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...Come Out & Fight." Back at Clinton high school, a 13-year-old white boy was expelled for elbowing a Negro girl in the corridor. A little later, two toughs barged into the school, ordered a white student to lead them to "where the niggers are." Home-economics Teacher Clarice Brittain, wife of Principal D. J. Brittain Jr., appeared in the hallway. The roughnecks bolted for the nearest exit, jostling Mrs. Brittain and-once safely outside-daring her to "come out and fight." Completely unnerved, Principal Brittain consulted with members of the school board, announced: "The school is being closed because...
...spite of telephone threats. Principal D. J. Brittain Jr. stood faithfully by his Negro charges. He threatened to expel their tormentors, but neither he nor his faculty found proof enough to do so. Last week the Negroes stayed away from school in protest. The frightening question that faces them: whether they will ever be allowed to go back to the Clinton high school without suffering even more abuse than they already have...
Whatever the Negroes' future, their enemies seem to be having their day. "We have no support," said Principal Brittain bitterly. "Pretty soon these Citizens' Council people will have the upper hand, and then no one's rights will be safe." This week the School Board formally asked if the Government would enforce the Federal court integration order...
...PATSY BRITTAIN Seattle...
When the London daily Recorder came out five months ago, it was the first new British daily in 23 years (TIME, Nov. 9). Editor and Publisher William Brittain hoped his Tory paper would find a "new public'' of 500,000 who "are repelled by the vulgarity which admittedly appeals to millions" of readers of other British dailies. But Brittain never found the audience. With his weekly losses running at about $4,500 and circulation down to 47,000 he gave up the search entirely last week. The typographical union delivered the death blow; it refused to let Brittain...