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Finally, Mr. Halberstam appears highly impressed by the actions of Dr. David Minter and Gene Cox. The actions of these men may be seen, according to my interpreation of Mr. Halberstam's position, as pointing the way to a solution of the Southern position. This, I believe, is a fanciful notion. The solution is not so simple and for this reason I leave it to the others who are much better informed. But one thing is certain, and that is, when one is treating social relations as they exist in America today, the world situation should make him stop...
...contrast to the NAACP's handling of both the Till case and Boyd's decision was the reaction of two social workers, Dr. David Minter and Gene Cox, in another case widely publicized here. Minter and Cox were ordered to leave Holmes County by a mass meeting of the Citizens' Council because they worked for integration. The first action the two men took, however, was to call up every New York and Washington religious and political group which might protest and tell it not to say anything for the present...
...Minter and Cox wanted to remain in Holmes County and continue their missionary work at their cooperative farm there. Both felt that time might show the local citizenry its mistake, and that they could still run their project. If a nationwide protest arose, however, as could easily happen if Northerners clamored, it would only serve to drive the townspeople together and make them even more hostile to the missionary work...
...this day Minter and Cox have not left. Their plans are not yet permanent, but they are hoping that a reversal of opinion will turn the town in their favor. A few respected local friends in the meantime are talking to people, trying to explain the plan of the cooperative farm and the type of work Minter and Cox are doing...
Last week, with Mrs. Minter home from the hospital but still under the care of Dr. Robert Orr, Judge Harris ripped the old law from the ordinance book. The Minters thought they would stay in Fruita. "I never had such treatment in my life before," said Minter. "Why would a man leave a place like this...