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Arthur J. Gartland, the only school Committeeman who acknowledges the existence of alleged de facts segregation in Boston, alone doubted that the boycott had violated a State law which makes it illegal for anyone to induce a child to cut school...
...Gartland also stood alone in supporting a motion to cooperate with the Boston branch of the NAACP in the form of a six-man commission to work with the Harvard School of Education on a "Boston plan" for school integration...
...motion, introduced by Gartland and tabled at a special School Committee hearing Feb. 19, was voted down...
...will probably not change the opinions of any School Committee members, but might give them a "political excuse" to change their minds, Pettigrew said. He specifically mentioned Eisenstadt and Lee, who are considered the two "borderline" Committeemen. They made possible the letter to the NAACP by joining forces with Gartland earlier this month...
Joseph Lee, Thomas S. Eisenstadt, and Arthur J. Gartland, all of whom supported the motion made by Eisenstadt, declared that the Committee should not prejudge the proposals of the NAACP...