Evening star., 1955-07-17
County WiHAsk
Court tfoCIarify
InfegrationPIa
Virginia Attorney
Sees Caroline
Ruling applying
By the Associated Press

hlC6MOND, AVa.s July TO-
Three Federal judges win b
asked here Monday to makt
clear the way the courts plan Il
enforce the historic Suprem,
Court opinion decreeing an ent
to public school segregation.
It win be the second inning
of Southern ofiicialdom's con-
test to determine precisely hos
the Federal district courts vii
define the deliberate speed" to.
ward integration ordered by thu
high court last May.
The first inning yesterday a
Columbia. S. c., saw . similal
three-judge tribunal direct th'
|summerton School District u
make necessary adjustments
and then proceed forthwith il
Idesegregation.
At Columbia. the court set NJ
specific deadiine for the schoo
district to make the "necessar'
adjustments"
Face shutdown
Monday will be Prince Edwar,
County, Vas turn at bat, ant
lin Prince Edward the specia
court will be dealing with
county which to ell intents vii
shut down its schools this Fal
unless time-and plenty of it.
lis allowed for complying with
the desegregation edict.
County officials have refused
to appropriate funds for opera
ton Of their public schools in
the 1856 session and have
indicated no money will be ap-
propriated unless Prince Edward
lis assured segregation can be
continued.
Both the Summerton SchoC.
District and Prince Edward
County were among five localities
specifically affected by the Su-
|preme Court decision.
Attorneys for the National As.
sociation for the Advancement
|of Colored People are expected
to argue here, as they did ir
Columbia, for Immediate effectu-
alton of desegregation.
Making up the special distric
court here are Circuit Judg'
Armistead Dobie OF Charlottes'
vile, Va, and Federal Distric
Judges Albert v. Bryan of Alex
andria and Sterling HutchesoI
of Richmond. Judge Dobie wa
one of the three judges VIII,
sat in the South Carolina cas-
yesterday.
Most observers here were in
Iclined to view the Columbia de-
Icision as one that would set {
pattern for decisions in all simi.
lar cases.
Soliciting Funds
In anticipation of q possible
court order to desegregate i'm
mediately, an incorporated or
lganization of private citizens il
Prince Edward already is solicit
ing funds to underwrite the sal
aries Of white teachers.
One attorney for Prince Ed
ward, Archibald Robertson o.
Richmond, said today he inter
Ipreted yesterdays decision II
Columbia as leaving, the Sum
merton District free to operatt
its schools on a segregated bash
for the next session. while il
made the necessary adjust
|ments."
A similar decision in thu
Prince Edward case would NEAR
the same thing in Virginia, Mr.
Robertson said.
Attorney General j. Lindsa,
Almond, jr.. who will supper
Prince Edward County as rep
resentative Of the Common
wealth in Mondays hearing, de.
|clined commment on the impli'
cations of the South Carolins
decision. But he said:
I'VE shall strive to the best
Of our ability to get the court tt
view the situation realistically
and we have hopes that the
schools Of Virginia can operate
on a segregated basis next year.
Lawyers for the National AS.
sociation for the Advancement
of Colored People said they pre-
ferred. not to comment on the
Columbia decision.