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Supreme CouTf
Decision on Schools
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tIDHtlHueu tIOH rage Oueb
Clements and Gov. Lawrence
Wetherby has been exercised
strongly to that end. Informed
Kentuckians have little doubt
that these two leaders will sue
cessfully spoarhead a movement
Of this sort, II the court creates
the requisite conditions. Twenty
five school districts In kentucky
have between one and ten Negroes
each.
u IN seemingly impossible 90 get
any Southern OffIceh0IdeF 10 aay
openly that he will advocate the
admission Of cOIOred children Ia
white, schools, under the cOndI.
lions which prevail In these
twenty-five kentucky districts,
bat this IL regarded M unqueatlon.
ably ne plan of senator Clements
and Governor WetheFby.
Clements and Wetherby laid
the groundwork for such a step by
putting through the state leglAIa.
IRE In l04s and 1850 amendments
TO the Day Law OF 1904. which
rtgidly forbade education Of the
races together In either school OF
college. Clements was then COVER.
nor and Wetherby lieutenant
governor. The first amendment
sponsored In l048. permitted
mixed classes Of nurses and ply
Eiciana for postgraduate instruC'
ton In hospitals, Two years later
when Clements was a candidate
for senator and Wsthsrby was q
candidate for governor. they kept
ahead Of public opinion by push
ing through another amendment
permitting all Kenucky colleges
whether publicly or privately sup
ported. 10 admit qualified studentl
ut any level, subject 10 the dis,
erection OF the governing boards
AZ the session 81 1862, Cover
nor Wetherby backed stu another
Amendment 10 permit Catholic
pRrochlAl schools 20 admit Ne
groes. beginning at tho first
grade, the bill failed by n SINAI
majority,
In the past two years Negro
students In Kentucky have beoT
admitted TO five colleges previous
~ reserved for whites. Most re-
markable Ii the absorption by tn,
University Of Louisville Of Louis
vile Municipal College for Ne
Eroes, The colored student body
was transferred to the university
campus and In now participating
In all college activities. DR.
Charles Parrish. OF the Negro
college faculty, was retained b,
the university and this distin,
EuiHhed aoclologiAt In teaching q
fun load Of university courses
with more white students thar
colnTed
Given this trend. II seems fore
gone that many Kentucky com
munlties will decide 10 admit thsll
few Negro school children to tn,
white public schools rather thar
undergo the fantastic expense O
trying TO build and maintain equa
facilities for them.
The same thing win happen. on,
SurmlHeS, In other counties scat
tered from the Potomac 10 the ri,
Grande. Consider Anderson Coun
", Tennessee IN the East Tenncs
nee mountains. Hardly more thai
a score Of colorod children of higI
school age live In the county. an,
there N no high school for them
Hence they are transported som
twenty miles daily to tho hIgl
school In Knoxville. when the mar
ontA Of these children SUED In IN
Federal court for their admission
to the white high school At Gin
ton, the principal at Clinton. u .
Britain. Jr.. testified that h
couldn't let them in because of IN
ban In the Tennessee constitution
lie said, however, that had Il nc
been for this ban, ne would hay
admitted the Negroes 'withou
hesitation"
New South, the organ of IN
Southern Regional Council. n
marks that there are dozens &
Anderson Counties In the South
II recommends that these cour
ties follow the course which Prir
cipal Britain says he would hav
followed had this been pcrmltte
under Tennessee law. In the ever
OF Supreme Court ruling ON N
point, such n ruling would, 4
course Suprescde provisions In N
constitutions OF Tennessee and N
other states
Many students Of Southern att
tudes believe that. In such a
event, the Negro children wuul
be admitted In numerous counties
Among those who hold this vie,
view arr DIR. WIN W, AlcNARdcr