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A Good and Great Man

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Editorial article about Brooks Hays in the Auburn Bulletin EDITORIALS A Great And Good Man One of the saints of our times, which being translated means one of God's chosen people, was in town earlier this week. We refer to Brooks Hays, former congressman from Arkansas, past president of the Southern Baptist Convention, lawyer, educator, raconteur, human. This editor first met Congress­man Hays in Chattanooga in 1936 at the organizational meeting of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare. The editor was fresh out of college. Mr. Hays, not yet a member of Congress, was one of the organizers of the Conference. He went on to take a role of leadership in that organization and others which soon were referred to as left-wing, communist-tainted by the right-wing Liberty Leaguers. Nevertheless, Brooks Hays was elected to Congress, and he stayed there 16 years. Nothing short of the racial integration issue of the mid-50's cut him down politically. He pleaded for reason and justice at a time - in Little Rock - when that was treason. So he lost his seat in the House. It was rewarding to see and hear him again - to learn that he has lost none of his sweetness of spirit, despite political setbacks, and that he has as much hope and faith for and in the future as he ever did. The issues in these parts in the late 30's, and until not too many years ago, principally were the voting franchise and farm tenancy. The poll...
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November 1, 1971
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