Arkansas State press., 1958-10-17
PAUL BUTLER AND THE SOUTH
Statement by Val Washington, Mnorites Director
publican National Committee

Paul Buffers reputation of Governor orval Faubus at
this late date year after Little Rock was obviously
political stunt designed off the growing dsenchant
ment Oh Negro voters With the segregation Democrat Party
1t will fool
One brief statement against Faubus in the midst of an
election campaign can't wipe year Butler prasng
Faubus "a great Democrat with honest pure motives
That was what Butler said in Oaklahoma two weeks after
Faubus Illegally used the National Guard to keep cout-or
dered desegregaion from going into effect Rock
Weak and phony it is, however, Buffers new tune on
Faubus does add least surface reputation But
Butler really repudang Democrat segregation
totaltaranism he has long way to go.
Negro voters and others believe in liberty for all
are waiting for him to repudate Senator Easand
Mississippi Senator who has built prominent Democratic poll
tical solely antiNegroism and bedrock opposition
to civil rights and court law.
They are waiting for Butler repudiae the "a Demo
cra Senators including such so-caled liberals
nedy Wayne Morse Estes Keauver Warren Magnuson
Joseph ONahoney who voted the Civil Rights bill
to chamber death the Easand Committee This would
have succeeded except for "a Republicans Senators who voted
a resoundng mo-"
Darker the world (Which comprise more than
three quarters of the total population waiting Mr.
Butler to repuiae Southern Democrats who dominate the
Democrat Paty and are giving the United States inter-
national black by their defiance of law and
their total disregard for the constitutional rights nearly
Is million Negroes in the United States
Negroes waiting him to repudate Sen Sparlman
1852 Democrat Vice Presidential candidate September
Q958 speech in which he attempted poison minds of
young people when he told young meeting
Southern Democrat interests protected party
through alliance 1T from Northern Western
received the help and sympathy disputes
Incidentally while Butler is in the repudang business
he should repudate all but of the Democrat Senator's
North and SouthIh rest of them voted for TrabyJury in
the Civil Rights Bill of 1857 the first 80 years -spon
sored by the Eisenhower Administration This greatly
ened the Republican bill
Democratic Congress has nothing offer Negro
and other powerful Southern Democrats positions of power
vote for Democrat anywhere is Eastland
committee chairnen
In the Senate Southerners hold the chairmanshps
of the most important committees including the Judiciary
OF which Eastand chairman and most of the ranking
bers of all comittees Southerners.
In the House. Southern Democrats hold IS of 10 commit
tee chaimansips and overwhelming majority
ing positions on the Others
This Southern domination of a Democratic Congress
means that Negro voters voting against themselves and
their vital interests when they cast vote for Democrat
Congressman Senator Because seniority rule
groeS help elect Democrat the North they
helping the Southern Democrats keep strangehod
mtees which control what happens in Congress.
Republican Congress would make small potatoes of
Byrd Eastand Russell Tamadge and their wrecng