That is the encroaching of the federal government on the state and individuals. Governor Faubus has, intentionally or not, pulled the federal power grab into daylight. Now that congressmen and senators are at home, it might be well for citizens to let them know how they feel on the subject. President Eisenhower has said he intends to uphold the federal Constitution. Texarkana Gazette Governor Faubus played Little Eva to the Washington Star's Simon Legree on Sunday night's TV, causing us much embarrassment for the fear the public might get the idea that the procedure followed by the Star's reporter is typical of ethical newspapermen.
Newspaper reporters have no business getting mad while they are working.
That is the prerogative of editorial writers. Malvern Daily Record More starkly than since Reconstruction days, the conflict between state and federal law is presented. For Governor Faubus is acting under the mandate of an Arkansas law by which he would forfeit his office if he failed to oppose desegregation. To multitudes of Americans accustomed to think only of national law, this was a natural conclusion. It requires state officials to make and enforce segregation laws.