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The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16
NOT EVERYONE IS
In The Realm OF Reason

maintain their social system,
have set up veritable thickets of
legal obstruction. In Virginia and
Arkansas they have even sought
to turn back the tide in places
where peaceable desegration
appeared possible. To do this
they have embodied states rights
doctrines into all kinds of laws.
Ii should be possible to resolve
the clash of state and federal
laws peaceably through the
courts. More dangerous and hard
er to keep within the realm of
reason are the emotional and
confused arguments about the
Constitution and the Supreme
Court. For instance the very
name of one organization--De-
tenders of State Sovereignty and
Individual Liberties = suggests
the kind of confusion which de-
lays and embitters a necessary
adjustment.
The states were fully sovereign
before they formed the Union.
Notification and secession were
based on the concept that they
remained sovereign. Article WI
of the Constitution says:
This Constitution shall
be the supreme law of the land
=. anything in the Constitu-
Continued on Page 81
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

Attorney General Rogers UNI
derestimates what he IS up
against. He and President Eisen-
hover have some reason to ex-
pect that both respect for law and
desire to reopen schools will
bring popular pressures to bear
in the desegregation struggle.
But he is mistaken in thinking
that it is Uncomfortable that a
state or community would rath-
er close its public schools than
comply with the decision OF the
Supreme Court"
1t is wise to let local opinion
supply as much support for de-
segregation as possible. More
over the Attorney General is
well advised to seek to remove
misconceptions b o ut constitu-
tional issues. There is room for
reasoned debate on interpreted
tons. But some of the current
trouble over segregation is caus-
ed by extreme and historically
unsound concepts which lead cit
liens and state officials to believe
they can choose which laws they
will obey and which they will
flout.
For today we have a head-on
collision of federal and state laws
People seeking to maintain seq
regation, fighting desperately to
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16
HOLDING CARTER REPORTS on
Big Daddy & Miss America


Give rousing rebel yell for
Big Daddy Hugh White. He'll
show those damnyonkee editors
of Time magazine they better not
write anything but pretty sound
ing cliches about Sou t h e r n
women.
You see, that fool BAWI
board thought it was more i'm
portant to reach several million
American readers than to bicker
with Time about its editorial
policy. The board seemed to have
forgotten that Mississippians are
supposed to. /. Walk out if they
don't like the things that are
said at a convention; 2. boycott
the local agent of a company
whose home office donates to
the NAACP; 3. cancel subscrlp-
tons to all newspapers and mag
azines with controversial edlto-
rial policies; 4. stop watching
television shows if the star
shakes hands with a Negro.
But Big Daddy White remind
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

ed the BAWI board of all these
things and that the same Time
magazine under discussion had
been downright cynical about
beauty contests, especially the
Miss America Pageant, and right
after Miss Mississippi had won
it too. The fact that Time had
been downright cynical about
Miss America contests for nigh
onto &c years now has nothing
to do with it, as any good Con-
federate knows.
So, the contract with Time was
cancelled.
That's showing 'em, Big Dad
dy. Well just run that little old
advertisement right here in our
own BAWI magazine. Time will
probably go broke because of it.
The Luces will wind up starving
in a Bowery gutter. And Missis-
sippi won't have to bother with
all those ugly old industrial
c,,ooloctooIxc
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

offering to the youngster whose
daily chores included literally
bringing home the bacon. We
doubt that children today bother
to test the balance of plastic
hoop before buying it. We doubt
many of them have developed an
ear for the sing of a good iron
hoop bounding over cement or
asphalt
There were some bends in yes
terday's roads that a hoopster
had to take practically on two
wheels. We've been examining
these plastic hoops. Could they
do it? Where are the headlights,
the fire siren, the locomotive
whistle? Or for tn at matter,
where is the saddle? These new
hoops-if they are hoops at all
are strangely nonconvertible.
But every generation to its
taste: the youngster of yesterday
rode his hoop. Today's prefers to
'wear his colors like tumbler's
boor1 ,;
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16
The stokeIys
And The South
BY Maxwell Geismar

