Evening star., 1962-10-05
LETTERS TO THE STAR
The Oxford Incident in Retrospect


: interpreting laws, which were
conceived by wiser minds
and established by usage.
Laws of the land in ef-
feet since time immemorial
were altruistically formulated
for the good of the Nation
and all its citizens, without
influence from factional
pressures. Laws which have
been approved over the years
by the Nations greatest legal
minds, when reinterpreted by
lesser minds, inevitably lead
to chaos.
Generations of judicial
predecessors unquestion-
ably considered the law Of
separate but equal rights"
better than knocking individ-
uals' heads together to make
them love each other, or
using armed troops to en-
force intermingling. The ac-
tivities of foreign and do
mestic pressure groups in no
way appears to detract from
their wisdom.
The agitators' victory can
only result in the weakening
of State governments, which
contributes towards the de-
struction of the United
States by instituting a CEN
tral all-powerful regime,
which is foreign to our ways,
whether it be called a die
tatorship, family dynasty or
anything else.
New Deal Republicans. and
New Frontier Democrats.
constitute in effect a one
party system.
There is only one remedy
for bad leadership and that
is the franchise. The country
is badly in need Of an OPP
position party.
Godfrey Dawes Baker,
La Plata, Md.
David Lawrence's article,
due Process Of Law Ig-
nored," states There is
nothing in the. Constitution
of the United States or in
the laws passed by Congress
which authorizes the use of
Federal troops to compel any
public educational institution
to admit q certain student
just because he demands that
he is enrolled. There is
nothing in the Constitution
which even mentions 'educa-
ton as one Of the subjects
coming within the powers Of
the Federal Government"
These statements imply
that the Government sent
Federal troops to oxford for
the sole purpose Of compel
ling the University of Mis-
sissippi to register ia m e S
Meredith. The fact is, though,
that these troops were called
upon solely to enforce an
order of the. court and to
maintain the integrity of
constitutional law. The fact
that the court order being
enforced dealt with the ad-
mission Of a Negro at q pub
lie educational institution is
an important, emotional, but
secondary matter. Whether
that order of the court is a
gust one or a valid one Is
irrelevant as far as the OBJ
legation of the Executive
Branch to execute, preserve,
protect and defend the Con-
stitution 1ncluding any and
all laws of the Congress or
decisions or orders of the
Federal courts) is concerned.
C. F. Mcintosh.
= y
Staff Writer O'Leary's ac-
count of the "red neck"
roundup on the Ole Miss
campus by Federal troops
was no doubt amusing to GER
tain Star readers. Perhaps
that was its intent. Here is
depicted a Negro sergeant
cursing and manhandling
a defenseless white youth
whose crime was that he was
: Caught" on the ampus
where a riot had occurred
; the day before. Whether the
youth was a student, and
! what he was doing on the
, campus, were facts too dr.
relevant to mention. To make
, the story even more enter
: tanning, there is a photo
. graph showing the youth
!, spread-eagled on the floor,
T with several rather shame
/ faced soldiers and marshals
standing around.
The tenor of the OLeary
account was that all things
were as they should be; that
this is the sort Of righteous
justice that should be sum-
/ marily m eted out to all
Southern whites who dare
J oppose forced race mixing.
= Harvey II. Hewitt.