Evening star., 1960-12-02
More Whites
Enter School
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 2 tAP).
Ten white students returned
to classes at integrated William
Frantz School today in the face
Of the boycott backed by moth
ers Of the area.
A small foreign car with two
girls drove UP in the sunny but
near-freezing weather, appar-
emily catching reduced picket
lines by surprise. No one jeered
until the two little girls mount
ed the school steps.
Then another car of the same
make sped up with five chill
dren, and the Rev. Lloyd Fore
man arrived by car with his
daughter Pamela Lynn and two
boys.
The one Negro, first-grade
girl brought total attendance
at William Frantz to at least IL.
Only 3 at McDonogh
Only three Negro girls at
tended the city's other inte-
grated school, McDonogh No.
10. at the normal opening hour.
Temperatures that dipped
during the night into the low
30s cut the number Of picket
ing mothers to about a dozen.
One Of these told a reporter:
"You don't know how we are
suffering. Our feet are freez-
ing"
The reporter said: "You can
go home"
you think we don't have to
stay?" the woman asked.
We're working. too; we can't
leave"
The catcalls and jeers didn't
pack the volume of yesterday
at william FrantZ. and at Nc
Donogh only about 10 women
hooted as seven United States
deputy marshals escorted the
three Negro girls into school.
Group Drives Pupils
The William Frantz pupils
were driven to school by
drivers enlisted by Save Our
Schools, an organized dedi-
Gated to keeping public schools
open despite token integration.
Mrs. Mary Sands. the organ
ization's president, said a num-
ber Of women have volunteered
for the car-pool program.
Police frightened an around
the-clock guard of the two
integrated schools today after
angry women set upon by
standers during protests yester-
day.
Tempers fiared yesterday in
the wake Of a Federal court
order knocking out more than
two score Of legislative acts
aimed at keeping schools segre-
gated.
Failure to effect a complete
boycott Of white pupils at one
OF the schools added to the ire
Of picketing women. Screaming
and cursing. they manhandled
q Tulane University student, a
lawyer. a cameraman and a
newspaper reporter.
The women were so aroused
they set upon the reporter
when he accidentally bumped
into one Of them while taking
notes about an attack on the
attorney.
Bill Offers Choice
An act to set up a system of
private schools, with parents
given choice between private
or public schools, was passed
today by the Louisiana House
at Baton Rouge. The vote was
$40.
Representative Arthur Crais
Of New Orleans, a co-sponsor
Of the bill. told the House.
Your public school system will
continue in Louisiana as it has
in the past"
There's nothing in the bill to
tamper with the public school
system. he added.
Mr.. Crais stressed that State
oupC. Snelpy M. jackson told
him the new grants-in-aid pro-
gram could be operated without
additional taxes. Mr.. Crais said
he wanted to go on record now
that under no circumstances
will I vote for any raise in
taxes"
Also expected to be given
quick approval was a new act
aimed at displacing the New
Orleans School Board. A three
Judge Federal court Wednes-
day held that previous legisaa-
ton to oust the board was un-
constitutional.
The court said any legisla-
tion aimed at defeating what
it called the constitutional
rights Of Negroes to attend de-
segregated schools will fall for
the same reason.