North Carolina Newspapers

THE CAROLINA TIMES i THUTH UNimOLtD" SAT., MARCH Ji. IHO SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS POINTS THE WAY A STRONG CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WILL PROVE TO THE WORLD ITS NOT SO LABOR ANDi THE NEGRO—VII F^oro *i*n .\Mostt). Trsa*;, comrs ag aocomit of nri ‘ ifltorfaitlj ti.MMjtiPi JifM »s ili^ («' of liiurti riMuitfrs 1o »M r«lT0>.. rrifaHk's*; nf in fiw Klttves. .S«i AnlMiio iii wluit nMf»tn 1m“ K'rn)^ a city of ihe lcc|> Soulh|InH one j»oss*ssiHji tlic ty]>o «if lralcrsl*i]> anl st;ilcsnmiishi|) worthy »f hriiijj oimil.ilcd by nUifr southern cities now |K‘stiTCil witli sil- di»w»i denioniitratinns. The Texas city has ]ioit^l the way to the only solution that can hr )iatl«C]|ectrir}', iiud tlial accfj»tancc of a imlify that no citiiern i»f the I'niteil States Imis% riRfit i« anythfnjT denied another on ac count of his race, creei or color. l-rl Ihrrr lie ih* mistake a1>oitt it llic aver age !>uulh«m rilj’ has »«f *»r luo uliilc iier- sofii in it fajialtle of !>£ttliii|; sit-ilown ainl Qttier racwl iiwideitU with much case as Sail AtiUMiiii if tliry uiiihcd i> do so. Such a pers»n «r niaj' wrrt lit* the mayor, dther ritj «»f tOMu rtffici|i!s. in in»st instances it is not iIkc HMiyir J»tit thf leadinj' Inisincssinaii wlMise_ ba«4‘ it sefck>in seen in ptihlic affairs by (hr-1ii»«s«s twit ii«*vcrthek*ss is there on any and all i|Cli!»iuiiS l« clwrt the ctjurse or to cieterminf wt}st is to be (kme or not to l>c A.«f. , , Ilf Jlnrh-nn fivfrj* SJepsn wiHi an otince of itKclHlfcllcc liinnvs wlipnr >li» lea1.rslii)» is anrf i* ,-uvare (hat th> Iturriii)^ ot KcKnii's from Iwwcli ctninters in .storc.s a«4l other )rtl1)Iic places, ajj welt as other ^iuniliativc cttslonis, will not he removed until that leailcrshi^) fjfvcs the word. ,Nol even the mayor, the city coun cil or the jxilice department would dare make a niovf j^pwfird chanK'in!' sutJi a custom with out fifst !^eUi)»K the nod from the bosses in the biff biiihliuK. Us an old soutiiern custom that stems from the days of slavery and the jdantation owncrshiji era. Sai^ .AntoniyJ^ias i)ointcd the way but, wheth er or not the lerwlersiiip in other sinUhern citit’i lips the statesmanship and the counij^c to fftvc the order is si horse of another color, \\\' think, however, a fifreat deal of ffoixi could ciinic out of an interracial, inlerfaith banfj.uet in the av'eraR'c southern city. , It certainly would make it possible for the leadership of all races’ to meet and exchangee ideas and thoiif'lits in rtn atmosp)u*re that is more con ducive to "a patisfnctory solution that now e,\'isls. TWO KINDS OF SYMPATHY It iHHSl.lw a distr^ssiiisj feeling for a ChriMi^f) miriiKtfr of any race to be j)laced in a j>oshion wfiifrc be is conipelled to bow to or uink at a |»er|»etratel by the churrli is |*#storin}' f«*r fear of incurring tli« iti iriH oif ttoc in^nilirrs'^f his flock. Any CbrLstian iijifiistfr wlKi is sincere al>oul his CAlUnif |S ro4>])rliri t« shudiler at the thouj^ht of tiavis^ W slam ti>f drtor of his church in Uxt ol i)fioti)«r human iH-inir m account of his rt€C Of the color of iii* skin. Of course i{ he IS Bief«ly a hyi>ocrite such would not distur^ Ivnrao loiig 9)i he ffets his pay cljeck. Frai\Wy tlijs news|>aper believes that for the most fort Durliain is blessed with minis ters of t»P,lh races who are honestly concerned ^bout iltp 's|»iriti!al w elfare of all ’ of Ood's children. ^Ve have seen withii] tlie last two . or thrpe vt'eeks several white pniiiiijterg take a stand Ojt the race question that is worthy of cominenfiftion. Tl»e same thing has occurred in Raleigh, fireensl>oro. and qther cities of the state, which we think is prima facie evi dence that itere ar#* .