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

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bachelors and parents Of out
of-school children also pay
taxes. are they too not fur
nishing q windfall for the
poorer children and their
families? Since democracy,
the strength Of our Nation
and our defense depend on
intelligent people, does he
favor education only for
those able to pay?
E. b. Henderson,
President, Virginia State
NAACP.
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David Lawrence is trying
to teach that segregation is
seemingly just II for no other
reasons than 1t Is a time-hon-
ored precept and social tradi-
ton. His opinion Is that seq
regation and separation by
race should at best be volun-
tary, desired or refused indi-
vidually or collectively by
wish. These phrases are easily
uttered by q man who has
never experienced the. evils Of
discrimination and certainly
one who has never been re-
fused. humiliated. embar-
raised or separated. and
pushed aside because of
a difference In skin pig
ment. 1t must be easy
for a man who has never
experienced these frightening
situations to sit back and
intensity his efforts toward
arguments Of whether the
Supreme Courts 1854 deseg-
regation decision was based
on sociological grounds or
legal grounds. whether the
decision proclaimed adher-
ence to indignation or pro-
claimed the elimination Of
segregation, or whether the
Federal Government pos
sesses the legal right TO
emerge as a supreme dicta-
torship over the sovereign
States.
1t is seemingly beyond COM
prehension for this man and
others who share his views
to understand that segrega-
ton, discrimination, and sep
aration because Of race is
morally and Cody wrong.
There is not a single passage
In the Bible, properly inter-
preted, that can be used to
support or defend segrega-
ton.
L. F. Bate, Jr.
President Eisenhower was
supposed to have said the
other day: you cannot legis-
late morality where human
beings are involved--it must
come from within"
The quotation might be
qualified as hearsay, since it
was secondhand, and the
minister who quoted the
President might have uncon-
sciously twisted it. But
whether President Eisen-
hover said 1t exactly that
way or not, David Lawrence
thinks it's wonderful.
Let's analyze it. Morality
is a well-known term, but
just for further Qualification
the dictionary says it means
right conduct" or right
and wrong" Morality where
human beings are involved
Is q phrase slightly repeti-
tious and silly, since morality
is scarcely concerned with
animals or angels. So Mr.,
Lawrence and possibly Mr.
Eisenhower are saying, "You
cannot legislate right con-
duct" or "You cannot legis-
late right and wrong"
Then we're in sad shape
aren't we? Morality" would
certainly cover sex crimes
the dope trafic, gambling
extortion. fraud, etc.: in fact
unless we should ignore the
dictionary, It's definition as
right and wrong" seems 70
have the term cover at least
the entire criminal field, in
GLIDING stealing and murder
Think Of the money and mo-
ton we have spent trying "a
legislate these things, and
even attempting enforce
mentl
The most humbly educated
citizen is aware instinctiveiy
that there always has beer
and probably always will BE-
an immoral element in oul
population that must be kept
In line by law and authority
This element would take con-
troll Of our lives fast, once w
paused 10 wait for morality
TO come from within.
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