Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-28


hover emphasized last week
1.-THE very basis Of our Individual
rights and freedoms rests upon
the certainty that the President
and the Executive Branch Of
Government win support and
insure the carrying out Of the
decisions Of the Federal courts"
This was interpreted as
meaning that Mr.. Eisenhower
would be prepared to send
Federal troops again II neces-
sary TO insure compliance with
"fnal orders Of the court" for
school Indignation there.
There has been no backing
away by the administration
from such an Interpretation.
But oficials point out that q
determination to uphold court
orders certainly does not mean
any interference with the right
of appeal.
In other words, 1t would be
consistent for the President to
go along with a delay achieved
through court appeals in school
Indignation at Little Rock or
anywhere else, and still use all
the power at his command to
back UP Indignation when
finally ordered by the court.
/ Voiced Same View Before
His admission yesterday that
he might have said something
to friends about slower" steps
in carrying out indignation
went only q little further than
numerous previous statements
indicating such a feeling.
/ In q news conference on
October 80 last year, for ex-
ample, the President said about
Indignation:
Il personally believe this
problem is never going to be
solved without patience and
tolerance consideration.
I
I'VE just simply cannot solve
1t completely just by fiat or
law and force. This is a deeper
human problem than that.
"The South has lived for 56
years under a social order that
was approved by the Supreme
Court, and specifically with
respect to education = the
theory Of separate but equal
facilities. Now they are asked
suddenly to consider that whole
system unconstitutional and,
naturally, this causes diftlcul-
ties"
Similarly, he told a news con-
ference last March rs that the
racial problem in the South
cannot be solved just by a new
law with teeth in it,"
Had to Uphold Court
He went on to explain then:
Now, for example, when
we got into the Little Rock
thing, 1t was not my province
to talk about segregation or
desegregation. I had a job of
supporting a Federal court that
had issued a proper order UNI
der the Constitution, and
where compliance was pre-
vented by action that was un-
lawful.
II had to do that, and that
is an entirely different thing
for me starting out new
methods for, or new laws for,
attacking this basic problem,
which I again say is not going
to be solved finally until it is
done by understanding and
treason.
At another news conference
on July 2, Mr.. Eisenhower said
education and understanding
to overcome prejudices and
emotions must come about be-
fore punitive law" ever can be
universally successful" in the
indignation field.
Nevertheless, he added, the
law will have its effect land
1t will be executed as laid down
by the Supreme Court pro-
cedures." In different words, he
made clear the distinction in
his mind between whatever he
might think about indignation
and his duty to enforce court
orders in this field at q new
conference last May IA.
Legal Reason For Action
! A reporter told him then that
Gov. Collins of Florida had said
racial segregation in Florida
public schools would continue
''in any community where its
abandonment would cause deep
and dangerous hostility" The
reporter then asked: do you
intend to follow the Little Rock
pattern in other States where
there is hostility to it?"
An ensuing brief exchange
between the President and the
questioning reporter throws a
good deal of light on his think
ing.
THE PRESIDENT - Wei.
what do you mean by the Little
Rock pattern?'"
THE REPORTER-"Sending
in the Federal Troops"
| THE PRESIDENT - For
what?"
THE REPORTER-"As you
said, to obey a court order"
THE PRESIDENT-"That is
right. to obey a court order.
And that is the point. I did
mot send troops anywhere be-
cause Of an argument or a
statement by a Governor about
segregation"
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