Asks Immediate Decision in Hillsboro School Segregation Case

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NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND 
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THURGOOD MARSHALL ARTHUR B. SPINGARN icediiodret ti 
President 

ROBERT L, CARTER sontle’ WHITE 
Assistant Counsol retary 

ARNOLD DE MILLE bs KNIGHT CHALMERS 
Press Relations reasurer 

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November 23, 1954 
IO, Nov. 23.--The U. 8. Court of Appeals for the 

asked today to order the fed eral ‘istrict Court 

Judge John H. Druffel to act immediately in the Hillsboro, Ohio 

1001 segregation case instead of ing until two weeks afte ed 

Supreme Court issues its decrees spelling out the Ma sq
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opinion outlawinr segreration in public schools. 

made in a petition filed with the U. S. Court 

ixth Circuit by NASCP Legal Defense and Hduca- 

tional Fund attorneys on behalf of iillsboro Negro parents and 

woo charge the school board xi racial discrimination. 

The oetition ass that District Judge bruffel act immedi ately 

cr H or a preliminary injunction restraining the 'illsboro 

School Board from forci 1g the Negro children to return to the 

Segrerated school, 

The case is the result of the Negro children of Hillsboro 

attemptinr to enroll in two previously all white schools in the fall 
Ty term. They were allowed to rerister and attend classes one week 

before the parents were advised by the School Board that the children 

have to return to the previously all Nerro school because the 

Board had instituted for the first time school zone lines. 

The new lines were drawn in such @ way tk t only Negro child: 

were forced back into the Jin Crow school, All of the streets on 

erro school children live, regardless of the location of the 

streets within the city, were included in one zone. 

On September 21, 1951, a petition was filed with the District 
Court seeking a temporary restraining order restraining the School 

Boarc from foreing the children who had registered at the two white 

7 schools to return to the Negro school, 1 he restraining order was 



set down the prelim- 
denied by Judge Druffel. However, the 

inary injunction motion for hearing. 

At the conclusion of the hearing, helc ptember the judge 

orcered the motion continued until two yeeks after the U, S,. Supreme 

Court formulates final decrees spelling out specific mplemen 

of the May 17th Gecision. Judee Druffel ruled that the suit 

s the the 
"premature" and that the School Board h 

Supreme Court establishes a formula, to use their best jucement as 

to how it is going to be taken care of," 

Attorneys ‘or the Jerro parents anc child 

Supreme Court .ecrees will have no bearing on their case because none 

of the 5 cases .efore the Supreme Court involves the issue °° refus— 

fro children to resain ‘n the school 
ing to allow the } 

School Boar, voluntarily alloveu them to ersister in the school, 

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They also conten¢ that “urther Celay will deny th 

the school nesrest their personal ric ht 

arins o° the 
the court to Cirect the judge to procee: with the 

notion for preliminary injunction an” to decide the case now, 

The arsument on the Supreme Geurt implementation decrees, 

scheduled for ecember 6, has been z poned indefinitely, 

NAACP Legal Defense attorneys for the Nerro perents an chailcren 

are Thurgood Narshal}, Legal Defense director-counsel, lrs. Constince 

Russell L, 
associate counsel, both of Net York, 

James ii, MieGhee of Dayton, Ohio,