Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-21

respected. 10 De respected, the
overwhelming majority must
be believed to be right. Respect
Is not created by statute. No
one can respect that which he
firmly believes to be wrong.
Where a law is in harmony
with public standards. its up
holders. the police. win find
allies in the people. Where the
Ilaw is not thus in harmony.
the police appear as public
enemies. Then peaceable en-
forcement becomes impossible
I'm the concluding paragraph
Of that column: eff a Negro
child has to fight his way into
q white school. the opposite Of
an educational situation has
been created and white and
Negro alike. each rejecting the
feeling Of the adults commu-
nifty from which they come. are
educated in hatred and feelings
lof aggression. What good does
the protection Of the law do
the child who is scorned and
ostracized by his mates"
Quotes Publisher
mfr. J. N. Heiskell Of Little
Rock. owner Of the Arkansas
Gazette. in response to ques-
ton:
"'At the moment does it APP
pear to you that there viii be
clashes and difficulties Of var
ious sort in time to Gomez
Responding in answer:
There will be If the integra-
tionists and the court try to
60 too far too fast
"Hesikell is one Of my de-
tractors In Little Rock in this
situation = which / attributed
to Sid McMath and Henry
Woods. who colored. slanted
and falsified reports Of the sit
uation carried in Time and
Newsweek and in other publi-
cations.
II believe Edwin Dunaway to
be author Of the false state
ments in Time magazine attrih-
uted to q Rockefeller associate.
Harry Ashmore and Hugh Pat
terson are ardent integration-
lists. They have a right to their
viewpoint but they and others
mentioned have bent every ef-
fort to contact all newsmen
from out Of the State who have
come to Little Rock to report
this situation and to indoc-
trinate them with a biased and
prejudiced viewpoint towards
me before these reporters have
had an opportunity to evaluate
factually and accurately the
situation.
And what of Mayor Wood
row Wilson Mann. the dis
credited and repudiated poll
tician who viii soon 60 out of
office through his lost case be-
fore the people Of his own city,
who was repudiated by a vote
Of three to one? He is the man
who says: No disorder or vio-
lence was or is imminent'-yet
at the same time has had two
policemen of Little Rock as
signed to the protection of his
home and person.
Calls Hines AntagOnistic
1T will be recalled that the
reporter William Hines (of The
STAR was said to have had
an antagonistic attitude to-
wards me in the televised in
terview Of Sunday night, Sep
TENDER 8.
After making a survey of
the situation. this in part is
what reporter Hines had to say
In a story in a Washington,
d. c. newspaper (The Starr:
"'And what Of the mayor
who criticized the Governors
action? On only one topic in
Little Rock today can one find
almost universal agreement.
That is that Mayor Woodrow
Wilson Mann is washed up and
that no one would pay any at
tention to him under any cir
cumstances. There are complex
reasons for this but his low
estate is q matter Of fact
There is much more ! could
say Of other witnesses who in
part today repudiated their
former statements and on the
evidence that could have been
produced. but now is not the
time for recrimination and
animosity. Rather now is the
time for forbearance, tolerance
and Christian charity.
Nov that my authority to
preserve and maintain the
peace and good order Of this
community has been so cur
tailed by this unwarranted ac-
ton Of Judge Davies, / can only
offer a fervent prayer that the
same thing viii not happen
here that has happened in
other States in recent days.
1T is well known that during
the period in which the Ma
tional Guard has been on duty,
there has not been one serious
act Of violence between the
races. No person has been In
jured and no property damage
has been sustained In the areas
Of their control.
Asks FOrbearance
Now is a time for the ut