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Weather Forecast
Fair and cooler tonight, low near 65.
Tomorrow, fair with high about 63. (Full
report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Midnight 77 6 a.m 73 11 a.m 81
2a.m 75 8 a.m 73 Noon 84
4 a.m 74 10 a.m 79 1 p.m 86
An Associated Press Newspaper
102 d Year. No. 174. Phone ST. 3-5000 ** ' WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1954-SEVENTY-SIX PAGES. 5 CENTS
Johnson Urges
U. S. and Allies
To Close Ranks
World Problems
Discussed in Parley
At White House
By Garnett D. Horner
Senate Democratic Leader Lyn
don B. Johnson said after a
White House briefing on the
critical Far East situation today
that “it’s high time we and our
allies close ranks.”
Senator Johnson was one of
a bipartisan group of 30 Senate
Churchill to Address Newsmen at
Luncheon Here Monday. Page A-2
and House leaders who heard at
the White House a confidential
report on the deadlocked Geneva
conference and a discussion of
what a White House spokesman
called “the broad international
problems confronting the free
world.”
President Eisenhower, Secre
tary of State Dulles, Undersecre
tary of State Walter Bedell
Smith and Vice President Nixon
took part in the discussion with
the Capitol Hill leaders of both
major parties.
Security Council Meets.
Clearing the decks for week
end conferences with British
Prime Minister Churchill and
Foreign Secretary Eden, the
President soon afterward went
into a meeting of the National
Security Council followed by a
private conference with Secre
tary Dulles.
Senate Republican Leader
Knowland, who refused to say
whether there was anything en
couraging in the report today
about efforts to win a non-Com
munist peace in Indo-China and
Korea, hinted that the admin
istration has some hope for
changes in the dark picture
which may result from the
Churchill-Eden visit.
The British so far have been
reluctant—until they see what
finally comes out of the Geneva
conference—to go along with
American efforts to create a
united front of free-world na
tions to ward off Communist
conquest of Indo-China and
curb Red expansion in other
parts of Southeast Asia.
Senator Knowland said “new
facts may he developed as a re
sult” of the President’s talks
with Mr. Churchill and Mr.
Eden, beginning at the White
House Friday.
Will Keep Leaders Informed.
He said the bipartisan con
gressional leaders would be kept
informed if any additional fac
tors develop to change the pic
ture. •
Senator Johnson told report
ers that "no program or policies”
for new American action were
recommended at today's confer
ence.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said; “There
were none that I can announce.”
Senator Johnson said the con
ference involved “just a review
of the sequence of events at
Geneva,” where efforts for a
peaceful settlement in Indo-
China are continuing after a
complete breakdown of peace
negotiations for Korea.
“The conclusion to be drawn,”
Senator Johnson said, “would be
that it’s high time we and* our
allies close ranks.”
He added that “at home, we
are Americans first and should
try to unite behind a program
that is best calculated to pre
serve the free world.”
Parley Lasts I*4 Hours.
Gen. Smith, who returned
Monday from the Geneva Con- I
ference, did most of the briefing
of the congressional leaders. Mr.
Hagerty said he talked for about
an hour and then there was a
question-and-answer period in
which the President, Mr. Nixon
and Mr. Dulles participated. The
conference lasted an hour and
a half.
As well as Geneva, Mr. Hag
erty said Mr. Dulles “also dis
cussed the broad international
problems confronting the free
world today.”
Mr. Hagerty said he had “no
comment” when asked whether
the report on Geneva was en
couraging or discouraging re
garding prospects for a peaceful
settlement with the Communists
in Indo-China.
House Speaker Martin de
scribed the conference as “in
formative.” Asked whether it
was encouraging, he said, “It is
a serious question, but there is
a ray of hope.”
Rearrangement of the Presi
dent’s schedule in preparation
for the Churchill-Eden visit
forced cancellation of his weekly
news conference which had been
set for 10:30 a.m. today. Mr
Hagerty said it was necessary
for the National Security Coun
cil, which normally meets on
Thursday, to meet today as well,
in order to complete its agenda
and permit time tomorrow for
a cabinet meeting, which is
usually held on Friday.
