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FREEDOMWAYS     THIRD QUARTER 1969

and laugh at the Constitution; that is the essence of the Doctrine of States Rights. The facts presented embrace a trial in Alabama but it might as easily have been a trial in New York, Illinois or California.
   In "The Defeat of Diplomacy," Carter emphasizes the differences between the position of the other defenders and the ILD and makes the fate of the "boys" hinge on their tactical differences. Even as he brings this lengthy recital of facts to a close, the real social forces that had this conspiracy of innocent lads before its Supreme Court and refused to dismiss these cases are left out of the picture. The rulers of the country are by omission absolved of all guilt. The argument advanced amounts to this: you can't work with the Communists. Those who in a fundamental way challenge the powers whose government is rooted in racism and all that Hitler proved was inherent in it - are extremists; you can't work with them. 
   In the closing essay on "Authorities" the sources from which the facts are culled are outlined. Most are culled from sources that did nothing to prevent the attempt at legal lynching. 
   Dan T. Carter is an historian without knowledge or concern for the time, place and the far-reaching political reasons for the happening of great events. The Scottsboro case is isolated from the American scene. To reveal the class and national forces involved in the Scottsboro demands presentation and analyzing of those responsible for the national policy of racism and the violence that must inevitably accompany it. It demands a survey of the role of the judicial, legislative and administrative branches of government as such a conspiracy unfolds. 
   Those who wish to gain an insight into the whys and wherefores of the Scottsboro Case will not find in this book. Those who wish to learn something of the evolution of racism and what it represents as a menace to democracy in the U.S.A. and the fate of the world will find no help coming from Asst. Professor Dan T. Carter. And yet, precisely this understanding of the Fascist-like attributes of American racism is to be found in a serious analysis of the Scottsboro Case. 
   Why then did the gentleman from the University of Maryland write so voluminously and as he did?
   We are in throes of the greatest ideological battle ever waged in this country. The market of ideas is being flooded with material that will discredit blacks, deny their contributions to the development of this country in all phases of life. The motive is to denigrate all

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in the third paragraph that beings on this page, it states "an historian" in the original text and this was not corrected in the transcription.