Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1958-09-05

Fri, Sept 5, 1858 STATE PRESS page Nrs
trusts and onopoe The economic institution that
lines could governed by laws required fed
legislation such the Federal Trade Act Interstate Commerce
Act and the application Of the principles Of the 18th Amend
ment which construed the corporation persona
sruction the 14th Amendment which
y applied the corporations than the protection of the
civil rights of Negroes the primary and original purpose OF
the amendment.
Now the South, under pressure demands by an awal
ened aroused, informed Negro national community full
feged first class citizenship, the abolition of all forms OF
segregation and discrimination indignation Negroes
into the life the Southern communities resorng
every device and trick, we'll propaganda
political to reasse the doctrine of the hates rights
In order to advance protect and deepen this
against the Supreme Court the Bill of Rights and the 18th
and 18th Amendments of the federal constitution the South
in cooperation with other reaconary forces in the Con-
gress responsible for the introduction
signed to hamstring the Supreme Court.
It is matter of common knowledge that the of
these bills which have passed the House Of Representatives
the that would the historic doctrine
presumption by providing that federal law supesede
state law the subject unless the two abso
lutey irreconclable.
There another bill dealing with the protec
ton of federal prisoners who have made confessions This
bill revolves around the delay permissible
tween arrest of the prisoner and his aragen
provoked by the Supreme Courts
of confessed rapist
This bill would work great injustice upon Negroes and
the South as we'll as other parts of the
country, but especially the confessions may
be exacted from helpless Negro victims by the nhuman
tally and cruelty of the police In fact, this is
the time between arrest and arraignment in the
heightened opportunity is increased for the police
called enforcement agencies put the through
third degree in order admissions
designed to satisfy the law of hatred discrn-
inaton in the South.
Another vital bill which sponsored and supported by
the South would deprive the federal power they
have had for century order the state as well
as federal prisoners under writ habeas bill
too has been passed bp the House Representatives and an
proved by the Senate Judiciary Committee although it has
not had any Senate hearings.
This is bill which would place prisoners espec-
Tally Negroes at the of the South
1t IS not difficult to understand how measure will bring
grave injustice Negroes well organizers of labor
What would happen to the whole movement of securing
Indignation in the South subject action by state
courts?
1t is matter of historical experience that Negroes can
not secure justice in the South Neither
judge juror nor prosecutor will deal with Negro pri
soners according to the law and his rights the law
This is why great be to prevent the at
tacks upon the United States Supreme from whittne
away the power Of this great institution the Rock of Cibra
tar OF the civil rights and civil Liberties people of our
country
For while the United States Supreme Court is favorable
10 CIVIL rights and civil liberties today not be so TO-
morrow Thus it important and necessary the nstit
lions and agencies concerned about liberties and civil
rights freedom racial and social justice the climate in
the nation favorable giving strength integrity to civil
rights and civil liberties for all in the country and this is
quite unlikely without unhampered United States Supreme
Court Tho Rlacl, wforlra~