Evening star., 1960-04-02


cept by demonstrations that
exhaust the patience of the
police and IN tense. emotion
al moments cause violence
to break out2" Having thus
dismissed Freedom Fight
erS" as publicity hounds he
continues those who
defy Cthe Law Of the land
nun the risks Of punishment
To organize citizens to defy
the law and to participate IN
mass demonstrations comes
close to a conspiracy by small
groups Of citizens to i1cz-s
others to riot
A second reading. however.
gives me pause. Mr. Lawrence
is not talking about Hungary
after all. it is in South Africa
that he Is uphol6lnE the
forces Of Law and terror But
this cannot fool me-he Is q
real global-type thinker and
is Just as capable rs ! am
to see that the African and
Hungarian Freedom Fighters
are brothers under the skin
Why cannot some people
see that the fight for FREE
dom is one. eveIywheTe3
Whether in Hungary. Algeria
Tibet. or South Africa. the
fight for freedom and de-
cency is being wage6 for al
men, everywhere Let Us not
worry about whose OK Is
gored- From Birmingham to
Budapest, men yeaTn for free
dom and human dignity. and
murder is q crime whether
committed by Moscow or
Johannesburg Must ne BE-
tray Africans because II suits
KhruShchev to betriend
them2 This would be the
groSsest hypocrisy
Let US. instead. ask the
Russians to JOIN Us as sigma
tories to the U. N DecHzrs-
ton Of Human Rights. and
call for U. N.-superTLSed cleo
tons IN every police state IN
the world.
Warren W. MorSe-
Reading Of the trouble In
South Africa reminds me Of
the Boer-EngliSh var 50
years ago In which NY
sympathies were with the
Beers, for what reason ! don't
know. ! have changed nv
mind now. and am glad they
were defeated by the British
The Beers wanted TO push
out the English because they
the Dutch, were IN South
Africa many decades ahead
Of the English
They are the same breed
today trying 10 sub6ue and
Submerge the Negro In that
part Of the world ! hope they
lose the respect Of the civil
lied world for their un-
Christian doctrine toward the
llllterate and une6ucate ted
black man
T. r. Mccarthy.
The average American de-
plores the recent racial Diff
fculties in the Union of
South Africa; however. the
only legitimate concern that
our Government has with
In the geographical bound
aries Of this Union Is for the
safety and welfare Of Ane-l-
can nationals visiting therein
Our recognition Of the
government of South Atrlca
implies our belief IN the
permanency and integrity Of
this government rs OH pear
in world councils and sover-
eign within its Own land
If South African internal
affairs do not meet ogr llk-
ing, let me suggest q few
more foreign practices that
We could send . parcel Of
nasty notes about
J. Legalized gambling In
England. ?. Bul-hghr1ng and
cock-1ighting In Mexico and
Spain 3. LegaliEed p-o<-ztu-
ton IN Japan {. Co16scstton
Of privately owned property
without payment II Cuba
5 Polygsmy In the NoSlsn
nations. Ad ln1lnl-un-
But. by such . worldly
noseyneSS We invite = uni
verSal perusal OF Our OWL
slightly soiled. domestic linen
which We ike 10 think we ~ln
be able 10 wash Sone6Ry. al
by ourselves.
Arthur J. Williams
.
When legality Is divorced
from morality. she takes the
devil for her spouse. In Air.
ca, it is legally right that
al Negroes must carry passes