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THE EVER HOPEFUL DOVE
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1965
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COMMENTS ON MEN AND THINGS
COURT DEPARTS FROM ACCEPTED LAW
Do we respect the law? Men sometimes step outside the
law' in order to accomplish their purpose; but far worse is
it when the Government itself goes around, circumvents, the
law r , as we say. You have heard some lawyers refer to
“stare decisis.” Well, what is that. It may be defined as the
law as determined and settled by decisions over a period so
that those decisions settle the point beyond peradventure or
cavil. So we say that the Supreme Court of the United States
even in the period of bitter and persistent sectional bad feel
ing, decided certain phases and applications of the Four
teenth amendment. By those decisions we have known as a
matter of settled legal interpretation and administrative
policy exactly what the Fourteenth amendment covered.
Now comes the present court, a body of justices of rather
meager judicial foundational training and experience and
decides something else, something radically departing from
the accepted law of nearly 60 years. And this court bases
its decisions largely on purely extraneous matter. Some of
the theoretical stuff which inspired the profound conclu
sions of the illustrous justices was about as inapplicable as
would have been some heralded tonic for weak minds, or
something else guaranteed to renew the lustrous hair of
youth to a head already bald and shiney.
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We are not. prepared or preparing to meet this issue;
rather, we are relying on Lady Luck, or something equally
fatuous. The occasion calls fbr such preparation as would
enable us to carry on, regardless of the court’s purpose, but
still without inviting reprisals, injunctions or other decrees
of the Court, or courts.
Merely by closing our schools does not solve any problem;
it is not, it cannot be, our purpose to rear a generation in
ignorance in order to avoid intermingling. Our State will
not gain anything merely by spreading ignorance among
both races. It is to our interests that both white and colored
may have educational opportunities—but how?.
There is no need to wait; we can assume that within a
year some one will invoke the courts. So what then? Do
you expect the District court to tell the Supreme court that
it is in error? Let’s not be childish. You and I know that the
Supreme Court is clearly wrong* but our opinion won’t
change the Supreme Court’s decision.
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What must be considered is the political aspect; the
Court is reflecting a political opinion; it is a matter of votes.
Our people will not accept the Court s idea and the polit
ical ideal of mixed schools; there will be trouble; some men
will suffer and feelings will be inflamed. But why wait for
all of that? Why do we not plan to operate schools for
white and colored without a conflict with the Court? Can
it be done? Let’s authorize private schools and colleges,
leasing present buildings or selling; and granting subven
tions, acordinfc to prescribed standards.
The States have at least as much lawful right to make
grants as the congress or administration has. Nothing in
the Constitution authorizes the Congress to make grants,
or to legislate for or against any set of people, or to dis
criminate for or against citizens. But the Tenth amendment
empowers the States to act, since this is a reserved power.
This school problem should arouse business men every
where because the National Boards and Commissions have
assumed, and are assuming, vast powers which are really
usurpations of State authority.
It may be assumed that schools will operate during the
session of 1955 and 1956 as heretofore, but we should be
ready, DOWN TO THE LAST NAIL to operate thereafter
without a day’s interruption in scholastic work.
We people of the South are victims of BOTH political
parties, so we should organize ourselves as political INDE
PENDENTS, then both major parties would seek our favor
and support. From the days of the civil war we. have been
Democrats. True it is that we did not know a Democrat
from a Republican; nor do we know today what distinguish
es a Democrat from a Republican. Among Democrats we
jfiave Senator George of Georgia and Senator Byrd of Vir
ginia; then we have Senator Lehman of New York—and
others. The Republicans had Robert Taft, who was unlike
most other Republicans.
As a so-called Democrat, we had Franklin Roosevelt and
then we had Senator Carter Glass. Really the Parties, as
Parties, hold a name and conduct elections, but principles
mean little; nearly everybody is rushing, around trying to
corrall voices. If the Republicans advocate something, the
Democrats try to offer more.
We cannot rely on Political Platforms; they are usually
insincere, flambouyant and bambastic effusions which are
adopted to beguile us simpletons at home.
Where is Southern leadership or who is the Southern
leader? If we could hope for any remedy from the Demo
crats let us remember that the Democrats are today in
control of both the Senate and the House. If the Democrats
would breathe a few sobering ideas into the President’s ear
he could be brought to book because he can do nothing with
out Democratic help. But where are the Demorats ? I re
peat the question: WHERE ARE THE DEMOCRATS?
