Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-11
BY PAUL HOPE
Star staff Writer

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept.
ll.-Gov. George Corley Wal
lace seems likely to be the last
producer of racial spectaculars.
on the Alabama gubernatorial
scene.
In fact, Gov. Wallace prob
ably will be hard put to dream
up new extravaganzaS for the
three years and four months
left Of his term.
His segregation forever"
lasted eight months. He
marched nearly up to the jail
house door once at Tuscaloosa.
This time he didn't get that
far.
He has pledged to continue
the fight. But the big break
in the racial barriers has been
made and anything more he is
likely to produce seems I'M
likely to be as snowy as his
past two encounters with the
Federal Government.
He keeps talking about test
ing his authority, as head of
the State. against Federal au-
thority. But he doesn't seem
inclined to go to jail to do it.
Might Force Troop Use
He might try to force the
Federal Government to use
troops each time a school is
integrated, but that might
prove pretty unpopular after a
while.
Or he might dream up some
new legal maneuverS, although
that avenue seems to have been
pretty well exhausted, too.
Gov. Wallace took his segre-
cation stand last January on
the bronze star embedded in
the stone at the entrance to
the white-columned Capitol in
Montgomery. 1t was the same
star that a woman covered
with a wreath not long ago so
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy could not stand on it
when he came to Montgomery
on a visit.
At his Inauguration on the
star where Jeff Davis was
sworn in as president Of the
Confederacy. Gov. Wallace
flung down the gauntlet to the
Federal Government. He said
he had drawn the line in the
dust and would prevent inte-
grafton If he had to stand in
the schoolhouse door himself
to block Negroes.
OoAAOu CShOOA DOOE
At the University of Alabama
in Tuscaloosa last June he
stood in the schoolhouse door.
In his latest stand against pub
lie school indignation State po-
lice filled in for him at the
doors.
Many of his followers
thought the Governor would 60
to jail before yielding to Fed
eral authority. Although he
may have flirted with the idea,
he always stopped short.
He pressed far enough,
though, to force President Ken
nedy to Federalize the Alabama
National Guard twice. And In
both instances, every move he
made brought him bountiful
State and national publicity,
something the politically am
bilious Governor is not averse
to.
His followers have whooped
1t up as the fiery little Gov
ernor has laid into the Ken
nedy administration, blaming
1t for Alabama's racial troubles.
Added New Note
Yesterday, he added a new
dimension to his anti-Kennedy
campaign He claimed the
President wants to put him in
jail because he (the GOVERNOR |
is a potential presidential can
didate.
Besides the possibility he may
make a presidential try, one he
already has conceded can't sue
coed, Gov. Wallace has been
mentioned as a possible candi-
date for the Senate or to sue
coed himself as Governor, If he
can maneuver a succession bill
through the State Legislature. |.
While Gov. Wallace seems to
have a majority of Alabamians
behind his anti-integration
fight. his tactics have caused
CONSERVATION and outright OPP
position in some quarters.
Some think he is speeding
Indignation by stirring Negroes