Eisenstadt Urges Study on Negro In Hub Schools

There is not enough evidence that racial imbalance in Boston schools harms Negro children to justify taking any immediate action, Thomas S. Eisenstadt, a member of the Boston School Committee, said last night.

Eisenstadt replaced Mrs. Louise Day Hicks, the scheduled speaker at the B.U. Law School Forum. Mrs. Hicks had "reneged" on her speaking engagement, according to Barry Tarlow, President of the B.U. Bar Association. In a telephone conversation last night, Mrs. Hicks said that she had just left the hospital after spending several days there.

Wants "Scientific Study"

Eisenstadt urged an "immediate scientific study" of the Boston schools to determine exactly what effect racial imbalance has had on the city's Negroes. The studies which indicated that segregation is harmful to Negroes have been made in the South and in New York City; they do not necessarily reflect on the situation in Boston, Eisenstadt said.

Any attempt to rectify racial imbalance must proceed within the frameworks of the neighborhood school, Eisenstadt continued. He said the school committee will never consent to bus transportation of school children because it is far too expensive and is more "a disruptive than a unifying influence" in the community. "We want evolution, not revolution," he added.