." the resole4' >. :d :'"',KC"
ledcetf itself 44<o continue to live
of the NV<rro but for dee-, r
, . Col.
he Association;? non part:
the NA A CP has an in-- - : l
ohliyation to our country and to
tion of our country to whose ad- ^ ]
t is dedicated." .
tion yoar7~The resolution : op T
opu- w-ho undcr^thrimtse of s, --"_:VX^
or t h' states. or under t lie in a:--'
?r irovoromort economy or.fn.,
k . . V, ? ,, . . , .* ' IJfUl '\l
b"-T+>\r nr.; t 7 cr ?i. s, -v.* pi* on- ,
debtlOV nil of tVi'e facial vra
a <>*71
1 the last two decades by rem:-- '
ueh abused'political philosopbv." j '0'
^grepntion. the Association calluipportinpr
segregated entertain- r.
erts and sports eents. Tin- wit Is- ]
from the perpetuation < ? .
t effective m^ans of combat 1 bw
intensification this rear \\< ' '
. r n *i i"1
rregation from all pha>. > !' A- r>\p
lie transpoft.at ion. publi? ai cim n j*.
die education." ,
p I U J
le convent ion dean wit I. u a <>1 v
programs.- lal>or and ?-mpl?'.h,
welfare and housing; ai r of ,
iirs; international and ('denial . ,
tensions: and fohcit a' l"ii- ?
irhed "not to affiliah will. N ....
ogro T.abor Coum il. lie aiiM- ; : *p;
('ommiuwis anion-, is c->n.;>!? '<
aid is simply bail to a N'.-v r"nnuinists
indirectiy."
Form Now ( luI)
' i- (. "it'll [>!)Cil V.rt ( "VcfllJ! nil . ^
-j"S.: i. Sc. t'v. I,:.v. i. - C i: :.\
!l I . tin ' ..a-- t '.a < - .lop:
.1
am o
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A' 1 '11 a! 11 v t a 11a :; ( . .; ' ;
pra it ii<:..t f.? (I.tR
ngrutulatery Messages
. 1 p?PBUtj^r???
Brown of Columbia art* shown al?o\
1 and telegrams they received on tin
erVio(? in t no roli jrious and edurationa
lastor of Soeond Ciilvarv Baptist ('ht
nediot Oollepro. w hero ho is doan of t
r of Divinity honorary doprreo.
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MMA, SOI'I II CAROLINA
rgesto(
A \
ter Nabbed As ^
L'l)iij> Who Tells
Firing; Brook'n *
V YORK f('NS) A 37i>!-!
I'wt-r. firing (;vr~:T~'.
.S4'd this week til.I* he had t c
ar'.^atidnal "Brooklyn tone- j ?
Fir.. ..I ,..k;..k
? 1 t v i ? i u III' II V I. I I | ?f I > I > I J > J J j
]y los-t their liv s on June L],
Gre nc said he did it Vie"I
like excitement."
u1.no tol-1 police that, he it.'id pi
M'tfine fir s for years and
hem >.n the. last two years- \
s - at w-Iu- lat. vt toyi lv il jfl
ho?tarro-d '.on. inna wiaa h. '-^p,
his arrest. % t}]
L> ' e 11 \'?We Pom -explain-?op
"For some reason 1 u ;
him aiut I i * l;! n't r. XV:
li.'iii that thou'.'V. Some- ai
to'al no :e .'.a *h man \vl
ere -1 <?? ;11>l* for." (In n n!
'i :n a. tew hoy an : a . W
*11 charges ? ?: ale s!
, Julian Plans '
y.mJ From Big
|n-aI Verdict '
V Yt ntla ' *nTrev.TT-~ PoTi '"
t F Julian the in: nit^VvT...
s4or?etl* Winch Ehg'.e. .vn
f. t d t i \ following MJ
' a < ' 1 h' : h'Tii v called
rrt>*r rv "c'iv.ck :r a court '
1 >:-i aj?M ; ir.tt .1:;! hv
men f< r !y r\
him i?: " venture > ch al *
ir Surp.'.u m .
