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WCATHIR FORECAST
Generally fair, windy and becoming
colder tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight
near 28. (Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperature* Today
Midnight 29 6 a.m 36 11 a.m 47
2 a.m—3o 8 a.m 37 Noon 49
4am.. 33 10 a.m 42 1 p.m 56
104th Year. No. 366.
15 Die in Crash
Os U. S. Plane
In Saudi Arabia
27 Others Scramble
To Safety From
AF. Constellation
BAHREIN, Dec, 31 (A*).—Fif
teen persons were killed when a
United States Air Force Constel
lation crashed on Saudi Arabia's
Dhahran airfield in a heavy mid
night fog last night, the Air
Force reported here today.
The plane was one of three
Constellation which arrived at
Dhahran after an 11-hour flight
from Tripoli, Libya. The other
two flew on to land at Muhrraq
Airport, Bahrein.
The crashed plane was re
ported to have hit sand in the
bad visibility 1,000 yards short of
the runway and burst into
flames. Fifteen were killed out
right or burned to death.
Twenty-seven otjier persons who
Were aboard scrambled to safety.
'Other figures were issued
by Air Force authorities in
the United States. A spokes
man at McGuire Air Force
Base, N. J., where the plane
* touched down on a regular
Military Air Transportation
Service flight to Saudi Arabia,
aaid 11 weie killed and 26 in
jured. The Charleston Air
Force Base, S. C., the plane's
home field, reported three
known dead and 12 missing.
The plane was MATS Trip
655 which left Charleston at
6 p.m. Wednesday.)
Dhahran is equipped with a
ground-controlled approach sys
tem but the equipment was not
operating at the time of the
crash.
A Bahrein airline executive
who visited the scene of the
crash described the plane as "a
complete writeoff.''
Eight in Plane Crew
Survive, Four Missing
CHARLESTON. S. C.. Dec. 31
(A 3 ). —The Charleston Air Force
Base today identified four miss
ing and eight survivors in last
night's crash of an Air Force
C-121C Super Constellation at
Dh°ran. Saudi Arabia.
Forty-one persons were aboard. 1
The air has'' said there were 26 !
patients in the Dharan hospital,
three persons were dead on ar- 1
rival at th« hospital and 12 1
oth«s were listed as missing. 1
Surviving crew members were
listed as: 1
Ist Lt. Robert S. Wearley, co
pilot, Charleston Heights.
Ist Lt. Peter Goch, navigator. :
Jersey City. N. J.
Ist Lt. Thomas W Heenan.
navigator. Olen-Ellvn. 111.
2d Lt. Robert L, Saviors, navi- 1
Ninetv-S'x. S. C.
S Sergt. Robert D Proctor. ■
flieM atfendant. Charleston. 1
P Sergt. Robpif j Sanders. 1
flight attendant. Charleston.
IV ttr Ai-mon 0 P rrio-p—pp \ '
Hogan. fli-ht attendant. Stam
fc**tt, c •
Lt. Col. Ali A Rafat. Teheran, ,
Iran, an Iranian officer observ
ing Military Air Transport Serv- !
ice operations from the Charles- ,
ton base.
The base listed these four/
crewmen as missing:
Mai. Clyde Ellis, the pilot: Ist
Lt. Laveme W Alitz. copilot:
M Sergt Frank Lorch and Sergt
Frank A. Rodeers ni. All are ’
married and their wives live in
the Charleston area. 1
No names of passengers were <
immediately available, the base j
aaid. Communications difficul
ties hampered the gathering of ,
full details. An investigation <
t»am was to take off this after- ,
noon for Dharan on the Persian ]
Gulf. Bahrein is an island near- j
by and is an independent Arab <
Sheikdom under British protec
tion.
United Airliner Claims \
, Chicago Run Record f
United Air Lines claimed a 1
new airliner speed record today (
from Chicago ■ to Washington.
Capt. Wallace Oehlaar put his 1
DC-7 down at National Airport ’
an hour and 23 minutes after
taking off from Midway Airport
Favorable winds enabled the I
-pilot, who lives in a Chicago
suburb, to clip six minutes from 1
the old record The flight's
sohedulrd time is 2 hours and 5
minutes Capt Gehlaar * air- i
plane had 34 passengers and a
crew of five His top speed was
565 miles an hour.
