Evening star., 1962-10-05

The guilt for the blood
shed and violence at Oxford,
Mississippi, rests upon us all
for not having learned to
solve our social proble m S
without violence. But there
are four specific and well de-
fined groups upon whom the
blame rests more specifically.
They are:
l. Those who have played
politics with the race ques-
ton, thereby inflaming pas
sions for political gains. 2.
Those who would deny. the
Negro social progress COM
mensurate with his social
gains, thereby giving him a
sense of insufferable frustra-
ton. 8. Those who have re-
nounced gradualism as a
reasonable approach to a
problem that is at least four
centuries old in our country.
4. Those who have taken the
avenue of Federal compul-
sion rather than the avenue
of education and mutual un-
derstanding to a problem
that is basically moral rather
than political.
Surely Gov. Ross Barnett
and his kind have done ir-
reparable damage to our
country's foreign policy as
well as to split us Internal
ly; but the announced in
tention of the NAACP to seek
the admission of q secon d
Negro student at the Univer-
sity of Mississippi in these
troubled times would be of
equally bad taste and Just
as damaging to our internal
and external security.
Jesse E. Aiken.
Your editorial, entitle d
Aftermath" stated ". g.
Troops can accomplish
anything they are ordered to
undertake. But they
cannot erase the new bitter
ness, the fresh hatredS en-
kindled by their use. The
aftermath of the tragedy in
oxford will require mature
craftsmanship and wise lead
ership if it is to be con-
tanned" This is the voice Of
a Daniel come to Judgment. !"
Also the due Process Of
Law Ignored" column by Da-
vid Lawrence is another state
ment Of facts and cold logic.
but q voice In the wilder
ness. And william s. Whites
open letter to a Mississippi
delta uncle Is moving and to
the point.
One question: Since Mere
dith was the pawn, integra-
ton the bait, wasn't the
youth" who gave the orders
the one consumed with hate? ?
A. C. Nagel.
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When Ross Barnett talks OF
the Federal Government in
terfering with the rights of
''the people Of Mississippi,
he is only referring to half
the population of the State
Only the Federal Government
can protect the other half OF
the people of Mississippi
the Negro half. Without the
vote or the guarantee OF
other rights the Constitution
gives them, the Negro hall
must turn to Washington for
help and not to Gov. Bar
nett.
Elizabeth Huffman.
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The newspapers have con-
demned Barnett and praised
Kennedy. Does the Presi-
dents chest stand out with
pride over the blood Of the
victims sacrificed to prove
that the Federal Government
can overpower a State? The
President has intimidateo
business men, invoked the
Taft-Hartley Act more fire.
quently and much quicker
than any other President
What are we moving toward?
Will Americans wake up ir
time to prevent everything
from coming under Fedora
control?
Norma LOtz.
Purcellville, Va.
A I am shocked and surprised
that your paper continues Il
allow David Lawrence to ust
it as a "springboard" for hi
radical opinions. The en-
closed column (''Due Process
of Law Ignored") is a case il
point and to my mind he Il
far off base. Perhaps hC
would be happier if he coulc
join the former Gen. Walker
Both are birds of a feather
H. E. Forbes, ST.
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The article due Process
Of Law Ignored" by DaviC