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strict State regulation and re-
quire detailed registration by
groups interested in racial suits
and legislation. The program
admittedly has the National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement
of Colored People as its chief
target.
Another bill, by Delegate
James M. Thomson of Alexan-
dria, created a 10-man legisla-
tive investigating committee to
inquire into activities of organi-
cations dealing with racial mat
tiers. It also was passed.
The committee compared by
its opponents to "a little Gestapo
free to roam the State" would
have the power of subpoena and
also would look into the effects
of integration or the threat of
Indignation" on the public
schools.
FOur-Phase Program
The States new weapons to
fight public school indignation
are contained in Is bills spon-
sored by Gov. Stanley. -Four of
these measures cover the COM
plicated forces that would come
into play to ward off indignation.
They are these:
/ l. Under a bill by House
Speaker E. Blackburn Moore, all
children would remain in schools
in which they are presently en-
rolled. A three-member board.
appointed by the Governor, would
direct responsibility for assign
ing pupils who are graduated
from one school to another of a
higher grade.
In the event a child applies to
enter a school of an opposite
race. appeals would be taken to
the Governor and then carried
on through the State courts.
2. If the courts ordered inte-
grafton, then an act sponsored
by Senator Marvin Minter of
Matthews, would come into
play. The school in which deseg-
Iregation took place would auto
matically close and be removed
from the public system. The
Governor would take over in an
attempt to negotiate a settle
ment of the dispute there so as
to permit reopening of the school
on segregated basis.
The locality's school board or
governing body could, by reso-
luton, ask the Governor to
withdraw and let the disputed
school revert to the public sys-
item. Or. if. after negotiation,
the Governor could not resolve
the dispute, he could withdraw
voluntarily and the school would
revert to the public system.
3. The moment that the in
tegrated school returns to the
public" system. the automatic
Withholding Of State funds goes
into effect.
In about one-third of the
States counties it was contended
during debate, the localities
could not continue to operate
their schools out of local reve-
inues alone and they would have
to close down. In prosperous
areas like Arlington, Fairfax or
Norfolk, however. the localities
could raise the tax rates and
make up the difference and keep
their schools open.
Could Evade Purpose
1t is this latter possibility that
conceivably could get around
Gov. Stanley's avowed purpose
Iof preventing indignation any
where in Virginia.
4. In the fourth phase, if in
tegration results, the local gov
erning body may declare an
emergency exists and an "efi-
Client" system Of schools no longer
lis being operated there.
Efficient" is defined through
out the package Of legislation. as
meaning separate schools for
whites and Negroes.
Upon invitation Of the locality,
the State then would remove the
school from the public" system
and step in and operate the
school as a State" system. The
State would re-establish an "efh-
Gent" system there and would
continue to operate the schools
until such time they could re-
turn to the public system on a
segregated basis.