Tito Plans Hunt
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year hunting wild mountain J
goat in the snow-covered Slo-;
vrnlfn Mountains.
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CATHEDRAL DESTROYED—St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Hartford, Conn., was
destroyed today when a fire mushroomed through the historic church. It was
the second Catholic church hit by fire in Hartford in two days.—AP Photo.
2d Church Fire
Hits Hartford
Catholic Cathedral
Destroyed by Blaze
Hartford, conn.. Dec. 3i
(A 3 ) —Fire destroyed the huge
Si. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Cathedral here today only 31
hours after a blaze of undeter
mined origin had wrecked an
other Catholic Church. St. Pat
ricks, i.i downtown Hartford.
The two churches are a little
more than a mile apart.
City officials, saying that the
circumstance of two church fires
in so short a space of time war
ranted the move, ordered around
the-clock police protection for
every church and synagogue in
the city.
Fire Marshal George Kennedy
seid yesterday that arson is one
of the possibilities under consid
eration m the St. Patrick's fire,
which caused more than $250,-
000 damage.
People Questioned
Soon after the cathedral fire
was discovered at 7:30 a.m. to
day, scores of detectives began
questioning all available persons
in the area, asking if they had
seer, anything suspicious.
About 100 persons were in St.
Joseph's for 7 aan. mass when
a faint haze of smoke seeping
into the sanctuary gave warning
that there was a fire. All got out
without difficulty.
No one was in St. Patrick's
when a policeman discovered the
fire there about 12:30 a.m. yes
terday.
St. Joseph’s is the worship cen
ter for the Hartford Roman
Catholic Archdiocese, comprising
the States of Connecticut and
Rhode Island and including the
Diocese of Norw ich and the Dio
cese of Bridgeport.
Spreads Across Roof
Firemen pronounced the cathe
dral destroyed soon after 11 a.m.
when fire broke through the apse,
a high point at the rear of the
structure, and spread rapidly
across the roof.
Firemen said then that noth
ing could prevent complete
wrecking of the Interior cf the
See CATHEDRAL. Page A-2
Here's How to Start '57 :
Alive and Unbandaged
Bv HAL BOYLE
Atiocmtrd Pr«t» *t»S Wrurr
NEW YORK Dec 31—To
most of America s 169 million
people the greatest Cinderella
second of the year is that tremn
ulous moment at midnight on
New Year s Eve.
But the problem Is less how
to enjoy New Year's Eve than to
survive it
Our intricate civilization has
brought to this brief pinnacle of
mass pleasure the danger of
mass murder It has become a
task to see the New Yea* out
with fun—and yet be sure one
has done nothing to keep one s
self or one s friend* from start
ing the New Year alive and un
bandaged.
Here are a few tip* on how to
get the most enjoyment mileage
out of New Year s Ere with the
least possible regret:
1 Remember, first of all. that
we create most of our sorrow*
bv pressing too hard for impos
sible joys
2 Don't mix drink* of tr»pe
and gram and distilled apples
and potatoes
3 Dont sen* any guest an’
sf)e fEtomitia Jffef
Snow Forecast Canceled,
Clear New Year Eve Due
Night Spots Prepare for Overflow;
Murray Orders Extra Hours for Police
Nostalgia and Regret vs. Hope and Determination will have
clear and frosty weather for their annual clash at midnight
tonight. •
The New Year will come in fair, windy and colder, the Weather
Bureau said, withdrawing an earlier prediction that Washington
might see a little holiday snow.
Merry Andrews heading home from tonight's parties can use
antifreeze. The mercury is ex
pected to get down to 28 in the ;
New Year’s first hours. i
The high reading tomorrow
is forecast around 35, and to
morrow night's low should be
near 22, the Weather Bureau
said.
25-Degree Low Yesterday
The second long week end in
a row found the city already
shivering in one of the coldest
snaps of the winter. The lowest
reading yesterday was 25 degrees
at 9:15 p.m.
Today, with many workers
taking the day off to prepare for
the usual midnight celebration,
was to be mostly sunny.
The Weather Bureau said tem
peratures >will average about 3
degrees below normal tomorrow
through Saturday. Normals for
this period are a high of 44 and
a low of 29. Rain or snow is
predicted for Wednesday or
Thursday and again on Saturday.
Police, restaurants and night
clubs were expecting enough
revelry tonight to take any chill
off the evening.
