The Abilene Reporter-News (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 75, No. 252, Ed. 1 Friday, March 2, 1956 Page: 17 of 30
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ABILENE, TEXAS, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 2, 19M
SECTION B
MEETING CEDRIC FOSTER — These Abilenians talk Etter, general manager of station KWKC; Larry Shultz,
briefly with Radio News Commentator Cedric Foster at ACC student; Foster; and Bob Tiffany, master of cere-
a Thursday luncheon in the VFW Hall. Left to right are monies at the luncheon. (Staff Photo by Don Hutcheson)
Bill Teague, assistant to the president at ACC; A. C. .
600 Applaud as Foster
Touches Segregation Issues
By LEO LAMBERT
Reporter-News Staff Writer
Cedric Foster spoke to an over-
flowing crowd at the VFW here at
noon Thursday as more than 600
persons, mostly businessmen, ap-
plauded his brief comments con-
cerning the burning issue of segre-
gation in the South
"You cannot legislate social
equality," the veteran radio news
commentator declared, "whether
it’s in Texas or India.” There was
a spontaneous round of applause
Foster told a reporter after the
address that "segregation is some-
thing that must be worked out
over a period of years. It must be
solved by the people who deal with
it and not by somebody 2.000 miles
away sitting in a comfortable arm
chair,” be said.
"Progress is being made." he
went on to say. "We’ve made
more progress now than we
dreamed possible a few years
ago”
As for the current subject of in-
terpositon projected by some
Southern states. Foster said only
that “I’ve always been a strong
advocate of states’ rights."
Boots Presented
Foster was presented a pair of
Cowboy boots by the Diamond Jub-
ilee Committee. The presentation
was made by Bob Tiffany, co-chair-
man of the celebration, who em-
ceed the program
Foster led up to the brief re-
marks concerning segregation by
first discussing relations between
the United States and foreign pro-
ples. He talked at length on the
Arab Israeli situation and for a
time on the strained relations be-
tween England and the colony of
Cyprus.
It went to the Middle East last
October and November.” Foster
said, “and talked with Gabel
Nasser, the Egyptian premier,
about the situation The situa-
tion is a grave one,” he declared,
"and it carries with it the poten-
tiality of a world war at any
time."
Foster explained the situation on
both sides. "It is by no means a
one-sided question. Possibly no
time in history have you had two
antagonists so completely far part
in their thinking.
“Immediately after World War
I, Great Britain permitted refu-
gees to enter Palestine under
terms of the old League of Na-
tions. The Jews began coming in
and gradually they became more
and more of the population.
Open Warfare
“Hatred emerged between the
immigrants and the citizens who
had been living there 1.400 years.
The hatred broke out into open
warfare," he said.
“The UN finally decided when
the British pulled out... . to form
the first state of Israel. The Jews
accepted the boundaries the
Arabs said ‘no’ and went to war.
"To make a long story short."
he said, "the Israelis defeated
them and gave them (the Arabs)
all of Galilee. But with all the
land they gained, all the blood
they spilled and all the money
they spent there’s still a
grave situation.
"There’s no place in all of Is-
rael where you can stand where
you are more than 12 miles dis-
tant from an Israeli frontier The
weakest point in the Arab case.”
he said, ‘is the Arabs say to the
Israelis ’we want to go back
to the boundaries of 1947 which
the UN set up’.. . and the Is-
raelis say ‘never you refused
in 1947 we won the war and
we will not go back to those boun-
daries.’ ”
"The Gaza strip,” Foster said,
"has half a million refugees and it
is only three miles deep and 20
miles long bounded by the Mediter-
ranean on one side.
"The UN secretary general
says it may be solved by negotia-
tions."
Praises Nasser
Speaking of his associations with
Premier Nasser of Egypt, Foster
said, "Don’t think that they're a
mob of illiterate people . . . Sure
the illiteracy rate is high . . . but
their leaders are highly cultured.
"Nasser speaks perfect Eng-
lish." Foster said, "he’s an ardent
nationalist and is attempting to
raise the standard of living of
the Egyptian masses, which is the
lowest of any country in the
world."
On the Cyprus question, he said
the natives on the island have a
Greek background complete with
See FOSTER, Pg. 12-B, Cal. 3
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Commentator Quotes Grimes,
Lauds ACC, Church Schools,
ERNEST
Trial Today
For Aiding
Jail Escape
A 33-year-old Merkel man
Is
Dear Editor:
I see where the politicians are
hunting for some system whereby
they can get their hands on cam-
paign money without having to put
up their votes as security for
same.
My insolvent neighbor says this
is sort of like trying to negotiate
a loan at the bank without getting
yourself obligated to pay it back.
But he wishes the politicians
luck. Says that once when his luck
was running high he managed to
engineer a loan without having to
give a mortgage on his cow and
later on was able to use the same
cow to work on two other bankers.
D. E. SCOTT
Crossroads. U. S. A.
Water Committee
Receives Grant
AUSTIN, March 1 m.—The Texas
Water Resources Committee, finan-
cially on the brink, got a new lease
on life today when Gov. Shivers
approved a deficiency grant of $17,-
550.
The grant consists of $6,750 for
the remainder of the current fiscal
year and $10,800 for the fiscal year
beginning Sept 1. 1956.
scheduled to be tried in County
Court Friday morning on a charge
of aiding two prisoners to escape
Jan. 13 from the county jail.
Morris Lee Smith was charged
after Harris Lee Ausburne, 32, of
Monahans, and Jay Lee Seamster.
31, of Daytona Beach, Fla . left
the jail while working on a paint
detail in the basement.
Ausburne was apprehended a
few days after the escape in Hobbs.
