The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 15, 1970, Image 11
Busing For 'Balance’
WASHINGTON, D. C.- In the
near future, the U. S. Supreme
Court will hear arguments on
the issue of busing school
children in order to achieve
racial balance in the public
schools. It is ironical, of
course, that school districts
should have to go to court in
an effort to half this practice
inasmuch as a provision in
the 1964 CivilRights Act speci
fically forbids it.
The unhappy truth is that
we no longer have the rule of
law in this country. A number
of federal officials and judges
have decided to make law, to
ignore the intent of Congress,
and to compel busing.
As public schools opened
this year, the welfare of school
children seemed to be a se
condary concern in many
areas. In Southern states, U.
S. Justice Department attor
neys insisted on unitary school
systems in order to achieve
SENSING THE NEWS
By Anthony Harrigan
EXECUTIVE VICE RESIDENT
Southern States Industrial Council
racial balance, despite the fact
that no such requirement has
been imposed on school dis
tricts elsewhere in the nation
which have de facto segrega
tion. New York City is aprime
example of massive de facto
segregation. Moreover, New
York State has an anti-busing
law which is conveniently ig
nored by many of the people
who want to turn Southern
school districts upside down.
In short, the South is still the
victim of sectional discrimina
tion.
The cruel juggling of South
ern school districts, in order
to implement arbitrary formu
las, does havoc to the educa
tional needs of youngsters of
both races.
The educational and cultural
development of many thousand
of students in the South will
suffer as a result of the de
mands of the social theore
ticians.
Balancing, after all, doesn’t
help a youngster learn to read
or gain an effective grounding
in history, math or science.
Understandably, able teachers
are leaving the faculties of the
‘‘formula” schools when op
portunities arise to teach at
private institutions which em
phasize sound learning.
Judicial and bureaucratic
tampering with the public
schools in the South is not the
only injustice being done to
school children this year. In a
number of northern communit
ies, the opening of school was
delayed by teacher strikes or
threats of strike action.
Unionization of the former
teaching profession endangers
elementary and high school
education in this country. The
National Education Association
is striving to become a power
ful union with an iron grip on
the public schools. To this
end, it is developing teams of
tough union negotiators to deal
with the school trustees who
represent the taxpayers. These
negotiators--numbering 1,200-
will insist on collective bar
gaining with school boards and
will threaten strike action
where the public’s representa
tives decline to meet NEA
demands.
School boards should be—
and generally are—concerned
about the compensation and
working conditions of school
teachers. But the NEA ap
parently isn’t interested in es
tablished methods of discus
sion with responsible school
officials. Instead, it is gearing
up for a Teamster-type effort
to bulldoze school boards.
The situation with respect
to the schools is unlike ordi
nary labor disputes. In the
case of the schools, the public
is the employer. Many tax
payers around the country al
ready feel education is over
priced. Many parents are un
happy with the quality of public
education and they don’t be
lieve that more spending is the
answer.
In some communities, vot
ers have refused to approve
bond issues for costly school
operations. The NEA’s pres
sure campaign almost cer
tainly will produce resistance
from overbOrdened taxpayers
who are convinced they aren’t
getting their money’s worth.
Considered together, arbit
rary busing demands and the
move towards teacher unions
indicate the public schools face
a difficult future. Botljdevelop
ments point to a decline in
education and lessening atten
tion to the needs and welfare
of students.
In 1968, 25 percent of the
families whose heads had com
pleted less than eight years of
school were poor. For family
heads with just eight years of
schooling, the incidence of
poverty was cut in half to 13
percent This downward trend
continued—to a rate of two
percent for families headed by
a college graduate—with each
rise in the level of education
of the family head.
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