Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-06

founded with the millions Of
servile provincials. who had
received the name without
adopting the spirit of Ro-
mans"
There are inherent in man
and human society certain
natural laws. The failure Of
man-made laws to echo these
natural laws can result only in
social and economic chaos. The
man-made laws in this case
never win. The mills of the
gods grind slowly, but they
grind exceeding fine"
Henry P. Taylor.
Walkerton, King and Queen
County, Va.
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I have been reading with
avid interest your articles and
editorials on the proposed vote
in Virginia to amend its State
constitution. So far as I can
see this is perfectly legitimate.
yet the loud nays fill your pa
per. know, or think l do,
that the persons who are cry
ing the loudest in this part Of
Virginia are not Virginians at
all. Legally they are since they
reside in the State but by ira
dition and State concept they
are not and never were.
william f. Cox.
y y
Being a Virginian by birth,
] am appalled, at the many at
tacks upon the segregated way
of life in Virginia. Many sup
posedly progressive minded
citizens have condemned and
will condemn any legislation
to preserve segregation in Vir-
ginia. The battle against inte-
grated schools is also a battle
against integrated real estate,
integrated homes and inte-
grated marriages. Evolution Of
the races has been different.
Let's face it, Is the act of
amalgamation of races a
speed-up of evolution or a step
backward?
Robert Wright.
Alice, who knows the ways
of Wonderland, tells me that
the Queen of Hearts could
understand the democratic
ideals embodied in the Gray
Plan for Virginia. "Oh yes"
said Alice, I'm sure she'd vote
for that amendment to the
State constitution on January
g."
She thinks the Queen would
shrek, of with all their
heads!" instead of merely
keeping those who cannot
show three years of poll-tax
receipts from voting. The
Queen doesn't like round heads
or dark heads or any heads
other than square heads"
Alice said, land she has a
democratic right to like any,
thing she likes, in Wonder
land"
In Wonderland" continued
Alice, 1T is perfectly demo-
cratic to keep children from
being educated in the same
schools as children of another
color. Just imagine" she con-
tinued, how you could teach
the three RS, Keeling. writhing
and rythmetics, to a school of
minnows if you let some big
mouth bass get into the class.
Pretty soon there would be
only Keeling and writing down
the outlets of the big mouths,
an no rhythmetics left to teach
at ALL"
Alice says almost everyone
in Wonderland would believe,
too, that America can win the
battle for the minds of
hundreds of millions of yellow
and black peoples and of rela-
lively few whites all over the
world without actually practic-
ing what We preach, and. even
if States like Virginia continue
to battle enlightened, demo-
cratic, world-getting smaller
day-by-day decisions of the
Supreme Court. She says she
knows, because the Mad Hat
ter told her so.
Even the people in Wonder
land should know" said I,
that barriers breed hatred
In mems souls. that those who
hate are downtrodden by those
they hate. that ordinary down
trodden people lack all sorts
of fine idealisms. are apt to be
below average in learning and
10. and are more apt to en-
brace the hope for equality
promised by Communists"
"Oh Fuddy buddy" said
Alice, there you go getting of
the subject again. l am get
ting bored! Let's go play a
game Of croquet with the
Queen!"
Fuddy buddy Carroll