Evening star., 1950-03-01
etters to The Star .

to make it is now. If the Board feels that
it has been maneuvered into such q
position that 1t has no choice but to
sacrifice white school property then, in
all fairness to the colored pupils who
stand to lose 50 much by the scrapping
of the building program the Mckinley
Langley property, with newer buildings
and more than 20 acres of space, is far
more desirable and practical than the
old Central building with only six acres
of ground.
First Assistant Superintendent Wilkin-
son has admitted that minimum
expenditure of 100000 would be re-
quired to remodel the old Central to suit
the specialized needs of CardoZo. Few
changes would be needed in the newer
Mckinley, and the Langley could accom-
modate the overflow from crowded
colored junior high schools without any
changes at all. The beautiful Langley
building has fine auditorium, two gym
nasiums and ample play space.
With Mckinley transferred to Divi-
sions XIII all clamor OF inequality
and discrimination would be effectively
stilled. Mckinley is rated by the Strayer
survey as having capacity OF over 2,lO0
as against CentraIs 1880. Central has
two small gymnasiums while Mckinley
has two large ones separated by folding
doors which, when opened make the
largest school gymnasium in the city.
Centraps auditorium. with old seats ana
tattered drapes, is outmoded; Mckinley's
auditorium with its newer pipeorgan and
well-equipped stage is completely mod
ern. Central's small parking space holds
but 26 cars; McKinleys spacious area
accommodates hundreds
McKinleys swimming pool, which last
summer lost practically its entire white
patronage when operated on non-seg-
regated basis. would be filled II serving
colored only. The white enrolment at
Mckinley has declined so rapidly
that it now has more vacant pupil
stations than Central. Langley too,
is well under capacity with 582 vacant
stations. The student population Of these
two schools could be transferred to other
schools, regretfully it is true. but with
no more difficulty than the students now
attending Central could be shifted, and
certainly to better purpose as far as the
interests Of colored pupils are concerned.
Mckinley not only could accommodate
all of Cardozo's very comfortably, but
its little used shops, with excellent equip
ment for post high school work. could be
filed with students now overcrowded at
Armstrong High School, If the only
answer to the Cardozo problem Is the
transfer of school property, then the
Mckinley Langley property Is the honest
answer. RETIRED TEACHER.
SEGREGATION Not Necessarily Racial
Professor John J. O'Connor's recent
letter in The Star defeats its purpose.
He deplores egregation-within group
that is itself segregated. An organiza-
ton with the title Catholic Youth Or
ganization' obviously is for Catholic
youth, not for Catholic, Protestant and
Jewish youth. This organization is thus
practicing segregation. Hadn't the pro-
fessor thought Of that?
SEGREGATION is encountered all around
us, whether by race, religion, intellectual
levels, economic status or just pure free
dom of choice. Such segregation is ex-
pedient and desirable. E. B. p
George Washington Versus The Star
On Atlantic Union Proposal
How can the democracies protect
themselves? Certainly they will not pro-
woke armed conflict to defend their in
stitutions of freedom. Will they hang
alone" or will they come to the realiza-
ton early enough that "in union there
is strength?" The proposal of the At
lantic Union Committee is the only prac-
tical one which has thus far been pre-
sented. But in recent editorial, you
stated: Before the free Western ma
tions can run toward an all-out fedora
ton, they must first learn to walk to-
ward it, and the beginning steps must be
made by the Europeans in such fields
as economic integration. Without that.