The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1956-08-31
Is Bills Offered
To Enact Plan
Of Governor
Other Bills Ask
Public Vote
Before Closing

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BUCKINGHAM brought the scere.
eatiOn-inteeration school issue to its
proper perspective in a bin intro
dnced in the General . m blv
TUESDAY. The Boatwrieht resolution
would have the Assembly reitc~at-
its stand taken in the interpoSition
resolution last February and eX-
press itself formally as being 'un-
alterablv opposed to mixing of the
races in the public free schools and.
70 prevent same declare its policy
70 adopt and enforce every honor
able legal and constitutional Meth
cd available to it "
In the opinion of many local citi-
zenS this is the prime objective
and il must be stated and reStated.
Stanley Program
Governor Thomas B Stanley on
Monday afternoon submitted pro
gram to maintain public schools on
segregated basis in VIRGINIA. On
Tuesday, IS bills were introduced
Governor program
The KEY measure Of the legisIa-
tive package is the one that amends
the general apDr0priationS bill to
require withholding of state school
money from any school system that
integrates-v voluntarily or under
court order This would be done by
defining an efficient school svs-
tenn as one that is segregated since
the Constitution Of Virginia requires
the General Assembly to establish
and maintain an efficient system of
public free schools throughout the
state
But other bills in the program
would permit payment of state mon
ey for private tuition grants to non
sectarian schools in places where
public schools may close. permit
localities to augment these grants
from local funds; amend the com
pulSorY school attendance law so no
child NAV be forced to attend a
mixed school permit school boards.
rather than school superintendent.
to assign teachers to a particular
school to see that teachers are as
SlGneG &c schools Of their own races;
make 1870 day school terms permits
s,ve rather than mandatory: make
pupil bus TRANSPORTATION permiSSive
only allow localities to make tenta-
tive monthly month school anpro-
n,jationS continue teacher pay for
those under contract who find them
selves unemployed by school clos
tUe and protect state teachers re-
tlrement rights if they find them
selves employed in private non
secJarian schools
Fund Withholding
The legislation divides public
schools into two clasSifications
elementary and secondary for the
purpose Of the withholding weapon
II one elementary school IN a local
ity admitted a pupil of the opposite
race all state funds largely for
/ teacher pay would be cut off for
all elementary schools in that To-
calty. The secondary or hig h
schools wouldn't be affected unless
orc Of their schools, too. had some
interration
/ Schools denied state money be-
cause Of Indignation and subsequent
~ closed could regain their share
of state funds if they found they
could reopen on a segregated basis
! Protect Schools
There should be no reason to
Gloss any school in Virginia under
4 this legislation. Stanley told House
/ and Senate m e m b G r S. And he
I added.
! IF any school is closed it viii be
( because a person, or persons. of one
4 race seeks to force his way into a
school in which the opposite race
is taught
Gov Stanley's plan was intro
duced in both branches II went into
( the House with 26 sponsors. ihclud-
/ ing II House members that were
with the l9-member Gray Commits
sion l1aiority that endorsed it Ap-
preparations Committee Chairman
/ Howard H Adams Of Northampton
was principal patron
On the Senate side. Sen. J D. Ha-
good Of Halifax and nine others
went on the measure.
Other Plans
A flood Of legislation was intro
duced before the General Assembly
recessed Wednesday afternoon to
return next Tuesday Public hear
ings will be set next week on each
Of the bills and plans now intro
duced
An assignment bill offered BY
/ Northern Virginia. Richmond and
Norfolk area legislators embodied
many of the features of the plan
+ proposed last November by the
School Study Commission II depart
/ ed in one instance in that it would
/ give the governor the power to
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