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Show o Wf Illll ft: Racial U. S. ide As Ever By LOUIS HARRIS all For the Opinion Analysis legislation passed programs set up in the last five years to try to move racial progress ahead, the gulf between whites and Negroes in thi country rarely has seemed wider. It is not that rational America cannot articulate the size and scope of the problem. Rather, a sizable gap exists between what people rationally recognize and the way they emotionally react. Nearly both whites and blacks three-quarte- would make personal sacrifices to improve Negro they say Sugar House that inequality for Negroes here at home hurts the United States abroad, but 69 percent of all whites also think that Negroes are asking for more than they are ready to absorb. When asked about last summer's rioting, whites and Negroes showed themselves far apart in assessing causes and blame. Whites believe that riots are organized while do not. Whites are opposed to any extension of federal government responsibility for welfare payments, while Negroes want such an extension. Most of all, whites simply do not feel that white raci; n is a major root cause of black disorders, while a majority of Negroes feel it is. Even at the moment of Dr. Kings death, w.iite and Negro America showed alarming living conditions, but no more than 39 percent are willing to pay higher taxes to rebuild the ghettuo. Nine out of 10 whites think black people live in miserable conditions, but less than five in 10 favored open housing legislation up to the time of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. of rs A white DESERET NEWS, Thursday, Ne-g'o- massive 78 percent of America is convinced Bountiful growing into two armed camps. A survey in signs i of March revealed that 53 per cent of all whites and 32 pei cent of Negroes had guns in their homes. When asked if they would use their guns against other people in case of a riot, 51 percent of all gun owners said they would, up sharply from a comparable 29 last August. Negroes had felt increasingly that the war in Vietnam was draining America's energies that they wanted so desperately to be directed to their needs. A majority of 51 percent of all Negroes expressed the view that this country should get out of as as Vietnam quickly The stature of Dr. King as the leader among Negroes has to by been well testified events of the past tvo weeks. The position he held is underscored by the fact that nine out of 10 Negroes back at the beginning of the Negro revolution in 1963, and just as many at the time of his death, looked upon Dr. King as the man they wanted to lead them. Two weeks ago the Harris had just comorganization pleted a survey of a cross section of Negro college seniors. When asked to choose one leader they would follow, Martin Luther King was volunteered by 56 percent with Roy Wilkins next at 5 percent and Stokely Carmichael next at 4 percent Black students are among the most militant segment of Negro society today. Essentially, the message of Dr. King was one of optimism and faith to most Negroes. He transmitted hope to rural Negroes in Mississippi, to unemployed ghetto dwellers in New York and Chicago, to aspiron militants young ing black campuses, to the growing numbers of middle-clas-s Negroes outside the ghettos In the cities and the suburbs. Incredibly, for all of their misery and frustration, few all of their growing alienation V. from white society, Negro hopes and optimism over the ultimate fulfillment of their cause of tacial justice had never dimmed. It is still too early to tell g just how much of the of black hope is left. As, indeed, it is too early to know whether the violence, burning and looting in the aftermath of Dr. King's assassination has created more white intransigence than ever. It Is possible that America will find the common ground for a crisis unity, born of the knowledge that more cleavage can produce disaster beyond any yet seen. But there is no certainty of this, for the tensions remain high between blacks and whites, and there is a deep question over whether tliis country any longer can afford the luxury of things getting worse before they get BUY DIRECT FROM OUR FEED LOTS EREFORD & BLACK ANGUS FREE BONUS BEEF-GR- FED AIN FREE VACATION FOR TWO with purchase of 12 beef or a freezer. 4 DAYS -- 3 NIGHTS AT HACIENDA in IAS VEGAS er MIAMI BEACH. Take your vacation anytime within one year after purchase. HEREFORD AND ANGUS BEEF HALVES . CUTTING . and WRAPPING Dressed Weight better. O r FREE The Washington Post Co. Before Price Increase Goes Info Effect BUY NOW COMPARE ... 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