Pearsall Committee Answers Questions On Amendment Here, in the words of the Pears all committee, is the best way to * "preserve public schools and help preserve the public peace". Governor Luther H. Hodges ' gives his full support to this plan. < The General Assembly approved it overwhelmingly; the Senate by 49 to 0 and the House of Representa tives by 116 to 2. ' The State Board of Education 8 overwhelmingly endorsed this plan. So did other school groups, includ- I ing the Executive Committee of 1 the North Carolina Education Asso ciation, representing nearly 30,000 8 white teachers. ' A majority vote by You. the peo- ' pie, on September 8 will: (1) Per- 8 mit the granting of education ex- ' pense grants at State and local lev- 1 els to any child for whom no pub lic school is available, or who is ( assigned against his parents' wishes f to a mixed public school; and (2) < Permit by a later vote of the peo ple the closing of a school or ( schools in a community where con- < ditions become intolerable. < QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ? 1. What is the purpose of this j Amendment? s A. It is an effort to preserve North Carolina's Public School system. 2 Why should we amend our 1 Stat^jpnstitution? < AW is necessary to amend the 1 N. (^Constitution in order that ! the State legislature can pass the < necessary laws to protect the peo- i pie agrainst unacceptable mixing of I the races and thereby assure pub- I 11c support of schools. I 3. What are we voting on? < A. The people will decide 1 whether they want to authorize the General Assembly to provide edu- . ration expense grants for private education. They also will decide whether they want the closing of j any school to be decided by the ( people on the local level. In other words, the smallest school unit could make the decision. 4. Why should we vote for the i amendment? , A. To give ourselves as much freedom of choice as is possible under the U. S. Supreme Court decision. 5. If the people approve this program will my child be forced to attend school with a member of another race? A. Emphatically No. 6. Is this an effort to defy the U, S. Supreme Court? A. It is not defiance. It is an attempt to stay within that deci sion. even though a great majority of our citizens disapprove the Su preme Court's ruling. 7. Are we sure that approval of the amendment will preserve our traditional system of segregated schools? A. We cannot be sure of any thing the U. S. Supreme Court may do, or say. But this is the best plan that has been advanced that would prevent forced mixing of races in tur schools. 8. Did the U. S. Supreme 3ourt say that my child had to go ;o school with a member of an >ther race? A. No. 9. What did it say, in effect? A. Only that we cannot deny idmission of a child to a public ichool solely on the basis of race, 10. If conditions in my child's jublic school become intolerable, vhat happens? A. Your school board can order in election: or 15'I of the people n your school unit can ask for an ?lection on suspending it. If the ichool is closed, it can later be re ipened bv vote of the people in .he same manner. 11. Suppose children of an-1 >ther race are assigned to the ichool attended by my child and I >bject? What remedy will I have? A. Your child can be reassigned o another public school provided >ne is reasonably available, or, if >ne is not available, you ran with- 1 lraw jour child from school. Then rou may send your child to private ichool. 12. How can I afford that? A. The State will provide the proportionate part of its school 'und for vour child's private edu cation. Figured on the present >asis. that would amount to about U 35.000 per school year. Your lo ?al school board could add any imount to that that it sees fit. Rut. the total amount of money given !>y the State and your local school Joard could not exceed the actual ?ost of your child's private educa tion. u couia I send my child to ?ny private school of my choice? A. Yes. You would qualify for State and local grants if the school is not operated by a sectarian (church) group and the school is approved by the State Board of (education. Of course, there are fine parochial schools in North Carolina but a child attending one of them would not qualify for grants. 14. What is a local option unit? I A. Your administrative School Board may create what would be known as "local option units". A local option unit would be any county or city school administra tive unit or any sub-division there of. 15. Give me an illustration. A. If your City School Board wanted to, it could make a local option unit out of the immediate area that your child's school serves. 16. If the people in my area decide to close my child's school, could I send my child to a school in another unit? A. You may not. However, you may move your home into another unit and your child could go to a public school there, or you can get a grant. 17. What about the compulsory school law? A. It remains in the books with one change. Under this change you would not be forced to send your child to school if (1) the only public school available to you is integrated and (2) no approved pri vate school is available. 