The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, March 30, 1961, Page Page Two, Image 2
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We would like to commend Senator Strom
Thurmond on his performance in last week's
iationally televised debate with Senator
Jacob Javits of New York.
Though speaking before a group that
was composed predominantly of Northern
Negroes and or NAACP members, Senator
Thuriond managed to get the point across.
\When' Thurmond pointed out that, irre
1)ectiv,t of eit. ordiaices and state law,
'segregation is being practiced in Federal
hosiing in New York City, Javits missed
the boat bY askhig for authority to be cited.
W'hcn he was presented with an article
by t he Assistant Director of Public Relations
f'lr the Nt-w York City Housing Commission
coUtained in The Newr Leader for July, 1960,
all Javits could do was to pretend that this
was not ain official release, and disparage its
author.
Senator, sir, do you presume to tell us
that. aui otficial of your city's Housing Com
mission made up the "phase system" out of
whole cloth?
The "phase system," to those who missed
the telecast, is a system whereby the Federal
housing in NYC is divided into various
phases-"whites given preference," "Neg
roes given preference," "Puerto Ricans given
preference," and so on.
When more or less pinned down by Thur
monid, Javits admitted that segregation did
exist in New York but contended that this
was all the more reason for a federal law
to prevent discrimination.
Senator Thurmond did not demand that
the segregation in NYC stop immediately.
le merely pointed out. the fact that the
pralticin' wasn't goin' along the lines of
the preachin'.
le also pointed out that the Constitution,
which some use as a reference only when it
backs their views, gives to the states all
rights not given specifically to the Federal
Government. Are you going to re-write the
('onstitution to suit your views. Senator
Javits?
All men are not created equal except in.
the sight of God. Some are given talents that
others are denied. Is this Heavenly Discrim
Joe Jordan ...
Where's That 'Soi
ie supposed conter of South- Stlident Body
rnT I Hospitality has faled flat precuy ten
on its face. tevilled personal
Last week a nan, celebrated tertail 1s and
througiout the worwl for his being as little t
skill and artistry, Carlo., Mon- Itmywl
toya, came to our fair campus. nerdasu
Wre it not for a few who plotted woI aes
whait was suipposed to be a joke, rii.Tbi
.\I r. tlotoyat Vi would have been hcOXith
it ially i gnriedi. WVhat it actually athry,te
.in hnts to i.s that that which has ('mnit, d
-era:weimed b y those wvho s nadwr
kno it it. as a social coup ai''.Vcca t
i turmi iiu t lie fou'r people carry- (X'iS firte
ing ihe hall. sicially. for the en- hwvr h~
ACC .Sem that thbe Art ists Series snpeslto
pefly onterilil
'I,i' ' aiu'i~lj~ . Fsiitari. tertai s a fnd
i)(i~g if al hoiiy Il t m a lwe
:f. if t e ('n:marist wou,li ae s,
~ ('ihi!t17 i lso fori him.j Ths
.1 'ti ~(iiirI )iocr~ 1 avn'" hia arxs thti
authority the?'
ci Ma ti' uro anpere
"l's ill low howevilertey
amittee, thenc faculty, and the t"sonante
* 'I -a leli to fehl i liethepak o
t n ' bt i ng an'it'lh :tIntoitys i i'5i0 ta
* he xt'-;iat of the m :sts o a iIes
trmnnd a Democra'l. dliffrntg r Jife'
i n artioch h a(ill usin.ow ea ha i
once rith premeun Cret,e 'ssc y a
lite the wordsnt of thosas,i''cncihe
.Iff'von "Th loef-g ornmet reha ie
:miidStsi a desntaitzed cedrps gof- f(''Oia)I
ernment, and mnetrl differnt Ifhoei'o
w(prkich totheirrial qtion.(C'- Mse Iihoi
liten tohe ndtords of Tourcnmpas ina t)w
federated fabric. . . . I will say le orti a
against this ever'y man should pe'thsoheI
raise his voice, and more, should thte,rhe
uplift his~ arm. . . . An opinion is ii',gtsmo
huddled upon in conclave, per- frmdotn'
haps b)y a majority of one, de- hvn ed r
livereid as if unanimous, and with letheru
silent acquiescence of lazy or feonnDeo
timid associates, by a crafty chief iaiiyt o
judge, who sophistocates the law ls agae
to his mind, by the turn of his C
own reasoning. . . ." (Noten onSa
Virginia)*E.:Tt'mi
Concerning the Negro, the sage -
of Monticello had this to say: "I l)rEdo:
advace t, hereore tht t erHing jsth
St Stone
ination? No, there is a place for all to enjoy
"life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."