Clubs Expect Overflow
Planning special spreads and
longer hours, along with special
prices, the night spots found
themselves with even more 1
reservations than they had ex-r
pected. Many, were making 1
plans to take care of an over
flow.
Metropolitan Police Chief
Robert V. Murray ordered his I
men on the 4 p.m.-to-midntght
shift to stay on until 2 a.m. |
and ordered his midnight-to
-8 a.m. crews to report one hour
early. Extra hour* were also
scheduled in county police i
forces. |
The city was comparatively i
quiet today. Holiday travelers i
r
alcoholic beverage until he has 2
first drunk a 12-ounce glass of a
cold water or milk to remove any d
t real thrist. f
i 4 If you have a midnight
i nightcap, immediately announce c
, you are going to entertain the J
remaining guests with card ♦
r tricks. This will sober up any j
crowd, and send them home a
early.
, 5. Insist at 12:01 am. that g
, everyone eat a plate of scram- c
- bled eggs and bacon and a cup d
| of hot soup, tea or coffee. ‘lf
any refuse, call the police and *
! say they're disturbing your j
■ oeace.'
8. If a guy ha* to fumble t
for his car keys, pour castor oU «
in hu drink, let the air out of r
, his Ures. or call the cop. r
It is always better to iqake
I s scene than to become a bloody t
mess Many of the holiday acci- l
; dent victims are wive*, children c
i or friends of a bottle-ambushed t
man of good will who is steer
ing a wheel when he can t steer ;
■ himself. They die or are crippled t
i because they are aocia) cowards i
who lark the courage to say 4
i'“DO" when they should. j
WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1956-26 PAGES
planning to celebrate the coming
of the New Year with loved ones
in other towns had already left
the city. The big crush of re
turning residents will not be felt
until tomorrow afternoon or
later.
Thousands Take Day Off
While today was not an official
holiday foi Government workers,
thousands of them were taking
advantage of liberal leave ar
rangements. At the Government
Printing Office, however, the
work has been re-arranged to
give everybody today off and
make Saturday a working day
instead.
Tomorrow is a holiday almost
everywhere.
j While mainly clear skies were
smiling over Washington, most
of the Middle ond North Atlan
tic Coast States were facing
snow. Portions of New England
were already immobilized by
heavy snowfalls.
A storm originating in Canada
spread a blanket of snow oyer
most of the Great Lakes area
and eastward into Pennsylvania,
New York and New England.
Buffalo. N. Y.. had 10 inches,
while Grand Marais. Mich., was
covered with 22 inches of snow.
Traffic Deaths
Now Total 225
Bv the Afisoeiftted Pr*M *
The national death toll from
traffic accidents this New Year's
holiday continued to rise today,
but at a rate much slower than
the record-shattering Christmas
week end.
At noon 'ESTi with the 102-
hour holiday period more than
Leg es Accident!, Page A-2
half completed, traffic deaths
had mounted to 225. There were
25 death* resulting from fires
and 37 from miscellaneous acci
dents for an overall total 0f'287
fatalities.
The Washington area counted
only one person killed in traffic,
Mrs. Roberta Clatterbuck. 44.
wa* killed in a two-car crash
yesterday at Virginia Avenue
and South Capitol street.
The accident count began at
8 P.M. 'local timei Friday and
continues until midnight Tues
day
The carnage on the nation's
highways during the Christmas
holiday—also a four-day period
—left 706 person* dead The
total cost in lives from all
accidents reached 884. also a
record. Fires killed 54 of the 178
non-traffic victims.
Ned H Dearborn, president of
the National Safety Council, said
late last night he noted “an
ominous trend in the traffic
toll ”
Tha council predicted that 490
persons mould die on the high
ways during the long New Year
week end The record toll is
407. wt m the four-day 1952-53
ffew Year period.
Jan. 31 Desegregation
Ordered for Arlington
I
School Board
Arranges for
Hasty Session
By MART LOU WERNER
An emergency conference of
the Arlington School Board was
being arranged today after the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
told the county to go ahead with
desegregation in its public
schools.
The three-judge court upheld
decrees in the Arlington and
Charlottesville cases, directing
both to proceed with desegtega
tion as instructed by the lower
courts.
The ruling puts school officials
of the two jurisdictions on the;
horns of a dilemma. Should
they follow the court’s orders
in the face of new State laws
to preserve segregation, or defy
the court and let the State fight
it out with the Federal Gov
ernment?
