Iron County Record | 1963-04-04 | Page 10 | CSU Freedom Forum Discussion on Individual Rights

CSD Freedom Forum Discussion On Individual Rights Arguments for the state of Mississippi. The Federal Government Govern-ment and the individual citizen were presented in the course of the College of Southern Utah Freedom Forum discussion on the James Meredith case Wednesday, Wed-nesday, March 27. In presenting the case for the South. CSU Dean of Students Richard Gillies argued that the southern states feel they are lighting to maintain state power against a growing monolith. He further stated that education is rntative of the state and ;that 50 different state education .interns lessen the chance of dictatorship through education control. "The South remembers vthe lawless days of reconstruc tius l does not want to chance this again." Mr. Gillies stated. Dr. Gerald Hansen of the CSU political science department ex-Klned ex-Klned that the 14th Amendment Amend-ment to the Constitution requires federal action if the state dis- vriminatrs against residents and . since Mississippi refused to admit ad-mit JamM Meredith sole y be- ;ausc he was a negro, tills was domination. "Mississippi was given a chance t-; solve its own fmfclem and force was used only when persuasion and ncl"2tln were exhausted and failed, Dr. Hansen said. The conclusion reached in the discussion on individual rights by Prof. Jim Watson of the CSU business department stated that the negro wants econlmic, poll- .. .. a c'.il e""",1,y under the 'lw! "lie" does not want to be a second class citizen. Further-more, Further-more, states do not have to give education, but if they do, they are required to provide equal educational ed-ucational opportunities for everyone.