Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1956-09-07
GraduaIism. Moderation or Never
Which Does The South Want?

Federal Judge John E. Miller last week in eighteen
page opinion. put the courts approval on what called
plan for gradual indignation Of Little Rock public schools
Judge Mes decision has been accepted and hailed as time
ly by pro-segregationists
The pro-segegatonss admit that the decision of the
Judge in the school is disappointing to the extremists
They claim the extremists those who would disrupt the
good quality of education provided by The school board
for whites. 10 share IL with Negroes.
We VIII admit that the decision allowing the school
board to continue its practice of segregation In defiance of
what the the land with nothing
only Disappointing to Negroes but 10 whites who hold
sacred the u constitution especially those who familiar
with the raround that has been expressed by the school
boards representative the subject
Gradualism. the way We understand IT, means to pro-
coed slowly step by step But from where stand in
tegraon has not been started Therefore cannot be grad
ual Now II the plan the thing that has the approval of
the court then those of Us who called extremists feel that
We have right TO be disappointed After Twenty-Five
months not interested in plans We interested In
Indignation of schools in compliance with the United States
Supreme Courts ruling.
Prosegregatonsts claim thai the Supreme decision
harsh the south and would destroy the good
laion existing the the Negro they have
reference the mastersave" relation being the good
relation then. II will be day for jubaton when 1t is
pletey destroyed and forgotten
We will admit that Indignation in many instances and
localities viii tension We will also admit that
cation with its inequality tension But do feel
transition Delay will only strengthen segrel make
1t more difficult to ntegrate The Courts ru not aim
ed at changing peoples mind No law has been enacted
to change peoples feeling is only to change peoples pac
Why gradualism and moderation now When the govern
ment drafting Negroes and shipping them foreign
fields TO sacrifice their lives for the protection of American
privileges heard the words "graduasm and mod
Grafton But when the that TIE Negro must
enjoy the privileges America offers that he defended with
life. then there those who holer graduasm mod
Grafton. WHAT LIFE!
The same group of people, a little while ago. when
the safety OF America in jeopardy from OF
the globe, futterng like chicken with his head
off, before the last spark of life left body very much
concerned about the Negro They concerned about his
loyalty and his obedience to the They
cerned because they in world of conflict outnumberec
two to But today. when world conditions Semcam
they feel Secure enough defy the law
and deny the Negro what he has ghuy earned thru tbs
sacrifice of his blood foreign shores.
Now some tweny-nine months after the law makers il
the nations capitol have faced the stark realization
nation cannot win friends thru deception that
not expect the respect of outsiders until has gained
respect of those at home; that limit liberty destroy
it, that to free the world America first free herself
still have those among who striving destroy every
thing in the sacred document that has America
greatest country earth
We do not believe that these
They afraid They afraid the outsd
of America They afraid of the loyal Americans who's
skin of different hue. They afraid that Neg
is given the rights his privileges the
boast of racial superiority would have leg
II is Americanism for the Negro and white die
fight together, but il is Communism, the Dixecats
for the Negro and white to learn and play together
Graduasm in allowing the Negro exercise his rights
is what the south but what the south NEVER