18. Who determines when a condition is "intolerable" and a vote on closing the school is re quested? A. The word "intolerable" is not included in these bills. How ever. it is up to the people in a local option unit to determine whether their school's operation has become intolerable. The vote of the people in the unit will deter mine this question. If the vote is to close the schools, then the condi tion is intolerable. If the vote is to keep open the schools, then the condition is evidently not intnler-1 able. 19. What will become of school I buildings no longer used for pub-J lie school purposes? A. Public school buildings be long to local administrative units and therefore to the people who live in that unit. Laws that have been on the books for many years provide that local school boards may lease or sell school property no longer necessary for public { school purposes. 20. Why should I vote? A. It is the duty of every citi zen to express himself at the polls on this highly important matter. This program is non-partisan and was formulated by earnest people j in both major parties, represent ing every section of North Caro , lina. Cody Scheduled For European Tour Pvt. Robert B. Cody, whose wife, Joyce, lives on Route 2. YVaynes ville. is scheduled to leave the United States Thursday for Eur ope as part of Operation Gyro- J scope, the Army's unit rotation plan. Cody is a member of the 8th; Infantry Division, which has b< -n stationed at Fort Carson, Colo . | and is replacing the 9th Infantry Division in Germany. A rocket launcher gunner in Company K of the division's 13th Regiment. Cody entered the Army in February of this year. He is a 1954 graduate of Waynes ville Township High School, and t he .sort of Mr. and Mrs B. C Cody. | Route 3. PRINCESS MARGARET of Britain is shown here in a photograph made for her 26th birthday in the drawing room of Clarence House, her London residence. She is wearing a one-strap evening dress of pink tulle embroidered with flowers and sequins. Elaborate diamond ear rings are worn with necklace and bracelet (International) More Endorsements Made Of School Amendment Plan Public School organizations and at least two statewide civic clubs have endorsed the Public School Amendment which comes to a pub lic vote September 8. The amendment is being spon sored by a large number of lead ers of both the Democratic and Republican parties. I atest to give it enthusiastic backing were directors of the , North Carolina Jaycees in conven tion at Guilford College The> promised to work through their , various clubs in geting out a big vote for the amendment. Directors of the North Carolina Exchange clubs have likewise join ed in the movement which Govern or Hodges says is the best plan thus devised to preserve North Caro lina's public schools. Directors of the North Carolina School Boards Association endors ed the amendment a few days ago. In a resolution they said the amendment is "a feasible proposal and will be a major step in the final preservation of public school education in North Carolina." The Association represents every school board in North Carolina. A number of Parent-Teacher leaders in North Carolina have sent word to The Governor's Commit tee For the Public School Amend ment, saying they are in favor of the plan State officers of that group have left the decision to lo cal associations. Previously, directors of the North Carolina Education Associ ation, representing almost 30,000 white teachers, enthusiastically ap proved the amendment. So did the State Board of Education; Dr. Charles Carroll, State Superintend ent of Public Instruction: State Treasurer Edwin Gill, long a strong supporter of public education: and mahy other highly respected groups and individuals. Women's organizations have been particularly active. Mrs. Gor don Maddrey of Ahoskie, a prom inent Baptist and v"?r>' active club worker: and Mrs. A. L. DeCamp of Charlotte, a Republican and I'.T.A president in her city, have public-1 ly stated that they are highly grati- j tied with support being given the amendment. Mrs. Maddrey and Mrs. DeCamp are vice chairmen ol : the Governor's Committee. The amendment is the result of two years' work by outstanding North Carolinians. They started as sessing public opinion not onl> in this state but in other Southern states as well soon after the U S 1 Supreme Court decision of May 17 j 1954, They concluded in their re- j port that this is the best means of j preserving the school system and the public peace. Governor Hodges calls this "safety-valve" or "stop-gap" legis lation to be used only when and if voluntary segregation and the 1955 pupil assignment act fail to work His administration has declared that no North Carolina child shall be forced to attend an integrated . school against his or her parents' wishes This proposed amendment allow s people on the local level to] make their school decisions. Want ads bring quick results ?; Lions Hear State Auditor On Taxes < i Waynesville Lions heard Henry ( L. Bridges, state auditor, Thursday night, explain the revenue and ap propriations of this state. Bridges used a 10-page pamphlet which gave a break-down of the state revenue picture. 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