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Rhee Ignores Eisenhower Plea
And Warns He Will Fight On; y cm “ H .'
Satisfactory POW Plan Signed H rfflffiisW
ROK Leader Raps
Admitting Reds
By 'Back Door'
■y th« Associated Press
SEOUL, June 8. —South Korea
gave flat notice today it intends
to continue the Kprean war de
spite an urgent message from
President Eisenhower that the
United Nations and the w T ar-tom
republic are “required” to accept
a truce on present terms.
South Korean President Syng
man Rhee told Associated Press
Text of President Eisenhower's Letter
to Rhee. Poge A-5
ROK Chief of Staff Leaves U. S. by
Plano to Report to Rhee. Page A-5
Photographer Fred Waters “the
Korean people will pay no atten
tion” to an impending armis
tice.
And his cabinet and National
Assembly crisis committee, meet
ing behind locked doors, resolved
to continue the fighting and not
recognize any truce under pres
ent terms.
The defiant South Korean op
position burst out anew shortly
after United Nation and Com
munist negotiators at Panmun-
Jom edged close to a full armistice
by finally agreeing on exchange
of war prisoners, the last major
hurdle before a truce.
However, Lt. Gen, Maxwell D.
Taylor, Bth Army commander,
told the Associated Press that
the South Korean army could
not by itself sustain a successful
offensive against the Commu
nists in North Korea.
Opposes Opening Back Door.
Mr. Rhee told Mr. Waters;
“Our boys are fighting the Com
munists on the front and now
they want to open the back door
and let the Communists in that
way. I am being criticized by
everyone except the Korean
people.”
A few hours earlier Mr. Rhee
said he had not decided whether
to accept offers in a letter from
President Eisenhower of eco
nomic aid and a mutual secur
ity pact after a truce.
The cabinet and the crisis
committee planned to return to
Pusan, the wartime capital to.
lay their decision before the As
sembly.
In Washington, Government
officials were reported gravely
concerned that South Korea
would not observe a cease-fire
in the bloody 3-year-old war that
has cost a total of 2,300,000 Red
and allied casualities.
Warns Against Violence.
Meanwhile, Mr. Rhee issued a
“statement to the people” warn
ing against any violence or “un
pleasant talk” against U. N. per
sonnel in Korea.
“The United Nation proposal
for a truce in Korea,” Mr. Rhee’s
statement said, "contains points
that we can not accept and both
the government and the general
public of this republic are united
in their effort to oppose it. Under
these cricumstances there is a
strong possibility of spontaneous
demonstrations and popular
campaigns against the United
Nations’ move.”
Mr. Rhee then cautioned that
ROK "citizens must be extremely
careful that no improper words
or deeds be used or committed
against the military or civilians
of our allies. . . .
“We should not forget that
we owe them much. They pro
vided us with requisite assist
ance when we needed it
most. . . .
“Furthermore no foreign na
tionals here in Korea intend to
succumb to the Communists. In
deed, all their policies fire framed
by their superior establishments.”
These establishments “have
made the new proposal on the
assumption that it will consti
tute the best solution to the
problems of Korea . . .
"The police force throughout
the nation is especially required
to be extremely vigilant in or
der to prevent any and all un
desirable conduct by dissident
elements who might take ad
vantage of this critical moment
for their wicked purpose of dis
turbing the public order and
security.”
As the opposition became a
rolling swell of resentment, the
leader of Mr. Rhee’s Liberal
Party in the Assembly said there
will be “all-out, nation-wide”
demonstrations, parades and
mass meetings beginning at 9
(See RHEE, Page A-5.)
Series to Describe
Flight to Freedom
On March 5, Lt Francisxek Jaracki
flew a Russian MIG over the iron
Curtain from his native, Communist
dominated Poland to freedom in Den
mark.
Now, in a dramatic series of articles
he tells the whole story of his daring
flight and the events which led up to
it, from his childhood in wartorn
Poland under its Red rulers on through
his training as a pilot in the Com
munist air force and his plans for his
dash to freedom.
