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WEATHER FORECAST Fair tonight with low about 58. Tomorrow partly cloudy and warmer. (Full report on Page A-2.) Temperatures Today Midnight 62 8 a.m 56 11 a.m 70 2 a.m—6l 8 a.m 60 Noon 72 4 a.m 58 10 a.m 67 Ipm 73 104th Year. No. 235. Phone ST. 3-5000 ★★S Uneasy Truce Marks End of Suez Parley 22 Nations Agree, But British Still Hint Force to Use Canal By RICHARD FRYKLUND European Correspondent of The Star I LONDON, Aug. 22.—The Suez Conference is due to wind up: late today on a note of remark-1 able international unanimity, j But at the same time it must be said the conference has failed to! solve the problems posed by the ( Egyptian nationalization of the!, Suez Canal. In fact some official British government spokesmen say flatly Shortage of Canal Pilots Threatens Suez Operation. Poge A-33 i In private that there still is a possibility of British military re- ; occupation of the Suez Canal zone within the next few weeks. Although this opinion comes from sources undeniably qualified to describe British government thinking, this reporter still would not care to bet money that force ever will be used against Egypt. The whole tone of the confer ence has been avoidance of force. War talk in public has died away in London. Britain Has Minimum On the other hand Britain has never abandoned its basic posi tion that if certain minimum conditions for control of the Suez Canal are not met she will force Egypt to accept those con ditions—even if she has to “re occupy" the canal zone. There is no sign on the day of the scheduled end of the con ference that these minimum conditions will be accepted volun tarily by Egypt. Appointment of a committee to inform President Nasser officially of the decision reached was the only business awaiting today's session. Secre-! tary of State Dulles earlier met! V K. Krishna Menon for almost; an hour, then conferred with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd of Britain and Foreign Minister Christian Pineau of France. He 1 later saw Prime Minister Eden and Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov. Almost all delegates here will" say there are plenty of peaceful ' methods that can be used to se-! cure Egyptian agreement with! basic Western views. But after: eight days of official meetings 1 and unofficial conferences here it is difficult to see how those : peaceful methods can get to first base, assuming that the British and Egyptian governments mean what they say. That is why continued behind- 1 the-scenes British war talk car.- j not entirely be discounted as attempts to scare Egypt. Sum-Up of Conference London's Suez conference can be summed up (assuming the last session will be as cut and dried as the delegates say): No country except Britain is sure it got all if set out for in the conference and only British officials are completely happy about the outcome. Unanimity has been found even in Russian- Indian - American conference! statements that some form cf international participation in management of the Suez Canal Is necessary. A large majority—. at least 17 out of 22—of the participants back the minimum Western position that Egypt ahould be asked to negotiate a treaty providing for interna tional operation and control of the canal. But despite all this the Egyptian and Big Three Continued on I*agr A-21, Col. 1 Algerians Kill Two In Raid on Bone BONE, Algeria. Aug. 22 UP).— Algerian Nationalist commandos made a new raid in the old quarter of Bone last night, kill ing a European and a Moslem and wounding another Moslem., One of the attackers was shot and killed as he fled. Some 300 Moslems were killed, In Bone last Saturday in clashes following the shooting of a po liceman in the town’s main square. A French soldier, wound ed when a military truck was! ambushed on the Constantine- Steif road in Eastern Algeria Several pro - French Moslems were assassinated near Orleans ville and two railroad stations were set afire near Colomb Be efier, In the southern part of Oran province. STAR AD CHARTS QUICK BOAT SALE Mr. F. I. wonted to tell hie boat. In order to find a buyer quickly he ad rertued in the big Star Classified. Jtcyult: He sold the boat the first day his ad appeared In all, he received 100 calls from Star reader-prospects! Because it consistently produces the best year-'round results, The Star publishes more classified ads fhan any other Washington newspaper. Like Mr. F. I , if you hare some thing to buy, trade or sell, and want fast action tell it to the responsira audience of Star readers. It's easy to place an ad in the productive Star Classified. Just phone Sterling 3-5000 ond osk for an ad laker. Stanley Segregation Plan Seen Gaining Ground Gray Executive Committee Supports Move to Control All School Funds By MARY LOU WERNER Star SUIT Correspondent RICHMOND, Aug. 22.