But perhaps there is more happiness in the
pursuit than there is in the pinning down
of the quarry. Would it not be an injustice
to deny the Negro his right to pursue, even
as our forefathers pursued when they came
to this continent? The rights most appre
ciated are not those handed on silver plat
ters, but those which are earned by sweat
and blood and tears.
Equality of rights may be decreed, but
acceptance must be earned.
Will a sweeping federal law accomplish
what your state and city law have failed to
accomplish, Senator Javits? It is an old
axiom that people will not obey a law that -
seems to be unreasonable. This applies to
any law, be it municipal or federal.
Or do you think that this law should ap
ply only in South Carolina, where it would
be directly contrary to state law?
In South Carolina, Senator Javits, as in
most of the South, Negroes are liked or dis- Bt
liked on an individual basis. They are not
merely considered as a voting block that
must be appeased.
We would even be willing to say that the su
tha
the last hundred years than in any other Ail
area. This is because there was at one time th
a close cooperation between our white and t
black citizens. The Supreme Court decision e
of 1954 did more to destroy these friendly A
relations than anything since the "Black eV,
RIepublican" days. tio
This decision slashed drastically the funds
sh(
that many Southerin whites were donating to t.
Negro colleges and universities as outright hoe(
gift's-given in the Spirit of frienldship. da
It. is a long hard trek from slavery to ""
equality. This trek has been made harder (lei
by the creation of had feeling where very in
little existed before. (lu
We Southerners are contrary, Senator
Javits, when you try to push us in one di- Al
rection, we will go just as hard and as far :ig
as we can in the other-whether it is the Pr<
direction we want to go or not. CO
-J. A. K. 'V
sol
,;oil
ithern Hospitality'? Co
in general, was Vel-hial wall. (0i
t to let that es- Ottle academic front it was ist
ity come and en- brought to our attention that "0
then go away, there was nota single member of ica
ouble as possible. the music faculty at the oncert.
b)e that everyone I.ta'h httemmeso
led that someone thmui(latmnheedno
mething planned lk l ec ui.I hsi h
a not the point. cs,i cnst sta h es
t the responsible trtte tud(0wudb og
A rtists Series t h oc'titote ogte
not chee'k to he atti ti it oeliltette tt
simply in ignor- dns
this pass for ant Myetegtttlie ou
r negligence, I t', t t rsn od rc nti
erce aware of thte i5 ttc tYUo' ie'm
hi of etiquette, a o't t' tne'tad 'm inr
might be simply 't.
befor the pr-aUMCde mirng tws a
brouGt t Lortentnthatr "
ot'iittti l a is- hi e musi ticlty at the cotce- t o
lta1e lisinc b Itmay b Itatistihe' ees itf t
istancs, ar tn thecs muit deartet ret dof t
~h ites itt endw- ltthe f amec t music. an If thi isett te
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lat"in prese hdsatre in this
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In Defense C
I was rather amused but not
-prised to see the writers who
ve had much to say recently in
s newspaper attack the Un
lerican Activities Committee and
film "Operation Abolition." It
v,ery much in keeping with
ir left wing philosophy on
leral issues.
The very fact that "Operation
olition" "has been criticized by
-ry liberal group and publica
zi in America" points up the fact
kt it is indeed factual and this
>uld he just reason for every
e American to see this film and
ome aware of the very present
iger of the Communist conspir
I'l columnists who have con
uned the committee and the film
"The Gamecock" are with such
>ious company as Eleanor Roose
t, the NAACP, the ADA, and
er similar radical organizations.
o, if little Bobby Kennedy "re
ned his job on the Committee in
test," it is a good bet that the
11mittee was doing a mighty ef
tive job in putting the heat on
ie of the ultra-liberals in this
mtry.