>iome people in.the 5iouth, who have the ni^j|al courage tq stand up for ri}*Itt wliatever the cost. So far as Durhftm fjoes we believe that this newspafier accmuu of a local which church’s re fusing to admit two Negroes to Sunday morn ing worship on account of tlieir race is an e.KCcptifMi'io tile rule. \Ve lo not believe that a majority of tlue M-hite churches in IHtrhani wfiuid eiiiior$« such actimi or 40 t))e same thiag if ?onfronted with ^ sitnilar sittuitioa. Our sympathy gfpcs otjt to the minister of the Edgetnont Baptjst Church who by circuni- stjujces has fiecome part of a. foul deed and ni)tst live with himself, hereafter. Such punish ment alone is enough to shake the soul of auy honpiit C^^ristiam. We have a diifei'fent-kind of sympatli|y for tlie officer or deacon who turned the Negroes away. He probably has never known the triie meaning of ihe story of the Good Samaritan or tead thoughtfully the Ser mon on the Mo)int. His ChFistianity probably stops tl;e color itne which means that in renJity he is a hypocrite and would .iiot change his i|,t$it|Mle ev*n if he could do so without in jury to his ecapomic welfare. TWO VOICES HEARD IN CBAP^L Hilt Uukss we are sally mistakei] Hubert inson has served his last term as a member of the Board of Aldermen of the town of ChaT pel Hfll. .{Alderman Robinson's statement on the |ufstiaa of integration, puf>lished jn the ifar^ ri' issue of the Oiapel Hill Weekly, was h^^tifthe most stupid we eyer have Ijearil made t^^jH^jjicofflfial. In fact it is so awnine we ^yo^^(^e^yjust iiow Mr. Kobipson ever got el«rtcI .^^erman or who would no\y c^^st tlvir vofe for him io hold the ol'iice of dog- cather;’:» . 1 fere ts what Robinson told a reprcser.tativc of the Chapel Hill uewsj>apcr when qucjtion«:il o* the of integration while he was in the pmetfiS M vacuuming the Faculty,I^ounge of the Mor«ihea(r PlanetaritMU. l t« stoy tauKy la oir opbiUMi it nugfat me xome hmpi to Mr I tiMak. i*ve done ivet^jr P9 fitr« f»» fMuie thiiif• dpi^ {.or ini «Ww4, but if I Mid wM I lie Mme o|i|UMitioa t« I iMurt to M Hke tm J htSeirt me. tflUi 1 iMficve ip iAeyin|' thf CipMfiNitl^ii qf the United St«t^ I 9^ ifcmipig tlic I«W of tlie lawL I tA'jU ttv iWt. Th«f4 enoucli.* If there If^s been any loiibt in the minds of Negro voter-s of Chapel Hill abou|^ the kind *’epi;f«*iiiyui«B tl»ey have nt the Boanf ijf Aldermen «f Qiapel Hill tlvcy ougl}t to foioj^' bj' now Jbat they don’t have atiy worthy of the ngtite. Certainly there are too many well qualifiwi Ntgro citizens of Chapel Hill wlio are CAnra^eMs and have en«u{^h moral sta mina to s|)eak the tntth about the most ini- poftaot )ue$tion fficiiig every respectal>le Xc- MUli ffr«nr HMr «t i>uri«M. M- ; Iw PiibiU4ii». too. I., FtfHUtber »It enti«iier WMW 111 tmtu §HM % pcttiiw* ft ‘ - » 14^ CiMUw ■■■" ■ — t, i*». —A«» mpitm «HOW IMjilB HTTfl ■wSaltlf Unions Big Bar to Job^Seeksrj SPIRITUAL INSIST . By REV. HAROLD ROLAND gro—;itiat pf injegratioi), for thpiji to be rep resented pn (he Qiappl Hilj floard of Alder men+^y a ijerso^ wli6 apparently considers his janitorial >jol) fit the University so important that lie is afraM to speak thc^ truth about the nwjjtpr. ,, . . thiL^tapid Hill \^i££kly-.saJi rqtly made to the q^iestion by Adolphils Clark, forhi#!- ^ivjployfo at the University hut now re-. tirefl,''Biote iiear4y gives a oorwct • fecliiig of the' Negroes of Chapel Hill than the state ment made by. Alderman Rohiusort. Sard Clark : ' • radicjJ |iQ|rMa. i believ# in c^wlully, but MM’ve got to keep moving, you can’t stop. This la a WMring ag«, and U jwu atop jroull get mn orar. All my people want is just the traJIpiof juft tlH» jtaiK:i; tp f«t abeai! and fionoistliiM pfit ti>f«P«elves. I • lot pi «• aiae aamsad of igaor> MC# mkI .iMirfrty, but when you don’t have jRtteh aM dfn’t » choiQe f^r iMMpTf >9i^a «ot ta aocept h^si. f®*' ,. ‘‘Mr Mfltbpl* on?? P tbing- You kliftw bow yfH sppipt^g yqijr atnr witii rw far a long tii*c? WcM ««ce had