Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-03

withhold State funds from int
ment legislation previously offere
to be incompatible.
With II separate pieces of leg
islation introduced at the special
session of the General Assembly
before it recessed last Wednes-
day. the latest proposal will come
from Alexandria Delegate James
I'M. Thomson.
| Mr.. Thomson said he was
working on the legislation with
delegate w. Roy Smith of Pc
ltersburg' and was not at liberty
to disclose details at this time
Conferred with Stanley
Both Mr.. Smith and Mr.
Thomson were among those who
conferred with Gov. Stanley last
week amid reports that a com
Ipromise" plan would evolve be-
tween the Governors rigid no
funds -integrated-schools pol
icy and. his opponents pupil as
Isignment programs.
Others in on the conference
were Representative Smith of thu
9th District, a strong opponen
, of mixing the races in publ,
schools; House Speaker E. Black
burn Moore and State Senate
Gardland Gray, chairman of tn
Governors Commission on Pub
lie Education.
Arguments that the Cover
nor's funds withholding idea ant
pupil assignment are in conf1ic
are based essentially on this rea
soning:
Under Mr.. Stanley's proposal
any locality that mixes the races
even if under court order, woult
, Ibe denied State funds to operatl
, its schools. The various pupil as
Isignment proposals offered las
week, would have the effect o
{ delaying indignation in varyin
degree but if the races wer
mixed. the schools would con
tinue to be financed as thereto
] fore.
Public hearings on all SchoC
S segregation bills are schedule
: to be held in Richmond at 2 pm
' (EST) tomorrow. They may ru
= over until Wednesday or Longer
OF the II pieces of legislatio
S offered on the segregation sub
D Iject so far, a number are iden
0 Itical bills offered in both, tn
e House and State Senate. The
may be divided. generally int
1 the following groups:
a House Bills lib and Senat
t Bills lib are the Governor
4 program. Each is identical to tn
: one offered in the opposit
!. House. House and Senate Bill
Q No. are the essence of til
i Governors most controversi;
s recommendations. They incluc
E amendments to the Budget Ac
4 passed last spring, to allow til
State to withhold funds from ir
+. tegrated schools.
Bills No. 2 allow the funds
. continue either to a locality
. primary or secondary schools
= indignation occurs in one cate
:" CORY but not in the other.
: The remainder of the bills
. the Governors program carr
out many of the recommends
lions of the Gray Commission
except for the pupil-assignmeI
plan.
Identical packages of IA bill
were offered in both branches
carry out the Gray Commission
original recommendations. Tit
n are designated House Bills 16-.
e and Senate Bills 21-34.
n Some Wording Changed
Many of these bills are idel
Il tical with those backed by Go
n Stanley but the wording of fe
lie has been changed to make Il
y whole program conform to Il
Gray plans essential features
20 pupil assignment by local scho
r. boards. instead of superintenl
n ents. and tuition grants for pr
re vate education Of children whe
a schools are closed or where
J. child would otherwise be force
al 10 attend an integrated school
Two bills, by Senators Armi
tead L. Boothe of Alexandria al
70 Ted Dalton. Republican. of RAJ
n ford, deal with revisions to Il
: assignment plan. Local Soho
! Boards would be given conside
ably more factors and hen
- more latitude in placing childrl
:, in schools. than is contemplate
. under the Gray Commission pla
- They are designated as Sena
" Bills IA and is.
ic The next group Of four bi
As may be classified as Assignee
III Board legislation. They are
J. lArlington's Senator Charles
I'd Fenwick and Delegates Harris
q Mann.
er Instead OF transferring u
r school placement function fro
lis the superintendent to the loo
schools boards-as contemplat
by the Gray Commissioned
duty would be taken over by
40 proposed three-member SchC
Assignm ent Board in ca
eS locality.
re AS a concession to opponer
= of indignation, both sponsC
az would allow the Governor
70 select the members of the
10 boards-thus minimizing
possibility that an integrate
n minded board would be selectI
'ol The first group Of bills in
Oh assignment board category q
m House Bills 30, SO and 81,
d. Mr.. Mann. No. 80 carries {
the plan itself. while the otf
les two merely support the idea
providing for legal assistar
ut to the newly created boards.
Ise plan provides legal aid for sch
liz boards.
The last assignment board