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THl'RSDAY, SEPT. 11. 1958
3 Ways Not To Solve It
There probably isn't any one, single, easy solu
tion of Franklin's downtown traffic problem. Cer
tainly, this newspaper has no pat answer.
Sometimes, though, the best way to think
through to what to do is to list what not to do.
And for what they're worth, we suggest three good
ways how not to solve this problem.
1. To assume ? as all of us would like to assume,
when we face a tough problem ? that if wfe just
ignore it, maybe it will go away. It won't go away.
Barring some miracle like a helicopter attached to
the seat of the pants, it will get worse, not better.
2. To rely .solely on parking meters. At best,
meters keep parkers from dilly-dallying; they make
a car move, after a Space of time, to make room
for another car. But you still have t\vo cars? and
just the one parking space. As a matter of fact,
parking meters aren't as effective as they're sup
posed to be in keeping traffic moving; because,
aside from the all-day parkers, most of us stay as
long as our business requires. If we ,put in a nickel
and don't finish our business in an hour, do we go
move our car? No, we go back to the meter and
put in another nickel, or maybe a couple of pennies.
The car stays right where it would have stayed if
there had been no meter there.
3. To think traffic policemen at busy intersec
tions is the whole answer. Because a policeman is
more intelligent than a traffic light, and isn't con
trolled by a time-clock, he can often speed up traf
fic. But he does nothing to reduce the amount of
traffic; no matter how fast they move, there are
still the same number of cars ? and still not enough
places for them to go.
These are excellent ways not to solve the prob
lem. And until we recognize that they are, at best,
pain-Jcillers, not cures, we won't even start to look
seriously for a genuine solution.
What Does South Think?
What is the viewpoint of the South on integra
tion, and specifically on the Little Rock crisis?
In a recent article (reprinted at the bottom of
this page). The Christian Science Monitor sought
to answer that question.
The Monitor, published in Boston, is recognized
as one of the nation's finest newspapers. And while
it is, and long has been, pro-integration, it has been
obvious to any reader that it has tried to be fair;
nor has it closed its eyes to the problems facing
the South. Here, then, is an honest, sympathetic
attempt by a .Northern newspaper to tell its read
ers what the South thinks.
How good a job does it do. We'd say, a poor job.
We'd cite as evidence, first of all, the Monitor's
comment that it is the South speaking at Little
Rock, and the voice is that of Arkansas' Governor ?
Faubus. Well, maybe ; but there are a lot of South
erns who are honestly convinced that segregation
is the lesser of two evils, but who never would
choose Orval Faubus as their spokesman.
Then the Monitor makes the point that it is of
"the white South" that it speaks, implying that
opinion may be .segregated bv race. That is de
batable; in any case, integration is opposed, at least
at this time, by many Southern Negroes. How
many, nobody knows; but any honest Negro in
tegrationist will be quick to say there are too
many, from his viewpoint.
Lastly, and chiefly, we think the Monitor has
done a poor job because what it undertook was
an impossible task. It is impossible because there
ii no one Southern viewpoint on integration. Kven
in "the white South", there is a wide variety of
viewpoints.
There is, first of all, a considerable number of
Southern integrationists ? as segregation leaders
bitterly complain. There is another group that
doubts the wisdom of integration, but feels the
* Sooth should obey the Supreme Court's decree.
There are, of course, the segregationists, rabid and
mild. And there are those who have no fixed, final
convictions. ' ?
Finally, the Boston newspaper virtually ignores
a viewpoint that cuts across segregation-integration
lines. For there are thousands in the South wfio
either do not oppose a little integration, or \yho ac
cept it as inevitable, but who strongly oppose the
way it is sought to be brought about.
Plain citizens, many of them are inarticulate
about it. But talk to them long enough, and you'll i
Valley Of Humility
find, under the surface, a conviction that legally
enforced integration, like prohibition, is both un
wise and doomed to failure. Thorough realists, they
see effects ; and they see the chief effect, to date,
as a worsening, rather than improvement, of race
relations.
And still farther down in the sub-conscious is a
fear. They are unversed in the details of constitu
tionalism, and they may never have even heard the
phrase, "consent of the governed". But there is a
vague feeling that something is wrong when nine
men, not elected but appointed for life, suddenly
reverse what long has been acknowledged as the
law. There is nothing vague, however, about their
feeling that something is wrong, sorely \<'rong,
when children face bayonets as they enter school.
