For more than 50 days the Negroes of Montgomery, Ala. have boycotted the city buses, protesting segregated transportation (TIME, Jan. 16). Last week Montgomery's Mayor W. A. Gayle reacted in a way that showed how much the boycott—95% effective—was hurting. He first announced that he and his fellow members of the City Commission had joined the extremist White Citizens' Council. Then he announced a policy of no surrender on the boycott: "We have pussyfooted around on this boycott long enough and it has come time to be frank and honest. There seems to be a belief on the part of the...
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