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DL 44-739 The following article appeared on Page One, Part Three, of "The Dallas Morning News’, Dallas daily newspaper, issue of Sunday, September 30, 1956: bk Ser Bes ei! “COURT OF INQUIRY HEARS 6 NEGROES” "Pive Deny Taiking to Lawyers” “In a surprise court of inquiry here, two assistant state attorneys general Saturday questioned six Dallas Negroes involved in the federal district suit to admit Negro children ——s to white Dallas schools. “And five Negroes who were listed as ‘friends of the Piaintiffs' - relatives of children for whom the suit was filled - denied ever having discussed the matter with any attorney or authorizing any attorney to file the suit in their name or the names of their children. b7cC testimony disclosed, rst brought the er up in separate discussions with the other witnesses at their homes, 74 —_ é did not know how NAACP on to use specific names in the "The court of inquiry wae held in Justice of the Peace W. E. Bill Richburg's court. Questioning of the subpoenaed witnesses was handied by Asst. State Atty. Gen. ou Gray assisted by Asst. State Atty. Gen. John A. Wild. _ "Gray told The Dallas News that the court of inquiry was called to determine if Article 430 of the Penal Code of the State of Texas had been violated in the filing of the federal suit in September, 1955, by the NAACP. The federal case comes up in U. S. Judge William H. Atwell's court Monday morning. "'Thie hearing is in no way related to the federal suit,' explained Gray. ‘We questioned the witnesses to see if there was any violation of the barratry statue which makes it a penal offense to stir up or incite litigation. our main purpose has been to see if the parties to the suit had contacted a lawyer to represent them. ~ 18 -