Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-21


and the one who wrote the
one preferring the mouth
ings of the editor Of the At
lanta Constitution to the Da-
vid Lawrence column must
be the lefty" who gets into
your editorial column every
so often. This editorial and
the article by Editor Patter-
son made me sick-and I
mean sick. If either Of them
would use the brain that the
good Lord must have given
them, they would know that
the church bombing in Bir-
mingham wasn't the work Of
any white Southerner but
plainly the work of Com
munists, who are behind this
whole horrible mess.
Jos. P. Addison.
4
Your editorial comment
"Mr. Lawrence's Thesis"
castigating that distinguished
writer, was uncalled for.
There were a number Of ex-
tremely intelligent lines Of
reasoning in Mr.. Lawrence'S
column which merit consid-
Grafton and exploration; but
the article by Eugene Patter-
son on the front page Of
The Star was designed purely
and simply to appeal to the
emotions.
This business Of blaming
the whole white race in the
South for the crimes Of q
handful Of outlaws land no.
body has yet proven that they
were white mem is grossly
unfair. RIM,
1t seemed to me that your
September II editorial "Mr.
Lawrence's Thesis" was far
more intolerant than the COL
umn written by David Law
renee, wherein he points out
the tragedy, the wrong, and
appeals for better under
standing between men.
Our racial differences in
America are complex. Both
races have erred, both races
have many factions within
race, but whatever under
standing is reached, must be
achieved without force or
violence by either race, as
Mr.. Lawrence points out.
Guanetta Gordon.
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1t is possible that the in
dividuals who committed the
atrocity in an Alabama
church, bombing and killing
four little children, were
madmen. 1t is possible.
But 1t is also possible that
this act Of barbarism was a
rational, well-planned act Of
cultural warfare and politi-
cal terrorism, designed to
achieve In time, four specific
detectives: - to kill small
children at prayer and turn
the stomachs Of the Ameri-
can people; y to inflame
Negro and national indigna-
ton at the unwillingness Of
Alabama law enforcement
officials to end the bombing
and terrorism of innocent
Negro people; 81 to impeach
Governor Wallace and place
all State and local law en-
forcement agencies in the
hands OF the Justice Depart
ment; ~ TO eliminate any
possibility of any Southern
governor, and especially Gov.
Wallace, from taking UP res
idence In the White House.
With this fatal weakness
in Southern justice. 1t is then
easy for The Star to con-
denim its own longstanding
columnist, David Lawrence,
for asking the very perth
nent question. who threw
the bomb in Birmingham"
In its haste to pin one on"
George Wallace, The Star
has not hesitated TO stoop to
a little guilt by association"
Of its own.
Rufus Webb
I was shocked to read the
editorial criticizing David
Lawrence In Tuesdays issue
OF The Evening Star. Several
readings Of the Lawrence ar
ticle in the same issue dis
closed nothing to indicate,
to me, that Mr.. Lawrence
advances the thesis that the
death Of four Negro children
in Birmingham is a some
what logical result Of the
active efforts of Negroes TO
secure their civil rights as
Americans" His statement
that Ito preach non-violence
yet TO sanction street demon
STATIONS which incite TO
violence Is TO stir UP the
deepest emotions" was no
more than competent and