Statements and Communications-Continued Preservation of Local School Districts, The Committee for the, Florissant, Mo., Arthur J. Benkelman and Donald Griffin, cochairmen.. Public Affairs Research Council, Baton Rouge, La., publication: Redding, John A., president, Lewisville-Clemmons branch, Forsyth Roberts, Hon. Ray, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of Texas... Robinson, Hon. J. Kenneth, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the State of Virginia. Page 666 586 1274 270 603 Roth, Herrick S., president, Colorado Labor Council, AFL-CIO, letter to Hon. James D. McKevitt (R., Colo.), March 21, 1972. 1270 Routh, Dan W., president, Forsyth Citizens Against Busing, Kernersville, N.C.. 1288 Rutherford, M., candidate, State Board of Education, Bryan, Tex... 272 Sikes, Hon. Robert L. F., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the 276 744 371 Smith, Charles R., president, Parents and Taxpayers Coordinating 373 Snyder, Hon. M. Gene, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the 1280 Soltis, Mrs. Barbara, executive secretary, Parents Rights Organization, Parma, Ohio, letter to Chairman Emanuel Celler, Mar. 8, 1972__ Southern States Industrial Council, Nashville, Tenn Stanton, Nile, Indianapolis, Ind., article entitled "Civil Rights versus Steuart, George H., commander, USN. (Ret.), editorial from Tampa 980 1078 1796 585 Stormer, Mrs. Ann, secretary-treasurer, Preserve Autonomous School 151 Taylor, Hon. Roy A., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the 741 Teague, Hon. Olin E., a U.S. Representative in Congress from the 1073 442 U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Statement concerning the President's message to Congress on busing and equal educational opportunities... 1132 University of Virginia Law School students' paper entitled "The Charles Bradford Foster, William Kennedy Keane, J. Richard Rossie, and James J. Tanous_. 1549 Urban League of Rochester, N. Y., article entitled "Response on 1634 Van den Toorn, W. H., Assistant to Director, Office of Civil Rights, 1234 Van Steenis, Eldon, chairman, Redford Township's Freedom of 599 1347 Statements and Communications-Continued Whalen, Hon. Charles W., a U.S. Representative in Congress from Whalley, Hon. J. Irving, a U.S. Representative in Congress from the Wilkins, Roger, Washington Post article, "A Black Parent Looks in Woodcock, Leonard, president, United Auto Workers, article entitled WNBC-TV editorial, New York, N. Y Wright, Charles Alan, professor of law, University of Texas at Austin Page 579 136 378 600 746 1631 598 Cases: Bradley, et al. v. Milliken, et al., 338 F. Supp. 582 (1971) 693 Jose Cisneros, et al. v. Corpus Christi Independent School District, et al., 330 F. Supp. 1377 (1971) 868 Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School District (D. C. N. D. Calif.) 1404 1813 United States v. Board of School_Commissioners of Indianapolis, 332 F. 619 United States v. Watson Chapel School District, 446 F. 2d 933 (1971).Texts of constitutional amendments: 721 SCHOOL BUSING MONDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1972 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, The subcommittee met at 10 a.m.. pursuant to notice, in room 2141, Rayburn House Office Building, Hon. Emanuel Celler, chairman, presiding. Present: Representatives Celler, Brooks, Hungate, Mikva, McCulloch, Poff, Hutchinson, and McClory. Staff members present: Benjamin L. Zelenko, general counsel; Franklin G. Polk, associate counsel: and Herbert E. Hoffman, counsel. Chairman CELLER. The committee will come to order. The Chair wishes to caution those in the audience it will not allow any tape recorders or cameras in the room during the session-no cameras, no tape recorders. Our first witness this morning will be a member of the committee, Mr. Walter Flowers of Alabama. However, before we hear from Mr. Flowers, both the ranking Republican member, our distinguished colleague, Mr. McCulloch, and I would like to make statements. This morning, Subcommittee No. 5 begins public hearings on House Joint Resolution 620, other proposed amendments to the Constitution, and legislative measures relating to the assignment and transportation of public school pupils. Today, 18 years after the Supreme Court decision outlawing racial segregation in the public schools, the Nation confronts a crisis. The nature of the crisis is complex. A number of courts have held that transportation of students is one of the appropriate instruments for achieving facial desegregation in public schools. The most recent such opinion by the High Court asserted limitations on the propriety of pupil transportation. Meanwhile, however, the alleged dislocations and hazards of student transportation by bus have given rise to grave concern and to demands for constitutional relief. To favor or oppose the busing of schoolchildren as an abstract matter serves no useful purpose. As the Court said in the Swann case. "bus transportation has been an integral part of the public education system for years ***." Today, approximately 40 percent of all public school pupils in all parts of the country are transported to their schools by bus. Recent national surveys also indicate that there has been a dramatic reduction in the number and percentage of black students isolated in 100-percent minority schools. The committee has requested and now awaits receipt of pupil transportation data from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare that indicates the number and per |