Word: faubusism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...think of anything bad in Arkansas today?" asked Governor Orval Faubus. If they could, the voters of Arkansas did not blame the man who in 1957 made Little Rock a worldwide symbol of U.S. racism. Last week, in his bid for an unprecedented fourth term, Faubus handily won the Democratic nomination (and automatic reelection) by a 68,000-plus majority over a field of four unimpressive primary opponents...
...Faubus played on the voters' pocketbooks, hogged credit in hour-long harangues for everything from widows' pensions to new factories to higher teachers' pay. His opponents, avowed segregationists all, blamed "Faubusism" for the greatest flight of people from any state in the past decade, but Faubus expertly used the formula of paternalism and social welfare that long spelled success for Louisiana's late Huey ("Kingfish") Long. His victory, said the Arkansas Gazette dolefully, meant "the emergence of one political figure to dominate the state's politics as it has never been dominated before...
Keep It Quiet. Though critics who praise the Post's news coverage often complain about the placidity of its editorial page, the Post supported the Supreme Court's desegregation decision, condemned Orval Faubus' stand in Little Rock. The Post's attitude is that it is best to do things quietly, reflecting its motto: "Let facts be submitted to a candid world." Says Mrs. Hobby: "State lines, national lines, rivers and oceans are no more than markings on a map. We want to give our readers the opportunity to know more about national and international problems...
...there were signs of an incipient secession from Lyndon Johnson. A wobbly move to nominate Herman Talmadge as a strategic favorite son began in Georgia. Commented the Atlanta Constitution: "This will further increase the probability that Senator Kennedy will be nominated on the first ballot." In Arkansas, Governor Orval Faubus noted that Kennedy seems to have "started a trend...
...secret in a lodge near Miamisburg, Ohio, it took them only a day, instead of a slated two, to finish their business. It was clear from the start that their candidate for U.S. President, whom they nominated without shilly-shallying, would be Arkansas' Democratic Governor Orval E. Faubus. Also as expected, the party platform was anchored on "complete separation of all non-white and dissatisfied racial minorities from our white-folk community...