TVA Raises Salaries
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 23
<£*). —The Tennessee Valley Au
thority today granted salary in
creases averaging 3 per cent to
7.200 “white collar employes.”
The increases at entrance rates
range from S9O to $250 a year.
Eden Asks Asia Defense Setup
Incorporating Pacts With Reds
Urges Locarno-Type Arrangement
Along With Alliance Like NATO
By th« Associated Press breakup of the Geneva confer-
LONDON, June 23.—Foreign
Secretary Anthony Eden today
suggested a Southeast Asian de
fense system that would include
non-aggression pacts with the
Communists.
Just back from the Geneva
conference, Mr. Eden told the
House of Commons:
“I hope it will be possible to
agree to some system of South
east Asian defense to guard
against aggression.
“I hope we could have a recip
rocal arrangement for both sides
to take part, such as Locarno,
and we could have a defensive
alliance with NATO as in
Europe.”
Locarno was a series of five
treaties negotiated in the Swiss
city of that name in October
1925 between Germany on the
one hand and France, Britain,
Italy and Poland on the other.
The aim was to guarantee con
[ tinuation of peace and existing
j territorial boundaries. It proved
effective until the rise of Hitler.
Mr. Eden spoke in a voice
charged with emotion and some
members took his remarks as
critical of United States Secre
tary of State Dulles as he de
clared :
“My belief is that, by refrain
ing from any' precipitous move
toward the formation of a NATO
system in Southeast Asia, we i
have helped to create the neces
sary conditions in which both
systems can properly be brought
into being.”
Mr. Dulles, in a speech at Seat
tip June 10, rejected British and
French arguments against joint
action on Indo-China before the
Eisenhower Stresses
Red Peril in Asia in
Plea for Foreign Aid
Message to Congress
Agrees to Loan Plan;
Calls Cuts 'Unsafe'
President Eisenhower warned
Congress today that American ,
interests are “clearly endan- j
gered” in Southeast Asia, threat- j
ened by the Communist drive in 1
Indo-China. 1
He emphasized the peril in ;
that part of the world in a
special message asserting that
any cuts in the administration’s 1
$3.5 billion foreign aid program | 1
would be “unsafe.”
The President’s message went :
to Capitol Hill as the House
Foreign Affairs Committee pre
pared to vote on a bill author
izing continuance of the mutual j
security program during the 12 I
months beginning July 1.
The message revealed agree
ment in principle with a move
in the House group to stipulate
that some of the foreign aid
funds be loans rather than
grants. The President suggested
that not less than SIOO million ;
of the requested $3.5 billion j
mutual security funds for the ]
1955 fiscal year be reserved for
loans. ,
Cites Military Nature. '
Emphasizing the military '
nature of most of the planned
foreign aid programs, the Presi
dent said economic grants and
technical co-operation assistance :
also must be continued in some
strategic parts of the world.
He described the entire mu
tual security program as part
of American policy to “build de- |
senses with our allies rather than ;
go it alone” because this course j
is more effective and less costly. |
Declaring that “above all else
Communist strategy seeks to
divide, to isolate, to weaken,” he j
said the mutual security program !
“is an important means by which |
to counter this strategy.”
“It helps us,” he added, “to 1
bolster strength in remote areas
which are nevertheless vital to
our own security. It meets the j
Communist menace at the front
line with practical and effective
measures.” v
The President noted that "re- I
cent events in Southeast Asia
have created grave uncertainty”. I
He added:
“The security of that region 1
(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-6.) 1
VA Deletes Roosevelt Name on G.O.P. Protest
By Rowland Evans, Jr.
Associated Press Staff Writer
A friendly reference to the
late Franklin D. Roosevelt was
deleted from a Government news
release this week after some Re
publicans raised anguished cries.
It happened when the Veter
ans’ Administration issued a
statement taking note of the
10th anniversay of the GI Bill
of Rights.
The release, as it first ap
peared. read this way:
“The law, signed by Presi
dent Roosevelt on June 22, 1944,
contained three major benefits.
... On signing the GI bill in
1944, the President said . .”
