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
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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. One chart of
the general fund showed that about i
62 cents of each dollar went to
schools; 2.69 cents to debt service; !
6 92 to executive; 8 87 to charitable
and correctional institutions; 8 46
to state aid and obligations; with
about one cent designated for pen
sion and a contingency and emer
gency fund, and the remaining 9.55 i
cents to educational institutions.
Smokies Pictured
[n Travel Book
Doubleday's 1956 edition of
?Around The U. S. A. in 1,000 Pic
:ures" includes 19 North Carolina
>cenes.
Full-page color shots of the
3reat Smoky Mountains National
Park are featured in the new chap
ter on National Parks,
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