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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Dallas, Texas September 7; 1961 RE: INTEGRATION IN DALLAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS On September 6, 1961, Dallas Police Department, advised that all 18 Negro children left the eight newly integrated Dallas Public Schools at 1 p.g., on September 6, 1961, and there were no incidents. b7c Dallas Public Schools, advised on Sptember G, 1961, that to date no white parents have requested that their children be transferred out of the newly integrated Dallas Public Schools. advised that his office bas only received one phone call concerning the integration of Dallas schools, and this call was not in protest of integration. An article appearing in the "Dallas Times Herald", dated September 6, 1961, reflects that Clarence Laws, Regional Secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), stated that he would like to commend the Dallas public officials and authorities for their con- structive and rewarding efforts in bringing about peaceful desegregation. b7¢ This article further stated that equa °: the segregationist White Citizens Council of Dallas County, Inc., strongly criticized the one-sided campaign for integration by the local press, television and radiog and the complete blackout of news of any opposi- tion to said campaign. QBctated that pallas is truly a police state now. This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency. “bef = sei. — [er LIT ACTION ©