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— Griffin Daily News Monday, Dec. 20, 1971
Page 10
Court may put brakes on busing
By ED ROGERS
WASHINGTON (UPI) -The
arrival of two conservative
justices on the Supreme Court
in a political year has raised
speculation that forced school
busing may be on its way out.
Oath-taking ceremonies will
be held Jan. 7 for Lewis F.
Powell of Virginia, who re
ceived a Senate confirmation
vote of 89 to 1, and William H.
Rehnquist of Arizona, con-
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firmed by a vote of 68 to 26.
Chairman James 0. East
land, D-Miss., of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, a leader
of the fight to gain confirmation
for Rehnquist, told a law school
in a home state speech last
week:
“I am hopeful that we are in
the process of achieving a
better balance on the court.
That is what the fights on the
court nominations have been all
about.” He predicted the court
may display more “judicial
restraint” after Jan. 7 on cases
involving “pornography, school
desegregation and criminal
laws ...”
Some observers believe the
issue of forced school busing
and the public pressure it has
created was alone responsible
for the Powell and Rehnquist
confirmations.
Rep. Roman C. Pucinski, D-
111., a member of the House
Education and Labor Commit
tee, predicted the court will
reject the concept of busing to
achieve racial balance. If the
court gets an appropriate case,
Pucinski believes it will restore
the original school desegrega
tion decision of 1954.
In that case, Brown vs.
Topeka, Pucinski said, the
court merely held there could
not be separate schools for
whites and blacks and school
districts must be fairly drawn.
The requirements that each
school must have a balanced
racial composition has been
added since, he said.
The administration has given
no indication of what it will do
if the issue spreads to the
presidential race.
Last August the President
repeated earlier public state
ments that he opposed busing
children from one school zone
to another solely for the sake of
racial balance.
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MONTEVALLO, Ala.—Marti Gaut, a senior education major
at the University of Montevallo, takes time out to play
Santa’s helper before going home for the holidays. She is
from Selma. (UPI)
World
Briefs
SOVIET VISITOR
CLEVELAND (UPI) -The
Soviet Union’s minister of
agriculture, Vladimir Mat
skevich, spent part of the
weekend visiting with multimil
lionaire industrialist Cyrus
Eaton and other business
leaders.
Eaton held a luncheon for
Matskevich Saturday and then
the Soviet official spent the
night at Eaton’s nearby retreat.
Matskevich has been touring
the United States since Dec. 9
under the sponsorship of the
U.S. Department of Agricul
ture. He talked with Eaton
about Russia’s announced inten
tions to purchase U.S.-made
agricultural and industrial
equipment.
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