Don't miss this exciting reading—
•farting Wednesday in The Star.
Seoul Hit by Biggest Red Raid
Os War; Rhee's Home Shaken
Bombs Narrowly Miss Press Billets;
9 Planes Make Sweep; 7 Persons Hurt
By the Associated Press
SEOUL, June B.—Nine planes
from the north swept over Seoul
tonight in the biggest Red air
raid of the war, dropping bombs
that shook President Syngman
Rhee's mansion and injured
seven persons.
» Some of the bombs ( narrowly
missed the Bth Army press
billets.
One hundred pound bomb hit
only 1,000 feet from Mr. Rhee's
mansion near the Capitol, injur
ing two women. Another hit just
outside the billet and injured
five Koreans, three seriously.
One of them was a Korean news
reel photographer.
The sth Air Force said an air
field near Seoul also was bombed.
The sth Air Force called an
immediate air raid alert and the
city was blacked out.
Peiping Radio Sees
Armistice Without
Any Further Delay
Broadcast Reports
Agreement on Final
Prisoner Issue
By the Associated Press
LONDON, June B.—The Red
Chinese radio predicted today a
“complete ceasefire and armis
tice” in Korea “without further
delay.”
A Peiping broadcast in Eng
lish, heard here, said:
“Complete and final agree
ment has been reached In a
closed session on the question
of repatriation of prisoners of
war, the only obstacle which
has blocked the armistice for
more than a year.
Signing Is Order of Day.
“An agreement on the terms
of reference for the neutral na
tions repatriation commission
was signed by both sides at 1400
(2 p.m. Korean time) today and
the signing of the armistice
agreement is now on the order
of the day.”
“It was agreed,” the broad
cast said, “that the military
demarcation line across Korea
which was drawn in November,
1951, will be revised according
to the present battle contact line
between both sides.
Lines Still to Be Fxed.
“When the texts of the
armistice (drafts) are finalized
and the military demarcation
line from which the forces of
both sides will be withdrawn is
fixed, the armistice agreement
awaited by the whole peace
loving world can be signed and
hostilities in Korea will cease
as a step to the peaceful settle
ment of the Korean question.”
The Peiping radio quoted its
special correspondent in Pan
munjom as reporting: "The com
plete ceasefire and armistice for
which the world has waited more
than 23 months will materialize
without further delay and will
end the three years’ fighting in
Korea.”
Sergeant Convicted
In Jet Conspiracy
By the Associated Press
TAEGU, Korea, June B.—An
eight-officer general court mar
tial board today convicted Air
Force S Sergt.. Giuseppe Cascio
of conspiracy to pass secrets on
the Sabre Jet fighter to the
Communists.
He was sentenced to 20 years
at hard labor and dishonorably
discharged.
Cascio. a World War II of
ficer, paled as the verdict was
read
The board, which acts as
judge and jury in a court mar
tial trial, debated for three
hours in reaching the verdict.
The sergeant could have
drawn a maximum of life im
prisonment on the conspiracy
charge. He also was convicted
on 16 charges of using military
payment certificates illegally.
Cascio. of Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
and Tucson, Ariz., was arrested
at Taegu September 26, 1952.
Air Force special investigators
testified that a foot locker found
in an apartment that Cascio
shared with a Korean girl
friend contained secret data on
the.F-86E Sabre Jet.
The defendant was a bombar
dier in World War n with 26
missions over Germany in his
record.
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WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, JUNE 8, 1953— FORTY-TWO PAGES.
The explosions were near
Seoul's burned-out capitol.
The first at 10:40 p.m. (9:40
a.m. EDT) was near Mr. Rhee’s
green-roofed mansion several
1 hundred yards north of the cap
j itol.
The second blast, at 10:47, was
near the main gate of the press
billets, an equal distance west of
the capitol. At least two guards
were hurt there.