lHERE HAS BEEN some con-
troversy about the Stokelys'
book in the columns of this pa
per, and the enterprising editor
by the name of P. D. East
has asked me for a Northern
(Yankee) view of the whole bus
mess. Very WE'LL I accept. AS a
literary critic l happen to admire
Neither Black Nor White" very
much indeed. AS citizen of
these United States l think the
Stokelys have done a favor to
the nation, and such things
should not be dismissed lightly.
Somehow I think they have
done the South favor, too. The
first question for all of us is to
find out the real facts about the
mind of the South today. What
is this curious phenomenon that
is raising such fuss, and just
how did it get itself into such
fix? The Stokelys are native
born Southerners who decided to
find out. They left their Tennes-
see and spent year travelling
around the district between Vir-
ginia and Mississippi, talking to
everybody they could find from
gas station loafers to collie G e
presidents. They even got to a
few state governors. And they
did something else. They tried to
find out something about the
Negro Mind of the South.
Is that a crime? From my angle
it. is interesting that among the
best American novelists today
are William Faulkner, a white
man from Mississippi, and Rich
ard Wright, a Negro from Missis-
sippi What is interesting, l
mean, is that these two Amer
lean novelists have so little IN
common - except perhaps the
Mississippi country they grew UP
in. Their literary worlds are very
different; and so are their points
of view, their states Of mind,
their values. Faulkner represents
the upper world" of Southern
culture, and Richard Wright de-
scribes it's underworld of fear
and terror,
The first great value Of tn e
Stokelys' book, to my mind, IS
that it throws a bridge across
this chasm between social areas,
between the races, between the
different classes of American
people.
| think, incidentally, that both
Faulkner and Richard Wright
should read this book. | think
everybody should read it. If we
are to survive as nation, we
have got to understand each 9TH
err. and the first thing to do IS
to find out what we really think
about each other. And that IS
what ssNeither Black Nor White"
sets out to tell us. The book IS
actually mixture of Southern
legend and folklore, OF some
times brilliant scenes of report
ing and interviewing, OF social
history and social types, OF man.
ners and habits in the South to-
day. James Stokely is poet and
something of revivalist preach
err think, Wilma Dykeman
Stokely is first-rate Journalist,
Continued on Page y
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

BY goIN, when you mention people who don't know
from nothing please don't omit Harry GoIden About month
aforementioned in this column the fact that the citizens
council paper had carried report on the Golden outoor
der Plan, in which they condemned it.
Then on September 22nd tanys paper arrived, the
uAueust issue, and the front page there was mention
of the citizens council story In the piece Harry reported
the story and then finished up by askng why it that
not single one of these fellows has sense of humor
To think that man who's been living in the South for
over fifteen years should ask question like that Some peo
pie Just cannot understand what is meant by Ou Southern
Way of Life"
Whether or not Harry understands is, in one way at
lease of no importance I'd be happy not TO understand it if
could produce besseer Harry has inhis book Only
In America The book has been the bestseler list now
for several weeks and going strong sells for tour bucks
and worth much more. is delightful. believe me.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

Another Injustice has been committed and in the name
Of what lust don't know At college in the State Ct Ohio
student qroup has elected Msssspps senior senator Our
Gem" eastland, as Ass Of The Week.
The whole thino is unfair; it's unDemocroc and &C
,aN reeks Of Communism TO limit the honor to Just one
week beyond belief Such honor for such man should
be extended to 5000 weeks That's century, amt It?
off hand I'd say everyone in Ohio ought TO be invesfi
Gated :. and they might be, too
The CHICAGO American carried an editorial recently in
which thew called attention to the fact that Misssspps
eastand and Ohios enner had appeared before the legs
Iaure Of the Dominican Republic of which Cudad Tro
the tTannical dictator.
Said jenner: Z spent enough time in the United States
Senate TO learn how important it for national leader
to really lead and not just drift with the tide.
Said "Our Gem: Thank God "a Mississppan, you knoWl
Continued Page p
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

Aaother note on "Our Southern Way of Lite have
been told that some Mssssppans refuse to buy the new
forcen stamps because of Lncons picture it. Instead,
hear they buy the old three and one.
Not long ago stamp came out honoring Booker !.
Washnoon naturally we Souherners didn't buy any Of tose
Why fhe first thing anyone knows those Republicans viii
be SAVING that Negro human being don't know maybe
wen quit writing letters, except to the NAAeP and the
Supreme Court.
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16
Maxwell Geismar is literary

Maxwell Geisnar is a literary
historian and critic. author OF
several books on American liz
erature which have included
studies Of such Southern writer's
as William Faulkner. Ellen Glas-
crow and, most recently. John
Howard Griffin of Texas. IN
"American Moderns."
The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1958-10-16

Another book that's worth its price of four bucks is
THE SOUTHERN HERITAGE by James Mcbride Dabbs and was
published by Knopf Mr. Dabbs well described by TIME
Yankee magazine that isl in their review when they wrote;
62Yearold scholar essayist and Presbyterian elder
But Mr. Dabbs much than that he an honest man.
and know of nothing more important than that
About Mr. Dabbs he is indeed Humanitarian amid
the hashness" His book believe, is one OF The best yet
written about the present day Southern Scene.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24
VOTE AND PRAY.

