Northwest Defender_1964-01-09

Hat~.:d' s Toil The das taJ•dl~· assassination of President. Ken– nedy_not onJ~· points out. man's inhumanity to man but 1t also stands as a grirrt svmhol of hatred's tragic toll . . . ' · John Fitzgerald Kenned~· was a man not onlv tall in stature but towering in principle, too. He had an ar~ent dedication to the cause of human dignity, equality of opportunity for all Americans, brother– hood for all of the world's citizens and justice for every human being. He was pursuing these goals for human rights with the youthful energy, vigorous vitality and obvi– ous sincerity which were winning friends for our nation throughout the free world and even gaining the respect of countries with opposite Ideologies. But here in our own country, Kennedy was con· stantly running into roadblocks thrown up by Dixie die-hards, racial bigots in both the South and North a.nd other foes of human rights and equal justice. When Medgar Evers, the martyr of Mississippi, was shot down in cold blood, Kennedy apparently saw the foreboding implications. He saw the grue– some and deadly handiwork of the forces of bigotry and racial injustice ... and spoke out, frankly, condemning this evil and vicious crime, and the type ofbigots who perpetuated it. He hurled these challenging question!': How long will America be the land of equality of oppor– tunity for all •.. except Negroes? How long will the world see us as the land of full freedom for -aJI ••• except the Negro? How long will it b11 the citadel of j~stice for all ..• except Negroes? Kennedy's speech that day and his plea for human dignity and equal rights for a!l Americans will go down in history as the most forthright and straightforward appeal for civil rights ever made by a.tt A_me:r.ican presidettt. Then came August and a half million marching feet resounded on the streets of Washington in an unprecedented, orderly demonstration a.gainst raci– al injusticr~ That historic assemblage, conducted in dignity, with tb~ theme of Martin J.-utMr King's memorable speech, ''I have a Dream" (full of free· dom)-at the foot of the statue of the Great Eman· cipator-toucbed the heart of the nation, and the President, too. We were there, a.nd an inside source reported that Kennedy said it was one of the proudest mo– ments of his life. Nearly 250,000 Americans-of all colors and creeds-bad demonstrated peacefully and effectively the great need of insuring human dignity, full civil rights and equality of opportunity for ALL of our nation's citizens. Again the busksters of hate struck last fall. This time four innocent little girls in a. Sunday School in Birmingham were the victims of a. bigot's bomb.. ' Kennedy was horrifie!l a,t the incident. He dis– patched the Justice Department's top personnel to Alabama to find the perpetrators of this terrible crime i!!lll to hi!Ye them prosecuted. 1\Ieanw.hUe he heg;m ple'lding w1t.h the ton legislators to get quick I!.Ctio!l. 'In s m";o.n!ngful ch·ll rights law. As usual, Di1l:iffra.h• Md ob§t.r,1r-tionlsh! resumf'.d their delaY· lDP' "·"d ,.ta lllnl! tactics, a.nd more roa.dblocks we~e thrQwn uv. From on11 of th" m"" who wa!' closest t() Ken· nedy, we learned that not only did JFK r,onsider civil rights the most important domestic problem in our nation today, but his most ardent ambition was t() be able to correct our nation's racial injustices. We also talked with him personally and felt the reassuring clasp of his hand. It was almost an obsession with him, but he constantly ran into bit– ter opposition from chairmen of many of the top CC?ngressional committees who threatened to wreck h1s entire legislative program if he persisted in his advocacy of civil rights. . ~any times, in waging his battle against Dixie's IDJustices, be bad to call on his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, to run interference or carry the ball for him. But his dedication to the cause of full freedom for all mankind and civil rights and equality of op– portunity for all Americans, never w:wered. Dixie's deadl;v hurrican11 of hale has taken a tr;~.;;,il' tnll in f.hp , pa.st dN·adp, .. . First youthful F.mnwt.t Till Willi> f "la.in in Mississippi, n!'Xt ·NAACP '"'HI~rs lbrr.r .T. .Moor" of .Florida nnd F.\'ers of Mjo;;:~!'sl~pl WPrp, murdi'.rl'rl, lhl'n thP four little srirl!! 1!1 Jkrm:ng;hl!m ,wl're fn.tJt.lly homhl'rl. And now t.he I'OH!!try!! hil:hf'f"t f'X~>Rnth·P, 1h*l Prf'f"iclpnt of onr nation, has l>fop.n B!Os;a,ss.i!1af4'il. Finally, th6 a.nti~llmRx~t!1~> ~;!a.rlng; of lt poii<•P– !m!.n 11nd llf fhA sm:pP.f'tt>il ""'"!S<lin himself~endrd this v!