Have Assignment Power
For the time being, the locali
ities still have authority to make
their own pupil assignments.
The new State pupil placement
board set up under new State
legislation decided to let the lo
calities retain pupil assignment
powers until the State board gets
i organized.
Once the State board began
functioning, however, all assign
ments are supposed to be made
by it.
Virginia’s pupil placement leg
islation makes no mention of as
signing pupils on the basis of;
race. Other legislation, however,
would permit the Governor to
take over any school in an emer
gency and close it if he sees fit,
and deny school funds to any lo
cality where schools become inte
grated.
The Arlington School Board
last winter announced tentative
integration plans. The school
board claimed they were in line
with the so-called Gray pro
gram, most of which subse
quently was scrapped in favor
iof Gov. Stanley's anti-integra
tion program.
The tentative integration
announcement touched off a
wave of reaction from pro-segre
gation Virginia legislators, and
Arlington's right to elect school
board members was taken away
by the General Assembly.
Figures Are 11,702 to 48
The tentative Arlington inte
gration plan would have mixed
48 Negro students with 11,702
white students in elementary
classes.
The Charlottesville school
board has made no public state
ments about what effect de
segregation might have on its
schools, but privately school
board members have discussed
student achievement levels.
Charlottesville has 4,500 stu- ,
dents, of which 23 per cent are
Negroes. Under an assignment
plan based on achievement, how
ever, school officials believe only
a few Negro students would
qualify to attend white schools.
Generally, Negro students in
Charlottesville are about four |
grade levels behind white stu
dents by the time they reach
the seventh grade.
Chairman L. Clark Keating
of the Arlington School Board
declined to speculate on any
aspect of the court decision,
pending the emergency con
ference. |
Practical Test Likely
Today's court decision is likely 1
to result in the first practical 1
test of Virginia's pupil placement'
laws in either Arlington or Char
lottesville. Here is how it is apt
to work: ,
A Negro student will make ap-,
See ARLINGTON, Page A-2 I
Champ Liar of '56 Tells
Why Hogs Couldn't Sleep
BURLINGTON Wis.. Dec. 31
UP*— An "earthy” story of hogs
doomed to death by sticky soil
won Albert B Hopkins of Madi
son. Wls., the title of world
champion liar of 1956 today
The Burlington Liars' Club se
lected Mr. Hopkins' tale of hogs'
tails from a collection of varied
fabrications.
Mr. Hopkins, a 49-year-old
electroplater, won the club's
"gold plated, diamond studded '
medal for relating:
“Out in South Dakota they
have a clay-like soil they call
gumbo The gumbo road* are
smooth and hard as glass when
dry. but when wet the gumbo
balls up under the fenders until
it lock* the wheel* on a car.
"Last year, during a wet spell
a farmer's hog* got 4 little ball
of gumbo on their tails As they
walked around, it got bigger and
bigger until the weight of it
pulled their skin back so tight
they couldn't get their eyes shut
—and they died from lack of
sleep ” t
Mr. Hopkins thus became the
first Wisconsin resident u» 24
year* to win the annus! lying
championship and Bring tna
medal Back to tu home State.
I ' ;
Balanced Budget Hope
Expressed at Parley
President Tells G. O. P. Leaders of Aim
If Rev.enues Maintain Same Level
By GARNETT D. HORNER
Republican congressional leaders were told at the Whit?
j House today that the administration expects to maintain a
i balanced budget if there is no loss in existing revenues.
President Eisenhower presided at a conference of G. O. P.
Senate and House leaders at which he and key administration
[ officials outlined many of the domestic programs he will submit
| for action by the new Congress
1 convening Thursday. i
During a luncheon break in 1
the day-long conference. White 1
. House Press Secretary James C.
! Hagerty told newsmen that Sec- i
! retary of the JTreasury Hum- :
. phrey and Budget Director Per- i
j cival Brundage reported pros- (
, pects for keeping the budget ]
balanced.
