The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1959-09-29
Letters 10 Editor
Prince Edward
Stands In Breach

Editor of Herald:
Lest the good people Of Prince
Edward county forget. while over
coming problems Of maintaining
private schools through popular
subscription, an overwhelming ma
jority of the people all over the
country. North and South are be-
hind you! They applaud your cour-
age and resolution in the face Of
a hostile press and Federal judici-
airy
In the end you're bound to win
out. Forces of decency will always
prevail Moreover, your children
will be better educated. turn out to
be better citizens without the frills
and furbelows Of modern pedagogy
Everywhere l go in my travels
through many states. hear favor
able comment from substantial citi-
ZenS on the fortitude of the people
of Prince Edward Even here in
Washington, a Negro city. one fire.
quently hears from both races
words of praise Only the noisy
/ press, radio and television- try for
some paradoxical + e S sons. are
propagandiZing against your effort
by sending reporters, bleeding heart
feature writer's, and others there to
stir up the people
But their efforts are falling on
stony ground To refute charges in
the press that private education
there can't last. let these scribes
remember nearly every white child
! whose folks can afford it goes to
private S c h o o S in the Newark
| N. j.. area. Private grammar and
high schools flourish throughout the
North The do for one reason-seg
regation! In addition, their parents
pay public school taxes.
Private schools in England. in
France and in many other coun-
tries flourish They educate leaders
of their lands Look at Elton, at
Harrow and at Kings School at Can
terbury, to mention a few And Wiz
ginia has many good ones also, III
GLIDING the Hampton Institute sor
Negroes!
In Washington, white residents
are leaving the District of Columbia
as rapidly as they can locate else
where to get their children out Of
integrated schools. Negroes are
pouring in. to get on relief and send
their children to District. schools
Besides. white career people
scores Of them, who have no chill
dren are returning to their homes
or moving elsewhere because the
Negrophile government here doesn /
afford them protection. Two women
each with ten years experience in
their respective careers. are leav-
ing for positions in Virginia cities.
where they at least won't be terror
lied.
Prince Edward may well set the
pattern for the South and entire
nation. 1t treated its Negro popu
lation well. spending a million dol
lars to build high school superior
in physical layout to that of the
white students just to give the
Negro pupils good education.
OF that million. the white tax
payers doubtlessly put up seven
eighths of the cost, or at least a
large part Of the cost. A check of
the tax receipts there in the Court
house will tell what part. Yet. the
NAACP and the minority support
ing it was not content, Despite the
wishes of the entire white popula-
ton. and vast majority of the re-
spectacle. outstanding Negro citi-
zens, that group sought to tear
down the educational structure by
forcing integration
And current Federal administra-
ton supports the NAACP for the
shallow. callous reason it wants to
try to get the Negro vote next
time! And in its stupidity it forgets
t1dI tne Wnlte voters Plus their Ne
gro friends constitute the big ma
jority in this country.
What sorry mess of pottage!
Nobody has yet explained why
much Of the daily. press, which
caters to the majorities for circu-
lation. is trying to force indignation
on the people. Under a democracy.
the majority rules Yet the inflamed
pens of countless, reporters tout up
out of all proportion the efforts of
both white and Negro communi-
ties-the vast majority of each-to
keep their schools going on a seq
regated basis. Why does the press.
radio. and television want integra-