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2 Tn oo per etremn esters eter = Nithea Fad Wiss. Nob. Pan term! a Johnson and tae acouys } oe, > / aa The, defeat of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party’s' vs challenge of the_illegally elected Mississippi congressmen Was al : riumph for the racist rulers of this country, or in 3 word, the’ : 4 I. a ° administration. It proves beyond any doubt the ins: ° ~ Tthoss, . . Johnson of the Democratic Party to enforce the constitutional ” right_of_American—citizeas to vote for their_representati i government, fo nee <I . ‘ t XS : The Sept. 17 vote against the challenge in the House of Rep-: - resentatives was 228 to 143. In order to pass, the challenge re are_295 Democrats in the_House, \ and the Johnson administr has been _able_ta_pass_euery. ‘single piece of _vaajor leoisic on_it_has_pushed this_year!. “ne fact of the matter is that the Johnson administration x has openly lobbied against the MFDP challenge in order as-_ i {JR Zsure that the Mississippi_Dixiecrats rem: i ‘be=, Lo & "hind the “Tegal” argumen “no one, ran. against the. ississippi_ bh “pixiecrats in 1964, Johnson's cohorts cynically ignore that. | efore “the 1965 Voting Rights Act only a hancful of black _Mississippians, SS “were allowed to vote in any electi S Bu quired 218 votes — but the cee eee ene BE eee Alter the overwhelming support that Negro voters gave Sh “Johnson in 1964, including the support of the MFDP, Johnson" RY apparently felt he had the Negro vote in his back pocket. The! “t Dixiecrat vote is less secure. In 1864 many of tnem voted for, \ N Goldwater. Others still threaten to bolt the Democratic Party. ‘ In order to ensure that the Dixiecrats remain within ‘the. zt of the MFDP challenge - i | % N Democratic Party, Johnsod pla |. high on his priority_ls T : - “hs MFDP. Pressure can be oFoug.1t va the ruling parties to the~ engih outsid2 of 8 uo degree that political groups ave Ser “Gyponion to these pares. Boe Anite : caerpgce enero ee ree perme spe s etree