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Letter from Leo Urbanske urging a vote against the Constitutional Convention referendum.

Information Sheet compiled and published by the Virginia Society for Preservation of Public Schools against amending the constitution and tuition grants. 15 pages

Letter from Leo Urbanske urging a vote against the referendum.

Mailing by Jack Orndorff to Virginia voters asking them to research and consider the impact of the proposed change to the Virginia Constitution before voting in the referendum. 2 pages

Mailing urging recipients to call or write to Northern Virginia Delegates and Senators to oppose calling a constitutional convention.

Unsigned letter to Senator Charles Fenwick to ask him to oppose amending the state constitution.

Remarks made by Representative Watkins Abbitt on Thursday, June 9, 1955. Rep. Abbitt reads a statement prepared by the Defenders of State Sovereignty and Individual Liberties, an organization formed in opposition to the Supreme Court's ruling…

Document containing statements of residents of Lyon Park, with names and addresses, declaring why they will be voting against the referendum and urging neighbors to join them. Two pages

Letter from Thrifton residents, with Mrs. Henle and Mrs. King's names and phone numbers listed as people to contact urging a vote against the referendum.

Document by County Board member Leo Urbanske stating his commitment to public schools and Arlington County.

Mailer campaigning for the election of Convention Candidates - Ralph Kaul, David Krupsaw, Barnard Joy, Barbara Riches, James Stockard - to the Arlington County Board and School Board, rather than the A.I.M. candidates. 7 pages

Pro-Segregation literature on the basis of anti-Russian American identity and white supremacy

4 page document discussing the national civil rights movement and the struggle for desegregation in Arlington. Backs of pages include a program of a dinner and dance, a salute of the Arlington Young Democrats by the Arlington County Board Democrats,…