St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-09-13

tensions in this area.
After ten days Of tensions
haps an aftermath OF Gov Fau- I,
bus calling out OF the Arkansas |
National Guard 70 keep Negro
American high school students |
from entering this city's Central |
High school. the situation was
eased somewhat when the Federal |
government, directed by Presi-
dent Eisenhower through U. s
Attorney General Brownell. served |
a summons on Gov Faubus order
ing that he show cause why he
should not be enioined from dsing
state troops 10 keep Negro chill
drcn from schools,
The Arkansas situation Great
ed the graVcst domestic crisis In
race relations since the Eman.
cipation and caused alarm In the
u. \. and grave concern all over
the world. plus glee In Soviet
Russia
The daily press, unanimously In
the north, as well as some OF the
leading southern papers, roundly
criticised Faubus.
The Mayor OF Little Rock told
the nation in radio broadcasts and
at press conferences that the ac-
tion OF the governor precipitated
the tensions
lie expressed the opinion that
the high school would have been
peaceably de-segregated II Fau-
bus had not made what Mayor
Mann claimed was "a political
play" to be reelected governor OF
the state for a third term.
Faubus has been ordered TO APP
pear in Federal Court Sept. 20 TO
explain his action. As late an We'd
nesday OF this week he still main
tanned a National Guard contin-
gent around the school and around
the governors mansion.
President Firm One Minute
Sounds Weak The Next
a statement by President Essen
hover three days after the Incl
dent began sounded firm and
courageous. lie said II was his
duty TO uphold the Constitution
and said he intended to use every
legal means at his command 10 do
so.
As the trouble area grew TO
other states and disorders were
had In North Little Rock, Nash.
vile and Birmingham, the Presi-
dents meek remarks 10 the news
papers that the Nashville school
dynamiting was a terrible thing"
and "deplorable" gave no positive
indication Of the strong leader
ship which the nation needs In
such a crisis.
Negro newspaper editors all
over the nation blamed the
school segregation crisis on the
Presidents failure 90 stand
firmly and unequlvocaIly behind
the 1854 decision OF the nations
high court. They also blamed
the southern wing Of the Demo
cratic party 10 which Faubus
belongs.
They were Joined by many Of
the more liberal dailies, the labor
press and religious publications
In Birmingham
In Birmingham. Ala, Monday, |
Rev F. l.. shutussworth. Baptist
minister who spoke in ST. Paul on
March 10, was brutally assaulted
by a mob Of whites as he attempt
ed 10 enter the school grounds In
his school district 10 register and
enter his daughter in school His
daughters ankle was injured in
he melee when an auto door was
slammed on II.
Shuttlesworth was knocked 20
he ground by eight or ten men,
licked and beaten as the police
standing nearby rendered only
oxen protection 10 the minister.
Shuttlesworth was brought 10
81. Paul in March after Commits
doner Milton Rosen Of ST. Paul
made a laudatory statement re-
ported in Birmingham newspapers
which said reports that Negroes In
he South were mistreated were
Incorrect and that he blamed the
on "rabble-rous-
RS" 4,
Rosen made a statement apollo ,
,izeing 10 St Paul citizens for his
emsrks down South. but he was
invited 10 come back down South
o I've by a Birmingham paper.
shuttleJworth, who told the
after the attack on
i'm Monday he would return the
ext day whether they (the mob)
.ined him or not.
lie is president Of the group /
ormed in Alabama after the state
uilawed the NAACP. Tuesday he
aid he had decided not TO return
o the school because the Birming-
am police chief had Indicated he