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Hurrah for Ross Barnett...
Cheers to Governor Ross Barnett for his show of guts by standing up for his convictions, states' rights and the will of the people of the sovereign state of Mississippi. If there were more people like him in high positions in the Federal Government, would we have to worry about the "Cuban thorn" or similar situations...
Cites Welch, Barnett...
...efforts to create more state jobs that he could fill, Barnett got into wounding fights with the state legislature by grabbing for control of autonomous state agencies. He pushed through a law reorganizing the Game and Fish Commission so as to open up some new jobs. He vetoed a widely supported prison-reform bill that would have removed some posts from his control...
...DICK GREGORY: Governor Barnett said he'd go to jail before he'd integrate the University of Mississippi. If he only knew how many of us is in jail waiting...