—Gov. Stanley’s plan to withhold State ; funds from any schools that integrate appeared to be gaining! ground today after winning support from the executive com-' mittee of the Gray commission. J By a vote of six to four, the executive group last night agreed to urge the full 32-member commission at its meeting' today to go along with the gov-] ernor’s no-integration idea I even if it means shelving the pupil assignment plan which was l part of the original Gray pro gram. Besides the Governor’s tax [withnolding plan, the full Gray was to receive two companion measures. One would permit localities to appropriate school funds on a tentative basis, and the other would provide for tuition grants in areas that might close their public schools. The executive committee vote was taken at the end of a four hour session behind closed doors: at the State capitol. Gov. Stan-! ley was with the committee for over two hours soliciting support for his plan. Opposes Assignment Flan The Governor told reporters as he left the meeting that if his recommendation is followed "it would probably not necessi tate the assignment plan.” The original Gray commis sion program recommended the pupil assignment plan, plus a tuition grant plan to avoid forced integration. When it was! made public last fall, Oov. Stan ley said the Gray plan had his, “‘whole hearted” support. Rdt; cently, he turned thumbs down on the assignment plan because it could permit some integration. Support of the Gray commis sion’s executive committee, al though by a narrow margin, gave Gov. Stanley's plan a sig nificant boost. He was sure to have allies in the Senate and House when the General Assem bly meets in special session next week, but It had appeared questionable whether he could get the Gray commission to go back on its own plan in favor! of his. The full Gray commission was expected to announce its position at the end of today’s meeting, and at the same time report what legislation will be recom mended to the special session. i Gov. Stanley confirmed earlier reports that under his plan, the Assembly will be asked to re appropriate school funds for the 1956-58 biennium, and specify that they go to segregated schools only. The adoption of this proposal, plus the tuition grant plan, ap parently would give communi ties under court order to desegre gate two choices: Operate schools independently of the State, or Hod Carriers'Union Plans $2.5 Million Building A new eight-story building to cost some $2.5 to $3 million is planned for the northeast corner 1 of Sixteenth and I streets N.W. as a headquarters for the In ternational Hod Carriers’ Union. The plans were disclosed today at the District Building when the Architect's Drawing and Picture. Poge 1-1 proposal came before the Board of Zoning Adjustment for zoning clearance. The limestone building will be located between the Sheraton-! Carlton and Lafayette Hotels and half a block away from the new CIO-AFL building. It has been designed by the architectural Arm of Eggers it Higgins, successors to Pope, Eg |gers & Higgins, designers of the Mellon Art Oallery, Constitution Hall and the Jefferson Memorial among other prominent struc tures here. One of Largest Unions The International Hod Car- Tiers, Building and Common Laborers Union of Airierica, with 440,137 members, is one of the largest unions in the country. Its general president since 1936 is Joseph V. Moreschi. The j ‘union, which has grown from less than 10,000 members In' (1911, is composed of workers in the building industry. The headquarters came to Bomber With 2 Vanishes On Trans-Atlantic Flight LONDON. Aug. 22 UP). A medium bomber with two Amer icans aboard vanished today on a flight from Iceland to Scotland. An alert was broadcast to all ships on the route in the belief the plane had crashed in the sea. The converted B-26 was one of 20 being ferried by a private firm. Fleetway. Inc., of Burbank, Calif. It was destined for the French Air Force. Capt. S. Gray and Navigator D. Jarvis of Burbank were aboard. No signal from the plane has been received since takeoff from Keflavik. Iceland, early to day. The missing plane took off 20 minutes before another aircraft being