Mississippi AFL-CIO, COPE Convention

What are you doing? How him? I find your own thing. Are you still in now? Hello? Hello. Hello? Hello. Hello? Hello. Yes, I’ll now. Testing. One, two, three. What do you think you’re doing anyway? I don’t want you. I saying you people might start crying when you return. All

So to continue that welcoming address to this city and to this convention, we have weapon. The man that can certainly qualify for this position. He was born and reared in Oxford, Mississippi, educated in the public schools of Oxford, or graduate of the University of Mississippi and Southwestern Baptist

Theological Seminary at Fort Worth, Texas was pastor of a small church near the school. However, he did decided to return to engineering work in the summer of 1944. He is an active member of the Northside Baptist Church, where he is a deacon and a teacher, a Sunday school of a Sunday school class.

He is a registered professional engineer, member of the Mississippi Society of Civil Engineers and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He was active superintendent of the Water Department and assistant engineer for the city of Jackson with 15 years of service to the city in the water department and in engineering capacity, Mr.

Campbell will have some 30 years experience behind him in a new position that he now holds. The City Commission. Ladies and gentlemen, it’s quite a pleasure to present to you a man that represents more than 100 to close shop as far as qualifications to register in both Commissioner Lake Campbell

Said he had done. Thank you brother mighty delegate to this convention, friends and distinguished guests. And I’m glad I came down here this morning to hear what he had to say. I don’t know where he got the chair, but I’m pretty good to me. I guess somebody deserves a little encouragement

In the way of remuneration for all that that day for them to say, I appreciate very much the opportunity to be in with you. I notice that you have a very busy schedule and I don’t intend to take much. Just a moment of your time. Yeah, I’ve looked on these welcomes, but sometimes

Just like a pull rope on a gasoline lawnmower. However, I think the proper way to start a convention or any conference is that I pray I as we just had a pull rope on a gasoline motor, you know, a gasoline lawnmower to be used to start the motor and then cast aside.

And I’m sure you’re so anxious to get along with your business, but frankly, I don’t want you to be to misinterpret what I have to say or misunderstand me. You know, public officials probably like some of you many times, misunderstood. They are misinterpreted and misquoted in the paper sometimes

And actually sometimes we are mistreated, but we are paid for that, I think. And I just take that as part of our job. I think a little story I heard not long ago illustrate what I’m talking about. So you won’t misunderstand me that in Texas

The lady was dying to implode one morning and inadvertently a little lamb fell in the bucket of die and it came out pretty fast, our cover. And she became attached to it and right raised a little lamb and not too long.

And then a gentleman came through and offered a fabulous price for this. LAMB She couldn’t sell it. She just turned it down and in the end, practically double the price. And she couldn’t stand that any longer. So she sold it and she got to thinking about that

And decided it was a good deal. And finally, this lady became the biggest lamb da in the state of Texas. I didn’t say what some of you thought I said. So don’t misinterpret my mission here. But now I come and bring you a cordial

Welcome to the capital city of Mississippi, your capital city. Those of you who live in Mississippi, we consider you a part of it. We hope that you consider Jackson your capital city. We trust that your stay here will be profitable and a pleasant one. There’s anything the city council can do.

We certainly want you to call on us, and it would be a great pleasure to comply with your wishes. I hate to say anything. I’ll have to be up in the public eye again. I mean, in a political way two years from now.

But maybe I get an opportunity to talk to you again before then. Thank you too much for being with you. I enjoyed it very much. Thank you very much. I don’t think it will be a shock to you when I present to you the next man that will appear

And call the shots for you today. All of you know him and I am sure that I could not say anything about him that you don’t already know. So it is. I had the privilege on this occasion to present to you your chairman of your local, but your state commission or a local

And the local co-op organization delegate to ladies and gentlemen, President Ramsey. Thank you, Brother Manning. I’m satisfied that the delegates of this convention didn’t come to this convention to hear me speak. I have a few remarks, however, that I think should be said before we get on with the business of the convention.

And before I began, those remarks, I want to say that we would like to spend an invitation to the Father to be with us as long as we can and as long as he sees fit. We have enjoyed so far having him with. Also, I’d like to advise the delegates in this convention.

One thing before we get started. When one of your rights is to speak, when we get under way here and make sure that you speak into the mic because we have the record of this convention being recorded and the system is tied in with our mind.

So in order that we might get a complete record of the convention, we hear you speak in remark where it can be recorded. Also, I like to say in the beginning that your executive board has been prepared to invite the press to attend this meeting. We felt that the

And do a number of things, those said and unsaid, that this meeting should be open to the press with the understanding that it might become necessary under certain conditions to go into an executive session. I think we should begin our meeting with a full knowledge of all of these things

Delegates, brother and sister union members. I don’t think that I need to impress upon your mind the importance of this meeting here today at Brother Mine. I pointed out to you this is the first meeting of this kind to be held in our state. And I’m convinced I’m satisfied that practically

All of the eyes of our people in this state are turned in this direction. This morning, both our friends and our enemies, by the way, I think possibly that some some people, particularly the people that we have to do battle with on occasion, not all the time.

I say, are a little bit fearful to see our people assemble in a meeting of this kind, because they know full well that if our people are successful and this venture and they are on the economic front and they have great travel on their hands, I just want to make.

A mark in that direction. I’m satisfied that all of you, as well as all of them, know that this organization, the organization that we represent, constitute the largest single organization in the state of Mississippi. And that includes all other certainly we do not have the money and the finances

That some of these people have, but we do have the people. And by the same token, this organization represents the hopes and aspirations of all of our working people in the state of Mississippi. That is exactly what this organization represents, and it will be through the efforts of this organization

That the economic welfare of all of the people of Mississippi will be lifted from the bottom of the ladder. I think that each and every person here understands what I mean. I do not give yet any satisfaction, and I know that you do not. And no. And that that we

Are at the bottom of the list and just about anything that can be imagined economically or otherwise. So I think that at this point that it would be useless for me to continue discussing these things with you because you are acquainted of the fact and it’s not necessary for me to again

Remind you of each. We have prepared an agenda for you. We have assembled some information for you, and we will attempt as far as possible with your. Cooperation. To follow the agenda and this convention. And it will have to be with your cooperation, unfortunately, that we find ourselves with only one day

To take care of some work that is step over a week for some of us to assemble the information that we will present to you. It has taken over a week to assemble. So it might be that we haven’t allowed allowed enough time for you people to digest that affirmation.

That’s what I’m trying to. You will hear more about our business as we get along. You will also hear how we have some of this information from one of our more capable men in the organization. At this time, I shall cease my remarks and again the fairness of the convention.

I’d like to first appoint the committee that was necessary to have some committees to take care of the Veterans Affairs Convention in a shorter time as possible. And it was necessary to get some people that were willing to do some work before the convention got underway.

And I’ll tell you, we’ve got some people that are willing to do a lot of work under any circumstances, any time of the day or night. And these are the people that did the job for you. On the Credentials Committee, we have Jack Gage, your chairman, David Oaks, Raymond Goodman,

Rita Guyton, Doris Kelly, and you will less than sergeant at arms. We have Ray Bryant, Jim Galton and our Robert and I thought I had a copy of the rules. With me have a little bit I got. To that the other to have somewhere

Might be on half day charging it on the free please bring me a copy of Andrew’s grade I have him you I have to know how to play on the Rules Committee. We have James Jackson as chairman. Donald would all year bond out the autumn and bird about that.

All right that is your committee and your guardian it on and I would like to ask you the sergeant at arms to please bring me the last of our guest at this time, please, one of the sergeant at arms. Would you please bring me a list of our invited guests

On the guests that the hotel management have not furnished with a gavel? I don’t think we need a gavel to convene. We conduct this convention, but it looks like we might ought to get one. So if you can see one of those people out there and find out

They got a stick, a stove, wood or something, we use the gavel when you get it in here. I can see some of our guests, but I recognize here, so I should proceed and enter to go get them when I get to lessen the people out here.

And then I will use the restroom we have sitting at this table rather than pile who I don’t believe in introduction to you at this time. Brother Pyle is director of my Southern District and the Committee on Political Education. Rather found we’re going to do this one up and roll without them.

Tonight we have Brother T.F. Jenkins of Lake Village, Arkansas, who is an international representative of the operating engineer, Brother Jack. And to have you with us, Brother Jack. Yeah, we have Brother B.R. Upton. We’re going international representatives of the Carpenters Union have you with us. Brother Upton.

We have Brother Ray Allen of the Rebel Way and International represent. Glad to have you with us Brother Allen. We have brother this guy. I don’t need an introduction. What we’re doing with this crowd out there, will I? Well, but this is the derby age that by the way, I like to had

You might know this character. Most of us. All of us do. We have Brother. William R. Henderson join you and associate W International represent glad to have you with. Yes I know we all know we have this we have with us w l host brother derby, our host of the IBEW.

I’m glad to have you with us where I’ll have to need a little help with announcing his name. Yeah, this is W and the Garden State gasping gasping that right with Chris Christie have the machine is running at you we have brother Christian aid Ramat. I hope I got that right

The air all right very well. Now, in case you don’t know what organization is there, this is a hotel and restaurant where they’re kind of short and down to where you understand what the organization represents. We have, whether it’s Mrs. Irene Dunlop of Amalgamated Clothing, White, we’re

Certainly glad to have you with us. We have Brother LV Hennigan of the Plasterers and Cement Workers representing the have you whether these people are international represent and we’ve got another guy who has got no business in their job that I mean in this crowd you need introduction either orders Doggett

Or CWA brother Doggett read the beard down up here we want to see you this on not yeah anyhow you don’t need an introduction anyway you tell him that we did go on his name. And then way. Okay. And we have another fella. But most of us know

Brother Long and B Daniel of CWA. Do you guys got to have you with us? Lonnie We have Brother Delman Almond of the Barbers International Union. Glad to have you with us. Brother Allman We have Brother Ari Morris of the IATSE of Mobile, Alabama. Glad to have you with us.

