Evening star., 1960-03-18

prompted the Term INFAMOUS
civil rights" to be applied to
them.
Kitty L. Reynolds.
Justus says, The deter
mination of right is mainly a
matter of conscience. and is
conditioned largely by cir
cumstances." How happily
must Khrushchev agree with
him! Thus, he can, without a
nagging conscience (Which is
either dead or nonexistent).
deprive the workers" of the
right to vote. for the good Of
the republic.
The circumstances" are no
doubt a matter Of which shoe
the foot is in. When the ma
jority happens to be white
citizens who want to keep the
colored minority under foot.
it is a wrong worthy Of the
name tyranny" to be de-
prived Of this fright" On the
other hand. when the ma
jority in a community hap
pens to be colored who simply
want to get out from under
foot, 1t is a right worthy Of
the name Justice" to deprive
them of this right by any
and every devious means at
hand; otherwise, a Negro
might even be elected Gov
ernor, and they would find
themselves in a most embar-
RAISING situation.
Might I suggest that we
white people still have the
right TO move where we want
to move il we don't like our
surroundings? So. this would
require a great sacrifice on
the part of white people, who
have acquired their property
through their own industry
and effort? Need it be re-
minded that the Negro slaves
were used as a stepping stone,
and that property was OBJ
tanned mostly through their
industry? The debt of our
forefathers still hangs over
our heads; we can never be
free Of 1t by evading any and
all sacrifices it might require
to pay 1t. Our debt is only
increased by putting it off,.
Every Negro who is deprived
of his human and civil rights
today adds so much interest
to the debt that we must ac-
count for.
I speak not as an out
slider" who knows little of the
problem. I was born and
raised in the Deep South, and
am we'll familiar with the
Southern attitude and
method of dealing with the
Negro population. What I
once accepted with only a
twinge of conscience. as Gus
tom, without deep thought
and consideration, I now con-
denim as selfish and unjust
subjugation for m a terial
gain. I say this with no in
tention of judging any indi-
viduals who are still slaves
to this custom. When they
finally cease fighting their
conscience which is trying to
tell them the truth. they will
be converted, as I have been
- unless they destroy their
conscience, and become like
Khrushchev.
Catherine Gould,
Former Citizen of Little Rock,
Ark.
4
When Government seeks or
seizes powers that are unjust
or discriminatory, one may
suspect its motives.
During the Senate fill
buster, the civil rights bill
was amended by Senator
Lausche making the penalties
for opposing court orders
apply everywhere, not just in
the South as the administra-
tion wished. Immediately the
race mixers termed the
amendment anti-labor. which
it certainly was not, and
they voted to kill the whole
section.
In the House bill are
exactly the same provisions
aimed at the South, still
penalizing the South while
exempting the North. At
torney General Rogers has
demanded that this section
be passed without change.
Since discriminatory laws
are against both the letter
and the spirit of the Con-
stitution, one can only as
sumo that Mr.. Rogers and
the Supreme Court have an
understanding.
If there are any fair
minded men remaining in the
House, Mr.. Rogers will have
his ears pinned back, and I
hope my own Congressman,