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WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight, low about 28 in city and 22
in suburbs. Fair and warmer tomorrow.
(Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today
Midnight 30 6 am.-. 26 11 a.m—36
2 a m 29 8 a.m 28 Noon 37
4 a.m 27 10 aun 33 1 p.m 37
104th Year. No. 60.
President Says'Yes to 2d Term;
Won't Commit Himself on Nixon
Coed's Lawyers
Seek to Drop
'Plot' Charges
Retreat From Their
Accusation Against
Alabama Trustees
BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Feb. 29
UP). —Autherine Lucy’s attorneys
retreated today from charges
that the University of Alabama
trustees and others had con
spired with a mob to keep the
Negro coed from the all-white
campus.
Thurgood Marshall of New
York, chief counsel for the Na-
NAACP Head Here Fights Segregation
i* Carolina. Page A-2
tional Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People,!
told United States District Judge
H. Hobart Grooms. “Our whole
purpose is to get her in.”
Miss Lucy was barred from the
university at Tuscaloosa Febru
ary 6 by the Board of Trustees
after a riot against her presence
by some 3.000 persons.
Judge Grooms had ordered her
admission last July 1.
Mr. Marshall also said he
w anted towmend the contempt of
court complaint to drop charges
against four men—Ed Watts,
Earl Watts, Kenneth Thompson
and R. E. Chambliss—on the
grounds that they had been in
cluded erroneously; that any ac
tion against them would have to
come in other courts
Separate Trials Denied
At the same time, Judge
Grooms denied the petition b>
the defense to have the 13
trustees and university officials
granted separate trials and to
have their cases decided by a
jury.
In asking the court to drop the (
charges of conspiracy ’and "cun
ning strategem," Mr. Marshall
said that “after careful investi
gation, we are unable to produce
any evidence to support thole
allegations. This amendment
takes out every single allegation
of conspiracy.”
Andrew Thomas, defense coun-1
sel. objected strenuously to the:
amendment, saying that these
charges have been "relayed
throughout the world,” and de
manded the right to answer the
conspiracy charges.
As the hearing opened this
morning, the third floor corridor
leading to the small, 200-seat
courtroom was filled to overflow
ing. largely with Negroes. In
side the courtroom the Negroes
tacitly accepted segregation,
confining themselves generally to
one section.
Miss Lucy Is Calm
As Miss Lucy stepped off the
elevator to go to the courtroom
a spectator asked her, “Are you
afraid?”
"I’m just as calm as I’ve ever
been," she replied.
Asked if she would continue
to press for admission to the uni
versity, she answered. “Yes."
Deputy United States marshals
roamed the corridors maintain
ing quiet and regulating traffic
to and from the courtroom.
The Lucy case has assumed
enormous significance here as a
test of the Federal Court’s will
ingness to insist on compliance
with its orders despite the State’s
powerful, pro-segregation senti
ments and customs g
There already is considerable
loose speculation shat if Miss
Lucy attempts to return to the
university campus she will be
subjected to additional mob
action.
Governor Pledges Order
In Montgomery, Gov. James E.
Folsom again said he would
maintain law and order at the
university, regardless of the out
come of the hearing.
"1 don’t expect trouble." Gov.
Folsom said. "1 expect the good
old laws of common sense to pre
vail ” Then he added: "I want
all the mothers and fathers of
students at the university to
know I am doing all in my power
to keep their children from get
ting hurt."
For 29 months Miss Lucy has
sought the right to be educated
at the 125-year-old university.
With the aid of the NAACP
SeeJLUCY, Page A-11
Tokyo House Backs
17% Defense Increase
TOKYO, Feb. 29 (/F). —Japan’s
House of Representatives brushed
aside Socialist objections last:
night and gave overwhelming
approval by standing vote to a
$2,785,000,000 national budget!
for the year starting next April.!
Socialists objected particular
ly to spending $278 million for
defense, a 17 per cent boost over:
last year. The budget was sent
to the upper house. i
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Doctor Resisting Draft
5 Years Reports to Army
Wheaton Physician Says He'll Continue
Fight Against Service by All Legal Means
A 43-year-old Wheaton (Md.) doctor, who fought a five-year
battle against being drafted, reported for induction into the
Army in Alexandria today armed with a toothbrush and a
promise to continue his battle after he is sworn in.
