The discussion on" Financial Support" will center arounid three main points: first, the problem of financing public education in general, second, the problem of financing elementary education for Negroes in particular, and third, the remedies for the disparities or inequalities revealed. The discussion is divided into three main parts. In Part I attention will be centered upon the general significance of the whole problem of public school finance as it pertains to the nation as a whole, on the one hand, and as it pertains to the states individually, on the other. In Part II the status of the financial support of elementary schools for Negroes will'be considered. In the first place, this discussion will deal with data describing the status of the financial support of public edu-cation for Negroes on both levelselementary and secondary. In the second place, it will make a critical appraisal of the support of elementary schools for Negroes. Finally, in Part III suggestions for improving the situations described in Parts I and II will be presented in the form of answers to the following questions:(1)> how much money is needed to bring the status of the financial support of elementary schools for Negroes up to the status of the financial support of elementary schools for whites?(2) How much money is needed to bring the level of financial support of elementary schools for Negroes and whites up to the level of the financial support of elementary schools in the United States?(3) Whence can this money be obtained?