ferried to France piloted by Capt. A. H. Keyes and Navi gator D. R. Cairns, both of Bur bank. W)t JBoeratm §faf V* J \ WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 1956-EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. abandon public schools and pay grants for students to > attend private schools. The governor said full details of his proposed measure had not been worked out, but it probably - would involve withholding of ele i mentary or high school funds from an entire county or city i that integrates and not from in dividual schools. If there should be integration i in either high schools or elemen • tary schools in a community, but not both, then State aid could , be continued to the segregated ! group, under the plan. Attorneys had described Gov. ! Stanley’s plan and the pupil as signment program "incompatl ble” before the executive com mittee vote was taken. The committee was told it would be unwise to recommend i both the pupil assignment pro gram and the governor’s plan, I since one contradicts the other. ■ Under the pupil assignment plan, j students .would be assigned to! schools for a variety of reasons 1 —excluding race. But the gov ernor’s plan would preclude any l mixing of the races, thereby nul lifying the assignment plan, at torneys explained. Will Reoffer Bill i Pupil assignment legislation will be introduced at next week's . special session, whether the Gray! commission sponsors it or not. 1 State Senators Armistead Boothe, , of Alexander and Ted Dalton of; Radford have announced that! i they will re-introduce a pupil I assignment bill which died in ’ committee at the last session' i because it was called “prema-: 1 ture.” I The commission apparently ' gave no serious consideration to a plan advanced earlier by State 1 Senator Edward O. McCue of 1 Charlottesville. This proposal' i would have the General Assem-: . bly take over operation of all ■ scnools in the State *so that NAACP suits against local school • boards would be ineffective. At torney General J. Lindsay Al ! mond, jr., said yesterday the McCue proposal would give no '■ immunity from Federal Court ’ injunctions in segregation cases. I Senator McCue challenged Mr. Almond’s view. The Charlottes , ville legislator said that if the Assembly simply ignored any ■ Federal Court process, "They'd ■ have to send troops or arrest the s! General Assembly. I don’t think • they’d do either... .’’ i Washington in 1940 from Quin-! 'icy, Mass., and at present occu-: 'pies rented space in the Bowen . Building. The new site was purchased . by the union for $1 million. The ’ location is occupied now by old ( row houses, including the offices of the Charles H. Tompkins Co., 'builders. ! Demolition will begin in Janu ary and construction will start , 'at the same time. Completion is anticipated in 15 to 18 months. To Include Parking Area ’! The new building will be tiip | union’s permanent national •' headquarters. There will be two , levels below the mulcting loi the 1 ; parking of 48 cars, ‘ Zoning clearance is needed be ! cause lower Sixteenth street | between H street and Scott! circle is zoned for residential . use, but subject to use by office buildings and banks on approva. of the Board of Zoning Adjust ments. Attorney James C. Wilkes, i who is handling the said i consbnt has been obtained from : the Sheraton-Carlton, Lafayette . and Statler Hotels, as uell as I the AFL-CIO. The site, which [lncludes 901, 903, 907 and 909 i Sixteenth street. Is about 100 k ‘by 104 feet In size. The pro ijposal was scheduled to be heatd by the zoning board this alter rnoon. 1 1 "Capt. Gray’s plane took off ahead of us and was out of i sight,” said Capt. Keyes. “A short . time after we were airborne the I Icelandic control asked us to try ! to get In touch with the first . plane. ! “We tried repeatedly, without . any luck. That was strange be . cause on earlier stages' of the ( trip from America we kept in almost constant contact. I can’t understand what happened be ’ cause the weather was perfect." ( The radio station at Wick, I Scotland, broadcast an alert to all ships saying the plane was believed to have crashed at sea. l Another converted B-26 being : ferried from the United States I by the Burbank firm crashed • August 13 while coming in to ■ land at Eh-eatwlek The two men aboard were killed. Eisenhower and Nixon Ticket Slated for Quick Approval Party Chiefs Confer With President j By ROBERT K. WALSH STAR CONVENTION BU REAU, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.