Evening star., 1949-11-30
Proposes Poll Of Negroes

Proposes Poll Of Negroes
To Ascertain Their Views Of Segregation
To the Editor Of The Star:
In his letter to The Star. z. !. p. sug-
gested "a poll to determine the number Of
white people in the District who are opposed
to segregation" He thinks that because
only minority oppose segregation, 1t is
justiflable. But certainly, z. I. p. cannot
justify an undemocratic practice on the
basis that bigoted, white majority desires
it.
In speaking Of the Negro population. z.
I. P. says that the great majority Of them
are content with the present set-up." 1t
Is here that suggest q poll be taken to
find out If the Negro population Is salts
fled with the present set-up. In order to
prove that the few agitators who are filling
the columns Of your paper with their
yapping" do represent the rank and file.
It is unfortunate that the words Of q
prosecuted people struggling Tor equality as
American citizens should be taken as ''yap-
ping" OPPOSED TO SEGREGATION.
Readers Agree with Critic
OF Illustrations Of 'In Our Image"
TO the Editor d The Star:
I was glad to see In The Star Of November
"a the letter by Wayne M. Griggs about the
ugly Bible pictures to illustrate Houston
Harte's book, "In Our Image"
I have avoided reading the text because
didn't want to see the hideous pictures.
L. o. B.
To the Editor Of The Star:
I agree Fundamentally with Mr.. Griggs,
that the drawings you have been publishing
from Mr.. Harte's book, I'm Our Image" are
RroteSuue and repulSive.
I'm amazed that one who wishes to gain
readers should destroy its message with Of
fensiye pictures.
I hope you will not continue to publish
such travesty on our biblical heritage.
HELEN 8. STONE.
To the Editor Of The Star: t7>t
Mr. Griggs expresses my feeling exactly
about the pictures supposed to portray Bible
characters. To me they are repulsive. It is
q mistake for any one person to think he
can make drawings such as these. Each one
forms his own idea Of these characters, and
these particular pictures are just as ugly
as they can be. turn the pages just as
fast as can because I can't bear to look
at them. a. g. w.
To the Editor Of The Starr ..s-e
definitely agree With Mr.. Griggs, and
I believe that any one who holds the Bible
with its truths in reverence will be grieved
that sacred ideas have been dragged down
to such low level as the cartoons which
are supposed to represent real characters
LINDA Mcc. WOODS.
To the Editor Of The star 49,
Without wanting to grow historical about
It, !, too, find the Illustrations Of I'm Your
1voo ha0an
weeks ago to reproduce the drawings, I
was grateful to you for saving me money
which intended to- spend on the book
before seeing the pictures And I am not
religious fanatic. ANNA TvAzICKA.
To the Editor Of The Star:
Referring to your note to Wayne Grigg's
letter on. the repulsive, course Bible illus
trations: In view OF your advance publicity
of this book, eagerly anticipated the por-
tions that were to be published in The Star.
that the artist by such portrayals, has an
Interior motive namely, to discredit the
Bible as Gods recorded word. His drawings
are hideous, nightmarish, and they In no
way reflect the characters In the Bible.
@ IRENE SMITH.
Editors Note: Apart Of the review Of I'm
Our Image" which appears In Presbyterian
Life for November II, contains this refer
ence to the Rowe illustrations3
Former Time Artist Guy Rowe, picked
for the job by Houston Harte In June, 1945,
was no Bible scholar. But for three and
half years before be began to paint, Rowe
lived with the Bible, reading, rereading.
studying and exploring, searching for people
in real life who seemed to him to have the
qualities Of the Bible characters. He found
his models on the street. among his own
]rtaaada "A trnins In r addo akrenk NafotnTiA