A Second version shortly ap
peared, reading this way:
“The bill, signed into law
June 22, 1944, contained three
major benefits. .. On signing
the GI bill in 1944, the White
House said . .
i Gone was any reference to
_ i ....
mt xbjenitra skf
V v J y y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \^/
ence.
Mr. Eden told Commons blunt
ly that Britain was "at no time
willing to support armed inter
vention at Dien Bien Phu,” and
drew cheers from the House as
he explained:
“First, we were advised that
air action alone could not have
been effective; secondly, anv,
such military intervention coula
have destroyed the chance of a
settlement at Genevrf, and, third
ly, it might well have led on to
general war in Asia.”
Mr. Eden weighed his words
carefully as he gave his Geneva
report virtually on the eve of his
flying visit to Washington with
Prime Minister Churchill for a
meeting with President Eisen
hower this week end.”
The Foreign Secretary said the
French apparently understood
the British position. He declared:
“We have at no time been
reproached by our French allies
for our decision, despite the fact
that the burden of it fell on
them.”
Mr. Eden warned that the sit
uation in Southeast Asia carried
“risks of a wider conflagration”
and urged caution. He said:
idea of a pact for South
east Asia and the Pacific is really
not a new one. It has been can
vassed for many years.
“It is quite wrong to suppose
that it suddenly sprang into the
light of day a few weeks ago,
fully armed like Minerva from
the head of Jupiter.
“Its relevance to current events
must not be exaggerated. It
might be a future safeguard,
but it is not a present panacea.”
Police Dragnet Traps
'Creeper' Suspect;
Confession Claimed
Knifing and House Entry
Attributed to Prisoner
Seized Before Dawn
A carefully-planned police trap
early today snapped on a man
believed to be “The Creeper,”
sought in the vicious knifing of
a Southeast Washington man j
last Friday night.
Lt. Nunzio Bonaccorsy said the
man. Frank Robinson. 53, col
ored, of the 1300 block of Sixth
street S.W., has been linked by
fingerprints to five cases, includ
ing the knifing and a house
breaking committed less than an
hour before he was caught.
By noon, police said, he had
admitted at least 25 cases and
even co-operated to the point of
le-enacting some of them.
Lt. Bonaccorsy said he ad
mitted one rape case, then denied
it. He was to face lie detector
tests this afternoon.
He was questioned in the Alma
Preinkert murder case, still un
solved since last February, but
had an air-tigjit alibi—he was in
the Atlanta penitentiary serving
a seven-year sentence for house
breakings. He was released
April 30.
Policeman Got Commendation.
First Precinct Sergt. Allison A.
Mieklejohn remembers Robinson
well enough. Then a private in
the 4th Precinct, Sergt. Miekle
john arrested Robinson in at
least 25 housebreaking Cases,
presented four of them to the
grand jury and got Robinson a
| three-to-nine-year term at At
lanta. The policeman got a
commendation.
Federal Bureau of Investiga
tion files, some of which do not
; carry final disposition of charges,
j show Robinson was arrested in
Raleigh, N. C., in 19JJ5 for
transporting and possession of
whisky and later the same year
for larceny. .He was arrested in
High Point, N. C., in connection
with a rape and larceny case in
1936: in Baltimore in 1938 and
1939 for larceny.
In last Friday night’s knifing.
Arundel Robinson, 44, of 508
Tenth street S.E., was slashed
five times by a man in his home
; as he ran to the aid of his mother
1 (See CREEPER, Page A-6.)
the World War II Democratic
President.
"Unbelievable pettifoggery,”
Senator Hill, Democrat of Ala
bama commented today. “It
shows that many people fear
the mighty Franklin Roosevelt.”
Senator Douglas, Democrat of
Illinois, said: “Evidently the
propaganda agencies of the Re
publican Party are bent on
rewriting history in the manner
of George Orwell’s T984.’ ” That
novel by the late-British writer
depicted a mythical totalitarian
state, in the year 1984. The
dictator, “Big Brother.” brooked
no criticism and ordered his
tory rewritten to suit his pur
poses.
