> IN another area it is clear that the Republicans will raise to the surface the resentments that many white Americans have over Negroes’ moves for social equal

> IN another area it is clear that the Republicans will raise to the surface the resentments that many white Americans have over Negroes’ moves for social equality. The San Francisco convention was blatant in its proclamation that one of our parties intended to be nothing less than lily‐white. The nation is now faced with a major candidate who feels no need of Negro votes; he is willing to stand or fall on the gains he can make within the 90 per cent of the population that is white. > While a President of the United States can, under our Federal system, do little or nothing about street violence, the Arizona Senator will predictably call attention to such lawlessness. While earlier Republican candidates doubtless realized that white Americans have no great affection for their Negro fellow‐citizens, they refrained from exploiting those antipathies. This restraint was, indeed, part of the “Establishment” agreement on how elections were to be conducted. > This year's experiment, then, is betting that there are many Americans — among them many who have hitherto voted Democratic — who are willing to give their votes to a man who promises to keep Negroes in their place. https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/06/archives/whats-the-mainstream-who-is-in-it-it-is-a-time-for-definitions-when.html https://www.nytimes.com/1964/09/06/archives/whats-the-mainst...