Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

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The report cited q suit BY
the NAACP challenging thu
constitutionality of the act
creating the commission. Dis.
trict Judge Sterling Hutchesor
denied q temporary restraining
order and an appeal was taken
to a three-judge court which
has held in allegiance a deci.
sion, pending decision of a re-
lated case in the State Supreme
Court.
Although the committee did
not have the time or the facili-
ties to inquire into the finan-
cial operations of these various
(NAACP) organizations except
for recent periods" the report
said. 1.-THE committee is satisfied
that enormous sums Of money
have been collected and spent
for the purpose Of promoting
racial litigation in this State.
Typical of what the COM
mittee has been able to learn
is the fact that during 1856
the NAACP Legal Defense and
Educational Fund, Inc. reported
that it had received from con-
tributors in Virginia during
that year total Of $l.859.2O
and that during the same year
it had expended total Of
Sc. 400, most of which was fol
attorneys fees and court costs
During the same year, the
NAACP reported that 1t had
received a total of $47.264.01
and had spent In the State OF
Virginia in that year $9.935.19;
or an excess of receipts over
expenditures in the amount Of
$37.328.S2.
THE Virginia State Con-
ference of NAACP Branches
reported receipts during 1856
of $40,587.95 and expenditures
during that year $29, 661.52; OF
an excess of receipts over ex-
penditures in the amount Of
$10,926.43."
Sought to Give Aid
In the suit filed against the
committee by the Virginia
State Conference Of MACE
Branches. according to the re-
port, the compliments allege
they "have sought to give aid
to Negro citizens of the State
of Virginia who have sought
their aid in the matter of help
ing such citizens to secure their
rights to attend the public
schools of the State Of Virginia
and other public facilities free
from State-imposed restric-
lions based solely upon race
and color"
The report says the NAACP
further declares in its suit that
it has carried on its operations
by encouraging Negro citizens
to assert their constitutional
rights and seek redress in the
courts wherever necessary.
Then. in the committees
own words, the report adds:
"All of the testimony at this
hearing and at other hearings
held by the committee shows
that, without exception, every
one of the school indignation
suits in the State Of Virginia
has been financed by these in
terlocking organizations (oi
the NAACP) and that in no in.
stance has an individual plain
tiff directly paid any part OF
the cost of such litigation"
The report then gives the
committees summary of hear
ings held in Prince Edward
County. which figured in the
original Supreme Court deseg-
regation decision of 1854, ir
Norfolk and in Arlington.
About $4,000 Spent
Mr.. Hall said all but about
$40. 900 of the SIS, 900 authorized
for the committee investiga-
ton had been spent.
Mr.. Thomson told reporters
today he does not desire to
head the proposed new COM
mittee. He said he hopes MIR
Boatwright would take the job
but that he would like to be a
member Of the new group.
Asked about the meaning OF
the word "subversive." as used
in the report on textbooks, he
said that would have to be
more clearly defined in legisla-
ton to be introduced.
One committee investigator
who looked into the textbooks
phase found some volumes
highly prejudicial in behalf OF
indignation" Mr.. Thomson
said.
There's nothing wrong with
that as long as the same books
carry the other side of the
question-reasons for segrega-
ton" he said.
The chairman expressed re-
greet that the committee had
been unable to question Mr.
Scull at length. Mr.. Thomson
said that the inquiry was con-
fined largely to activities of the
Defenders and the NAACP-
affiliated groups. He expressed
the belief there are other Or
CARNATIONS in the State in
volved in racial litigation and
thought testimony from Mr.
Scull would have opened up
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