Evening star., 1960-03-18
LETTERS TO THE STAR
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shed His grace on thee =.
If ever there was a time
when America needed to
show the results of His light,
it is now. Our leaders must
encourage brotherhood or this
great land Of ours will for
ever be divided against itself,
nationally as well as inter-
nationally.
When the halls Of Congress
echo the spirit of democracy
and recognize man not based
on the color Of his skin but
by his ability; when the
Executive is as determined to
talk brotherhood and racial
cooperation in his own coun-
try as well as abroad; when
the test to be applied to con-
tests between man is that of
justice and fair play-then
win this country be the land
Of the free and the home Of
the brave.
AS Americans we must
if we are to remain true to
our God and true to our
fellow man - constantly
march forward not back
wards, upwards not down.
wards. together not apart,
united not divided.
George b. Parks.
The current wave of
Negro agitation in the South
which recently erupted into
violence causing both prop
erty damage and body in
jury is quite a revelation to
me. For years I've gone along
SNUG in my belief that in
the unenlightened South a
Negro was lucky to have an
opportunity to attend grade
school. The idea of the South
offering higher education for
Negroes appeared to be en-
tirely out Of the question.
And why not? Wasn't prac-
tically every word written
and spoken about Southern
race relations geared to prov
ing how badly Negroes were
treated?
Now. wonder Of wondersl
All of a sudden enough
Southern Negro college stu
dents have appeared on the
scene to create simultaneous
disturbances in practically
every major Southern city.
This certainly proves to me
that you can't believe all you
read and hear. 1t also proves
the wonderful advantages of
a college education.
The violence at an eating
establishment is also most
surprising. ! thought violence
was resorted to only by
bigoted, prejudiced. unedu-
Gated white Southern riff
raft. On the basis of Negro
actions, it certainly appears
that education is no deter
rent to violence.
Civil rights advocates,
please note, especially Con-
greSsmen and Senators. A
person has right to patron
ize an eating establishment
without fear Of property loss
and damage to life and limb.
Even in one of those horrible
segregated places, this should
be true. Are you going to
consider this incident when
and if civil rights legislation
Is enacted?
J..H. Carter.
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We hear much about hate
literature these days. but
what about hate legislation?
I am speaking of hate the
South" civil rights legisla-
ton. This legislation was
cant for "Southerners
only"
When an amendment was
offered by Senator Lausche
to extend the provision to
cover violation of all Fed
eral court orders, not just
those involving school de-
segregation, a motion was
made to kill the entire meas
ure. Rather than run the
risk of eventual enactment
of the proposal, they killed
it. If passed, the legislation
could have been used to curb
unions involved in inJunc-
tion disputes. In other words,
the anti-Southern lawmak-
ers didn't want to enact a
law to punish all violators,
but they Just wanted to
make it a crime if a South
erner violated an Injunction,
1t is elementary that the
laws as written by the law
makers apply equally to all
And it is the duty of the
judges to see that the laws
which are enacted do apply
to all.
1t is the maliciouSneSs OF
intent of those back of these