The Detroit tribune., 1949-02-26
Regional Educational Compact

The Regional Educational Compact drawnI up last
year by the governors Of seyera southern states Ad Civ
the blessings of several unwise Southern Negro ed
Gators gigantic mistake that may be attributed
ignorant and prejudced white leaders and spineless
Negroes
Destined to provide separate but &c ual education for
Negroes of the South the plan is blight the progress
sive aspects of American democracy in general and Ne
gro progress IN. particular.
True Negroes of the South are in dire need of add
tona educational facilities and probably would receive
more education under the compact than without it, How
ever to have Uncle Tom Negroes surrender in their fight
for complete ntegraton the establishment of equal
educational facilities in the respective states saddenng
Alleged leaders of our group, who openly supported
the compact should be chooroformed osraczed from
other individuals who endeavorng to carry the bur
dens Of the race fortnight and in decent and respectful
manner.
Those leaders who sanctioned the compact are Just
blind unAmerican and thoughtless the white South
erners who concoted the idea.
Since the Lloyd Gaines Supreme Court Victory in
Missouri in 1881 the fight for equal education in the
South has progressed favoraby Also white southern
ers have been plotting and planning to crcumven the
rulings of the High Court which in effect in the particular
case ruled that equal education be provided for
Negroes
To have all Negro Colleges students from seven or
eight Southern states leave their respective and
journey to another just TO study medicine another sub
eet OF their choice not offered in the Negro mcrow col
leges does not spell equal education democracy.
Neither should those progressive leaders of the South
accept such gigantic "jm plan as the Regional
compact" should be attacked relentessly by all rs mil
lion Negroes of the Nation.
In fact campaign to Offset what has been set up
possible moment The NAACP has expressed its disap-
prova with the idea has thousands Of other cearthnk
ing Negro and white Americans.
Something should be done to eliminate the 'educa-
honal monsrosy." White southerners are smart They
always hit US at the weakest specialization They are
retardng the learning Of thousands of young Negroes
more and more by the Compact" (Not that they have
not already dore but that they concong new
and devious means 20 keep the Negro back)
II is about time that Negroes awoke.
The Federal Aid to Education bill now pending In
Congress should pass Unless provisions are tpu-
lated clearly and plainly that there shall be no dscrimi-
nation in the apporonment Of the funds for education
Negroes have always suffered from National monies be-
cause white southernes dole out them they choose
just they do local funds only there hardly anv fair
ness in the distribution Of local monies for education or
anything else for that matter
Pressure should be put every Congressman in
Washington to that the bill carries specific regulations
for the DISPOSAL Of money appropriated.
one OF those stipuiatiOns should be: 'Not one cent
OF the money appropriated for federal aid to education
should to the establishment Of or aid to any institution
subscribing to the Regional Compact
Also, there should be federal administrator or over
seer for the spending Of the money. letter to vonr
Congressman should enlghten him. II he IL unaware OF the
real intentions Of the Compact"