They probably could not put it into words, but
in the back of their minds is the belief that the
violation of the Constitution started at the top ;
that way, they fear, everybody's freedom is en
dangered. And there is the half-formed thought
that maybe the first thing to do is to go back to
law as^a principle, not merely as a means to an end.
That viewpoint, of course, js not confined to the
South. It has been publicly expressed recently In
state supreme court justices, in duly adopted reso
lution; by such a revered jurist as Judge Learned
Hand; and by many others.
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Why is it chiefly in the South that it is provok
ing resistance? One obvious answer is that it is in
the South that customs are most directly affected.
A less obvious but possibly equally important
answer is that the South, traditionally, has been
the region most conscious of history and ,most in
terested in the basic principles of government.
There is a bigger fool than the fellow who knows it all;
It's the fellow who will argue with him. ? Tarheel Banker.
Strictly Personal By WEIMAR JONES
You've heard of puppies that
get attached to old shoes, and of
men who get attached to old hats.
Well. I'm attached to an old car
I suppose It's nice to be able
to buy a brand new automobile
every year. I suppose so; but I
can only suppose, because I've
never been able to do it. I can't
afford a new car every two years,
or every three even.
I can't. And I'm glad.
Don't misunderstand me; I'd
like to have more money. And
undoubtedly I'd be like everybody
else, when they get in a big. fine
new car: I'd strut sitting down.
Moreover, if I had more money.
I probably would have no better
sense than to buy a new car every
time the models changed.
And what would I get? I'd get
slavery.
I'd be a slave, first of all. be
cause I'd live in fear and trem
bling I might not have the money
to make the monthly payments.
Worse. I'd be a slave because
I'd live in constant dread of what
might happen to the car.
You know how it is. Let a man
get a little dent In his new fender,
and he's like a child whose bal
loon has Just burst. And so he
drives with the utmost caution:
he looks daggers' at anybody who
tries to park near him. and loses
his temper if they so much as
graze him; he won't let his wife
drive the new car. and if he does,
he worries every minute till she
gets back home. As long as that
automobile is new and shiny and
undented, he's miserable.
But me, in my 1950 Plymouth
? I'm happy. ,
Suppose somebody does dent a
fender. I don't worry. (Not even
if I do it myselflt Because it's
dented already. What's one more
dent in a beat up old jalopy?
Those Confusing Signal Lights
(Berthoud, Colo., Bulletin)
It used to be said that when a woman stuck her arm out to
signal you could be sure of one thing ? she was going to do
something. But take these new signal lights ? you can't be sure
of anything.
Going down the highway or street you may find yourself
behind a vehicle that has the turn signal on; if it is indicat
ing a left turn you stay behind waiting for the car to reach
the intersection ? instead, it keeps right on. After one mile you
begin to wonder just where the intersection is. After another
mile the steam begins to build up inside your car. Another
mile and you don't give a hang and go around.
Letters
'Let South Be South'
Dear Mr. Jones:
In reference to youi article on the editorial page of the
August 28 Press. I would like to say that it surely does sound
as if it was from a man that certainly is mixed up. What do
you mean by "face saving"?! If people would just let the
South be South, things would be fine.
In the state of California, everyone goes to school together
and it works out, but it will never change in the South like
that. Not over night, anyway! I've lived with Negroes for the
last 18 months and didn't start a war about it, but let me tell
you that it would have never been that way In school. It's
all too silly to fight about. You know what the great South
feels; maybe it's right, maybe not, but I think If the politic
ians Would shut up for a while and let the people do what
they want, It would surely be better.
I was In the T. V. lounge of our squadron when all the
Southern governors discussed these same topics and all the
men were inclined to agree that the South should stay like
it isj even the Negro airmen.
As for the children having to go to school, I'll bet my next
year's pay that no law except the National Guard could make
the schools safe If they were mixed in Macon County. We
have too good of an understanding between the races of the
county to disturb them. Let the people run the schools the
way they want to. After all, who pays the taxes?
BOBBY STEVENS,
A/2c U S AF. .
Port Hueneme, calif.
Christian Science Monitor
Seeks To State Viewpoint Of South On Little Rock Crisis
(EDITOR'S NOTE: What Is
the Southern viewpoint on Inte
gration? In the article below.
