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on September 4 before her final
enrolment Is decided.
And If she does win admis-
sion to Washington-Lee. the
rest Of the States anti-integra-
ton laws come into play. One
provides for the =. automatic
withholding Of State funds
from all elementary or second
airy schools in any locality
where Indignation occurs. An
other allows the Governor to
step in and close any school
or classroom where races are
mixed. and attempt to reor-
ganize 1t on a segregated basis.
Arlington school officials yes
terday said they were uncertain
how much the fund cutoff law
would cost the county if Sadie
entered Washington-Lee. The
total county school budget for
the current year is $10.452.072,
Of which $1.l14.198 is antici-
pated from State sources. But
the county does not have a
breakdown available between
secon larry and elementary
State funds.
With use Of the Governors
School-closing law, about $500
students would be out of school
while the Governor tried to re-
organize 1t on a segregated
basis.
But Sadie's application may
wind up in court before 1t goes
the full charted route.
Under Injunction
The Arlington County School
Board already Is under a Fed
eral court injunction barring
racial discrimination in county
schools this fall.
This Injunction, as in other
deSegregatien cases in the
State. arose from what the
legal profession calls a class
suit brought by a group Of stu
dents asking that the school
board be enjoined from deny
ing anyone admission to a par
ticular school because of race.
Sadie's application is the first
specific request of a Negro stu
dent to attend a particular
white school, according to Vir-
GINA Attorney General j. Lind
say Almond. jr. In other words.
she is the first to try to make
use Of any Of the existing de-
segregation injunctions.
The original injunction was
issued against Arlington County
a year ago by Federal Judge
Albert v. Bryan in Alexandria.
It was not enforced while an
appeal went to the Supreme
Court, which ultimately upheld
the decision. Last month Judge
Bryan refused to postpone en-
forcement of his injunction.
But in refusing to grant a
postponemenl, Judge Bryan
also declined to specify that
students did not have to use
the placement law in Arlington
County. He said no Negro stu
dent actually had tried to get
into white schools, and there
fore there was nothing new be-
fore the court.
Another Round in Prospect
Sadie's application. however,
is expected to give the court
something new to consider
And Judge Bryan already has
warned that any administra-
tive remedy exacted Of STU
dents-such as the placement
law-must be adequate.
Thus. the pieces are falling
into place for another 60
around on validity of Virginia's
new school legislation.
The placement law already Is
on its way to the Supreme Court
in the Norfolk and Newport
News cases. Its theory. and not
a practical test, is involved in
those cases. Judge Walter Hoff-
man ruled in the Norfolk and
Newport News suits that the
placement law is unconstitu-
tional. His ruling was upheld
by the Fourth Circuit Court OF
Appeals. which said the place.
ment law was not an adequate
administrative remedy.
There the matter stands
Two Federal courts have said
the placement law in theory
isn't valid, and now Sadie with
her application apparently Is
going to give the. Federal courts
an opportunity to pass on the
matter in a specific case.