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Minneapolis Spokesman
Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
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At the recent American Legion conference in Minneapolis, delegate James Smith from Washington D.C.'s James Reese Europe Post No. 5 proposed resolutions against bombings of Negro and Jewish sites and to list the White Citizens Council as subversive, but both were rejected by voice vote.
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One of the active Negro delegates to the recent American Legion in Minneapolis was past commander James Smith of the Washington, D. C. James Reese Europe Post No. 5.
Mr. Smith led an unsuccessful battle to have the Legion go on record against bombings of Negro and Jewish homes, churches and synagogues in one resolution on Law and Order.
Another resolution offered by Mr. Smith in behalf of his post was one dealing with the Ku Klux Klan and the White Citizens Council in which the Legion was asked to support a move to ask the Department of Justice to place the latter organization on the Attorney-General's subversive list.
Both resolutions lost by voice vote.
The resolutions were backed by the District of Columbia Department of the Legion held July 24 in the nation's capital.
Mr. Smith was not discouraged because he said there is a rising tide in the organization to take a stand on such issues.
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both resolutions lost by voice vote.
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James Smith, past commander of the James Reese Europe Post No. 5 in Washington, D.C., proposed two resolutions at the American Legion conference: one against bombings of Negro and Jewish homes, churches, and synagogues under Law and Order, and another urging the Department of Justice to place the White Citizens Council on the Attorney-General's subversive list, with support for action against the Ku Klux Klan. The resolutions were backed by the District of Columbia Department of the Legion on July 24 in Washington, D.C.