—President Eisenhower made himself completely and happily at home in this free and open hearted city today. He plunged enthusiastically into a round of political con ferences and planned some pri vate social trips around town before his triumphal entry into the Republican National Con vention tomorrow. The welcome he enjoyed on entering San Francisco through cheering crowds more than matched the word “wonderful” he uttered on flying in from Washington early last night. The “White House” in the St. Francis Hotel in the center of [the downtown area immediately bustled with activity. Both the presidential suite and an elabo rate press room were as active this morning as almost any day on West Executive avenue in Washington. Heavy Schedule The President set out a full and tight schedule of appoint ments between 9 a.m. and noon. Listed meetings were with Re i publican National Chairman Leonard Hall, Senator Know land of California, the conven tion temporary chairman; Rep resentative Martin of Massachu setts. the permanent chairman, and Senator Bush of Connecti cut, the Platform Committee !chairman. He also arranged to see sev eral Republican candidates. But none on the list is looking for a vice presidential nomination. iThey all seek election or re-elec tion for other national. State or local offices. They are Sena tor Kuchel of California, Gov. J. Hugo Aronson of Montana, Mayor Albert Cobo of Detroit, and Ancher Nelsen, former Rural Electrification administrator run ning for Governor of Minnesota, i White House Press Secretary' James C. Hagerty, who lost no' time opening the news shop soon; after the President’s arrival at the hotel, announced also: Greeted by Thousands “I think he might go some-! where out of the hotel tomor-i row (Wednesday) but It will be more social than business.” The trip aboard the presiden-! tial plane "Columbine III” was a bit bumpy before it ended at 6:55 p.m., San Francisco time. 1 But the reception that the city gave the President and Mrs. ; Eisenhower was both smooth 'from an operational standpoint! and unquestionably soothing to them as well as to the Republican! official greeters at the airport 1 with a yelling and placard-1 waving crowd of more than 5,000. “It is wonderful to be back in; your city,” the President said. "I induced my family to come, out here 24 hours earlier because I have been reading in the news papers the names of too many people I would like to be with and I couldn't stay away. I hope to And some new friends among you.” That was his response to Cali- 1 fornia Gov. Goodwin Knight’s 1 "welcome to the golden State! and to the city of St. Francis.”! Both the greeting and the acknowledgement sounded the tone for the hospitable way the presidential party was acclaimed. Mr. Eisenhower and the First! Lady had firm and friendly handclasps for such diverse greeters as Vice President Nixon and Harold E. Stassen. Spectators Everywhere But hearty as was the happy landing, the President and others in the cavalcade experienced only a warmup at the airport for what was to come. The welcome grew by leaps and bounds as they sped north [along the bay to the city. They never lacked for spectators, even along open stretches of the road. Many men. women and children sat or stood atop parked cars to cheer and wave. The national convention was !3tili in session when the Presi dent passed within encouraging sight of the Cow Palace. From (he size of the crowd and the plleup of traffic, it seemed that many delegates, thoroughly loyal ! See EISENHOWER, Page A-6 BULLETIN Youth Upsets Bogart Sixteen-year-old Billy Cur tiss of Columbia scored an astounding upset in a District Amateur golf champlonsbip at Chevy Chase today, defeating three • time champion Ralph Bogart, 4 and 3. Bobby Brow nell won his 54th consecutive match in a 12-year period by default when Bill MrFerren, sr„ won the first two holes and then twisted his back on the third hole. (Earlier Story on Page C-5) WSk Jnj iK Hr' , '-iB: VnlliNsF '....J NIXON HURRIES TO FATHER—San Francisco. Vice President and Mrs. Nixon had serious faces today as they hurried to.an airliner to fly to the bed side of his critically ill father.—AP Wirepboto. Convention Gets ! Running Start Martin Clears Decks for Action By CROSBY S. NOYES STAR CONVENTION BU REAU. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 22.