Evening star., 1962-09-26

carry through with Mr.. Mere
dith's enrolment. The sources
had refused to forecast the de-
partment's next moves but
they did not rule out the use
Of Federal troops.
Gov. Barnett brushed aside
yesterday a directive from the
Circuit Court restraining him
and virtually all of the States
peace officers from interfering
with the registration Of Mr..
Meredith.
Gov. Barnett met Mr.. Mere
dith at the door of the State
College Board office. He re-
fused to accept copies Of the
courts directives and then
read a proclamation asserting
the States sovereignty in the
case.
He said he was acting on
the advice Of the State at
torney general.
Justice Department Attorney
Doar, accompanying Mr.. Mere
dith yesterday, as he did to-
day, called attention to the
Federal court orders again.
Gov. Barnett replied he was
acting under State laws, the
State Constitution, and por-
tions Of the Federal Constitu-
ton delegating powers to the
States.
Mr.. Doar then asked: well,
you refuse to register him?"
The Governor replied: II re-
fuse politely"
Mr.. Doar said: Wen leave
politely"
Mr.. Meredith, a Korean
War veteran, left the Statt
Office Building encircled By
Mississippi highway patrol
men as a crowd Of 1900 hootec
and jeered. He flew to New
orleans.
He stopped briefly at thu
Jackson Airport to talk on thI
telephone with United State'
Attorney General Robert F
Kennedy.
One Of Mr.. Meredith's law
yers said "the gist Of the con-
versation was that he ,(Mr
Kennedy assured Meredith
that they would pursue th'
case until we get some salts
faction"
Gov. Barnett, trapped abou
10 minutes when an elevate
stuck between floors, wa
greeted outside the State OF
flee Building by crowds shout
ing 60 get 'em. Rossl"
MY conscience is clear,
Gov. Barnett said in an i'm
: promptu speech. "I am abid
ing by the Constitution Of Mis-
! sissippi and the United States.
: Gov. Barnett, in addition II
using the Mississippi Constitu
ton and State statutes, invoke'
the 10th Amendment in deny
ing Mr.. Meredith admission
That amendment reserves u
the States powers not delegates
to the Federal Government.
Cheers and Laughter
Gov. Barnett's action wa
, greeted with cheers and laugh
: ter by groups of students OF
the university campus. Late
I Chancellor John D. William
e urged students to show pois
: and tact.
Previously, highway patrol
r men and sheriff's deputie
t began guarding all entrance
: to the campus, demandin
1 Identification from persons rio
;. ing in cars with out-of-Stat
S license plates.
l. In a speech to the Mississippi
9 Senate last night, State Senate
s E K. Collins of Laurel called 0
: the State to win the desegregs
s ton battle regardless of IL
cost in money, regardless of IL
y cost in prestige, and regardlei
T of the cost in human life" T"
T. State Senator Bill Jones I
" Brookhaven praised Gov. Bal
nett's defiance of Federal orde
o and said, mo man or woma
in a lifetime has ever had IL
q opportunity to witness the cou.
a age, the determination of sue
IS a great Governor.
E This is just the beginnir
e of the battle" Mr.. Jones col
e tinued. "The whole world
watching Mississippi. 1t is NJ
a matter Of segregation or int
grafton. 1t is a complex prol
It lem, a real and personal prol
Y lem :"