The explosions shook the area
and lit the night sky with an
intense white glare—almost as
if the bombs were some type of
hea'vy incendiary. The one out
side the press building was still
burning 10 minutes after it ex
ploded.
All lights in the city went out
I after the first blast.
Similar light planes—“Wash
i ing Machine Charlies”—have
! attacked Seoul at night in the
I past.
Coe Refuses to Tell
if Mexican Trip Dealt
With Arms Running
intrusion of Privacy/
He Asserts on Stand;
Border Closed to Him
Sy the Associated Press
Flank Coe, former $20,000-a
--year secretary of the Interna
tional Monetary Fund, refused
today to tell investigating Sena
tors whether on a recent trip to
Mexico he “discussed the smug
gling of arms to the Communists
in Central America.”
His refusal, based on grounds
that the answer “might tend to
incriminate me,” came at a pub
lic hearing before the Senate in
vestigations subcommittee during
which Senator McCarthy, Re
publican, of Wisconsin, an
nounced that the Government
has closed the United States bor
ders to travel by Mr. Coe.
Senator McCarthy, also just
back from Mexico, was reported
to have told U. S. Government
agents he has found some evi
dence that guns are being smug
gled by airlift from Texas to
Panama for shipment to South
American revolutionaries.
Coe Kept Under Subpoena.
Mr. Coe, who also has refused
to tell the subcommittee whether
he ever engaged in spying for
the Communists while working
for the Government and later
for the Monetary Fund, was ex
cused after brief questioning but
was kept under subpoena for a
possible later appearance.
Senator McCarthy challenged
Mr. Coe’s right to take refuge
in the constitutional protection
against forced self-incrimina
tion, because Mr. Coe had first
sworn that he was riot aware
of having done anything illegal
on the trip which he said car
ried him to Canada, Nassau,
Cuba and finally to Mexico.
Mr. Coe refused to give any
details about the trip, or to name
persons with whom he talked.
Sees Blacklist Attempt.
Such questions, he said, con
stituted “an intrusion into my
privacy” and an attempt to place
on an employment blacklist the
names of those he contacted.
Refusing to reply, he said, “My
conscience would not permit it.”
When Senator McCarthy an
nounced the State Department
has alerted border agents to re
fuse to allow Mr. Coe to leave
the country, Mr. Coe cried that
the order was “outrageous.”
30-Foot Shark Landed
CUXHAVEN, Germany, June
8 (JP). —A giant, Greenland
shark, 30 feet long and weigh
ing 5,500 pounds, was brought in
here today by the German fish
ing boat Detmold. The fisher
men said they caught it be
tween the Shetland Islands and
Norway.
Belgians Find Script
Os Euripides From
7th Century B.C.
NEW YORK, June 8 (NANA).
—A Belgian scientific expedition
has found what appears to be
the world's oldest manuscript of
its kind—that of Euripides. The
classical Greek tragedian’s work,
written on a Seventh-Century
B. C. parchment, was discovered
together with Biblical texts in
a Palestinian cave.
The script is now being studied
by the Belgians, who have re
turned to Brussels, according to
a dispatch from the Belgian
capital to Svenska Dagbladet of
Stockholm.
Armistice Could
Come Out of
Session Tonight
By *h. Associated Press
PANMUNJOM, June B.—The
last big stumbling block to a
Korean truce was swept aside to
day with the signing of a pris
oner exchange agreement, but
South Korean opposition shot
toward the boiling point as their
leaders vowed to continue fight
ing. /
Agreement on a full armistice
in the three-year-old war could
Text of POW Agreement That Is
Armistice First Step. Page A-4
U. N. Officials Hail News that POW
Problem Is Settled. Page A-4
Fighting Men Now Are Asking When
They Can Come Home. Poge A-6
come tomorrow when allied and
Communist negotiators meet at
11 a.m. (10 p.m. Monday EDT).
