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They say it is not equal education. It is equal educa-
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tional opportunity, and I think this is awfully important
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in a democracy. If you don't have it, you don't have a
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democracy in the strict sense. Just so we get it in, I
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don't care where you put it. You can put it in the
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preamble if you wish. I'm not a lawyer. So, you see —
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MR. GENTRY: Have you given any thought to
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stating it perhaps more strongly by saying that in the
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establishment of the school system by the State there
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shali be no discrimination on account of race, creed or
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color?
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DR. ZIMMERMAN: No, I haven't.
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MR. GENTRY: Do you have any preference or
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have you given any thought to stating it in the reverse?
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Do you feel that that is any stronger, any different at
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all?
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DR. ZIMMERMAN: Well, when you get into that
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problem, I think that is a little different from my
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first statement. Equal educational opportunity, I think
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that is the broad, overriding statement and, when we say
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it that way, we mean that all people, regardless, should
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