We have brother Albert Johnson Johnson, the moving picture operator. Glad to have you with. We have brother. You see Bridge in the Eye. Are you being represented? Glad to have you with We have some other guests here also that we’d like to introduce to you. And, of course, these people are really

We are really glad to have some of these people here with us this morning. I think five that we mentioned both and respect to not having more of these people with us than we do. And I’m glad. Yeah the wives of some of our union members

Maybe in fact we are better left a little bit further along, but they claim they’ve been we’re getting ready to get in here. We had more of our lady folks that with we have mentioned Robert Bailey of Fresh Spring. Bailey. Glad to have you with us. We have met Ruth

Mentioned that Ruth Roe have represented which is CWA by the way, you stand up the I’m going to try to give you some the wives here what I’m trying to do you I don’t want to get to the thinking here when I interviewed many many people just had to go through.

All right, imagine we have Mrs. George Newell at CWA and also we have Mr. John the New People with us, Jerry, John, another bachelor, whether it’s the meat. Got it brother John’s represent for me but I’m very. Yeah. Now we got something that we make. Well no great thank you very.

We have some other guests against the people that I started. I’ve been to do it for you a lot more than the people that I saw here this morning. And sergeant at Arms having trouble keeping everything separated as we try to move along as fast as we can.

We have an agency that be a part of Gulfport, Mississippi. Certainly. Glad to have you with us, Commander. So she is the wife of one of our union members, which for a duet measure is Odessa Yarborough. Is that correct of Kerry? And to have you with that, not duration correct

Me as a parent manager Leland. Blackburn and let Greg Robert. That had just 5 minutes from Hazelhurst and we have Mr. Roy Curtis of Tupelo. There you be. Well, I have to tell you where they’re guys from. And then you figured out that you B or C and D of eight.

We have. Elmo. The Jerry can’t sit down pat to have you with the other guy that w people I know, I know a little bit about know but we need some recognition we have at Blair whether it’s this morning the lamb and when you stand up I know that all of you will

Are very glad to see Ed with it because he had it one time game but was not for being able to be with us anymore. So I know you all understand what we’re talking about. You we have Brother Am Colin of Long Island. Herbert, brother Herbert also of Long Brother Floyd Colin

Also of Long boy. Two other. Fishermen. I won’t go into details and we’re glad to have you both with us and we hope to have him with us the more we have. This is the Joe met Mr. Vera-Tucker of one on the Mississippi and our correct name. Met. Some of the single delegation.

Very good consideration. We have Brother Jasper de Barlow of Hazelhurst. Oh, we have measured Albert V Bailey Press for spring. I wanted to make sure that no one got over 11. And I can assure the rest of you, all our guests that are present in their van. I will be left here.

Then I’ll try to locate you before the convention. Go away. It is indeed a pleasure to have all of you people, whether it’s this morning and and listen and do and participate in the discussions of this convention and the burdens of this convention.

We would like to give each and every one of you an opportunity to get up and give us a little preview of your mind, at least an opportunity to blow up a little steam, because we know all that you like to do that, but we don’t have too much time.

Therefore, we will ask you to please give us another change. At this time, I’d like to find out if we can get a report from the Credentials Committee. Will be ready when we get the chairman of the Credentials Committee will be available. There’s time that we get a report of the convention committee,

But we’ve got to do a little business here shortly. And head way and we’re going to have more time and we’ve got so maybe maybe you people might get out of here before midnight after all, you are the Credentials Committee by Jack Gable. Mr. Chairman, fellow delegates, your credentials committee

Been working pretty sturdy and everything. And we sort of feel that possibly you would like to save a little time today. I know we’re going to have quite a session here and we. Would like to offer a suggestion if there’s no objection. And that would be that. All delegates.

Who have been issued badges. Be seated. Instead of going off this. List of names. Now, do we have any objection to that? The motion is then that all delegates who have been registered and issued badges as delegates be seated in this convention. Now we have the roster with the.

Total. Votes and. All that. In the event. Of a roll call. We’re prepared for that. But to save time is the reason we all want to get the motion was that the delegates. Should be seated. You heard the recommendations of your committee. What is your desire in a discussion on the motion?

All in favor of the motion signified present are all opposed at the same time the motion getting started. Thank you, Brother Cham. That’s a kind of committee we like to be way that was removed. That was the most expedient job of seating delegates that I have ever witnessed.

I can see that the people here are very anxious to get on with their business and get something done at this time. Then we can adopt some rules to run the convention by. We’d like to ask the chairman of the Rules Committee to please come forward. Please.

Your chairman, brother James Jackson of the Rules Committee. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I won’t go into the long details. Mr. Chairman. The question I would like to see before is a copy of the rules. If you have them available, might want to insert something. To cut out something.

We will ask the sergeant at arms to please pass out copies of the rules. You’re absolutely correct, Brother Hannam. Incidentally, I want to call your attention to this fact that these rules could not be passed before your committee had had an opportunity to present them to you.

But we didn’t want to delegate here to think we were drafting the rules before they got into the convention. Thank you. We will wait then a few minutes and give an opportunity to give you a copy of the rules for one. Have a copy of the rules before we begin the committee’s report.

We have an individual who needs no introduction, very young. But I think that he should be at least recognized. And then we’ll have to draw him out by not signing a card and letting us know he was here. Brother Bob’s gone over here that our brothers died.

Glad to have you with us. By this time, the IG for the Rules Committee Chairman will give you the Rules Committee report, but. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is a report of the Rules Committee to the Mississippi Code Convention. Rule number one, the convention shall be called order at 10 a.m.

And we’ll recess at 12:00 noon for lunch. The convention will reconvene at 1:30 p.m. and adjourn when all business has been transacted. Number two, every delegate desiring to speak on any subject can proceed to the mike in his ear and be recognized by the chair, announce his name and organization.

He represents rule number three. A delegate shall not speak more than once on the same subject until all who wish to speak have had an opportunity to do so now, more than twice, no longer than 5 minutes at a time without the unanimous consent of the convention.

Rule number four Any delegate to the Mississippi convention who disturb the peace and dignity of the convention shall be barred from his seat or a vote in the deliberations of this convention. Rule number five, a roll call vote shall be taken on the demand of 30% of the delegates. Rule number six

The code bylaws shall be the guide on all matters for which no provision is made herein rule number seven The foregoing rules can only be changed by a two thirds vote of the delegates present and vote in the committee concurred on the rules. And Mr. Chairman, I move the adoption of said rule

One. You’ve heard the motion to adopt the road. We’re having a discussion on the motion there. Hanna state your low. Chairman Blaine Lowe. Before Diane 470 woodworkers, an executive board member of the council. I would just like to ask the question.

I I’m not a long winded speaker myself, but there might be some before this convention on some issue that may arise that would need more than 5 minutes. And I think it would be well, but that power be changed at ten, that the matter may be of my opinion, but

When you pen them down to you have to have a unanimous consent of this convention. Any one person can cut you off and I don’t think that’s exactly as democratic as we should have. We can have a little more time and 5 minutes. The other

Hand, you well know the rules can be amended. And if you’re making it to the delegates thinking that the rules should be so amended and it would certainly be in order, you have not offered on a motion to that effect? I don’t believe so, Mr. Chairman.

I will make a motion that you change just by minutes, limit to a ten minute limit. But the motion is to amend the rules where the word five is used in lieu. In lieu of five, insert words ten. We have a second to that motion and we’re having a discussion on the motion

And a discussion on the motion of the hand. Mr. Chairman, I thought possibly that I discussed it enough, but I sincerely think it ought to be 10 minutes. I don’t mean by any stretch of the imagination that they’ll all take 10 minutes to make a speech or discussion in question.

But I’m sure that you recognize what perhaps that we’ve got in in the recent sessions here of a committee, an executive board. It’ll take more than 10 minutes on a few. Issues rather than it being a member of the executive board. I can fully understand what you are talking about,

Where you put your name and number. Where do you state your name and local place? Yeah. You I think five now the final time Brandenburg make I believe I can get all I want to suggest in 5 minutes however, and I won’t be. Cracked here but by. I’m a great ham

And I like a man, but I have more than Seven and a Half Men instead of ten. And if you go back and say, right now, I’m going to find out what kind of a parliamentarian I am here today, whether Sam Zell had offered an amendment to the amendment.

There were usually, at the time, seven and a half minutes. Do we have a second? Do the amendment to the amendment a second on the amendment that we have in the discussion on this amendment, the amendment to the amendment, the change of time to seven and a half minutes

And a discussion on the motion. Ready for the question. All in favor of the motion. Let it be known to say, and I. Hope. That the amendment to the amendment. That’s right. All opposed to the motion signified by say and I. By the same token, it’s the opinion of the Chair

That the amendment to the amendment had law. Yes, we have to get the amendment now. We will now consider the amendment, which is to change the time from 5 to 10 minutes. We have the discretion on the amendment. Question. QUESTION Ben Goldfarb, are you ready for the question

All in favor of a motion. Let it be known between our all oppose Roe. All in favor of the motion to change the time from 5 to 10. Please stand. That’s your amendment. I’m undecided. All in favor of the amendment to change the time from 5 to 10 minute. Will you please stand

That amendment? All right, then. And then. It’s not, in my opinion, necessary to ask all of you that opposed the amendment to a right, unless the maker of the motion would like to request the. Down. Vote. For an event. Grier called Brewton with the Jackson ACLU

Was my understanding in our meeting of yesterday that there would be some place in the preceding the day when all of the delegates were assembled for caucuses to be had with regard to the district committee and it was my thinking with that in mind that in arranging the agenda

That some place on the agenda would be made for that purpose. And I do not see it. But in order that that might be done, unless some further arrangement has been made for that to supplement the agenda, then I would propose a motion to that effect that rule one

Be amended with respect to reconvening at 130 and make that 2 p.m. and that during the noon hour, the district delegate have an occasion to caucus and do whatever they would with regard to the candidate for the various district offices. I can answer you inquire about the vote and I see

That you haven’t offered an amendment to the motion. And I can add you inquired to this effect in regards to the proposition you referring to. The Rules Committee did consult with our executive board. Executive Council about this particular situation and recognizing the fact that it might be practical, so to speak,

Not just, well, there’s out in the agenda and use our committee’s recommendations as the focal point to go into this call for its proper direction. But we felt like if we placed it on the agenda then and placed it in a certain time, that would be unable

To take advantage of all the time at our command. And if the rules are adopted and they go into the proceedings of the convention, the first order of business will be the caucus proposition you are referring. Mr. Chairman, I withdraw my motion.

Now, the motion before the House is to adopt the rules that you have before you do. We have any further discussion on the motion? The question has been called for all in favor of the motion. Let it be known in all the polls. Motion can go. Jordan. Thank you, Brother Jackson.

