A report concerning the occupation of the campus of the University of Mississippi; 8 May 1963

              A report concerning the occupation of the campus of the University of Mississippi Transcript
FOR RELEASE AT 10: 00 a. m., CST, Wednesday, May 8, 1963 This is to be held in confidence, and no release or comment made prior to the above release date.
State of Mississippi
GENERAL LEGISLATIVE INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE
1960 – 1964
REPRESENTATIVE RUSSELL L. FOX, Chairman Pattison, Mississippi
COMMITTEE ADDRESS:
Room 408- B. New Capitol Building Jackson, Mississippi
SENATOR GEORGE M. YARBROUGH REPRESENTIVE W. LUTHER SIMS Vice- Chairman Columbus, Mississippi Red Banks, Mississippi
SENATOR FRANK D. BARBER REPRESENTATIVE WALTER M. HESTER Secretary Natchez, Mississippi Hattiesburg, Mississippi
SENATOR DENNIS M. BAKER Batesville, Mississippi
JOHN C. SATTERFIELD, Yazoo City, Mississippi DAN H. SHELL, Jackson, Mississippi Counsel for Committee
TO: THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, and THE MEMBERS OF THE MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE:
After spending months hearing testimony of more than ninety witnesses, examining hundreds of pages of documentary proof and reviewing voluminous public records material to the tragic events which occurred at the University of Mississippi on September 30, the Committee transmits to you herewith its report in order that a permanent and official record be made of what occurred and a determination made of what corrective legislation may be desirable.
However, the Committee hopes this report will perform a broader service. We have approached the study of the events at the University of Mississippi on and after September 30 with the realization that this is not an isolated incident but part of a nation- wide pattern of government which is now evolving. What was done and how it was done ( to obtain the end sought within the