Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-11

OlhJtleT OF SlauJeO, OlaSeQ ana,
in too many cases plain.
downright. dishonest report
ing of the Little Rock situa-
ton. The Star in its editorial
of october 1. mo Time to
Quibble." puts the finger hon.
estly and dramatically on the
whole mis-reported. deplor-
able integration situation that
has been high-lighted by the
ordering Of United States
troops to that Southern city
The Star has the courage to
question the Presidents
statement that THE problem
Little Rock grew out Of the
segregation problem. but
troops are not there as a part
Of the segregation problem.
The Star points out that the
troops are there. despite the
Presidents statement. to
'forcihly change a way Of life.
and this change is being re-
sisted in Little Rock and will
be bitterly resisted else
where" elsewhere" takes in
q sizeable chunk OF these
United States wherein reside
some so million people who
are United States citizens
just the same as those in any
other part Of the country. AS
The Star states. these citizens
are "as law abiding and have
as much respect for the
courts as those in any other
part of the country"
1t is difhcult to predict fu-
ture actions by Southern In
dividuals and communities II
Federal troops remain in
Little Rock. and If the people
in the North are to be con-
tinuously inflamed by hate
Dixie" stories pouring out Of
many editorial pages and the
mouths of so-called liberal"
news announcerS and COM
mentators. While collectively
labelling the moderate. self
respecting people OF the
South red necks." 'agita-
tors. "racists" and what-not.
1t might be well for these in
dividuals to pause. bow their
heads and remember that a
reported more than 1870 of
the Congressional Medals Of
Honor and Distinguished
Service Medals Of World Wars
! and II and Of the Korean
War went to men from IL
Southern States and 1ive
border States. Yet these is
States contain less than one
quarter of the Nations white
population
It isn't a very proud day
in the country's journalism
history.
Ex-RepOrter.
David Lawrence claims
that the Fourteenth Amend
ment was not properly rati-
fed and. therefore, not part
OF the Constitution. / Won
der what Mr.. Lawrence thinks
Of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence.
The Declaration says. I'VE
hold these truths to be self
evident, that all men are Gre
ated equal, that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with
certain inalienable rights,
that among these are life.
liberty. and the pursuit OF
happiness"
Did our founding fathers
sign this document with
tongue in check? Even in
those days liberty was not
synonymous with slavery. Did
they cynically make the men
tai reservation that. as
George Orwell phrased 1t.
some men are more equal
than others? Or did they
realize that a nation needs
ideals above and beyond
those which are Immediately
attainable? Did they foresee
that our nation would grow,
with deliberate speed, toward
those ideals? ! like to think
that the latter is the case.
Growing pains are some-
times excruciating. This is
so. in large measure. because
men Of little vision and much
personal ambition, such as
Faubus, attempt to obstruct
changes which are inevitable
II we are to continue to exert
some moral leadership in a
world which is far from all
white.
l.. X. LOsee.
y -
David Lawrence and others
Of kindred sentiment make
much Of the fact" that there
is nothing in the Constitu-
ton that compels indignation.
specifically, along racial lines
in unsupported Institutions.
They claim that tho court,