''M Jr. 1.! i> vd V<v1
M"lr. cf W:. . 1) c *;
! tli.it ' lu\ j;.. tin:
in n cntiuft
isc fr-: r.sn'r certain sur.
'/ Kurop. As "
: ' > ' ' hr vt p.* u t h y
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f his .! ! inn c. ,.H
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* reading snm,. nt" tin 1>,;
; !! :
I circles < ! South ('am- ;
uvh of Columhi:*. Ih\ is
ho Sc In to! >' Thi" >1> <ir v . ;,(
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Race
4i Hi
l
lays Counti
mice Fight
' IKI.AHO.MA U'l \ -A merle
r iin?1 more imitedf^xotcr4-+m?H
ogram. President Truman saic
V t<> the J'trd annual eonventi
1 -.*?'*<i here "Suimay.
The President assured the de
oprram I sent to C<mjjre*s in 1!
ojiTain for the American people
When he addressed t h e
AACP convention in Wash- > n
yton live years avo, Mr._ pie
mrrmirPiTT?1Tedri<it looked as it i
on>rh the wartime grains in ere
;ual -meMr?ami equal?
?rt unities were about to be bet:
iped <nit in a wav. <>1" hat l ed f
id violence similar t'o that jlir
h-i? li svvvpt over the country
'it i tie first world war, I
,i-- (let i aiinini'd i hut this
n ;!?! n<.t hap' < n a vain. I
;c- lertatu. ib t 'the I'l'oS.i- x'
,(f !tv I.* 1:it,-d St.nl' - tu'!
ah' 1} iudiative in
'oniuc ; atVivmat i\ < (>r:1
' i . 1 :.V<
vrht i nil;
* v ! t.
: . . >. , . .hi
' !. ii . . nr.<' . 1 cur
??t? 4it-- '- ft- r-r.-t:"-- prortr .in vt<^
-v: ,i i,.p.i. b'",j'ln, to by
K;- !v\t. u:; Hv f u s ^ a -*1?*
> .' * !' wov it rvast\' tf done!
'Wv T:\n. Lc- ^ .will
ir?k. - pf'ranfcd just 1 iV^; <-r?'
") :,'W. T\(X><r th.v hnvj'Ser
+ 1 ,
> t!' n-v. !iv< yenr?~ the*
r vc '.>rc ,:fh .< ' '! l?y urn
<t..t
;i'id by m'.vntr
- . - w : n v r .
>!< , M: Tri'im .:i rt. I
H;:v< '! i j.ninv n< > ti
.- pr rr. lu: n ncj?T hiyh tr.e
fnr< tptoplt*. The rttri
MAACP CA ' I S
IF THE HmTE
NT\W YORK?A ro.^'.jrconco <
t tlie count rv in 1051. "in ail"'?]
ay-ms-- made towards the ut.taii
fy in rncMif years." was noted
?i for tin* Vdwin'-ement of Co 1
I m?rr " 1 !<".! Tim Year >f t }itvial:
una ( ty "today on the a*'a <
uiu;... X.\A(T Cunvantion,
"llal.iyrhtiai ? ;( nielli - 1 <
rled . to a new i- \ l-ii lit
"f t it< T tin- ;. -t '
11! h." the N.\.\<T I't'laal
it< itir'iy Ix-ndi i-\p!i't^a>n>- *?'tl
Hi: n i i - V n ! hdd
1? rtv . V.-t - I: \ H jt\ rll't? 1 m I Mrt' ?i !:
r'.a and ! lnrida In T*!?> i* n I a
a>. f la i t . 11 ' n im tuT <1'
, ? . .... tad..
r> a'. id' Ml'i'i i . u. : u
i ' r ; t
!T? 1 itt V - !
A \ ('!' r
, - . s v>, i f.
; y,t) !! '.. * |."
