SCLC #594 — Fayette/Haywood eviction protection = stopgap

Printed pp.194–195 / PDF leaf 107: federal help in Fayette and Haywood is “almost necessarily—of the stopgap variety.” Best hope, “presumably,” is “postponement of the inevitable.” Temporary injunction has “no fixed time limit” yet “cannot be maintained forever”; leases annual. Commission presumes good-faith mechanization or land-use changes might release landlords even before lift.

Overt official registration discrimination may yield effective federal lawsuits; fear of physical or economic retaliation has “less dependable” remedies. Voting alone would not ensure full enjoyment of all civil rights. Possible aids (agricultural, loans, training, relocation) are possibilities, not shown delivered locally here.

Distinct from #555 (court-order chronology of United States v. Beaty/Barcroft). This note records the Commission’s contemporaneous assessment of structural limits — not a complete docket or tenant-by-tenant outcome.

Source: 1961-fayette-haywood-eviction-injunction-stopgap-economic-dependence.