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Pfeiler questions court decisionoutlawing school segregationBy HANK SPIER Ramona SchoolsOxnard School District Trustee area.Robert Pfeiler said yesterday hein the Coloma jareas heavily populated by nun- Coloma area students.The board finally agreed to thIonty groups.„ ,K„ ,K Although the board appeared Ti this suggestion. John River*. , ,urvev pro^ pfei|eris doubtful the US Supreme split on whether or not there is a a teacher at Haydock Junior High * . . ■ j ■Court’s 1954 decision outlawing!segregation problem in the dis-Sehool. said. “It is very difficult postponed it pending a deci-r school segregation was right trict. trustes ultimately agreed to to find housing anywhere in Ox- 'on lt;»n whether or not to ask the he.J He said the Supreme Court (lut’r’ commission as to what nard for Negroes.”1 heard only one side of the sogre- sorv,ces i( can render.Trustee Thomas Kane said he years* would like to know more about “personally convinced” that;coop in the Coloma and evende facto segregation exists in now lives in sub-standard housingcent of one school is Mexican- liecausetate commission for helpdotgat ion argument and added. “1where the Supreme Court got itsinformation.”Rivers, a Negro, said for two he lived in a “chicken1'ha' decision is expechd to jcome at the board's next meet slx mg after IX*Pile reports mi tlie ^letter housing is un- service the commission is willing!\ *r Pfeiler aid recent studies of de ...Yfacto segregation do not indicateOnxard and that it is evil. “When available to him\nd, Rivers, added.to offer the district“I'm ait's evenne\agParent SurveyA'-•• ^ • rA- '•' V ■ ■ • ■ 3 .:V^IC: .V ■ . Ijp •Pfeiler earlier called for a sur*Woman awardedmav be *° cnlt;^ ^ac*° se^re8a^on determine whether or not they arc•(■•spiritual. rather tha/’whicaaddcd- “Were exerK 8 lul °' d,ss8sf'd wl,h Itional.windturns beforeI dulpreEFollowing a two-dav jury trial, meHowe. 3442 Nvlandi cl * vj I iriiuciii nt hi v **1 ui it. iDj Pfeiler s remarks were made at sai(j “j frankly have great diffiOxnard. wasarded r95 per cent of one school is Mex-u « .u i lean-American and Negro, it’s de paid professionalthat it hurts the learning process. f _ .. J , , ' .. f , ...it,, ____ 4 J , facto segregation and de facto more difficult for lav peopleHe said segregation mav he harm- _ . . .. , ., . » in,i nniu ,1.® ...... , , . segregation is evil, he said.ful only in the mental attitude it: £ , ,, ,____, , , Kane said the ward is charged . v«.«v. va..™ .... a .1 lion afforded segrepat.d tiS “n£ !’y »;■«» fxertmn effort vey «rf pawnU m the O.Ionia to $5,000 dOmOgeSsHe said the problem mav be .. . . , , , ... , , ,, .. .ii „ -- -—— - -*— * — —ith existing condi*steps are taken tojMrs. Jesse Board President Henry Muller end alleged de facto segregation. avenue...... , . --------a ----- „_________ He said he was not convinced ._ „ , ... . .a school district board of trustees cuUy j0 think we have a prob de facto segregation is harmful yesteidav bv Judge Louis cenmeeting during which nearly an ]em.,f and that “maybe the people are Dripeau in Oxnard Superiorhour was devoted to discussion of Muller said 51 per cent of the happy over there.” Court. !an(^alleged de facto school segrega- district's students are Mexican* He suggested that an invest iga*j |re^j t]on in Oxnard. Americans, Negroes and Orientals tion be made of the level of edu- ^lt;nvc represented by Ox-( ^I The subject came up when Supt. who are not barred from enrolling cation given Coloma area child- nurd attorney Neil Heily, had |HHarold DePue asked the hoard to rn any school they wish if they ren to determine if they are get- asked for $15,000 from Santa Cruz r|riconsider requesting the newly live in the school's attendance ting less than the rest of Oxnard's Market, 752 South A street, She,t formed state Commission on zone students, as h is been alleged (sustained a hip injury when she Tr Equal Educational Opportunities It was suggested by a woman. He was joined in his request by slipped on a vegetable k»;d andiindto help solve the district’s prob- in the audience that individuals j Trustee Mary Davis who suggest- fell in the store on Fob. 23, 1962.lem regarding heavy minority who want to avoid de facto segre- tnl figures l»o compiled on the Jim Dixon. Ventura attorney,group enrollment at Juanita and gation move out of residential drop-out and delinquency rate of represented the defendant.-ccnisCm
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