Let us proceed with a carefully elaborated plan so that
when the time is most propitious we shall be ready to op
erate above and beyond all legal quibbles or challenges.
HEARTACHES FOR ST. LAWRENCE DWELLERS
“The St. Lawrence Seaway will bring ocean steamers to
the mid-west and cheaper power to factories and homes in
a 500 mile radius of Cornwall, Ontario. But to thousands of
tradesmen and farmers in this area it spells only heartache.
Like the Arcadians—Canadians of another day immortal
ized in Longfellow’s poem Evangeline—they are being up
rooted from their homes and shops by order of the State.
When a dam and a 2.2 million horsepower hydroelectric
generating plant are completed here, the waters of the St.
Lawrence will back up behind the dam in a giant lake,
overflow the present river banks and sweep over homes,
stores and land—some of which have belonged to the same
families for five or six generations.
‘The Seaway may be a wonderful thing for the next gen
eration, but it isn’t for us, says a ruddy, round-faced pro
prietor of the 100-year-old Bradfield hardware store in
nearby Morrisburg, Ont. At 67, he is forced to move, along Record, wndweed, MM# Who lose*
with other business men in his community. wh * n ™**±*°* *
T wish they would just let me alone,’ says 75-yaSr-old F* based*on^soieu^ncept*? 18
H. Broder, retired reevg (mayor) of Morrisburg. Mr. Bfo-
der sadly shakes his head as he sits* on the front porch of
his neat, two-story brick home overlooking the river.
Across the St. Lawrence in the U. S., earthmoving ma
chines are beginning excavation work for the Long Sault
Canal which will be parallel to the river. Some 3,500 men
already are employed here and nearby as construction
moves ahead on both Cornwall’s generating plant and the
canal. There will be 19,000 men on the twin job before the
$1 billion Seaway and power project opens in 1958.
pEOPLE are always asking ques-
F tions in Washington. Senate
committees are constanUy probing.
Researchers and statisticians are
compiling information on every
thing from beans to the national
„ budget. The new $64 puzzler (re
placing the "What happened to the
polio vaccine program?”) isn't
new at all. it’s just more puzzling.
The big question, of course, is
'^What is Russia up to now?” Sen
ators and statesmen on Crpitol
Hill have greeted one another with
this query for years. It’s been a
1 real exciting game. Just about the
time someone came up with the
probable answer, the Kremlin
leaders about-faced and veered oft
in another direction.
Observers who have long re
garded Russia’s feVr peaceful ges-
, tures as only a feint in preparation
for a roundhouse right are asking
themselves if German rearmament
has caused the change to "sweet-
talk” tactics—or—if some under
current within the Kremlin is
building up for a new tidal wave
of fierce and oppressive opposition
to Free, World efforts for peace.
Past events have shown that any
softness of Kremlin policy went
before or immediately followed
some head-rolling. The last bounce
was givfn to Stalin’s successor.
Premier Georgi Malenkov, Febru
ary 8. After Malenkov, as sour and
immovable as Stalin was sour and
stubborn, the Kremlin policy be
came softer instead of tougher and
the recent show of friendliness and
cooperation has apparently touch
ed off no new explosions behind
the Iron Curtain.
It appears on the surface then,
that the Kremlin has realized the
impossibility of keeping the West
ern Allies unarmed and West
Germany neutralized. They lost
any hope for this when Stalin’s top-
tough policy allowed the Korean
War to shove the West into a
stronger alliance with Germany
being permitted to rearm and join
the partnership.
Most observers believe Malenkov
lost only because of a fierce strug
gle for power, but it might be that
the Russians realized a new face
would have to come forth with
any new tactics. Losing with
Stalin’s tactics, and making no
greater headway with Malenkov.,
the Kremlin has now put into the
limelight two more "attractive”
leaders. Primier Nikolai Bulganin,
with his velvety beard, looks at
much like a musician as a politi
cian. Nikita Kruschev, credited
with being the "boss”, can bubble
with enthusiasm and good-will, as
he did when he visited Yugoslavia.
It could be that the Kremlin has
at last decided that threats and
dire warnings became obsolete and
outmoded when the .Allies qui:
squabbling among themselves and
let the Germans have arms again.
The change in the Russian attitude
became* more and more apparent
after December 30 when the French
Chamber of Deputies voted for
German Independence and rearma
ment
This is not the first "new face”
the Kremlin has shown to the Free
World and it should not be taken
as indication that their apparent
show of cooperation and friendli
ness, or any willingness to "talk
things over”, will close the gap
between Communisn and the res;
of the world.
