Evening star., 1954-10-07
Integration WaIkouts
In Schools Subside;;
Officials Warn Pupils

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Officials Warn Pupils
School officials today reported
lntegration walkouts subsiding
under the combined impetus of
warnings from Supt. Hobart M.
Corning and Police Chief Robert
, v. Murray.
At Mckinley High School.
Principal Charles E. Bish re-
ported attendance was back to
normal. At Anacostia High about
10 students left in a body at
opening time, but most classes
were nearly full and this was the
days only reported demonstra@
ton.
Attendance was up also at
Eastern Junior Senior High and
sa at a half-dozen other Junior
highs that reported some absen-
:. .teeism yesterday. At Eastern the
absentees numbered about 425,
only half as many as yesterday
despite today's observance of the
:zYom Kippur holiday by Jewish
children.
PicketS Distracted.
About dozen Youngsters
picketed briefly with placards
across First street from the
Supreme Court Building this
morning. Police reported the
group eventually dropped the
placards and moved of to watch
a movie crew working the area.
Today's small-scale walkout at
Anacostia occurred just at the
opening bell. A number OF STU
dents had gathered outside the
school in apparent indecision as
to whether to enter or go home
again.
: The group of 70, the number
estimated by Deputy Police Chief
George R. Wallrodt, who was on
the scene, left just after the bell
rang after being advised to do
so by a student leader.
The student told some COM
panionS and reporters he had
been advised by Representative
Davis, Democrat, of Georgia,
member of the House District
Committee, that students had
right to stay out of school. Mr..
Davis, a critic of desegregation,
told the Associated Press in At
lanta that he had given such ad-
vice to three AnacoStia boys in
his office yesterday.
Many Ignore Walkout.
Many other Anacostia students
ignored the gathering and en-
tered the school without any
to-do. however. And some of
those still holding out indicated
they will return tomorrow.
Supt. Corning yesterday set to-
morrow as the deadline for re-
turn of the demonstrators who
since Monday have been engaged
in protesting racial deSegregation
by staying away from classes.
DR.. Corning said students still
truant in connection with the
demonstrations tomorrow will be
barred from school offices and
honors, including membership on
athletic teams.
Starting tomorrow. strikers
will be subject to exclusion from
holding Cadet Corps commits
sions and warrants, posts on
school publications and in other
school organizations and clubs.
and membership on teams and
in musical and dramatic groups,
the superintendent said.
Warned of Arrest.
Chief Murray also issued a
warning yesterday of stern police
action against demonstrators.
The police chief said school chill
dren who remain truant may be
arrested if they become involved
in continued demonstrations.
e. The Yom Kippur holiday fig
ured in the decision to set to-
{ morrow as the deadline for re-
turn of the demonstrators to
! their classes.
The holiday figured in the de-
scision to set tomorrow as the
deadline for return of the dem
onstrators to their classes.
I Several civic organizations
meanwhile urged public support
of school officials and deplored
the student demonstrations.
PTA Urges Cooperation.
The executive board of the Dis
trict Congress of Parents and
Teachers in a statement urged
parents to cooperate with the
school administration and COM
mended students who remained
In school despite "the incidents