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...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...
...Associate Justice Robert Jackson, recovering from a heart attack, had left the hospital that morning so all nine Justices could be present when the great decision was read. * Seventeen states and the District of Columbia have public-school segregation by specific law; four permit it. The 17: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas Virginia and West Virginia. The four: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Wyoming...
...conditioned. Not only have their universities taken in Negroes, but so have the schools connected with various mil itary bases in the South. Furthermore, with the Court's action, the change will still be gradual: So far, the decision involves only "the five school districts cited . . . No change would necessarily occur in the other 11,173 districts . . . until and unless individual suits were brought." But gradual or not, says Ashmore, the change is bound to come eventually."In the long sweep of history, the public-school cases before the Supreme Court may be written down as the point...
...York University's center also concentrates on racial and community problems, e.g., the plight of Manhattan's Puerto Ricans, the reasons for public-school dropouts, the services a church might perform in a changing neighborhood
There are few basic differences between the two candidates, e.g., both believe in public-school segregation. But the race issue has risen. There has been whispered criticism of Bates because his insurance company sells to Negroes; he will probably get most of the Negro vote. Although Timmerman has the behind-the-scenes support of most party leaders, the man with music last week was generally conceded to be running well ahead of Little George...