Dr. Beldon R. Reap, 2601 Elnora street, who once exam
ined inductees at the Alexandria Induction Center, was
greeted by Maj. Arthur E
Plaints, commanding officer of
the recruiting station.
The doctor was in good spirits:
and said he was just beginning
Picture on Page 8-3
his fight. He claims he has not
yet received a hearing on the
merits of his case.
Dr. Reap says he should not be
inducted because it would be an
undue hardship on his family.
jThe doctor, who has three chil
dren and says his wife is dis
abled by asthma, lost his battle
February 17. when a Federal
Court judge in Baltimore turned
down his motion for an injunc
tion against the Selective Service
System.
Many Times Before Boards
| Dr. Reap said that since 1950
he has been before the local
board in Silver Spring 10 times,
the Maryland Selective Service
Appeal Board three times and
the Presidential Appeal Board
ionce.
“I knew enough about the law
to exhaust all administrative
remedies." he said. “I guess I
just about exhausted everyone
ielse. too.
He said he could have refused
to report for induction to bring
his case before the courts on its
merits, but then he could have
been prosecuted on a felony
charge for evading the draft.
He said he chose to enter the l
1,000- Room Mayflower
Sold for $12.8 Million
The fashionable Mayflower I
iHotel In Washington and the I
common stock of the Roosevelt 1 ]
Hotel In New York were sold
today by the Hilton Hotels Corp. ,
to the Hdtel Corp. of America (
for a total of almost sls million. ]
Completion of the transaction :
was announced in New York by ,
Conrad N. Hilton, president of i
'the Hilton chain, and A. M. Son- j
nabend. president of the pur- ,
chasing company.
At the same time it was an
nounced that the lease for New |
York’s Plaza Hotel has been ,
renewed.
Until last week, when it ac- .
quired the Plaza and the Sonna
bend-operated hotels in Chicago,'
Cleveland and Boston, the Hotel
Corp. of America was known as 1
the Childs Co.
The new owners paid $12.8 1
million for the 1,000-room May- «
flower. It will assume manage- ■
ment there on April111
$2,130,000 for Stork
The Sonnabend interest paid I
$2,130,000 for the Roosevelt I
stock. It assumes management 1
there tomorrow. I
The lease ox the Plaza by
Hotel Corp of America from the i
Hilton chain was extended for
an unspecified number of years I
from March 31. Rental income <
at present to the Hotel Corp.;
Oldest Inhabitants Told
To Vacate by March 31
The District Commissioners
today nave the Association of i
Oldest Inhabitants one month to I
get out of the 118-year-old Union <
Engine House at Nineteenth and I
H streets N.W. 1
Commissioner Samuel Spencer <
said the group, which has used I
the building as a meeting place 1
and depository of relics, must 1
vacate so the International
Monetary Fund can build a 13- 1
floor, $4 million headquarters i
building on the site. I
The association, Mr. Spencer *
said, has a “very fair offer” ’
from the fund of $50,000 toward
reconstruction of the building (
on a site offered by George ]
Washington University. j
The association has the offer |
under study, but has made no j
decision as to acceptance. i
Mr Spencer said rebuilding the |
house on university property u
would "preserve the historical !
values" of it, and enable the fund ]
building to be erected. This is «
"Important to the United States,”jt
he said
Told of the Commissioners’ ac- i
tion by The Star, a high mone- I
tary fund official had this com- 1
inent \\
• “Hallelujah!'’ ( |i
' service and carry on his light to
get out.
; j "I will continue to fight to the
fullest extent but within the law,”
he said.
Greeted by photographers and
reporters. Dr. Reap, who will be
entering the service as a private,
said. “You’re really rolling out
the red carpet.”
Is Law Graduate as Well
Dr. Reap, who got part of his
medical schooling under an Army
program, was an examining phy
sician for recruits for nearly a
year during 1950 and 1951.
He passed the Maryland bar
exam last year in order to help
• his case in the courts. He is a
graduate of the Georgetown Uni
versity Law School and Medical
School.