roomers in the hews*. They were construction workers, t and die batbrpfp? VlwtH too c^vaaiaatly located, so tbie|r’4 «t tp b«l ikiy m4 tj|i« sheets woull get dir^. Eyery night, t)iou|fl)it #bf put fine «lMn sbeots on ^ir bfs^, jim a# clean and pretty as yop •b»«P, I aaked ber ^«by shp did tiiat wfam thoM workers kapt right pa going to M dirty* »wd »)W ^pid bow «k> riw a*- pt# N wprftcipt* ekanliness if yimlet them b« And tiiafs tfie way I ft«|. HaV* • man ever going to amount to anytbbg if ypu Wm ip the nmi aH tba time? AIjtpr tbraa yr^fik* tho— S9>}*>n|(t|Pfi >wprfcein h*gan taUng baths b^6|*sf ^ir FMi* to bad—they'd learned . it wa« Qke to be dean, after tbat Wfre just the cleanest people jroM 9ft¥f. tfcif fPWtry i» iftpl III 4iP «mi4i *wl ^ imf* M f liMili'wpriiitbaaafiBtrr. But aup> pam *bfiM hypaef One-foordi of tba nfbfiii W untrpme#L ( di^y’t ^ oiifbt to bPff ipst« 9f in- tflgiaitiia, b«t I d* tblidc wa abaiiUI all «et tofiMr ami b« ■ k$m nation. I ,,i ''TiMy »d«oeat« cuctams iigt Imtf- ful for Romans to pracMca! ... “ Act, |*:J1 Customs which- are evil, dis ruptive and sinful should be hah- ished from society. The eiiemr of Justice and dignity appeals to the sanctity or sacredaess of evil customs of long gtand^tf[. There comes a time when t^e«e evil cus toms must go. 'nie aHhUrn of misusing and abusing 'the. dig nity of human beings must go. They must go'when they do vio lence to the essential dipnity of human beings. The opmsaor al ways makes this prejudiced peal to maintain his unholy, un just advantages. In this case a custom meant profit to a group of greedy men. The Gospel of God’s redeeming love was sweep- i ing these customs away Hke a mighty bulldozer. And those who were gaining from the evil cus toms cried out . . . “They advo cate customs not lawful for Jlo- The same cry is heard ip our day as we fight against sinful ri I I ■ ■ ‘ (^oni$ Which Run Counter to 6od'$ $pMt Must Be Uprooted evil custopj! ip our times. tW battle rages over the cons- ol eyU ciistoms centerofl a^dufid segregation, discrimiaa- tiwi and the ugly fruits' of raal iaiustice. We fight against school ei^usion and they cry they ad vocate customs against our way of life. We fight against injus- tiee at the limch counter and they wy we are meddling with sacred curtora. These are not sacred customs—^they *re evil de grading'' customs. And -4S such they must gn. There can be m r«st tuhtil all these evil custwis are banished. I Cuistdm must giVe way to'what is right in the sight of a God of justice and love. Any custom which is sinful or displeasing in the ifight of a Holy'God must go. All sin is vicious. And as such i^ust be unrooted and banished. Why? It disrupts and destroys the essential union between God aftd nien. The custom of scKrega- tian docs this; and. tkerefoix-it iMat go. It must go before, peace You Lad the Courage to Admit" Students Are Right in Sit-Down l^otest, Editor Writes Hodges fMTU: HOO PSg, ySAB Editor's Note: The vollewins "Open eLtler" was written to Gov. Hodges by UNC AsMClttt Editor Frank Crowiber. As a student ol the (Ii.ivertiity of North Ciarolina and i'tiiiman ■ being who believes in pb^sonal responsibility for his t^l^ ac tions, I not (mly disa^ue with' your appeal to the heads of our state-run institutions-an appeal in which you ask these offioiliis to exert their influence frf'bring to an end the recent wav0 ot lunch counter demonsttAtion— but } feel lh9t I must jJublicly podemn your position. Although you may hsve been ihmD a#ob«Wv mrt at Ha*M' ■ iurd-«v«rkiNS. wsll-iatsntlanod head of state, I tMt, in Miis ^s«.