Milford chronicle., 1954-10-15

cember 81. Under the law I can go
% Georgetown and get my tags
today. Z can 90 there next week,
next month or any day during the
month Of December i choose. That
decision is mine, and nobody else
Ia the state has right to question
my decisions however, If have
not purchased those license tags
BY the first day Of January I will
then be in violation Of the law.
So It Is with carrying out the
Supreme Court decision
I respect and viii defend the
right Of each individual school dis
trict to decide its own question
through It's duly elected school
board as to when It win begin in
tegratiOn. AS individual citizens
each Of US has right and re-
sp0nsibility to take part In our
school elections and in deciding
this question
During this interval as we await
the projected effective date which
viii be handed down by the Su-
preme Court there will be individ-
nal cases where school districts
win be involved in state court
cases. We have one example now
with the question involving a
school district in our own county
with the decision expected to be
passed down this week. Mote: The
Court reserved its opinion in the
case.) / most certainly would make
no attempt to guess the outcome
Of that court decision, and Il would
be highly improper for me to sug-
gest In any manner to the court
what ] think that decision should
be- however, we are all realistic
enough to know that either those
favoring integratiOn or those Op-
posing integratiOn are going to be
disappointed. They cannot both
win, but regardless Of what that
decision might be. there is only one
possible action which the people
can take; and that is, to support
the courts and comply with the
law.
The loser viii have the right to
appeal this decision to the Su-
preme Court of the state Of Del
aware certainly; but when that f.
nal decision has been made, then
let us all recognize that as Ameri-
can citizens we have no alterna-
tive other than to support the Gov
ernOr in enforcing the law.
Once again I want to emphasize
that this is not a question of
whether there should or should not
be segregation in our schools.
Rightly or wrongly that question
has been decided by the Supreme
Court Of the United States.
Therefore. the only question
which we have before us is, "Shall
we maintain law and order I'm our
country, state. and nation during
the interval in which that Supreme
Court decision is being made effec-
tive?"
AS one American citizen I still
think that with all it's faults we
have the best form of government
and one Of the greatest nations in
the world. / know that while there
may be violent disagreement among
us on this important social uues-
tiOn, nevertheless when the chips
are down we as citizens Of the
state Of Delaware will all be
standing together supporting the
laws of our state and country
There is no disagreement among
us but that under all circumstan- |
ces law and order must be main |
tanned.
AS individuals we may disagree
with the Supreme Court decision,
and as American citizens we have
a right to express our agreement
or disagreement: so let us never
forget sthat even with all its faults
we are still enjoying freedoms un-
der one Of the greatest forms of
government and in one of the
greatest countries in the world.
Under no other form Of govern
ment would it even be possible for
you or me as individual citizens
to stand up and express an ad-
verse opinion upon decision of
our government and our courts.
! think the Governor Of our state
should be cOmDlimented upon the
decision Of the state authorities to
delegate to each individual school
district in Delaware the authority
to make its own determination as
to how long they will delay inte-
grafton.
Each local community best nm
derstands its own problems and
has and should be given this au-
thority to work out It's solution:
however, in approaching that solu-
tion each Of us in our community
must recognize that compromises
must be made. Upon any question
such as the one with which we are
today confronted and upon which
there are such earnest and sincere
differences Of opinion, IL is going
to require the best in all Of rs t0
reach satisfactory answer.
I conclude with this direct appeal
to every citizen in our state-Re-
gardless Of our own personal opin-
ions we all must Join together as
American citizens with one deter
mination; and that is. that we will
solve this problem and IN so doing
uphold the laws Of the state Of
Delaware and of the United States
Of America.
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