Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-21
Fuel for the Flames

regular reader OF Inc SCar,
and it is a rare occasion when
I find that I do not agree in
principle with one of your
splendidly written. timely and
objective editorials. However,
such is the case in regard to
your March 10 editorial, Fuel
for the Flames.
This editorial conceded that
1.-THE Declaration of Constitu-
tional Principles" just issued
by a group of a hundred
Senators and Representatives,
which you correctly called a
manifesto" was restrained
in tone" and sis not in itself
infiammatory". Yet, you ap-
parently would have your
readers believe that the decla-
ration was motivated entirely
by political expediency" and
that it is "Fuel for the
Flames. I humbly disagree
with both conclusions.
Perhaps we here in the Ma
TONS Capital, where we come
into constant contact with so
many politicians, have &C
qtlired the habit of looking for
a political angle every time a
Senator or Representative
speaks, with the result that we
fail to recognize a real state
ment of principles when we
see one. And we regard every
thing that members of Con-
gress do as being a matter of
political expediency". I do
not believe that this is always
true.
AS for Fuel for the Flames"
an abundance of fuel was sup
piled by the unconstitutional
edict of the Supreme Court.
And the flames of animosity.
prejudice and perversion are
being famed by those I'M
American forces who planned
it that way, in order to cause
division, confusion, and dis
unity, on a large scale, among
the American people; and by
the extreme agitators, who do
not know what they are doing,
on both sides of the highly
emotional, complex subject of
segregation.
Segregation and Indignation
are debatable subjects on
which reasonable and intelli-
gent men may disagree, de-
pending upon their individual
judgment which, in turn, is
based on their knowledge, or
lack of knowledge, of the
many problems involved. From
an emotional, economic, and
social standpoint, they are of
the utmost Importance to the
people affected, both white
and colored, and to amicable
race relations.
However, these matters are
of secondary Importance as an
issue in this stupid contro-
versy which is dividing the
American people at a time
when we should be closing
ranks and presenting a solid
united front against our COM
mon enemy-Soviet commu-
nism. This sad, chaotic con-
troversy causing so much I'M
necessary tension and trouble
to innocent people, which may
become much worse, is the
result of either intellectual dis
honesty or intellectual igno-
rance on the part of the
Supreme Court in its abuse of
judicial power.
The Declaration of Consti-
tutional Principles" pinpoints
the paramount issue involved
namely, the unconstitutional
and dangerous acts of the
Supreme Court in usurping,
and delegating unto itself,
powers which it does not and
never did have-a practice
which has become a trend in
the Federal judiciary en-
croaching upon the reserved
rights of the States and the
people"
The signers of the declara-
ton are to be congratulated
for their wisdom, their cour-
age and their restraint in the
language used and the pur-
pose intended by publishing
this historic declaration. 1t
was signed by almost twice as
many statesmen as was our
Declaration of Independence
and may become one of the
great documents of American
liberty. 1t may be the means,
if its possibilities are not per-
verified, of reversing the cur
rent trend of unconstitution-
ally changing our form of
Federal Government from a
democratically chosen repre-
sentative republic, as estab-
lished by the Constitution. into
an all-powerful totalitarian
"Courtocracy."