Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-04
Stunding Pot

! OOHS OF 6HIOIGt
loud as that Of the rabble-
rouser. Lincoln said. ITO sin
by silence when they should
protest makes towards out Of
men"
! would be interested In
the explanations the good
people" OF Little Rock viii
have for their children
should Faubus succeed in
closing their schools. Can we,
in Virginia. have any assur-
ance our children will have
a school TO attend after next
months elections?
Robert Z. Zipp.
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What would the segrega-
tionists have the Negro do?
He has been practicing pas
sive resistance and turning
the other cheek for so long,
how many cheeks do they
think he has and how much
longer can he practice pas
sive resistance9 Would the
segregationists have him form
an organization in answer to
the xxx or White Citizens
Council 70 meet violence with
violence? It seems that vio-
lence is the only language
segregationists understand.
Many talk as II the Negro
were not a citizen Of this
country. subject to the same
taxes and rules and regu-
lations as other citizens.
Why must he accept second
class citizenship and inferior
schools?
II the people Of the South
spent as much time trying
TO find ways to live with
and to comply with the
Supreme Court decision as
against thinking up devious
ways to circumvent and to
resist 1t. none Of this would
have happened.
Evidently. segregationists
don't realize that there are
still facets Of his life that
can remain segregated. The
Negro does not expect to be
asked to participate socially
with them and they do not
want to be asked. What the
Negro wants Is to be exposed
to the same quality Of edu-
cational facilities as every
one else: have the same
chance for jobs that he is
qualified for; to live any
where he pleases and to have
the right to do anything else
he pleases as long as he con-
forms to the laws Of the land
and to some laws Of society.
Mildred McLaurin.
In your paper Of Septem-
Der 2, James H. Whyte writes
that David Lawrence is a
conservative Republican" 1t
is my belief that Lawrence
is . Democrat. and I believe
] got this information from
one Of your columns Iper-
haps The Rambler sometime
in the past.
I think you should place
an editorial footnote under
letters such as that of Mr..
Whyte's so people will not
get the wrong impression.
w. J. r.
Editors note: Mr.. Law
renee did tell The Rambler
on April 4: II am surprised
that anyone should think /
am q Republican. / have al
WAYS been A Democrat.
4 $50
In The Star Of September
81 there appeared a picture
Of several white schoolgirls
being moved along" at the
point Of bayonets by Federal
troops. The caption states II
is the picture used by Gov.
Faubus in his TV address,
and continues: THE original
AP caption sent with 1t (the
picture) said; 'Bayonets move
laughing girls. Two teen-age
girls are laughing as soldiers
with drawn bayonets move
them along on the sidewalk
across from Central High
School APP Wirephoto'."
On the same page you
quote Mr.. McMatn former
Governor of Arkansas, as
saying that some Of the pho
tographs exhibited by Gov.
Faubus had been "doctored"
and that this particular pho
tograph had Deem posed" Is
Mr.. McMath accusing the
Associated PRESS Of doctor
ing? The picture shown by
Gov. Faubus and the one
shown in The Star as an APP
photo are identical. So If any
"doctOring" was involved II
was done before Gov. Fau-
bus got the picture. Does
Mr.. McMath also accuse the
Associated Press and the
Federal troops in Little Rock
Of %nosing" nictures for pub