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Because of the complex problems involved, the Supreme Court deferred decision on the method of implementing the new policy. It asked all sides to present arguments next fall on 1) when schools should be ordered to abolish segregation and 2) who (a special master or the district courts) should set and enforce the terms under which it will be abolished...
...loudest roars came from Georgia, which also has a law under which it could abolish the public-school system. U.S. Senator Richard Russell, contending that the question of segregation should be decided by the legislative rather than the judicial branch of the Government, had his own label for the court's action: "A flagrant abuse of judicial power." Out of Georgia's statehouse came a tirade from Governor Herman Talmadge: "The United States Supreme Court . . . has blatantly ignored all law and precedent . . . and lowered itself to the level of common politics . . . The people of Georgia believe in, adhere...
...Questions? In Vallejo, Calif., the Times Herald carried a personal announcement: "My wife has, without cause, left my habitation and is floating on the ocean of tyrannical extravagance, prone to prodigality . . . kindling her pipe with the coal of curiosity . . . [To] abolish such insidious, clandestine, noxious, pernicious, diabolical, and notorious deportment, I therefore caution all persons from harboring or trusting her on my account, as I will pay no debts of her contracting . . . unless compelled by law . . . E. H. Mailliw...
...around the grassy, tree-dotted common is not balanced at all. Since the conclusion of the War, the intellectual side has held a recognized and clear upper hand. This victory was signalled in 1945 when separate alumni and faculty committees, in planning for the post-war college, voted to abolish the fraternity system. Tradition proved too strong for such a drastic measure and the fraternities were merely reformed. But the victory has been none-the-less secured...
...will consolidate hundreds of small local schools, equalize Negro and white teachers' pay, provide 600 new school buses. Estimated cost of the program: $34 million (regular annual school budget: $25 million), making Mississippi's 1954-55 outlay for education its biggest in history. Should the Supreme Court abolish segregation, a special legislative committee will advise Governor Hugh White on legal ways to circumvent the court's decision...