Now it would appear that we are in a position to start doing a little bit. And I would like to say to you now that up to this point, up to this point, that you have been taking care of the time element, very satisfactory that we have.

And matter of fact, we are running ahead of schedule as it might be, and we we’ll get behind a little later on. But right now, we are moving along rather nicely at this time. At this time, I would like to present to you your most capable vice president who is in charge

Of your educational and political educational activities. Brother Thomas say night by the night by the night will give to you the detail as far as you can. A detailed explanation as to how your committee arrived at the report that you will be given as a next order, but rather than night.

It is my up here where it appeared a man, Mr. President, fellow officer, executive board member, delegates and guests as a member of the Screening Committee of your State Committee on Political Education, I would like to very briefly try to explain to you

More or less to put in plain what the committee has gone through with in the last seven days. As you know, the screening committee was selected to propose to come up with an answer to the problem here today that we face with regard to the candidates for public office in Mississippi.

We went about this in this manner, the candidates for the lesser state offices. And I mean, other than governor and lieutenant governor, where I interviewed more or less by mail, there was a questionnaire pertaining particularly first to the their particular office of the duties connected directly within this office

And to the of the state of Mississippi in general. These questionnaires were mailed to these people. All or each one was shown the same courtesy regardless of his office or what section of the state in which you live or what have you. And your committee personally interviewed the candidates

For the office of lieutenant governor and governor of this state. That is, those whose who were willing to meet with us. And of course, there were one or two exceptions. This committee endeavored with its own bill, judgment and all of the information available to us to take these replies and thrash them out

Without favor or prejudice toward anybody in their state or any candidate. These questionnaires were very carefully going over. The answers to the questions by the candidates were very carefully going over by this committee. And I want to say to you now, I’m not patting myself on the back

Or any other members of the committee. We are were elected to do a job. Certainly, we endeavor to carry out that responsibility to you. But I want to tell you now that ad from 18 to 20 hours a day since last Sunday, this committee has been in session

Trying with all of our heart, soul and mind to bring back to you today the most honest report that we know how in our judgment I might state stated this time that we take in consideration the past record of this person in public office.

If they had held public office of any type, we take into consideration their answers to the questions which had been asked them. We take in consideration their support, financially and otherwise, and the various groups and individuals of this state who might be supporting and opposing or may, if you please.

And in this light, our recommendation will be made to you, and I might add the same that I want you to bear in mind when the report is made to you on these all that we have twisted, we have turned, we have looked at every angle from

And every way that we could possibly look at it. And I want to repeat again at this report contains no favorite ism toward any candidate for public office. We considered no personal acquaintance between any member of this committee and any candidate.

We looked at this thing from a matter as a matter of record and as a matter of the person who would best serve the people of the state of Mississippi. I might go just a little further on the personal interviews with the candidates for governor and lieutenant governor. We considered very seriously

The answer to every question. There’s differences in answers. There’s positive approaches to the thing and this middle of the road business and on offense and I assure you again that that wasn’t an easy job. And I think the committee will agree with and so will the executive board and the state code committee.

And my friends, when you hear this report, I want you to weigh in, in the light of the facts, in the light of everything involved. And we certainly hope that we have at least come up to your expectations as a people and who that you have placed this trust. Thank you.

Thank you, brother Knight. I knew that we could depend on our good vice president to do this situation, just to and you did just that. And I would like to say that you have possibly some of the better workhorses that I’ve ever seen as members of this committee.

We also have some of the most hard headed people that you’ve ever run into on this committee, and you never one of them have a mind of their own. And. For your consideration, which I know Brother Night fully intended to explain to you on the questionnaire to the Louisiana Governor and the Governor,

The questions posed were not question restricted to labor on and it might be well at this time or of later on when we get into the discussion of our governor in Louisiana, governor, that we explained to you what those questions were and what subjects were dealt with right at this time.

It gives me a great deal of pleasure to present to you your secretary and treasurer, who is also your state director of your Committee on Political Education, rather, Ray Smith. Art will give you for Roger Smith, the Chairman. Delegate Yes, I we’ll try to explain how we went into this here

Just a little bit tonight and already tell you all we’ve done. But we we’re going to later on in here, we run into a problem we didn’t consider to start with setting up this screening committee, be a little bit more Democratic. We’ve got we had some district wide offices

Would just like go to committee and lead district wide off this work. All of us vote total note that the Public Service Commission and Highway Committee we proposed and later on here in the morning session that we were going to caucus in these three districts.

Now, I’ll tell you, the rooms will be and if I hadn’t got them broke down, in which district would go where. But you can make I believe the sixth District and third District are proud to be the largest group, and they would stay in this hall here.

Second, the first district of six, southern district, the Central District three, the Central District, Jackson, Meridian, Vicksburg. We’ll go to the bamboo room at the room on your left out from the registration. What you read the whole down here, the whole thing to the left, northern district will be the club room.

Go down this hall, come back right over here. So I don’t want your right with I don’t know how much time it would take you to discuss these highway commissions and Public Safety Commission it we have someone on the screening committee in each one of these group.

We’ll go into the details of this and tell you what we come up with and let you’ve got to decide what you want to do on it. Instead of everybody. Vote on somebody in the Southern District, somebody in the Northern District. But this time I’d like to offer a motion

That the caucus is being split up in each three district, will go to the rooms if they want to select. I would say the Southern District will stay in this room. The Central District will go to the bamboo room. The third district will go to this room.

Here, I’m off the motions that affect. You have heard the motion and we will consider the time element and the proper direction. Now, your motion is that your committee recommend that the convention break up in the three caucuses to consider making a recommendation for the district wide offices for candidates on that basis.

In other words, the caucus group will report back to this convention. They’re fine, if they may. If they recommend that our members support a particular candidate, then you will act on that proposition. Let me look at the time and then we will find out if we what you ought to do now.

We felt like that it would possibly be somewhere in the neighborhood of 1130 when we arrived at this point. And according to my time, it’s 5 minutes after 11 and appears to me that you should be able to arrive at some kind of a decision, maybe not make a complete decision.

You might have several things you might have to do here and be able to be back here at possibly 1130 or 1135. That would give you 25 or 30 minutes to consider the proper direction. Now, if you think that that is time enough, then that is it will be done.

If you think that it needs more time and you can consider the motion with the understanding as to what we’re trying to do here, then we can set the time motion from the floor. You’ve heard the motion by the hand on the motion. Part of information on this motion,

The committee has already had certain recommendations, what they’ll give to the group, then they call them that, right? That’s right. That is right. The committee has information and can considering candidates for the public service commissioners and of your highway and that that load that the

To possession to be considered the information that has been accumulated by your committee will be made available to the caucus group. Do we have any other discussion on the motion? You’re ready for the question. All in favor of the motion. Let it be known best way and I all oppose motion guidance right

Now. Let me ask a question. Do you people think that 25 minutes will be sufficient to take care of this proposition? All right, then. The convention will now break up into three caucuses and adjourn to the room that you have been named. Now, let me say this.

Me say this, that if there is any of you who might not be too sure that’s today through the counter that you’re in, what district it’s in, if you’re right in the borderline, so to speak, we do have the information up here and we’d be glad to make that available to you.

Okay. We will now break up into the caucus group. Convention will be in honor. We’ll ask the sergeant at arms to please get the delegate to the convention hall. We don’t have too much time before that period for lunch. And we could possibly

Say by a safe environment, we can dispose of the caucus reports before right. You have I propose that we go about this in this fashion that we take the office of public for the Public Service Commission first. And we began in the Northern District. But then we get the recommendations by the

Three districts for that office. Of course, there’s one that doesn’t have any opposition, and then we will then come back to the Office of Highway Commissioner and proceed in like manner who will make the report for the caucus from the Northern District. And Mr.

Chairman and of the Executive Board, I would like to make the motion if I can get a second here, I would talk on it just a little. I would move that since we have the press here that we gave the press a copy of these questionnaires that’s been prepared by our counsel

And the committee and sent out to these different candidates for office. But I’m going to second I’d like to talk on Mr. Chairman and. Our brother Hanna, rather. Yeah, the Hanna it might be. Well, at this time, if we consider the time element now if you would like to add your remarks, explain

Why you want this and in connection with the caucus reports, and I certainly would consider that motion as being in order. You understand what I mean? That you will accept. I mean, you. Hold the motion if your intention is to support the caucus recommendation or your caucus approach to the problem.

This is what where we at your committee have proposed you that your selection or your approach to the problem in the state could all be handled by a caucus under the order of business, of the order of business on your committee recommendations which you have adopted,

Then it is not time to get the reports of those caucus group. Otherwise your motion would have to be out of order. You understand what I mean? Well, Mr. Chairman, we won’t get technical over the third room out of order. I would have.

I would ask for special privilege, and I want the press to be informed of why and the reasons that all these questions before we come out with the recommendations and report in the district. Okay, then I will consider the motion as being in order

If the will of the delegate chair to support that rule, and then your motion will be in order. Mr. Chairman. We have a second to the margin. Okay. We have the press here with us. I was invited and in my position and making this motion is to keep

The guilty press pool information and to keep the record straight. I’m sure that the press here I’m acquainted with one member over here. I see. I have met the other one. I’ve been associated with Mr. Webb for several years. I want the press

To inform the people in the public that this program here is not a special program pertaining to labor. But this program here is a program that is the fruit of the recent convention by convention action and a delegate in the way of resolutions that was adopted for the entire state

Of Mississippi to improve the economic standing and the progress and the welfare of the state of Mississippi and for all of its people. I want them to know that we are not a special, privileged group and that we are not seeking any special privileges. It seems that we have in the past

And are still on the defensive side. The reason I say this is that there has not been any members of the press with us in this meeting, and the only information they got was that we were merely asking candidates questions pertaining to issues that might affect labor.

I noticed that on the TV the other night on the radio and see it in the paper. And certainly that is a mistake. We prepared questionnaire of carbon material that affects everybody in the state of Mississippi. And we feel like that what is good for Mississippi is good for us

And certainly what is good for us is good for Mississippi. And I would like for us to give them this information, the answers to questionnaires. No, because the candidate that wrote in these answers, it is for our information and our files and it will not be revealed.

And if there’s any press releases by any with reference that matter, it will be by the candidate who reviewed. And I think that we’re entitled to that kind of a freedom of the press and publish it to let the people know that we are interested not in just organized labor.

