Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-15

names ana addresses. All
letters are subject to conden-
Sdtion.
civil and paid for by taxes.
We read about these things
and many others more in
famous in your paper. When
will the South live up to the
obligation it has to one
fourth of its citizens? The
real issue behind the policy
of States rights" is an ex-
cuse to further human inde-
cency.
A. w. r.. Jackson.
Robert A. Renfro says in a
letter that the United States
was created as nothing more
than a servant of free and in
dependent States which had
voluntarily surrendered a few
powers but which specifically
retained all powers not sur
rendered in writing"
This is not what Abraham
Lincoln said in the Gettys-
burg Address. Rather it was
a new nation conceived in
liberty and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are
created equal" The United
States is not merely a geo.
graphical expression, but also
a dedication to an ideal which
calls for putting no State
ahead Of the souls of men.
I'VE, the People," not any
States, did "ordain and estab-
lish this Constitution for the
United States of America"
says the preamble OF the
Constitution.
Mr.. Renfro argues from the
reference to "the security Of
a free State" in the Second
Amendment that the United
States must deal with what
he calls free States" before
it can deal with the people.
The free State" the Bill OF
Rights is talking about is the
United States. not the several
States, and it means a State
in which the people are free.
It's news to me that the Billy
of Rights referred to any
thing other than the rights Of
individuals. If Mr.. Renfro
disagrees with me, I suggest
the only civilized way to settle
the matter is to let the courts
settle it.
And what's this about the
powers of the United States
having to be in writing? 1t
sounds as If Mr.. Renfro wants
to throw us back to the Arti-
cles of Confederation. found
to be unsatisfactory. Article
II of the discredited Articles
was: Each State retains its
sovereignty, freedom. and in
dependence, and every power.
jurisdiction, and right. which
is not by this confederation
expressly delegated to the
United States in Congress
assembled" Notice that the
word expressly" is dropped
out in the present version.
namely, the Tenth Amend
ment, which States Fighters"
so love to quote. It's inclusion
was debated in the Conven-
ton and defeated by a 32-to-
II vote. In James Madison's
words: "It was impossible to
confine a Government to
exercise of express powers;
there must necessarily be
admitted powers by implica-
ton"
If you read Article x Of the
Bill of Rights closely you can
see that It's meaning has to
be tortured to serve those
who want to split up the
United States to the form 1t
had before the Constitution
was adopted.
Stephen Rock.
4 4 4
En- route to my Office one
morning during the opening
week Of school I drove along
upper Thirteenth street NV.
On one corner, ] observed a
boy, wearing the School
Safety Patrol identification.
His arms were outstretched,
preventing a fellow student
from crossing against the
traffic lights. At another cor
ner, l saw another patrol boy
doing a similar commendable
job for a group of youngsters
who stood at a crossing. They
were all smiling children on
their way to enjoy free educa-
ton in the American way Of
life. and they walked gayly.
side by side, talking amicably
together. The little girls
looked sparkling in their new
starched dresses. and The boys