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Senator Byrd Sounds
Call To Arms While
Backing Stanley Plan
Flood of Bills
Expected AS
Session COnvenes

u. S Senator Harry F.. Byrd
called Virginians to arms Satur-
day in a fiery speech before 1000
or more of his guests at the an
nual apple growers picnic held In
his orchards near Berryville. He
gave strong endorsement to the
general detectives of the leeiSla-
tive program Thomas B Stanley
laid before the special session of
the General Assembly on Monday,
In a "Bvrd's eye" review of the
recent session of Congress. the
Senator severely criticized sever
al Eisenhower proposals.
Among them he hit hardest at
Mr. Eisenhower proposal for
increased foreign aid, in which
he said the President acted very
ill-advisedly." and at the civil
right program backed by the
President and blocked by the de-
laying tactics Of Southern Demo-
Gratis in the House and Senate.
Civil Rights
Byrd recalled che had fought
against civil rights measures pro-
posed by Presidents Roosevelt and
Truman The Eisenhower pro-
cram. he added. is the worst yet
One of its worst features. he
said. is that all litigation lin civil
righs matters) would be taken
away from the state courts and
given to the federal courts"
Applied to the school situation
this means that "Southerners
could be fined and Jailed by fed
eral judges . and be denied thc
right by trial by their peers" he
said
Other Decisions Cited
Byrd cited several Supreme
Court decisions tending to con-
centration Of more and more
power IN Washington
Ii this continues. the result
viii be totalltarian government
that means dictatorship. he said
Turning to the extra session
Of the Virginia General Assembly
that convened Monday to act or
Governor Stanley's anti-integra-
ton program, Byrd said the seS-
sion Will make decisions reaching
beyond Virginia'S borders.
Virginia stands as one of the
foremost states he said. Let
Virginia surrender to this illegal
demand meaning the desegrega-
ton order of the courtl and
you'll find other Southern states
Testing Ground
Its no secret that the
NAACP intends first to press Vir-
elnla If Virginia surrenders.
If Virginias line is broken. the
rest of the South will go down,
too"
Noting that much has been said
about destruction of the public
y schools. Byrd replied that the de-
stroyers would be those who try
TO force mixed schools upon US
something large part of Virginia
will never take"
Il am law abiding citizen"
be said. But I do not believe
the Supreme Court is so sacred
we can't criticize 1t. Why can't
we fight this thing with every
ounce Of energy and capacity?
think we are on strong ground"
Other Developments
In other developments recently
Governor Stanley was handed a
petition signed by 10000 citizens
of Norfolk in support of segreeat-
ed schools.
Also, a statement signed by l6.-
600 citizens was presented from
the Charlottesville area. demand
ing a buffer be erected between
the localities and the federal
courts so that an orderly school
system may be maintained Char
lottesvllle has been ordered to
dese9rcsate the city schools be-
ginning September 4.
AS the special session of the
General Assembly comes to grips
with the problem on Monday
more than 100 bills are expected
to be introduced The Governor
was scheduled to address the Joint
session Monday afternoon.