Now we’re off air, but the welfare of the state of Mississippi. And I wanted them to give us a true fact in the press and not slaying it. The word that we are out seeking special privileges as an individual or special privilege group. Thank you for kind of the program.

And I would like to say a word in support of Brother Hammer’s motion and urge the delegate to adopt his motion. The way it’s been painted about in this state throughout our plan in particular is not too good and the press has been the greatest back door and disseminating that value

Where we’ve been used as the kicking post on every issue that’s come along, we’ve been put in the light of a very special interest Category one. The truth of the matter is this. And while we’re at some of here as Labor people and members

Of organized groups, we are by virtue of stumbled double standard. We are the only group that have the right to assemble the unorganized, have no right to assemble, not to project their thinking as to the welfare of themselves, all their fellow people. And I think it is essential

That the friend be on a bond and relay the making of this delegation assembled here today as we’re feeling toward any candidate that they also give to the public our thinking as to the overall welfare and well-being of every person in the entire state of Mississippi.

But these questionnaires are projected from that viewpoint rather than from the standpoint of labor alone. And that no doubt when the farmer in Michigan, if we have his interests at heart as well as ours, that he would like to have the answer to that particular question, the same as our people do.

And I think the press has a sacred duty not to give this in our editorial manner, but to give a factual account of the questionnaire projected to each candidate and also to advise the public that any thinking of this convention with regard to any candidate so recommended or reported

Or any other term that you want to use, comes about by virtue of his response to those questions, which would be the same as though he had replied to any man in his own household throughout the state of Mississippi. I think the press has that responsibility to the people of this state

To give that factual account. Thank you. By the rule, any further discussion on the motion? All in favor of the motion. Let it be known which they and I all opposed, the motion gathered. And so it now it will be necessary that the secretary be given a little bit of time

To assemble the various types of questionnaires that were sent out to the various questions. I presume that the intention of that motion was to make available to the press questions sent out to candidates for. All. That is I in favor of that motion

And I would like to advise the representative of the press that the Secretary here will have to have a little bit of time to secure that information. Now, it is 12:00. According to our rules. It is time for the line to recess. And it’s quite possible that our secretariat

Can have that information back here. When we reassemble and when we reassemble, we will be in a position to then receive the caucus report and proceed with the order of business. So we will stand recess until 130. Just a minute. That’s Mr. Chairman.

I would make a motion that is then the rules for with reference to the time of reconvening here at 130 to 2:00. If I can get a second, I’ll give you the reason why. Mr. Chairman, as you well know, the southern district or southern area

Could not come up with a definite candidate to support. And on the highway commissioner as highway commissioner and this matter was referred to the presidents of the central bodies. And I think that they need an extra 30 minutes possibly with them to come up

With a recommendation whenever we re we reconvene here at 2:00. I’d like to advise hand of it. I was a little quick on the announcement of recess for lunch. I did have one of the brothers very for me to give him an opportunity to make an announcement

That he wanted to call a meeting of the board value groups. With that thought in mind, you still want your you still want your. Well if it’s up to the people here, if they want to give them an extra time or if these boys think they don’t

Need 30 minutes, you know what a hassle we got in this already. They might need 30 minutes. That’s why I made the motion. All right, you heard the motion. And the reason Joe stated here is the brother from Niger. We will we are we will have to consider the motion.

The motion is to extend the rolls. The time of reconvening from 132, from 130 to 2 p.m., which means it’ll take two thirds of the vote of this convention to amend the old rule. Well, okay. Mr. Chairman, have not to belabor the point. I don’t. Believe that. We will our time

Due to the fact that there are going to be some restriction on this. Recommendation, because we are not does have a problem. We’ve got a long way going right on up there. No, the name of freedom not supported by Gandhi. Now the labor unions almost rewrote the been organized labor.

And so what we want to do is they have to call. A meeting later on but they’re serving the people of that district and not the day and never thought of later because I don’t believe we’ve come up with a recommendation for that. Therefore President to leave now the. Event the labor camp.

Will meet here. Immediately after the adjournment. We’ve got time for our meeting. Okay. By the hand. Mr. Chairman, I’m not the president of the center board. And if that’s what they desire, well, I’d withdraw my motion at my second term or withdraw the second. Then, then, then.

How about the second of the motion? Okay. All right, then we have any announcement. Do we have any announcements now? Are you going to call this meeting of your you’re going to advise him. You stay here with you, with then the chairman of the Central Labor Union

In the Southern District will please meet here immediately upon adjournment. No time will be spent. Do we have any other announcements? Any other announcements? If no, there are none. We’ll reach out for. We might get a convention will be in order. Have a few announcements and a few other things to do before

We call for the caucus report. We have a few guests that have come in tonight. We announced our badges earlier this morning and at this time we’d like to recognize those people we have. Well, there’s a person that needs no introduction to most of the people here. I feel really mature,

But nevertheless, he is here as the international representative of of the painters union rather gave French the French so somebody be would somebody be kind enough to tell brother great that we have guest recognized him here. Oh is that with him. The way that. We have a couple of ladies

Also that we did not give recognition to this morning. We either came in late or where we’re not accorded the same and the same respect as the other guest would like recognize at this time. Also measures J.B. Hanna. Objection. Measures Hanna We’re certainly glad to have measures.

Hanna I didn’t know that one of my executive board members was able to get his wife out with. We have also measures am calling along Mississippi and measures calling certainly glad to have you with us. Crowd Now I’d like to find out if there are any guests that we have overlooked.

Would you please stand up, please? And as you’ll assume that we have recognized all of our guests, that would be almost impossible if we get along now, who recognize any of those people from this bowling all this time, I like to call on the chairman of the Credentials Committee.

They give us that committee smile report. Brother Jack Gauger, Chairman of the Credentials Committee. Mr. Chairman, we have some 270 delegates registered. We had possibly eight or ten after I gave you the report this morning. And at this time, I would like to offer you a motion that all the qualified registered

Delegates be seated and that the committee credentials committee be discharged. You have heard the motion. The motion is that all qualified delegates, all registered delegates, be duly seated and, that the committee be discharged. We have any discretion on the motion, all in favor of the motion. Let it be known as and I

All opposed motion gathered and started. I think we need to give this committee a good round of applause for the wonderful job they have done. This committee has really done some work. They had to go to work on this thing

Yesterday and, work half of the night last night in order that we might take available. Ever spare a minute and be ready to really do the job here today? Do we have any announcement that needs to be made that can’t be made when we reach the adjournment time?

All right, then at this time, we will take up the caucus report of the various groups that went into caucus prior to lunch in regards to those candidates that they might want to recommend to the convention for this time, for this convention to act

As stated before, we are started the north end of the state and come down taking the Northern District, first metal district, second and Southern District last as the caucus from that area. Is the caucus room out here ready to give us a report? And if so, would you please come to the McLean.

With the Chairman? Give us your name and. Wyman Goodman, Executive Board Member and also member of the screening committee. The Northern District has recommended to this convention that they accept the Green in committee recommendation. And I would like to ask that the fact that you will read. That recommendation, if you had

The recommendation of the screening committee. Was to. Recommend that we support below is the income of the Public Service Commission. The Highway Commission has no race there. I would like. To make that as a motion. So we have a motion the caucus recommends to the convention that. We support

Phillips for the Office of Commissioner of for the Public Service Commission. If we have any discussion on the motion, if not all in favor of the motion, signified by saying I’m all opposed, motion, get and so order. We will now hear from the Southern District having no contest in the middle district

As a committee, as a caucus. Is the caucus ready to give us a report at this time rather than night? Mr. Chairman, the Caucus of the Southern District Public Service Commission has recommended that this convention accept the screening committee’s report. And Brother Smith Hart, if you will, give us that report.

The screening committee recommends the Southern District Board, the present Public Service Commission that Bucky Moore I offer that as a motion. We have a motion that the Southern District recommend that we support Baltimore for the office of public service commissioner.

Is there any discussion on the motion, if not all, in favor of the motion? Let it be known as they and I all oppose motion geared toward incidental. It might be. Well, if we tell you that in the opinion of your screening committee and of your board meeting other group,

We feel that the present Public Service Commission and their state has done an excellent job and that they are entitled to the support of all our people, either inside or outside the movement. All right, then we’ll go back up to the northern end of the state

Where we will take up the office of Highway Commissioner, where we do not have a contest. Then we’ll move down to the middle district and find the Black Caucus is ready to give us a report. There’s that caucus ready to report the Smith on.

But, you know, on the southern central district, we get only half to the venue of the screening committee that we should hear more from the people in this district, in this caucus this morning, we discuss these issues back and forth and the recommendation from the caucus.

But we to our people in the Central District that we support Tom Lutes, we can mood adoption the report. You heard the motion on the committee’s recommendation there’s any discussion on the motion. Fred McGavick, Vicksburg, the labor union. A lot of people don’t have that name. Would you spell it for you UTC?

It be lose a lunch. I don’t know what the correct pronunciation of it blues. I’m not sure about my good friend that is lose that we’re having a discussion on the motion not all in favor of the motion. Let it be known as in I all opposed, motion cared and so on. It

Now the Southern District for the night, Mr. Chairman. The Caucus of the Southern Highway Commissioner, District recommends to this Convention that the action on the Highway Commissioners raise be referred back to the central Labor Board is in the Southern District and I shall move. I’m always your name.

Is that the action in regards to attempting to select a candidate for this office be referred back to the central bodies within this district? Now, one of the brothers this morning made you a little talk here on the side as to what the problem was.

And it might be well, when under upon consideration of this motion that the people who are responsible for trying to solve this problem would tell you what our recommendations actually mean. You’ve heard the committee’s recommendation. What do we have under discussion on the committee’s report and a discussion?

Then it appears to me that I shall have to attempt to explain to you the process that has been selected to try to solve the problem. The chairman of the various central bodies within this district has been set up as a committee of four

To set a time and a date and so forth, to call a meeting of all of the delegates within his district or a representative group within his district to try to solve the problem. And then after that, they will all be notified as to whoever they have decided to support, if any.

Do We have any discussion on the motion, if not all, in favor of the motion, signified to say and I all oppose motion guidance on we will. Now. Get on to the report of the State Committee on Recommendations of Candidates for Statewide Office. Well, the mayor of Art, who is also chairman

Of our council, the director of our political activities and so forth will now proceed to give you that report. Brother Smith, on. The next report will be on the State Land Commissioner as. We explain here that we mail out letters, questions to the people that run into this Office of State Land Committee.