LAST TRIP TO THE PLATE
By James D. Harsh
H ANK SAMUELR squatted down
in the on deck circle and sur
veyed the situation with a little
touch of saddness. It was the bot
tom of the ninth In a scoreless
ball game. Ha saw his team mate
go clown on strflros. rtmking his
head in admiration at the skinny
youth on the mound. Tbsn Hank
walked to the plate slowly, a fa
miliar plate. Its whiteness show
ing clean where the umpire bed
Just brushed it This was to be his
last time at bet. At flortjr-three he
felt old. He had worked bis way up
to the majors and then bad gone
the long way back to ftte frettom
at forty-three. His kianlrlss ware
gnarled *»mI hie legs achsd when
ever he lowered Me huge body be
hind the plate to receive the pitch
er** delivery. He had decided with
an unimpressive betting average
of .196 that he’d stick strictly to
managing gad let the younger,
more brilliant kfcla fill the playing
field. So, after playing for twenty-
two years, he stepped to the plate
end looked saddly toward the
mound. The kid’s eyes met his.
Old Hank knew it, the fens
knew it; the kid was one out away
from e no-hitter. It was the kid’s
first professional ball game. He-
had been taken from the high
school ranks and hajl joined the
PlainsviUe team of the Class D
league. He had come with a string
of press clippings. The kid looked
like a pro.
Maybe he didn’t know he was
next to hie no-hitter, thought Sam
uels, squaring his shoulders, the
timber resting easily across his
ready shohlder. But Hank was
thinking about that last time at toe
plate. The kid had gotten him on
a grounder, a strike out, and a
long, fly to center field. Hank want
ed desperately to give the fans
something to remember him by.
He wanted to sew up toe game, he
wanted to pound out one more
four-bagger before he hung up his
playing gear for toe last time.
, The kid was set and the ball was
«ast and inside.
“Ball one I” the uxnp called.
The count rose to three and cm
when the pitcher floated a slow
side curve. Hank rose
meet the ball, toe sound was
to him. He knew without
the patch of the ball that tt
gone, gone into oblivion, riding
with the hero's force, 960
the left field walL Hank
trotted slowly around the
He listened carefully to tbs
of the fans, toe loyal
fans who had traveled the short
distance to the PlainsviUe homo
diamond. He listened carefully, bo-;
cause he would never hear
sound again. He wanted to
ber that moment, hold on to It
though It ware son
trophy presented to him by
friends. He was glad he had
tea Hutchin's something
Shorn and something to remain- r
ber. *
Old Hank had showered and on 1
Ms way out of the dressing room,
he paused at the door reserved
toe PlainsviUe team. It was
moat empty except for toe
kid sitting on the bench, a
around Ms shoulders. Hank
there for a full minute wat
the figure, bead sagging,
ders towered.
"Great game,” he said slowly,!
and toe kid’s eyes turned up to*
meet toe old catcher.
“If S' you,** he said slowly,
wanted to strike you out. I
that more than anything else.**
"I know It, I knew tt " ^
Something made it come out
way.” The kid stood and
to dress.
"You’ve got a great
Hank said. "I’ve seen a
pitchers work in my day. You
came close to i great triumph to
day. but that’s baseball It isn’t a
gold plated road. Maybe it
hav£ been too good a start if
gotten the no-hittej* today. You
got to learn to take the bitter with
the sweet, and you’ll be aU toe
better for having learned it early.”
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Unlike the Arcadians, whose deportatioh by the British
took place two centuries ago this year, today’s uprooted
Canadians will neither be sent to another land nor have
their property confiscated. Government agencies will lay
out new villages for them, and provide new schools utilities,
post offices and other community buildings. The homes
of some of the residents will be picked up and moved to
these new towns; other residents will be paid compensation
which they can use towgrd building new homes in the new
towns.
The crux of the resettlement problem is found in the
eight doomed towns strung for 35 miles along the bank up
river on the Canadian side. This area accounts for about
$75 million of the $100 million resettlemeAt and land acqui
sition problem faced by the Hydroelectric Power commiss
ion of Ontario and New Yory State Power Authority. The
two agencies are jointly sharing the bill for shifting folks
from the reservoir sites.” > \
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hUn 10 SI Ur rtUKKYIr
That $64 question has bean an-
* swered in a report, prepared a*
the cabinet level, by the Presiden
tial Advisory Committee on Trans
port Policy and Organization.
