Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1963-07-25
ISSUES: GOOD
AND BAD
BY p. L. PRATTIS


In the fight for freedom which
American Negroes are now wag-
ing, they must be mindful Of their
enemies as well as their friends.
Some Of their enemies they know
well and can be discounted. This
includes such men as Governor
Barnett Of Mississippi, Senators
Eastland and Stennis Of Mississ-
ippi, Governor Wallace Of Ala
bama, Senator Strom Thmmond Of
South Carolina, the Senators from
Georgia, ct cetera. But there are
other enemies, not so easily de-
tected nor discounted. These are
men who use typewriters rather
than police dogs or electric prod
ding rods.
The List Of such men IN long,
but included ON IL must be Rob
ert RuariI, Arthur KrOcII, David
Lawrence and William s. White,
all Of this country with reason
ing" against freedom and for tho
protection Of private" or prop
erty" rights. They show no con-
Germ at all for human rights.
Two Of these gentlemen are
northerners, Krock and Lawrence.
The other two are soUtherners,
Ruark and White. White was born,
reared and educated in Texas.
Thank God all Texans are not
alike and all are not like this
"shrewdster" White. He has al
ready looked into his crystal ball
and learned that there is going to
be no civil rights legislation I'M
less either the Kennedy admins
tration accepts less than 1t has
asked for or Negroes agree to quit
demonstrations and wait until
whites offer them civil rights in
a Christmas package.
In his opposition to a public &C.
commodations law, White inter-
prets the law makers as being
against it because it gives the gov
eminent the right to tell a man
what he can do with his property,
or cannot do.
Nothing Is further from the
truth - although as the Attorney
General testified southern states
have passed laws requiring owners
Of private property to discriminate.
All a public accommodations
law would do would be to require
private property owners to treat
all citizens alike. Private property
owners have no right to insult cit
liens because Of their race, color
or religion. II a restaurant owner
does not want men in his restaur-
ant without their coats on, that Is
okay so long as 1t applies TO all
men without coats. But when a
private property owner assumes
the right to deny food or lodging
to a federal district judge on ac-
count Of his race, color or religion,
he has violated both the laws of
man and Of God.
It Is amazing indeed to follow
the devious and specious line pur-
sued by these Column thinkers"
They wear out irrelevant techni-
cahties while ignoring basic rights.
Who Is there to contend today that
I may not enjoy the same rights
and privileges as any other Amer
lean? I have something reserved
for the man who does say so and
that includes Ruark, Koch, Lawr-
ence, White and all their Shiny
ilk.
Editors Note: The syndicated
columns of Arthur Krock, David
Lawrence and william 8. White
appear on the editorial pages Of
the Minneapolis Star and Trib-
une, often negating the excellent
fair editorials which both papers
run in behalf Of justice for all
citizens. These writers are not
only opposed to full civil rights
for the Negro but often are so
ono-Rided in their views that