We didn’t personally interview them. We did check their records, which some of them had public records. We did go there quite, very carefully, and we come up with a screening committee that we recommend with the state support kind of Mac Lloyd And that’s all move. You heard the committee recommendation.

Is there any discussion on the motion, any discussion on the motion here? Speaking in the name is Connie Mike Lloyd El Weide. I like to say this for your own information before you get any further on this thing, your committee has a written report ready for you.

Whether they candidates who have been selected will be ready for you. If you adopt the committee’s recommendation, it cannot be passed out until you complete your action because then you might go contrary to what the committee had reported, and it would become necessary to make some changes.

Now, when the committee completes its report, its report, you will have a list and an explanation of those candidates. I want to make that clear, because this question might be important. We’re having a discussion on the motion from the. Hanna. Mr. Chairman, again, it might be well at

This body to be informed who all is. The race for state land commissioner, state race. We have Montgomery Graham, which is incumbent and Lloyd Webber. You people. Mr. Chairman, like discuss just in just a few minutes part of the not the whole. Five. The the recommendations of the committee

As chairman of the committee, you will know that Connie Mack, Lord Mayo, backed a questionnaire. That would answer that would been as good as any of us would have given, which was pertaining to his office and athletic commission in the state of Mississippi. We also know that Mr.

Graham never returned that questionnaire of what reason? We don’t know. And That is one of the rules that they went by. I would like to say this about Connie Mack. Lord, some of you may think it’s AM Cee-Lo Dade, but that’s your second name. First name is Connie Mack.

Lord Connie Mack. Lord has. A record in the House of Representatives and Mississippi. Connie Mack. Lord was a friend of labor from the time he came in to the house until he left. He voted and stayed with us all the way against the three vicious bills that have introduced a 1957, 92,

93 and 94, which would have just about eliminated organized labor from the service of the state of Mississippi. So I for one, knowing where he stands and I have been assured that he has been our friend and will continue to be whenever the occasion arises. I certainly would.

I am going along with the committee’s recommendations. By. Bringing about the hand of your state well, within the time that we have any other discussion. You ready for the question? All in favor of the motion. Let it be known as Ray and I all oppose motion. Good. And so on. It.

Robert Smith on. The next office we have is state tax collector. We have several in this race that two pages up and as we say before that these offices these left your office, we say that we sent letters through all registered mail receipt requested. They all receive these letters,

But didn’t all of them return some? You didn’t return them. And so other words, we couldn’t grade these people. And the ones that we are recommending here is one who answered our questionnaire. It was it has had a past record in some possession, but we could justify our position.

And to start off on these ten, I will name them in alphabetical order. They will put up here on the ballot and I will support. We have William Bill Andrews, Purvis, Mississippi, John with the Birdsong of Adam Smith, the I arrested guy from western Mississippi, Wayne McClure of Hattiesburg, Mississippi,

Jesse Mosley of Meridian, Mississippi. R.D. Peele of Pascagoula, Mississippi. Jobs. Debbie Pitt from Meridian, Mississippi. That would be our bill at Priester from Natchez, Mississippi. Levi Price up of Jackson, Mississippi. What do you mouth winner? Grenada, Mississippi this year we say we had a good many of these as on this one.

Oh, we had taken quite a time to go over all these questions we had and check out records and different things that we did on this committee, recommend that we support. Would you meet Bill Landrieu from Purvis, Mississippi and I so move. You’ve heard the committee’s recommendation in the motion to adopt.

We’re having a discussion on the motion and a discussion on the motion at the Hanna. Mr. Chairman, I guess this body well, see, why is that the time limit be extended this morning but go to the same block. I’m all the one going to say anything. But I would like to discuss

Our reason supporting the man for just a little. Uh, I’m sure that many people here from very different section of the country, for example, some from Meridian, who would not as nationalist brand let them be, and others from other areas that has an idea that they want to support certain candidate.

But again, I go back to the legislature in the state of Mississippi, and that is one of the, uh, basis for giving a man consideration is his record. And I might say that Bill Andrews presently of Lamar County in previous originally was from Jones County Free State of Jones. He has been. Well.

Acquainted and associated the labor movement and he does have a good record in the state of Mississippi as far as labor is concerned and for all the people of Mississippi on different issues, just labor agent. He was truly a representative from the area that he came from

And he represented the people as a whole Mississippi on vital issues. He has a good record of one, possibly as good, if not better than I could have made if I had been there and although out have been a trial. So for that reason and knowing Bill Andrews,

He did come to the convention recently and everyone met. He asked for the support and I’m sure that he will do the job. It is assured us wherever and whenever possible and he will give us any assistance. And also we’ll do the best for the welfare and advancement

And collect all the revenues possible that he may get to pay the cost of the administration, of the government of state of Mississippi. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Brother Hannan. I might be interesting to note again that you stayed within the time limit

And in order that you might in order that you might be in a little bit better position to judge how much time you actually use and it took you exactly 2 minutes on both of those days that I don’t know what you would have done with them at

We have any other discretion or. One point of order, Mr. Chairman, can accumulate this time left over in case I needed a little later, but. Not according to the rules. I would not. We have any other discussion on the motion and passing. It might be well to note that in come

Did not answer our questionnaire which made some difference. Naturally we’re having the discussion on the motion. That would be a good question and the debate about it, he says. Half of five. Any further discussion? Are you ready for the question? All in favor of the motion. Let it be known.

I’m saying are all opposed. Same thing. Motion in order, Brother Smith. All right. Give the committee to make their next recommendation. The next office was the Commissioner of insurance. And we don’t make any recommendations in this office. We don’t make any recommendation of our Goods and Commerce Commission.

And I move that we don’t taking action on these two officers. The committee recommends that no candidate be selected for the two officers named, which were the Commissioner of insurance and the Commissioner of Agriculture. You’ve heard the motion. There’s any discussion. Again, the problem was the questionnaire and the parish record and things

Like that, that this is what we’re all based on. And the committee had to make a decision and we didn’t feel like that. The committee can make a recommendation for a candidate for either of these two officers. We’ve given them to you in a package deal.

You’ll get rid of two of them at one time. The following interaction. We’re having a discussion on the motion where you’re not voting for any one year. You will not have a recommendation for our candidate, for Either of these two officers means that you will select who you want to

In whatever manner you want. Do we have any discussion on the motion? Not all in favor of the motion, Larry. Being all I’m saying, I’m all opposed at the same time. Urgent care and so on. It, rather. Smith aren’t the next office was the superintendent of education.

And I said before that we sent letters to there’s only Run in. They both answered the letters and we grade them on parish records. The job that they’ve done and the questions they have answered how they answered them. And on this office, we recommend to you that we support the in comment

Which is Jim Jacques to my SO moved to make that recommendation. You heard the committee’s recommendation and that is that we recommend the president and government for this office. Mr. TABB And we’re having a discussion on the motion ready for the question and badgering.

It might be, well, imagine that we felt like that Mr. Tubb had done an excellent job and he wanted not only our support but the support of the entire state of Mississippi and all of its people. Are you ready for the question? All in favor of the motion.

Let it be known as we and I all oppose with the same time the motion can and should order and Brother Smith, I. The next office is out of the public account, which we have two people running for this office. This is ask Blakeney to tell us. Well everything. Bill Neal.

The committee makes no recommendation for either the person I move the adoption committee report. You heard the committee’s recommendation. They ran in discussion on the motion, the committee, the recommendations on We do not recommend any candidate for this office to this group. Are you ready for the question?

All in favor of the motion. Let it be anonymously and are all opposed to the same side. Motion carried and so order. Brother Smith, are. The next office of State Treasurer. They are three people in this race. Mr. Howard and Gandhi have Frank B Pittman of Jackson and Lela Speed of Jackson.

The committee recommends that this body recommend our membership. And if it from Hattiesburg, I shall move. You heard the committee’s recommendation and that is that this group support Ms.. Eflin Gandhi for this office that we have discussion on the motion for another term a night

Will make sure that you get where you can get in at that boy. But we want to hear what you got to say. Got my centerfold. I think, Mr. Chatham. I’m a delegate. I feel like that I should say just a word or two in behalf of the committee’s recommendations.

Cause I want to say at the beginning the fact of impartiality and that emblem, Gandhi was born and raised in forest. It has nothing to do with it. But I want you to know that this young lady served in the Mississippi legislature and her record is above and beyond reproach.

I think her record, not only as a member of the legislature here, but her entire activities in our lives are beyond reproach. And with that in mind, this committee felt, as you have heard, that it would be to the best interest not only of labor, but other citizens of Mississippi

And of the state government that we support the candidacy of. Assemblyman, again, thank you. Thank you, Brother Knight. I’m sure now you understand why I wanted you to get that Mike where you could be heard. Do we have any other discussion on the motion by the Hanna rather chairman?

I’d just like to say a few words. I can’t help it because I’m bashful and parrot and my wife is up here just to check on my problem. But I’ve got to say a little bit about the young lady myself. I would say that certainly we would have to go along

Or should at least with the recommendation to the committee. I, too, am acquainted with Mr. Gandy. I was associated in meetings with her and others discussing legislation and not just labor legislation. You please while she was in the House. She does have a good record

Over and above the fact that she has a good record. She not only just running on a record, she is capable, she is qualified. And since, you know, they talk about the Bar Association being one of the strongest and the greatest and the best organized in Mississippi, she is a member of that.

And I’m sure the Bar Association probably will go along to aid and assist one of their members too. So she is capable of doing a good job to carry on and carry out the duties of this office if elected. Thank. Thank you, Brother Hanna, do we have any other discussion?

Are you ready for the question? All in favor of the motion. Let it be known. But. And I all opposed motion gathered and so ordered by the Smith Hart. More statewide offices that we don’t have any no contest at all. So I just mentioned that the secretary of State and Supreme Court clerk.

So in other words, they will be the only ones on the ballot. Don’t think we are skipping over some of them. You do not they just not won’t be on the ballot during a general don’t have any opposition you’d be elected without opposition. The next one we have here for probable

Consideration will be the Lieutenant Gov we have at this time, and the first will be William Henry Buffalo, Laurel, Mississippi. Henry Hawkins of the Mississippi. Bobby Johnson, Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Brown Williams of Philadelphia, Mississippi. We interview these people personally, the ones that did come before us.

