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By Henry Dirndl
WASHINGTON ' The!
Helms-Johnston ' , anti-l
busing legislation . sailed :
quietly through the
Senate earlier this year.:
But if Frankie M.'
Freeman, a former
member of the U.S.
Commission ' on 0 Civil
Rights, has her way, the
measure will never pass
the House. v . , .
Ms. Freeman, a lawyer
and member of t the
Howard' University
Board of Trustees, is one
of the leaders of a newly
. formed civil rights group
attacking the constitu
tionality of the pending
legislation. The bill
challenges the authority
of the federal judicial 1
system, leading to "an
erosion of basic rights",
she warns, adding, it is a
"smoke ; screen" to ap
peal to the fears of anti
busing proponents, h
Sponsored by Sen.
Jesse Helms (R-NQ and
Sen. J. Bennett Johnston
(D-LA), the legislation
: would diminish ; the
Supreme Court's t deci
sion in Brown vs. Board
of Education, says Ms,
Freeman, threatening the
authority of federal
courts to achieve school
desegregation. "This
would take us back to
relying on the decisions
of the state courts," she
says, adding that the bill
would lead to other con
sequences. The legislation in
question, known as the
Helms-Johnston
Amendment, would bar
busing of more than five
miles or 15 minutes to
achieve school
desegregation. It also
would prohibit the
Justice Department from
seeking busing as a
remedy to integrate
schools.
Additionally, the bill
has a retroactive feature.
It would require courts
to eliminate plans that
exceed the busing limits
even if they have been in
effect for sometime.
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Attorney Freeman
ver the past two
decades.
Members of the com
mission include Birch
Bayh, former U.S.
senator from Indiana;
Ray Marshall, former
secretary of labor; and
Elliot L. Richardson, a
former attorney general
and secretary of health.
aThe measure .hai;, education and welfare.
ominous lmpHcattonsWs?In a 1 14-page report
and coincides with "the ' recently released at a
consistent efforts to turn ; press conference in
the clock back." ' Ms. Washington, the corn-
Freeman emphasizes.
"Affirmative action
wouldn't have a chance
after this."
There's need to
mobilize "the troops" to
block the bill, she
declares, noting that the
public slept through the
Senate vote on the bill,
including much of
America's black leader
ship. Ms. Freeman has join
ed 15 . former high
ranking federal officials
to form a bi-partisan
group called the
Citizens' Commission on
Civil Rights, headed by
Arthur S. Flemming,
former chairman of the
U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights. The group
was founded to
counteract actions that
may jeopardize the gains
made by; minorities,
women r and the poor
mission concluded inai
the Helms-Johnston
legislation would
"drastically alter our
legal system." "The no
tion that courts should
be guided in constitu
tional determinations by
public sentiment, and
curbed by legislation if
their decisions conflict
with popular will, is of
most serious concern to
the commission."
The report, "There is
No Library...," points
out that if the judiciary is
restricted in the matter
of school desegregation,
"the issues tomorrow
may lead to restraints of
the press, or freedom of
religion...."
Specifically, the report
notes that the legislation
would endanger educa
tional opportunity and
"reawaken community
and racial conflict in
America." Says commis
sion chairman Arthur
Flemming, "This move .
would open up wounds.
Old wounds in
desegregating schools
have either healed or
have begun to heal."
Supported by the
Reagan administration,
the Helms-Johnston
Amendment passed the
c Senate-by voteof 37.-37
last March as a rider to
the Department of
Justice Appropriation
Authorization Act. It is
currently being con
sidered in the House
Judiciary Committee.
The commission ques
tions the power of .Con
gress to changd by
legislation "specific,
constitutionally required
remedies, ordered by the
federal courts and en
forced by the executive."
A portion of the legisla-,
tion, according to the
panel's report, violates
the separation of powers
principle.
Basic civil rights do
not depend on the whim
of what is believed to be
the majority political
sentiment, says Ms.
Freeman. The Constitu
tion is designed "to pro
tect the basic rights of all
citizens."
Ms. Freeman, who
served 16 years on the'
U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights, was ap
pointed to the panel in
1964 by President
Johnson. She was the
first woman to serve on
the six-member commis
sion. In 1979, the Howard
University law school
graduate, a member of
the university's Board of
Trustees since 1976, was
named inspector general
of the community Ser
vices Administration by
President Carter. She is
. currently a partner with
; the St. Louis law firm of
' Freeman, Whitfield,
' Montgomery, Staples
and White.
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