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Parietals

On the subject of parietals, Mr. Chabot
reported, "Every delegate I spoke to was
against the Bateman Resolution, but they were
faced with one man who had an idea about the
way things should be. And it was a very popular
idea." He indicated that the passing of the
resolution was a political action.

He added that the delegates did not feel that
the measure had the force of law and were
surprised at the action taken by some schools in
response to the passing of the resolution.