N.M Seamster is still free.
Smith was released from the
jail a week before the pair es-
caped after serving a total of 169
days in jail. He was convicted of
check swindling and sentenced to
90 days in jail and fined 3200
He served the 90 days and then
served out the fine plus $34.50
court costs at the rate of 33 per
day.
A 40-year-old woman convicted
here of check swindling is expect-
ed to be the state’s key witness
at the trial.
She is Gay Muhich The woman
was released from jail Jan. 11
after serving 20 days of a 30-day
jail sentence for check swindling.
The woman, who gives her ad-
dress as Anchorage, Alaska, made
a statement to officers here in
January in which she told of fur-
nishing the car to transport the
escapes to New Mexico.
She was arrested here Jan. 21
on a check swindling charge and
remained in jail until Feb. 17 when
she was released on $1,000 bond |
Smith, in addition to the charge
on which he will be tried Friday,
had been indicted on a charge of
second offense drunk driving by
the 104th District grand jury. He
is free on 31.500 bond on that
charge.
Ausburn was in the county jail
serving a one year sentence for
check swindling He had been in
jail since Oct. 19.
Seamster had served exactly one
year of a two-year sentence for
theft. He was convicted of stealing
billfolds from a Rose Field House
locker room at Hardin-Simmons
University. He also was fined 3500
on the charge.
Ed Price to Talk
To Sweetwater Exes
SWEETWATER,‘March i (RNS)
—The University of Texas Ex Stu-
dent Assn. is scheduled to hold its
annual banquet Friday at 7 p.m.
in the Blubonnet Hotel here.
Ed Price, head football coach at
the university, will be guest speak-
er and will show a film of the
Texas-Texas A&M football game
New officers will be elected and
a report on the year’s activities
given.
All UT exes in the Sweetwater
area are invited. Tickets are $2.50
a plate.
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Cedric Foster, who made there
speaking engagements within little
more than two hours Thursday
dealt at length with Abilene Chris-
tian College, the city and the Re-
porter-News over his nationwide
radio broadcast here.
Speaking from the studios of
KWKC, the Mutual news commen-
tator mentioned his talk before the
student body at ACC earlier Thun
day morning and outlined a brief
history of the school and its gener-
al aims
The veteran newsman will ad-
dress the opening session of the
Texas Intercollegiate Students
Assn. Friday morning — his prim-
ary purpose in coming to Abilene
He will be the senior member
of a panel discussion Friday aft-
ernoon before he departs for the
West Coast by plane at-5:10 pm
His final broadcast of the week
over Mutual will again originate
at KWKC. Foster said he plans to
talk more about Abilene and the
surrounding territory on his Friday
broadcast
on the political lead of his news
commentaries Thursday, he quot-
ed at length from an editorial in
the Reporter-News by Editor Frank
Grimes entitled, "An End to Specu-
Lation.”
Here, in part, are his comments
as quoted on the nationwide hook-
"Here in Abilene today the chief
Inpic of conversation is the deci-
sion made by President Eisenhow
er to seek re-election on the Re-
publican ticket.
“At the time of Mr Eisenhower’s
decision I happen to be in a stra-
tegic state the state of Texas
The state of Texas was carried by
but there are not too many people
who believe that he will carry it
to 1956 at least the ones I’ve
toiked with hold that view
“The Abilene Reporter-News
which has a daily circulation of
about 51,000, pretty much reflects
the feelings of the people here in
the heart of Texas The political
editorial in the Reporter-News to
day (Thursday) said that while the
President’s announcement was by
no means a surprise it was the
biggest break that the Republicans
have had in a blue moon Party
leaders have made no bones about
the indispensability of the Presi-
dent tar their chances of success
at the polls in 1956
“It will also throw confusion into
the ranks of the Democratic presi-
dential aspirants. In 1952, the
Reporter-News continued, nobody
wanted, the Democratic assignment
which went to the reluctant Adlai
Stevenson
"This time, until the President-
made his announcement yesterday,
the woods were full of men who
wanted to carry the Democratic
banner But from here on out we
believe that the number of Demo-
cratic hopefuls will decline. Some
of those who have been stumping
the country for delegates may start
hedging a bit here and there"
"That's the way they feel down'
here in Texas. " Foster said
"There is a farm problem centered |
in declining prices and ruing costs
of living
"There is a farm problem center-
ed in Mr Benson’s philosophy:
those who support and those who
oppose it and this could have a
strong influence in determining the
results of the election." Foster
said
Concerning ACC Foster praised
the college st some length "This
broadcast has, on many occasions,
stressed the belief that the liberal
arts college is the backbone of the
American educational system...
that the liberal arts college has
given to this nation its finest cul-
lure such s college is here in
Abilene Christian
"There are two other colleges
here in Abilene there is Hardin-
Simmons and McMurry the first
Baptist and the second Methodist,"
he said "They too, are liberal arts
and contribute richly to the life
of the community "
“Without attempting to go into
a detailed analysis at the religious
concepts which we find at Abilene
Christian College." Foster told the
nation "it should be pointed out ..
the Old Testament is not rejected
it is accepted as God’s teachings
and God’s laws but emphasis is
laid on the New Testament
"At Abilene Christian College
they believe to a type of Chris
tianity that was practiced in the
days when the New Testament was
written."
"There are those who think that
there might be too narrow a con-
cept on the campus of Abilene
Christian but the undergraduates
the faculty and the administration
loyally defend it on the grounds
that there can be no compromis-
ing of beliefs and ideals
‘Either you believe or you don’t
Either you conform or you hedge
and when you hedge you compro-
mise. That word is not in the every
day lexicon of Abilene Christian,”
Foster said. 4
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