European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 31, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday the stars and stripes Mitchey convention role Means negro votes for demos War casually the democrats hot to a lot of things in Chicago this week but one thing they have not lot the negro vote. Sine there it a Price for everything it rooms Likely the Democrat will lose some of the while vote this year. If they do however they have made sure it will be offset by a virtually unanimous Black vote. Following the Advent of the new Deal in 1932, negroes have gradually played a More important and conspicuous role at the democratic National conventions but there has never been anything iik0 1968. This year the Black representation and in fluence Are not Token not even big Token but for real. The contrast with the Republican convention at Miami Beach is striking. At the gop mooting there were 26 negro delegates at Chicago there were 175 negro delegates and on additional 1 25 alternates and 100 of the 300 were from the South. Delegates alone however do not Tell the whole Story. The convention Hall the convention hotels and convention parties were peopled by Many Well known negro celebrities of the arts of sports of stage and screen who obviously Felt at Home Here. When John Bailey the National chairman made up Abernathy King hit list of notable americans to be honoured at the convention it markedly contained the names of mrs. Martin Luther King or. And the Rev. Ralph d. Aberathy president of the Southern Chris Tian leadership conference. Of course the democrats have a built in advantage at Conven Tion time for the party has elected Many negroes to High office around the country. One reason the democrats carry the cities by such a big margin is that they have not hesitated to elect negro mayors Carl Stokes Clevelan Percy Sutton Man Hattan Borough president Rich Ard Hatcher Gary . The present position of be 9 Oes in the democratic party is Best revealed by the recognition accorded them not Only in the various delegations but in the convention machinery itself no ably in the key committees which organized Tho meeting fashioned the platform and ruled on credentials. If anything further was needed to Cement the Black vote this year it wot accomplished when the Lily White delegations from states like Mississippi and geor Gia were rejected because of racial discrimination. Prominent negro Dole Theodore a. Jonos director of the Illinois Revenue depart ment predicted this would signal a now Era of mass participation in the democratic party by Blacks. They la see that if Black people can win in Mississippi he said they can win any Claude Holman a Chi Cago negro Alderman says we rejoice in this decision because it Stokes Hatcher shows for another Chica go negro politician said the democratic party is not perfect but at least we feel we re part of in stressing voter participation Jones put his Finger on the word that interests most of the John Keasler negro delegates from the South they Are genuinely excited Over the extraordinary increase of negro registration throughout their Region. They also believe it is going to be an effective counter to the so called Southern strategy of the republicans. In Mississippi for example negro registration has soared from 6.7 to 59.8 per cent of voting age Blacks. Other examples include Alabama 19.3 to 51.6georgia 27.4 to 52.6louisiana 31.6 to 58.9south Carolina 37.3 to 51.2arkansas 40.4 to 62.7. If this trend continues and it seems to be accelerating the balance of Power in most South Ern states will increasingly lie with a coalition of Blacks and Southern progressives. And if the republicans and gov. George Wallace s Independent party split the conservative White vote As seems probable the progressives could Well capture a num Ber of Southern states in this year s presidential election. A 1963. . Inc. Nobody would give Amos away this comment on Kittens kids and other matters is re printed after requests which continue to come in after its first writing some years ago Amos was his name and he was a funny sight runt of the litter which is Why the kids chose him to keep. And he was master of his world until yester Day. Children found him dead be Side our House. No Mark was on him and cause of his death is listed As unknown. His funeral was heavily attended. In his life of less than three months Amos made an awful lot of friends. His Mother was our Black cat Samantha and every other Kitten in her litter was Beautiful and a solid shiny Ebony. Amos was half the size of any of them a ridiculous mottled Brown and a Mav Erick from the second he was born. As other members of the litter grew in the drawer of a bed below Olympus by Interlandi v c room Dresser their old Home Stead Amos was the noisiest. He was a competitor. Being half the sire he fought three times the hardest for position and he always won or broke even. He never caught up in size but he caught Wise fast to the world and what he could t whip he would con. Until yesterday when he succumbed to whatever it was that got him. It May have been a dog although there were no Marks we re not sure what happened. But it caused a lot of tears. After the litter came and As the weeks went by the prettier Kittens were Given away Al though the kids did t like to give them away. However a House can hold Only so Many animals sometimes i think i May have to move out Back in a tree and one by one our kit ten Supply diminished leaving us Only with our setter greyhound three cats two rabbits a Roc Coon and Amos. My daughter gave this por titular Batch of Kittens away by taking them Down to the shop Ping Center in a Box on which she had reluctantly lettered what i think is a Fine sign free Little and from time to time some body would take a pretty Black free Little Kitten but nobody Ever took Amos. In fact As time went by it became apparent that no body really wanted to give Amos away not Ever. Ironically the very Day before his death a Man appeared with his Little boy saying he had heard we had Kittens to give away. My kids went to look for Amos. The Man waited and waited. It was Odd How my kids simply could t find Amos no matter How hard they looked. Finally the Man went away. And Amos mysteriously was found in time for supper. Now we All wish Amos had gone with the Man. There has been much mourn ing Over Amos and his memorial Tomb is a Large one a doctor in our neighbourhood is building a new office and some Day i May get up nerve to Tell him Amos is buried under what will be his front walk. The kids chose the grave site so Amos would t get lonely. My wife was doing a manful Job trying to dry tears and answer All the unanswerable questions and then one of our smaller daughters asked How Long will it take to forget Amos she was told soon. You la forget this is monday the Little girl said and she thought of the longest possible time she could withstand such sorrow. Will i forget Amos by wednesday 1 she asked. We told her we hoped she would t be sad by wednesday. We truly Hope so. When you Are Small the bad part of reality should t have to last longer than wednesday not when you re very Small and sadness is so terribly big the size of a Little Brown Kitten you loved once m. No is a of. Inc. 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