The Petal paper. [volume] (Petal, Miss.) 1953-19??, 1959-05-21

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letter Of considerable interest has to my atten.
+ion Il was written TO William Faulkner Oxford Miss and
dated October a. 1857 think the point made by the writer
is still timely indeed it will be timely so long as people oc
cupy this nation so long as form Of government exists
Can only hope that will be forever.
Like thousands of your readers greatly admire your
penetrating inghts the motvaons OF men and respect
YOU deep and Tor the aoor
of your feelings the just and the unjust
your eloquent letter OF October TO the New
York which remind us that we OF the unteo oes
must set example and unite racial differences
community to endure anywhere in the world
However, statements, think are not as true
as they and likely to play directly INTO the na
of the racehaers Speaking OF an aegeo
fact brought by tragedy of Little Rock you write
is the fact people and Negroes do not ike ana s.
each other perhaps cam Mr. Faulkner am WINE
man from the North but number of Negroes IN the
Armed and elsewhere and can truly say tnat person.
ally know Negroes whom like and trust as nun 40
Al come Of NV white acquantances, and more than 40 Certain
other whites know than few white people VINO SNARE
nv feelings matter and no reason to douOt sa w
exnerience is mutual among number OF Negroes
And even if this ask you IN oeep earnest
which Of us can claim to speak for the feengs
of all the of both races and to state ns po1
only as present, unqualified fact but as one 'ia' - 80
or r. change? am not that statement IS true
If the entire South of the whole country True
;s,ke and mistrs the is endemic IN the ou
md snoradic in the However, IT these elngs wee
universal and as seem to believe feueia
law which opposed and ignored their opsunacy co nv
f tho nnO
inst from the the governed Therefore your
,noualied statement racial incompab1ty were Fue we
should eventually give government Dy a
nersason in the very effort of preserving the -
the vital matter equality before the law while Jeoparozs
the Constitution in the equally Vral Hlael " eNio'e 49,
permanent will Of the people .,,
Rut if nerraca potentially more fluo ana
aenabe to than they now appear 10 De ~ many
a Of the United States, and this IS made known through
at be land the prospect unity IN freedom WI" DC
mi hv strengthened heard about the cases where
arnonv already within the frame OF ntegraton oie
and more Negroes white people could dare 10 eXpelee
that closer fellowship which would gradually replace Stubborn
mutual appreciation ana even
To he sure if white has all his lie DeeVeo ta
~ onn;no sbiugation Negroes the South rlgnt
m cannot expect him accept Indignation cheerul ana even
cs that he will begin and trust the Negro simply because
o law prescrbes not separate educatlon or Do
oces Vet while neither to neaitny Soca ouei
nor POSSIBLE that all members act as friends towards eac
oter believe mistake that III is not mpo
tart for us to like each other especially Wnen you
have indicated that happen Your eloquent eau
for unity without amy be politically expedent wnen ao
dressed TO reluctant for the moment but your sup
ion that such amty neither nor likely IN the
not only confident growth OF sucn aty
re # lacking conradcs the fact OF It's increasing
occurrence in this country.
M sincerely,
81 Marc R. Gutwirth s|
10 Agassz ST.
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