—1 t was a purely political variety show at the Republican convention yesterday, ranging all •the way from ladies’ day to a display of muscle-flexing by the Eisenhower team, j Whatever it may have lacked in stage direction, the session had its moments. A kind of sen timental climax was reached in mid-sessiqn when Herbert Hoover stood blinxing in the spotlight: looking down on the first real demonstration that the conven . tion has produced so far. In the ' one serious item of business, Convention Chairman Martin “showed a control of split-second ■ voting on the 1956 G. O. P !' platform that put Democratic Speaker Rayburn to shame. But the main point of the ; show was clear to everyone. The idea was simply to clear the ; decks for action and dispose of all the preliminaries before the balloting begins today. Opening Shenanigans The third session of the con svention was called to order by Temporary Chairman Knowland after the usual opening ihen [j anigans, featuring 125 Young Re -1 publican pom-pom girls, stomp- Continued on Page A-3, Col. I Polities on Inside Pages The personalities, the colot and the poltticat events at the San Francisco convention are being brought to you daily by The Star s Convention Bureau reporters. Read their stories and other political news on this and the following pages: The Republicans Gov. McKeldin Hopes to Visit President Today. Page A-2 Virginian Loses Move Against Rights Plank. Page A-2 McLean Woman Named to National Committee. Page A-2 District Delegates Long for Song. Page A-2 Dewey Praises Nixon, Rallies to His Support. Page A-2 Nixon, Asking No Votes, Acts Like Candidate. Page A-5 Civil Rights Seen Major Voting Issue, Page A-5 Text of Platform Preamble. Page A-5 Official Convention Program. Page A-6 Text of Former President Hoover’s Address. Page A-I4 The Democrats Lehman’s Retirement Sets Off Scramble. Page A-7 Big Homecoming Crowd Greets Kefauver. Page A-7 Stevenson Calls G. O. P. Tax Promises "Just Talk.” Page A-7 Eastern Shore Voles Held Vital to Mahoney. Page B-I In the Women’s Section Arden Fete Draws 1,500 Republicans. Page B-4 G. O. P. Women Hold Breakfast Caucus. Page B-4 Nixon Flying to Bedside Os Gravely 111 Father Vice President Leaves Convention As His Parent Takes Turn for Worse WHITTIER, Calif., Aug. 22 (A*).—Frank Nixon, 77, father of Vice President Richard M. Nixon, suffered a ruptured vein in his stomach today and is in critical condition, the family physician reported. The Vice President was informed of his father’s illness and was flying here from the Re publican National Convention in San Francisco. j Mr. Nixon was asked at the airport if he thought it at all ! possible he might get back today. ,He replied that he could not be certain when he would return. Before leaving San Francisco Mr. Nixon told reporters this morning he was told his fathei was then in a state of shock. He said he had just returned' from visiting his father before , the convention when he seemed to be in good spirits. “A Real Scrapper” i The Vice President added that his father had intended to watch •the convention on television and ( said he didn’t want “to see him : miss it.” He said his father was ■ a “real scrapper” and he has hopes he'll pull through. The Vice President was ac companied by Mrs. Nixon, the Vice President's brother Don and his wife. The elder Nixon has been bed ' ridden recently, suffering from 1 what the physician said in lay man's terms was hardening of 'the arteries Tha doctor, nho ' asked to remain unidentified, 1 said the Vice President's father Metropolitan Edition New York Stock Markets, Page B-27 WMAL—RADIO—TV 5 CENTS suffered a disecting aneurism of the abdominal aorta. “It is very doubtful that he will survive,” said the physician, "but he has a lot of fight.” Suffered Broken Hip The physician said the elder Mr. Nixon broke his hip in De-, cember, 1954, before being hit by ulcers last month. He said he also has arthritis. Mr. Nixon, he added, is being treated with a pain-relieving drug and has asked not to be ; removed to a hospital. The Vice President's mother: nad planned to go to the conven- i tion at San Francisco today, but. ; quickly canceled the plans upon her husband's illness. The elder Nixon, a Quaker came to California from Ohio ini 1906. He was married to Han- : nah Milhous in 1908. His first job in California was a streetcar motorman in Los Angeles. Then he became a cit rus rancher. He built a gasoline station at; Whittier, 15 miles southeast of! Los Angeles, later adding a gen-! eral store. Young Dick worked as a boy in the stare and filling station. He credited that experience of meeting the .public with giving him a good start on his public career. In addition to the Vice Presi dent, Mr. and Mrs. Nixon had four sons, of whom two, Edward and Donald, are living. Butler Names Culotta As Aide for Campaign From The Star Convention Bureau SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22. Senator Butler of Maryland, here for the Republican convention, announced today that Samuel J. Culotta, an alternate delegate to the convention, will head his Baltimore city campaign this fall. Mr. Culotta is one of three Re publican members of Baltimore's 36-member delegation in the Maryland House at Annapolis. Dr. John to Be Charged ! KARLSRUHE, Germany, Aug. 22 iff).