The prisoner agreement pro
vides that of the 138,000 allied
and Red captives, those wanting
to return home will be exchanged
within 60 days after a truce is
signed.
Procedure on Balky POWs.
Red prisoneVs who steadfastly
refuse repatriation would be re
leased as civilians no later than
six months after a cease-fire.
They would go through these
steps:
1. Be turned over to a five
nation neutral commission within
60 days after a cease-fire;
2. Spend 90 days in the com
mission's custody while Red
agents give assurances about
going home;
3. If they still refuse, remain
in custody for 30 more days while
a political conference tackles the
question. If it is unable to de
cide, they would be freed.
The agreement—signed in ac
cord with the allied principle of
voluntary repatriation reads
that “no force or threat of force
shall be used against” the
prisoners—either allied or Com
munist-held.
A total of 14,200 Chinese and
32,180 North Koreans In U. N.
prison camps have indicated
they will refuse repatriation.
The figure was revised down
ward from a 48,500 total.
Signed Without Ceremony.
The prisoner agreement was
signed without ceremony in the
tiny truce hut by the chief del
egates—the U. N. Command’s
Lt. Gen. William K. Harrison,
jr., and Communist Gen. Nam 11.
It came suddenly at 2 p.m. (1
a.m. Monday EDT).
Only minor administrative
matters now stand in the way of
an armistice and there was lit
tle doubt at Panmunjom that an
historic truce would be reached
shortly.
However, that’s only a cease
fire prelude to peace—negotia
tions for which may take many
months, or years.
Under the agreement, a neu
tral nations commission of India,
Czechoslovakia, Poland, Sweden
and Switzerland would take cus
today of the 46,380 captives in
allied hands who refuse to re
turn to their Communist home
lands.
Reds to “Make Explanations. M
Red agents will be permitted
to “make explanations” to those
prisoners about returning home.
Captives who still refuse re
patriation after 90 days of ex
planations will be turned over to
a political conference of bellig
erent nations.
After 30 days discussion by
the conference, those who still
spurn communism will then be
given civilian status and oppor
tunity to go to a neutral nation.
The U. N. Command, in this
respect, dropped its proposal of
May 25 that prisoners who spurn
repatriation after the political
conference be handed over to the
U. N. General Assembly.
Os the 121,680 Red prisoners,
held by the U. N., 70,300 North
Koreans and 5,000 Chinese want
to go home.
India’s Ambassador to the!
United States said his nation’s j
two main goals as chairman of
the Neutral Commission would
be (1) no forcible repatriation
(See TRUCE, Page A-5.)
Rains Continue, Heat Arrives;
Two Treated for Prostration
May’s rain lapped over into the !
second week of June during the
weekend. There is still more to
come.
With the rain is heat—93 de
grees for a season record-breaker
Eight Drowned in Maryland During Hot
Week End. Page 1-1
on Saturday, 83 yesterday, and
a predicted 85 degrees today. The
high temperature and high hu
midity sent two persons to area
hospitals with heat prostration <
yesterday; sent eight to their
deaths by drowning in Maryland.
The forecast for today calls
for partly cloudy with a high of 1
Wilson Insists U. S. Air Force
Won't Be Inferior to Russia's
Secretary Disagrees With Vandenberg
In Testimony Before Senate Committee
By John A. Giles
Secretary of Defense Wilson,
in a direct challenge to state
ments made by Gen. Hoyt S.
Vandenberg, assured Congress
today that “most emphatically
we are not going to have the
second-best Air Force.”
Gen. Vandenberg, retiring Air
Force Chief of Staff, told the
Senate Military Appropriations
Subcommittee last week that
President Eisenhower's budget
would make this Nation’s air arm
second to that of Russia.
“As long as I am responsible
to this Government and to the
people of the Nation for the De
partment of Defense, we are go
ing to continue to have the best
Air Force,” Mr. Wilson told the'
same committee today.
Can’t Assume Full Burden.
