Letters: May 19, 1967

Lonely Beacons

Sir: Federal Judge Frank Johnson [May 12] and many others like him make it possible for me to have pride in being from Alabama—which is a difficult thing nowadays. In the end it will have to be Alabamians who win the battle of darkness against George Wallace and the ideas that he represents.

THOMAS A. BLOUNT North Carolina State University Raleigh

Sir: Your choice of Judge Johnson as a cover subject was a wise, albeit a too-long-delayed one. Many of us native Alabamians have long admired Johnson's clear, courageous and compelling legal decisions—many...

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