Dr. Reap was described as “the
greatest living authority on the
Selective Service Act” by United
States Attorney for Maryland
George C. Daub, who argued the
case for the Government during
the Baltimore hearing.
Dr. Reap was scheduled to be
sent to Fort Jackson, S. C.
The doctor carried a small case
when he reported for induction.
He said it contained a tooth
brush. toothpaste, comb and elec
tric razor, but no legal papers. He
also carried his order to report
for induction, which he displayed
prominently to induction of
ficials.
“1 have a good supply of pens
and pencils for the legal fight,”
he said.
from the Plaza was reported to
be $1.5 million annually. The
Plaza has 1.070 rooms.
Mr. Hilton and Mr. Sonnabend
said in a statement that Hotel
Corp. will pay $1 million in cash
for the Mayflower and will as
sume a mortgage of $4,850,000.
As a part of the transaction, Hil
ton Hotels will receive a note for
$5,450,000 and 250.000 shares of
common stock of Hotel Corp. of
America.
The sale includes land, bund
ling and contents. The balance
of the purchase price will be
paid off over a short period of
years.
Leasehold Owned
Hotel Roosevelt Corp. owns the
leasehold on the Hotel Roose
velt, the fee of which Is held
by the New York State Realty
& Terminal Co. This is a sub
sidiary of the New York Central
Railroad.
The leasehold, which expires
April 30, 1964, includes land,
building, furniture and equip
ment. Hotel Corp. of America
has paid $750,000 to Hilton Ho
tels and the balance for this
1.100-room hotel will be paid over
a brief period of years.
Mr. Hilton said the various
transactions fulfill all obligations
of a consent degree entered into
See MAYFLOWER, Page A-9
The old firehouse, which
stands on the corner of Nine
teenth and H streets surrounded
on three sides by land cleared
for the fund building, was the
last land problem holding up
construction, he said. He ex
pects final construction plans to
be quickly drawn and building
to begin soon.
Association Vice President
Herbert P. Leoman said his
group still has under considera
tion the $50,000 offer, and the
offer of a site from the uni
versity.
It is also, he said, considering
other possible solutions, such as
rebuilding on a different site:
attempting to get another old
firehouse for association use,
and obtaining the right to meet
in the old Christian Heurich
home on New Hampshire ave
nue. The Columbia Historical
Society, which now owns the
home, has many membeis in
common with the Oldest In-;
habitants.
The building’s title is vested
in the Federal Government, of
ficials said, but the association
has been occupying it "at the
pleasure of the. Commissioners"!
junder an act of Congress. I
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diately after the. press conference during which the President signified his
willingness torun again.—AP Photo. ,
Hospital Clerk
Admits Theft
Guilty Plea Made
t By Mrs. Sudduth
r 7
Mrs. Mary L. Sudduth, 41. to
■ day pleaded guilty in connection
| with a $137,000 shortage at Epis
copal Eye. Ear and Throat 1
Hospital while she was its chief
clerk.
, The plea was entered before
[ Chief Judge Bolitha J. Laws in
j District Court. Judge Laws de
ferred sentencing pending pro
bation report and Mrs. Sudduth
j remains free on $5,000 bond. !
United States Attorney Leo A.
s Rover said the Government was
, .dropping 14 other charges of
• check raising which had been
i lodged against Mrs. Sudduth.
• The total sum involved in eight
5 counts to which she pleaded
guilty was $27,000. The checks
had been issued to Mrs. Sudduth
3 to meet payroll needs.
Some Restitution
j Mrs. Sudduth’s attorney. Nich
olas J. Chase, told the court’
that she already had "made
substantial civil restitution" and
that steps have been taken to
restore the entire amount
charged to her.
The attorney declared Mrs.
. Sudduth had been 111 and under
‘ heavy emotional pressure since
her indictment last autumn,
j Because of her physical and
» mental condition, he continued,
3 she had decided not to stand the
. trial which had been scheduled
3 for March 19.
i The Government charged that
Mrs. Sudduth pocketed the dis
t ference between the original
5 value of the checks and the
. raised amounts.
1 Over Four-Year Period ,
An audit of the hospital
j books showed an overall short
s age of $137,420, according to
: the Government. The shortage
1 is believed to cover a four-year
[ period. Government prosecutors
] said.
