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...office door in Montgomery says only: WALLACE CAMPAIGN. Campaign for what? George Wallace leaves no doubt. Whether in New Hampshire or under the kindlier shadow of Jefferson Davis' statue in his home state capital, Alabama's de facto Governor is convinced that his all-but-declared thirdparty presidential candidacy can decisively affect the outcome of the '68 election...
...affirmative action" precedent may some day be used to attack de facto segregated schools in the North as well. Not that Northern judges are yet obliged to follow the precedent: its applicability depends on proof that a segregated system is the result of unconstitutional state action. Meanwhile, the Wallaces are apparently determined to stage a dramatic happening in Alabama next fall-a confrontation between state and federal forces comparable to Little Rock. George has already declared: "You know what we're goin' to tell them when they ask us to give 'em more in the schools...
Sanders said he believed that Georgia cities on the whole have genuinely accepted de-segregation laws. "It is still a fact of life that tokenism exists in rural areas and de facto segregation remains in the cities ... I doubt if you're going to change this in the near future...
...Navy's Judge Advocate General that "military law is in nowise affected by constitutional limitations," the court said, "The time is long since past when this court will lend an attentive ear to the argument that members of the armed forces are, by reason of their status, ipso facto deprived of all protections of the Bill of Rights...
...disappointments Negroes have suffered in the past two years are not wholly attributable to the war. An unfortunately large proportion of white America is willing to concede Negroes their bare constitutional rights, but balks at the thought of legislation or personal action which would give this minority de facto equality...