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Candidate comparison mailer of Brooks Hays and Wilmer Mizell from Hays' congressional campaign in North Carolina's Fifth District ; KNOW YOUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN Brooks Hays PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS Attorney and teacher, board member of nation's oldest Life Insurance Company. The Incumbent Baseball player; soft drink salesman. PUBLIC OFFICES 16 years in Congress; Assistant Secretary of State; Special Assistant to President Kennedy; Department of Agriculture official; Arkansas Assistant Attorney General; Chairman, Human Relations Commission of North Carolina; Member, TVA Board The Incumbent Four years in Congress; Chairman, Davidson County Board of Commisioners, two years. POSITIONS ON THE ISSUES AGRICULTURE Consistently supports measures to help small farmers; helped draft the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act to help tenant families become farm owners. Authorized a bill to help WWII vets buy farms at low interest rates. The Incumbent Votes to help large, corporate farms; voted against limiting payments to $20,000 to big farmers for not growing crops. HEALTH CARE Has long worked for health care for all people; believes the federal government must take a greater role in making sure that adequate health care is available, particularly in rural areas. Strongly suppports the Hill-Burton Act. The Incumbent Voted against hospital construction funds under the Hill-Burton Act, which helped rebuild hospital facilities in Winston-Salem and Elkin. EDUCATION Is greatly concerned with improving the quality of education; believes federal contributions should be increased to improve schools while relieving local property tax burdens. The Incumbent Voted against 12 out of 13 major bills for funds and increased federal support for schools. ENVIRONMENT Deeply concerned with wise use of our natural resources; first candidate to take a stand firmly against Appalachian Power Company's proposed dams on the New River. The Incumbent Rated zero on a scale of 100 for his first term by the League of Conservation Voters; rated 20 on a scale of 100 for his second term. For 3 1/2 of his four years in Congress, tried only to modify the Appalachian dam project, not to stop the dams. One of 8 representatives to vote against a bill to prohibit hunting out of airplanes. YOUTH AND WOMEN'S RIGHTS Supports voting privileges for 18 year olds and equal rights for women. Selected by Teen Dems of Forsyth as the "ideal young people's candidate." The Incumbent Voted against voting rights for 18 year olds and equal rights for women on the key votes. BUSINESS AND ECONOMY Believes small businessmen need additional assistance and incentive; for greater employment opportunities; believes inflation must be stopped, and unemployment curbed. Experience on Banking and Currency Committee. The Incumbent Votes for big business interests and un-necessary government spending such as the SST and subsidies for the Lockhead Corp. Has never opposed wasteful cost overruns on weapons. RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND A well-known churchman; received the national award "Churchman of the Year" from the Religious Heritage of America. Chairman of the Christian Life Comm. of the Southern Baptist Convention; President of the Southern Baptist Convention; Member of the Board of Directors of the National Conference of Christians and Jews, a vice-president of the National Council of Churches. The Incumbent A member of the Christian and Missionary Alliance Church, where he is a deacon and lay speaker. The record clearly shows that Brooks Hays, Democratic candidate for Congress, will best represent the interests of the working man in the Fifth District. His record is one of compassion and concern for working people. He is a proven leader, and he will be a ninth term congressman with instant seniority. We need him back in Washington. BROOKS HAYS FOR CONGRESS Brooks Hays for Congress, Vicki Bagley, Chairman

Sinclair writes about his new book, "The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America." He also write a great deal about his book "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox", and its influence on not only the United States but the world as well. He also writes about various opinions on the book, including praise from Congressmen and foreign leaders. Sinclair also writes about his film "Thunder Over Mexico". ; UPTON SINCLAIR LOS ANGELES WEST BRANCH CALIFORNIA May 1933 Dear Friend: I didn't expect to send you another circular this spring; but it appears that I have written another book! So many persons have been asking me for something on the present crisis, and the way out. What do I think about Roosevelt and his policies? Is this the final breakdown, or can capitalism make one more boom? I wrote a short article on the subject, "An Open Letter to the American People' and sent it to Fulton Oursler, editor of "Liberty,' who called me on the phone from New York, calling it "the greatest piece of statesmanship since Lincoln's Gettysburg address." "Liberty" is to publish it in the issue of June. 10. I decided to cover the subject in more detail in a little book. It is the same kind of thing as "Letters