The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1963-09-27
T. Colemon Andrews
In Balance
BY T. COLEMAN ANDREWS

BY L. COLEMAN ANDREWS
The heart of the so-called
Civil Rights Act Of 1868 has to
do with racial imbalance,
phrase we will come to know.
President Kennedy is pressing
for passage of this legislation,
he tells us, so that there will be
no longer an 'imbalance" of
race or religion anywhere in our
society.
Now, Just what 'imbalance
means to President Kennedy ~
other than that he means to
abolish it is a moot question
He hasn't told us. But if it
means anything other than an
equal proportion of white people
and colored people. red people
and brown people. c a h o C,
PrOtestants and Jews in every
establishment in the n ion,
then. language no longer means
what it says. For quite obvious
ly. if white people constitute 60
per cent of the population of a
given locality. the races would
not be balanced unless 60 per
cent Of the jobs in a given es-
Establishment within the area
were held by white people. And
if the rest - 40 per cent - were
negroes, then. 40 per cent Of the
jobs. and, it follows. job classi-
fications, must be held by Ne
grOeS.
Similarly, under this proposed
law. if school which has bene-
fitted directly or indirectly"
from Federal funds and which
one hasn't. there are free"
school lunches. remember then
its faculty, to conform to the
law. must be racially and re-
ligiously balanced. So. Luth-
eran schools must employ a
stipulated percentage of Catho-
lie teachers and in Catholic
schools there must be Jewish
teachers.
Does that shock you? Then
hold on to your hat.
Under the Civil Rights Act of
1868. as presented to Congress
by John F. Kennedy. similar
Federal controls would apply if
you buy. build or sell a house;
they will tell you who will sell
to, thank you. Federal controls
will apply if you own a business
where the goods you offer or
use have moved in interstate
commerce. They will apply if
you receive or expect to receive
social security or Welfar pay
mentS. own farm. or have a
child in school.
The list is endless.
But the bitterest part of the
bill has to do with voting.
Under the Presidents tyranni
cal proposal. Federal registrars
could enroll thousands of voters
just prior to an election-local.
state or national run them
through the polling booths with
out a by-your-leave from any
one. and then sit back to count
the fruits of victory
For. though such ballots. la
ter. may be declared invalid,
the votes cast on election day
could not be invalidated. And
the same chicane bit of business
could be repeated. under this
bill. over and over again.
The fact is. this proposal of
the President is 10 per cent
Civil Rights and 80 per cent
Federal Control. 1t vests in one
person. the Attorney General.
the Presidents brother. Bobby.
more raw. naked power over
the life and property of the citi-
zens Of this nation than has ever
before been held by any man.
Think of it. The Kennedys
would have the power to black
list banks. contractors, schools.
businesses and individuals, all
without trial by jury. Without
notice or hearing. even. And the
penalty would be fine or i'm
prisonment.
These people are seeking to
erect a scaffold. is what they
are doing. to hang the American
people for the sin of violating
some nebulous thing called civ
il rights
Very we'll. One question re-
mains. Having erected their
scaffold. having held their civil
rights lynching bee. who. the
question comes, do they mean
to lynch next?
When civil rights has been in
TERED, the scaffold will remain,
the percedent will be there. Who
will be next?