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...have watched with growing dismay the expressed misunderstanding of my article. I am not retracting any of my views as a result of the responses to my article. It is not necessary. The article was an effort to reflect the views of the typical attitude of Mississippians, not John Rorer's. If I agreed entirely with the average Mississippians, I would not have chosen Harvard for the continuing of my education. Neither will I turn my back on my state nor deny it, for there are many good people in my state who deserve to have their view presented...
...fact have not been presented, but I am merely stating the purpose of my article. What you think of me, my article, or Mississippians is irrelevant. It is your effort to understand the Mississippi position that is important. Understanding is not agreement, only tolerance and true liberalism. John Rorer...
...Rorer's desire to leave the solution of this far-reaching racial problem to mental deficients such as Judge Cox and the Mississippi policemen pictured in The CRIMSON some time ago would be tantamount to putting a lighted stick of dynamite into the hands of a child. I'm afraid that the beginnings of a solution must come from "outsiders", the proverbial "northern agitators." These may be the only people who really do understand the problem and who are therefore more well-equipped to deal with...
...know if Mr. Rorer is a segregationist or not--he does not say he is. But the Harvard civil rights workers might learn from his article of the deep-seated sincerity with which the Southerners have tried to maintain their way of life as well as the honest wishes of the majority of Southerners to work carefully towards improving race relations. In order to overcome this cultural inertia without creating either a bloodbath or a slackening in the progress, the sincere positive intentions of many Southerners should be carefully nurtured, using a little psychology and politeness. The flood of propaganda...
...relations in the country--the PBH Miles College program is just one example known to the Harvard community. If the civil rights projects undertaken by our campus liberals are going to be effective, more of the workers will have to read and think about the issues mentioned by Mr. Rorer--not laugh at them. The CRIMSON would better have met its responsibility by discussing some of these issues rather than wasting space elsewhere in the issue with that ridiculous disclaimer (we all know where you stand) and the space-filler about the four flavors of serving ladies. Clark R. Chapman...