The Christian Science Monitor,
a treat newspaper, attempts to
answer that question for Its
readers. The article is riven par
ticular timeliness bj the fact
the V. S. Supreme Court Is
expected to rule today In the
Little Rock case. See also edi
torial. "What i Does South
Think?")
By BICKNELL EUBANKS
It Is the South ? the white
South; ? which Is speaking to the
rest of the United States and
the world through Little Rock.
It Is a troubled volcg which
warns that the forced Integration
of Southern public schools can
lead' to serious disorders. And the
same voice Insists that for the
federal courts to demand such a
step against the will of Southern
whites will result in more of the
overt acts wnich already have
damaged educational (tandards In
Little Reek and will continue to
do so elsewhere "If relief Is not
granted."
This relief Is sought In the form
Bf a period of grace In which
tempers can cool, emotions can
subside, and perhaps In some
cases, at least the fringe areas of
the Deep Soutn can see the in- <
evitabllity of integration in public
schools and prepare Itself to take i
such a step. i
The voice is that of Gov. Orval 1
Faubus of Arkansas. The state- !
menus he uttered In addressing
a special session of the Arkansas
Legislature represent the feelings
of white Southerners. It is an at
titude strengthened here In Ark
ansas by the big victory of the
Governor when he carried all 75
counties In the recent state Dem
ocratic primary.
Oovernor Faubus sought to pin
point the problem in his hour
long address to the joint session
of the Legislature. He used the
very language of the. United
States Eighth Circuit Court of 1
Appeals In St. Louis, which set '
aside a stay of 2'i years granted 1
by federal District Judge Harry 1
I. Lemley of Hope, Ark. 1
Although the appeals court re- !
versed the stay ? a reversal which 1
has thrown the issue squarely '
Into the hands of the Supreme
Court of the United States ? the
opinion, as quoted by Mr. Faubus.
said in part that "It Is Important i
to realize, as is shown by the i
evidence, that the racial incidents I
and vandalism which occurred I
In Central High School during i
the past year did not stem from
mere lawlessness on the part of
the white students In the school,
or on the part of the people of
Little Rock on the outside of the
school, nor did they stem from
any malevolent desire on the part
of the students or others con
cerned to bomb the school, or to
b\irn It down, or to Injure or
persecute as Individuals the nine
Negro students in the school.
"Rather, the source of the
trouble was the deep-seated pop
ular opposition in Little Rock to
the principle of integration,
which, as is known, runs counter
to the pattern of Southern life
which has existed for over 300
years."
The Governor sought ( and
received from the Arkansas Legis
lature) sweeping powers to close
any schools. Including Central
High School, where it appears
that integration under federal
orders would touch off disorders
or disrupt, in his opinion, normal
administrative and education pro
cesses of schools which are oc
cupied or surrounded by federal
troops or federal marshals sent
In to enforce Integration decrees.
Other measures, of sweeping
significance and Importance, are
designed to give the state a firmer
kulwark against what it considers
Federal encroachment on the
rights of state* to control the
education of children In public
schools.
Each one of the bills. Incident
ally. carries an emergency section
which says. In part, that "a large
majority of the people of this
state are opposed to the forcible
Integration of. or mixing of the
races In. the public schools of
the state."
It adds that "practically all of
the people . . . are opposed to the
use of federal troops in aid of
such Integration."
One bill calls for a type of
legislation not yet tried by South
ern states In the fight to preserve
segregation. It would provide a
"choice of classes for students"
who did not want to be in Inte
grated classes and would provide
penalties for Interference with a
student's choice of classes.
This bill, incidentally, declares
that since the Supreme Court
"predicated its school-Integration
decision upon the psychological
effect of segregated classes upon
children of the Negro race. and.
at the same time Ignored the
psychological Impact of Integrated
schools upon certain white chil
dren who observe segregation of
the races as a way of life." such
legislation "is necessary in ort'er
to protect the health, welfare,
well-being, and educational op
portunities for such white chil
dren."
(I do have to take It to the shop,
of course, when I dent It badly
enough that the front wheels
won't turn: but straightening my
fender Is no major operation:
"Just knock it out enough so the
wheel won't scrape. Looks? Why
it couldn't look any worse ")
And suppose somebody does
scrape the paint off:
"That's perfectly all right:
there aren't many places where
there is any paint left, anyhow."
I don't glare at everybody who
parks next to me: I smile at em.