Great Service
['he Un-American Activities
nmittee is doing a great service
exposing to the people of this
ntry the activities of Commun
and Communist sympathizers.
peration Abolition" shows graph
Ily how easy it is for Ameri
CROWiNG FO!
UNIVERSITY OF
Member of Associal
Founded January 80, 1908, wi
first editor, '"he Gamecock" is pu
the University of South Carolina we
year exoept on holidays and duuin,g
The opinions expressed by cohi
necessarily those of "The Gamecol
letters to the Editor, but all letter
not constitute an endorsement. Ti
publication any letter is reserved.
. . . Stacd
give me anu answer' to the
'ceding question in this or the
<t issue of "The Gamecock." I
o suggest that you apologize to
.Stokes and his fellow agents
-your flagrant accusations!
Yours truly,
Vasa William Cate
ar E'ditor:
Recently there have been numer
articles appearing on the
tor'ial page of "The Gamecock"
reference to the r'acial issue.
ng at native-born Northerner,
w a resident of South Car'olina,
would like to infor'm Carolina
idents on the racial problems in
North.
For' 17 years, I lived in Upper
Lrhy Township, Pennsylvania, a
buorban community of Philadel
ia --where the sympathy of the
uple IS against the mixing of the
ite and Negro races. Upper
rhby is the largest township in
nation, with a popur'ation over
5,000---all of these residents are
ite.
There ar'e no Negroes in Upper
xrby hecmtuse the people will not
rm it integration--one year ago
Negro family moved into Upper
arby and in two weeks their
men was burned to the ground by
gored citizens; later the prop
Ly was condemned by the town
ip.
All of the swimming pools, dance
lis, and othor places of entertain
nt have been turned into private
ablishments-to avoid integra
n. UJpper Darby High School
fused tn nnrtiipnen in ahltic
0C
MIN0r
)f 'Abolition'
cans to be taken in by subversive
elements and used to do their (irty
work. The film illustrates that it
can happen here.
The so-called "circus atmosphere"
was not created by the Committee
but rather was the work of the
leftists that the Committee has
been investigating. These disgust
ing exhibitions of misconduct and
disrespect for the Committee were
allowed because of the very insti
tutions these leftists are trying to
destroy. They were able to effec
tively disrupt tdie proceedings of
the hearings as was shown in the
San Francisco incident.
Not ommmsists
Of course, most of the students
involved in the riots were not Con
munists (or we hope not). It still
remains, however, that they were
led by known Co1mmunists and
eagerly followed their lead. The
students were taken in just as
many other pseudo-intellectuals
have apparently been taken in, in
cluding those whose writings have
appeared in "The Gamecock."
The fact that many of the
rioters declared after their trial
that they still felt the same way
is a sad commentary on college
youth and should be cause for
serious concern. However, I am
sure that they are a small but
vocal minority, and most thinking
college students are repulsed by the
actions and words of this minority.
I A GREATER
iOUTII CAROLINA
ted Collegiate Press
th Ilobert ElHiott G;onzales as the
blished by and for the students of
ekiy, on Fridays, during the college
exammnations.
unnists andl letter writers are not
ek." "The Camecock" encourages
a must be signed. P'ublishig does
e right to edit or withhold from
is And Sta
wvith a neighboring school, Chester
HIigh School, because of t.hat
school's large number of rowdy
Negroes.
The people of Upper Darby arc
truly Southern at heart--when
Strom Thurmond of South Carolina
ran for the P'residency in 1948
undler the Dixiecrat label, he re
ceived more votes in Upper Diarby
than in nearly any other com
munity in the North.
After closely observing the situ
ation in the North, I feel that the
integrationists are in a very small
majority; but these fanatics con
trol the state of Pennsylvania and
other Northern states, because they
are after votes in the large cities,
which are predominantly Negro.
I only wish that someone in the
North could organize the great
majority who are against the
mixing of the races. With the
North andl the South firmly stand
ing together against the mixing of
the races, I believe that we can
halt the vulgar wave of integra
tion.