to Judd;" except it is addressed to a young capitalist of my acquaintance, one who is troubled by the problems which have fallen onto his shoulders. "Letters to Perry," I called it, but later decided on a more explicit title: "The Way Out: What Lies Ahead for America." My arguments are addressed, not merely to capitalists, but to all business men and professional people, the white collar class who make up the greater number of my readers. I tell them what they are up against, and what they have to do about it, whether they like it or not. The book is to be published by Farrar & Rinehart in New York, and I will have my own edition. The price is one dollar postpaid. Some of my friends have protested that the price of "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox" is too high for them; I cannot yet reduce the price, since I haven't paid my debts to the publisher, but I can give you a combination price. You may have the two books, both clothbound and also a cloth copy of "The Spokesman's Secretary," one of my stories of which I have an oversupply; all for $3.05. You may be interested in news regarding the Fox book. A new edition is ready, with index, and a new jacket, prepared by an expert in New York. It is printed on a better quality of paper--I don't know about these matters, but some of my friends attended to it. Nobody has tried to ban the book, and nobody has sued me for libel-a great relief to my wife, who is more concerned with taking care of her husband than with selling a hundred thousand copies of a book. The great press of New York boycotted the work for the most part ; but papers all over the country-not quite so close to Wall Street-have been giving it a great deal of attention. The editor of the Bridgeport (Conn.) "Herald' telegraphed me, asking my price for serial rights, and I answered that I would leave it to his conscience. This suggested an idea, and I sent a circular to the managing editor of every daily paper in the United States, and to many weeklies, also labor and farm papers, offering them the book. In a few days I have received more than 500 replies, asking for a copy for examination. The book broke into the Congressional Record, Page 4922, Issue of February 23, 1933. I quote: Mr. Borah: Mr. President, may I interrupt the Senator? The Vice President : Does the Senator from Nebraska yield to the Senator from Idaho? Mr. Norris: Certainly. Mr. Borah : I want to ask the Senator if he has seen a book just published by Upton Sinclair on Wall Street, entitled. "Upton Sinclair Presents William Fox?" Mr. Norris: Yes, I have seen the book. Mr. Borah: I think it is one of the most remarkable stories in regard to such matters that I have ever read. Mr. Norris : I have not yet read all of it. but the part which I have read indicates that it is a very remarkable story. Recently I received a letter from Congressman Brooks Fletcher of Ohio. saying that many congressmen wanted to read the book, but could not get it because of the demand for the copies in the Congressional Library. If I had been a good business man, I might have suggested that the Congressional Library place an order at our wholesale rates. But being more concerned with making the book known, I sent a free copy to every congressman and senator, a total of 531 books. Congressman Fletcher stated that they wanted to read it "before legislation may be presented dealing with the matter which your book treats. Many of us feel that legislation on the issues presented in the book is of vital importance at this time." The sales of the book have been good, considering the state of the country. Seventeen days after publication Brentano listed the book as number 2 among the best-selling non-fiction books-and then went into bankruptcy, owing me a trifle over $500 ! On March 20 the New York "Times" listed it among the three best-selling nonfiction books in half a dozen of the leading New York bookstores. You might ask the New York "Herald-Tribune Books," the New York Sun and the "American," why they have not reviewed this best-selling work. Also, don't overlook "Time" and the "Literary Digest;" also the "Christian Science Monitor," which not only has failed to review the book, but rejected a paid advertisement which 1 submitted to it. (I have just received a very courteous letter from the editor of the "Monitor," promising to review this decision. I await the out come.) My English publisher is afraid of the book, and apparently I am not going to get a publisher over there. I sent out review copies, and am receiving columns of reviews all of them enthusiastic. "Everyman" gives the book an entire page. The Birmingham "Gazette" says: "If only a tenth of the facts given are true, the book is a damning record of crookery in the highest places. Let Wall Street read it-and writhe!" From Moscow comes a two column review in the "Daily News,' the English-language paper, which says: "No more daring exposure of the machinations of high finance -with the names of innumerable worthy living gentlemen included, despite all laws of libel-has ever been penned. It is undoubtedly the most detailed and vivid recording that I have ever read or am likely to read of the means by which finance capital works." 