Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-10-24

not only In the several Amlcua
cuTiRe briefs but also by the Writ.
ualiy unprecedented action Of the
court In setting the case for argu-
ment. on It's own initiative, before
the full bench Of nine judges. The
decision has not yet been handed
down.
The C0ordInating Committee for
the Enforcement q the District Of
Columbia Anti Discrimination
Laws. which sponsored the tests
at the Thompson restaurant, has
not relied solely on the creeping
process OF litigation. II has made
and published surveys OF dis
elimination In local eating places
and by the skilf,il use Of publicity.
persuasion, picketlng. and boycott
has induced many OF them, parti-
cularly those frequented by low.
and mlddle-income persons. 20
abandon their discriminatory praC-
tees. A few weeks ago the last
large dime store In the downtown
area finally abandoned segrcga-
ton at It's lunch counter.
This combination OF legal and
community action has heightened
public awareneas Of the old civil.
rights acts and has strengthened
the determination OF the Colorcd
people TO insist on their rights
under the law. II the acts are
eventually upheld, II seems safe
To say that despite probable 81.
forts at evasion In some establish
ments and the resulting problems
OF proof and conviction, racial ex-
Customary practices In the DIS
trictS public eating places will
largely disappear.
The stronghold OF Washington =
segregation In the public school
system Although tho Congress.
sional statutes under which Il
operates clearly contemplate a
dual set Of schools, some for white
children and some for colored chill.
drcn. u IL by no means certain
that the Board Of Education could
not integrate some schools, or
combine tho white teachers col.
lcgc and tho colored tcarhers' col.
Iege 'as the president OF the white
teachers college has already
urged, or that the board IL re.
quirrd TO forbid InterraciaI ath.
letics or intcrraCiaI cxtra-curri
cular activities such a. chess. mu.
sic. debating, or other Inter-cuI,
urHl contacts Nevertheless, the
hoard OF Education has made
segregation 81 rigid that a white
child can 10 through seventeen
years Of public education wtthou,
ever seeing a coIord child In class.
rooms or In inter.muraI or extra.
curricular activities
Moreover, the separate schools
are not equal No matter how
desperately the Board " Fdura.
ton shifts the racial use OF school
buildings to try 10 keep abreast Of
population changes. u can only
mildly alleviate the almost scan.
dalous inequalities Inevitable TN.
der dual system. And because
these shifts create almost as many
inequities. for both white and
c"Iorcd children. a. they ai,smpt
to correct every proposed change
~ debated I'm an atmosphere Of
controversy, resistance, and emo
ttonal tension,
since degeneration OF schools
by Congressional action appears
remote while the eubus,er IL
available In the Senate, those look
ing beyond such temporary pal.
hatvcs ~ shifting racial use Of
buildings, additional FUNDS for
more colored teachers. and IN.
Ike arr placing their hope on
court action. Two cases arr now
pending before the United States
Court OF Appeals to require adj
mission Of colorcd pupils 20 q
white junior high school.
Court action less ultimate In
its goal 10 nibhtng at some % the
obvious racial Discrimination in
public education. On July ;. 1882.
= District Court Judge held un-
constitutional the Washington
practice, followed since AZ least
1908, Of exporting colored deaf
children to schools In MARYLAND
and Pennsylvania while educating
white deaf children In the District
at IN" Columbia Institution for
the Deaf, an outstanding school
Acceding 10 this decree the Ms.
trict government has contracted
with the Columbia Institution 60
educate cclorrd deaf children. hut
has inserted q provision requiring
the Institution. which does not
scgrrGatc non District students 20