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...served "no valid legislative purpose," that the subcommittee had no more right to question Shelton than any other "man off the street," heard his testimony solely to "expose him and others to contempt and ridicule." The investigation was a "reprisal" against the Times, which had frequently criticized the segregationist views of Mississippi's Democratic Senator James Eastland, subcommittee chairman. Rauh pointed out that 30 of the 38 witnesses called to testify in closed session were current or onetime employees of the Times, and the subcommittee's Counsel Sourwine testified that he had made no comparable effort to investigate...
...abdicated entirely to the Federal Government?" States'-Righter Lawrence was reflecting the anguish and anger of other states'-righters as the Clinton, Tenn. integration case (TIME, Sept. 10 et seq.) moved from the local schoolroom to the federal courtroom with the arraignment last week of 16 segregationist leaders before a federal judge on con-tempt-of-court charges...
...Acts of segregationist misconduct, said Joyce, will be "dealt with severely and swiftly." Not only would students be expelled, but the high-school faculty had been instructed to "pass on to the Federal Bureau of Investigation any actions on behalf of the students that might be construed as violative of the [Federal Court's integration] injunction." Joyce concluded hopefully: "With active assistance from all of you, I believe all students can return to the carefree and rich student life you all deserve." When Joyce finished, the high school auditorium echoed with applause...
Nonetheless, in line with the South's general strategy of stalling on integration, the case of the Clinton segregationists is almost certain to be dragged out in the courts for months. In Clinton, happily, that strategy of deliberate dallying may backfire: with each peaceful day, the segregationist cause suffers as the law-respecting students of Clinton High School demonstrate that integration can be made to work...
...within minutes of the attack on the Rev. Paul Turner, a remarkable thing happened: the good people of Clinton, Tenn. began trooping to the polls in record numbers. Recording their disgust, they swamped all segregationist-backed candidates by margins of nearly three to one, elected as mayor coolheaded, fairminded Judge T. Lawrence Seeber, 58. This, far more than the ugly face of the mob, was the true Clinton. In it lay hope for the South...