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Boston School Committee candidates Arthur J. Gartland '36 and Melvin H. King will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in Longfellow Hall. Gartland, who ran fifth in last month's primary, is considered the most liberal of the incumbents. King is the only Negro in the ten-man contest, the chief issue of which has been the busing out of predominantly Negro neighborhood...
...reporting, Mrs. Hicks, who has consistently denied that de facto segregation exists in Boston public schools, had over 37,000 votes in the school-committee race. Thomas S. Eisenstadt trailed with 16,000 votes, followed by Joseph Lee (15,000), William E. O'Connor (11,500), and Arthur J. Gartland '36 (11,000). All are incumbents; Gartland is considered the most liberal...
...teach-in will feature speeches by Arthur J. Gartland '36 and Thomas S. Elsenstadt, both members of the school committee, and Laurence H. Fuchs, professor of American Civilization at Brandeis. Mumma will serve as moderator...
Only one member of the school committee voiced support of the report. Arthur Gartland declared that "There is racial imbalance in the Boston schools...and it should be redressed...
...indeed reassuring to see Mrs. Hicks so concerned with legal equality for all Boston's citizens. Yet there are obligations more pressing than equal opportunity for prosecution. If the Committee were really devoted to principles of equality, it should not have defeated Arthur J. Gartland's motion directing the group to cooperate with the NAACP in forming a commission to work with the Harvard School of Education to devise a "Boston Plan" for school integration...