! ill
iiinItfr To (Jet Two
ew Police Officers
Sl'MTKH S.
i * 1 i 1 i ] j. jt J t 11 I oil 1 i i i 1 1 f ) I I *? I* - -
u an . i'f toil t (>, h "hnrr
?a-?rvn. . :tv inin.it:. v .1 A
!Ti !tl s:ii?' Mnr.d.v,
Mi. R^rT*?4*4?rttT-t-t-r
V.l-,r>.'l !>n b;nf iru'lud provi Si
n4 for two :m4 that tho t :tv
i
now I'w.s.iirini; -moral nppli- K,n.
i ':is whioh havo boon submit- "'
I foi t In po; i to ii s_ , i
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PKICE TEN CENTS
rm^
S o
gilts'
rv Belter
/
Started
a is a 'stronger ami hettTUUSb
of tin?-Tl\ il rights
1 in a telegram of greeton
<rf tho NTAACI* whieh
legates that "the ten-point
[)18 is still my eivil rights
??
si iviKX' ot 'fie 'cVfr<-ncan pentremendous
toixy when
.erir'Ux'i It has-; been nurrkd
by the civil rights .program
1 '.a.i . onn' iy?i.-. ..liiHib )?.nui
tor i ' nyite united becau c
ut."
riniun, Kefauvwr
d vireejtingTs
\ "sirvotx- greetings'* to'tie:
v?c: :t, AV. Ave rill Harnmau
hi. "peri'nil convici
up. < :v.i : ine-udtntj the
n.,:bni*:.' ' f the f'-iicra! goviii
nt f i alTirnratiVi' .a turn
oUgh th or iV'titeirt of legi or.
of adcMiuat- ;.r>. effective
eV.on t i ensure fair employ*
it practices, th- per o^y^^c.
: actions "' ba*ed ' unco wce^
*rl or tiaiffd^p origin'/'
?;> v Kstc^Kthtdfer
NA^I^wf^h ")lfnou|fl
ty, Jlrpgth am%pe?^verat|tee
dclnay^d gw3re adw.u. os
icr.tv fit:/.en< of America JR
:r battle for equal.: v ;,nd >us/
u: iiooc'v your rganr-'
on hn? rr.nv. wonderful
des. I :v?pc ar.d tru. t that
NAACr will ^ or.tinuc to
rv on its very human work "
1951 YEAR
BOMBINGS
"?f rarinl vinlenoo throughaerate
attempt to hak the
inuTt of a democratic s"hy
the National Associa
orerl 1'euplo m it ~ :t:i:
IT:it? Komb." released i:
?f the openi tur of the 1 r.'
'OU'> i t: CVc
t.n kv lor Discrimination
,t- <r?- Th.' NAACT
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n.i 'h. . ? \v.:
tl , .ar.t:
' 'h \ N'tr-;: rc
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: v."v i4v iT..
t ' : v i m. t ; t ! n . * 1''
t ; o
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~"k~ "7.T -n
:i ' ! 'Ci!i < .Mnitton
I o< us. Shifts
~ -T7 v, .
\< i1 i < ; :: "tt. . u ,\ th?
if: ?-i' tii'- ..f
\ A .':. ): t: i
' ': - : 11 'i.; ' h>- t mm h,t fi.:ht
ir.ii'i t I 'm
M ' It-- ?* t'r?-! 11H t * Mild profc**\>
t! f ,i (. <1 hoal
it is CV ? r. 'ili- I o . 'ii j > '
i i;r? AtiaJita, (lor.
Clarondhn i/d'.mty, ^outh
a.np' !> !:.\\ iiv !U M
Contlntird on Pajce Flfht
I
LO VELYCOLVMBI
| ,. , ^s. Ho^e Woods, Jr. (abo
y rfage o?v June 24 was-Mia/i M
ir -daughter df Mr > and 34ra, John
? Inptoh Street. ^olunjfoia:
_^r?he ceremony was pestfon
, VlStor of
v>yfxmijBg0fk&' clo* relative* <
] ' ' SOU1 friwocxfl^was graduated
Triton hiprf sclmcri nl .the <?lass of
'epilegre in the fall ilfcthe enviroi
\,th e^oung^pouple
; - The groom, Master Stc^j
^jon otltfr. and
a graduate of-the 'CmmSl
and has been in trfb
Sergeant Woods haw .beer^ua
son at Columbia t.?
stationed.
IN A MTSHELL
No Civil Ri;
Votes, Whi?
