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. pee eatin - er nq ~ Mr, Trotter. Mr. W.C.Sullivan Tele, Room. Mr. Holloman. Miss Gandy___ “a . a. he ; Nie tee out thet Arkansas offictala inclu Bering, t Door ! ing the governor are aworn to support Supreme Court has removed the fast, |Federal Constitution and, in effect, holds the t suspicion that it might relent on inte- |in violation of that oath. tion; or that it might countenance any of| Also cited is the opinion of Chief Justi nA various plans for getting around its rui- son Marshall speaking for the unanimous gt. ; court in 1803: It not only rejected the anti-integration me-] 1¢ Is emphatically the province and duty | mesuvers of Arkansas but telegraphed its for the, Judicial Department to say what the Peers “pelinerate ceed" permits. tine ale fy iv nelin “ rate speed” pe é al- en netple h a . hlowances for mechanical arrangements, but rday, brie ple has, the Court phterved, yes: . ; admits no delays to satisfy the opposition of ountry ag & permanent and indispensable , the communities involved. " Other ways to avoid admission of Negroes ast century and * Thal system,” for =e © to the schools doubtlessly will be tried but le- > ecw . 4 gaily, on the basis of this decision and as long > wh. question remains: anem i a “as the Supfeme Court is composed of a msa- rere moet port How Is the Court to enforce Ite orders? This g jority with the p t view, they seem doomed roblem has arisen only rarely im our hisotry.- : a er : > When state authorities default on or defy a° The Court dealt head-on with the question Sr er te rare enforcement is an obdli- raised by Governor Faubus as to whether the pg% 0 ® executive branch of government f , opinions of the Supreme Court are the taw |-—the President. He obviously intenda to do so »of the land which the governor and -the citd- [in this instance, holding that he has no legal rens of Arkansas are bound to obey. alternative. : In this connection it cited Article Bix of | It is to be hoped that resisting state offi- the Constitution which says that: clals will now:be able ta say-to their people “This Constitution . ; , shall he the su- [that they have exhausted all legal recourse, } - P me law of the land and the judges In every that they must now accept the validity of the z te shall be bound thereby, anything in the (“cision and try to live with it In a governg . iment based on respect for law it should | 7 notwithstanding.” any state, to the con- ‘possible to work out of this situation witho : ‘ urther resort either to violence or use se dre AU— ( vb ft THE HOUSTON PRESS _- 9/30/58 . C2-aAT ac A Houston, Texas Torn is Editor: GEORGE CARMACK 133 OCT 30 1958 52 ocr si198 —— eee ee eee irra | omnes