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Car Wrecked On Rockland Key arate but equal facilities—has been | By PAUL M. YOST ‘ i so repeatedly approved by the WASHINGTON W—Attorneys for iNegro parents in Virginia and jSouth Carolina today renew before|courts, and by the courts of last ; . jthe Supreme Court the-long legallresort’ of many states, and has battle to open all publie schools/been so continuously exercised by jto all children regardless of race.|congressional and state legislation, They hope to win a decision that|that it should be regarded as no |Segregation of Negro and white|longer open to denate” tpupils is a harmful discrimination} Next, the Justice Department— violating the Constitution. No do: [presenting the views of the Eisen- jeision is likely for several months.|hower administration—will argue | Thurgood Marshall, New York/that the “primary and pervasive jCty attorney who represents the;purpose of the idth Amendment National Assn. for the Advance-|was to secure for Negroes full ment of Colored Pcople (NAACP),|and complete equality before the jin opening the debate before the law and to abolish all legal dis- jmine justices, is prepared to assert tinctions based on race and color.” jin essence: The 14th Amendment was adopt- “Candor requires recognitionjed after the Civil War, primarily jthat the plain purpose and effect/for the benefit of the newly freed jof segregated education is to per- slaves. It says no state may deny |petuate an inferior status for|any person due process and equal |Negroes which is America's sorry protection of the jaws, nor abridge ‘heritage from slavery.” any person's privilege or immuni- | John W. Davis, Democratic pres-'ties. a decision In addition to Virginia and Supreme Court, by lower federal South Carolina, Nansas and Dela-\be met in the execution of ware and the District of Col 1a are directly involved. The Virginia and South Carolina cases were consolidated for reargument. The « other cases will fuilox them The general assumption has bee: that any final aecision aga segregation would mean the of separation of the races in public schools throughout the United States. Virg Says the custom of segregation is followed by one third of the On, South Carolina provided this list of states which like itself have laws requiring school segregation Alabama, Arkansas. Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louis- iana,, Maryland, Mississippi Mis- souri, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas Virginia and West Virginia South Carolina listed New Mex- 2 of segregation Segregation Question To Be Renewed In Supreme Court Today Local Navy Mans ms . al pupils—under the doctrine of sep-}bui the court was unable to reach!brief that “some Southern leaders Injured In Crash have expressed the view that con- siderable popular o: position will Program for integration of public schools. “In their opinio: sparation of the races in the schools is one of the ways of life ‘* in the South. They predict that popular antagonism to elimination ** arising from a Brookl tradtional hostity to the mngling Te" of the races, wil most likely be As reflected n wthdrawal of sate ad, a pees rnag thier hind, he con-| _T- C. Fredericks ef the USS viction has been expressed that Salinan, Key West, a passenger, these fears are exaggratd and hed his rib fractur unjustified, and tat there is no fered bruises of # ssume that once his itional § quesion, he &! people of he entire country, in- Y cluding the South, will net abide Ha by its decision.” fered Gov. Herman E. Talmadge of The f Georgia has declared that a Su-/north. Four people w jured Satur- day afternoon at ey when ” the brief said, S™ and the car si cross the road and er of the car was Marthe Karn m. 3% 92nd S ses d lacerat. ome were traveling dential nominee in 1924, is pre-| Today marks the beginning of ixo, Wyoming and Kansas pared to reply on behalf of South/three days of reargument called states having laws which per: Carolina: |for by the high court last June. segregation. 4s-preme Court decisicn to end segre-|-————__________ THIS 18 ALL THAT WAS LEFT of the car in which four people were injured Saturday after: mit) gation would be “‘notning less than school system if segregated schools noon on East Rockland Key when the driver lost control and the car overturned twice.—Citi- “The right to establish separate|First arguments were heard over zen Staff Photo, Finch. Vianday, December 7, 1953 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Page 7 Difference Of Opinion On Tax Policy Prevents By CHARLES F. BARRET WASHINGTON if — A difference of opinion over procedure has de-| veloped in efforts to restore har-| mony between the Eisenhower ad- ministration and Rep. Daniel A. Reed (R-NY) on tax policy. Both Reed, chairman of the tax- writing House Ways and Means) Committee, and Secretary of | Treasury Humphrey are known to be to avoid another fight) such as they waged in the past session of Congress, But in preliminary discussions to date, they have differed over how to approach the billion-dol/ar tax questions that must be settled when Congress reconvenes nex! month. | The Treasury prefers to wrap up im one package a broad, partly| technical tax revis'on program and| some major decisions on tax rates, such as excises and corporation income taxes. Reed and yome of his colleagues strongly prefer to tako. up the gen-| eral tax, revision bill separately, | early in the session, with the hope! it will be passed before possible) fights, develop over major tax GOP Harmony The question may come up President Eisenhower’s confer- ences with legislative leaders next week. Behind the difference of opinion jon procedure lie potential differ- ences on policy or strategy. The tax revision program will include many relatively small benefits for millions of taxpayers— new or bigger allowances for med- ical expenses, child-care expenses of working mothers, dependents making more $600 a year, business depreciation and other Points. Sponsors think it will be popula 3 most tax-reducing mea: €. It also includes a rewriting and streamlining of almost the entire revenue code, strongly championed by Reed The Treasury is said to feel that this “sweet pill” should not be wasted early in the session, leav- ing nothing but some possibly bit ter pills to come—such as post- poning three billions of dollars of corporation and excise tax cuts al- ready written into law. In effect, the Treasury is ap- proarhing the problem with em- schools for white and colored|a three-day period last December, The Justice Department told the Supreme Court in a preliminary a major step toward national sui-|were outlawed Preliminary legis- cide.” He has said repeatedly that!lation has been passed by the Georgia would revert to a private State Legislature. Why Ford delivers more car for your money rates. phasis on avoiding those reduc- Authorities reporting this situa-|tions. 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