He did not mention Gen. Van
denberg by name. But he said:
"I sense from some of the state
ments of military leaders the
desire to build up such forces as
could defend the whole world.”
“This simply is beyond our
capability over the long run,” he
continued, adding that allied na
Transit Aide Figures Fare Rise
Would Reduce Riders 13 Pet.
A Capital Transit Co. official
today estimated the company
| w'ould lose about 13 per cent of
| its passengers if it got a fare in
l crease.
This testimony came as Rob
ert E. Harvey, company con
troller, was cross-examined by
Lloyd B. Harrison, counsel for
the Public Utilities Commission.
The commission is hearing the
transit company’s request for
higher fares.
Capital Transit has asked that
bus and streetcar fares be |
! boosted to 20 cents cash, five
tokens for 95 cents and the
weekly pass be eliminated.
| Mr. Harve# said he expected ;
| passengers to drop 26.3 million j
; a year if the new rates go into !
effect. This is a 14.5 per cent re
i duction in the number of riders
now paid for by cash, token and >
passes, he said. It amounts to a j
13 per cent reductioh of the com
pany’s overall operation, includ- !
ing Maryland lines.
In spite of this loss of cus
tomers. the transit company is
contending the new -fares would
bring in an additional $2.1 mil
lion annually and give the com- ’
pany a return of 7.77 per cent. I
The hearing was marked by I
frequent angry exchanges be
tween Mr. Harvey, Mr. Harrison 11
and F. Gloyd Await, transit at- <
torney. c
One series of questions by Mr. s
Harrison about the transit com
pany’s interest in maintaining
private ownership, led Robert E. 1
McLaughlin, commission chair- \
man. to comment that he got 1
the "slight implication” from 1
84; a low tonight of 70, and a
warm and humid 89 degrees to
morrow with scattered afternoon
thundershowers likely.
Scattered showers fell suf
ficiently yesterday to steam up
the District area. The low tem
perature last night was 69 de
grees.
The two heat victims, neither
of whom was in serious condi
tion, were 17-year-old Elsie
Weekly of Waldorf, Md., over
come while watching motorcycle
races at T. 8., Md.. and Martin
Gerry, 35, of Dexter Hill, Pa.
They were treated and released
at hospitals.
tions would have to assume part
of the burden.
’ The Secretary pointed out that
Gen. Eisenhower himself had
! j “carefully analyzed” the new mil
! itary program which calls for
, i some $5 billion less than was ad-
I vocated by former President Tru
, man for appropriations in the
,' next fiscal year.
. | “We have the best airmen and
’ | fighter aircraft in the world and
' this is being proven daily with a
' 10-1 kill ratio in the air battles
| over Korea,” Mr. Wilson said.
“In long-range bombers we find
the Soviets placing their reli
j ance on the B-29 type of air
craft, which the Chief of Staff
of the Air Force has described as
, obsolescent, and with which I
agree.
Emphasizes Advances.
“We have advanced beyond
1 the B-29 by several stages with
the B-36, the B-47 and other
types that will be coming into
production. Under the proposed
budget we will continue to have
! the best fighters and bombers
; in the world in sufficient quan
i (Continued on Page A-6, Col. 2.)
Mr. Harvey's testimony that the
transit company might not re
main under private ownership
if the fare increase were not
granted.
Mr. Await objected. He said
i the testimony did not contain
threats but only facts about what
had happened to transit com
panies in other cities and facts
about other companies being
forced into bankruptcy.
Mr. Harvey eventually said the
company was in favor of private
ownership “at a proper return.”
At another point after Mr.
Harrison had gone through a se
i ries of complicated questions, he
: accused Mr. Harvey of being an
| evasive witness.
Mr. Harrison also questioned
Mr. Harvey about the effect on
traffic congestion downtown of
j cutbacks in transit service. Mr.
' Harvey conceded it would con
-1 tribute to the congestion.
Conferees Meet Tomorrow
On Annual Leave Change
House and Senate conferees
will meet at 2 p.m. tomorrow on
the legislation to repeal or ease
the Thomas leave rider.