Sincerely yours,
D)ennis M. Myers
I)ear FEditor:
I read with understandable con
(c(rn your article of March 24th
entitled "So Who Needs New JTer
sey." Heing a resident of the state
and active in many facets of its
community life, I wish to hldge at
strong criticism of your article!
You obsorved that the state of
New Jersey fired the "first shot"
in the Civil War Centennial Cere
monies. This s aunt anne! The "Shot"a
Bill Able
'Conservative,
Take up arms. We're going to way
tolerate ourselves right out of phy
existence. Now is the time for It
all good men to eliminate their thei
complacency. There are those aml
who would make it treason to min
fight for our system of govern- era]
ment or unAmerican to be his
American. stat
We must not persecute these prei
poor, m i s g u i d e d , demented, mat
would-be martyrs. Even in our Stai
militant conservatism, we must wen
not be as intolerant as the ACLU evej
(American Civil Liberties Un- legi
ion), the NAACP and those of vitI
their ilk who can see no other
ovei
Now and Then shoi
Oie they lynched a man ple
Dotn in Moses' promised land;
And later on they cried,
it not then ...
old)
Thcy nailed lim to a cross Ye
And said, "We'll see who's
boss." ers
A nd later onl they cried, ace
lit not then . . . Sou
too,
lie had a crowen of thorns 'tis
said Io
s (I idturt
A nd they ptt ashes (on His head; ru
And later on. thiey cried, ie
iut not then . . .i
Kin
Th<y hum lim there to watch logi
i/im die, N
Gare Him rinegar w1-hen le thle
1WS dy1j, (i ;e
A.ul latefr on they cricd. Wil
Rtt not then . the
the
ty cut lis sidc to nmke lin just
bled< tion
And iy icrote the Apostle's clea
('rc<d Car
A nd G;od, hole they did Cry, Nem
i/|t not thn . . . gral
fie said. "F/ather, sa,e their
souls,"''
And Iie put themt on parole Nev
A-Ind later on theyi cried, a C(
3i(ch later . . . erM
tate
B|ctween twco thieves fie was .Jrs
tied; lina
Ile hung and bled and died. Sou
And later on they cried, Jert
it not then . . . joiln
wor'
So theyl brought His body down whc
And Imt it underground; hot(
And later on they cried, A
)ut -not then . . . and
sell%
Theyi iusrd a stone1 too big to nati
heftt
Bilt Ile got tup rInd left ;
And some, they laughed and the
cried, 11
||uit ntot ften in.g
den
*'-rtmt, theyi herard Ilint tchten, lst
I\Vhn If r saidr, "'I'll come th
A rl rtIr n,, f/thettj/Cl
i/itt not tlhen .
iTheyl' traitittg still today
A md tehent fir' conies, ftey'll put
A ,ir umyrjbe thtey'll cry again dunt
Nmend' uth /en . .. 0
~-W. WV. Savage, Jr. will
as~ you c'alled it was fitred bty the heed
miayor of Charleston when he senit in o
a letter' to each state delegation
iiformintg them or the segregation
rutles. Segregation, as you wvell
know, is cont rary to hinw, contrary l)eai
to the supIposed "'equality of man,'' \]
and c'ontrarzy to the( basic freedoms that
ns ap)plied in the Constitution of f'ers,
ourz forefathers- t inu
It is true that a host many times gati
expe'cts his ritualIs and regulations has
te he followed, but it is also true fron
in, a far greater number of in- Mr.
stances that house rules are regt
weighedl for the benefit of the repl
guest! aral
A governmnut~ sup)por'ted and re- ist
Ittesented( oganization such as the F"
Commission should not andi cotuldl ar.
nrot be segregated in any sense of tan'
the wvord! A democrac*y should Con
function as such, the
Newv Jersey bowedl out of the tati<
Cent ennial because of the ideals st itt
and p)rinciples of the state and1( its fomt
people concerni ng the rights of in- cati
dividuals under lawv. If for no who,
other reaisont, the state of New prlet
.Jersey should be respected for son.
standling uip to her principles and h'un
niot downgradedl to the extent of opir
you r edti torial. P'ri nciples areo im- theet
ltortant. whether New .Jersey or A
anty ot her' state does or dloes not "'So
setntd representrtatives to the Ceun- a
ten nial ('eremonieUs in Chtarlestnon. t
Ilowu~ can we e'xIect other na- who
t omis, especially the new nations of "to
the world, to believe in the free- to
doms and constitutional rights of trmo
the United States if we ourselves te'r
deny them to our own people? I
hne the A mnm-j.- .-.I)l ...l, tak,
s' Awake!
nor understand any philoso
other than their own.
