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Leander Perez Sr — Part 2
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Mr. Tolson____-
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Mr. Mehr.
Mr. Pevr es
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laws invalid in a case against the
. CALLED MEN AcE ington, Perez said, and “"did not
consider any part’ of. evidence
* - presented by the schoo] board.
Jefferson's Fears Come to one added that an order for New
rleans schools to stop segrega-
Pass, Perez Says “ttion “in a year or two” violates
the Jaw. An injunction, Perez
The United- States supremejsaid, must take effect immediate-
court is today the nation’s greate/ly. - . .
est menace to liberty and con-| ‘geag
Aare ly to Stand Charges
B |S onal government, Leander “Until we find men in respons!-
: ey ble positions in the state govern-
Bernard and Plaquemines pal) ont willing to be charged
ishes, taid Friday night. _ with criminal contempt in viola-
| He was principal speaker &t Bjtion of one of the court orders,”
meeting of the Gentilly Citizens’ }Perez said, ‘“‘we won't have a
Council at the Gentilly Terrace|showdown.” »
school, 4720 Painters. L. P. Davis He said he would be willin to
Jr., council chairman, presided. |.tsna such charges if he sould
Thomas. Jefferson, Perez said,|ting any school board that would
warmed of the strength of theltoin ‘him. ‘No Southern jury, he “.
supreme court and _wondered|said, would convict a man for !
what recourse there would be if
standing up for the ri ,
‘the high court usurped powers ] & up for the right of the rN
not granted it by the Constitu-\?” j
ton gran y In referring to recent Catholic A
. a action against ion, !
“And ” Perez said, “hi gainst segregation, Perez
said ‘the Communists have in-
filtrated into religious bodies just
the same as Communists have in-
filtrated into the government.”
predictions, his fears have come
to pass. Today the supreme court
undoubtedly is the greatest men-
© ace to liberty and constitutional! Speaking briefly on tha pro-
. government . . . cc was Richard Clark,
resi-
~ -. Called Unconstitutional de of the Gentilly Terrace td
said that the court's -@e-!Dal's Club. 7 ‘
cishn regulating the statbs’
SE schools has sounded the death
knell to individual freedom of the
people. - - .
-“What right has the court to
“4 tell you that you must submit
“: MM your children to racial integra-
Pa tion, when that same court prev-
‘a4 iously has held that (regulation
cj of internal affairs) has been re-
~ <4 served to the states?” Perez
asked. ;
Perez called the supreme court
a rulings unconstitutional. —
“The supreme court has simply
wd turned over to the NAACP (Na-
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People)
and other Communist-front or-'
ganizatins every district court in|
% the nation,” Perez charged in dis-
cussing local segregation-integra-
tion suits. . . "
J es who handed down aber
cen§ decision holding segrega§on ° SEARCHED___ INDEXED ___~ owe,
; SERIALIZED____ FILED. a ae ;
THE TIMES-PICAYUNE MARY 24956 a we”
NEW CRLEANS, LA. FES — NEW ORLEANS owe tO
3/10/56
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