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cepa cee nes ee dee aati Sa —_ oe . + 4 Mr. Tslsen___— Shoo “ - Mr. Nichois... y— Mr. Doar vanie ° Mr. Belrient —-— i Integration Fight- —_ Mr 0 ais. Pledged By Perez = District Attorney Leander w Perez, in a bitter attack on the fantisegregation ruling @f the US supreme court, called for a show- against the recent desegregation rulings in the district court re, . mo wet, a, . Perez told the Gentilly Cittrems*Coutibit last night that ‘he ‘wants men in responsible posi- tions to join him in facing con- tempt charges in violation of the. local court orders. ‘ Labeling the high court today’s “greatest menace to liberty and constitutional government,”” Pe- rez charged that the three fed- eral judges who recently ordered the Orleans parish school board to integarte public schools were “acting under orders from Wash- ington.” . Asks for Showdow He added: “Until we find men in responsi- ble positions in the state govern- ment willing . .. to be charged with criminal contempt in viola- tion of one of the court orders, we won't have a showdown.” co .. He said he is willing to face ZL. do, aa ‘ guch charges because ‘he is con- WY OF ‘fident no Southern jury would : wee ee ‘convict him for standing up for the rights of the people. Perez was principal speaker at meeting of the prosegregation ganization at 4720 Painters. He also attacked a recent edi- rial in Catholic Action of the South, official publication of the Catholic archdiocese, in which Catholics were reminded they face excommunication if they’ support legislation upholding seg- regation. . ; Cites Red Infiltration “The Communists,” he said, _- SEARSHED___-..—!NDEXED —_« SERIALIZED_..- tILED-—————— Fut — NeW ORLEANS ‘“have infiltrated into religious SO LT ‘bodies just the same as Commu- / yo hey jnists have infiltrated into the gov- Sf plod a “ ernment.” “ . of re ec: ee i And he added that the supreme - jcourt in Washington has “simply ‘ ‘turned over to the NAACP (Ne-' agiia 47 2 KX —_ % tional Association for the Ad- | / ‘ yancement of Colored People) ev-, . \ fery district court in the nation.” a . The district court in New Or- TEMA 29 isee NEW CRLEANS STATESjleans did not consider any of the NEW ¢ RLEANS LA evidence in the case in which it TV UAH DANO, . ruled against the parish school eee 3/10/56 board, he contended. o i . ident ; Face 3 Colpd] # & 2 cai as Bras’ Cho, ae y chi : rT program, Council a P. Davis Jengee-, tee | eo (ant fe