Evening star., 1953-05-08
Virginia School
Integrdtion Hit
ByCdndidates
Bin Delegate Roce
Voice Objections
At Quiz Meeting
By Alex R. Preston

At least three Democratic
candidates for the House Of
Delegates from Arlington oe-
lieve Virginia is not ready for
integration of white and Negro
children in public schools.
A fourth believes the State
should abide by a Supreme
Court decision which is ex-
pected soon in one of five cases
challenging segregation.
An otherwise quiet meeting Of
the Arlington Democratic Club
was brought to life last night,
when Mrs. Beulah Goss asked
the candidates views on school
segregation during a question:
and-anSwer period.
A fifth candidate for the three
delegates seats did not reply to
the question and the sixth was
not present.
Mrs. Kathryn Stone, to whom
the question first was directed,
answered: L believe a Supreme
Court decision is pending on
that. Whatever the decision is.
I feel we should, as Christians,
humbly abide by it as the
supreme law of the land"
South "Not Ready"
Thomas j. Broyhill said,
We're not ready for segregation
to be broken down in the South.
I don't think that being forced
to abolish segregation is good for
a colored child any more than
it is for white child. Ger
tainly I believe in equal treat
ment for both"
Harrison Mann said. IT am
thoroughly in accord with the
law of the State of Virginia"
(Which prohibits integration in
public schools.
Mrs. Lucy BusSey declared, Il
do not think laws can cure a
situation like segregation. We
cannot make it work just by law.
1t is something we have to be
educated to and I don't believe
we are sufficiently educated on
either side to break the law on
segregation.
Tax Plank Offered.
Meanwhile, j. Maynard Ma
gruder, who has represented
Arlington in the House of Dele
gates, brought forth a new plank
in his campaign. He proposes,
if reelected, to permit Virginia
income tax payers to deduct their
Federal income tax.
1--WE all know" he said, that
in many cases the Federal tax is
withheld from salaries. When
the State taxes you for that
money, it is a tax on money you
don't receive-it's taxation on q
tax"
Mr.. Magruder also promised
to change the States veterans
laws to bring them in line with
the Federal Servicemen's Read
juStment Act which has been
revised since the Virginia act was
passed in 1947.
Mr.. Broyhill continued his
campaign for improving highway
facilities in Arlington. He also
said that because of the high
density of population. 1--WE have
a lot of problems that they do
not have elsewhere in the State"
and then added:
II can't bother my head about
mental health and such State
problems when we have so many
special problems in Arlington"
Mrs. Stone Differs.
Mrs. Stone retorted, IT take
issue with my friend (Mr. Broy-
hilD on roads versus mental
I am for all of the con-
and preventative mental
health programs"
Dealing with another subject,
she said: "Why do we not have
a State park here in Northern
We are the only large
area that does not have one. It
is because there is a law, I be-
lieve, that you can not pay more
than $25 an acre for park land.
That is totally unrealistic for
this area"
Mr.. Mann said he regarded the
shortage Of teachers as the most
acute problem to be faced.
"At present." he said, I'VE are
losing approximately 500 more
teachers from the school system
than we are educating to take
their places. BY 1857 we prob
ably will have a shortage Of
l 900 a year."
He urged making the profess
sion more attractive by raising
teachers salaries and to imple-
ment the teacher scholarship
Would Stretch School Dollar.
Mrs. Bussey advocated "ex-
ploring the field of modern in
and equipment to find a
practical way to make our tax
dollars go farther in education"