The report points out that thare
has been a "transportation revolu
tion” in toe past 35 years. Where
the railroads once had a virtual
^ monopoly of Intercity transporta
tion, but business has become in
tensely competitive.
It then says: "During this same
period government has failed to
keep pace with this change and
has, in fact, intensified its regula
tions of transportation. Paradoxi
cally, the underlying concept of
this regulation has continued to be
based on the historic assumption
that transportation is monopolistic,
despite the fact that toe power of
individual transportation enter
prises to exercise monoply control
has been rapidly eliminated by
the growth of pervasive competi
tion. The dislocations which have
emerged from this intensified com
petition, on the f iber hand, and
the restraining effects of public
regulation on the other, have borne
heavily on the common carrier
segment of the transport industry.
The shipper and ultimately tha
consuming public pay tha costs of
this dislocation. The consequent
loss to tha public, while Incapable
of exact estimate is believed to
. amount to billions of dollars per
tfyear. *
In other words, it's we, the peo
ple, who must pay whan laws and
policies prevent any /basic enter
prises from making toe most of
its advantages and capabilities.
Horse - and • buggy transportation
regulation is a costly, unnecessary
and dangerous burden on the whole
nation.
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* From the Summerville Scene,
Summerville, 8.C.: We agree and
yet we disagree with toe upion
campaign for a guaranteed wage.
We think that year-round employ
ment is desirable. In our style of
budgeting, it is essentiaL But we
see nothing sound in paying sea
sonably employed people for the
time they don’t work, no matter
how pleasant it might be not to
work.
Now if the CONSUMERS and the
MANUFACTURERS and toe UN
ION can agree that it would be
better to work out a more sensible
system of introducing new models
and maintaining steady production
and working steadily we would be
strongly fpr the type at steady
wage that would result.
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eMek waterer with molasses, water, and (me of the new fly kflfc-
ers, diaxinon or malatoioa. Be sure to place It in a safe pbum.
away from chOdreu or livestock.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
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G eraldine alderson, xos Mnung Drive,
sas, says tost when her husband was killed as Ms ear collided
with a train their son was two years eld end their little daughter
only two months. She felt as If toe worries of the world had suddenly
been put upon her shoulders, and the well meant advice of her
friends almost tore her apart*
One afternoon after a partlctdaxty trying session with one of these
Mends she felt as If die was not capable of toe Job
of bringing up her children Mona. She went to her
room, laid down across tea bad and eried until she
could cry no more.
Her weeping brought relief to bar troubled mind.
What Is my biggest problem, she asked herself.
Shan I stay at bonoe with my children while they
are still small, or shall X go to work to make R
easier for myself.
She prayed for wisdom and guidance; she counted
her blessings and they were many. She says she
can’t describe toe feeling of peace that suddenly
came upon her. Her decision was to stay at home
possible give toe children a normal home life.
From that day on she began to sleep at night, her health improved
and her outlook on life became f happier one.
She says that die knows now that no one la alone; teat God is
Wtttl US.
CARNEGIE
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How many fingerprints are an file at Federal Bureau sf
tton headquarters?
As of April 11, 1954—more than a year ago—there were 130,400,252
fingerprint cards on file with the F.B.L Identification Division.
When J. Edgar Hoover took office in 1924, there was no centralized
fingerprint collection. One of his first moves was to bring together
toe Collection housed at Fort Leavenworth by toe Federal Govern
ment and toe' fingerprints being maintained by toe International
Association of Police Chiefs in Washington. Starting with a nucleus
of slightly more than 810 fingerprints, toe file contained 10,000,000
prints by 1939. r
What tat the fee far registering a "trade mark*’?
The fee for the original application is $25, and for renewals, 925,
with lesser toes for corrections, amendments, abstracts of title end
other services. Trade marks are registered for 20 years and may
be renewed for periods of 20 years if still in use in commerce
regulated by Congress, unless previously cancelled or surrendered.
A trade mark is defined by Act of Congress as "any word,” name,
symbol, or device, or any combination thereof, adopted and used
by a manufacturer or merchant to identify Ms goods and distin
guish them from those manufactured or sold by others.**
Who wrote ’The American’s Creed”?
It was written by William Tyler Page, Clerk of toe U. S. House of
Representatives in 1917. and adopted and promulgated by the Gov
ernment’s Committee on Publication. Accepted by the House of
Representatives on behalf of toe American people; April 3, 1918.
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