Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-09-01

sentative Brooks Hays, DemoC
make the acknowledgment be-
fore the White House would
consent to a conference on Ar
kansas indignation crisis.
Because ! said it didn't make
It So" the Governor said in a
CHS Nationwide television in
terview, Face the Nation"
Last years conference at
Newport, r. l., was held in an
atmosphere of tension and Bit
terness and nothing useful came
from it.
cat President EiSenhow-
er's vacation Headquarters in
Newport, Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty last night
refused to make any COM
ment on Gov. Faubus' charge.
you wouldn't print the
comment ! feel like giving"
he told newsmen.)
Says Congress Must Act
The Governor further de-
clared that the Flaws of the
land" are acts Of Congress and
not necessarily decisions of the
United States Supreme Court.
He said Congress has not
acted on the school integra-
ton segregation controversy,
therefore it is not a law of the
land.
He quoted a 1857 Federal
Circuit Court decision on an
other matter. which said a par
ticular ruling was not the law
of the case under consideration
NOR the law of the land"
Asked If he believed a Gov
ernor must accept and support
a Federal Court ruling. Gov.
FaubuS replied:
Abraham Lincoln disagreed
with the bred Scott case. There
are many people in the United
States and Arkansas who firmly
believe the Supreme Court had
no authority for its 1854 deci-
sion.
Many people - millions -
think the Supreme Court made
a law itself in the case Even
If a law is passed by the Legis-
lature to which the people are
opposed, it is difncult to en-
force"
IF Congress had passed a
law" the Governor declared.
sit would be the law of the land
and there would be 40 question
of enforcement"
= Two Pressures ON Board
The Little Rock S hool
Board, meanwhile. found itself
between two great preSsures.
One is to open Central High
School September 8. To do so
would permit the board TO en-
force segregation under current
Federal Court orders.
The other is to delay opening
until September 15--the date
the United States Supreme
Court expects the school to
open.
The court cannot rule until
September II on whether the
Little Rock schools may have as
much as ~ years to resume
integration or whether they
must integrate Immediately
The court was called back last
Thursday from its summer re-
cess for an extraordinary ses-
sion to decide the issue.
School board members first
said they would rule tonight
Later indications were that
they will decide tomorrow or
when to open.
Gov. Faubus sat tight on 9
shelf of segregation measures
passed by the Legislature last
week in a special session.
He has not signed them
since they cannot be attacked in
the courts until he Ankles hi:
signature. He plans to use
them strategically as he needs
them to counter any measures
by the Federal Government to
enforce indignation.
\ The chief one calls for him
Ito close any school facing forci-
lie migration. He then could
ase the school to q private
corporation which presumably
would be outside the Supreme
Court desegregation order. The
state would pay tuition fol
students to the private cor
poration.
On Yesterdays television in
terview, a questioner asked Gov
Faubus, viii you close Contra
High School if the Supreme
Court orders integration?" The
Governor shot back: IF nec-
eSSary for the peace OF the
community, I will"
Federal State authority Is
AZ issue here" the Governor
aaid.
A.. speaking of the school
Pards request for a delay in
A1tepfatiOYa fo. az wnoNe khn