“Both the Secretary and the
Director,” Mr. Hagerty said, “ex- :
pressed the belief that continu- :
ing economies in the operation
■ of the Government, coupled with
'no loss in existing revenues j
would result in a continuation
-of a balanced budget.” i
Counting on Tax Renewal
I
Mr. Hagerty made it cleai ■
1 that the administration is count- i
ing on renewal of existing cor-j'
poration and excise tax rates,/
due to drop April 1 unless ex
tended, to maintain Federal 1
revenue at the level needed to 1
keep the budget In balance for *
the current fiscal year as well
as the 1958 fiscal year starting
next July 1.- '
Mr. Hagerty also disclosed 1
that Atomic Energy Commission '
Chairman Lewis Strauss dis- i
cussed with the G. O. P. leaders 1
proposals for new legislation to
Revived Atlas Club Case
Continued Once Again
The on-again, off-again Atlas
Club case, revived after being
dropped earlier this month for
lack of prosecution, returned to
Municipal Court today and once
again was continued.
Defense Counsel Charles E,.
Fora won a continuance to Janu
ary 17. He said he needed the
time to file motions “to meet this
holy crusade carried on by a cap
tain of <the police department.”
Seven men were arrested Feb
ruaiy 17 in a raid on club
at 1349 E street N.W. Capt.
John Layton, who led the raid,
was the officer referred to today,
the lawyer said later. -
I U. S. Protests Statement
Assistant United States Attor
ney William Dougherty protested
Mr. Ford's statement.
‘Your Honor very well knows.”
the prosecutor told Chief Judge
Leonard P. Walsh, "that pros
ecutions in the District of Co
lumbia are brought by the
United States attorney and not
by any police captain.”
Mr. Ford retorted that "it has
to sffirt somewhere.”
Three of the seven defendants
were in court this morning. All
seven are under charges of being
present in an illegal establish
ment.
The same raid resulted in
gambling charges against nine
men. Their case, in District
Court, has been continued five
times and is now set for trial on
January 14.
Total of 6 Continuance*
The Municipal Court case
against the seven men was first
continued February 20. to grant
them a jury trial. Today's con
Informed of his victory, he
Mid. "People have told me I was
a liar, but I didn't think I was
that good."
He said he sot the idea for
his winning tale 20 years ago
while living at Winner. S Dak.
Mr Hopkins succeeded Claude
Yerkes of Kallspell, Mont.,
winner of the 1955 champion
ship for his fib of a sheepherder
who hung a 100-pound sack of
flour on nails outside his trailer
only to discover that fierce
wind* blew the sack away and
left the flour hanging on the
nails.
Honorable mention in the
1950 contest went to W. W.
Pollock. Hohenwald. Tenn: O
A Compton, Bradenton. Fla.
and Ray C. Burmeitser Ke
waunee. Wi»
Mr Pollack declared he was
bird hunting last winter when
his dog made.a point in the
yard of a nearby nome. al
though he waa unab.e to dis
cover any birds. The occupant
of the house cleared the situa
tion when he Mid he had
dreamed the previous Bight of
a big convey of quail "right
where that dog is stand.rg and
re snore got am pointed."
Metropolitan
Edition
New York Markets, Page A-13
Home Delivered: 9**ll SP d * ur ><!*L so Month, si as
Ni«ht Final and Sunday *2.00
expand domestic development of
atomic energy for peaceful pur
poses.
The legislative proposals in
clude authorizing Government
indemnities for what Mr. Strauss
called "third party liability in
connection with the atomic
power program in this Country.”
The aim would be to insure pri
vate developers of atomic power
against heavy liability damages
in cas* of accidents.
Foreign Affairs Tomorrow
The big foreign affairs issues—
such as standby authority to use
United States troops in the Mid
dle East, foreign aid and help for
Hungarian refugees were pri
marily reserved for tomorrow.
That’s when Democratic con
gressional leaders are invited
with the Republicans to a White
House oriefing.
Mr. Eisenhower returned to
Washington late yesterday for
for the conferences after a week
end of relaxation at the Augusta
<Ga.) National Golf Club.
Invited to review a preliminary
draft of his State-of-the-Union
message today were Senator
Knowland 'California*, the Sen
ate Republican leader: Chairman
Bridges (New Hampshire) of the
Continued on Page A-2, Col. 1
tinuance makes six more, five
of them at defense request.
Judge Thomas Scalley dis
missed the case two weeks ago
today. He later explained the
United States attorney’s office
could issue new informations and
start the case all over again
because the defendants had not
been placed in jeopardy. This
the prosecution has done.
Sam Wilner and Thomas A.
