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May 31, 1948
The Augusta Courier
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia
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South Carolina Democratic convention in Columbia urges break with President Truman over civil rights program, elects Gov. Strom Thurmond as national committeeman; resolutions oppose Truman and civil rights. Additional notes on support for Herman Talmadge in Richmond County and Southern states barring Truman.
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Oppose Truman South Carolina Demos Urged
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 19—An angered South Carolina Democratic convention was urged Wednesday to break with President Truman.
Nearly 1,000 party members gave thunderous applause to an assertion by Keynoter George Warren, a state senator, that "we owe no allegiance" to national party leaders.
"They have deserted us," he shouted.
Decrying President Truman's civil rights program, Warren said:
"All the laws of Congress, all the Gestapo actions of the Truman secret police system, and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our schools, our churches and our homes.
"By the same token, the schools, churches and homes of the Negro shall remain inviolate."
THURMOND NAMED
He advocated selection of national convention delegates and electoral college nominees opposed to Truman.
The convention elected Gov. Strom Thurmond as national committeeman, and Mrs. Anne A. Agnew, of Columbia, as national committeewoman.
A stand opposing Truman was taken by the convention resolutions and platform committee, headed by J. M. Moorer of Walterboro, Tuesday night.
Moorer explained that under the proposed platform, electors would cast South Carolina's electoral vote for a person favored by the state Democratic executive committee or a subsequent state convention.
This could mean that the state's presidential electoral vote might go to a Republican for the first time since 1876.
HIT CIVIL RIGHTS
Moorer's committee also drafted a proposal for instruction of South Carolina's 20 delegates to the national Democratic convention in opposition to President Truman.
Opposition would be expressed also to any other presidential or vice presidential candidate favoring civil rights proposals advanced by the President or a proposal for abolition of local race segregation laws.
All of the Crackers in Richmond County and most of the white Independents are for Herman Talmadge this year. That leaves the negroes and a small group of the white members of the Independent political machine against him.
Alabama and South Carolina have barred their doors against Truman. Watch other southern states gradually fall in line before November 2nd.
The people of Richmond County are about to find out what has been happening to them during the past two years. The white people don't like it a bit.
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 19—An angered South Carolina Democratic convention was urged Wednesday to break with President Truman.
Nearly 1,000 party members gave thunderous applause to an assertion by Keynoter George Warren, a state senator, that "we owe no allegiance" to national party leaders.
"They have deserted us," he shouted.
Decrying President Truman's civil rights program, Warren said:
"All the laws of Congress, all the Gestapo actions of the Truman secret police system, and all the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our schools, our churches and our homes.
"By the same token, the schools, churches and homes of the Negro shall remain inviolate."
THURMOND NAMED
He advocated selection of national convention delegates and electoral college nominees opposed to Truman.
The convention elected Gov. Strom Thurmond as national committeeman, and Mrs. Anne A. Agnew, of Columbia, as national committeewoman.
A stand opposing Truman was taken by the convention resolutions and platform committee, headed by J. M. Moorer of Walterboro, Tuesday night.
Moorer explained that under the proposed platform, electors would cast South Carolina's electoral vote for a person favored by the state Democratic executive committee or a subsequent state convention.
This could mean that the state's presidential electoral vote might go to a Republican for the first time since 1876.
HIT CIVIL RIGHTS
Moorer's committee also drafted a proposal for instruction of South Carolina's 20 delegates to the national Democratic convention in opposition to President Truman.
Opposition would be expressed also to any other presidential or vice presidential candidate favoring civil rights proposals advanced by the President or a proposal for abolition of local race segregation laws.
All of the Crackers in Richmond County and most of the white Independents are for Herman Talmadge this year. That leaves the negroes and a small group of the white members of the Independent political machine against him.
Alabama and South Carolina have barred their doors against Truman. Watch other southern states gradually fall in line before November 2nd.
The people of Richmond County are about to find out what has been happening to them during the past two years. The white people don't like it a bit.
What sub-type of article is it?
Historical Event
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Justice
What keywords are associated?
South Carolina Convention
Truman Opposition
Civil Rights
Strom Thurmond
Dixiecrats
Herman Talmadge
Southern Democrats
What entities or persons were involved?
President Truman
George Warren
Strom Thurmond
Anne A. Agnew
J. M. Moorer
Herman Talmadge
Where did it happen?
Columbia, S. C.
Story Details
Key Persons
President Truman
George Warren
Strom Thurmond
Anne A. Agnew
J. M. Moorer
Herman Talmadge
Location
Columbia, S. C.
Event Date
May 19
Story Details
South Carolina Democratic convention opposes Truman's civil rights program, elects Thurmond and Agnew to national roles, adopts platform allowing electoral vote diversion; additional commentary on Southern states' resistance and Richmond County support for Talmadge.