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HJuth, sued two Texu Harris [osod e n uaye] oq mou fwu 1l Cunty election judges. qualined voter in the l940 Dem-J |primary for the nominatlen of can.d 47 of Negroes to vote in the primarles- *By the terms of the 15tb Amend? Court, which ciaimed that the tion the grent pririege of choosing Texas party affairs". and not subject to|by the state becaase of hts color." federal control. Meanwhile, - Fed- Lone dissenter in the s to 1 deci- upheld the Texas. local omcials. Joorm,wusJustice Robert4, Yesterday'sSupreme chion upset the Loutslana decisloncause. to use. nis words the eignt feudal practice is still in efect. tory practice. REVERSES$5 STAND Precedingthe Bupreme Coour ruling. which must have struck iheir Congressional 1935, the Supreme Court had ruled. seats by only a fraction of the po- thet s denial ot the right of Ne- tential vote in the Texas counties, grces to vote in the Texas pri- Negro organizations in Texas hid. maries was "s mere refusal" by the. been preparing for a favorable decl- who could vote in its primsrles. scraped up the necessary tax and However, in another rullng in 1941 have paid, it was`reported. A sur- Justice Reed pointed out in yestervey conducted last month showed day's decision, the high court hadjthat out of the 3,600,o00 persons in. ruled that primarles invoiving can-Texas of voting age, about 1,7o0,q! had thus become eligible. Last Jar (Continued on Page 2) Wy Negro churches, clubs, chanj-. bers of commerce and insuranr Won't Like It [cumpanies mapped out a campaiga to turn out big Negro vote in 1944. Meanwhtle, Texas has been the !scene of a huge inaux of war labur, and a shift of voting poptlations from the rural sectioos, where the Dies type os Congressmen held sway,! to the urban manufacturing centers. This Increasing politically consclows jlabor vote, plus the right of the Ne- groes to partlcipate'in the primaries. Inay result in putting the skids un- dor one of tbe worst polltical gange In the entire south.. the Supreme Court declalon may Hin thls fact: whosrer wins in t Texas Ditocratic primari is