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(Continued From Page 3) treated politely by everybody consul~ Pupil Transfer Provisions Face about the situation, but he felt that~ increased from 2,920 to 3,282 and lack two children should be allowed to at of dormitory space kept enrollment tend schools in Flour Bluff distr · from going higher. At Texas Southern where they Jive. Review By U. S. Supreme Court University (Houston), enrollment grew Lt. Dillard, a native of Arkansas, from 3,292 to 3,517. with the U.S. Naval Air Station Corpus Christi. He expects to leave fi> (Continued From Page 1) c;;;:;;;;c:: :1:2.,,.._:;.;:ma · mwzm:m;;§'m cloud now hanging over Mississippi has Schoolmen 1411 a silver lining." another assignment in January. nu~ ), / court, the Davidson County system will said he attempted to rent a hoUSe ~ / Tennessee Highlights Patterson , who also heads the Missis­ 1 dese~egate an additional grade each Corpus Christi in an area where ho Oo18h year-keeping pace with the Nashville sippi Citizens Council, told about 25{) Pupil transfer provisions in the persons attending a meeting of the Biracial Schools could associate with Navy persollllt llf city school system. (The systems are Davidson County and Knoxville de· and others of "my position and incOl!ie' • j being mer'(ed under a metropolitan Jackson Citizens Council: segregalion plans face a review by ''We would like to serve warning to but was turned down at three differer rJ ~Isl~ · government plan.) Revealed By Six the U.S. Supreme Court. the ruthless politicians that we have locations because his family is Negro If' Counc;el for the Davido;on Countv Three Negroes have been enrolled just begun to fight the integration Vitest figures show that 172 T~ f OI school b'>ard. in a b,.ief. asked the Su­ school districts have abolished UI I by Christian Brothers College at movement." More Districts segr~ fl f pr.,me Court to refuse a hearing on the Patterson said that President K en- tion, in whole or partly, of 890 distrie Memphis. Ne.'(roes' aopeal and in effect, to let the nedy has "lost many Six more Texas public school districts having scholastics of both races. In a.. ylj_?:,: The director of Potomac Institute, whi~e Sou~~rn appeals court ruling stand. votes by sending troops mto MisslS­ were revealed to have admitted Ne­ Texas has 1,460 school districts, ~ ~i>'"~ Harold C. Fleming, predicted in The brief s:>id the ola11 W'lS shown bv sippi " and declared: groes with white students this fall, and fewer than last year. Enrollment is ei. ~' ~ exoerience to be workable and that Chattanooga on Oct. 11 that James two others made plans to do so in Sep­ timated to be about 70,000 higher tht. 1 ~ 1 : · lower federal courts had retained iu..;.,_ Meredith will "6nish his course" at 'Not in the . . . Sack' tember, 1963. last year's 2,192,911 ( 1,892,044 whitt; 111• tJJ diction to insure that it is not used to the University of Mississippi. "The South is not in the Democratic Reports to Texas Education Agency and 300,867 Negroes). :f!! ~ deprive anyone of a constitutional right. .,.. Robert Patterson of Greenwood, sack anymore. . . . In my opinion the revealed deseg egation, apparently for .,,,,~ . Spot Check .. the first time, at Patton Sorin~s ISD. 'Results of Concentration' Miss., Cit izens' Councils of America Republican Party may be in a positio'l ~' r::: executive secretary, told the Jackson, to get the South's vote if they want it Dickens County, which had 181 white A spot check of SOUTlfERN Soi()(! 1~ Jn a similar bripf. the KnoxvillP board and no Negro students last year; Dell Tenn., Citizens' Council on Oct. 16 (in 1964)." NEWS indicated that about 6,500 Ne. ~ #' s!lin c:rlinnl offici"l" "rsp·niot avnM tle<>l­ City, Hudspeth County. 301 white and groes actually attend class with that "we have just begun to fight the P atterson also said that. contrary to wltit· r.:t~ •:t: in1t with the result" of conce,,tr;ition of "prevailing ooinion," the University of 'lo Negroes last year; Winters, Runnels students in Texas public schools this fat fl:.~ ~ integration movement." NP"l'nPs in one place and whites in ~iss i ssippi "is not an integrated school." County, 1,048 white and 10 Negroes last an increase of perhars 1.500 o·•e• 1~ ,. (::Jl another." Beverly Briley was elected mayor He added: "James Howard Meredith is year; Meadow, Terry County, 341 white year. Exact numbers in mixed school ;: • :ccr 'fhp brief added: of the new Nashville·Davidson County the most segregated Ne~o in the Unit­ and no Negroes hst year; Quitaque. are irnpofipr sch""lin~ Atmo<:nhere for hi"1- who had the endorsement of the Da­ ''We plan to resist the movement to tend formerly all-Nel ing solidarity among Negroes. denial of a'lother child's :>polic-ation ..." ple are more against the movement cation agency did not describe what Negroes attending formerly whi' ,£!