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school. He called for immediate
transfer of Central High School.
Lawyers Take Dispositions.

Lawyers Take Dispositions.
He made no further reference
to court action. However, it is
known that the lawyers represent
ing the NAACP have been taking
dispositions from school officials
all summer with a view to re-
opening a suit filed last year by
colored girl desiring to enter a
white high school. The School
Board won the suit but the court
specified it could be reopened with
an amended complaint.
As the hearing concluded short
ly after noon, c. Melvin Sharpe.
president of the school board. said
the whole matter would be studied
thoroughly by the board and there
was no chance for any decision
before school opened next Mon
day.
Today's hearing was called to
consider the overcrowding at Car
dozo High School. where more
than 1,700 colored students are
enrolled, although the capacity is
about 1000.
The school board has before
it three proposals recommended
by School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing. They are the temporary
transfer of Central High School
to the Cardozo students. the per-
manent transfer of the Central
building or transfer of the Will
son Teachers College students to
Central so that the overflow at
Cardozo could be housed at
Wilson.
Others Also Back Transfer.
DR., Knox was one Of more than
10 witnesses who called for the
transfer of Central as the only i'm
mediate solution. The boardroom
at Franklin Administration Build
ing was jammed with more than
100 persons, many standing along
the walls.
The transfer of Central was op-
posed strongly by a variety OF
organizations. including the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations,
the Central High School Alumni
Association, the Central High
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton, Central High School Student
Council and the Mount Pleasant
Citizens Association.
Michael Troiano, representing
Central students, made an i'm
passioned plea to the board not to
transfer Central.
"You will be killing an old
school," he declared.
He recommended the transfer OF
Wilson Teachers to Central 50 that
Cardoza could use the Wilson ia
cilities.
The Central Alumni Association
was represented by Edward T.
Dunlap and DR.. George Hodgkins.
DR.. Hodgkins said the association
objected to relieving the admitted
ly acute conditions" at Cardoza
by destroying Central. He said the
School Board should be looking
forward to creating a community
junior college in the building to
meet a long-felt need. He said
any temporary steps taken now
should not interfere with the "fu-
ture Of Central"
Fight for Funds Urged.
The alumni association advo-
Gated transferring Wilson Teach
ers to Roosevelt High School,
Miner Teachers to Wilson and al
lowing Cardozo to use the Miner
building for its overflow.
John H. Connaughton and Cliff
ford H. Newell, representing the
citizens federation, both opposed
any transfer of Central to colored
students. Mr.. Connaughton said
the school building program has
Jagged behind because Congress
does not appropriate enough
money. He said the situation was
as critical for the white as for
the colored students and urged
banding together to tight for more
appropriations.
DR.. Paul Cooke, representing
rocaI ~ American Federation If