Mrs. Sudduth had been chief
1 clerk at the hospital since 1950.
■ In most recent years she had
i supervised the hospital payroll.
The indictment listed her ad
dress as in the 7000 block of
I Southwark terrace, College
■ Heights Estates, an exclusive
> j Prince Georges County com
( munity. But she has moved
"since the hospital shortage was
I revealed.
Eisenhower Kept Press
Guessing to Last Moment
Suscense Mounted as President Disposed
Os Routine Issues, Then Came the Answer
By MARY McGRORY
For the historic occasion careful preparations had been
made on both sides. The President and the press were ready
for each other.
The press preparations were more obvious, beginning as
they did at the White House gate where a television camera
had been stationed from early morning. More cameras lined
the President’s route from the
White House to the old State
Department Building.
The first reporter was at the
door of the old treaty conference
room at 7:50 a.m. By 9:30. 150
colleagues were lined up behind
him, and 15 minutes later, there
' was a corridor full of buzzing
newspapermen, some of whom
passed the time by asking one
another what would happen if
he didn't say. More cameras
and bright lights were set up in
the hall.
All Seats Occupied
At 10 o'clock the long line
began to move, and seven min
utes later the floor capacity of
, 270 scats was exhausted. The
overflow climbed up to the
ornate little balcony that runs
' around the high room, and 104
> sat or stood in its narrow con
fines. Forty reporters were
turned away at the door
In voices which tension had
, made louder than usual, those
on the floor exchanged crowd
iflgures. The official reporter
obligingly took a characteristic
; Eisenhower stance at the desk
!so the cameraman could get
into focus. Someone had an
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instantly developing camera and
soon many hands passed the
official reporter a snapshot as
a souvenir of the occasion, which
pleased him very much.
Precisely at 10:30 everyone
abruptly stopped talking. In the ;
hush only "S-h-h!” could be
heard. j
President Enters Briskly
A moment later the President, [
less tan than when last seen, (
clad in a light brown suit, white (
shirt and matching brown tie.
came in. He walked briskly and ;
as he did he said. “Sit down, i
please." and gave a crisp good
morning to one of the cor
-1 respondents.
Then the preparations the
President had made became ap- :
parent.
He placed a single piece of
paper with four headings writ
ten down in large letters on (
the desk before him. ,
The reporters, sitters and
standees, leaned forward expect- I
antly. But what was forthcom
ing. in the even, unstrained voice. :|
; was in the nature of a commer-j
cial. President Eisenhower asked
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Metropolitan
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WMAL—RADIO—TV 5 CENTS
Feels hlealth
Will Continue
Promises to Give Full Details
Os Decision on TV Tonight
By GARNETT D. HORNER
President Eisenhower will run for re-election if the
Republican Convention wants him, he announced today.
The President told a news conference that he will
/xplain all the factors of his decision in a television and
radio talk to the country at 10 p.m. tonight. He said
more is involved than a simple yes or no.
He said his answer to the second-term question
“will be positive, that is, affirmative,” within certain
limits. He disclosed he reached this decision only last
night.
Mr. Eisenhower put off until the Republican Con
vention in August any expression whether he would want
Vice President Nixon as his running mate again.
He expressed “tremendous admiration” for Mr.
Nixon, but also made clear that he does not agree with
what a reporter described as Mr. Nixon’s characterization
of Chief Justice Warren as a “Republican Chief Justice.”
The President asserted emphatically that his sec-
TALK TO NATION
ON AIR TONIGHT
President Eisenhower’s ad
dress to the Nation will be
broadcast live from 10 to
10:30 o'clock tonight.
WMAL. WRC and WTOP (
will carry it on television and
radio. WGMS and WWDC
will carry radio broadcasts.
G. 0. P. Accord
Held Assured
Eisenhower Action
Averts Squabble
, By GOULD LINCOLN’
President Eisenhower’s willing
•ness to stand for re-election has
a three-pronged effect,
i 1. It settles the question of the
1956 Republican presidential
nomination. It eliminates a
knock-down, drag-out contest at
the party's national convention
in San Francisco next August
provided the President stays well.
