A whispering campaign labelling one of the two candidates for the Texas governorship in the Democratic primaries run-off as anti-Semitic, was denounced today by the Jewish Herald-Voice of Houston. Victory in the run-off is tantamount to election.
“Neither candidate for governor has been or is prejudiced,” the paper said in an editorial. Both candidates, it added “have worked well with minorities” and both are “religious, believers in good doctrine.”
The paper advised its readers to “vote for the candidate of your choice, with the full knowledge that he will represent all the people of Texas, and not a few; that your candidate knows there are minorities, that there are people with other religious beliefs, and that he respects the differences as do all good Americans.”
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