Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-04

shows the typical reaction
airy proneneSs to prejudice,
persecution and paucity.
Let us hope for more con-
structive thoughts in the fu-
ture. John A. Russell.
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The plea of Thurgood
Marshall before the Supreme
Court in behalf of the NAACP
contained, it seems to me,
some rather remarkable in
consistencies. For example,
he is reported to have said
that a delay in the integra-
ton Of the Little Rock Gen.
trail High School would mean
that certain Negroes would
have to graduate from Negro
schools, and this would some
how mean a loss of their
rights. Is it not fair to say
that to force a white child,
against the will of its par
entS, to graduate from a
Negro school would be a vio-
lation Of the rights Of the
white child?
And then he is quoted as
having asked the Court to
balance the Negro children
and the public interest
against some people who
don't want to recognize the
constitutional principle that
is involved" It seems to me
that prior to 1854 it was Mr..
Marshall and the NAACP
who refused to recognize the
constitutional principle in
volved in the separate, but
equal" ruling of the Supreme
Court of 1896, a principle
which withstood the test for
more than half q century.
Harvey H. Hewitt.
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How can an opinion that
overthrows a law be the Law
Of the Land?
Allen A. Stuart.
Joplin, Mo.
Many persons, not all
jewellers in Dixie, blatantly
maintain that the so-called
indignation struggle is funda-
mentally a fight to preserve
States rights. They claim
that States have the right
to regulate their own schools.
Would these individuals
also defend the right of a
State to set up segregated
schools for Catholics? For
Jews? In their opinion can q
State, without violating the
Constitution, compel the Irish
to attend separate schools?
Nothing in the Constitution
prohibits secession. Does Ar
kansas (this is not meant to
be a suggestion) have the
right" to withdraw from the
Union?
J. W.. Haywood, Jr.
In the piouS determination
to save" the white schools.
one wonders what the scheme
of American education means
without benefit Of Supreme
Court decisions and an honest
reading Of the Constitution.
Give instruction to those
who cannot procure it for
themselves" is a mandate as
fundamental in our theology
as the right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness,
Regarding white supremacy.
Kelly Miller was won't to re-
mark, Assortment by skins
is not the essence" or maybe
Aristotle thought it out before
him.
The right to rule entails the
memorable obligation to rule
right. Anna J. Cooper.
The Supreme Court: sacred
words. What do they mean?
They mean the Judgment Of
nine mortals, nine human
beings, fallible, subject to the
ills of men, yielding judg-
ments on the bases of the
various mores and training
which moulded their minds
the judgment of nine NOR.
tails, some trained in law
some not, but all appointed
to their exalted positions b!
another mortal, appointed
purportedly because of theil
public eminence or academic
stature. These men decide
issues of paramount i'm
portance to us all. Nine fall
BILE minds must sift through
the obfuscating sands o.
legal debate and adjudicat'
therefroTn.
The thinking and ways o
men cannot be deemed IL
licit of a sudden, rent b!
legal decree, reduced becauSt
another thinks differently
without ensuing chaos. Boil
sides will suffer. Judge not
lest We be judged"
Z. r.
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