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Editorial August 1, 1960

The Augusta Courier

Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia

What is this article about?

Editorial denounces the Democratic Party's platform for promoting racial integration in all community areas, including private schools, churches, and clubs, claiming it ends personal freedom of association and advances communist ideals. References John Kennedy's speech.

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Democrats
Plot End Of Personal Freedom,
Plan
New Or

Churches,
Lodges,
Clubs
No
Longer Be
Allowed
To
Make
Membership
Choice

The Democratic platform adopted at Los Angeles is the craziest document ever written.

As a matter of fact, it gets crazier every time you read it.

This time the platform didn't stop at advocating race mixing in the public schools.

This time, it goes all the way and advocates race mixing in "all areas of community life."

All-Out Destruction

This time, it doesn't advocate race mixing in the "public schools" alone.

This time, it advocates "equal access for all Americans" to "schoolrooms".

Now, this means all schoolrooms. This means church schools as well as public schools.

This means private schools as well as public schools.

This provision says that the Catholic schools cannot deny any person admittance.

This says that a school operated by the Baptist Church, the Methodist Church, or any other church, must accept members of all churches and members of all races. This says that there can be no discrimination.

Churches and Lodges

And this race mixing advocated by the Democrats isn't limited to the schools. This means churches, lodges, country clubs, golf clubs, Kiwanis Clubs.

Rotary Clubs, Exchange Clubs and every other kind of club or organization in a community.

Everybody in a community must have equal access to every church, every lodge, every club and every other organization in the community.

While evidently not intended, the range is broad enough to mean that the Knights of Columbus couldn't keep the Masons out and the Masons couldn't keep the members of the Knights of Columbus out of its organization.

End To All Freedom

It certainly does mean, and is intended to mean, that neither organization can keep Negroes - or the members of any other race - out.

For instance, the Jewish organizations could not keep Negroes out nor could it keep Gentiles out.

Neither could the Gentiles have organizations which would deprive the Jews of membership.

The whole thing is designed to destroy private schools, church schools and every other kind of private or church organization.

Communist Ideal

It is designed to produce the Communist ideal of a non-religious state organization.

It is designed to produce one race and one people by mixing them all up.

It is designed to produce one religion and that religion is the Godless, atheistic doctrine of Communism.

It is designed to destroy Christianity and to substitute the Communist state as a religion.

Dream of Immaturity

And, in his acceptance speech, John Kennedy said:

"A peaceful revolution for human rights - demanding an end to racial discrimination in all parts of our com

What sub-type of article is it?

Partisan Politics Social Reform Moral Or Religious

What keywords are associated?

Democratic Platform Race Mixing Equal Access Private Schools Churches Freedom Of Association Communism Racial Discrimination

What entities or persons were involved?

Democratic Party John Kennedy Catholic Schools Baptist Church Methodist Church Knights Of Columbus Masons Jewish Organizations

Editorial Details

Primary Topic

Opposition To Democratic Platform On Racial Integration In Community Organizations

Stance / Tone

Strongly Anti Integration And Pro Segregation

Key Figures

Democratic Party John Kennedy Catholic Schools Baptist Church Methodist Church Knights Of Columbus Masons Jewish Organizations

Key Arguments

Democratic Platform Advocates Race Mixing In All Areas Of Community Life Equal Access Extends To Private And Church Schools No Discrimination Allowed In Churches, Lodges, And Clubs Destroys Freedom Of Association And Private Organizations Promotes Communist Ideal Of Non Religious State And Racial Mixing Substitutes Christianity With Atheistic Communism

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