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...Governor Thurmond has demonstrated his commitment to stopping Mr. Rickey and Jack Robinson with a vision that could only be formed under the auspices of his progressively humble Edgefield County, S.C. upbringing. First and foremost is a comprehensive plan against integration in all facets of life. Why is this important to the average Crimson reader? Imagine one day if you were to open these fair pages and see not a Caucasian writer but a Negro or—even worse—an immigrant from the shores of South Asia! Could you trust the newspaper then...
...good fortune of seeing Governor Thurmond at a whistle stop in northern Kentucky last month, and I inquired as to the specific situations of both Robinson and the Dodgers, as well as the possibility of future South Asian scribes. He was inimical to both. His exact words were unclear, obscured by the constant spitting and chawing, but I got the sense of it. Thurmond, if elected President, would send in federal troops to Ebbets Field to prevent Robinson or any future blacks from participating in the Great American tradition...
...other side is Strom Thurmond. He will nip this sudden surge of Democracy in the bud. Jack Robinson will go back to the Negro Leagues and his Georgia homestead. Currently the support for Thurmond appears strong only in the Great States of South Carolina, Alabama and Mississippi, but we must correct for this by delivering Massachusetts and all of New England as well...
...look back in hindsight, 54 years later, and think, “if only we had elected Thurmond in 1948.” This Governor lives by the seat of his pants—indeed, it was his heroism at Normandy that did the Krauts in. Thurmond will not be around forever. Voting for him means that one day, your white children will live safe in the knowledge that they can one day play first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers, without any competition from the Negro...
...your offspring decide to enter the world of journalism, well, with Thurmond keeping the South Asians out, there ought to be some openings there...