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Nor are Mississippi's whites likely to get much help from their state govement. Although Governor Williams has promised to aid white parents who want to avoid integration, his assurances are more political than practical. Federal courts have already struck down schemes for state aid to segregated education in Virginia and Alabama, and Williams' transparent plans differ only slightly from those earlier subterfuges. While the state legislature will undoubtedly support the Governor, the courts are unlikely to go along. Thus, the best that Williams can offer his white constituents is merely another false hope, and that only a short-lived one. Mississippi has already had since 1954 to comply with the U.S. Supreme Court's school-desegregation decision. As the court indicated in its October order to the school districts, 15 years is long enough for any state.