The Miami Times

The Arrington Fallacy

SO THEY RAKED our Negro assistant state attorney over the coals and sent him to the showers! Be it as it may, I'll never be able to understand the reasoning of some Negroes on the matter. Henry Arrington is a Negro attorney and a good one, but he is also a human being. And, whether or not others think so, he is a gentleman. Politics is a dangerous thing and the state attorney's office proved this point. There's no doubt that Arrington was a political target, and if the gunsights had missed him anent the infamous radio broadcast, he most certainly would have been ambushed by a political sniper sometime later. I David Hawthorne, avowed foe of all that's good and wholesome between the races, spearheaded this filthy mess. It was his "sneak preview" in the form of a tape recording that produced the political fodder.

ABOUT HAWTHORNE, we give not a tinker's damn, but for the broadcast, it'll continue to be "the voice of the people." Rev. John E. Culmer, the program's moderator, has been accused, by some, for permitting Arrington to expose himself publicly. Why so? Other professionals-political and otherwise-and from both races, have likewise been exposed publicly via this program. The program Is designed for everybody and it's left to the speaker to make the best of his deliberations. The speaker should, however, alert himself as prize-fighters do and protect himself at all times. Arrington's suspension could sum up to be a blessing in disguise, for while the young attorney might have lost his job, he gained national recognition through the publicity received therefrom.