We talk to them both proximate to and have 3 hours on a questionnaire that had five phases of it. It wasn’t only deal with labor legislation, but deal with all types of legislation or things that would benefit our people or hurt them.

And in our opinion, after going through these questions and evaluating them, we come up with the recommendations that we would make to you today would be William Henry Buffalo and I shall move that that committee report. You heard the committee recommendation and the motion to adopt and that we recommend people

That they support. Henry BUCKELEW as a candidate for as governor, do we have any discussion on the motion for b u c k l e w w is there any discussion on the motion. Mr. Chairman? I think it’d be well, if the Committee would advise the delegate

The basis upon which this recommends was made, so that there’ll be no doubt in your mind as to the fairness of the Committee consideration of all four of the candidates. And I agree with the brother. So I ask your call upon our good vice president, Mr.

Thomas, tonight to give you the best of his ability, to the best of his ability. His version of our interview with the Duke done it, the candidate below done it, Governor, and how we came about making this recommendation to you by the time of night. Why get in all the delegates?

As you have been told, we have four men running for this office, as you have been told, this question. There and which we use to interview these gentlemen, takes in five phases of our government. The Mississippi taxation, education, economic development, democratic procedures and labor. And I certainly feel that under these five categories

That we have covered some of the most important things that we have in state in which a public official would be would have anything to do with next. There are two of those gentlemen who fail to meet with us. Why we do not? No one is honorable, opposed Johnson of Hattiesburg

To honorable Amos Hawkins of Houston, Mississippi. The other two gentlemen whom we interviewed was Brown Williams of Philadelphia and Henry Buckelew of Laurel. After a lengthy interview and discussion with these two gentlemen, thoroughly going through this question and passion it out in every that we knew, how would the questions do these fellows

In a way that we were sure that they understood our approach? Then simply all I can say is this that after we considered their answers their approach to these questions, which we consider the basic problems of the people in Mississippi today, we considered their sources of support groups and individuals and their reaction

To the program, which we feel that must that should be a must for the future of this state. That is on the basis, as I said, it was very discussed, pro and con, so as to extend the courtesy to each of the two gentlemen alike and to the best of our ability,

With all of the information that we had after talking very patient, there were these man then we recommended to you the Honorable BUCKELEW, right? You brother. Nine It was a well done job, if I’ve ever seen it. Do we have any other discussions on the motion. To. Tell the chairman? Our question

Was and his candidate for lieutenant governor mailed a letter with a registered return receipt requested, although. That is a. Fact before the committee. And it is furthermore a fact that Mr. Bob Johnson was in the Heidelberg Hotel on one or two of the days that the committee was in session.

Wasn’t there additional efforts made to contact these candidates after they did not answer the letter? That is also a fact. An attempt was made to find out whether or not those candidates had forgot about the letter and whether or not there for some reason that they and in other words, a justifiable reason

That they had not failed to notify our committee. One other question, Mr. Chairman, since I have been myself a supporter of Paul Johnson, isn’t it a fact he was roving around in the hotel for two or three days and ignored the committee and just act like he had never seen you before?

That is a fact. I think I made that statement already. Now, if I might say just a few words, I would say one other reason that we called one of these gentlemen in a race is that he claims to have done a job for the people, but he allowed

One of the members here in this body day or assembled in this body today to be attacked by thugs, beat up and put in the hospital. And he never made any attempt whatsoever to ever really that anybody could find out the correct to do anything

About these fellows that beat up one of our members. I know that for a fact, because I made several efforts to get the FBI into this case for investigation. But I’m speaking to Mr. Ahmed Hawkins from North Mississippi. Brother James Jackson is here.

And I say that I don’t think that kind of a candidate is very interested in the welfare of the entire people or the entire state. If he allows any group or any segment which has a right under the laws of the United States, to go out and try to bring

An organization to a group of people who need it. So naturally, we would call that gentleman he never, never answered or never even contacted them or told them he’d be glad to come down here, even if he had appealed or got the letter.

And that is that is the information that was relayed on to our committee. Yes, sir. Nothing wrong with me stating that, are they? I thought you were asking me a question. Well. One other thing here. If I have the privilege to say a few words on behalf of my good friend Buckelew.

Are you going to speak on the motion? Yes. And we’re going to start your time. All right. Right. We’re in a no here today and tell you now. Oh, it’s a good if it’s a good thing that I’m not running some office myself here,

Because I’d probably have to ask the president to have a little more time. But brand and fellow delegates and members of this organization and I can say this honestly and sincerely, and I’ve been in this movement a long time fact. I’ve been carrying a card over years.

I have been associated with and mixed and mingled with state officials and representatives and senators from the different sections of the state since 1948. And I have recognized this, that we have been kind of behind the doors a lot of time. But Henry BUCKELEW is one candidate

Who came out and said, We want your support. I do. He said, I need it because you said I am to do a job for the people of Mississippi because he says I came from the ranks of labor. I know the need

And the cause of the working people and the common people in Mississippi. You know, it was because he said he had a record and it was he has done something for the underprivileged in Mississippi. He has established a home in Jones County for homeless and wayward boy. He established that home

With the support of organizations like ours, even though the big shots in some of the chambers of the commerce and I’ll say the Chamber of Commerce and Law in Mississippi and one of the attorneys there, county attorney, attacked him in every way possible.

And I say, well, the man’s record is clean, as is when I dig into it, and try from every angle to prove that he has done something wrong and he comes out on top, that certain of that kind of a man would make the right official for the state of Mississippi.

So I say you that we need a man like him here, Buckelew, and I’m sure that no one here or anyone you go out and influence to vote for him, whatever regret supporting him or buck blue for Canada, the lieutenant governor of the state of Mississippi. Thank you. Thank you, brother. How

You run? You really did it up, brown boy. I’ll have to say that for you. You will have to admit, brother, that I really gave you. You have the benefit of the doubt on the time question. Okay, but I’m. Midterm my and girl low party three Halliburton clothing workers I make and say

Something to hard for this young man and not in any room here can say. I was raised with this boy. I went to school with him. He was raised in a Christian home and he took up in the store a work in his bar is personally as a friend. He I consider it

One of the best that I have. I’d like to say to just because he was raised in the same town and I want it if he didn’t stand for the right thing on all principles that God laid down, I’d be against. He told me personally.

He said, If I go down in this campaign, he said, I’ll go down with my powerful people and he said, That is a labor and place people. He said, that’s the only one that I really know. And he said, I do want to support of all people that believe in the right

For the right kind of government. I think we have any other discussion in passing and might be well, I mentioned this bags in my hand from in the back a little that he came right out in the open and said he showed the open endorsement of our people

And has been stated by some of my people both inside. I’ll say it’s been stated by some people, by both inside and outside of our movement that when we support or attempt to support a man, that means the kiss of death.

And Henry BUCKELEW does not believe that, and he wants to ask Goldman to support him. I think it might be well, to make that fact stated here. Now we have any other discussion on it motion. You ready for the question? All in favor of the motion signified say and I all oppose

Urgent care. And so at it I like to ask that the sergeant at arms come up and get a copy and being shot through the people here, a copy of the recommendations of this committee for the officers that have been acted on up to date.

We have that on one sheet and we can give that to you now. Would you please come up and we will take just a few minutes to get that job done. Came down in a caravan of amalgamated clothing workers. Now, there was a lady in the hotel lobby last night.

I didn’t know who that was. She asked me that. Who was that group of ladies? I said, those amalgamated clothing workers. She said, Who is that? She said, I told they make clothes and whatnot. So all the king’s men and my bunch was asked how many of them were these years?

And I told I was going to hell this on her. She said, All right, you go ahead. We had three cars and she’s a fast driver. But I drove. I was little afraid of a drive in and the dealer. Was it me?

Your time caught us between Corinth and Jackson that I was to feed her. Her husband told me that, and I told him I’d see to it that I got to between meals. So I those people collaborated against me. I left in front, see, and they just stopped behind. I lost them.

Well, it was I stop and pull over to the side and by her encouragement let one of them get in front of me and that and in front help me back by not driving fast and the one behind my leg and way behind.

So we got down and we got ready to come off of the train. She said the lady in the car behind might not know her way into the city of Jacksonville. That I, I would like to drive for her. Well, that suited me just fine.

So we pulled up and waited until they called up, you know, and she got in. I pulled out and we got in the hotel. We waited and waited and we waited. And Emily didn’t show up. So we turned around to corner.

Keegan is out the street in this car is a nice bright colored car. She and a bunch of policemen. And I noticed that she had run into a fellow on the wrong side of the street, and she was just apologizing, said friends, that I’m sorry,

That as you can see, I’m in the wrong I’m on the wrong side of the street. He says, No, ma’am, no, ma’am. And finally she let the man say something and he said, You are not at fault at all. That bright colored car I saw you three blocks away.

You’re not going to pull it off and then slam off the street. The time you got here through the one more one more answer that happened up north Mississippi on the way down. You know, these ladies come down from the country, come to town.

They come prepared to stay a while, they won’t shop. And I understand that male to Highland from over water valley had a pretty good car load and she got a trailer and put it behind the car and came down here. And just as we came over the trace last night, we found her.

She had stopped the patrolman stopped her and and she was just walking around the car, you know, just bringing her hands. And and the patrolman said, well there’s nothing wrong, lady, except you don’t have a tail light and said, that’s not a bad fat. You can buy one.

She said, Sir, I’m not worried about the tail that I’m worried about that trailer that I left Water Valley where? Thank you, brother Sam. We still have a little work to do back there. They’re not quite fools. Or we will give them a few more minutes time.

Brother Smith. Aunt has one. Mr. Chairman. Brad McGee from Vicksburg, Central Labor Union. We are Rick Berg Friday night, so the 19th of June 7:30 p.m. at the county courthouse. We have no political rally over there, partnered by the Vicksburg Central Labor Union. And we would appreciate anybody from this organization here today

Coming over to give us a hand. Give us a date. Again June 19th at 7:30 p.m. at the courthouse. Okay. Do we have any other announcements? Father Bruton. Better. Gentlemen, I’d like to remind all of the delegates from the Jackson Cope area, which encompasses nine counties,

All the letter they received relative to our meeting for Monday night, the 15th, which is Monday night of next week, which time we’ll go through some some of this same procedure relative to legislative candidates and others in the counties and jurisdiction. I think if I to broaden that.

