election. Two years later, Davis attempted a comeback, but Rasmussen beat him in the final. In 1943 Rasmussen won a primary-election victory over Charlotta Bass, also a Negro newspaper publisher, and in 1945 he gained another victory over Mrs. Bass, this time in the final. He lost his councilmanic seat to Don A. Allen in 1947. Positions Moral Rearmament. Rasmussen's request that the council ask Mayor Fletcher Bowron to proclaim a Moral Rearmament Week failed in April 1940. with Councilman Arthur E. Briggs declaring that the program was "not a governmental matter, but one of personal interest and entirely outside the sphere" of the council. Negro council district. He proposed that the 8th District be enlarged with slices from two other districts so that it would have a majority of Negroes, who, he said in December 1940, represented 7% of the city population and who should "be given representation according to their own desire, in the interest of democracy." The proposal was rejected the next week, although Assembly Member Augustus Hawkins appeared at the council meeting to speak in favor of it. Communists. Rasmussen at first opposed an April 1941 proposal by Roy Hampton that "numerous complaints of Communistic activities by city employees have been made known to Councilmen, and that a fair and impartial investigation should be conducted." Rasmussen said it was a "dastardly plot" against his reelection campaign and that he was "sick and tired of being tagged as a Communist." He later voted for the probe. In 1947 Rasmussen joined with Councilmen Lloyd Davies and Ed J. Davenport in advocating the outlawing of the Communist Party. Made in Japan. In March 1942 he introduced a proposal making it unlawful to sell "patriotic emblems" like American flags which actually had been made in Japan unless express permission was given by the Social Service Commission. The motion passed unanimously. Slapped. Rasmussen was struck in the face by Council Member Ira J. McDonald over a dispute about raising city wages. They shook hands later in the same December 1942 meeting, but McDonald nevertheless issued a press statement saying that: Councilman Rasmussen is well known for bringing personalities into an argument and making insulting remarks. A few days ago he called me a vile and profane name. Today he again endeavored to make insulting remarks to me. I thought it time to show my disapproval and took direct action which any