Los Angeles herald., 1907-03-14
ACTION RESCINDED
. BY SCHOOL BOARD
JAPANESE CHILDREN NOT TO
he SEGREGATED
Men at Head of San Francisco Public
Educational institutions Keep
Faith With President
Roosevelt
BY Assoclated Press

BY Associated Press.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-The
San Francisco board of education kept
it's word with President Roosevelt to-
day, unanimously resembling the reso-
luton of last October by which Japan
ese were segregated in the public
schools, and advocating an alternative
resolution in accordance with the un-
derstanding reached at the Washington
conferences between the president,
Secretary Root, the school board and
Mayor Schmitz. The board then sent
the following telegram:
SAN FRANCISCO, March 13.-To
Theodore Roosevelt, President of the
United States, and the Honorable Elihu
Root, secretary of state:
''At q regular meeting of the board
of education, held this afternoon, a
resolution as agreed upon with you was
adopted unanimously. Certified copy
was given to United States District
Attorney Devlin.
(Signed) LAWRENCE F. WALSH,
president of the Board"
The president having telegraphed
Mayor Schmitz yesterday that he would
direct Mr. Devlin to dismiss the suits
against the board in the United States
circuit court and the supreme court
of California as soon as the action
stated should be taken by the board
members of that body look upon the
Japanese incident as now closed, In SO
| far as San Francisco is concerned.
Unwritten Reservation
There is, however it is stated, an
unwritten reservation to the effect that
should the presidents reciprocal prom
ises to the board regarding discretion
ary restriction of coolie immigration
to California not be carried out, the
board may feel at liberty to readopt
the October resolution and again Segre-
gate the Japanese.
Following is the official record of the
boards action at today's meeting:
Resolved and ordered, that the fol-
lowing resolution, adopted by the board
of education on the 18th day of Octo-
ber, 1906, be and the same is hereby
repealed, excepting in so far as it ap-
plies to Chinese and Korean children.
Resolved, that in accordance with
Article x, section 1862, of the school
law of California, principals are hereby
directed to send all Chinese, japanese
and Korean children to the Oriental
public school, situated on the south
side of Clay street, between Powell and
Mason, on and after Monday, October
10, 1906
Must Be Examined
Resolved, that children of all alien
races who speak the English language,
in order to determine the proper grade
to which they may be entitled to be
enrolled, must first be examined as to
their educational qualifications by the
principal of the school where the ap-
plication for enrolment shall have been
made.
Section 2. That no child of alien
birth over the ages of 8, 10, IL, IL, 13, IA,
Is and 16 years shall be enrolled in any
of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth, seventh and eighth grades, re-
spectively.
Section 8. If said alien children
shall be found deficient in their ability
to speak, or deficient in the elements
of the English language, or unable to
attend the grades mentioned in section
by reason of the restrictions men,
toned therein, such children shall be
enrolled in special schools or in special
classes established exclusively for such
children as in the manner the board of
education shall deem proper and most
expedient."