That meeting will be at the IBEW Hall 116 Claiborne Street. 730 We have many other announcements by the Smith I would like to make in and out. I like to say to all you people here that’s been trying to collect co dollars in your local unions,

I like to refer to certain the international union here today has 15 local unions in the state of Mississippi and is reported in all 15 of the local union has already exceeded their quota of Coke dollars. And I’m referred now to the communication workers, better known as CWA in Mississippi.

And I think they deserve a good hand for that. We have any other announcements I’d like to inform the board or request the members of our executive board, state Labor Council, Executive Board members to please meet back up here with me a few minutes when we adjourn this meeting, making this announcement announcement.

Now, in the event that we are not able to give you an announcement when we get ready to adjourn, you understand what I mean? So when we do adjourn, please meet up here behind the rostrum with me. We Have got to decide something about holding a meeting in the near future.

Then we will go to meeting daughter and we will now get down to the preparation to consider our candidate for the Governor of this great state of ours. And without any further ado, I’m going to ask my secretary here, Brother Smith Art, to get up and give you

The committee’s recommendations in regards to this office, whether Smith Hart. Is probably one of the authors you come out to hear this report on in this office running for governor. There were four candidates. We asked all of them by a letter which is registered receipt requested, and all of them answered the letter

And gave us the date and time and all. We had one fellow we kind of gotten a little controversial about David Sullivan. He said he wanted the press there. And also on TV time, he offered one time to pay half the call. We declined theirs.

And he wrote back to us and said he would pay all the calls, but he didn’t know what are you getting then do? And he said that this interview lasted for 3 hours. We paid all the calls, 3 hours on the TV station here in Jackson.

You know, I’ve probably stopped this campaign there. And I said, you take an approximate 3 hours on these candidates. We interviewed Rose Barnett, Carol Garton and, Robert Mason. We gave them careful study consideration from every angle we could think of. As, you know, this was a serious all.

Not only this group here, although we represent everybody in Mississippi out of this interview, we take the questions that they have. They answered them in several ways. And once they had different answers to, we’d go back and recheck and recheck this way and that way only

We finally resolved down to we had two candidates who would give serious consideration to that was Ross Barnett and Carol Guy. We worked on these questions and their answers late at night and then get up in the morning and start working on them again. We finally come down.

We had about eight issues that we couldn’t resolve in these 2 to 3 candidates. There was some discrepancy in the questions they answered and I don’t take into consideration we evaluate this all by the questions, the first four questions, the five phases of it.

We had other things that we talked about, and out of these eight, we broke it down. It was a53. The said, you know, it was five in favor of God and then three in favor of Barnett. Now that, don’t mean the screening committee, but that mean the questions that broke down like that

That Garton had was the most viable candidate on these questions. Then Garton had had a past record as a mayor in Laurel and also as a lieutenant governor. And our recommendations to you today will be this. Three of the four gubernatorial candidates, Robert F Mason, Carol

Garton and Ross Barnett met with a co interviewing committee. The fourth candidate refused to appear because he was not permitted to set the conditions under which the interviews weren’t going to be conducted. On the basis of the interview, the Commission committee felt that Mr. Mason Kansas did not merit serious consideration

In the gubernatorial campaign. Are both the major candidates Mr. Barnett, Mr. Gardner, seeking voters of the union members? Neither are the candidates. Go endorsement of our organization. The State Committee feels that neither candidate merits endorsement of organized. However, since neither Mr. Garton nor Mr.

Barnett will ever file, it will probably be elected governor. Serious consideration should be given to their candidacy by members of the AFL-CIO by virtue of six years of Mayor of Lisle and eight years as lieutenant governor, we feel that Mr. Garten is better qualified to serve as governor than is Mr.

Barnett, who has had no experience in public office. We believe that the honest by dignified government, which Mississippi has enjoyed under the present administration, would be more likely to continue. Andre Garten Administration Furthermore, the fact that Mr. Barnett then the Executive Vice President admitted matter of fact association John Gregg

And a state campaign manager tells us the view that Barnett counted with serious apprehension. Mr. Barnett administration with John Gregg as Crown Prince could largely be expected to concern itself more. The profits of the manufactures and with the welfare of the working people and the farmers admit that

In view of the above three factors, we believe that the election of Mr. Garten would better serve the general welfare of the of Mississippi than what the election of Mr. Barnett. Therefore, the State Committee recommends to this Convention. The candidates were Carol Garden for good. I so move for

Now. You have heard the committee’s recommendation. I’m going to make you a suggestion and you can accept it if you would like. I think it is your benefit. If you allow me to take just a few minutes and ask our Sergeant at arms to pass out to you

A copy of the committee’s recommendation than the statement that was read to you? Yes. Then is it agreeable to do that? Would you like to have a copy of it now? All right, then that will be done. And then we will open this matter up for discussion.

Would you state the purpose that you arise to address the chair? I may lock up in Vicksburg CWA Local 3518i understand. Now that’s too many. I understand that this young man here has just come out of a school of some sort that they thought parliamentary procedure.

And I felt he might be getting up there with intent in mind to test out his jam. Would you state the reason that you would like? The floor rather good. I would like to issue an invitation to all over here and all the organization they represent from the people of Vicksburg, the CWA,

From the labor body itself. From the get into the mine a little more. You can’t be heard from the city fathers or whatever you might call. Them. From every individual that I’ve heard. Voices, opinion, a special. Invitation to bring our. Labor Convention, State Labor Convention. Vicksburg next year. Thank you, Brother Kirk.

I can assure you that your executive board will take that matter under serious consideration. Everyone, have a copy. Then we will call a meeting. Daughter. We will now the floor up for discussion on the motion on the committee’s recommendation as the the. Chairman and fellow delegate. Give us your name and Laura.

Sullivan from the Boilermakers in Pascagoula. According to this report. But the second time just read the third paragraph to me would indicate and pertaining to the two governors before this body can adopt the recommendations of the committee, I feel that this paragraph should be read

One more time by me and still the second time I try to you. Which paragraph is that third paragraph. Well, you have, you have 5 minutes. You can just go. I won’t make it short. I might not. Heart. I know that you have the floor there and you go ahead and read it.

While both of the major candidates, Mr. Barnett and Mr. Gardner, seeking the vote of union members, neither of the candidate seek the endorsement of our organization. The State Code Committee feel that neither candidate merits endorsement of organized labor. So, Mr. Chairman, I saw a mural that we have a roll call vote

And pertaining to this section here before the committee’s recommendations, except accepted. But I understand your brother’s motion. You would have to phrase it a little differently, that you would have to offer a motion to amend the report in that fashion. And then if you get a second,

You could request a roll call vote on that amendment. And you understand the requirements of roll call vote, you have a copy of the rule before. You write that you get to making it. Now let’s let’s get it straight. Now are you offering

Motion at the committee or a motion that the committee’s report be amended and delete the said paragraph. And we have a roll call vote for endorsement of either candidate? Well, and I mention. Section three is self explanatory. They don’t want our endorsement. I’m in favor of not endorsing either one of them.

Well, I understand what the brothers are attempting to do, but there is a two sided question involved. One All right, but what’s your point? He’s asking for a roll call vote upon one paragraph of the committee’s report. The roll call vote would only be requested or permitted

Upon the adoption or rejection of the committee’s report, as amended by subsequent action of the body. I see right here now, we will certainly agree with that interpretation. As to the roll call, do you understand what the brother was saying, that he wanted to amend the committee’s report and any

He felt like that the roll call should be taken by taking on board an endorsement. Now, the question we got here is to amend the committee’s report. Now as. Chair, I’ve got to get the situation cleared up in regards to what he as attempt to do.

I want to know if he’s offered a motion to amend the committee’s report. Mr. Chairman, I have the committee’s report here. The motion has been made. And second, to adopt the committee’s report, as is. I’ll make a motion.

Now, wait a minute, but I want to see if I ask you if you guys. All right, wait, I’ll. I’ll talk now. About you saying that this paragraph there’s not one report of a candidate for governor. Are you saying that you want to amend this report and strike the paragraph?

That’s what I want to know. This this report here state and then third paragraph that neither of these candidates are won’t open the endorsement. And I in the committee’s report here. Well I’ll take away the amendment we will just just wait a minute. Let me get my concentration again.

But before we get all mixed up and nobody know what we’re going to do, Mr. Chairman, I’ll make a motion that we have a roll call vote to adopt. The committee’s. Recommendations, and then I’ll have to rule that motion out of order.

And when we get down to taking a vote on the question, then a motion to that effect would be in order. Okay, brother. But now, Mr. Chairman, would like to propose an amendment to the report that we have in hand. The committee, I think, has done an excellent work

In screening these candidates and drawing its conclusions and in bringing them to the assembled delegates. In paragraph three, we state that neither of the candidates that we consider to be a major candidate seek the open endorsement or support of Labor as being a Labor supported candidate.

Further down in the report, you go into the various qualifications of the two gentlemen and also the basis for your final summation of the report, which is a recommendation to our membership based upon your judgment of their opinion before the Committee. And in view that the last paragraph says

That we recommend to our membership the support of one of the candidates, then I would propose that in paragraph three, you have called attention to the fact that neither seek the open endorsement. And then I would propose this amendment that the last there be stricken from that paragraph

And not in or anything of a derogatory nature toward either one of them, and that you have called attention to the fact they do not take it, but have set out your reasons for making the recommendation to the membership as a whole.

I so move that we strike the last sentence of paragraph three. We have a motion to amend the committee’s report as outlined by Brother Bruton, and I’m going to ask the Secretary to read the sentence back to you as it will read as he has over that amendment.

And then we will put the question before you at the Secretariat. Would you write back on the second the motion? He said, okay. Me on the ball yard. You read on this third paragraph where it says We are both the major candidates, Mr. Barnet, Mr. Gardiner seeking the vote of union members.

Neither of the candidates seek the endorsement of our organization. You would leave it at that. There and strike you read the state go committee feel that neither candidate do organized endorsement of organized labor. The last sentence will be deleted. That was his motion. No.

You have heard the motion to amend the committee’s report. Mr. Chairman. Are you having a discussion on the amendment? Yes, sir. In support of the man. Mother, I think it’s a good idea here that this last sentence be deleted because, you know, one or the other of my things

Going to be elected if we stay in either one match, our endorsement, our serious consideration, we may be in a hell of a shape, if you pardon the expression, we want to see them come down and talk. So I think it’d be well, we’d leave that on.

