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...Professor at the University of Mississippi told the CRIMSON by telephone last night that "as many as 90 per cent of the faculty may favor the admission of James Meredith to the university...
...Meredith is admitted," he speculated, "the university will probably be closed--but only for a few days." He emphasized that the whole affair had become a political matter, making the university a purely passive agent in the conflict...
...campus, and there took over as special registrar of the university. Barnett had promised the people of Mississippi-despite telephone calls from U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who had warned him of the legal consequences -that he would go to jail before he would permit Negro James H. Meredith to register for classes...
...Associated Press reported yesterday that Barnett is on his way to the Oxford, Miss., campus to stop Meredith's third try for admission. Faced with a contempt charge, the governor has sworn to go to jail rather than submit to the desegregation of "Ole Miss...
...force the only available course of action. There is little chance in Mississippi that an intellectual community will lead the people toward rationality; there are not the vaguest signs of an evolution toward moderation. Not one person at the University of Mississippi has openly supported the admission of James Meredith. Mississippi has desired and kept an impasse in race relations. That is why the troops will be there...