- v*M ha«w toM, V^ur- Mlf Mft l« a caoservativa au- t-horUarianitm ami demonslirate yaur inaWlity to eomiiti^' V^r- seU to yaor own belMs/td fhe law of this land as you -Icnpw (t to bs, and to tha nyea^sary obligation which you'owf all fba people of your %m«. You have assiim'e^ fn unforgivably hypoeriTlc^l i)os1tlQii> Eluding to custom, tradition and ra> putation, rather thm spaalrlng tp V9ur people in ungnaJified honesty. You may answer thet aar yo- litician would be a fool if he at tempted to speafc at all times with fr^nkpess, importi^Uty 4^ personal hofiasty. I(e coujdn’t survive very long if be did One ipust tg^fjaj, realistic, expedi ent, practical and' discreet, put in so doing, governor, many pgUti- cians lose their integrity and fall iato the category of political njanipulators, becpminif merely traditional figureheads swayed not by conscience but by deeply isgrained mores. In your case, I would say that you are a victim of ttie eeonomic and social pres sures. Of la . Southern aristocracy which rfeeks with ante-bellum preiudlcc. ■C^neelJioi' Blackwell asserted isb'is address that the actions of siMidents are reflective upon the ih^Utution and community which they reprasent and to which they should feel respopsible. You sup ported his statements. Thus I say that you are both guilty of at tempting to invoke the oldest femi of authoritarian seduction, medieval in concept and shame fully luitenahle. Do Mi' tha institotian a«td tha eem.-nunity share a ratpon- (ibility to (ha Individual? What da you mean, "ragardlsM of thpir i>ersenai feelings," Th»y pMist fdher* ta law and ordar? WlMie law and ordar, gavarnor? If yau mean tha astablishad law and order af Miis country, I shawid Mat bava ta raralnd yau Wat H*e U. S. SunraoM Court is cawstiluManaHy dasignatad ai^ the final aiWUw af *+># 1^. And Miis Mtf is certainly ^ fdtiarimi tm tbasa laws lfMta«4 twM api the (f!fisf«iM-a liave Ixm dW*l*f »ays and af Hmnn*r eimmtrmtt- Swprtaia Cawrt deeisians, ■McificaUy the aaw weH4MiaMm af IW4 and 1«fS- The sit-down or^lt-in activities ()f. the last several yreeks were not r^rted to 4s a means of breaking down law **d order. They were utilized by a people who have been denied the letter Ilf tkt la% who ^ve bean denied «d^s Not#! This Is j-frf saventh in stNas af arHcfes *11 argaaiiMd laliar and Itia fto- pro, first prepared by MerbeH ' Hill Hr Cammcnfsry m^zl[||| The authoi-lty In fha’^id pf argai^ed labor. TK^ tariet will \if Mfllimied n«x> wa|l^ ffhe record seems clcar: in Uie fatiP years since the' mefger. of tha AfV end the C^, the' nation al hriMT exfaniicatlaii h^i foiled to Miminatc evo^ t^e m^st •hiTMits inatanees of rads^ Milb- iil qffllisttr^ uniont. As for Uic Fedcfation’a Civil Hi^htfi l>«4part- n^t,' its p«rfurtpance, aeefp ta indicate tbal^ its major ^UKtion is to ercatc a “liberal" ptiblie MUitfAas image. The AFL-TIO cOaventioti in %a Fraaciaeo Uii« footembw diffefed little f«>m the petlern af AFL conventions under Go|n- pcrs and Qneen. Even as the dele gates were meeUag, Ut) local Pair Bmploymeut Practices Com- niiGSion was IflvesiJ gating the coii)plaint of Ray Boss, e Negro wbo fw ov4i’ a year has been denied membership is Uie bar tenders Union solely because of his collar and therefore denied employquint. Meanwhile, the cun- vention fejeotad proposals to compel the railroad zrothcr- hoods and othct* uaions to end discrimination in the near fu ture. U also prepared to readmil (provisionally) the International Longshoren^s 4*so(^ion to the Federation, despite Ran- duiph’s charge that ibe UA dis criminated against Negro and Puerto lUcan workers. (Since the piergpr, the AFt^CIO had al so Admitted the Uailroad Train men, and the Locomotive Fire men and Enjiinemen—both wilh raclal-exclu9i(Hi claMses in their constitutions. In November 1958, the Locomotive Pir.c®on »nl *•>- finemen sMccessfully def^hded thasc clauses in Uta Federal Court of Areals in Cintiflnali, pluo; an thf co«tlnii«| silenCe cf the national AFIi-CIO In this case is instriKtive. indeed.) Negra wmk> eamefs, ixrheps more than any other Gipil) among Aiwrlcan workers the protfctjofl and IwitefUs derj\(xl