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mented, "and some measures of ad-
justment are noted in areas where
tension or conflict predominates.
Overall, there seems to be def
mite progress toward desegrega-
ton"
The race relation report was in
augurated last year to replace the
annual lynching survey which the
famed Negro school used for two
decades to measure white and Ne
gro relationship. The lynching re-
port was abandoned because DR..
Foster said it no longer accurately
mirrors racial feelings.
Looking toward the new year,
the Tuskegee president said fur
Their improvement in race relations
"seems possible through many
avenues"
Recent court decisions estab-
lished a climate of permissiveness
in human relations within the
framework of the clearly stated
principle that segregation in pub
lie services on the basis of color or
race is contrary to federal law he
wrote in his report.
Continued improvement
can come if leaders at all levels
take increased initiative in pro-
noting democratic discussions and
responsible action on community
problems and on opportunities for
healthy community development"
AS evidence of progress, DR.. Fos-
ter called attention to the grow
ing list of court decision resulting
from basic Indignation rulings by
The Supreme Court. He also men
toned the Interstate Commerce
Commissions anti-segregation de-
cree on interstate travel and wait
ing rooms.
Although no Southern state has
enacted. legislation to promote de-
segregation, the Tuskegee report
said efforts to abandon the pub
lie school system and enact other
laws which would strengthen seq
regation have frequently met re-
sistance from educational organi-
cations, government administrators
and community leaders,
Hundreds of formerly segre-
gated schools have been de-seg-
regated with no conflict. :" he con-
tinued ain many more communi-
ties throughout the South, plans
for de-segregation have been and
are being worked out"
There were evidences of rejec-
ton, too, Foster said, and, "In
many areas of the South, govern
ment officials and civic leaders
have tended to let matters drift,
and there has been very little eff
fective communication between the
two racial groups"
AS obstacles to Indignation, the
Tuskegee report mentioned:
Passage of bill by the Alabama
Legislature to require license fee
for solicitors in rural Wilcox
County where Negroes outnumber
white residents. 1t was aimed at
the National Assn. for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People.
Action in Louisiana to authorize
the hiring of lawyers to fight seq
regation suits.
Mississippi's action to use police
power to maintain segregated
schools.
Passage of a bill in Virginia for
statewide vote on abolition Of
public schools.
Georgia making it felony to
spend tax money for integrated
schools.
Louisiana directing the State
Board of Education to disapprove
non-segregated school or forbid
ding colleges to recognize certifi-
Gates of graduation from such
schools.
North Carolina voting to deny
financial aid to desegregated
schools.
Passage of laws in Alabama,
Georgia and North Carolina giving
local school boards authority to as
sign pupils to various schools.
Mississippi's enactment of a law
to punish white pupils who might
attend state-supported schools with
Negroes.
Opponents of integration also
have resorted to economic pres
sure, intimidation and violence,
DR.. Foster added, and many Me-
groes and some white persons have
lost their jobs and have been de-