The South: Hello, Earl

Ever since he wrote the opinion in the 1954 school case, the mere mention of Chief Justice Earl Warren has been enough to redden the neck of any good segregationist. When Warren agreed to speak last week in Atlanta at Georgia Tech, authorities began preparing for trouble.

Their concern was only prudent. Some 25 signs appeared in Atlanta neighborhoods, pleading "Help Impeach Earl Warren," most of them paid for by Frank H. Benning, 36, a member of the John Birch Society. The Atlanta Committee to Impeach Earl Warren wired Warren: YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU ARE NOT...

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