1 wrote in my last letter that I had added the German ex-Kaiser to my list of readers. Now I am pleased to enroll the King of Belgium. Writing in the New York "Times," Leo Ferrero quotes King Albert as follows: "America has, also, a great many first-rate artists in every field. Her novelists interest me especially; they are so intensely alive, so full of strength. Dreiser, for example, and the two Sinclairs-I mean Sinclair Lewis and Upton Sinclair." They are burning my books now in Germany, but as several million copies have been sold there, I doubt if the Nazis can find them all. While I am writing this, Gandhi is in the midst of a three weeks' fast, and my readers will be interested in the following passage from a letter by Lewis Browne, author of "This Believing World," "Blessed Spinoza," etc. Browne, who is making a tour of the world, writes from Colombo, Ceylon : "We've just come down from Sabarmati in the Jugerat Country where we lived for some days in Gandhi's Ashram – a Sanskrit word meaning monastery. There his closest followers live in starkest simplicity. . We went there to learn what we could of the fight for India's freedom-but stayed to tell about Upton Sinclair. For we at once discovered you were-judging by the books in the small library of the Ashram -the favorite author of those people. Narainadas Gandhi, a nephew of the Mahatma, informed us that the great man had read most if not all of your works, and was intensely interested in you as a person. We traveled 400 miles to Poona in the hope of talking with Gandhi-his followers told us to be sure to tell him what little we knew about you while in his presence-but the prison authorities absolutely refused to let us come near him." I am happy to tell you that the Eisenstein Mexican picture, for which my wife and I assumed responsibility two and a half years ago is at last completed, and is a gorgeous work. Rob Wagner tells me that he is citing it in "Liberty" as a "four-star picture." He writes concerning it: "In my opinion 'Thunder Over Mexico' will prove to be one of the great, if not the greatest, picture of 1933. It has the beauty of 'Tabu,' terrific drama with the feeling of absolute authenticity, and as thrilling a finish as I've ever seen." I don't yet know how this picture will be released, but you will hear about it before long. Try to get it in your local theatres. I have a share in the profits, and hope it may enable me to carry out my long-delayed plan of putting a set of my books into public libraries throughout the world. I got the Sinclair Foundation ready for this purpose, expecting that the picture would be completed in less than a year. We have been through a long series of trials, but at last here is "Thunder Over Mexico,' a masterpiece of the film art, and millions of people will be rewarded for our troubles as promoters. Sincerely, Upton Sinclair P.S. Booktrade please note to order "The Way Out" from Farrar and Rinehardt, New York

Article in the Northwest Arkansas Times about Brooks Hays giving a talk at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville ; N.W. Ark. Times, 2 Nov 75 [handwritten annotation] Ex-Congressman Hays To Lecture Brooks Hays, former United States Congressman from Arkansas, will speak at the University of Arkansas Wednesday on "Reflections of a Troubled Moderate: Little Rock, 1957-58." The lecture, which is being sponsored by the Department of History, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Graduate Education Auditorium. It is open to the public and is free. Hays represented the old Fifth Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1959. He played a prominent role in the Little Rock integration crisis, serving as an intermediary between the late President Dwight D. Eisenhower and former Governor Orval Faubus. His role is credited with bringing about his defeat in 1958 by a segregationist eye doctor, Dale Alford of Little Rock. Hays subsequently served on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and as an assistant secretary of state for congressional relations and presidential assistant under the late President John F. Kennedy. He is a 1919 graduate of the UA and received his law degree from Washington University three years later. In 1972, he became one of the few persons to run for Congress from two states when he lost a race in North Carolina to Wilmer (Vinegar Bend) Mizell, the former major league baseball pitcher. Hays had moved to North Carolina in 1969 to serve as a director of the Ecumenical Institute at Wake Forest University. Last spring, Hays donated his congressional and political papers to the David W. Mullins Library at the UA. During his visit to the campus next week, he will be working with Dr. Walter Brown, professor of history, on an oral history project, which will supplement his papers. Both the papers and tape recordings will be available to scholars engaged in research on Arkansas and national history. The papers constitute the first original source material to be made available to scholars concerning the efforts to mediate the Little Rock crisis. The papers begin in the 1920s and run through the 1966 election campaign, when he sought unsuccessfully to win the Democratic nomination for governor. Hays also will be meeting with classes in the Departments of History and Political Science while on campus.

