The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1935-12-06
EAscIsM IN SOUTH CAROLINA

The late Huey Long has an able lmltator
:, covernor Johnston of South Carolina,
who has established a military dictatorship
in that State that, as far as it goes, tracks
RIGHT along with the relationships OF Mus
soIini anh Hitler. The European dictators
NAV begin to guard their regulations 1or
Johnston is young and ambitious and short
" his record may have tendency to throw
Hitler and Mussolini into second or thlro
place when the history of the worlds die
tators is finally written. els ..
The public will recall that several weeks
ago Governor Johnston called out a COM
pany of the national guard and seized the
highway department of his State Inc
HIGHWAY commission was declared to be IN
"'insurrection" and was fOrcibly subdued
and elected from office by the military au-
thority exercised by the Governor.
The controversy was referred to the
South Carolina Supreme Court, which rem
dered a unanimous decision against the
Governor, restraining Johnston's militia
made highway commission from exercising
authority or performany any duties; and
restraining Johnston from expanding State
highway funds. ...-... ..
Such a decision by the Supreme Court
would appear to be conclusive and the
final word in settlement of the controversy
and enforcement of the law; but not 50
with Dictator Johnston. Whereas he had
1S militiamen standing guard in the offices
OF the, highway department in the capitol,
he promptly expanded this army to 90 SOL
diers, with the announced intention of de-
flying the Supreme Court. r..
So-what is South Carolina going to do
about it? rar ...,
In his fight with the highway commits
sion, Johnston has derided, defed and over
ridden the South Carolina Legislature, and
now he defes decision of the highest
court. He backs up his action with ma
chine-guns and bayonets. He sets up Fas-
cist regime through military might, which
is exactly the policy followed by Mussolini
in Italy and by Hitler in Germany. 49,. :,
Having the Governor and Legislature of
Louisiana in his hands as bunch of pup
pets, Huey Long always made a pretense
of controlling that State by lawful means
True it was simple matter of having his
puppets enact such legislation as Long de-
sired, regardless of the demands of justice,
its constitutionality or other moral and le-
gal considerations; but Governor Johnston
adopts short cut, plan far more simple
and less troublesome than the Long plan
He simply defies the Legislature and the
courts and uses the military power to SET
up Fascist rule in South Carolina.
There appears to be two ways in which
this row can be settled. 1t can be done by
civil war in South Carolina, or it can be
done by, the intervention of the fedora
government. The Constitution of the Uni
ted States guarantees to each of the State.
that the federal government will maintaiI
their form of representative government
Representative government having beer
defed, nullifed and wiped out, in South
Carolina, a condition arises which calls fo
the Intervention of the federal government
The United States government should come
into South Carolina, take charge and re
establish lawful government. e. a: or
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