Service.' The motion carried and passed, and from that day for ward, unity prevailed, and in Sep tember of 1787, they brought forth The Constitution of The United States"
 Now in this month of Novem- ber, voters are to elect a Cover nor, two Senators, one Represen- tative to office in Congress, along with new State Senators and Rep resentatives to the First State Legislature, so this writer, George R. Goshaw, Alaskan since 1902, in addition to the foregoing, ad- vises all Alaskan Voters: "To Vote and Pray for Guidance as You Now on Election Day Select Your Representatives and Senators. !"
 Read Psalm 127:1, and there upon be guided: Except the Lord Build the House, They Labor in Vain"
 Now is the time to build well as you launch the new North Star State of Alaska. Vote and Pray The Ballot box and the Church are the symbols of privilege and duty in a free society. At the Polls you are the Ruler. In the Church you are ruled. By your vote you exercise the freedom which the glorious Gospel of the Church has placed in your hands. kThere would never have been a ballot box, had there not been the Christian Church. Only in the Gospel of Jesus Christ, has man, reeardless of station or rank, the same high stamp of worth as all his fellows. There is no aristocra- cy in the pew, and there is nc royalty at the polls. In all the history of mankind, there has never been significant people or year where freedom and human rights have been accorded all men except where the explosive message of Jesus Christ has beer
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24
By GEORGE GosHAw. Alaskan

THIS STORY, little known, A about the Constitutional Con- vention, should be of interest to the voters of Alaska, as the first State election hears:
 I quote:
 ''After the Constitutional Con- vention meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 had debated for five long weeks, Benjamin Franklin arose and addressed the meeting and said: Tn this situation of the as sembly meeting, groping, as it were, in the dark, to find poli- tical truth, and scare able to dis tinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, Sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our under standing?. We have been assured Sir, in the sacred Writings that Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.
 "Thereupon Franklin offered this motion: That thereafter prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this as- sembly every morning before we proceed to business; and that one or more of the clergy of this city be requested to officiate in that
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24

heard and taken seriously.
 g To cherish and preserve the priceless gifts of civil liberties, we have them articulated in all he great documents of our land, we will need to do two things. First, we must exercise our vote soberly with concern for more than partisan interest. Secondly, we must pray - we must pray that our leaders be given wisdom and strength from God; we must pray that we, as citizens, may SUD- DOT them in all that establishes righteousness and mercy for all men; we must pray that we be given such discernment and self lessness that we will work cease lessly in the affairs of our com munity, our Alaska, our Nation, and the World. To Do the Will
 of God. And in doing so, this
 writer states that you will be doing a great service to yourself and to your children, that now is the time to build well the State foundation that will live ever more under His guidance.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24
No Bible In Cornerstone

NEW YORK, R - No Bible will be placed in the cornerstone of the new church house of the First Presbyterian Church of New York Sunday because parishioners feel the Bible should be read and studied, not buried.
 The Rev. Dr. John O. Mellin, the minister, said that "We see no magical or good luck symbol in the Word of God as contained in the Scriptures, so we are not including Bible as is usually done in such cases"
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24
It's Up To You

THIS HAS BEEN lively campaign, hard fought I with courage and conviction. An active campaign is healthy sign for the start of State
 Because The Nugget is the only paper in North western Alaska, it chooses to be nonparsan, and to present the of the campaigning of both parties fairly. Both the Democratic Party and the Repub- ican Party have excellent candidates with experience thorough knowledge of what problems lie ahead and the love of the land of their choice It is unfortunate that will have to lose, because all leaders needed in the formation of the State of Alaska.
 You have been aided in making your decisions by leaders from the capitol of the nation representing both pares The outcome of the election is up to you the voter It is the privilege and the duty of every citizen to cast his ballot election day for the cand dates of his choice.
 No can tell you how to vote - The decision is up to you. It is important that you think the matter carefully, giving equal consideration to the merits of each candidate and each platform Then vote you fit - but VOTE When the final count is in, majority will rule and we, in the true American tra- diton, will abide by that decision
 Americans have fought battles through the years to preserve this democratic way of life - Now let's vote for it.
The Nome nugget., 1958-11-24
BERLIN CRISIS DISCUSSED BY U. s. OFFICIALS IN GERMANY

BONN, Germany, R General Henry Hodes, U. s. rmy Chief in Europe, conferred four hours Sat urday with Ambassador David Bruce on the Berlin crisis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11
WARNING From Korochi