The rider bars further accu
mulation of annual leave by
Government workers and re
quires employes to use their 1952
annual leave by June 30.
The Senate-approved bill would
repeal the rider outright. The
House measure would not pro
vide for complete repeal, but
would extend tjie June 30 dead
line for .using 1952 leave to Jan
uary 2, 1954.
Bulletins
D. C. Crime Bill Passed
The House today passed the
District’s big crime bill after
an hour’s debate centering on
mandatory minimum sentences
for certain crimes. The con
troversial fixed sentences re
main in the bill.
Bay Bridge Crash Kills 2
SANDY POINT. Md. (A*). —
The first fatal accident on the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge was :
reported today. Bridge offi
cials said a Logan (W. Va.)
man and a woman in a pas
senger car were killed in a
collision with a truck. They
were identified as Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph L. Vaaghi^
Today:
Full Text of Korean
POW Agreement,
Page A-4
New York Markets, Pages A-ZZ-23
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U. S. Employes Ruled
; Eligible for Arlington
School Board Duly
Virginia Supreme Court
Reverses Decision in
Suit Initiated by Green
By Alex R. Presto**
Star Staff Corrrspondsnt^^P
RICHMOND. Va., June 8
The Virginia Supreme Court to
day ruled that employes of the
Federal Government in Washing
ton may hold office on the Ar
lington County School Board.
Affected are Chairman Bar
nard Joy and Erwin R. Draheim
and Warren Cox, board mem
bers. /
The high court reversed a de
cree from the Arlington Circuit
Court which upheld a suit by
Attorney John Locke Green.
The decision, written by Jus
tice John W. Eggleston, was
unanimous.
Last September, the high court
upheld a decision by Arlington
Circuit Judge Walter T. Mc-
Carthy in banning Federal em
ployes generally from holding
certain State and local offices.
Three Federal workers lost their
seats on the Arlington County
Board as a result.
Reverses Earlier Ruling.
Today’s decision reversed a
ruling in January by Judge S.
DuVal Martin of Lynchburg
Corporation Court, who heard
the school board case in Ar
lington.
In its decision today, the high
court referred to several of its
previous findings including one
in the case involving the Arling
ton County Board.
In that case, the court upheld
the constitutionality of a law
dating back to 1788 placing a ban
against Federal employes gen
erally holding certain State and
local offices^
In that same earlier decision,
the court held invalid an excep
tion to the Federal employe ban,
applicable to Arlington County
I based on its population.
It was another exception to
the 1788 ban, however, which the
court upheld today. This was a
section which in effect permits
“clerks and employes of the Fed
eral Government engaged in the
departmental service in Wash
ington” to serve on school boards.
* Ban Held Unreasonable.
The court recalled that in
: the County Board case, “we held
! that specifically classifying and
excluding from its effect Gov
ernment employes who hold pub
lic offices in a county ‘having a
population in excess of 300 in
habitants per square mile . . .’
are unreasonable, unnatural anl
(See EMPLOYES, Page A-6.) |
Draft Coming
For Fathers,
Wilson Hints
By *h» Associated Press
The Defense Department cal
culates that the armed forces
cannot be maintained at their
present size much longer with
out drafting fathers or other
groups now exempt.
This developed today during
testimony by Secretary of De
fense Wilson at hearings on the
military budget. Mr. Wilson
read a statement from John
Hannah, assistant secretary of
defense for manpower and per
sonnel, that at the present rate
of inductions the armed services
will exhaust their military man- j
power pool within 30 months.
Mr. Hannah’s statement said
that “we have been putting men
into uniform faster than the
young men are turning 18.” Un
less the intake rate is reduced, i
other recruiting means, such as :
the drafting of fathers, will be I
needed, hf added. <
Top Court Rules
D. C. Cases Must
Serve Negroes
Decision Upholds
Congress Authority
To Grant Home Rule
BULLETIN
The Supreme Court today
put off at least until next fall
a decision on constitutional
ity of racial segration in the
District public schools. It
reassigned cases involving the
District. Virginia, South Caro
lina, Delaware and Kansas for
reargument October 12.
