St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-12-05
Southern Governors
Meet: Avoid Amy
Action On Bios


Governors Conference, sponsors
of Southern Regional Education.
The governors, however, took
no action on proposals to reduce
bias and segregation in their
states.
Gov. Allan Shivers Of Texas, re-
firing Conference chairman, told
of the unprecedented gains made
by the sREB. then gave way to
the newly elected Conference
chairman, Gov. Herman Talmadge
of Georgia. Gov. Talmadge said:
THE South has many problems
that address themselves peculiarly
to our respective states, and all
Of the southern states are taking
positive and affirmative steps in
solving their problems. They are
being solved in a most admirable
manner"
The closing sessions primarily
considered Adequate Highways"
and Conservation and Proper
Handling Of Water Resources in
the Southern States"
The conference closed its work
by refusing to discuss the adop-
ton of a Southwide human rela-
lions program offered by Neville
Penrose, chairman of the Texas
Good Neighbor Commission. His
measure is designed to stamp out
racial discrimination and in
justice in the South.
Penrose urged the governors to
press creation of human relations
committees in their cities for So
luton of minority problems. Said
he:
Human relations committees,
composed of members of both
races, can often in a matter Of
minutes, solve problems that have
plagued a locality for years"
The Lone Star state representa-
tive, who has the backing Of Gov.
Shivers, said that his human re-
lations program is '.'Truman's civil
rights In reverse"
He said the plan is the logical
way to approach solution Of race
problems without creating dis
cord.
The governors did discuss the
issue Of segregation in schools, al
though every effort was made to
avoid it.
The governors expressed the
opinion that within the next five
years educational facilities will be
as good for Negroes as for white
children.
Delaware's Gov. Ebert Carvel
boosted that his state has set the
pattern for equalization, and that
Negro pupils now have facilities
as good or better than those for
others.
Gov. Carvel said the other
southern states ARE doing all
they can to equalize facilities. No
federal force can make them do
more"
Gov James F. Byrnes of South
Carolina revealed that a special
sales tax for the purpose of equal
izing school facilities has been en-
acted in his state and will be
finished in "a few years"
Plans for placing public schools
under private supervision in event
the Supreme court bans segrega-
ton already have been made in
Georgia and South Carolina.
DR.. Martin D. Jenkins, presi-
dent of Morgan State college Of
Baltimore, Md, also spoke.
After asking that a broader
educational field for Negroes be
given consideration, DR.. Jenkins
indicated that the Board had
broken its agreement covering the
study in city planning. He charg-
ed:
There is not a single Negro
student in southern colleges in the
field of pulp and paper, forestry,
city planning and similar
courses"
He also said. IT appeal to the
leaders here to use their influence
in extending the educational OPP
portunities for Negroes"
DR.. John J. Ivey Jr., director Of
the board, told a brief history Of
the new regional education plan,
which began in 1913.
He cited that under the original
plan for joint use Of educational
facilities, 1859 students, Of whom
200 are Negroes, are crossing
state lines to obtain an education
in the fields Of medicine, dentis-
try, veterinary medicine and So
cial work. This operates under
contract whereby the states pay
the expenses of the students at
tending the institute in another
state.
The board has "disassociated IT.
self from segregation issues by In
sisting that regional arrange
ments for education. do not mod
ify. one way or the other, state
laws for or against segregation"
he said.
Gov. Robert +. Rennon. host of
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