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Editorial
August 3, 1946
The Chicago Star
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
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AFL Teamsters president Daniel J. Tobin urges the Senate to deny Theodore Bilbo his seat, won through threats against Black voters in Mississippi, and calls for federal troops to protect citizenship rights, criticizing the state's conditions.
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AFL's Tobin would exile Bilbo to Miss.
INDIANAPOLIS (FP)
"Troop trains should have been rolling into Mississippi within 24 hours after Bilbo defied the constitution," Pres. Daniel J. Tobin of the Intl. Bro. of Teamsters (AFL) writes in the August issue of the union's official publication.
Suggesting that the Senate deny Theodore Bilbo his seat which he won by threats of violence, Tobin said: "Federal troops should be sent anywhere that armed supervision is necessary to guarantee the basic rights of citizenship.
"That's what the revolutionary war was all about. And the civil war. We won both those bloody conflicts and presumably established forever the principle that men are free and equal.
"THEY were not equal and they were not free in Mississippi last month. That's why Bilbo won. Only a handful of the Negro population dared to vote. Bilbo had warned them that they did so at their peril. By such a threat, Bilbo violated the federal constitution.
"Mississippi prefers to wallow in the swamp," he said, after describing substandard wages, poor living conditions, low health and education standards in the state.
"She can send Bilbo to the Senate but the Senate doesn't need to accept him. It should ship him back, preferably in a cattle car."
Daniel J. Tobin, president of the AFL Teamsters, writing in the August issue of the union's publication, states that Sen. Bilbo (D., Miss.) should be denied a seat in the Senate because he won the Democratic nomination recently through intimidation of Negro voters.
INDIANAPOLIS (FP)
"Troop trains should have been rolling into Mississippi within 24 hours after Bilbo defied the constitution," Pres. Daniel J. Tobin of the Intl. Bro. of Teamsters (AFL) writes in the August issue of the union's official publication.
Suggesting that the Senate deny Theodore Bilbo his seat which he won by threats of violence, Tobin said: "Federal troops should be sent anywhere that armed supervision is necessary to guarantee the basic rights of citizenship.
"That's what the revolutionary war was all about. And the civil war. We won both those bloody conflicts and presumably established forever the principle that men are free and equal.
"THEY were not equal and they were not free in Mississippi last month. That's why Bilbo won. Only a handful of the Negro population dared to vote. Bilbo had warned them that they did so at their peril. By such a threat, Bilbo violated the federal constitution.
"Mississippi prefers to wallow in the swamp," he said, after describing substandard wages, poor living conditions, low health and education standards in the state.
"She can send Bilbo to the Senate but the Senate doesn't need to accept him. It should ship him back, preferably in a cattle car."
Daniel J. Tobin, president of the AFL Teamsters, writing in the August issue of the union's publication, states that Sen. Bilbo (D., Miss.) should be denied a seat in the Senate because he won the Democratic nomination recently through intimidation of Negro voters.
What sub-type of article is it?
Suffrage
Partisan Politics
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Bilbo
Voter Intimidation
Negro Rights
Federal Troops
Senate Seat
Mississippi
Afl Teamsters
What entities or persons were involved?
Daniel J. Tobin
Theodore Bilbo
Afl Teamsters
Senate
Mississippi
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Opposition To Theodore Bilbo's Senate Seat Due To Voter Intimidation
Stance / Tone
Strongly Critical Of Bilbo And Mississippi, Advocating Federal Intervention
Key Figures
Daniel J. Tobin
Theodore Bilbo
Afl Teamsters
Senate
Mississippi
Key Arguments
Bilbo Defied The Constitution By Threatening Negro Voters
Federal Troops Needed To Guarantee Citizenship Rights
Revolutionary And Civil Wars Established Equality
Mississippi's Poor Conditions Enable Such Violations
Senate Should Deny Bilbo's Seat And Return Him