The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 07, 1965, Image 11
Cttatoo, S. C, Thuraday, October 7. 1966
THE CLINTON CHB0N1CLE
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COMMENTS
ON
MEN AND THINGS
Recently we noticed that FBI
agents were studying (lies re
lating to private schools. Our
curiosity being aroused, we
asked the purpose of this
searcB and received civil but
non - committal answers. A
check with neighboring news-
papers indicated that the
search was similar and simul
taneous throughout the region.
One does not have to be a
gifted detective to surmise the
reason back of this interest in
private schools. Someone in
Washington has instructed the
FBI to assign its agents to this
subject as part of the ‘civil
rights' movement. Their time
—normally devoted to running
down criminals »nd other use
ful work for the public niterest
„ —is being utilized for investi
gation of a subject heretofore
held in general esteem, but
above all as a private concern
of the proprietors and clients
of the schools.
What possible interest could
the federal government have
in private schools of the South?
(We are assuming, without
even troubling to inquire, that
no such search is in progress
in the North). Atj-in wc rdy
on surmise in seeking a rea
son. In our opinion, the federal
government is determined to
discourage development of pri
vate schools in the South as a
refuge for white children whose
parents do not wish to send
them, for racial or other rea
sons, to predominantly Negro
public schools.
Whether the government has
legal power to interfere with
private schools is another
question., We shall not attempt
to answer it today . . .
The use of FBI agents as in
vestigators or legal action to
integrate private schools to us
would be regrettable—and we
are using the most restrained
term that comes to mind . . .
I have quoted from the great
morning daily of Charleston,
The News and Courier.
I had heard of this from a
citizen who expressed indigna
tion.
Frankly I may speak as a
lawyer and say that the Fed
eral government has no right
or reason to investigate the
private schools or those who
$ send children to private
schools. There is no legal' au
thority to prevent the Colored
citizens from organizing and
maintaining private schools, if
they should care to do so. And,
by the same tokne, there is
no legal authority or Justifica
tion for meddling with or in
vestigating private schools or
ganized and maintained by
White citizens.
I have had an unusual expe
rience in a somewhat analo
gous case. As Director Gen
eral, in Peru, all Government
schools and colleges were di
rectly under my office; and all
private schools and colleges
operated by my license of my
office, though we did not ex
amine the patrons. That gen
eral authority included The
Catholic University of Lima
and The Normal School of the
Ursuline Mothers. But Peru is
a far call from the United
States, yet I never dreamed of
investigating the patrons of
private schools and colleges. I
am amazed at this develop
ment in “The land of the Pil
grims Pride."
My thoughts roam aoout and
I find myself wondering. Will
our government send FBI
specialists to' investigate our
churches on the eve of calling
pastors; or will it investigate
the ministers?
Shall the government investi
gate a County Grand Jury?
Shall we have Federal inves
tigation of teachers, lawyers,
physicians?
What does this mean? Where
is the Congress while the ex-
e c u t i v e department brushes
aside all the age-old rights,
privileges and liberties of our
Constitutional guarantees?
Are we to enjoy the liberties
won from old King John at
Runnymede in 1215 and all the
Kings since? Or are the labors
and sacrifices of our American
patriots now just a memory,
a sort of Fourth of July flour
ish?
In all seriousness I call upon
the Congress of the United
States to curb the executive
and to reassure the citi
zens of our nation that we still
enjoy all the freedom won by
our ancestors.
• • •
Drying up of church activity
is not uncommon these days. A
severe shortage of clergymen
has, by one estimate, left al
most 89,000 Protestant and
Jewish congregations in the U.
S. without a full-time minister
or rabbi. Every Jewish temple
selects its own rabbi, and
many Protestant denomina
tions similarly leave each con
gregation free to hire its own
minister or ministers, though
regional or national church or
ganizations often help to find
qualified men.
For some faiths, empty pul
pits are less of a problem. In
the Methodist and ’ Evangelical
United Brethren Protestant de
nominations, for instance, an
nual district conference select
ministers for member church
es, and can shift clergymen
from one congregation to an
other. In the Roman Catholic
Church no parish can operate
without a priest, as only' the
priest can oiler mass, which is
central to all Catholic worship;
diocesan offices have full pow
er to assign priests to parishes
to keep every pulpit filled.
But the scarcity of clergy
men is hurting these faiths,
too. Among Catholics, for ex
ample, ecclesiastical authori
ties have been unable to cor
rect some extreme inequities
that have developed in pastoral
wort; loads. In Clemson, one
Catholic church has two priests
for 900 parishioners. .But at
Good Shepherd Parish in New
Tort, six priests minister to
17,0000 Catholics — an average
of only one priest for over'~2,-~
800 communicants . . .
• • •
Where is Cuba? And where
is San Domingo?
Cuba lies ninety miles east
of Florida—too near, in fact
for comfort. There are other
islands near us, to the East,
but they are in safe hands, at
least for the present.
On my way from New York
to Peru I went through the
Panama Canal; that saves sev
eral thousand miles by avoid
ing the long trip down the At
lantic to the tip of South
America and then northward
a long way to Callao, Peru.
* * 3)
I sailed from New York,
traveling south and going east
around Cuba toward the Canal.
That came near Santo Domin-
to, which lies with Haiti just
off our route.
On another trip we sailed by
Havana, Cuba, and spent some
hours in that city. Leaving Ha
vana, we sailed somewhat west
and then south to the Panama
Canal.
As a matter of strategy we
must defend the Canal. Going
by the canal saves a lot of
time and fuel on a trip to Los
Angeles (San Pedros), and San
Francisco.
If communism gets a grip
on Panama we might be se
riously involved and greatly
injured. ,
We built the Canal, you
know, spending millions upon
millions of dollars; and we
must protect it. We made pos
sible the creation of the Re
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Of course the strip occupied
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wealthy.
Before entering the Canal
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for Columbus.: Christobal is
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