The Detroit tribune., 1963-01-05
Judge Aastie in Rights Day
Talk at Morgan St. College
THE CHRISTINE THING ON RACE

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BALTIMORE. Nd - The tragedy Of Mississippi and
other Of the South IS due hasicalh 10 almost
total failure 10 belief the equality Of every in
di,ldusl Judge William H HASTE said :. Morgan State
College recently
Delivering TIE Bill Ct Rights Day address a, the Col
eee United States Circuit Court Of Appeals lurist de-
cared.
suspect the tragedy Of Mississippi and neshborins
areas today is eharsesbie primarily fail
many years teach each generation 70 under
and believe in the great concepts Of eavaIarsn
ceiey which respects 'he dignity and personality Of
individual"
Instead Of eschins eousls and respect local schools
the South judge HASTE Continued have taught white
supremacy Ai,h attendant contempt and hatred for
ones neig ghbors The result said such eduoa
ton in negaon Of BIZ Of Rights inevitably produces
society which i ugly and ncongrous csricature Of
the American ideal
Judge HASTE described the Bill Of ghts as Con
tuiiona scheme ioT promoting the values oi human d.g
nily and freedom agansi oppressive s1non b. TIE occrs
Of government
He said hs ii may be argued tha, men in this coun.
try. when they framed the Bill Of Rights gave liberty
more emphasis than security
He warned however. Of shift toward the opposite
direction today which may lead 70 oeTephssis upon
security at the risk Of individual liberty he said
IN is Of greater today that in
cety, close the Russian Revolution in apprehension
overemphaze security al the Of vital historic
Liberties some OF the newer nations seem to be
doing.
What we risk is the unerises acceptance Of shift
Of social equilibrium toeratns less and less personal
liberty in alarmed search for and protection
cf the organized community"
He urged analysis Of todays complex situation in the
light Of the American experience In that way he said
will recognize the complex Of present day proposals
advanced in the security two-edged
swords
Judge HASTE cited Ghana as an example Of newly
emerging nation in which the founding fathers deemed i
relatively unmportant to maintain the stability Of the
new government against unsettng influences He said
Today six years after Ghana became inde
pendent nation the principal from that country is
the story of preventive detention and the suppression of
political dissent
I'm the absence Of guarantees Of either free speech
fair procedure ihe has been free TO seize
and Jail leaders Of the opposition party and other critics
whose have been deemed dangerous the
eurity Of the state.
often persons thus arrested are not tried or even
charged with crime They merely seized and ncarcer
aed by order Of the executive.
Judge Hsstie referred TO visit he took to Ghana:
I'm 1861, when was in Ghana IL was estimated that
three hundred opponents Of the government
thus jailed without charge and for indefinite dvrs
son We told that the number Of such prisoners
has increased 10 thousand more though happily many
have since been released.
"Of course for the time being political dissent is
crushed and with individual freedom What explosive
forces building under the imposing surface calm
only guess"
The iursf called this tragedy which has occurred
because the undoubtedly patriotic founders Of chans
sedueed by the attractive rofon that individual freedom
against government luxury which they could afford
70 forego order that their brave country might have
stability and tranquility"
And he added - ALREADY they paying terrible
price for this miscalculstion"
He also cited India a nation which in different
way has sought security by amending its constitution SO
that it took neutral position between freedom of
preston and other needs Of the society"
The riddle Of secure nation which respects indi-
vidvs freedom Is problem that eonfrons all societies.
ihe vrs said. and warned that none solve II per-
feefy In ihs world Of today he declared "men simply
esnnoi have al Of the freedom and ali Of the security they
much wsn "a have