Clarion Defender_1968-04 Special Memorial Edition

THE PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT TO THE NATION'S PEOPLE: CLARION OfFENDER (Following is President Johnson's radio– television statement yesterday on the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.:) Mr. Speaker, Mr. Chief Justice, my fellow Americans: for Once again, the heart of America is heaVY -- the spirit of America weeps tragedy that denies the very meaning of our land. The life of a man who symbolized the i freedom and faith of America has been taken.i HE HAS OVERCOME! By: Hazel Tinkler But it is the fiber and the fabric of the w Republic that is being tested. I Determined to redeem their bonded state A STAND 1 With implements of love and righteousness, . ·mea~ft~eh:~=.t~ 1 ~a::nt~= ~~e~~~ar;::: :: 1. ~~ ;:~i:isi~=~~!~i~~r~~~hh~~:.wilderness all regions -- all religions -- must stand ~ This mighty Moses -- Martin Luther King . ~ I I I i I I ~ I I I. ~ their ground to deny violence its victory ~ Who championed justice through non-violent stand in this sorrowful time and in all times to ~.;,.; ·.'.·. Climbed high the mountain, saw the promised land, I come. ~ And heard sweet Heaven's bells of freedom ring! 1 t Laibst1 eveningf, DafterKire~eidvingththe h t · ~ d i Ch i ti d th 1 .. ~·~ err e news o r. ng s ea , my ear 1 There is no trage y n r s an ea , . ~ ::~:c~~ 1 ;ot:i~h;a;!~~ga~e;~c:~: ~~~~1~ -- ~ ~~~u~:i~~:~e~~~ 1 c~:~~~~:n~~ ~~~~~~n~a!!" cause. I know, must sometimes wonder if they are to I To share with God His ever-lasting breath. 1 be denied a fullness of life because of the ~ With faith he served and suffered martyrdom. •~; Color Of t heir skin. I called the leaders ~ Be of good cheer for he has overcome' of ' the Negro community and the white com- ~ ' . I munities, the judiciary, the legislatiive ~ 1.': and the executive branches of our nat onal - B I I government, and the leaders of our city · halls throughout the nation, throughout the night, and asked them to come here to the White House and meet with me tnis morning. AVOID We have been meeting together this morn- ing. No words of ours -- and no words of mine -- can fill the void of the eloquent voice that has been stilled. But this I do believe deeply: The dream of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr . , has not died with him. Men who are white -- men who are black -- must and will now join together as never in the past to let all the forces of divisiveness know that America shall not be ruled by the bullet, but only by the ballot of free and of just men. In these years, we have moved toward opening the way of hope and opportunity and justice in this country. BEGINNING We have rolled away some of the stones-– of inaction, of indifference, and of injustice. Our work is not yet done. But we have begun. We must move with urgency, with resolve, and with new energy in the Congress, in the courts, in the White House, the State houses and the city halls of the Nation, wherever there is leadership -- political leader– ship -- leadership in the churches, in the homes, in the schools, in the institutions of higher learning until we do overcome. PROGRAM I have asked the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the leadership of the Congress and the Congress to receive me at the earliest possible moment. They are in adjournment over the weekend. But I would hope that could be no later than Monday evening, in the area of 9 o'clock, for the purpose of hearing the President's recom– mendations and the President's suggestions for action -- constructive action instead of destructive action -- in this hour of nat:bnal need. ~ ~·~ I ~· I I i I ~--, ~~!~ • I I. I ~ I .·; •-·-.,~~+NJ!~~•f::!~!·(~.-;~~:::r::iato~i~'!'+!>:t::?.~~~:~;~~:-,~-~U~~!~::'~~~~._,'l,j'fllflm.Wr&'<DiM<'~.>.WO::f~::!: I N M E M 0 R I A L M A R T I N L U T H E R K I N G 1929 - 1968 (i) THE PORTLAND HrLTDN - HILTON Ford Montgomery, Gen. Mgr. -