The Crawford case has ended. Late Saturday evening the jury found the defendant guilty of first degree murder and after much balloting, fixed his punishment at life imprisonment. He was taken to Richmond to await transfer to the State penitentiary, where he will spend the remainder of his life. The Crawford case has ended, but long after that wretched man has gone to pay his final penalty, there are certain things that the case brought forth, which will be long remembered .

The public will never forget that able and well-learned group of Negro defense attorneys headed by Dean Charles Houston of Howard University. Their demeanor throughout the trial will lend prestige to Negro lawyers-to-be. Nor will the impartial Judge McLemore and members of the prosecution be forgotten. What a contrast to the Scottsboro case! When Attorney General Knight, several weeks ago admitted that he was "pleading to passion and prejudice"; how different this was f rom the Crawford case. Mr. Virginus Dabney and "The Richmond Times Dispatch" will be thanked, even years later, for the attitude that they helped to create and maintain throughout the stages of one of the most critical cases ever held in America. The Na tional Association for the Advancement of Colored People; will live in the memory of people who respect sane action and who detest racial ballyhoo.

Yes, the Crawford case has ended, but the manner in which it was handled and those who handled it, shall never die in the hearts of true Virginians. The rest of the states regard Virginia with profound respect and are happy to call her mother of states, mother of presidents, mother of culture and mother of democracy, where justice operates through the the organized channels of government of the people, for the people and by the people.