Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1958-08-08
Faubus Election No Surprise

This newspaper expected the denomination Of Gov. orgal
Faubus aud imagnes that there not Negro editor any
where IN the country who did not guess likcwse
We agree that Faubus election mandate for
continued school segregation The against segregation
irresistible and will continue until every yeatige Of caste IN
supported institutions in every state in the union viii have
vanished
Faubua deliberately set up The Little Rock scene SO that
he would be assured Of election lie has admitted this 70 the
press did him his and the city u Little
Rock became subject Of international opprobrum when he
called the militia halt tbs Of nine American
children Of Negro descent supported city school, ord
cred open by the federal courts
Mr. Faubus wanted to break seldom broken precedent
aud receive third What did he about dAgracing his
state city that his country before the people
Of the wordf
The white people Of his state a number Of southern
poisoned by hate aud fear generated by
system led support Fanbus whether they wanted
not lie represented white supremacy, the only stock trade
many white ouherner has offer the market Faubus
represented the intelligent patriotic moderate" whites
who while little disturbed by the change Negro
white relations felt that he bad for Faubus uphold
the Of the state and show tho oade world aud thc
medders Arkansas doesn't need any outside interference"
advice
Another factor ia the admitted fact that the majority 81 the
white people Of any given southern including Arkansas
prefer In their schools because they started IL
and maintained "a Of life and because they believe
il has not directly cost them anything
They have been willing push aside their moral con,
money maintain separate bu equal) educational fae
ties for Negro children No education persuasion
which northencr fond Of urging tho
situation has resulted In better schools much less equal schools
for Negroes Every single advance in Negro education with
possible exception 81 North Carolina pressure
Of uts in the federal by organizations like NAACP
Politicians like Faubus fear school degeneration. II
Negro and white children attend school together politicians
viii lose the useful aud flag which has been
utilized for years by Dixie politicians namely The candidate
who hows the oudest for white supremacy" aud keep the
nigra in his place. a la Faubus wins the elections.
Politicians like Faubus stated before give the aver.
age southern white voter chance show his race pride
aud II education Is Increasing in that tho
most southern FAR below that Of sections In the
South matter how and wretched white person may
they have the color system fal back and with which
60 polish their ego.
Gov Faubus clever denogogue lie knew what no need.
ed be reelected The white could vote Tor white sup
rcmacy, against northern mcdde. the NAACP and Daisy
Bates by supporting him Every Faubus vote Tor
many uneasy oonscienoes, so be reelected
The tauhus election being hailed indicating the temper
Ia the South against school indignation and In Of the
history Of the Negro struggle decent and equal
treatment only the opmistcay naive felt that certain
southern states would accept school desceregatoa willingly
even lawfully long there politicians like Faubu.
around
some writers claim Faubus problem for the Democratic
party nationally lie may be that but he much more he Is
problem which tho nation whole OF both u major
parties face
lie represents defiance Of constituted federal government,
and law As long any defy the federal government
executive Judicial legislative us faces real problem
No the American Negro surprised hy the rcnomiua
ton Of Fauhus lis knows that political demoeoguery with him
and hts rights The goat political money the bark in Arb
ansa well other states bat he aud white people in this
nation dedicated making America the place il was intepcd
20 be- going keep fighting until there viii Do no room
IN public office for the ora Faubase the Southland q,
elsewhere
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