Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1954-07-30

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The supreme Courts decision
outlawing segregation IN the pub.
lie schools In DR. Johnson's opin-
ion ''is the most important ma
tionai mandate In civil rights
since the Emancipation procia-
lie sat back easily and drew
from a rich background In race
relations work Having witness
scd white girl. Mary Howard.
receive a masters degree from
Flax University this year. and
observed tho genital man
nor In which white and Negro
students associate In Fiaka Race
Relations Institute during the
summer. DR. johnson thinks there
Is ample proof that race relation.
ships can be worked out when
proper attitudes are manifested In
the claaaroomn,
Benefit Ia Nation"
Assaying the effect Of the
Supreme Courts decision. pr.
johnson says that tho Negro
minority viii benefit by this fur.
Their release from restrictions Of
segregation hut that the nation
viii benefit vastly more by its re-
lease long overdue from n poai.
ton 81 acute moral and political
untonabinty"
II WINS inconccivablc To ~.
Johnson that any other decision
by the Supreme Court was pos.
aibie unless there may have been
some highly cautious political
compromise which he did not es'
poet
More formidable than r,y ether
human force compelling tho logic
of the courts decision, DIR. John
son believes, In the ''irrepreHslble
current Of present day history
with It's increasing accent upon
human rights"
Anything less. than what the
court decided In tho present state
~ the nation and the world. he
thinks. would have been "a tragic
population Of ono distinctive
moral principle that gives mean
ing "a our Constitution. our frame
work Of government, and the guid.
Ing star Of our way ~ life. We
need this NV even more than mr..
mites and our great wealth"
Formidable Problems
Dr. Johnson says that II would
have been IAN ultimate insult 10
tho South ~ imply by any limited
Interpretation ~ the national con.
ception Of citizenship. that It's
people were incapable 81 compre.
bending or obtaining national
standards, or that they would not
accept the responsibility for en-
forcing our mast fundamental
constitutional principle
The South. he says, has re-
Hpondrd In every real test present
ed by the court. from the grand
father clause 10 the white primary
and the issue ~ segregation In
higher education"
4 first social implication 81 the
courts decree. Dr. johnson says.
will be differentiation Of the
separate schools states" into
soRIuentH IN respect Ia the nature
~ their compliance with the de
cree This will be n significant
frst step. he says. In the "diain.
tsRraiion ~ the Bold South"
Meanwhile. he said. there would
be problems ~ formidable charar.
TOR accompanying the transition
period
4, has become obvious, DIR.
Johnson says, that the states hay
Ing the largest Negro population
proportions viii shaw the most
resistance 10 the courts decision,
lie believes that an allsviaung
factor where Negro populations
are large will be the tendency 81
aggregation 10 follow N" patterns
~ racial housing already sstab-
liahHd
lie IL aware that Indignation has
mrant the loss 81 jobs for Negro
teachers nj tho college level But
he believes the situation might b.
far different for elementary and
nigh schools NJ which levels he
says there II n very serious short.
sgs Of teachers: throughout the
R1uth. ~ In mol likely that there
can 10 very much economy In dis
missing competent, Negro teach
srs, whatever the indignation pro
oofure." he says
Because - long years 81 sDcial
and psychological isolation for
both white and Negro teachers II
Vill tAke time for thern 10 develoT
sympathetic communication. II
will Aso BE- necessary 10 educate
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