Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-13

won't start the engine, etc, ETC. etc, is
communism the way to correct everything?
Better start thinking; better fight for de-
mocracy before we can say nothing because
Of communism, G. H.. BURKE >.
Ballotins ON Military Segregation
To the Editor of The Star:
Politicians and agitators, more concerned
with cornering the votes of some minorities
than with what may be the natural wish and
desires OF the majority, have singled out the
armed forces for attack because those services
are bound by oath and law to compliance with
authority, hence helpless to resist q disliked
order.
In singing out the armed forces, the agita-
tors have done 50 with callous disregard for
any thoughts or wishes the members Of those
services may have in the matter.
Today our Army, Navy and Air Force are
organizations Of volunteers who went into the
services with the full knowledge that q system
of segregation prevailed In a sense, segrega-
ton was part Of the Governments agree
ment with those volunteers
Now, before we have any executive orders
abolishing segregation, let the Government
be fair and permit the members Of the armed
forces to cast secret ballots on the question of
ballot: or. II segregation is to be abolished
arbitrarily, permit every volunteer opposed to
such adjustment to return to civil life where
he or she can associate with the races and
people Of his or her tastes without the COM
pulsion of executive fiat. FAIRPLAY.
Sectional Differences Reviewed
To the Editor Of The star
IN "a - ,Sa ma
Star OF August T. the Constitution reads that
the States shall make all laws not provided
by the Federal laws Segregation and civil
rights laws are not passed by the Federal
Government but by the States.
The South is Just as religious as Yankee
country" and the South will recognize the
fact that colored people are just as good as
white when the North recognizes that GRIM
inals and the rich and the poor are equal.
In the North, If you are rich you can have 1t
fixed: II you are not you are fined or Jailed.
II you are . criminal, you are just no good
no matter what the circumstances are.
And In case Yankee doesn't know it, the
North lost ASA more men in the Civil War
than the South. the South also was the
better trained. had the best officers. and the
only reason it lost was that it did not get
equipment from England.
Sex criminals are sentenced to life for rape
in the South, while In New York and Maryland
they get five or six years, depending on
whether they are colored or white. REBEL.
To the Editor of The Star:
1t Is much more worth while in these con-
fused, and irritating times to be amused rather
than annoyed. was more than mildly amused
by Yankees TRADE against Southerners In
Saturdays Star.
The II States which make up the solid
South fought four long years in The War
Between the States" for life. liberty and
the pursuit of happiness They emerged
from this period Of blood, sweat and tears
all glorious in defeat. I never knew until
was well up In years how near victory they
were Theirs Is q grand and noble heritage,
admired and even envied by all broad-minded
people far and wide.
Any section that produced Lee. Jackson,
. Patrick Henry, George Mason needs no
instruction on the sacred doctrines OF the
rights Of man."
50 Yankee should just 90 and study the
Bible and the history books, the Constitution
especially. and learn what Is meant by "scuth-
ern rights" Then he, too, viii understand
and wave the Dixie nag.
Tairfax Station. VI. ANOTHER REBEr.