Nor do I worry about that bad
road I want to tackle, or that
mud puddle I have to go through,
or those limbs on a wooded road
scraping against the sides.
I love that old car. Because
with it. I have a freedom not
even mentioned in the Bill of
Rights:
I'm automobile-free !
PROBING QUESTION'S
How Tolerant Should We Be?
Ill another town. I recently sat
in on a discussion of religion. The
speaker commented that most of
us are narrow and intolerant
about othrr faiths. That, he said,
is especially true of Americans,
particularly true of Protestants,
and notaoly true of rural and
small town Protestants.
All of is should recognize, he
added, that there is good in every
faith) that In essential points,
indeed, most religions are very
much alike. Then he suggested
we should stop trying to convert
the world to our religion, and
should move, instead, toward the
creation of a single, world relig
ion, a faith combining the best
points of all religions.
Our narrowness, he thought,
stems from evangelical fervor:
hence we should get rid of the
fervor by all means, and probably
the evangelism as well.
Those remarks, of course, pre
cipitated some discussion ? some
probing questions from members
of his audience.
The first question went some
thing like this:
Intolerance is a vice: we al!
deplore it. But let's be realistic
about the situation in the world
as it Is today. The West is en
gaged in a life-and-death struggle
with Communism: and our West
ern civilization is based on Chris
tianity. Suppose we lose our re
ligious fervor, in order to become
broadly tolerant. Won't we then
lose faith in the very principles
on which our civilization rests?
And if we do that, how can ws
compete with a Communism
? based on wholly different prin
ciples ? that is not tolerant, but
fanatical?
Question No. 2: Have you ever
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UN1LE ALEX'S
SAYIN'S
Folks is supposed to dress for
two things, comfort and looks.
Well, all I've sot to say about
some of these summer git-ups
is, I shore hope they're com
fortable.
Uncle Sam's about the only
feller in the world that makes
his own rules. Take, f'instance,
the money-bo rry in' rule. When
he come to the end of his rope
the other day, and the law
said he couldn't borry any
more, why he just up and
changed the law. Now If that'd
been you or me, the bank would
've made the rules ? if the old
woman didn't lay down the law
first.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
Looking Backward Through the Files of The Press
65 TEARS AGO THIS WEEK
(1893)
Misses Sallie Stallcup and Pearl Leach have returned from
a visit to friends in Jackson County.
There are 36 business enterprises in Franklin, but only seven
advertise in The Press, and yet some men look for progress.
Misses Belle Rogers and Allie Caler, two of Franklin's
winsome lassies, enlivened our sanctum for a short while Sat
urday.
25 YEARS AGO
(1933)
Twenty-one Macon County pupils passed the seventh grade
examination and are eligible to enter the Franklin High
School.
Work started Tuesday finishing the surface of the first 10
miles of Highway No. 28 west of Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Henry, of Ellijay, announce the marri
age of their daughter. Miss Ruby Henry, to Leslie Young, also
of Ellijay.
10 YEARS AGO
Authorities have rented space over Doyle's self-service gro
cery to be used as an additional schoolroom this year. ? High
lands item.
Bob Myers was elected president of the Methodist Youth
Fellowship sub-district at a meeting Monday evening at Snow
HU1 Church. ? ,
Thomas H. Johnson, chairman of the Macon County Demo
cratic executive committee, Clerk of Court J. Clinton Brook
Jhire, Register of Deeds Lake V. Shope, Lester Waldroop,
Taylor Crockett, C. Gordon Moore, and Alex Arnold attended
the Democrats' barbecue at Sky Brook Farm, Henderson
County, Saturday.
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Science for You
By BOB BROWN
PROBLEM: Pour "nothing" out of a pitcher, and extinguish
candle flame
NEEDED: Candle, pitcher, dry Ice.
i DO THIS: Place dry Ice In pitcher, and cover with a card.
After dry Ice disappears, pour the Invisible contents of the
pitcher over the candle flame as shown. The flame goes out.
HERE'S WHY: Dry Ice Is carbon dioxide In solid form. When
It disappears, the carbon dioxide gas, which Is .heavier than
air yet Invisible, fills the pitcher. When poured on the flame
It pushes away the oxygen necessary for the burning of the
candle, and the flame Is smothered out. The carbon dioxide
can be allowed to accumulate In a tank as shown, and may be
dipped out like water. Use slow motion In the dipping.
WARNING: Do not handle dry Ice with finger*.
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