Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-04

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who said he was Torrance Rob-
erts, is, walked up to the
Guardsmen and stood quietly.
making no attempt to pass.
A white youth lunged at him
and q Guardsman reacted
quickly. The soldier grabbed
the white youth, searched him
for weapons and thrust him
back into the milling crowd.
Farther down the line seven
Negro students accompanied by
a few Negro adults. asked a.
National Guard ofiicer to allow
them in the school. Passage
was again denied.
Girl SObs on Bench
The Negro girl. who refused
to answer newsmen's questions
except to identify herself, sat
on a bench across the street
from the school. After soldiers
had dispersed q crowd Of So
whites who had gathered about
her. she sobbed briefly.
The crowd became aroused
when q white woman ap-
preached the girl in q friendly
manner. The white woman and
the Negro girl boarded a bus
together. The other Negroes
also left about 80 minutes after
they had arrived and classes
containing only white students
began inside Central High.
The checker game in which
the Governor, the school board
and the United States District
Court were involved posed one
question which attracted the
interest Of the Nation-and the
South, in particular.
Is Gov. Faubus. as the head
Of a sovereign State, immune
from contempt proceedings?
The Governor himself says
he does not know the answer
to that one. And State Attor-
ney General Bruce Bennett also
says he Is unable to give an
opinion Immediately.
Possible Actions Cited
Asked last night II he knew
what action the Federal Cow
eminent could take II he in
terposed his authority between
the Government and the peo-
pie Of Arkansas. Gov. Faubus
replied:
mo. and nobody else does
either"
The Justice Department in
Washington indicated yester-
day that 1t looked on the Little
Rock situation as serious. Of
ficials said the Governments
course Of action would not be
decided on until Attorney Gen.
eral Brownell had the facts.
Here are some Of the pos
sible actions the Government
might take:
/. A high Federal official
might discuss the case with
Gov. Faubus and Davies In an
effort to work out a peaceful
integration program acceptable
TO all
2. Judge Davies might bring
about q trial for contempt Of
court.
3. The Government might
take action to declare unconsti-
tutional the anti-integration
school laws adopted recently by
the Arkansas Legislature.
One point the Justice De-
partment will scrutinize closely
is whether the Governor called
out the Guard solely to MAIN
tain order or whether 1t was in
tended as a maneuver to main
tain segregation.
The outcome Of Little Rocks
oh-and-on-agai1 plans for In
tegration apparently will have
an effect on proposed racial
mixing in the previously ALL
white high school in North
Little Rock, separate city
across the Arkansas River.
Plans Postponed
The North Little Rock school
board met last night and an
nounced that IT was postpon-
ing indefinitely its plans for
gradual indignation. The city
had planned to integrate about
a dozen Negro students in the
top grade when school starts
Monday.
In contrast 10 Little Rock, %
Negroes yesterday quietly
Joined white students in a Van
Buren,, ark High School. A
few Negro first-graders were
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