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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1956 The Democratic Party is in your corner! Remember ...The Golden Era The Democratic Party is still in your corner. The record of this year’s Demo cratic Congress has again proved that in office mean money in your pocket DEM(SCRATS expanded the Social Se curity System to include 9 out of 10 workers. Women are now eligible to re tire at age 62 and disabled persons at age 50. DEMOCRATS raised the minimum wage from 75 cents to sl. ♦ * DEMOCRATS passed a highway-build YOU ...Play it across the board STEVENSON IS RIGHT ON CIVIL RIGHTS Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the first lady of the world, has said of Adlai E. Stevenson: “I know that he believes we must be a nation with equality and justice for all our citizens." STEVENSON believes the Supreme Court decision is right , STEVENSON, as a Governor, ordered desegregation of schools long before the Supreme Court decision. llllMiiilillll’M ing program which will provide work in areas of serious unemployment. DEMOCRATS provided free polio vac cine through cash grants to states; in creased funds for medical research to combat t)ie nation’s top killers, cancer and heart disease. DEMOCRATIC Governors of Pennsyl vania, Michigan, New Jersey and New York, following in the tradition of Roose velt and Truman, have made state gov ernments work for YOU and not just the few. STEVENSON, as a Governor, ordered desegregation of the National Guard. STEVENSON, as a Governor, had as signed deputies for the first time to inves tigate civil rights abuses. STEVENSON, as a Governor, ordered the National Guard to protect Negroes against violence and restore order in the Cicero race riots. THE MIAMI TIMES—‘The People*' Newspaper” Still in your corner k L V t H mr The twenty years of Democratic Party leadership under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman have aptly been called the "golden era of hu man rights.” These two great Democratic Presidents added humanity to the science of government. They made government work for YOU and. not just the few. • DEMOCRATS opened top policy jobs to v Negroes; ended discrimination in federal employment and fathered FEPC. DEMOCRATS desegregated the Armed The return is always greater when you play your politics across the hoard. Bread and ~ butter issues plus civil rights makes good •sense. “Tight-monev” and "trickle-down” is not for you. See what has happened: HOUSING—key to integration • Republicans stopped the low cost housing program. Eisenhower fired one Frank Horne for insisting on a policy of non discrimination. PRlCES—highest in history • The cost of living is up Credit buying costs you more. Taxes are higher. Rent and food are up. Your dollar is down. n g/ \ f V J Services. Today’s Army, Navy and Air Force integration results from Executive Order 9981 issued by President Harry S. Truman. DEMOCRATS pioneered the field of low est housing and slum clearance; gave birth to Social Security. DEMOCRATS appointed liberal justices to the Supreme Court who gave new vi tality to the opinions of the Court DEMOCRATS honored all war veterans with the GI Bill of Rights. SCHOOLS—your child's future • One child in five is in a-tiretrap building. Double.sessions and "practice teachers'* rob Negro chilarcn of their bright future. FULL EMPLOYMENT—the right to suffer • In some areas 12 per cert of the working force is unemployed Recublicans believe ' "the right to suffer is one of the joys of a free economy." PROSPERITY—"far who?" p • "Prosperity for Who?" demanded Manhat tan Borough President Hulan Jack, “Have you been able to save any money?" "NO," thundered 20.000 Harlemites attending a recent Democratic rally in New York City. PAGE 13