Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-05

volve the physical intermifl-
Cling of the races. Acts xvii, 26
makes this abundantly clear
II you read the verse to the
end and do not cut of Apostle
Paul in midsentence as some
of our bleeding -heart minis
tiers have been doing.
1t is perfectly possible to be
racially conscious without
being racially bigoted and to
have concern for ones hertz
age without in any way wish
ing to harm people of other
races. AS the great Jewish
Prime Minister of England,
Disraeli, said: Race is the
key to history. and no man
can ignore it,"
Peyton c. Coe.
Senator Charles Fenwick,
battling for the Gray Commits
sion, says his opponents are
using unfair practices and are
putting out fear, confusion and
doubt.
You are exactly right. SEN
ator.
We who oppose the Gray re-
port are fearful, and we are
urging everybody in Virginia
to be afraid. What the Gray
Commission recommendations
can mean in Virginia justifies
real fear.
As to confusion, yes. we are
confused. We are as confused
as Senator Fenwick and the
others pleading for the COM
missions recommendations.
Nobody knows what may hap
pen. Neither Senator Fenwick
nor the Governor has told us
can tell us. We have no way
Of finding out.
And we are doubtful. We
here in Northern Virginia are
doubling Senator Fenwick's
wisdom in fighting on that
side.
Charles e. Planck.
The clear intent Of the pro-
ponents OF the proposed
change to section 14l of the
State constitution to permit
abandonment of the public
school system in Virginia has
now been admitted by Sena-
tor Fenwick. member Of the
Gray Commission. Not SO long
ago Mr.. Fenwick was stating
that II a locality refused to
operate its schools, the State
would nave to step In under
section 129 and operate the
schools.
In his article in The Star
OF December %. he states as
follows: I'm other areas of
the State If the governing
body refuses to appropriate
money for a public school sys-
tenn and no such system exists,
members of each race would
be eligible for scholarships
from the State, limited to the
amount the State is contribute
ing per pupil to that commu-
nifty. This would not cost any
other community any money"
In other words. with the
proposed amendment to Sec
ton 141, Mr. Fenwick would
interpret the mandate of sec
ton 1879. requiring the State
to maintain an efficient sys-
tenn of free public schools. to
be fulfilled by such payment
Of money. That this Is the
Gray Commissions intent was
clear from any reading Of
their report. At the meeting
of the Assembly there was a
refusal to so word the pro-
posed amendment to state
that such could not happen.
Recently Mr.. Darden called
upon the authorities to make
this clear, and the fantastic
Governor of Virginia stated
that to do so would confuse
the issue. Obviously he could
not make any such statement
as requested because under
the proposed amendment the
guarantee of public schools
will be gone.
Virginians are being asked
to sacrifice school system at
the altar of that myth god,
white supremacy. The action
of Tennessee some years ago
in legislating out of existence
the theory Of evolution was a
minor aberi alton compared to
enacting legislation based on
the theory that a Negro per
Sc is so intellectually, morally
and physically degraded that
a white child will be con-
taminated by contact. The last
nation to adopt such a plat
form was Nazi Germany, and
its logical conclusion was
Buchenwald.
McRas Werth.