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the Associated Press.
Outcome of the lawsuits, and
the timing of the decisions,
conceivably could swing Vir-
ginia's gubernatorial election in
one direction or the other.
The Democratic ticket. led
by J. Lindsay Almond. jr.. has
keyed its campaign to massive
resistance" against integration
and has warned that the Re-
publican program will lead to
forced mixing Of the races.
School Legislation Is Key
Keystone Of the massive
resistance" program is the
anti-integration school legis-
lation adopted by the Virginia
General Assembly last fall. This
includes the pupil placement
law which puts all student as
signment powers in the hands
of a three-member State board.
the fund cutoff bill which
automatically holds back State
school funds from any school
system where indignation oc-
ours, and another bill which
provides for the closing Of any
school by the Governor when
ever races are mixed.
These laws are the focal
point Of the pending lawsuits.
which claim that they are
nothing more than a scheme
to flout the Supreme Court de-
segregation decision. They are
also the focal point Of the
gubernatorial campaign of Re-
publican Ted Dalton.
According to Senator Dalton.
the State will be left without
any defense against mass in
tegration when the courts strike
down the massive resistance"
machinery. He advocates a
local pupil assignment law, like
the one adoped in North Caro-
lima. Seven Negro students
Srwere admitted to white schools
in three North Carolina cities
this year under the placement
law. Senator Dalton has called
these token admissions to pre-
serve that States placement
law. North Cardinals place
ment law has survived a court
test all the way to the Supreme
Court. and racial litigation in
that State has subsidized.
Answer Lies in Future
Only time will tell. however,
which candidate is right about
the fate of the massive resist
knce" movement. and it Is
(problematical whether there
will be any major new decisions
before the gubernatorial elec-
ton November S. And even If
there are some decisions. there
still may not be time to feel
the effect of them before the
voting.
Here is a summary of the
pending race cases as surveyed
by the Associated Press:
Five localities-Norfolk New
port News. Prince Edward
County. Charlottesville and Ar
lington County-are concerned
with direct litigation. Each has
been either requested or ordered
20 admit Negroes into its public
schools at specific dates.
None Of the court orders has
been carried out. because the
effective dates for indignation
have been delayed pending APP
peals to higher courts.
Some Cases Consolidated
The Virginia Pupil Placement
Act has become an issue in
Norfolk. Newport News, Char
lottesville, Arlington County,
Fairfax County, Richmond.
Suffolk and Nansemond County.
The courts, for practical pur-
poses. have consolidated the
Norfolk and Newport News
cases. The Charlottesville and
Arlington cases were at one
time Jumped together, but
recent developments have
changed this situation.
At present. attorneys consider
the Norfolk-Newport News case
as the key piece Of litigation In
Virginia. The outcome Of sew
eral Of the other suits hinges
on what happens in the Nor
folk-Newport News case.
Here is the status Of all the
segregation litigation in Virgin
ia, and the relationship OF the
acknowledgement News cases.
where applicable, TO the other
suits:
NORFOLK NEWPORT
NERS-Federal District Judge