Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-29

Boutwright Measure
Moy Threaten Good
Faith of Gruy Plan


there sabotaged in advance
ironically. by one of the States out
spoken champions Of continued
segregation of school pupils.
Delegate John B. Boatwright Of
Buckingham County, who earlier
had offered a bill of interposition"
in the Virginia legislature. last
week introduced measure that
would deny State grants to any 10
cality that integrates its public
schools. The bill was aimed at Ar
lington County. which two weeks
ago decided to assign pupils to
schools on geographical basis next
fall. This would put about so Me-
groes in Is previously all-white
schools.
Those among the States pro-
segregationists who had defended
Arlington's plans to integrate did
so with the feeling that Arlington's
action would serve to satisfy Fed
eral courts of Virginia's intent to
integrate along the lines of the SUI
preme Courts directive of last May.
Mr.. Boatwright's proposal, how
ever. could destroy evidence of any
such intent. Indeed. it might even
serve to brand the Gray plan as an
obvious and calculated move not
merely to delay, but to avoid, COM
pliancc with the courts ruling.
Meanwhile. committee of the
Senate on FRIDAY unanimously re-
ported reSolution-not a bill-of
inrerposition b. Senator larry
Stuart of Russell County. BY an
liza vote it retained controversial
wording branding the Supreme
Courts decision as illegal en-
croachment" on States rights.
Governors Meeting
On Tuesday. the Governors of
five Southern States met in Rich
mond to seek ways to fight off in
tegration. Four of them-Thoma
B. Stanley of Virginia, Georgia's
Marvin Griffin, George Bell Tim
norman, jr., of South Carolina. and
j. P. Coleman of Mississippi
agreed to stand together in chal-
longing the Supreme Court. The
fifth, Gov. Luther B. Hodges Of
North Carolina, attended only as
an observer"
The Governors strategy EMISSIONS
resolution of intcrposition in each
OF four States Legislatures which
would interpose the sovereignty of
the State between the Federal Gov
eminent and the people. Another
and more devious-weapon would
be introduction in Congress (by a
SoutherneN of a constitutional
amendment declaring school segre-
CATION to be unconstitutional.
Southerners believe such a measure
would be defeated in State legis-
latures if not in Congress. This,
they feel, would establish public
sentiment beyond doubt and in
effect set aside the court ruling.
Tennessee's Stand
Tennessee's Gov. Frank G. Glenn
ent. meanwhile rejected the demand
of a Statewide delegation of $50
segregationiStS to summon a special
session of the Legislature to enact
laws guaranteeing continued segre-
cation in the States schools. He
heard the group for more than two
hours and then said that such Or
CARNATIONS were the greatest ally
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
have got" His attorney general,
George McCanless, told the anti
segregation gathering: I'm for
segregation; 1 was brought up to
believe in it, and I do believe in it.
However, we have in this country q
government by law, not by men"
Later the delegation milled
around the State House in Nash
vile with banners reading, Wanted
a Decent Gov" God the Original
Segregationalist" and Down With
Traitors"
Two statements from opposite
sides during the week pointed up
the determined no - compromise
stand of both integrationists and
segregationists.
Representative Adam Clayton
Powell. Harlem Democrat, in a
statement on Federal aid for edu-
cation, said: Negro people have
waited many. many years for this
hour of democracy to come and
they are willing to wait few more
years rather than see bill passed
which would appropriate Federal
funds to build a dual system Of
Jim Crow schools in defiance of the
law"
Said Gov. Coleman of Mississippi:
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