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EARL MOSES SEWARDSTREASURER THE PARSONAGE 2304 RINGO STREET PHONE FR 2-1211 DR. J. V .JOROAN SEC'Y TRUSTEES MR. P. W. WADE TREASURER TRUSTEES April 23, 1958 Committee For Arkansas Plan Mr. Joshua K. Shepherd, Chairman P. O. :Box 1837 Little Bock, Arkansas Dear Mr. Shepherd: This comes to acknowledge receipt of your letter as of April 7, 1958 containing a copy of the proposal which Mr. Herbert L. Thomas, Sr. presented to the State Board of Education for consideration as a means of working toward a solution of our perplex school problem in the area of segregation or integration. As suggested in your letter, I shared the pro­posal with the leaders in our church and got their reactions. Our Trustee Board at its regular monthly meeting took the plan under consideration. 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THOMAS PRESIDENT PYRAMID LIFE BUILDING LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS April 14, 1958 Please excuse this general letter but it would de most difficult to answer personally each letter that I have re- ceived during this past week. I appreciate tremendously the interest of each of you, and I make you the following report: Every organized group related to the racial matter and the Central High School matter has refused my proposal and evidence no interest in any compromise whatever. Ninety-five per cent of the letters I have received from independent members of the white race have indicated support and a willingness to work the matter out somewhat along the lines I have suggested. The organized groups have expressed no interest in knowing the reaction of those not organized. I can conceive of no successful solution where every organized group opposes the suggested plan. I therefore do not feel encouraged that such a proposal will be accepted at this time. 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