Governor Herman Talmadge:

"With the permission of the City government and the Attorney General, I will see that the City Board gets all the help it needs from the State administration."

"Ten years ago my late father, Eugene Talmadge, attempted to warn the people of Georgia of what was coming. The Northern owned newspapers hooted and smeared him with everything they had. For the last four years I have been trying to fight the same battle . . . and being smeared by Northern-owned newspapers and left-wingers."

Ed S. Cook, Chairman of the Atlanta Board of Education:

"I think this is very unwise and uncalled for move. In the end, the Negro people will be the losers, regardless of who wins the suit."