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he considered the Gray Plan
merely an emergency standby
proposal which he felt should
be enacted only when he re-
garded it necessary.
InterpOsition Vote
Debate on the resolution of
Delegate Samuel Pope of South
ampton brought out the point
that while much has been said
about segregation throughout
the 60-day session. very little
had been accomplished.
-. About the only specific action
taken was adoption of the Stu
art resolution of interposition
This resolution declares the
United States Supreme Courts
school desegregation decree is
an illegal encroachment" on
States rights.
Some lawmakers went home
feeling that the Legislature
should have acted on the pro-
posals of the Gray Commission
which were designed to avoid
forced Indignation in the schools.
Gov. Stanley, in a special mes
sage Immediately before ad-
njournment, said:
There are problems which
continue with us and require
constant study and considera-
tiCn. 1t will be my purpose to
keep the membership of the AS
sembly fully Informed on any
developments of mutual concern
and of any decisions on my part
which may involve legislative
action
Special Session Doubtful
For the time being, at least,
Gov. Stanley has indicated he
does not plan to call a special
session of the Legislature soon
to enact the Gray plan. But
AsSemblymen were unwilling to
say formally that a special ses-
sion is not necessary.
The Pope resolution on segre-
CATION in athletics states in its
preamble that it has been the
long-established policy to pro-
vide for separation of the races
and that this wise policy should
be preserved by all legal means
at our command"
But it firmly states that no
intermingling of the races should
be permitted in public school
athletic contests. The measure
was approved by a Senate vote
of 26 to 10, following House ap-
proval earlier
B0Othe Attacks Measure
Norfolk Senator Robert Bald
win said:
II am inclined to think that
we have been lulled into false
sense of security by virtue of the
year of grace granted us by the
court. ..
UNLESS prompt steps are taken
to implement the proposals con-
tanned in the report of the Gray
commission, we may ultimately
find ourselves driven in haste to
improve our defenses."
Alexandria Senator Armistead
Boothe likewise opposed the
measure as "unkind, unSports-
nnanlike and unwise." He said
many of Americas greatest ath-
letes are Negroes.
"Basically," he said, 'the
resolution will cause a degree of
modification and humiliation to
Virginia children who are also
American citizens"
He recognized that some re-
strictions in our customs are
necessary" to preserve degree
of segregation. But, he added, the
resolution had been so poorly
drafted that it applies only to
teams which contain members
of both races.
Nowhere in Virginia do we
have mixed teams" Mr.. Boothe
said, so why the need for this
resolution"
BY 90 to 8 vote, the Senate
approved legislation to require
the governor to set aside a 2
per cent cushion" for each item
in the general fund budget at
future sessions of the legislature.
This would give the lawmakers
more money to appropriate on
their own, it would have set a.
side more than ST million in the
current budget.
The House approved the reso-
luton OF Senator E. o. McCue,
it,, of Charlottesville, authoriz-
ing a Virginia Advisory Legisla-