Page Eight
Beyoiad The Squeire
On September 2, members of the
Arkansas National Guard marched
into Little Rock and took their
places shoulder to shoulder around
Central High School. Their pre
sence by the order of Governor
Orval fC Faubus set off a reaction
whose effects cannot be fully
measured. Faubus, by his actions,
openly defied the Supreme Court
and the Constitution of the United
Slates.
A great deal of criticism has been j
raised against Faubus, who defends;
his action with Article VI, Section
4 of the Constitution of Arkansas:
“The Governor shall be commander
in chief of the military and naval
forces of the state, and may call
out such forces to execute the laws,
suppress insurrections, repel in
vasions or preserve the public
peace.” He stated that he had two
choices—to wait until violence oc
curred or to prevent it from hap
pening.
Faubus’ opponents say that thi.s
violence would never have occurred.
Fort Smith, the second largest city
in Arkansas, and Van Buren have
already integrated without adverse
publicity or physical violence. The
Little Rock School Board proposed
a well developed plan for gradual
integration. .The Negro students
selected to enter Central High
School had been carefully screened
and investigated in preparation for
a smooth integration process.
The FBI investigated Faubus’
claim that Little Rock was ripe for
violence and found no truth to
these claims.
Those who reject Faubus’ insist^
ance that he was trying to prevent
violence believe rather that he was
motivated purely by political rea
sons. Faubus is soon to be up for
re-election and needed some new
support. He hoped his stand on
segregation would provide this sup
port.
.These political implications were
partly confirmed when Faubus
asked President Eisenhower to
I>ostpone Little Rock’s intergration
for one year. This would get Fau
bus past next year’s Democratic
primary when he hopes to be re
nominated for a third term.
In what seems to me an attempt
for personal attention Gov. Faubus
has done irrevocable harm not only
to the Democratic Party but to the
U. S. in the eyes of the world.
S])eaker Sam Rayburn and other
Democratic leaders had worked
successfully during the 85th Con
gress to prevent a break in the
Democratic Party over civil rights.
The New York Times Summed up
the damage done by Faubus to his
party by saying that he had “knot
ted the civil rights albatross around
the neck of the Democratic Partv.”
THE SAL E M1T E
Possibly the most serious repre-
cussions of Faubusj action will be
seen in the field of foreign re
lations. The American public has
been degraded in the eyes of the
w'orld. Premier Kadar of Hungary
expressed the feeling of many of
our international neighbors when
he said, “Those who tolerate that
a people should be persecuted be
cause of the color of their skin
have no right to preach human
liberty and human rights.”
■—Sue Cooper and Rachel Rose
September 27,
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