The KaShmir issue-in simplest
terms, the question of whether the rich
and mountainous Asian state should be
part Of India or Pakistan or politically
independent of either-has become one
Of the seemingly permanent problems Of
the post-World War II era. It Is not
surprising that 1t is an issue on which
temperS are Short-in India, in PakiStan,
in Kashmir itself and in the United
Nations, which has tried repeatedly to
find a solution and to win acceptance
by all parties of its proposals for
settlement Four times in the past decade
the U. N. has called for "a free and
impartial plebiscite" in the territory, a
resolution that India consistently has
refused to accept AS a special repre-
sentative of the U. NJ, DR.. Frank P.
Graham has made numerous attempts
to mediate the issue and he Is engaged
now in another such effort.
It Is in this background that Prime
Minister Firoz Khan Noon Of Pakistan,
up to now pro-Western leader in pro-
Western government, has made some
rather startling statements. One, re-
lated directly to the Kashmir question,
was that "if the democracies do not solve
this problem to the satisfaction of the
Kashmiri people, the only solution for
them will be to walk into the Com
munist camp" The other, connecting
the Kashmir question with British
American military and economic aid to
India, was that If Pakistan feels its free
dom threatened by India his govern
ment will break all pacts and will
shake hands with people presumably
the CommuniSts) whom we made en-
emies because of Others"
Pakistan has been, of course, stall
wart member of the Communist
Baghdad alliance and the Southeast
Asia Treaty Organization. It was, in
fact, leading power in the creation of
both Of these defense instruments and
1t is represented now at the annual
SEATO foreign ministers meeting in
Manila. Mr. Noon, once Foreign Minis
ter In Karachi, played an important part
In these commitments by his country
and he has been staunchly Western
In both word and action.
There Is ample evidence that the
West, and particularly the United States,
respects and values highly the commit
ments made by the Pakistani govern
ment. There is ample evidence that we
have SUI Sorted a : SStiOn of the Kash-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11
Busy Tepee

Washington football fans are getting
an interesting flow of off-season news
from the Redskin tepee these days. The
draft choices were announced a few
weeks ago. Now the Redskin chieftains
have reported couple of major trades
and-probably most popular of all-have
signed Coach Joe Kuharich to a record
breaking f1ve-year contract. With the
able help Of his thousands of assistant
coaches" who sit in the Griff1th Stadium
stands on autumn Sundays, Kuharich
has been fielding an increasingly color
full team here during the past four sea-
sons. Even the defensive lineup pro-
vided its full share of exciting perform
ance in a role that is often overlooked.
Two of the veteran stars of the defense
line, tackles Volney Peters and ]. D.
Kimmel, have been traded of, but
their requirements are experienced and
competent footballers.
Big Chief Marshall, who has &C
quired quite a reputation as a grand
stand quarterback himself, Is to be
commended for the plays" he has been
calling lately. Coach Kuharich and his
staff Of professional aides may count
on the. assistant coaches" to be present
In full force next autumn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-11
Curbinq the Court

Inc senate judiciary Committees
delay in acting on the Jenner bill to
limit the Jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court may indicate that this measure
has substantial support. Even so, it is
an Il-adviSed bill which, if enacted,
could be expected to do more harm
than good.
The problem of how best to deal
with judicial encroachment on the leg
iSlative domain, or on areas thought to
be reserved to the States, is difficult
one. And there is much to support the
view that this court, as suggested by
Judge Learned Hand in his Harvard lee
lures, sometimes undertakes to function
asa third legislative chamber" This
is a condition which ought to be REM
edied-preferably by the exercise of APP
propriate judicial Self-restraint. It is
not condition, however, which is
amenable to satisfactory correction by
depriving the Supreme Court of juriS-
diction in broad range of cases.
This approach, as stated by Attorney
General Rogers, is similar in purpose to
the court packing" plan advanced by
President Roosevelt in 1887. That was
a misguided measure, and the same is
true of the Jenner bill. The latter would
leave final adjudication in five types Of
cases to the II Federal Circuit Courts
and to the highest courts of the 48
States. This means that in this category
Of cases there would be no settled law
in the United States. The controlling
law would depend upon where one hap
pens to live, and this would be a thor
oughly undesirable result.
Congress rejected the Roosevelt plan
to add judges to the court. It is worth
remembering, however, that the court of
that day modified its stand in opposition
to legislation designed to enable the Fed
eral Government to cope with problems
then plaguing the country. And this
modification was confirmed as new
judges took their places on the court
through the normal process Of filing
vacancies. If the present court has gone
too far in asserting judicial authority at
the expense Of proper legislative power,
the error should be corrected through
the traditional processes-not through
ill-conceived legislation that is essen
TALLY punitive in spirit.