Six Steps Forward

In its historic decision on racial segregation (TIME, May 24), the U.S. Supreme Court dealt directly with only one phase of the problem: public schools. This week, the court gave a much broader scope to its anti-segregation position. In six separate cases, the court:

P:Directed the Florida Supreme Court to reconsider, "in the light of" last week's decision, its refusal to order the admission of four Negroes to the University of Florida.

P:Ordered a U.S. Court of Appeals to reconsider, for the same reason, the case of Alexander P. Tureaud Jr., a Negro who is seeking admission to Louisiana State University.

P:Refused to review an Appeals Court decision that Hardin Junior College in. Wichita Falls, Texas must admit six Negro students.

P:Directed a U.S. Appeals Court to reconsider its refusal to order a Negro admitted to shows presented in the municipal amphitheater in Louisville.

P:Refused to overturn an Appeals Court decision that Houston must let Negroes use municipal golf courses.

P:Upheld a California Superior Court decision ordering the San Francisco housing authority to admit eligible applicants to public low-rent housing projects without regard to race or color. The authority had sought to defend its policy on the grounds that the facilities would be "separate but equal."

This week the Court also upheld, 7-2, a section of the McCarran Internal Security Act that says an alien must be deported if he was a Communist at any time after he entered the U.S. The opinion was written by Justice Felix Frankfurter.

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