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Jackson Advocate
Jackson, Hinds County, Mississippi
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In Washington, D.C., on Sept. 10, Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger avoided specifics on whether Black aide Frank Reeves would join campaign trips to segregated Southern states, saying plans would become clear upon travel.
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Washington, D. C., Sept. 10 - Campaign aides of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy last week declined to disclose what will be done about taking Negro advisers along on trips into Southern states.
At a news briefing, Kennedy's press secretary, Pierre Salinger, was reminded that Kennedy had named Frank Reeves, national Democratic committeeman from the District of Columbia, as a special assistant and had announced Reeves would accompany him on all campaign trips.
"Is he going to take Reeves with him into the South, and what will he do about hotels and eating places which still are segregated by state law?" Salinger was asked by a reporter representing southern newspapers.
"Our course will become evident when we travel South," was Salinger's only reply.
Pressed, Salinger said he would take up the question with Kennedy.
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Washington, D. C.
Event Date
Sept. 10
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Campaign aides of Democratic presidential nominee John F. Kennedy declined to disclose plans for taking Negro adviser Frank Reeves on trips into Southern states. At a news briefing, Kennedy's press secretary Pierre Salinger was asked if Reeves would accompany Kennedy into the South and how they would handle segregated hotels and eating places by state law. Salinger replied that their course would become evident when traveling South and he would take up the question with Kennedy.