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16th Street Church Bombing — Part 22
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FD-390 (Rev. 7-16-63)
s who bombed. ‘Sixteenth
Baptist Church last year.
Bth. “dur. investigation” to di-
the identity of the suspect
anything about him.
sheon, méeting of Birming-
"s ‘Business and Profession-
fen's Assn., following a talk
ich he spoke against liber-
Sm, ‘centralized governmeal,}s
3 “the pink press.”
je state public safety direc-
Yor ,was asked whether he knew
ho was responsible for the
yptember, 1963, church bonib-
that killed four Negro girls.
white man or a Negro.
Refuses Further Comment
= personally think J know!
did it,” Lingo said, but de-}
ined to give any information
ding to the suspect's identity.
fe refused to say ‘whether the}
"Suspect is Negro or white. He
;Said there is ne! enough evi-
} sgence to warrant a prosecution.
Lingo, asked whether he sus-
"pects the same person whose
jadentity was hinted at in a Sat-
‘urday Evening Post article
earlier this year, answered:
“T don't kraw who they sus-
pect. In fact,"T don’t care.”
Lingo’s speech inctuded vigor-
lace for his forays into, the
North. He compared the gover-
-Mous, character in the Araerican
Revolution
‘At a time when the cause of
Americanism was leaderless and
rudderless,”” he said of Wallace,
“a ‘Paul Revere rode . across:
this nation. And Thay:
news fur the Communists’ and
‘the pinks and the liberals. “He
is scheduled to ride again.”
» Lingo also was asked about
the prospect_of more civil rights
materializes,
“fT nv ready for them it they
' some,” he said. - =
e head ‘of “thelm
a tigi Patrol, said
€ Yesterday’ he thinks’ he!
gut he said it “will interfere
\go made the remarks at a
nd whether his suspect was a|
ous praise of Gov, George Waly
nor’s travels to those of a fa-)
(primary Communist doctrines,”
demonstrations in Alabama. Hel.
‘said there were nimoré of’somelis
this past Summer that did nota central government and the
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tactics"in ale to other]
questions... SYou'ye seen, nthe fit lib.
feral magazines “accusing “us -of|
having a police state, at, this
time,” ie Said. “But We're sdo-}
ing no more than any other
state's doing.” .
Lingo said his men have been!
charged with, police brutality
but he said “we only take nec-
essary i action.” .
“Cai you placate a mob with-
out force?” he was asked from
ithe audience. -“"No sir,” be an-
“you can not?
“Lingo told, his~audience ‘that|
he started as a patrolman when
the staté organization was estab-
lished as the Highway Patrol in|
1935. I
“A lot of people say, “what
does he know about law enforce-|,
ment?” Lingo said, “But I'm a)
yoharter, member.” I
“America’s. national “purpose:
has been changed from the di-,
jvine goal of man’s individual,
and Spiritual growth toward)
freedom,” ‘Lingo said, “to” the}
age-slavery of the equality doc-)
trine, forced and enforced by. al
growing ‘central government,"|
Lingo said. (
“Through a system ot award
and reward,”’ he said, “the léft-
wirigéry have built an awesome
jcontrol ‘over the news, entertain-
jment, and educational media~
“Only those writers who
preach equality and environment
receive the awards. Only those
imovies, only those educators,
‘only those’ news’ commentators
are rewarded with, prestige and
gain—until the full impact of.
the absurdities were brought
home With the crowning stuvid-,
ity,of the Nobel Prize to a Mar-
tin, Luther, King.” ~ i
ces to “equality”
djand‘;‘tenvironment” were “,to}
what" he ‘said ‘are doctrines “of,
Communism. ‘There fare two
jhe'said. “One is. based on equal-
ity, the ofher on environment.”
Heigaid the equality doctrine|
ised to’ justify an “‘all-power-
ter cmnothing else,
(indicate page, name of
newspaper, city ana state.)
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