Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-17
To the Editor Of The Stor:

To the Editor Of The Stor:
THE law of the land" has
spoken a truth old enough to
build a bright new world
upon, and new enough to keep
it whole. Our beloved Presi-
dent mods to decency and
hopes" we support it. And
most Of us do, for we are
courteous people, seeing dig
nifty in all men.
Yet the Supreme Court is
accused of bias and closed
minds" CLOSE the schools!"
shouts a Southern Governor.
For sweet charity's sake
we will not add to the name
calling by saying that GER
tain Southern rulers are ig-
norant and prejudiced. But
we may ask why Gov. Faubus
is waging an unjust war on
children. This is the human
issue involved. These chill
dren are bright, good, fun
loving. resilient. Can they
remain so when deprived of
the education the Constitu-
ton grants, when ridiculed,
abused. whipped to death in
woodshed of the soul?
What endless maze of scars
will remain on egos that have
been brutally dashed by cat
o-nine tails!
Ten years from now when
we have rectified the in
justices perpetrated on Ne
groes, a few names will 60
down in history as infamous.
At the judgment seat, Christ
will say Depart from Me,
because you did not have
compassion on your neigh
Dor; you did nothing for Me
in him"
Forgive our angry little
ness. And until full rights
materialize for the colored,
may they bear their anguish,
under our stupidity, with love
as on the mount.
Marie c. COmmins.
In connection with the Lit
tie Rock and related school
indignation problems, the
President recently commented
"all of us know that if an
individual, community, or
a State is going continuously
and successfully to defy the
rulings of the courts, then
anarchy results" But what
about the converse of the
situation, where a govern
ment and its agencies act in
a manner which a large seq
ment of the people believe is
a violation of their reserved
rights and privileges under a
constitutional form of gov
eminent which they created?
Does not this also give birth
to anarchy? In the broad
sense, our Government, which
is held up to the world as a
model, was born of anarchy.
King George III, against the
pleadings of the Sir Edmund
Burke to listen to the pleas
OF the colonists for a sup
preston of measures which
they violently opposed, re-
fused to listen to suggestions
for their softening and revo-
luton resulted. 1t was out of
that revolution that we we're
born as a nation. The arena
then was in the North; today.
IN the segregation integra-
ton struggle, the arena is in
the South. But the same
Georgian" attitude of intol-
erance exists in our executive
and Supreme Court branches
OF the Federal Government.
That the Justice" Depart
ment will resort to every sub
terfuge under the Eisenhower
administration to bring Ar
kansas and Gov. Faubus to
their knees is to me an I'M
questionable prediction; like
wise, that the present SUI
preme Court will use every
tenuous form of reasoning to
support whatever action that
department takes. But that
the South's rebellion to what
it considers is a usurpation
of its constitutional guaran-
tees will be quelled by the
Presidents platitudeS is
simply wishful dreaming.
w. II. Graham.
4 4 4 X
If l were God, I think that
I would have a little fun. My
spirit would pass over earth,
and alter everyone.
Instead of brown, or white
or yellow, on the earthly
scene, each mortal would
awake to find himself a lovely
greenl
Green eyes. green ears.