By Robert K. Walsh
The Supreme Court ruled
8-to-0 today that restaurants in
the District must provide service
for Negroes.
In a decision which appar
ently held as well that Congress
Section of Court Opinion in Restaurant
Cose. page B-1
has broad authority to delegate
home rule powers to the Dis
trict, the court declared that
anti-discrimination laws passed
in 1873 by the District’s old
Legislative Assembly were valid
when enacted and are still en
forceable.
The court stated that the pow
er of Congress to grant self
government to the District, un
der the Federal Constitution,
“would seem to be as great as
its authority to do so in the
case of territories.”
Douglas Writes Opinion.
As for the validity of the 80-
| year-cld enactment requiring
eating places in the District to
provide service for any well-be
haved person, irrespective of
race or color, the opinion written
by Justice Douglas stated:
“We conclude that the Con
gress had the authority under
Article 1, section 8, clause 17 of
the Constitution to delegate its
law-making authority to the Leg
islative Assembly of the munic
ipal corporation which was
created by the organic act of
1871 and that the rightful sub
jects of legislation within tha
meaning of that act was as broad
as the police cower of a state so
as to include a law prohibiting
discriminations against Negroes
by the owners and managers of
restaurants in the District of
Columbia.
The court’s opinion, in which
Justice Jackson did not take
I part, reversed a decision last
| January by the U. S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Co
lumbia. The Appeals Court held
that anti-segregation laws passed
in 1872 and 1873 by the District’s
old Legislative Assembly could
not be enforced now.
Case Originated in 1950.
The test case originated in
: July, 1950. when a restaurant
operated by the John R. Thomp
| s °n Co.. Inc., on Fourteenth
| street .near New York avenue
N.W.. refused service to Negroes.
The District Government,
later supported by the Justice
Department, asked the Supreme
Court last February ta outlaw
! racial segregation in Washing
i ton restaurants. District officials
also asked the high court for a
ruling that would clarify legal
: aspects of home rule.
| In fact. Chairman Case of the
: Senate District Committee, de
lighted with news of the ruling,
said he planned to call an early
meeting of his committee to act
on the long-pending District
home rule bill. This calls for
the election of a city council
with a presidentially appointed
mayor, to legislate on city mat
l ters, subject to amendment or
: repeal by Congress.
The District as well as Justice
I Department authorities told the
Supreme Court that the ruling
iof the Court of Appeals was
based on “the premise that Con
gress could not under the Con
stitution delegate to the Legis
lative Assembly authority to
legislate to prohibt acts of racial
discrimination.”
While the Supreme Court held
(See RESTAURANTS, A-3.)
Senators Go to Hong Kong
TAIPEH, Formosa, June 8 UP).
—Senators Dirksen, Republican,
of Illinois and Magnuson, Demo
crat, of Washington left today
for Hong Kong in their Fan
Eastern survey of American mil
itary and economic aid.
Methodists List
New Appointments
THREE IN WASHINGTON—From
Westminster, Md., and the Methodist
Baltimore Annual Conference, Tha
Star's church editor, Caspar Nonnes,
tells of new ministerial appointments
in Washington and Maryland. Tha
story and list is on Page B-1.
KEEPING WARM? —Eleni, Tha
Star's fashion editor, suggests a neat
terry cloth sweater as a must for
cool nights to be found at most any
beach this summer. Story and pic
tures on Page B-4.
Guide for Readers
Amusements A-16 Lost, Found... A-3
Classified B-9-14 Obituary A-14
Comics . B-16-17 Radio-TV.... 1-15
Editorial A-12 Sports... A-19-21
EdiTl Articles A-13 Woman's
Finance ...A22-23 Section .. B-3-6