< iKI.AHOMA CITY?Closin
ti??n rvf the National Associatio
r.d-.n-Ml IVapVe lietv SufTdav. V
ti<>n'< executive seeretary warn
rat- alike that repudiation of
"'will bring down the wrath of !
ors."
Krpieli.it ion of civil rights to cos II
invpurtatU aiVHtttg uvlt-- t*.
o? v. lent , : .51"t J:tf ' " noiv
. thi . o>ue ibvi (1>
:r. t is th Ne~;ro \i>te now near- c
t u
.v: ;M.U'fWV?n stivmi; 'rv, tno S'Uth
. . i i. .' ~ ? *
.On. . u;u.im UK'IX'U llll.li
: 'v,r .n no less than 17 li<
::t>: t:n : .. >! w.tn v >,
in th*. el.itoral coller.o. Isay th.t-.ot
'i ;? tnvat." Mr Whi-t
uo*1, "only as a >.n*.p
V v? .itpmrnt .if
f.mt Tl)a N.-cro v to Oh v tr
... ........ r>
M"(.ra\- 7 olhs \
it LitheCitv
. ? T7
l.\KK CITY John H Mr. \\
< < ) t >r Th ' l.nhtTi use ct
.- tiil I fo'.'tv. : .rv! stato eh.ltr-' b
>: South Parol ma Progress-, -i
' i IVrn t-i.it w;M ho th. main [>
iMMiii.'.. h' a '"n -??>>.' o mi'?Sun-?st
<lav aft rn or?. J til y b. whn h will, $
he he'ci ill the N.'u Z qi
. Chui?'h <>n thr .fnhnj^Tmvtttf''ro
highway. , w
The nv tmt: 1^ scheduled to it;
beg.n ;> 4 p. nt. Walter So tt " n
president iif the local NAACP G<
branch, which is spon-oring the 1,
nv ding.
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m
Braf - |pf .%'/ '$M
ry"- .;*'
|- ' ...
^.ftromtT UJlly'
I f^in BOok^jPF. Washing- ifl
' 1952 and DRins attpndinir
is of Trent op, N. whern^ - >M
; .-.- ' . ' j> ,-T i;N i
Rutosie Woods, Jr., is the <
xr^Sr. of llyntsville, Ala.
! high sctiool at Ityitsville,. <
thy jfegt- Rii^'years. Master
nsfeftGty froaV Fort Jackr
J.. w8 is presently
> -%*- 1
? 4 $
Ms, No . i
. Declares
g the 43rd annual convenn
tor the Advane^ypent of -?_
Calter White, the Associaed
Repuhlicans and Demothe
civil rights program
millions of independent vot1:
no is and California decided
it; 104S pr<i>idc>ntal election," ? -- j?-?.
The NAACP l-adt*r decried the
ladivnni.i. GOP pursuit of "the
u-uv ,m',1 o' the wisp of capr.ng
the South.*' With few ex- Tju
pt' p. . vuch iL> the late Wetii
?U Willkt , "Republicans have
erv-^lt.i.ly unable to underanu
that the ?.nly coalition the * :
actiwnarv South will enter is ? '
'.e ;n '.vi'uh Republican's sur- .
I|b S i mplct'clv thf ?-J
f-!itu>nal p sit ion on the citil
t> . >ii?" Mi. White charged.
. > ' =--:
T i \i who threaten to
> t r-e Dem emtio party if a
aong civil lights plank is aT
r-rrrTr-w<T-k"".TT Chicago, hfe?~?t
peated the NAACP admofaj.
"ei o: HsTT i.c t Jem Wrf?k!
here e.-,p. h y go? Nowhere ex pt
to political < blivion. It is a?ut
* tuna for Northern petki- 7
ans *o stfp shivering in their
>ts when, vpr n ni?i?ppoi
>.*>1
mrriT?"holt.''?Whatever?ehce ?
lithium. pohtu .ans may be tWy -*?*
ereohstic about political patnago
and the lucrative rewards
huh k" with bung the major-.,
y party. Whatever happen*
iica! realists like Russell of
e ^rRia. Kerr of Oklahoma, and
isUr Hill of Alabama are not
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