Report from the Capitol newsletter - Page 1 ; Brooks Hays A bittersweet month, October, for the family and friends and acquaintances of a man for whom "Christianity was a call to duty, a judgment as well as consolation," and one truly deserving of the title of rec-ognition reserved for ranking officials, and at all times was he found to be the "Honorable" Brooks Hays. He was to have been present, health permitting, at the National Religious Liberty Conference, but that was not possible. And just a few days later he died. Eulogized in the Washington Post as a person of "extraordinary courage," as a southern congressman he stood up for racial moderation and as a consequence suffered po-litical defeat at the hands of a segregationist write-in candidate while losing none of the respect of those who appreciated his promotion of good will. The memorial service in Washington was largely a family affair, thanksgiving and prayer led by Pastor George Hill and another dear friend, Clarence Cranford. Hays and Cranford were members of Calvary Baptist Church, Washington, and in 1958 both served their denominations as president—Brooks Hays, of the Southern Baptist Convention, Cranford, of the American Baptist Churches, USA. On November 4, the House of Representatives will hold a Special Order of Tribute to their former colleague, Brooks Hays. It is sufficient to say that the 18th National Religious Liberty Conference approached the theme from a variety of viewpoints. That route doesn't lead to consensus, but then that was also the openness necessary in trying to be faithful to the Conference's underlying motif—the invitation to share God's love must be extended free of coercion and manipulation. Only in the "hands" of God is evangelization a certainty. The conference is ably re-ported by this staff and Baptist Press. Missed attending the conference? Tapes of each of the speakers may be ordered. See the form on page 16 of this issue. Welton Gaddy recently addressed a meeting of Amer-icans United on the issue of pluralism, religious and political. It is the kind of topic we can't seem to get away from at this moment in time. Advocates for religious/ political liberty have their task cut out for them, writes Gaddy. Incidently, that lesson also came from the pro-vocative two-day conference on religious liberty. Victor Tupitza

Obituary for Brooks Hays in the Washington Post ; 8/15/81 [handwritten script] The Washington Post [handwritten script] Brooks Hays "I would not recognize myself as a man of courage. I would prefer to speak in terms of the values we are defending. The patriot and the dissenter may inhabit the same heart. We are not really disunited; we are merely enjoying our freedoms. Any sectional cleavages should merely spur us to greater exertions in building bridges of understanding." What Brooks Hays did not recognize about himself—that he was a man of extraordinary courage—was never more nationally apparent than when he exerted himself fearlessly as a builder of those "bridges of understanding" in 1957—a southern congressman who stood up for racial moderation in the thick of a bitter clash over the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Ark. Mr. Hays, who died Monday in Chevy Chase at the age of 83, knowingly risked— and then suffered—political defeat the following year at the hands of a segregationist write-in candidate. But he never lost the respect of all who appreciated his promotion of good will, his sponsorship of humanitarian causes and his contributions to public service. For 16 years before that defeat, Mr. Hays had represented the people of the 5th District of Arkansas with an unflagging commitment to racial understanding. When the then-governor of the state, Orval E. Faubus, ordered the Arkansas National Guard to block school desegregation, President Eisenhower responded by ordering U.S. troops to enforce desegregation orders. Mr. Hays arranged a meeting between the two and, though it proved fruitless, continued to speak out, refusing to yield to transient passions if it meant deserting his convictions. His compassion extended to people everywhere- around the world, through his support for foreign aid, for UNRRA and aid to postwar Great Britain -and right here in the District of Columbia, through his early and vigorous support for home rule. In 1949 Mr. Hays made a special appeal for the District, in an unscheduled appearance before an Arkansas Democratic colleague who headed the House District Judiciary subcommittee and who opposed home rule. "You would get democratic government," said Mr. Hays, "and you would prove to the world that we really believe in government by the consent of the governed." Mr. Hays was also a relentless raconteur whose anecdotes, yarns and jabs at himself. knew no match. A deeply religious man, he once explained that he was a "great believer in ecumenism" because "the evils in the world are too much even for the southern Baptists to deal with." We said it once in this space 17 years ago, when Brooks Hays left official Washington for a position at Rutgers University, and we repeat it now: He was one of the gentlest spirits in this hard-boiled town- a steadfast and courageous man.

