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Mr. Spruill, who is a member of the Legislature, wanted to go before the
Legislature with a bill to increase sales tax for the purpose of raising funds for a
Negro Medical School in the State.

Mr. Pearsall offered an amendment to the recommendation of the Executive
Committee which would change the second paragraph of the recommendation to
read as follows:

"(2) In all cases of applications for admission by members of racial
groups, other than the white race, to the professional or graduate schools
when such schools are not provided by and in the State of North Carolina
for such racial groups, the applications shall be processed without regard
to color or race, as required by authoritative judicial interpretation of the
Constitution of the United States, which is the supreme law of our State as
well as of the Nation, and the applicant accepted or rejected in accordance
with the approved rules and standards of admission for the particular
school."

Mr. Battle and Dr. Poe seconded this amendment. Mr. John Clark called for
a roll-call vote. Mr. Mark Lassiter seconded Mr. Clark's motion for roll-call.
The motion was put to a vote and carried. Whereupon, the Chairman placed
before the Board the recommendations, with the amendment, and on roll-call
the following members voted for the adoption of the resolution:

Arch T. Allen
Kemp D. Battle
J. A. Bridger
Wm. G. Clark
A. H. London
R. A. Maynard
Kemp B. Nixon
R. W. Proctor
Ben P. Royal
Fred I. Sutton
Grace T. Rodenbough
Annie Moore Cherry
Frank A. Daniels
Wade Barber
Samuel M. Blount
Victor S. Bryant
Collier Cobb, Jr.
George S. Coble
Laura Weil Cone
John G. Dawson
Joseph C. Eagles
John Sprunt Hill
John Q. LeGrand
Henry A. Lineberger
Frances M. Miller
Edwin Pate
James C. Pittman
J. E. Ramsey
J. Benton Stacy
William B. Umstead

Wilbur H. Currie
P. B. Ferebee
Ben F. Fountain
Ira T. Johnston
John C. Kessler
J. Spencer Love
H. B. Marrow
L. P. McLendon
Wm. D. Merritt
Rosa B. Parker
Clarence Poe
John W. Umstead, Jr.
John G. H. Geitner
K. Clyde Council
Mrs. R. S. Ferguson
James S. Ficklen
Harry A. Greene
F. D. B. Harding
Virginia T. Lathrop
R. E. Little
G. N. Noble
Thomas J. Pearsall
H. L. Riddle, Jr.
Mary McIver Stanford
John P. Stedman
W. Frank Taylor
F. E. Wallace
D. L. Ward
Kenneth S. Tanner
H. D. Bateman

The following members voted against the adoption of the resolution:

E. S. Askew
F. W. Hancock, Jr.
E. W. Stevens
John W. Clark
W. L. Lumpkin
Roy Rowe
E. Leigh Winslow

A. H. Harris
John H. Kerr, Jr.
M. C. Lassiter
David Clark
B. K. Lassiter
B. B. Everett
C. Wayland Spruill

A. L. Monroe