A VA official, questioned about
the change in the release, said
the first batch put out numbered
about 3,500. When they were
distributed, he said, some
G. O. P. Congressmen he did not
name lodged “protests” that
the GI Bill of Rights was non
End of Fighting
Up to Arbenz,
Top Rebel Says
Castillo Armas Talks
To Newsmen at Base
Inside Guatemala
By Sam Summerlin
Associated Press Staff Correspondent
TEGUCIGALPA. Honduras,
June 23. Col. Carlos Castillo
Armas said today his anti-Com
munist forces in Guatemala “are
prepared for a long or short bat
tle” in efforts to take over the
government.
The rebel leader was inter
viewed by this reporter and other
U. S. Opposes Guatemala Request for
U. N. Action on Fighting. Page A-3
correspondents at his headquar
ters in Esquipulas, Guatemala.
Asked how long he thought
would be required to unseat the
government of President Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman, he responded:
“It depends on how long Ar
benz keeps thinking he can win.”
Esquipulas, a town of 12,000, is
six miles inside Guatemala. Col.
Castillo Armas was dressed in
khaki, with black boots and a
leather jacket. He appeared very
weary.
Honduran Town Bombed.
Last night the government of
Honduras, where Col. Castillo
Armas hatched the plans for the
revolt, reported this country had
been attacked by mystery planes.
A communique from the rebel
army claimed the capture of
three additional small towns
about 25 miles inside Guatemala.
These towns—Vado Hondo, Jac
otan and Camoatan—are all
northwest of Esquipulas.
The communique said the
anti-Communist forces have not
yet begun their real air attack
on government installations. A
few air raids have been made,
the communique added, but
these were merely to demon
strate air superiority and to give
Guatemalan government forces
an opportunity to yield and “pre
vent bloodshed.”
Col. Castillo Armas said he
will announce soon the compo
sition of the cabinet in his pro
visional government.
The rebel forces seized their
base at Esquipulas Saturday
morning. About 50 regular sol
diers fled the town. Col. Cas
tillo Armas said the only casual
ties were two civilians who were
killed in scuffles growing out of
political arguments.
Appear Well Armed.
He said that two hours after
his forces arrived here “we had
150 volunteers to join us and
the next mornnig we had 300.”
The colonel said heavy rains of
the past few days and the lack
of organization were his main
obstacles.
“We were improvising at first,
but now we are organized,” he
added. “We have magnificent
morale among our men. We are
not asking the people to help us
but many of them are volunteer
ing.
“When we take a town we pub
lish a military law on how we
will handle the situation. We
are carrying to the people the
opportunity to choose whether
they want the Arbenz govern
ment or our side. We are in
terested in the least blo&dshed
possible.”
The rebel forces appear well
armed, largely with machine
guns of German manufacture
which seemed brand-new, and
an older type of German rifle.
But they were bogged down by
a lack of transportation and
had to rent cars and jeeps from
civilians in Esquipulas in order
even to move around the town.
There also is an acute lack
of gasoline, much of which must
be airlifted. Officers are in
khaki and wear sidearms, but
the bulk of the soldiers in the
headquarters town wear non
descript clothing, sandals and
straw hats. There are only a
few trucks to transport the
rebels. Many travel on burros.
The Honduras Foreign Min
istry said the planes bombed
the town of Santa Rosa
de Copan, key road junc
| tion 21 miles from the Guate
! malan frontier. The announce
! (See GUATEMALA, Page A-3.)
partisan legislation. They ob
jected to any mention of Presi
dent Roosevelt’s name, the VA
official added.
A second batch of some 600
copies, containing no mention of
the late President, was then rim
off.
The official said the original
release was "not rescinded or re
called” but that when it became
apparent more copies would be
needed “we decided Roosevelt’s
name didn’t add to or detract
from the news value” of the
statement.
“We had a number of protests
that the GI bill was national
legislation, passed without re
gard to political lines.” he said.
“We took these protests into
consideration.”
The official, asking not to be
named, said Jie had no indica
tion that anybody in the White
House objected to the original
language.
“I’m pretty positive we didn’t
hear from them,” he said.
