The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1946-09-05

were not given any schooling and
remained as densely ignorant as be-
fore. Our negros were freed in 1853
and Immediately furnished schools,
taught self help and benefited by
association with the most advanced
of peoples. There are about 6 million
communists in Russia, the other
l80, 000, 900 Russians are wholly at
their command because they control
all means of transport, information,
power, labor, food, arms. No opinion
contrary to views as ordered is toll
Grated. They want no news to come
into the country other than as told
by the government, nor will they
permit outsiders to view their coun-
try except under official guidance
then they show the best and sing
such sweet songs that many are fav-
orably impressed, notably a Baptist
Minister recently returned after in
terviews with the bigSoviet brasses,
telling how free and religious they
are.
1t is Perfectly Pluin to all of us
now, that we demobilized too fast.
The Russians have their vast army
intact and so placed as to be able to
move speedily to take possession of
all additional lands they want while
pitiful remnant of a once over
towering force would be practically
helpless. We do not even have the
respect Of such minor powers as
Yugoslavia which wantonly shoots
down our unarmed transport planes
and practically says What are you
going to do about it?". They have
200, 900 men easily available to front
our single division of 10000. For US
TO scuttle out isn't the answer. What
then? Who knows.
A Friend Suggests that it is likely
for the best that a not masterful
President succeeds the late FDR
whose control of Congress and the
country approached the absolute. 1t
will give Congress a chance to resu-
me its functions as one of the three
equal branches of government, re-
assert its legislative prerogatives,
regain it's self respect. The Supreme
Court remains packed" and will be
for years to come, there is nothing
that we can do about that nor about
the Federal Courts q large majority
of those judges were also appointed
by the same power. Anyway, it is a
long step forward that the legislat-
i've and Executive branches r ag-
ain about to act as the Constitution
intended.
The Communist Front Or0dnixut-
ions and organs have tried to make
a great deal of noise about south
ern lynchings" all of it with a view
to new bills in the next congress
for anti lynching laws, anti-pou tax
laws, FEPC laws, all aimed directly
at the South. So far as this state is
concerned the law officers have fun
ctioned promptly, lawfully, to dis
cover and arrest the lynchers who
have been and will be proceeded
against in regular order. Acting
Governor Fielding Wright with due
dignity severely rep.u4eI c-l aA.s
negros who undertook by letter to
rebuke him and smear the state. De-
spite severe provocation in the wou-
nding of three law officers in line
of duty by certain well armed neg
ros near Mize in Smith county there
has been no "lynching" Of the guilty
negros nor anyone else. Instead they
were duly arrested and jailed, inves-
tigation has proceeded. some Of the
prisoners released on bond. The en-
tire incident has been handled as
promptly and properly as could
have been the case in any northern
state. It is the policy of communist
to stir UP trouble wherever possible.
They think the negros offer 4 fertile
field for communist doctrines. They
do not know that the great majority
of negros appreciate that the Sout-
ern whites, IMPOVERISHED years
ago, have done al they can to al
vance the negro in schooling, land
ownership, freedom, rights.