f r«) m full in a tradi; union. And iafe al unions cwi, if they m^s fUf- pared ta iavokc authority. nate discriniinaUtfy eaiplufii|iii|t practices! In 1958, for exfu^j^, the United Automehfic WlNljifis eliminated the traditional criminatory scnioriiy which limited Negro and pruinotioH ^i(t t»c (kucfgl Motors Fislicr Body |4«nt Hf H- Louis. At the large Ma£M|i)l Uefinery’ in Beaumont, thitry-two Nesro workerji recently promoted for the fie# time into l!ie iiitherto all-wlMte ‘‘process mechanical divisia*," and several othui; ^fe^^oet employed in production monts Union helped, rattiw resisted, their efforts, union policy' formally grohlMl^ separate lines of iwDn^atlaiii collective bargaining agleemepti! and the union callcd on its mMi; bors to eUoiinate discriJiUnatafy practices an'i segregated lu^^. The International Associaliah df Machinists, which until a bo^ade %go had an all-white clauae its constRution, has also caitir tiously begun to curb discrimiiu- tion within its ranlcs. In too niai;if trades and crafts, however, uidon {Mwer today remains a m«|er obstacle to ^uring equal em ployment opportunities far the Negro. and healing will come to our nation. The sickness generated by this destructive custom must be healed. We love our land and wc cannot rest contented until there is healing and wholeness. Lex us ignore tba cry they throw at us THEY DESTROY OUR CUSTOMS. This cry was hurled against the preachers of the Gos pel of God’s redeeming love a long time ago. And we will hear this cry in our battles against the evil customs of our times. Let us fight on, passionately, un til every evil, sinful custom that hurt an^ divide the children of ’God shall be banished from our midst. Let us ever remembeir that we in this struggle for jiis- ticc, love and true fellowship arc working for healing of the nation that we love. Yes, with a hply, lovinp pas sion pursue the crusade against the banishment of all evil, sin- ful customs tor the health ot our -souls-jind Ihe. welfare Qf ourJje- loved nation. HEALTH HINTS BY Dr. GIdea Brow.n Chiropractor Law Of Gravity — You defy It Every Day If you were tojjpiotd custom and go through lif^ walking on aU fours, you would more than likely be socially ostracized. How ever, man’s decisioh to assime an upright position ha.^ created certain health problem .s. Erect posture, as adonted by Ihe human race, challeng*» suav ity and requires constant n uscu- lar coordination in order to main tain body bsla^ce.' Anv defic iency in b-'-ly control, such as thrpush slumping pr slouching, causes undue strain on tjoe spine. r ^IdlAn i hfl function of the entire human or ganism is retarded because the spinal column is the center of the nervous system. Mental ami physical pres^urei. alike, place a burden on |he body, and contribute to toM of heallh and deterioration C> body tissues, nicreforc, man mu^t learn to gauge his mental pro cesses just as he paces his mus cular activities. A wise rule to foUaw is tg li^- dulge i« al! things in medera- tioa. Thk includes eating. Wbep suurplus fat collects, It, to«. plays into the ha.'ds of gravity. Ani^ an additional strain is impeeed tjpon the spine. ‘ * A feeling of well-being 1* not conclusive assurance tjiat yoii|r state of health is not in jeopar^; Therefore, your doctor s^ggeit tbxrt you have the coiullUop of your nerve functions cheeked 'it regular intervals. Novel on John Brown Ready their rights American citixens, who have men suppression anij calculated restraint at every turp^ who have gi^own up with the knowledge that the chance co.lor- Ing of their skin is to be the de ciding factor of their place In the sun. Having met with general frustration in the Southern courts —which are not expediting integ ration and are legend for their unfairness toward the Negro — they have moved from the courts into the market place. The hollow promises