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...G.O.P. presidential candidate in 1968?and beyond. Though he is cagey enough not to commit himself so soon, he leans toward Michigan's George Romney for '68. Since more Negroes could come to resent Romney's Mormon religion?which still has an archaic tenet that denies the "priesthood" to Negroes???Brooke would be a valuable ally in defending the Michigan Governor's liberal record on racial issues...
...economic progress is the fact that he has broken in large numbers out of farm and domestic work into industry. During World War II, a million Negroes went into defense industries. By & large, they have stayed in industry ever since. Today, nearly 11% of all U.S. industrial workers are Negroes???twice as many as in 1940. Most Negroes are still held to unskilled jobs. But there has been progress...
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