Jackson advocate., 1963-04-20
On The Abolition OF The State $
Public School system

Coast comes reports of speech by the State Com
missioner of Public Welfare Monday night during
which he drew the conclusion that it is not un-
reasonable to predict the early closing of Mississippi
Public Schols in order to prevent racial integra-
ton; conclusion followed by citing lot of figures
and facts, without mentioning the more probable
cause of such figures and facts,-caculated TO be-
little and condemn the Negro population of tbe
state, and justify and rationalize the vastly in
terror position under which everyone knows, Ne
groes live today in this state
In the very first place we would point out that
the reasonabeness of such prediction and the
oodness to express such prediction can only exist
on the part of public official because of the denial
OF the right to vote and the denial of political par
tcipaton to the Negro citizens of the state; fact
which leads US to again say here that this state
never will emerge from the plight of its past his
tory as long as the Negro issue remains paramount
IN State politics; and to say further that to emi-
nate this evil from the body polite of the state is
nelther the challenge the responsibility of the
Negro leaders of the state but rests with the white
leaders OF the state with whom is lodged the real
power, influence, and authority.
In the next place we would point out that The
Negro IN the United States is only the instrument
IN the hands of those who seek integration in the
United States; on the one hand the Communist who
see IN the issue the confusion and nterracial con-
1hct IN this country that is serving the purpose of
world Communism and on the other hand those
sincere white Americans of the highest positions
who see the total abolition of racial segregation in
this country as the only way to successfully meet
the real challenge of World Communism to seek to
take revenge upon Negroes in Mississippi or any,
where else in the United States because the de-
mand for the abolition of racial segregation by
law IN this country everywhere, including Misss-
sppl, becomes of increasing urgency every day, is
an attempt to place the infirmties of the strong
upon the backs of the weak
Moreover one sees the implication in the speech
of wholesale desire on the part of Negroes to
abandon their own schools to attend school with
Whltes manifestation not evident in those states
formerly with dual systems where racial segrega-
ton in the schools have been removed and even if
the reverse the in those states we can see
no reason why those who are willing and able
snould walt for more obvious direct demand be-
fore establishing private schools for their children
unless 1t is to wait for system that will be pri-
vate in name only getting public support because of
the denial of the Negro right to vote while at the
same time denying the Negro right to public educa-
tiOn
We would also point out here that every Ne
gro IN Mississippi of of intelligence,
along with every intelligent white person, in Mis-
sssippi and everywhere else, knows that all those
figures about Negro legitmacy, Negro veneral di-
seases, the large number of Negroes receiving pub
lie welfare, and etc. the result of political
and economic system that makes it possible to bring
into the state factory that employs 800 white peo-
pie and not single Negro, and are not examples
of inherent racial inferiority.
We Mississippians had better start learning to
discuss our race relations problems without refer
ring to all of the rest of the Black Brown and Yel-
low people in the world, which includes China In
dia, Japan, and Africa because no matter how we
are moved by the nostalgia of the past, neither
Mississippi, the United States itself has the
power to turn back the current of history.
We see need for us Negro citizens of Mis-
ssspp to be too much disturbed or offended by the
State Commissioner of Public Welfares Speech,
because in opinion it could we'll be the fore
responsible white leaders of the state to take the
leadership in seeing that Negro citizens of the
state get the right to vote and political particpa-
tion