of a ■never-ouitefulfilled democracy have rubbed their patience. Social equality seems as far off as ever. If you thmk I am exaggerating the problem, I refer you la the findings of the Southern Regional Council, which is made up.of white and Negro Southern leaders whose profe^- ed aim is the promotion of inter racial hormony: "White SowHiarners bava al most always underastimatad Mia extant af Nogra disseiisfaliaa. To say again that fbata era times of change it trita; bwt 0«- forbMately tha white kadsr- thtp of the South has hardly yet begun (a caacaiva Hie di mensions of change, ar I9 Mv publicly that Ihe whila aiust leara ta Uve wMh «r »a ackaaadedn Hiat Mie §i>f- seat prehlam it ta racancila iht Negraat af Mia SawMi la Mm^ caamiwaltlat an tarmt af dig- aity." You do not have the legal or moral right, governor, t« deay these people their dignity as hM- ra^a beings apy loafer. Y«»r position carries with U the sweesi obligation to uphold the rig^s of your people, lndiscrimiMl|ly. Feeling that all this country’s blessings rise from its tradition of revolidionary morality. Tru man Nelson has devoted hi.« liter ary career to bringing the lonely rebels of American history to the attention of the public. His first novel, published in 19.52, was “l^e Sin of the Prophet.” which dealt with a famous fugitive slave ease of 1854, and wi(b the actions of Beston’s transcendental theo rists during; the crisis. In 19^3. Doubleday published Mr. Nel son’s socand book. “The Passion by the 9rool(,”' a novel i|bout the utopian and then-con^oversial comipuAity St Brook Farm. His third novel is ’“The Survey or”, thp centerpiecd of a trilogy begun wjth “The Sih of tlie Pro phet.” This pew worjc js thf story of John Brown in I^ansas and of the Pottawatomie massacre of 1856.* The final wo)*k of the tri logy wiH lake Browp to Harper’s Ferry and his death. Often likenec to a reincarna tion of Jobn Rrewi, Tttmiea Mel- SOB was barn in Lyaa,- Masseehb- sctts, in 1912. Though he atteod- cd high school, Neleoe seys a|f himself, “1 have na dipiewaa. M pas^orts whatsoever to the academic world. I am « graduate of the pufalte library.” Educating himself on the piejfa of Shaw, ©‘Neill and Sean sey. Nelson found himaelf attract ed by the theatre, and he obtahii- ed a job with a .repertory cra- pany, for whom he served as stafehand, spear-bearer and h«^- office assistant. When World War II began, Mr; Nelson started work at the Gen eral Electric plant in Lynn and continued his weekend readlnp at the public library, whore ||e first became interested in the Transcendental Movement aad the restless spirits who animiled it. Now a r«sident of Salem, Mas sachusetts, Truman Nelsan de votes all his time to writing and lecturing. You have not done tbit in the e*B§ of the “Ame^can^ No^e, atgr tradit^oiul if eni^ipMy HMMthed excuses you mi^ gMTvey notwithstanding. fa the s»lit*ry ceaflnas af yawr hama at ai|M, when yau «re eaalffirte^ iKWi iaefh|ng msT0 th#a pahfid en^ yau f4mH that.yau mutt r»»Maa, yau jHMsf are guilty et th^rgad. . Until the (ley die, ffweraer, yau mutt carry this guilt. And I am »prry lor vm bt«««se I thMk that ym IfiiyhiYelv fhis hpt the eewraia to ed- astt U. ‘ I believe the Negro Is right fo4 I will «u{)fDr^ hln i« Us heartfelt protestations, whidi are based on law, order and peaceful resistance. 1 believe he has an unequivocally vflid ppsi- tion—the law grants bin e(HU^ of opportunity while the Soath- ern white denies it. Thyij tlje ffe- is bern ui|der ana l#w iK|d forced te live under aaalber. He Is openly attempting ta alleviata his situation by peaeeful pps- violent means. He is p^h^cly ap pealing for something nMch ha* been cruelly expra|Mlatad feam him. I belive in hi| quest. The fTivU Wer miml no yaara ago, governor. The fcipreias Court decisions were passed mj- animously in imM and 1^. HqV much longer do ygti wf«t?