Time magazine, March 10,
-e was a very interesting ex
dle of this "liberal" narrow
(ledness. The Attorney Gen
of Connecticut, in defending
state's ban on contraceptives,
ed to the United States Su
ne Court that this was a
ter of morals over which the
;e had sole jurisdiction. He
t on to say that since 1923,
-y session of the Connecticut
flature had been confronted
bills to repeal the contra
ive ban. Every bill had been
whelmingly defeated, thus
ving a majority of the peo
wanted such a ban.
Age-old Argument
his is the age-old (America
States Rights argument.
those self-same States Right
have steadfastly refused to
'pt a like argument from the
therners on segregation. This,
has been classified as a
al problem. Southern legisla
s have repeatedly refused to
'al segregation laws. Accord
to the Connecticut Yankee in
L, Warren's Court, this is a
:al and an acceptable defense.
ow from New Jersey comes
cry of Senator Clifford Case
eted toward our Southern
lerness saying: "It's time
Governor of New Jersey told
Governor of South Carolina
what the customs and tradi
s of New Jersey are." It's
r that Sen. Case wants South
>lina to adopt the customs of
-lersey concerning inte
lon.
L.abor RIelations?
ould the good Senator from
lersey he willing to effect
m11PIromise and allow the Gov
r, of South Carolina to die
Labor Relations in New
ey according to South Caro
customs? If so, a citizen of
th Carolina could go to -W
ey and get a job without
ing a union. The Right-to
k is at least as important as
m we may eat with or which
I we may sleep in.
merica ir worth fighting for,
it is the broadminded "Con
atiVes" who must alert the
on, ail indeed the world, to
danger of hecoming so "lib
"that you refuse to listen to
othier fellow's viewpoint.
se "liberals" are so busy tell
others what is good, free and
ocr'atic that they refuse to
*n to, let alone accept, wvhat
other says about the same
his worldl needIs more listen
anid a little less talking.
re is a chance that we all
lht learn something if we
'ned a little more. It is the
of the "conservatives" to
ik up sc) that the "liberals''
hiave to listen.
-- U MOC Is Coming
to this dangerously weakEnck
ur* dlemocracy--segregation!
Sincerely,
Sanmuel B. Hiongiorno
r Editor:
r. Fishburne last, week stated
he considered himself a "Jef
m3ian De'mocrcat." Then he in
ted that lie supported desegre
a. Thie term "Jeffersonian"
heen used by people rai ing
I extreme left to extreme h~lt.
'Jefferson was an extreme seg
it ioniist, if one will admit that
aicing the races on their sep
e continicnts is a segregation
ishbuned also mentioned that
.Jefferson "w~as very impor
in interpreting our national
stitution." Mr. Jefferson was
rhamipioni of the strict interpre
mn of the United States Con
mtionc. iIe was one of the
idlers of the dloctrine of nullifi
IIn. The "liberal" of today,
de(finitely favors broad inter
adtioni (anniot claim Mr. Jeffer
I will .grant that Mr. Fish
*e is not responsible for his
ions, but he should not palm
a of f on M r. Jef ferson.
s for M~Ir. Fishurne's hbeing a
ith Carcdinian," I nmuch prefer
yal Souith Carolinian who is a
)spilnted yankee to a turneoat
c'an trace his ancestry back
t.he trees,'' or for that matter,
hle amoeb)ae. Even a disloyal
Isplant, a carpetbagger, is bet
thtan a scailawvag.
Yours v('ry truly,
llahert W. Whtke