— Formal charges will be filed soon against Dr. Otto John, former West German security chief, hia lawyers said yesterday. Dr. John is now being held In a West German prison hospital. , under suspicion of high treason. Nominations Due Tonight By Acclaim BULLETIN SAN FRANCISCO. Chair man Joseph W. Martin, jr.. of the Republican National Con vention today said he would not recognize anyone to place the name of Gov. Herter of Massachusetts In nomination for Vice President because Gov. Herter had written him a letter asking that his name not be presented to the con vention. He added any dele gate could vote for Gov. Herter on roll call, however. By GOULD LINCOLN STAR CONVENTION BU REAU, SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 22.—The certainty of overwhelm ing convention approval of ..n Eisenhower-Nixon ticket at its session tonight was further ce mented by an announcement to day that Vice President Rtchaid M. Nixon is still “perfectly ac ceptable” to President Eisen hower as a running mate. Republican National Chairman Leonard W. Han announced this latest word from the Chief Ex ecutive following a breakfast meeting in Mr. Eisenhower’s St. Francis Hotel suite. In their political chat, Mr. Hall said, Mr. Eisenhower added nothing new to what he had said before about the vice presidential situation. “I think the President has made his position perfectly clear in the past,” Mr. Hall said. “He has said that the Vice President is ‘perfectly acceptable’ and has declined to discuss other candi dates.” . After the President's nomina tion will come the almost equally certain renomination of Vice President Richard M. Nixon. Nixon Flies to Father The Vice President, however, will be 500 miles away from the convention, at the bedside of his ailing father. The 77-year-old Frank Nixon, ill for some time, suffered a broken blood vessel in his stomach early today. Vice President Nixon, his brother Don and their wives were notified of the attack and flew to their father’s Whittier (Calif.) home. Despite the Vice President’s absence, his renomination—pos sibly by acclamation was scheduled for tonight. Leonard W. Hall, chairman of the Republican National Com mittee, was asked whether there might be any change in the con vention program because of Mr. Nixon's departure. Mr. Hall said he had not had time to think about it, and did not know. He was reached as he went, into President Eisenhower’s Continued on Page A-4. Col. 4 TV-Radio Schedule j Here is tonight’s listing of pro grams on the Republican Na tional Convention as scheduled by Washington radio and televi sion stations (all hours Wash ington time*. Radio WRC— 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. WGMS—6 p.m. to 10 p.m. WMAL—6 p.m. to 10 p.m. WTOP—6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Television WRC-TV (4)—6 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. ! WMAL-TV (7)—6 p.m. to 10 p.m. | WTOP-TV (9)—6 p.m. to 10 p.m. 1 BETTER TO RETIRE THAN DIE ON JOB THE GOLDEN YEARS-Men who go ' into retirement rtod 0 lot of obituaries about the anas who dung to their work. The groblemt of the elderly are the tapic of Tho Golden Yenrs column today on The Star's Featurs Page, A-37. CHIEF JUSTlCE—Morrison R. Woite, Chief Justice from 1174 to ISM, hod something to say about leering the bench to run for the White House. It is passible his views may have in fluenced the present head of the high court. See Law in the News today an the Feature Pago, A-37. ON EMIASSY ROW-That famed and beautiful trie, the Cushing sisters, here the spotlight again. And tw« doctor-diplomats arrived in town this i week. Far a rundown on social mat ! ten, see the Diplomatically Speaking column today oa page l-S. Guide for Readers Amusem’ts A-26-27 Feature Page A-37 lusiness and Last, Found . A 3 Finance 1-26-27 Obituary A-24 Classified C-6-13 Rodio-TV A-38 3? 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