Vol. 71/No. 36      October 1, 2007

Denying “any blame whatsoever” for the massacre, the Israeli government said that those charging it with complicity in the deed were leveling “a blood libel.”

But the Israeli cabinet formally approved the entry of the rightist forces into the Palestinian refugee camps. Israeli troops escorted the killers to the place of their crime, backed them up with tanks, and lighted their way with flares.

President Reagan said he was “horrified” by the massacre. But the Israeli invasion of Lebanon was fully supported by Washington from the very beginning.

The Israeli phosphorous bombs, cluster bombs, and high explosive shells that had caused nearly 50,000 casualties in Lebanon even before the latest massacre were all made in the USA.  
 
September 30, 1957
An outraged world public opinion finally compelled President Eisenhower to send federal troops to escort the nine Negro school children into the Little Rock High School.

The pressure compelling Eisenhower’s about-face was both national and international. In this country the Negro people were aroused to an anger surpassing even that caused by the lynching of 14-year-old Emmett Till two years ago.

[W]hen [Arkansas Governor Orval] Faubus did withdraw the National Guardsmen from Central High School, it was with the certainty that the Negro children would still be kept out—this time by a racist mob.

The most informative account appeared in the New York Post (Sept. 24) which said:

“There was ample evidence today that the segregationist mob at Central HS yesterday had organization and leadership. Prominent in the crowd was Jimmy Karam, State Athletic Commissioner, operator of a professional strike-breaking service and close friend of Gov. Faubus.”  
 
October 1, 1932
All eyes on Gillespie, Illinois! On October 3 the first conference of the Progressive Miners of America will go into session in this mining town. This will mark the high point of the first phase of our activities in the Illinois coal fields.

Then will begin the second phase of our work—the steady, plugging, day-to-day work of getting subs, making contacts and mouth-to-mouth discussions. In this work the Militant must be our best and ever-present spokesman. Our present distributions are good but whether a miner gets two successive issues is a hit-and-miss proposition. If our policy is to be made clear to the miners, especially the more advanced miners, they must get and read the Militant regularly.

The solution of the problem is to get subs for the miners. We have a list of miners who want the Militant but cannot afford even fifty cents for a half-year sub. Just as fast as we hear from you we will begin to transfer those names to the Militant mailing list.  
 
 
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