Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-01
LETTERS TO THE STAR
In Wake Of Little Rock Integrotion Developments

- NOSN uSS9tOGOl
Southern Governors and
Senators violate their oath
Of once when they solemnly
swear that they will, to the
best Of their ability. preserve,
protect and defend the Con-
stitution Of the United
States. They take this oath
with q lie on their lips and
with mental reservation.
They know this is true and
so do ].
Herbert v. Hudgins.
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In The Star for September
28 there were two letters
likening the mob outside Gen.
trail High School in Little
Rock. Ark, to the mob"
at the Boston Tea Party and
the mob" Of "rabble" at
Valley Forge.
In the first place. q large
gathering or group Of people
does not constitute a mob. A
mob is q disorderly or riotous
assemblage of persons. One
would hardly call the half
starved. frozen soldiers at
Valley Forge q disorderly or
riotous assemblage. Nor was
the Boston Tea Party a dis
orderly or riotous group OF
men. It was well-planned in
advance and carried out
quietly and in an orderly
manner. The only violence
was done to the tea.
Quite q contrast to the
true mob at Little Rock, who,
in the grip Of mass hysteria
and hatred. kicked and beat
unresisting and innocent
people. When ] saw their
twisted. contorted faces on
television. ! was ashamed for
the human race.
Please, please do not COM
pare our founding fathers,
who were. above all. men Of
reason. intelligence and COM
mon sense. fighting for lib
erty and justice for all, with
those frenzied people. beyond
all reason. who disgraced our
heritage at Little Rock. Ark.
Humanitarian.
AS a native New Yorker
residing in Washington tenn
porarily, I should like to en-
ter the protest Of q North
erner (and one which I feel
is shared by more than half
the people in New York;
against the administrators
unforgivable and tyrannical
action in sending Federal
troops to enforce "democ-
racy." ! should also like to
state that I feel most Of our
so-called Stree press" has
gone to such ridiculous
lengths to condone this ac-
ton that. compared with 1t.
yellow Journalism" was pure
white!
You would like us to be-
lieve that the whole mess in
Arkansas is the handiwork
Of "Ole Debbil Faubus" and
that his motives are strictly
political: however. you don't
stop there. You also wish us
to swallow the bold-faced lie
that the Supreme Court and
the politicians advocating
indignation are noble. UNI
selfish constitutionalists with
nary a political thought in
their empty heads. They
just wish to protect the I'M
derdog. and the administra-
ton is seeing that the I'M
derdog is protected in the
good old American way"
Since when do American
soldiers using bayonets
against fellow Americans
constitute the good old
American wsv"?
Mrs. A. ZOpala.
49,
At this point I am fed up
with Ike and his advisers.
In my opinion. 1t was utterly
uncalled for when he sent
Federal troops into Little
Rock. His action will always
be remembered by the present
generation and by future pos
terity. His action, as he will
soon find out, will have only
hindered indignation in the
rest Of the South.
l cannot help but sympa-
thize with Gov. Faubus be-
cause he has had many gu
bernatorial privileges taken
from him by an act OF the
Federal Government. AS soon
as his militia was withdrawn
from the school and the Me-
groes admitted. violence broke
, out. It is understandable that
the people of Little Rock are
giving up their struggle for
what they believe, since they
are bucking the United States
Army, but the question is now
how long will they stand for
this?
Although we denounced.
Russia for sending troops to