reading my article.

From Larry Lester and his associates, I learned:

1. The strong support by them for the position I had expressed in my article "Busing, Not Integration, Opposed" as stated by him in a March, 1981 interview: "One of the things that I have always argued for was what I considered to be a responsible approach to the issues. If people didn't like it then they just had to go elsewhere."

2. The depth of opposition by many citizens, similar to that of Miss Brown, namely, to mandatory assignments of their children on a racial basis.

3. The steps such persons in San Diego had taken to oppose busing by the political process and their lack of success in opposing it by that process.

4. The manner in which such persons were being left out of the judicial process leading to the racial busing of their children.

5. The need of such persons for legal help on a pro bono basis in cases of this magnitude, without which they could not participate even though they and their children became real parties in interest when their children faced being so bused.

Mr. Lester's situation, as shown by these excerpts from his declaration dated July 8, 1981, in the Carlin case, was typical of his associates:

1. I am, and continuously since September, 1972, have been, a registered voter (elector) and taxpayer residing with my wife, Mary Ann Lester, and our three children in the San Diego Unified School District (hereinafter referred to as "SDUSD").

2. On November 7, 1972, while I and my aforesaid family were living in the Clairemont area of the SDUSD, I voted in favor of Proposition 21, also