Intro -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- CHAPTER 1 Poppin' the Rag -- CHAPTER 2 Becoming a Lawyer -- CHAPTER 3 Criminal Defense -- CHAPTER 4 Stop and Frisk -- CHAPTER 5 NAACP Attorney -- CHAPTER 6 Two Brothers: Mayor and Congressman -- CHAPTER 7 Black Political Power -- CHAPTER 8 First Years in Congress -- CHAPTER 9 Assassination Committee -- CHAPTER 10 Martin Luther King Jr. -- CHAPTER 11 Moving Up the Ladder -- CHAPTER 12 Cardinal -- EPILOGUE -- POSTSCRIPT -- Index

Article from the Washington Post reflecting on the legacy of Brooks Hays ; David S. Broder The Spirit of Brooks Hays Brooks Hays of Arkansas was a wispy, balding man who was a presence in Washington for almost half of his 83 years-a favorite character, a beloved storyteller and a moral force of al-most unequaled dimension, from his election to the House in 1942 until his death last month. His is an appropriate story for Thanksgiving week, because it is an authentically American tale of high good humor and remarkable cour-age. He was born in London- "London, Hope County, Arkansas," as Sen. Dale Bumpers of Arkansas reminded the Senate in his eulogy. He became that familiar American character, the small-town lawyer and Southern Baptist deacon. He came to Congress at the age of 44 and left it in defeat at age 60 to take up a second career as a White House aide, teacher, writer and leader of his church. When he died, there were only 20 members in the House who had served with him. But listening to the tales told of him when the House memorialized him earlier this month, it was clear that Brooks Hays had become one of the enduring and even mythical figures of the Congress which, like all institutions, craves its heroes and legends. Much of the legend is based on his storytell-ing, his way with an anecdote. Congress is a body of raconteurs, but few have been able to do with a story what Hays could do: create characters and scenes you could see and feel, and slip in a telling point of view while your guard was down. Some of his lines were so perfect you just wanted to marvel. When he was serving on the U.S. delegation to the United Nations, the Rus-sians were pressing for the admission of Outer Mongolia as a separate nation. "Fair enough," Hays said, "if the U.N. will also admit Texas and call it Outer Arkansas." His courage was demonstrated most clearly by the events that brought him defeat. As the congressman from Little Rock and a moderate on racial issues, Hays sought to mediate the conflict between Arkansas Gov. Orval E. Faubus and the federal authorities over the 1957 desegregation of Little Rock Central High School. He managed to bring Faubus and President Eisenhower together for a meeting that fleetingiy raised hopes, but ultimately failed to avert the violence and the dispatch of federal troops. A year later, in 1958, Faubus turned on Hays and supported a segregationist write-in candi-date, who defeated the congressman with a well-executed sneak attack. Hays' loss shocked and shamed his home city and the Congress in which he served. In both arenas, it served to strengthen the resolve of those who shared his tolerant and moderate views. The defeat did not shock him. As Billy Graham said at a testimonial dinner for Hays a month after his defeat, "Little Rock realizes it has made a tragic mistake . but that doesn't dismay our friend Congressman Hays' good humor, common sense and integrity will take him through." And so they did, for another 23 years of a life that left a permanent mark on the institutional memory of Congress and his church and of the institutions he founded and inspired. They ranged from the Former Members of Congress Association to the Close-Up Foundation, which brings hundreds of young people to Washington each year for a firsthand view of their government. If Congress is to remain an institution to which alumni can return with pride and which youngsters can view without cynicism, today's lawmakers will need the qualities Brooks Hays exemplified. They could find no better guide than the words Hays himself spoke at that dinner in 1958. "I have cheerfully accepted several defeats, because I acknowledge the principle of majority rule," he said. "That rule will be frustrated, however, unless the people are given an oppor-tunity to secure and deliberate upon the facts and the issues. "And throughout the structure of popular government, there must be such respect for the minority that public policy is built on wisdom and justice in representative functions, not on the sophistry that the majority's judgment is al-ways wise and best for the people. "In the 1958 campaigning," this wise and just politician said, "I was not trying to ride a popular idea. I was trying to popularize an idea that had become so much a part of me I could not rid myself of it if I had tried." Wherever a politician can speak honestly of himself or herself in those terms, the spirit of Brooks Hays will live.

Article from Gould Advance about Brooks Hays's defeat in primary election and associated correspondence

Postcard verso listing Brooks Hays' qualifications as Democratic Nominee in North Carolina's Fifth District/Postcard ; BROOKS HAYS Consultant, Wake Forest University Chairman, North Carolina State Human Relations Commission Member of Congress, 1942-58 President of Southern Baptist Convention, 1957-59 Special Assistant to President Kennedy, 1961-63 Visiting Professor, North Carolina State University, 1970 DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE FOR CONGRESS, 5th DISTRICT, NORTH CAROLINA