I gather you are in favor of the amendment. Do we have any discussion? Further discussion on the amendment. On the amendment? You ready for the question? Oh, let’s keep running like this. Go into the microphone and be ready for the question. All in favor of the amendment

To the committee’s report signified by saying I’m all opposed to the same sine motion carried and so ordered. Now the amended motion is before the House. Do we have any discussion on the amended motion? You ready for the question. Mr. Chairman? The amended motion would be to adopt the committee’s report, and.

The motion will be to adopt the committee’s report as amended. That’s correct. Well, I’ll go. Somebody else going to talk whenever you if they don’t in a minute I’ll take it over here about that. All right. Are you ready for the question? Okay. By the. Hand. Oh, Mr. Chairman. Isn’t it a fact.

In arriving at this that these other people were who did not up here did have an opportunity to come before this committee? I’m speaking to Mr. Sullivan. That’s a fact. Uh. Well, it is a fact, then we still have Mr. Sullivan’s copy of these questions, which is of interest

To all the people in the state of Mississippi, is it not? It is a fact. Well, Mr. Chairman, I feel like at this time that we are in a quandary here, whether or not there should be open endorsement. But I am a little bit at a loss to find

That there are people in this organization and here today that are here, spoke and are may be possible go back. Still want to lean towards Barnett as a candidate for governor and I was hoping some of them get up and say a few words

About him in behalf of him and why we should support him. And I wanted to turn that up just a little bit because I have some record here and I thank you truly. Use the proper phrase. When you spoke of Mr. John Gregg as a crown prince with Mr. Barnett, one other question.

Isn’t it a fact that when Mr. Barnett came before this committee that he had two people with him that did the most in answering the questions and not him for candidate for governor? It’s a fact that Mr. Barnett had two people with him

When we met with the committee, but it would be unfair to say that those people answered most of those questions. At least saying. That they did accompany him and they did expound on some of the questions that. Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman.

Demanded by the brother and kind of have the floor and his time. If not yet, you will get your. I think it will possibly. Right. And I’m glad. And one thing again today that we do have the press here with us, it’s unusual that we

Line up with the press many times or go along with some of their thinking. But I, I see that we’re kind of together along this line today that yesterday a statement in the paper state time says that there are 15 papers joining the state times in support of Carroll Garden State and his

Qualifications because of experience and low down governor and mayor, we know that he does have a record. We know that he has been fair and has met and discussed many issues with us in labor. We also know that the Jackson Daily News came out yesterday with a front page picture and editorial

In behalf of Carroll Gardens, candidate of the governor. I’m inclined to believe that at this that we may be on the right track, even though we’re kind of trailing along behind the press. And I want to stress this. When I report this to the public that we’re all aware of them

Because we think that the interest of the people in the state of Mississippi would probably be third best with Carroll Gardner as governor. Thank and brother and how are you game we are standing over that line you’re doing getting better all the time. Brother James.

Magee, Central Labor Union, Vicksburg on in the fifth paragraph down here who would you get elected read that place in. The fifth paragraph fifth paragraph. By virtue of six years as mayor of long and eight years as lieutenant governor, we feel that Mr. Gardner is better qualified to serve as than Mr.

Barnett, who has had no experience in public office. What was in question? In my mind, I said he had had no experience. Is that right? Wrong. As a public, officially, we have no record of it. Well, why in the world would somebody who hadn’t

Had a bit of experience when he got a man, he has got help ten years. That was part of our consideration. Why we have any further discussion on the amended motion. Oh, there’s a toddler little on 605 toddler town on the part that I’d like to ask of this outfit, like John Smith.

Well, I think that we should let it go back and reconsider some of. I don’t be quite funny about it. There has been no action taken on the old John Smith. They obviously run and if that’s what you mean. Yeah, that’s right. That’s a matter for candidates.

That office had already been has been referred to a caucus or Lady Crow caucus or that group went in that area. You understand that that we have any further discussion on the amended motion. Mr. Chairman. State your name and no. Name is A.C. Massey on the Internet, on Brotherhood of Electrical Work on

February 3rd, at three past development, 30, we have had referred to ourselves our time here about the experience of our president, lieutenant governor and governor. But we haven’t had anything pertaining to his stand for labor. What has he done by Labor? Is his experience been a good, good?

He’s had experience, but has it helped, if I understand it right, we’re just about at the bottom of the totem pole as far as labor and training in the United States have. A per capita income is very low. What is he done by organized labor? Maybe we would do well to consider

Somebody new that possibly would do something for organized. We know this man has not done very much for organized labor since we’re at the very bottom. So I think we ought to consider that. It might well, this time for the brothers information, the point of the paragraph you just struck

By the road you after the floor you got you want to blow by the road and just a little exercise. I wish you’d quit running the orange red mark over there. Not that we have any further discussion. The amended motion. Right? Right. You ready for the question? Are you ready for the question?

Pat Solomon here requested a roll call vote. What? Earlier and embarrassed everybody concerned. I want to find out now if he wants to go off a motion it be done by a roll call. That. Well a motion of that effect in order at this time the question has been called

For you off motion that it be done by a roll call vote. We have second of that motion. We have a motion in the second that that we hold. I guess I have your name, brother. You have a name I can speak it in and it will be, no question about it.

Local I’m in lamentable. Harmon McGee. With the barbers. The local number please. Five, four, seven, five. The motion is my brother Solomon of the Boilermakers and seconded by the brother from the barber’s that the matter before you be taken by. Roll call vote. Will be necessary

And compliance with the rules to have a standing vote on this motion. But it will require at least 30% of those present the delegate present in order for this motion to back and in other words, in order to do it by a roll call vote all in favor of a roll.

Call vote, please. Stand all in favor of taking. A roll call vote. On this matter. The matter, please stand. Have you got to count it? Okay. All opposed to the motion. Please stand. I don’t think it’s necessary to count converging or being order. But are you ready for the question. Mr.. Chairman?

The brother request the chair. Okay. I’m Holloway Local 733 IBEW Pascagoula, Mississippi. I’m just wondering if it’s clear to everyone before we take the just what the action is now, the way I understand it, in adopting the committee’s report, the Street Screening Committee report, we are not endorsing either candidate,

But we are just agreeing with the report of the committee. Is that right? They prefer junior take in is that you are recommending this candidate to your people as the best candidate for this office, but you are not making a public announcement of that fact. Thank you.

That will be what you’re doing here. Do we have any further discretion? Are you ready. For the question? All in favor of the amended. Motion they signified for saying, I all approve. The ayes have it. And so riding. Now, for all practical purposes, you have completed the business of convention.

There will be a few things, a few announcements in the things of that gun will have to be made. And before we get any further, I would like to say to you. People. That you have adopted yourself. Yourselves, approval. You have for the first time in the history

Of Mississippi, attempted to participate as a. Group and the political life. Of our state as such. And I. Think. That the results of your. Activity. Will have a lot to do in the future as to how. Successful. We. Will be when it comes to discussing or influence and people running for political life.

So I would sincerely advise each and every one. Of you to put all of the. Time, if you can, and do the efforts in connection with that strategy. That’s all the remarks I have in that direction. Thank each and every one of you. I understand exactly what you’ve done and exactly

What has to be done. Now, before we have any announcements we have, we can give you people a few minutes if you would like to, bring any matter that you feel should be considered before this convention. Do any of you have anything that you feel is important enough

To bring before this convention and for convention action? Then here and none. I would like to know if we have any announcements that give us your name please. And local. Pub and not the Federal Labor. Council. I made it clear. Following the judgment here they are

Members, delegates from South Africa on behalf of highway. Commissioners that. We would like to have a meeting. To get this settlement moving off the board. For that immediate bond adjournment where I am recall you have heard the announcement the driver would like to have a meeting of the delegates from the Southern District

To take up the problem of attempting to select the candidate for that office that is in our. Group. Now, Mr. Chairman, I would like to make. A. While ago before the two gentlemen from the press where they supplied a copy of the questionnaire that was submitted and used in interviewing the gubernatorial candidate.

To provide a copy of what? Of the questionnaire. They actually received a copy of the questionnaire. That’s the only thing I wanted to know was to be sure that they had that. And that they would use it in relaying to the public our consideration deliberation here this evening. We have any other announcements.

Then I would like to again advise the Executive Board members of the Labor Council that we will meet in this corner of this room immediately upon adjournment. We have other announcements. Mr. Chairman, Brother Hanna, I’d just like to say this, that we have taken action here.

And your answer was a while ago it was a recommendation, not a public statement. I see you. The rest is gone now. But I think that we shouldn’t just pay lip service to this action. We honestly came back here in the committee

And told the people that we thought Guardian would make the next governor for the state of Mississippi and sure, if we had time to go in all the ramifications, I think we could convince the people in just a short time that that is exactly right.

So let’s don’t leave here and just get out of the four winds at all. Well we didn’t get a recommendation will vote for there’s not know that for governor if you come out like that you might wind up with Mr. Sullivan, the governor.

And I’ll tell you this, if we had him for governor and one other man for lieutenant governor, we might as well all leave the state of Mississippi one day and already leave. And now the rest of us can go. Thank you, Brother Hanna. Do we have other announcements?

Then I’d like to ask the delegates to please stand. And I’d to ask Brother Luther Millsaps, the young gentleman who has been before you once already, to please a journalist convention with a word of prayer. Mr. Chairman, let me say, gentlemen, while I stretch a little,

I think we’ve had such a fine convention and such a fine spirit of cooperation. We certainly should say thanks to all of the committees that have labored so hard for the splendid work that they have done. And I would like this crowd to leave with a smile.

And I would tell you one short incident, it happened up at the cafe. You know, we’ve got one cafe in Jackson as a big sign it says no tipping, please. Well, Debbie Stevens always makes that cafe and he got such

Good service today he told the waitress said, you know I enjoyed lunch so much that I would love to tip you, but I see a sign says No tipping, please. He said, Bless your heart, sir. So were apples in the Garden of Eden. Now, Heavenly Father, we

Thank the for the privilege of the freedom that we enjoy in this country. We thank the for the privilege to assemble ourselves and to make plans to work together for each other. Help us to be more concerned about our neighbors welfare as much as we are our own.

We ask you to bless all our efforts and where we fail, we ask divine forgiveness because we pray and we work in Jesus name and for his sake, a man. Conversion will be a journey.

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