2. It enhances Republican pros
pects for victory. Public opinion
tests have proved the tremendous
personal popularity of the
President.
3. It depresses Democratic
1 chances in the coming election.
and it may affect materially the
race for the Democratic presi
dential nomination. 1
Struggle Could Develop
If for any reason President
Eisenhower is impelled to with
draw later from the presidential
race the Republicans will be
faced W'ith a mad scramble for
the nomination, unless party
leaders and the President himself
can control the national conven
tion. A terrific struggle could
develop between the so-called
Eisenhower Republicans and the
old Taft Republicans for party
control.
A major decision for the
Republicans still remains to be
made—the vice presidential nom
ination. It is generally conceded
that President Eisenhower's ’
wishes will settle this one. He
has repeatedly expressed his re
spect. admiration and affection
for Vice President Nixon. There i
See POLITICS. Page A-9
I
Stock Prices Surge
Upward on News
Os Second Term
NEW YORK, Feb. 29 (A*).— A
holiday spirit prevailed on the
stock market today as prices
surged upward on the new's that
President Eisenhower would run
for re-election.
Cheers and whoops rose above
the usual trading din and
jubilant shouts of "He’s going
to run!”
Orders to buy spilled over at,
such a rate that the high-speed
ticker tape couldn't keep up in
I reporting them.
| The ticker fell as much as 19
minutes behind.
Initial gains ran to as much
as $3 a share on leading stocks, '
then prices backed away some- 1
what, witli the best gains rang- (
ing to about $2 a share. But '
trading still kept on at a hot
! pace.
DuPont was up $1.75 at $228.12,
United States Steel up 62 cents
Sat $57.75: Bethlehem Steel up $1
at $154.12. Kcnnecott Copper up
$1.75 at $128.37 and General Mo
i tors up 87 cents at $45.87. t
ond-term decision “would not
be affirmative unless I felt I
could last out the five years ”
He reserved a full discussion of
his health, however, until his
TV-radio speech tonight.
The President indicated only
sketchily at his news conference
'the "limits" for his "affirmative”
answer, promising to spell them
out tonight.
* He told his news conference
that “so many factors and con
siderations” were involved in his
decision that "the answer could
not be expressed just in the
simple terms of yes and no.”
“Full Explanation" Needed
He added:
“Some full explanation to the
American people is not only nec
essary. but I would never con-
Partiol Transcript of President’s Nevs
Conference. Page A-8
Sutler Doubts Public Wants Part-Time
President. Page A-4
sent to go before them unless I
were assured that they did under
stand these things, these influ
ences, these possibilities.
“Moreover, I would not allow
my name to go before the Re
publican Convention unless they,
all the Republicans, understood,
so that they would not be nomi
nating some individual other
than they thought they were
nominating.”
Mr. Eisenhower, announcing
that he is “going directly to the
American people and tell them
the full facts” tonight, said he
did not know for certain that the
Republican Convention and the
people would want him “after
hearing the entire story.”
The President indicated no
lack of confidence that he would
be renominated, however, in re
plying to a question about what
he saw as the major issues of the
forthcoming election campaign.
To Campaign on Record
“I have a record established
before the American people: that
is my campaign.” he said.
Mr. Eisenhower's equivocating
remarks about Mr. Nixon left
considerable doubt that he would
insist on Mr. Nixon as his run
ning mate.
He told a questioner ha
wouldn't talk about the vice
See EISENHOWER. Page A-5
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FIT MARRIAGE
RIGHT COMBINATION—She’i up
of 4:45 every morning, but Joan
Crawford, offer 73 films, manages fa
keep her home life serene. See The
Star's Woman’s Section for today’s
installment of the Joan Crawford
story. Page B-7.
UNtER PRESSURE—WiII Stockdalc
flies up to 20,000 feet in a pressure
chamber in tedoy’s chapter of the
best-selling book, “No Time tor Ser
geants," on The Star’s Feature Page,
A-37
PARIS SPRING FASHlONS—Shiver
ing French mannequins last week in
troduced fashions tor springtime amid
cries of "theft" from the designers.
To learn what milady will wear this
spring, read Eleni, The Star's fashion
editor, on page 6-8
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