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0-19 (11-22-58) De fi ’ — rae al Integ ration Foe Slated; 7 To Be School Quiz Aide Appointment of Yeander H. Perez, Louisiana Gtate official cand an opponent of school inte- \gration, a5 ef counsel to House gnvestigators of the Dis- trict cols, is expected to be ET AL - VICTIMS CIVIL RIGHTS e977 32 ‘The subcommittee’s announced aims are to look into juve- nile delinquency and lowered standards in the schools. : Mr. Davis eaid in Baton Rouge, (La. today that he heard he was tbeing considered for the sub- committee counsel post and had talked about it by telephone with Representative Davis, Democrat of Louisiana. He gaid he is not la candidate for the job, “but if it can be of service Yll_ con- sider it.” : Mr. Davis said today he does not want to make any statement” about Mr. Perez’ appointment fantil after the subcommittee meets Thursday. Read of Probleme Here Mr. Perez said he had read of the problems of school integra- tion in the ‘District; but had not investigated them imself., Ire said a couple of months sgo, A full.inves “LEANDER H. PEREZ = + |c Appointment Expected bID 5/4/56 ad in this case. am b7C. (Mr, Perez has been describld siates voted 18 Gov. Strom as the Jone remaining political Thurmond of South_Carolina jboss jm Louisiana and @ benev>- er Harry 5. an. } lent jidictator, with stress fn Plaquemines Parish is de-i1 “dicgitor” — in his bailiwick, !scribed as perhaps the richest in ‘Plaquemines Parish. Louisiane. It has valuable sul-| : He also has been called &|/phur deposits and most of thel, ‘wizard when it comes to bring-!itidelands oll is off its extensive, ‘ing sbout the results he wants in jshores. ig tities, He is rated one of the! Thomas L. Stokes, writing inj, most able constitutional law-|The Star in August, 1949, said yers in the country. One de- |Mr. Perez is “heavy in oll,” and), scription is that he is a fiery |continued: : : man of strong Jikes and dislikes | “He owns royalties all over his|; and in nowise lacking in cour-. ; lhe asked someone who had been recommended to him—he said he did not recall the name. —to make &n investigation of the schoo! situation here. He said he had not received a re-. port. Asked about his interest in the matter, he said: “Byerybody is interested. This js an innovation in govern- ment, the first time in history an attempt is being made to use the coercive powers of the Government to force integre-| tion.” .. H ; Mr. Perez {s district attorney | in &t. Bernard and Plaquemines | Parishes (counties) in Southern Louisiana. He was formerly head of the States’ rights move- ment in Louisiana. ; ' ’ __ Primises Open Mind He said that if he is appointed 4 formerly judge fn the district to the post here he would keeP)\which includes St. Bernard and an open mind in the finding of|piaquemines Parish facts on which conclusions could: |i. now district attorney. In St. uUts Hagues, Pendergasts —in the shade...” | be based. . ‘Bernard, however, rule is not: eat, State _Legisiature is 1D} labsolute: he has to divide it with| 7 - gq: competitor. 7 F jeesston sta that 4s the occastin| F Se has been described sé the| =» NOT REGORDED ifor this visit there. He add ‘\that! he intends to visit Wash- ingtpn and would testify bef rains behind the tidelands toil jt, and that covered the (ta- tiojpal effort as well as that in ana. 117 JUL 9 1956 ;ithe Benate Judiciary Commit He is also sai to : pi ao ae A ¥ e master minded the Dikie- SALTS is fight of 1948 when four —_— —_— LEANDER PEREZ; DIC bIC tigation was conducted at request of Department into allegation that Perez Department by memo vised that no further investigation would be undertaken Tolson ——___—_— Nichols ——--_——- Boardman ————_ Belmont ————_—_ Mason —————___-— Nohr ————_—_-_— s Parsons 4——-——— Yufiosen Ma ‘amm ———————— Nease ———_____—__ Wincerrowd —_——— Tele. Room ———_ Holloma Gand Wash. Post and Times Herald Wash. News Wash. Star B=] N. Y. Herald Tribune N. Y. Mirror N. Y. Daily News —— Daily Worker The Worker New Leader ———_-——-