The report of the Gray Commission hah wop general

The report of the Gray Commission hah wop general approval. Complaint has been made that it does not go into sufficient detail. But principles must be established first, and details will inevitably be worked out later. The General Assembly cannot give attention to detail^ until the principles upon which a system of education can be built are settled.

The jwhole effort of the Gray Commissijon report is to work out a plan which will carry the decision of the Supreme Court into effect in such a way whic and not a hurt to the cause of public educi as outlined will make it possible for eve: State to decide by vote of its own people wh< their schools to be integrated or not. Under fax and Arlington Counties And the Cities

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The first step, ttffe' approval of the amendment to be voted upon on January the General Assembly to proceed with the working out of a plan whereby funds provided by the Stat s can be appropriated for the tuition of children in priva e non-sectarian schools. That is the open and frank way o1 making it possible for the State to create a plan of education wide enough to include those who Wish to integ rate both races in common schools and those who are unwilling or unable to permit their children to attend such sch< ols. The people of a very large section of Virginia are de ermined not to send their children to integrated schools, ind there is no law of God or under the Constitution of th e United States which can force parents against their conscientious objections to send their children to schools which the parents are unwilling for them to attend.!

The proposed plan can be worked out lawfully to the great strengthening of the solidarity of Our State. And voters who as yet are not fully satisfied as o the workability of the plan are urged to vote for the a nendment so as at least to give the State An opportunity to try it out.