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Flood Danger Routs
7,500 in Des Moines;
Wafer Sets Record
12 Blocks Covered;
Worst Yet to Come,
Forecaster Predicts
By tho Associated Press
DES MOINES. June 23.—Un
der emergency police orders a
precautionary evacuation of 7,-
500 persons from low-lying areas
was completed here today as the
Des Moines River rose past the
high mark set in 1947’s disas
trous flood.
Officials said the total in
cluded hundreds of families who
voluntarily left their homes yes
terday and last night.
About 12 square blocks which
were without adequate dike pro
tection in the city’s southeast
bottoms already were flooded.
Elsewhere, the levees still were
holding but were under great
pressure. All threatened areas
had been cleared of people ex
cept for workers and those still
moving out their possessions.
Crest Doe Tomorrow.
The raging river was more
than 4. feet above the 23-foot
flood stage and nearly a foot
above the 1947 high. It still
was rising with a crest of 29 to
30 feet due by tomorrow.
The emergency evacuations
began during the night. Police
knocked on doors to awaken
residents in a seriously imperiled
area.
Volunteer workers and National
Guardsmen were doing levee
work around the clock and emer
gency calls were out for more
workers.
City officials were pessimistic
over whether all the levees would
hold. They were designed to
withstand a 28-foot crest. Sand
bags were being hastily em
placed against the anticipated
29- to 30-foot peak.
If the levees give way a fifth
of the city will be flooded.
Highway Bridge Closed.
Other evacuations were occur
ring throughout the length of
the city's course. One evacua
tion center was nearly filled and
two others were being readied.
At the north of the city, where
the river enters Des Moines, flood
waters closed the Euclid avenue
bridge which carries transconti
nental United States Highway 6
traffic through Des Moines. De
tours were available. Some 40
miles northwest of Des Moines,
Highway 30 was closed w%st of
Boone and traffic was ueing re
routed.
In Des Moines, city officials
said they believed sandbagging
could keep the levees from being
topped. But they were doubtful
whether they could stand the
continued pounding of the angry
waters.
Power Plant in Danger.
“This city is faced with the
worst flood situation in its en
tire history,” Mayor Joseph Van
Dreser said in proclaiming a
flood emergency.
The lowa Power and Light Co.
plant southeast of town reported
"every precaution” had been
taken and the plant was sur
rounded by a sandbag wall But
officials said they didn’t know
whether the wall would be high
enough.
The American Red Cross An
nounced today it has set up a
disaster headquarters at Des
Moines to co-ordinate lowa flood
relief activities.
Thirty-four Red Cross disaster
specialists, aided by 500 volun
teers, worked around the clock
in 19 flooded counties. The or
ganization launched, through its
lowa chapters, a State-wide ap
peal for flood relief contributions.
Eisenhower Golfing
President Eisenhower left the
White House early this after
noon to play a round of golf at
the Burning Tree Club.
Lawmakers Play Ball Tonight;
Kids Are Only Sure Winners
Colorful Program I
Set as Democrats
Tangle With G. 0. P.
The Democrats and Republi
cans go at it again tonight for
the baseball championship of
the world (legislative branch)
To the accompaniment of
martial music and snappy
marching units, two teams from
Capitol Hill will square off in
Griffith Stadium for the seventh
time.
Their purpose will be twofold:
(1) Victory for themselves and
(2> a happy , summer for hun
dreds of kids who depend on
The Evening Star summer camp
fund for a cooling sojourn in the
country. All the game’s pro
ceeds go to that fund. The
weatherman has promised fair
and cooler weather.
Before the game the fans will
see a military spectacle starting
at 8 p.m. and featuring bands
and drill teams of the Army,
Navy, Marine Cprps and Air
Force.
Bringing it to a brilliant cli
max, will be the massing of the
48 State flags by women from
the service organizations.
The game itself, limited to five
innings out of respect to aging
limbs, pits the Domocrats of
Manager Syd Herlong of Florida
against the Republicans piloted
by “Runt” Bishop of Illinois. Ar
rayed behind them is the finest
diamond talent of the House of
Representatives, with a few Sen
ators tossed in for good measure.
