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Dixiecrats Urged To Rejoin Democrats For Civil Rights Fight
Senator Lister Hill of Alabama urged Dixiecrats to rejoin the Democratic Party to defeat President Truman’s civil rights program. He cited FEPC bills and the anti poll tax bill stalled in Senate committees and warned Alabama voters to back the party in the May 2 primary for 72 state central committee seats.
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Lister Hill
Ala
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FDR
Chicago
Alabama
FEPC
Democratic Party
Senate
John C. Stennis
Miss
President Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Jim Eastland
Elton
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Senate Committee On Labor and Public Welfare