Evening star., 1955-11-14

attend private school because
he does not want to attend Q
public school with colored chill
dren in it. wouldn't you also have
TO give q child q grant to attend
q parochial school because he
does not want to go to q school
with children Of another re-
ligion?" asked Mr.. Davis. who Is
a Protestant.
Ralph Kaul, newIy-elected
member of the Arlington County
Board who takes Office next
January /, declared that the re-
port seems to give our school
board plenty of latitude In work.
ing out the problem in Arling-
ton. !"
Like Fairfax. Arlington has .
small colored population. Mr.,
Kaul said he understood only
about so colored students would
be mixed in with $4,000 white
students If Arlington schools
were integrated and residents
districts were left unchanged.
"And there would be plenty Of
leeway to assign white children
to all-white schools and colored
children to all-colored schools II
they preferred not to attend in
tegrated classes" /" said Mr.. Kaul.
Ofiicials Comment
Mrs. Leone Buchholz, member
of the Arlington County Board,
said she felt the proposals OF the
report could be made to work
satisfactorily for all parties con-
lcerned." She added: I'VE know
that there are members of both
the colored and white races who
do not want integration. On the
other hand, there are members
Iof both the colored and white
races who do want integration
and this report seems to take
care Of both factions" /"
Harrison Mann, member Of
the House of Delegates from Ar
lington, said that while the re-
port leaves something to be de-
sired. it goes q long way toward
accomplishing the twofold OBJ
Jectives of maintaining the pub.
lie school system and at the
same time preserving the Gus
toms Of our people to the great.
est possible extent.
I'm glad they provided for 1
considerable amount Of local OPP
tion," said Mrs. Kathryn stone,
member of the House OF Dele
gates from Arlington.
Calls Approach Moderate
William L. Winston, delegate-
elect from Arlington, said "the
report takes a moderate approach
and In that respect it is hearten-
ing
David Krupsaw. Arlington
County Board member ELECT, said
he was troubled by the thought
that public education in Vir.
ginia is in jeopardy"
State Senator John A. K. Dom
ovan of Fairfax County-Falls
Church. questioned the consti.
tutionality of one recommends
ton in the report which would
allow school boards to assign
children to different schools for
various reasons, other than race.
Also. I doubt that would
be for grants-in-aid in particu-
lar cases. said Mr.. Donovan.
This would diminish the
strength of the school system
don't think this report
represents a step forward. I am
not prepared to support it at
this time.
Opposes Compulsion
Mr.. Donovan said he was not
in favor of enforced integration.
but was not opposed to integra-
ton in general.
Omer Hirst. member of the
House Of Delegates from Fairfax
Falls Church, said he thought
the proposals "endanger free
public education in Virginia.
Mr.. Hirst declared that he
realized the problem that con-
fronted the State, 'but ] do not
believe we should abolish q free
education system anywhere in
Virginia He added that. he felt
the people of Fairfax County
and Falls Church would not want
to abolish free public education.
"If it means integration, I think
they will take that in opposition
to no public schools or weak
public schools" said Mr.. Hirst.
James M. Thomson. Delegate
elect from Alexandra, said the
report would have his support
"if the free public school system
can be worked out" 4.
Harley M. williams, president
Of the ardent pro-segregation
Virginia Citizens Committee for
Better Schools, said his group
the plan for the tut
lion allowances.
Assailed by NAACP
E. B. Henderson of Falls
Church, president Of the Vir-
ginia conference of the National
for the Advancement
of Colored People, said passage
Of the proposals would permit the
revival Of the "old battle Of
public and private education.
with white and colored children
suffering as a result"
Mr.. Henderson said the COM
mission proposals would set vir-
ginia public education back q
A return to anything
like a widespread system of
private schools. he said, would
weaken Virginia and the Nation
because it would weaken public
education as we know 1t today"
The Virginia conference of
the NAAcP called the commis-