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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dallas, Texas February 26, 1959 INTEGRATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, DALLAS, TEXAS An articie appearing in the "Dallas Morning News", a daily Dallas newspaper dated February 9, 1959, reflected that Dr. EDWARD L. RIPPEY, President of the Dallas School Board, stated that the Dallas schoois will use the pupil placement plan, but not "to get around integration". Dr. RIPPEY stated it is not the intention of the Dallas School Eoard to utilize this law to circumvent integration; however, he stated correctly administered, he believed the student pupil place- ment law is justified and fair. An article appearing in the "Dallas Times Herald", a daily Dallas, Texas, newspaper, dated February 10, 1959, reflected that ANDREW J. THUSS, Attorney, Dallas School Board, indicated that the Texas Pupil Placement Act is a valid law and he wiil argue this point when the Dallas integration case goes before the Eleventh Court of Civil Appeals in Dallas, Texas, on May 13, 1959. This article stated that the Dallas School Board will take their suit before the Eleventh Court of Civil Appeals, Dallas, Texas, on May 13, 1959, for the purpose of resolving the conflict between the federal court order to integrate and the Texas state law forbidding integration without a favorable vote of the people in the school district. Hf I | “TE ENCLOSURE fF Ff i oo,