Both managers have long
streaks going for them, but
Manager Bishop would rather
forget his. His GOPs haven’t
won a game in six tries. But,
inspired by a Florida spring
training victory over the Demo-
Young Starts Term
In 'Mink Coat' Case
By tho Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., June 23.
—E. Merl Young, 39, who gained
national attention during the
“mink coat” investigations under
President Truman’s administra
tion, began serving a sentence for
perjury yesterday in the Federal
correctional institution here.
The former Reconstruction
Finance Corp. official was
charged with lying to Senators
who investigated his mink coat
buying and high financing. He
is under an indeterminate sen
tence of four months two years.
The judge recommended that he
be released after four months,
however.
At his trial last year the court
was told Young and his wife
owned a motfl near Homestead.
Fla., but were “heavily in debt.”
While Young was a $7,500-a
--year official with the RFC his
wife Lauretta was a stenogra
pher on President Truman’s
White House staff. He left the
RFC to take a high-salaried po
sition as Washington representa
tive of several firms.
In 1951 the Senate began an
inquiry into whether Young and
others had exerted improper in
fluence to get the RFC to make
loans.
A $9,450 pastel mink coat, the
Senators learned, had been re
ceived by Mrs. Young and had
been paid for originally by a
Washington attorney who repre
sented RFC loan seekers. Young
said he had repaid the attorney.
Priest Reported Held
HONG KONG. June 23 (IP).—
A spokesman for the Roman
Catholic Passionist order in Hong
Kong said today the Rev. John
the Baptist Maye, of Scranton,
Pa., is being detained by the
Chinese Communist authorities
at a hotel in Changsha, Hunan
province.
Problems of Paris
The man picked by the French to rule
Morocco is weak, half blind, and lives in
fear. Bis story, as a symptom of what
ails France, is told in the third of a series
on the shaky French empire.
Page A-9.
New York Markets, Poges A-32-33
Contributions Swell
Star's Vacation Fund
For Summer Camp
The following contribu
tions, from persons who
have stepped in to give a
child a summer vacation,
are acknowledged today:
Anonymous 7.25
Lido Civic Club «0.00
Anonymous -- 40.00
Mr. and Mrs. Henry J.
Brown J 6-72
Anonymous -.9-1!?
Lee and David -‘5.‘2
Anonymous 10.00
Gertrude W. Holln*er.__ 10.0$
Edward L Pults 1-gO
?o n « ou i§.vid,.. Jr. ::;
Q «ern ß^urai t o T o l ° f 10.00
H. 6. Otllmor 7160
Anonymous „ -J.oo
Mrs Mary Harrold 18.00
A. H. Brewood 33.72
Anonymous , - 00
Hal H. Hale .. 15 00
Bolllne Air Base, A. F.
O. Z. Bowlin* Leapt. 35.72
Ted Lewis Restaurant —1 < 80
Jean and Judy -gx
Mis William Felton Ham 50.00
Mary W. Steman 5.00
Mrs. E. P. Cole 30.00
Bowman?! *IZS
Acknowledged ,_..»7.4«8.07
~ Total to date 58,100.72
crats, the Republican* hope to
break the long famine. ,
They’ll place their hopes on
the strong arm and hitting
prowess of Glenn Davis of Wis
consin, who came within an out
of victory last year. The Demo
crats see no reason to change a
success formula and again will
go with Don “Fireball” Wheeler
of Georgia.
Vice President Nixon, who was
to have hurled the first pitch,
will be unable to attend because
of a conflicting engagement. In
stead, one oV the young campers
who will benefit most from the
game will get the first toss
honors.
Tickets may be purchased at
the Griffith Stadium box office
for sl, $1.50 and $2.50.
Late News
Bulletin
Brutality Probe Ordered
Police Chief Robert V. Mur
ray today ordered a full in
vestigation of reports of brutal
treatment of juveniles by po
licemen. He received a list of
complaints today from Juve
nile Court Judge Edith Cock
rill and forwarded them to
district inspectors for investi
gation.
Truman Gains Steadily;
May Get Up Today
Sy «ho Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. June 23.
Harry S. Truman is showing
steady improvement in recovering
from the emergency operation he
underwent three days ago.