- C: Avon N. Williarns Jr. of Nasl,,,;n,. than ever before." action preceded the oilier desegrega­ schools. El Paso reports that all 1O: ¢/. ~ tion. App:irenUy, these districts abol­ of its Negro puoils are dece1?Teg1fec ::: atto,.,,ev f'lr Nets WPr0 anne<>]Ptl ,.ftpr thP TT S F;f+h Ch·­ Section of Proposed* * * cuit Cn11rt nf Anoi>:i}" h:id n1lP en- i!r c-;:!l For Negro Student League to support the proposed Mem­ year basis starting in elementary rolled) include Austin 400, Victoria 32~ . Conflicting Rulings phis-Shelby County consolidated gov­ schools. A lawsuit (Eastland v. Wheat) San Angelo 140, and Galveston 85. A:. ''We h"ve ~hted out to the RuorpmP Harold C. Flemin~ , director of Po­ errunent charter because of its anti­ was filed by Negro patrons of the dis­ these are increases over 1961-1962. A:. Court the co,,flict in the -11l'11l!c; bv th., tomac Institute, told the Tennessee discrimination clause. trict in October, 1951. Northeast Hous­ except San Angelo are operatin., o: ci,.c11it anpeals court," Williams said Conference on Human Relations at In a referendum held on Nov. 6, the ton ISD, in a suburb of Houston, has gradual desegregation plans. The We< i . ~ 2 He added: Chatt anooga on Oct. 11 that "it is quite proposal was defeated by about two to 8,669 white and 116 Negro pupils thic: Texas city made the change in a sing.! m::r. c clear that (James) Meredith will fhisb one but advocates promised to try again year. move several years ago. ''ThP tr.,,,sfPr orovic:ion is unconstitu­ ..::2r.a. ltis course" at the University of Missis­ with a revised charter. They noted tha tional in the firc:t place bPclluce it orPtl­ -; ippi. two attempts were required befor Desegregation Planned ic.,tP" the riltht to atte.,d a cert.a;" "II he doesn't, someone else will," "metro" succeeded in Nashville and Da \fiSf'"TlanPOll s 0 Schools in Brownfield, Terry County. s,.h~"l ,..,, thP basis of the ra<'e of th Fleming told the statewide group. vidson County. child 'T'he plan is d;.,cr;mi'l11torv ale,.. will drop segregation also next fall, ~ Fleming said minority groups must The Negro editor said t}ie chmer in­ approved in a recent election. The dis­ because it T"eauires chilnrPn who are i" make themselves heard throughout the eludes a section "equivalent in loca Teaching Hospital the maiority in the school district or trict had 3,138 white and 171 Negro nation if equal opportunities a-e to be government to the 14th and 15th students last year. Desegregation is classroom to remllin there once thev reflected by positive action. He said Amendments to the Federal Constitu­ have bee., assigned while it grants mi­ planned for the junior and senior high Names Negro Chief equal opportunities in educ!ltion and tion." school only the first year. noritv children a transfer." other fields now are achievable by law Dr. J. W. Jordan, a dentist, con­ ..::n t ~ Williams contended that the raciAl but not in reality. tended that the anti-discrimination A Negro lieutenant of the U.S. Navy Dr. Robert L. M. Hilliard is said ~ =-.a basis for trRncfers is "a dPnial of equal More than 135 persons attended the clause could be ignored and said the revealed that segregation remains in be the first Negro ever employed '"'IP. 'I) protection under the law." meeting which also included presenta­ charter would give Negroes less in­ some schools at Flour Bluff, Nueces --hief resident of a major U.S. teachin ti:! r.t tion of reports on the status of desegre­ fluence than they now have in local County, near Corpus Christi, although '1ospital. He became chief resident ~ • !!ltrr. Transfer provisions in both Ph'lS ec­ the district admitted Negroes to white the obstetrics-gynecology dep-artment a 4.1! ... sentiallv are the same as the Nac:hvillp gation in schools and other facilities government. throughout the state. A member of the audience asked junior and senior high schools as eat ly Robert B. Green Hospital in San An· l;!r.1 plan which has servpd ac; ~ mod<>l in Beauchamp why the National Associa­ as 1956. Twenty-five Negroes living in tonio on Oct. 1. ·~e manv other cities. U.S. District Court the Flour Bluff district are being trans­ at Nashville am>rovPd the Nach,rille 'Just Begun to Fight,' tion for the Advancement of Colored It is a public ch!lrity hospital op- -ti1 People was opposing the charter if it ferred to elementary schools in Corpus erated by the county, with 330 beC. 1:-etJ: pla11 in 1957. The U.S. Sixth Circuit Council Leader Says Christi, another desegregated district. Court of Appeals upheld it in 1959 "nd favored Negro rights. for regular hospital patients and 2:i Robert Patterson of Greenwood, "Doesn't prove a thin"." Beauchamp Lt. Theodis Dillard said, however. for geriatrics and long-term cases. Dr later that same year the Supreme that Corpus Christi authorities said his Ir Court, by a vote of six to three. al­ Miss., executive secretary of the Citi­ replied. "So is the White Citizens Hilliard grew up in San Antonio, at· children would be admitted only to an lowed the appeals court ruling to stand zens' Councils of America, said in Jack­ Council against it." tended Howard