Arkansas State press., 1956-03-02

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Deep South has taken another distressing turn Now men OF
one arresng those of another because they
fuse ride public busses-
Have reached the point in this country that men can
be put in Jail for walking to work?
The of Negro leaders in Montgomery, Ala nclud
ing nine ministers is on the technical charges
The offense for which they indicted is for participating
organized unlawful boycott Even in its original intent
for labor disputes this law of doubtful validity Ger
tainly for such it being
given.
BY all the of logic and human charity
man. ridiculous they place
and in the light of southern justice displayed the En-
NETT Till murder case, the Negro leaders probably will be
found guilty
The goes far beyond the immediate argument
the assignment of Negroes and whites Mongom
eys public vehicles The Negroes of the Deep South have
found an weapon their fight for equality And the
organized white leadership realizing the potential power of
the weapon, is trying to destroy it.
Having been rebuffed in their search for the political
equality guaranteed them by the Constitution the Negroes
searching for methods their rights citizens
Moreover the bus boycott has another element makes
dangerous the eyes of the white supremacy Souheners
is mass movement form of passive resistance by thou
sands upon thousands of Negroes; militant action
by few men women willing TO stick their neek out
symbols of their
If the Montgomery bus boycott in winning
ing concessions for the Negroes similar economic
will places wherever the local leadership
sufficiently strong and imaginative. That
setback for the hardsheed supporters Jim Crow There
fore boycott must smashed ey believe to show
that the Deep South is still white mans world ANY legal
action no matter how phony, must be used
Hence the arrests of yesterday.
cause the nustiees glazing Yet emotion leads
lenee, and the ultimate solutions will be born of
lenee The Negro leadership in the Deep South has whole
been restrained is too bad much be said
for the other side.
Nor must we despair too much these events, in
Guiding the dsgracefu riot the University Ala
bama against Negro student The forces of bgotry
in the defensive In their fear the ground swell
ona sentiment for ongoyerdue equality in education trans
portaton and other public facilities they resorng
frantic measures They win the shoerm battles; the
Negro leaders In Montgomery spend months in Jail with
out cause But the against segregation
mounting The fortress of bgory is being assaed from
sides and eventually its walls will begin TO erumble.
Those who have lived in the South fully
prehend the deep roots of segregation Time needed for
solution but time alone will bring There be lead
of both give time assist; who will stand
and be counted when their have chance of
The Catholic Archbishop of louisiana who is detemn
ed ntegate paochal schools there despite powerful oppo
son from many church members is the kind leader
mean,
We try understand the conflict within this and
other churches the South the members seek reconcile
their traditions and the teachings of their religion But II
almost beyond comprehension how Christian minister
say. did Dr. w. A. Crswel of Dallas Baptist yes
erday The idea of the universal brotherhood the
fatherhood of God denial Of everything the Bible"
bunch of infidels, dying from the neck up
Even the semblance of racial equality Is sill far off in
the Deep South Yet the minds and conscience of
astr than before The gains beginning
The Mirror News.