Dr. Wallace Graham said last
night the former President "is
making progressive recovery” and
that, he sat up twice for periods
of about 20 minutes yesterday.
He added that Mr. Truman
should be able to walk some to
day.
Mr. Truman’s gall bladder and
appendix were removed in the
operation. The former President,
who is 70 years old, is in Research
Hospital.
Mrs. Truman, after visiting her
husband, said: “He’s awfully
eager to be up and around, just
like any one would be.”
President Eisenhower has sent
a telegram of good wishes to for
mer President Truman. White
House Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty said the telegram was
sent Monday night. He said it
was a personal message and
would not be made public by the
White House.
Corning Urges
Fall Integration
For New Pupils
Citizens' Federation
Asks Delay, Warns
Os Legal Action
By James G. Deane
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing this afternoon recommended
dropping race restrictions in
September for all children enter
ing District public schools for
the first time.
Dr. Corning also:
1. Proposed allowing 96 colored
children living in predominately
white neighborhoods to enter
nearby white schools in Septem
ber. Eighteen white schools
would be affected.
2. Proposed converting Cardozo
High School in September. 1955,
to a merged teacher’s college. A
practice junior high unit also
would be established in the Car
doza building in connection with
the college.
3. Proposed integrating all
evening schools next September.
4. Said he will recommend
seeking money next year to con
vert McKinley High School to a
combined technical high school
for both white and colored stu
dents. McKinley next fall will get
about 460 colored pupils in ad
vance of the conversion.
Presented to the Board.
Dr. Corning outlined these
recommendations in a detailed
integration timetable presented
to the board
The proposals came as the
Federation of Citizens’ Associa
tions threatened the School
Board with legal action to stop
it from going ahead with “pre
cipitous” and “disastrous” plans
to end segregation in the schools.
The warning was issued in a
telegram signed by Mrs. Henry
A. Bartlett, newly elected presi
dent of the organization. It was
approved yesterday by the Fed
eration’s Executive Board and
demanded the School Board post
pone action until the high court
makes a ruling sometime next
year on how to accomplish deseg
regation.
Already planned is the trans
fer of about 2,700 children from
crowded colored schools to white
schools in September. Dr. Cor
ning’s proposals today would
enable probably several thou
sand additional colored children
to enroll in white schools next
fall.
The superintendent said a new
system of school boundaries will
be completed next week. These
new boundaries will take effect
next fall for pupils new to the
school system. This affects main
ly kindergartners and first grad
ers. It means that colored pupils
not previously enrolled in any
Washington public school can
enter any white school next fall
if they live in that school’s zone.
It also means that white chil
dren who live in an area served
by a school now colored may be
entering colored schools in the
fall.
Next February, the superin
tendent said, he proposes to drop
race restrictions in the senior
high schools. February junior
high graduates under his plan
will enter senior highs without
regard to race.
Text of Telegram.
I The text of the telegram sent
\ to the School Board by the Fed
i eration of Citizens’ Associations
follows:
“With shock and regret we
note that you are proceeding to
consider a precipitous and, we
believe, disastrous program of
integrating the District of Co
lumbia public schools.
“You have not replied to our
reguest for the opportunity in
herent in the action of the Su
(See SCHOOLS, Page A-6.)
White House Bars Visits
Friday and Saturday
The White House will be closed
to visitors Friday and Saturday
of this week.
White House Press Secretary
James C. Hagerty said the normal
public tours through thj Execu
f: v»» Mansion on those mornings
were being canceled because of
the week-end visit to the White
House of British Prime Minis
ter Churchill and Foreign Secre
tary Eden.
Fresh Fruit Takes
Lots of Cold Air
TO KEEP THE FRUIT FRESH—Tha
Fruit Growers Express Co. is assem
bling in Alexandria $3,250,000 worth
of refrigerated freight cars. Far a
description of what fruit goes through
in one of these cars sec page A-32.
DIVORCE GRANTED—Divorce to
day is being accepted casually, with
fewer qualms, for social attitudes
seem to encourage them. The rebuild
ing of this social attitude to curb
splitups is discussed in onother of •
series on divorce on page A-4.
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