University and the Uni· all-Negro school. by refusing to review the case. son, Tenn., on Oct. 16 that "the dark versity of Texas Medical School i:. ~ C In the Colle/(es The military man said he had been Galveston. graduating in 1956. Politir.al Activity Catholic College Le{lal Action Negro Voters Group Endorses Enrolls 3 Negroes Christian Brothers College at Mem­ One Longview Case Dropped; phis has enrolled three Negro fresh­ Candidate in Metro Elections men among its 728 undergraduate students, Brother Levian Thomas, dean, Another Remains in Effect announced early in October. Beverly Briley was elected mayor of 1 the consolidated Nashville and Davidson The students, all residents of Mem­ A federal court suit attacking segre­ withdrawal of his federal suit .see~ . ~ phis, were admitted under the college's County metropolitan government Nov. gation in the Longview public schools admission to Longview's all-white llll" .... :.:i oolicy of accepting Negro applications dopted the policv. In 1960. one erendum approval before dese1J'ega­ Briley, who has been county judge peals heard another argument concel'll· .; Negro student was enrolled but there tion, remained in effect (Adams v. since 1950, defeated Metropolitan Tax ing desegregation of Houston's pub!J - ~ were no applications by Negroes in 1961. Longview ISD, SSN, October). Assessor Clifford Allen 58,333 to 34,466 schools. The district started grade,:!· ~ Allen carried various precincts heavily B,.other Thomas said the three Negro The Houston Informer, Negro news­ year desegregation in September, l~ populated by Negroes. students are en~olled in pre-pharmacy p1per, repo. ted regarding withdrawal by federal court order, involving sollll and en~neering courses a.,d "there h<1 s of the Liase suit: The council's endorsement of Allen ALLEN BRILEY first graders (Ross v. Rogers, SSN, Sep­ been absolutely no problem in their came on Oct. 11 during a meeting at "The recent outburst of death and tember, 1960, and subsequent). acceptance by the other students in the Fisk University. A representative of violence at The University of Missis­ The latest court question concerns I ~~ member council will assume thei Briley, attorney Clay Bailey, contended college." sippi was blamed by some observers the Houston board's transfer policies Oii ~ I duties next April when the consolidated that Allen in previous years had ex­ (at Tyler) for a 17-year-old Negro's desegregation, particularly a rul~ ~ \... government charter becomes effective Miscellaneow pressed a preference for school segre­ quiring a ll members of the family ~tr!I The council will have at least !our Ne· gation. Citizens' Council," Frazer said. "The attend the same school. Weldon.~~ · • gro members, and another Negro wil local Citizens' Council is a group of attorney for Negro plaintiffs, s~d bO t: Bailey contended that Allen, as an compete against a white candidate in Citizens' Council upstanding Nashvillians dedicated to restriction on the number of pupils VI ed L"' unsuccessful candidate for governor in runoff election Nov. 27. have the option to attend desegrega~ ~ ~ 1958, had declared in Chattanoo5a that the motto of the nationwide Citizens' schools is completely arbitrary and II'· ~ ~: he favored separate but equal facJities. Nashville's present mayor, Ben West, Disclaims Kasper C:iuncils of America: 'Stat es Rights and rational." The attorney said Allen had made a was not a candidate for the metro Racial Integrity.'" r~ Joe H. Reynolds, school board Ja•· t(Ill' similar statement in Crossville in 1954 politan mayor's post. Lewis Frazer, president of the Nash ­ Frazer said he issued the stateme:it yer, noted that the brother-sister when he appeared in behalf of the ville Citizens' Council, issued a state­ because Kasper had been identified in ~ ~ A t ransitional school board already for limitation had been in effect&¢ candidacy of former Gov. Go: d:m ment on Oct. 3 declaring that John has been named to make plans for a newspaper story as a leader in the more than 50 years in Houston . Browning. Kasper, segregation leader during de­ organization. combining the city and county school "has nothing to do with the segregation of Nashville schools in prob!~~ Attorney Avon N. Williams Jr., who systems, both of which have desegre­ Kasper, a native of New Jersey, was desegregation." A U.S. district 1957, is not affiliated with bis organiza­ JU~ has served as Negro counsel in nwne ·­ gated the first six grades in compliance sentenced to prison !or his role in dis­ last January agreed that the ruled· tion. ous school desegregation cases, presided with federal court orders. An additional turbances connected with school deseg­ valid. Houston has 58 Negroes att~e> over the meeting. grade is scheduled to be desegregated "John Kasper is not now, has never regation in Nashville and earlier at ing school with whites in three g~ • The metropolitan mayor and a 40- each year. been, nor ever will be a member of the Clinton. #: # # this fall. 1! ,.. •