~!ons "Jl"t~ of ' 'engooncp. - Who will. bA .next? Anrl whn t. l!.f"' we doing tl) &re. that Ha.te·!l holocaust do"" not, m11'kA Us deadly strike again? The courageous 1\ennedy ha.'! .followed the fool~ steps of Medgar Evers into Eternity a..<; a martyr to the hallowed cause of Freedom .. : · It is our ardent hope that the tragic death of this great ~nd good man will shake the conscience or. our n?-tion and laVI'makers into implementing qm~k action to. secure the human and ch·ll rights which he stood for, lived for and died for If these righteous and lofty goals can be )1;ained l~en perh~.ps, John Fitzgerald Kennt>dy will not hav~ rlu•d m ' 'am. ~}' f)n;sid.-;nl Is 1).-;ad By L. M. Meriwether My President is dead I implicate. then;t. When news of look no further." Why? I feel this loss doubly be- t~e Presidents shooting was Despite the fact that warn· cause I am a Negro and Pres- first announced Friday, news- ings were received that Oe– ident Kennedy by hie words <l'asters recalled that last wald would never reach the and his deeds recognized that month Adlai Stevenson was county jail allve, a man with · thia nation could not cont.inue hl.t over ~he head and spat an extensive police record to heap indignity and abuse on by rac1st elements in Dal- was permitted to roam in and upon one-tenth of its peop'e. las.. It was al.so reve~ed that out of the city jail with a gun My President Is dead! th~ Presidents secunty guard on h!s hip and shoot him ~ ~ ~ hail. been particularly appre- Why? · ' · But mingled with my grief henl!\!ve and fearful of thel!l" i nesp!te Lhe fact that no is horror 11t the ma.ch !~ations elements. But sud<ienly, even motive has been a.dvenced, of the American press and befor(l. Oswl!ld WAA arrested, with Oswald's d~at.h Texas the lor.al pollee force in this Nne of reasoning was Pollee hR.v~ d~lR.rf!d Kenna– Texas. The former have tried abandoned in favor of smear- dy'e assassination case clol!ed. and convicted Lee Marvin Os ing Cu!ba. and Russia. Why? wald of the murder of Pres!: i< i< i< i< i< i< dent Kennedy without bene- Another factor which is a I hope that someone, some– fit of trial, obviously forget- cause fOO' alarm is the com- where will ferret out the .an~ ting that a man is innocent plcte laclc of objectivity of swers to these and the many until proven guilty. Over and. t~e Texas polft:e force. Des- other questions which are pol· over radio announcers and p1te the fad t~t eye witness- luting the air like a plague. the press have identified Os- es implicated two other per- Add not to my anguish wald as "Kennedy's Mur- sons in Kenne<iy's assassina- .with a blanket of half-truths derer" or a "Marxist Assas- tion, Texas police after cap· and evasions. Can't you un· sin". turing Oswald , boasted : derstand my grief? The fact of the matter is "We've got our man. We need My President.Is dead! Slayer of Oswald Was Ex-.Promoter ·R:uby, the 52-year-old Dallas mght club impressario w h 0 ' shot ~o death the inan charg– ed With assassinating Presi– dent Kennedy, once promoted a 12-year-old Negro "talent discovery'' known as Sugar Dadd~ in stage performances here, It was disclosed. Ruby brought the boy who~e real name was not im~ mediately disclosed, h e r e from Dallas where he had "discovered" him, and book- · ed him in several acts. Later he took Sugar Daddy to New ~ork bt~t reportedly had dif– fiCulty fmding bookings there for him. Oswald was an American op– erating in a climat~ produced by American ideals or rather the lack of practicing them. Whether or not he and/ or others killed President Kenne– rly may forever be hidden from us now that an ft.SSM· sin's bullet hM sealed his Jip11 forever. And the MCilmula– tion or circumslR.nt.lal evi– den('f! which now e::~.n never be refuted chMges nothing. JFK: Martyr • tn Paradise i< ~ i< What is sllll evident is that Oswald and/or others, flour– ished in 11. society which al– lowed six innocent children to be murdered and their mur– derer to go unapprehended. This disrespect for law and order permitted a postman ·journeying for freedom to be killed on the highway and his killer left free to gloat in vic– tory. This disregard for hu– man dignity allowed Medgar Evers to be shot in the back and killed. It matters not what labels we hang on the ~uilty. Emboldened by suc– cess, the next target W!t.'l the s11preme one. M.v Prel'ident. is oel\d. ~ « i< 'rhe press r:a.n also be blamed for straining our in– ternationa.J relations with · Russia and C11ba by inventing far-fetched theories trying to HOUSES NEEDED ! ! 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