Box 16, Folder 8, Document 72

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MINEOLA, L. I., June 25 —
Arthur Choice, a Negro busi-
nessman in the suburban com-
“;munity of Roosevelt, looked at
“|his hands the other day and
-jasked, “What have we got that's
2 contagious ?”
3} He was questioning why an-
“ather wave of white home own-
fers should withdraw their chil-
‘Gren from the Roosevelt school
"system | at the end of the school
‘year this week, sell their homes
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view at the Junior and Senior
High School.

Mr. Terry, who has been Su-
perintendent for 18 years, said
that last year white parents
waited until their children had
finished the school year to scll
their homes and move out.

“But this year, a check with
the school attendance office
showed that withdrawals have

150 pupils left the school sys-



in, the. town of Hempstead to

tera of 2,909 students,

averaged three a day since the}:
end of May. Last year, about:



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House for sale on Maple Drive. For Sale signs went up as the school nemeatyy ended,

LI, Community, 60% Negro, —
triving for Racial Balance

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