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State Democratic Party offers to help settle desegregation conflict

The State Democratic Party says it will try to patch up differences over desegregation between Attorney General Nixon and black Saint Louis officials...if they ask.

Beejal Patel has the story from Jefferson City.

Democratic party spokesman, Tony Wyche says he hopes Nixon and U-S representative William Clay can agree on a way to end desegregation themselves first.

Neither side has asked the democratic party for its help.

Wyche says the party doesn't know how it can help yet or if it needs to. But, he says it will get involved if both parties ask.

Neither Nixon nor Clay were available for comment.

Wyche says the democratic party will try to facilitate future meetings between Nixon and Clay.