BUSING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-THIRD CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 179, S. 287, S. 619, S. 1737, and S. 2336

BILLS RELATED TO BUSING OF SCHOOLCHILDREN

30-623 O

FEBRUARY 19, 20, AND 21, 1974

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early morning and ending in the dusk of late afternoon or evening.
There has been a significant and dangerous exodus from the public
schools by children whose parents simply will not risk the hazards at-
tendant to these long and tiring bus rides. The cry of protest and the
plea for relief are now heard from almost every quarter of America.
These hearings represent an effort to examine the impact of this
senseless, forced busing of schoolchildren to achieve "racial balance"
and to consider legislative methods which will effectively put an end
to this horrible tyranny. It is my earnest hope that the testimony taken
during the course of our hearings will help us to understand more
clearly the urgency of enacting legislation which will truly insure
"equal protection of the law" for the schoolchildren of America.

I would like for the four bills referred to in this statement to be
printed in full in the record of these hearings and to this end I make
copies of these four bills available to the reporter.

[The above referred to bills follow:]

CONTENTS

Tuesday, February 19, 1974-

Wednesday, February 20, 1974.

Thursday, February 21, 1974.

Opening statements:

HEARING DAYS

TESTIMONY

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., U.S. Senator from North Carolina, chairman,

Subcommittee on Constitutional Rights...

Gurney, Hon. Edward J., U.S. Senator from Florida....

Hruska, Hon. Roman L., U.S. Senator from Nebraska.

Witnesses:

Allen, Hon. James B., U.S. Senator from Alabama..

Brock, Hon. Bill, U.S. Senator from Tennessee.

Cook, Hon. Marlow W., U.S. Senator from Kentucky.

Helms, Hon. Jesse A., U.S. Senator from North Carolina-

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Horn, Hon. Stephen, vice chairman, accompanied by Mr. Larry Glick,

Acting General Counsel; Mr. John Buggs, staff director; and Caroline

F. Davis, Director, Education Division, U.S. Commission on Civil

Rights-

Huber, Hon. Robert J., U.S. Representative from Michigan-

Mitchell, Clarence, director, Washington Bureau, National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People.--.

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Morgan, Charles, Jr., American Civil Liberties Union...

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Ruffra, Jean, Save Our Community Schools, Inc., Louisville, Ky.

Schade, Dr. John, school board member, Rockford, Ill....

Scott, Hon. William L., U.S. Senator from Virginia..
Wells, James, Liberty Lobby.

Poe, William, chairman, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education.
Preyer, Hon. Richardson, U.S. Representative from North Carolina-
Rowe, James D., attorney, Richmond, Va.-

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MATERIAL FOR THE RECORD

Submitted by:

Cook, Hon. Marlow W., U.S. Senator from Kentucky:

Letters from Mrs. Riley, president, Kentucky State Parent-
Teachers Association, written by Mrs. Pat Dolack, president,
14th district PTA, and Mrs. Orville Casey, president, 5th
district PTA.

Ervin, Hon. Sam J., Jr., U.S. Senator from North Carolina, chairman,

Constitutional Rights Subcommittee:

S. 179, S. 287, S. 619, and S. 1737..

S. 2336.

Helms, Hon. Jesse A., U.S. Senator from North Carolina:

Letters in support of S. 2336..........

Prepared statement by..

Questions and answers on the proposed Public School Jurisdiction

Act of 1973...

Horn, Hon. Stephen, vice chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights:

Árticle from the North Carolina Law Review, "Congressional

Control of Judicial Remedies: President Nixon's Proposed

Moratorium on Busing Orders," by Frank Thompson, Jr., and

Daniel H. Pollitt_

Prepared statement by.

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