Mississippi Speakers Bureau publicizes segregation message
A Mississippi letter from Erle Johnston Jr to residents promotes the State Sovereignty Commission Speakers Bureau to explain segregation and race harmony. It promises expenses covered and aims to present racial realities without emotion. The writer recalls a local incident of empathy toward a veteran missing a leg.
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the Public Relations Department
The
State Sovereignty Commission
Mississippi
Mr. Johnston
Speakers Bureau
the Sovereignty Commission
Myopic Britain mirror in Osborne piece and Soviet exile
The column contrasts John Osborne’s anti Western jabs with Prof. Mikhail Klochko’s escape from the USSR. Osborne rails at America while living freely in France, and Klochko cites political constraints hampering pure science, seeking asylum in a democratic country.
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John Osborne
Tribune
London
Mikhail Antonivich Klochko
Soviet Union
Klochko
Ussr
Review of a Book on Communism and Cold War Themes
The author clears the record against false accusers while noting some churchmen allied with Communist groups and aligned with the Party. The work aids anti communist efforts but may not appeal to universalist reformers as it asserts Communism opposes religion and American democracy.
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White House
England
Osborne
MacMillan
Gaitskell
West
Berlin
Rivera
U.S.A
Civil rights contrast in Mississippi voter mindset
A narrator recalls asking a Black veteran who lost a leg in Korea if he votes. The man replies he does not vote, illustrating the Mississippi race and rights tension. The speaker questions how a Black man can defend equality abroad yet be barred from the ballot at home.
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Hattiesburg
Jackson
Korea
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East Side
Dear Mr
Ross R. Barnett
South
Sincerely Yours, Erle Johnston, Jr
Antioch Bookplate CO
Yellow Springs
Ohio
Potomac
HEW
Ribicoff
Cardinal Spellman
Dixie
American Medical Association
AMA
Chester Bowles
State Department
John McCormack
Boston
McCormack
Congress
Washington
U.S.S.R
Great Britain
Stali
Budapest
Prof. Klochko
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