St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-05-21

that each Of these know enough about what going
the world recognize the wisdom of establishing the
dent set by Mondays decision.
Many people in have played part the long
series of which made the Supreme Court decision pos
sbe Our state citadel of civil rights Its citizens from time
offer tangible evidence that they against scrmna
ton account of Our legislature has quite
caught with the peoples thinking the subject enough
for example FEPC law but there signs that this
will to Our last three have demon
that they restrictions of citizens based
Our junior s. Senator, Hubert H. Humphrey is the
leading exponent of the civil rights in the national
capital and indeed the country Our NAACP branch Mime
apos spearheaded the the Army moving
Indignation
Our Minneapolis TRIBUNE, by its series of articles by
Carl Rowan the school segregation made
dous contribution the favorable Supreme Court decision
contribution which may the credit deserves but
which public service its highest level All in ALL Min
nesoa has worked and prayed for the decision which will
long way towards improving our entire country.
There that states there will efforts
TO evade the DEGREES which the will make sounds rather
startling to hear like Georgas Talmadg who
uphold the Constitution Of the u s. he planning
TO evade the law Of the land 1t ridiculous of the
Fourth Of July speeches southern senators make in which
they exto the virtues of freedom and equality when they
tuay in favor of freedom and equality for whites only
This newspaper has faith the white souherner who
has been growing the past 25 who approaches the
whole problem of relations realistic and fair
and who recognizes that of ills of his section
the tensions which lie under the surface of segregation
and discrimination 1t will be these people and the organized
church people and the enlightened public officials and the
of that section who place country before their public and
sectional preudces who may be the deciding factor in bring
ing about compliance with the democratic ideal in the south
The south will need the prayers understanding of
all faces the change in custom to which cngs spite
Of the fact that down its collective heart it knows it to be
basicaly wrong If it accepts the inevitable it will in few
look back editor this week and wonder
what all the shouting about In every where educa
tona restrictions against Negroes have been eliminated in the
higher colleges the faculties and the white students also wonder
what all the shouting about and the whole thing
best forgotten joke.
The southern politicians who going to hoer will
be those who have been elected year after year the phony
white supremacy platform As the issue disappears
political issue in the south and thereby the nation this type
Of politician faces political oblivion for often he ne
gently discuss the important issues of the day that face
the country If the south rejects these politicians the changes
to meet the court DEGREES will move along rapidly.
In closing this lengthy piece say that the
unanimous u s. Supreme Court decision of May IT, 1854 may
easily be remembered in history the important pro
nouncement reamng human rights since the Emancipation
Procamation.-Cecl Newman