The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-06-26
What will he do with it,"

Northport Friday that the desegre
cation decision will be reversed he
was thinking wishfully but moi
necessarily wildly. it seems to me
The court has gone through shock
since 1854.
It wouldn't have dreamed there
was SO much blood, passion, solidity
and ingenuity in the South Or that
support of the South would accumu-
late from so many Americans al
/, ready in revolt against court usur-
pations and legislations.
| Also it isn't the same court. Earl
Warren presides more often now
over court minority than ma
jority.
Mister Dooley's statement that
the Supreme Court follows the cleo
tons tends to come true in that the
court tends to follow public opinion.
And in this instance public opinion
or public psychologists part of the
case. The quality of psychology on
which the court relied in making
the deSegregation decision is the
reason now for reconsideration
Everywhere it is becoming evident
that the psychology of mass mixing
is disastrous-for the white student,
the colored student, the peace and
order and elan Of communities, and
the cause of education.
The court took the word of Gun
mar Myrdal and other sociologists
that the psychology Of separation
was bad
But the court has before it now
five years Of bitter proof that the
psychology Of mixing or attempted
mixing is worse
We are entitled to our faces, es-
pecially the Supreme Court. And to
our professional fences. If the court
should indeed be inclined to reverse
itself in effect but not in form on
desegregation, the so-called place
ment law could be way out. 1t
has been declared constitutional IN
less used to exclude purely because
of race. But excluding because of a
caused by race is not
the same as excluding because of
race The court might keep the de-
segregation decision standing and
in consistency rule that where pub |
lie psychology makes mixing dis |
astrous this psychology may be de-
termlning.
Why shouldn't President Eisen-
hover make himself now the high |
agent Of the public opinion Mister
Dooley had in mind. He is not only |
the chief executive over one branch |
but the presiding officer over all
branches and the whole nation. And |
he happens to be at this moment, |
i'll miraculous come back, the most
believed in man on Planet Earth. |
President Eisenhower finds him
self today, Editor Cauthen puts it
in The Columbia. S. c., Record.
more the rugged, lone soldier and
boss than at any time in his ca
reer." Commenting on the way he
is carrying on without his closest
advisors Of heretofore. Mr. Cauthen
says there have been times when it
seemed he would be recorded as
one Of the weaker presidents but
there is evidence that the weak
ness may have existed largely in
some of those associates now de-
parted from Washington mot Mr..
Dulles. Of course
What Will he do with this new
life-since only 10 months are left?
The current New Yorker, noting
that his popularity may continue
to mount If the Berlin crisis passes
without a major defeat for Ameri
can power" says "but there is
nothing much the President can do
with his popularity.
Let the New Yorker stop and
think The President could use this
gift Of the gods in settlement of the
constitutional crisis. It is going to
be re olved at last by public
opinion, or can be- The heart of it
is in the South, whexe the issue is
most passionate and intense. but
the peace, order and psychology Of
the nation are involved Dwight
Eisenhower has psychological as
we'll as constitutional doubts. They
date back through many years. He
told the Senate Armed Services
Committee III March, 1913. when he
was Chief Of Staff that he knew mo
answer other than education and
mutual respect to the race prob
lem" and that If we attempt
merely by passing a lot Of laws to
force someone to like someone else,
we are Just going to get into
trouble. ne HAS never dlltItu ILLS
conviction in all the quarrelsome
years, never endorsed the desegre-
cation decree or civil force laws.
because of Little Rock we lose
sight of the fact that of all national
figures today he is most sympa-
thetic with the South on the race
question.
He could serve South and nation
now with a strong expression Of
opinion, strongly followed up, with
the stress on psychology"
Never, surely, was lame duck
more agile and influential. The very