Evening star., 1963-09-02
LETTERS TO THE STAR
The Rights March in Retrospect

A. Philip Randolph, peer
less patriarch, and his in
comparable coterie of COL
leagues on both national and
local levels have won the ac-
colade of history. Through
their unflagging industry and
unfaltering inspiration they
have given to the March on
Washington a lustrous VIC
tory that will remain I'M
tarnished by the tireless tick
of time.
Walter Fauntroy, his asso-
ciates, District officials and
cooperating agencies deserve
mountainous praise for mas
terful performances.
The whole matchleSs affair
was electric with the signifi-
canoe and urgency of the
present and ponderous with
predictions of the future.
Stretching from the shrine of
the Great Emancipator on
toward the Capitol was a
Gideon's army of people who,
though varying in such de-
tails as religion, color, poll
tical credo, etc., had come to
the same place for the same
compulSive purpose.
There is no doubt that such
designing leadership and de-
termined followers can and
will capture the future. Rep
reSentative Broyhill's apprais-
al of the March was that it
had cost downtown mer-
chants a million dollars. The
wealth accruing to Ameri-
cans from this divine day
will be that they have set
themselves, all in one body,
upon the trail of democ-
racy's rainbow at whose end
lies the pot of gold-of gold
en- rights, of golden RESPONSE
bilitieS, of golden freedom.
J. w. Haywood, Jr.
+ i Il
1t seems fitting, at this mo-
ment, to compliment most
highly the leaders of the
March on Washington on the
orderly progression of the
event. 1t seems to me that the
planners outmaneuvered the
extremists, who might have
otherwise turned the event
into a propaganda parade, or
a riot.
1 hope that this March will
be a continued inspiration to
the Negro people to appreci-
ate the opportunities given in
this country for the improve
ment and advancement Of
their race. The world should
be made to comprehend the
tremendous effort necessary
to bring the race from saw
agery to physical, social and
economic civilization. This
effort had to be made by both
races, and some of the prac-
tices for which the white race
has been criticized have been
necessary to protect the white
culture from deterioration.
Pamela p. Steinlein
Il 4
Your editorial, THE March
and Its Meaning" august
29), states that other than
inspiring new confidence in
the marchers, the demonstra-
ton seems unlikely to have
much effect on civil rights
progress" 1t presumes that
as a result of the demonstra-
tion, mot many minds were
changed - certainly not in
Congress" Until some au-
thoritative Survey has been
made as to the number of
changed minds in Congress,
l feel that for you to guess at
that unknown quantity might
be misinterpreted by some as
a conclusion supported by do
cumented fact. 1t is not.
THE only process" you
state, that can lead large
numbers Of Negroes out OF
their trap Of Illustration is
the hard, slow, cumulative
process of education" I wish
that life were so simple.
While there is much to be
said for the Negro acquiring
more education, your utter
ance overlooks certain unfor-
tunate facts. A BIS, MS. or
even a Ph.D. degree will not
assure a Negro of getting a
job. Much Of the impetus for
the civil rights movement is
being supplied by Negroes who
are educated, disenchanted-
and jobless. Whether college
qualifications are accepted by
employers too often depends
on the color Of the hand that
offers them. If you question
the truth of this, visit the
Main City Post Office and
count the appalling number
of BIS, MS. and near Ph.D.
degrees that can be found
among the Negro employees.
Calum o. Davis
The Negro has given