Evening star., 1960-04-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR
Racial RebeIIions Abroad and at Home

E7eo 70 CED0lSrrE1e this
moral night The submarines
used their legal riEft" 10
shoot them down ike q pack
Of animals. women and chill
6ren included
Here N the United States,
1t Is considered legally right
TO refuse TO serve Negroes
alongside Of white pe0pls.
Yet few would deny that II
Is also legal for anyone ID
SeeE service. even though he
feels certain that ne VIII be
refused But when the
NegrUeS use TINS legal right
to demonstrate the immoral
lily Of being refused. they are
Legally selZe6 and thrown
into lsLl-
These are tvo examples Of
h0E unjust and uumErCIful
legality can Be Ehsn morality
Is considered null and void
until voted UPON Since Mo-
rsIiTy Is written IN the cOn-
silence Of DEn- We should
De thankful for statesmen
who consider the UuvOsed
morality N the conscience Of
ClEEEEns- when they decide
legal questions Fur. although
they might SrT. or decide q
right for q wrong reason,
morality Is At least stIl con-
S6sTed- and II Is better to do
right for q wrUrg reason than
to do wrong fJr any reason
II the 6zy ever comes when
al Of Our statesmen rely solely
on the cold. unmsrcIfL let
ter Of the Law. we should
indeed be frightened. tur Ie-
gslIty changes with the moOds
Of the times and the very
O1sS who are now so legal
minded could be the next
victims
Morality Is the voice Of ON
Creator. and anyone vino
listens TO his conscience knows
when morality Is being
violated
Catherine Could
With reference TO the Negro
Nt-GOEns m the South. fOr-
msr President Truman Is
quoted as SAYING that the
Negro should behave him.
self and show he's q good
citizen Al vel and good.
But before the Negro can be
a good clrIEen or a poor cit
izsl or any other kind Of 4
ciriEen- he must De permitted
to be : citizen His Citizen
ship nov entities him only
TO the wonderful privileges
Of paying taxes and Of bang
drafted INTO the armed Serv-
ices Oh YES ne Is also
grsci0uSly allowed 70 expose
his private affairs to the
Census Bureau every 10 years,
but not to vote. nor to buy
the property Of his choice,
nor To OBTAIN q decent job,
nor even IN some places To
use the free public library.
The friends which Mr. Trl-
man states the Negro Is
losing because Of these SIT
downs are friends he Is
better on without The price
he pays for these fET wealth
er.pc-Itlcal friends Is greater
than their worth What the
Negro needs nov. and Is
gaining ny his actions N the
face of police and civilian
brutality. Is respect N his
Own eyes and N the eyes OF
the world not friendship
given out Of charity OF fur
personal gain ana no one
can deny respect TO Z man
Who knows he's Z MAI and
stands his ErUCnd.
EI0iSp Greenfield
.
One aspect Of the current
SlE-6CSn protests against
lunch counter discrimination
seems TO have escaped pub
Ec notice OF coumEut- Il
Is that for the first time n
the courrTyis history, college
and university students N
different localities are making
mass demonstrations over En
issue Of really sE-IJus import.
Without exception. II has
hsEesofOre been such weight
less matters as CutzIhnelt O.
pleasure privileges. the dis
Qualification Of some sthlstIc
divinity. OF the SprIng-De
uEs toward panty rsIcDE
that have driven the AmE-
iczn homo colszlzuls u C0r-
cs-TeG action Whatever else
may be said about them,
these present evidences u
social and 1eu-zl maturing
and Of scCIvsted couFcIIol
OF The part Of todzy's cole
Eizrs are . rezSSurIrg promise
Of = better world t1l1-Uw.
II " Uw-muT "