Ask F ree Speech We believe In the absolute and utter necessity of preserving unim paired for all Americans the price less right of freedom of speech and peaceful assembly, the right of an accused to be confronted by his ac cusers. to presentment by grand jury’ and a trial by a jury of his peers presided over by a fair and impartial judge We decry the use by the Federal Judiciary of coer cion. intimidation and threat of punishment to be visited upon local i school boards and officers unless they Refuse to recognize the lawful authority of the Virginia Pupil Placement Board and usurp and exercise pupil assignment powers which have been denied to said school boards and local officers by the duly enacted laws of the State of Virginia. We direct the attention of the entire nation to the dangers inherent in the wholesale resort toj injunctive and summary contempt procedure designed to subvert and j thwart the traditional constitutional and common law methods of critni-1 nal piocedure. These measures conceived and nurtured in the cynical greed of politicians for power, are directed against the people of the South, but they hold w i t h i n themselves a deadly and mortal threat to the most sacred and essential consti tutional safeguards to the liberties of ail Americans of all generations. We appeal to Americans every where to arouse themselves from their lethargy and unite with us in tin- condemnation of these iniquitous measures. While the immediate issue in the great contest that is presently being waged is brought into focus for Vir ginia and the people of the South in the unconstitutional usurpation of power exemplified in the school segregation decision by the United States Supreme Court and the threat of fine or imprisonment of our school and state officials, and through the denial of freedom of speech and trial by jury by Federal injunctive decree, nonetheless we are deeply convinced that the sinis ter attack upon the fundamental liberties of Americans and upon the basic constitutional system itself, manifests itself in many other facets of our American life. Advice to Schoolmen Therefore we do further declare: 11 It is essential that those res ponsible for the administration of our schools should be alert, that the fundamentals of a sound educa tion are taught to our Virginia chil dren including an understanding of the fundamental constitutional sys tem under which we live, the bless ings of liberty which it alone be stows. the part played by great Vir ginians of the past in the struggle for the establishment and preserva tion of these liberties. > 2 > It is essential that the molding of the minds, characters and spiri tual lives of our children should re main under the control of Virginia parents. We do. therefore, urge our representatives in the Congress

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