Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-29

letters are subject to conden-
sdtion.
the popularity Of the issue,
the sovereign right Of a State
is being whitfield away to the
point that it will no longer
exist unless the procedure is
arrested by sound logic and
sobriety Of the people of the
United States. 1t is thoughts
like your editorial expresses
that will help the people of
the United States to reorient
themselves to the way of life
that was designed for them
under the Constitution of the
United States, in harmony
with sovereign rights re-
served by the States, or the
people.
Robert A. LittIetOn.
\ y 4 II
Our lower Federal courts
cannot junk our Constitution
by allowing Justice to be
tilted by mob rule, or the
appeasement Of officials who
by virtue Of implication or
overt acts have pledged to re-
tain segregation in public
schools at the risk of closing
the schools.
Davis w. Board, Ph.D.
= In your editorial of August
"a, Little Rock Stay" you
apparently because of your
infinite patience with igno-
rance-brush aside the fact
that progress rather than
procrastination and stagna-
ton is the law of our being.
What perfection is-Amer-
leans now partly are; and
only through progress can
we wholly hope to be. In
the uplifting, Negroes-under
white governance and con-
troll can progress only as
rapidly as the pattern per-
mits. In fact, perfection in
both groups is unfolding &C
cording to the levels and di-
mansions of their growth
and understanding. 1t is not
only the Negroes shortcom-
ings that cast an ugly and
senile reflection on our sys-
tenn of democracy. Hence,
the Supreme Court, despite
the very large number in the
controlling group who are
too slow in seeing their re-
Sponsibility, must insist that
now is the time to begin ear
nestly widening and uplifting
our levels and dimensions of
growth and understanding.
Moreover, progress requires
that at all times we must be
open and receptive to growth
in every aspect of our lives.
Massive senility and erosion,
resulting primarily from the
greed of grasping politicians.
can never be stemmed by
mere procraStination.
More than that, 1.-THE
murky points" that you con-
tend need clarifying are not
to be found-except by those
who need a Smokescreen that
will permit them to profit
through the use of Federal
funds by Southern States
without responsibility to the
Federal Government-in the
courts school ruling. Par
enthetically, if we must have
unbridled States rights, we
must also have unbridled
cities rights. The "murky
points" rather are to be
found in our guideposts to,
and in our mission of, de-
mocracy. The clarifying is
a job not for the court but
for the President and all re-
sponsible departments of the
administration. the N. E. A.,
other groups of parents and
teachers as well as of minis
tiers and others who set the
the educational pattern for
our kind of democracy.
From this correct approach,
even if the Lemley delay was
based in good faith on a con-
structive program, it would
be most difficult to justify it
in the light of our failure to
accomplish anything truly
progressive in most of the
South during the four years
since the school ruling. Here
through clear eyes and I'm
colored glasses will be found
plenty Of "murky points"
that urgently need clarifying.
John p. Murehison.