The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-11-27

It is time Of antics. 1t is even
more time of solemn pronounce
ments which say everything and
nothing. This is the necessary way
of two-party system, especially
when one of the two includes the
most conspicuous extremes the
conservative South and the radical
North and East.
WITH BATED BREATH, there
fore, Editor Caleb King, Of TIL
Florida Times-Union, awaits It h e
synthetic connections with which the
South will be pixillated by the
candidates.
Fighting it out within the party"
will be a favorite.
Meaningless phrases, ones with
two meanings, generalities 50 gen
eral they include contradictions,
and. cleverest Of all. slight shifts
in the point under discussion which
let you win what isn't really the
argument-these are old tricks in
the trade of synthetic platform max
ing and Of campaigning from the
North in the South.
THERE IS NO TRUTH in rumors
that Southern delegates who don't
take orders from Chairman Butler
and company have been advised to
bring sleeping bags, tents and two
way radios to Los Angeles. Thanks
to public address systems you can
hear perfectly well from the back
rows and up on the rafters. AS for
sleep, nobody is going to be able
to do much Of that In the snog.
even with a room and bed. The
stuff stings as well as stinks.
CALLING DR.. GALLUP" Can
there be more than meets the eye
in this resurrection Of the white
primary in Arkansas and the up
coming Supreme Court case about
it? The Court has ruled white
primaries unconstitutional because
they arc part Of the election ma
chinery. But suppose there should
be prior to the primary meeting.
convention or broadened Gallup
poll naming a candidate for whom
all whites would vote in the pri-
mary or write In on the election
ballot?
The Supreme Court wouldn't I'M
dertake to call a Gallup poll Of
whites unconstitutional. Nor to say
the choice OF that poll might not
be voted for voluntarily by whites
thereafter in a primary or an cleo
lion.
The thing would presume a lot
Of discipline among whites, Of
course.
IF. BREATHING FIRE. Senator
Talmadge seems to throw cold
water on what he breatheS, it can
be optical illusion.
The South is full Of such illusions
low
Owner Of Georgia in political fee
simple, looked to as leader not
only in the South but over the ma
ion, ideologcally a million miles
rom the Reuther NAACP-B Butler
outfit. he is more cautions now than /
ever about the national party.
And he has always been cautious. !
He is against walking out Of the |
and aren't We all? This |
Thing is deeper than any such dra- I
naticS now. 1t is a matter Of what
We do on election day and Of being
equipped with devices for freedom
20 do. +
The Senator is for support the
S nominee if at all pos
sible We should understand his
position and that Of political lead
FRS like him. II differs from cur
,wn as private citizens
REVOLT IN THE SOUTH today !
S grass rooted and in-grained It +
comes from us the people. II is
We. not our political leaders. who
are going to lead in refusing to
.ollow the party nominee and the /
rational party if the atmosphere is \
Is socialist integrationist as ii SO
we'll may be. If the leaders are |
they can be given
honorable and understood leave of |
absence.
Well remember in their favor 4
hat what we are doing in the \
Presidential election Is what they |
rave been doing for 20 years in
Congress, voting free as between
he two parties in q coalition that /
las often saved America. for Ameri-
ans
DAVID LAWRENCE makes both /
political and moral sense when be
,ayo what a great Democratic ticket
tevenson and Kennedy would
make But be Is Immoral. even # !
logical. when he says what a great
ticket Nixon and Rookie
teller would make.
Surely our country must outgroW |
like this or die!
No two men could be ideologlcally /
farther apart than Nixon and
Ii one Is right the