of any state or political subdivision, said
state or political subdivision shall be
Jointly liable and shall be made a party.'"

"On line 14, page 8, add the following at the
end thereof: 'If the life of any person is placed
in jeopardy, he shall be fined not more than
$20,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years,
or both.'

"On line 2, page 9, add the following at the end thereof: If the life of any person is placed in jeopardy, he shall be fined not more than $20,000 or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.""

"On line 14, page 10, insert a new subsection as follows:*

'(g) Whenever an examiner has been appointed under
this Act for any political subdivision, the
Attorney General may assign representatives of the
Department of Justice, including agents of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation and United States
Marshals, to observe any registration of voters,
the conduct of any election, and the tabulation
of votes at any election in such political sub-
division. Such representatives shall be entitled
to enter and to remain in any registration or
voting place, or place where votes are tabulated.
No person shall interfere with or refuse to admit
to any such registration, or voting or tabulation
place any representative of the Department of
Justice. Any person who shall violate this
provision shall be fined not more than $5,000 or
imprisoned not more than five years, or both. In
addition, the Attorney General may institute for
the United States, or in the name of the United
States, an action for preventive relief, including
an application for a permanent or temporary injunc-
tion, restraining order or other order, enjoining
violations of this subsection.''

*

If the earlier suggestion of a civil penalty is adopted as

11) These amendments would have the effect of broadening the prohibition on intimidation to cover all registrants and voters, provide for a $500 civil penalty for victims of acts of intimidation, increase penalties for violations of the Act where life is placed in jeopardy, and provide for F.B.I. agents and U.S. Marshals to observe registration, voting and counting.

The above constitute the substantive amendments agreed upon by the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights to strengthen the bill. A number of language and technical suggestions are being made to the Justice Department

and we would appreciate an opportunity to discuss these suggestions with Committee counsel.

ANSWERS TO INTERROGATORIES OF STATE OF MISSISSIPPI;
MRS. PAULINE EASLEY, CIRCUIT CLERK AND REGISTRAR OF
CLAIBORNE COUNTY; J. W. SMITH, CIRCUIT CLERK AND
REGISTRAR OF COAHOMA COUNTY; T. E. WIGGINS, CIRCUIT
CLERK AND REGISTRAR OF LOWNDES COUNTY.

COMPARISON OF

EDUCATION FOR NEGROES
AND WHITE PERSONS

1890- 1963

ANSWER TO INTERROGATORY NUMBER:11(a) AS TO
THE ENTIRE FACTUAL BASIS ON WHICH THE UNITED
STATES MAKES THE ASSERTION CONTAINED IN
PARAGRAPH 31 OF THE COMPLAINT THAT PUBLIC
EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES PROVIDED FOR NEGROES
WERE AND ARE INFERIOR TO THOSE PROVIDED FOR
WHITE PERSONS

The factual basis of the allegation that public

education facilities provided for Negroes in Mississippi were and are inferior to those provided for white persons is as follows:

A.

SINCE AT LEAST 1890 ALL PUBLIC ELEMENTARY AND
SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MISSISSIPPI HAVE BEEN SEGREGA TED
BY RACE AND UNTIL OCTOBER 1, 1962, ALL PUBLIC SCHOOLS
IN MISSISSIPPI HAD BEEN SEGREGATED BY RACE.

Mississippi Constitution, Article 4, section 207.
On October 1, 1962, James Meredith, a Negro student,
was admitted to the University of Mississippi Undergraduate
School by Court order. He graduated on August 18, 1963.

On June 6, 1963, Cleve McDowell, a Negro student, was admitted to the Law School of the University of Mississippi. All other public educational institutions in Mississippi

are segregated at the present time.

B. SINCE AT LEAST 1890 THERE HAVE BEEN MORE NEGRO
CHILDREN THAN WHITE CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE IN
MISSISSIPPI.

1/ B-0-3

Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education to the Legislature of Mississippi for the Scholastic Years 1891-92 and 1892-93, p.III.

2/ B-0-5 Biennial Report of the State Superintendent of Public Education to the Legislature of Mississippi for the Scholastic Years 1909-10 and 1910-11, p. 145.

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