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| ‘S O-19 (11-22-58) 2 a a ny Rare ” Integration °, May Ge} «. Inquiry Post — Perez Considered For Chief Counsel _ " In School Probe (Picture on Page 29.) — Leander Perez, well-known | Louisiana political figure and an- outspoken foe of school racial! jintegration. is being considered for appointment as cmief coun- sel t6 the House District¢Sub- ammittee, which plans in- v@stigation of District sc ols. erez, reached at ton Réuge, La. confirmed Wash- ton reports that he is 2 candidate for the post and that he had talked with Rep. James IC. Davis (D-Ga.) about the ap- pointment. ~ Davis refused to confirm or deny the report, saying he will issue a statement only after his Subcommittee meets Thursday. Perez said he would confer with Subcommittee members Thursday in Washington. Perez said he did not know anything about staff arrange- ments for the investigation, scheduled to begin this week. It was learned, however. that) James M. Tnomson, a 30-year-| old Alexandria attorney, is be-. ing considered for a staff post. Perez, who is the district at-! torney, of St. Bernard and Plaquemines Parishes (coun-; ties) in southern Louisiana, was; National Director of the State; Rights movement which ray aa; unsuccessful candidate for President in 1948. , 4 He said he has been “reading:’ about” the integration of Wash-, ington’s public schools. : Perez said a person whom he would not identify has been “in- vestigating” the Washington ‘school situation for him. His interest was aroused, he said, “because of the threat of.some racial integration (in the South) through the Federal Courts.” » He said a police re racial incidents in-and und trict schools, publishai June iin The Washington Pgst and ‘Thnes Herald, “looks (pretty ‘pa’ The report listed a total ‘of 134 incidents of varying de- igrees of seriousness since Feb. 27, 1953, ’ we EN eoee eo Pe al Dal 4 ‘es i on? Considered Leander Perez, 2 Louisiana district attorney, who is a foe ef school integration, is considered fer ap t- ment as chief counsel tofthe House District subcommiltee planning an investigat! of D. C. schools. (Story, Page 1.) bID “ If he received the appoint- me t, Perez said, he would ep ; “anfopen mind to find facts fhat dus@fy conclusions.” AsYed whither he believed an invésti- 8 n is. necessary, he ied: ‘“The committee must feel there is grounds for an investigation.” . The five-man subcommittee was set up to investigate al- ‘leged “lowered standards” in the schools and “juvenile de- jlinquency” here. The action was Wittens by Rep. John Bell Williams (D-Miss.), who ‘was amed to the group. - Vhile in Washington, Perez he hopes to testify bitfore e Senate Judiciary Conpmit- eel “against those led rivip rights bills.” ee cre VICTIMS CIVIL RIGHTS Depertment by meno 5/4/5 further investigation thet no JE LEANDER PEREZ; bic. = Tolson Nichols ———_____ Boardman ———— Belmont ——-—-—— Mason ————__—_— Mohr ——————_—— ‘arsons osen Tamm ———_—__ Nease Wincerrowd ———— Tele. Room Holloman ————~— Gandy —————_-—_ A full investigetion wes conduct at request of Depaertm allegetion that Perez ent into would be undertaken in this ees 4yh.-9732 gue bc. pain NOT RECORDED y EUL § 356 SS eee, a Wash. Post and at Times Herald F sa é Wash. News Wash. Star N. Y. Herald ———_-_—- Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —~— Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ———_—_—- eS —_sST Ie Date 2° sf