Reynolds, free on S3OO bond
each, reported to Municipal
Court today. Bernard J. Kern
surrendered himself there and
was freed on his personal bond
The four other defendants wore '
not in the courtroom. They are
Samuel Block. William Scheer. i
Joseph S. Stern and Maurice T. ,
Roche.
The Government has announc
ed it will not ask for any further j
continuances in the raid cases j
in either court.
There have been various re- j
porta on what happened the day |
Judge Scalley dismissed the case ,
It is agreed the Government did |
not have its witnesses m court ,
There seems to have been a ,
breakdown in communications |
and police officials did not get
the word their witnesses were
supposed to be on hand.
jl
Tax Goes Up
Tomorrow on :
Social Security :
Social security taxes go up to- '
morrow—to aflect some 69 5 mil
lion persons during 1957.
They also will begin to apply '
for the first time to members of
the armed services.
The rate for covered workers
and their employer* will rise
from 2 per cent on each to 2'« 1
per cent on each, or from a total
of 4 per cent to 4 5 per cent. This
is estimated to apply to about 63
million persons over the course
of the year 1957
For about 6 5 million self-em
ployed persons covered by old
age and survivors insurance the
rate goes up from 3 per cent to
3 1 * per cent.
The taxes apply on the first
$4,200 of annual income
The 1956 changes passed by
Congress provide disability cash
benefit* at age 50 for qualified
workers; for cash benefit* to
women at age 62 for the first
time for benefits to disabled
children or qualified retired or
deceased workers, and extended
‘octal security coverage to mem
bers of the armed service*
U. S. Employes Reduced
By 1,830 in November
Vv the Au«r|«Uf} Pr#M 1
A net decline of 1.830 Federal 1
employes during November was
reported today despite increased *
hiring by civilian agencies
The report was issued by Sen
ator Byrd. Democrat of Virginia,
as chairman of the Joint Com- 1
mittee on Reduction of Nones- .
sential Federal Expenditures He
listed the total Federal civilian,
payroll at the end of November
at 2,394.333 persona.
5 CENTS
Appeals Court
Backs Pupil
Assignment
RICHMOND. Dec.3l (Special).
—The Fourth Circuit Court of
1 Appeal? today upheld lower court
» decisions directing Arlington
i County and the city of Char
lottesville to desegregate their
public schools.
i The ruling means Arlington is
. under orders to desegregate its
! elementary schools by January
. 31 and its junior and senior high
[ schools by next September 1.
Charlottesville is directed to pro
ceed with desegregation imme
■ diately. The latter case, how
t ever, could be further stayed by
5 and appeal to the United States
i Supreme Court.
\ Today’s decision, written by
Chief Judge John J. Parker, was
‘ concurred in by the two other
. judges. Morris Soper and Simon
5 Sobeloff.
Upheld were the opinions of
Federal Judge Albert V. Bryan In
• the Arlington case and Federal
; Judge John Paul in the Char
■ lottesville case.
Integration Not Ordered
Like the lower court decrees,
• the appeals court opinion does
1 not direct the two communities
>to integrate their schools. The
appellate court also hinted
, broadly that 4 pupil assignment
. program anight meet the Su
. preme Court segregation deci
‘ sion. as long as pupils are not
denied admission to schools on
. the basis of race.
“The decrees here (in the Ar
. lington and Charlottes villa
cases i are not harsh or unrea
’ sonable but merely require that
| the law be observed and dis
-1 crimination on the ground of
race be eliminated,” wrote John
Parker.
No attempt was made to pass
i on the constitutionality of Vir
ginia’s new anti-integration pro
gram. Judge Parker noted that
Virginia's pupil placement law
and other legislation had not
become effective at the time the
• Arlington and Charlottesville
cases were decided
’ Way Clear for Norfolk Decision
! This apparently leaves the
! way clear for Judge Walter
I Hoffman of the Federal District
, Court, to p?ss on Virginia's new
school segregation laws in Nor
; folk and Newport News cases.
When the Norfolk and Newport
News cases were argued. Judge
I Hoffman commented that he
[ would not pass on legality of
| Virginia's new segregation laws
lif the appeals court reversed
the Arlington and Charlottes-
I ville cases.
Today's appellate decision
, dwelt at length on language of
Judge Bryan's ruling in the Ar
lington case:
“The Arlington decree express
ly states that local rules as to
1 assignment to classes so long as
such rules are not based on race
or color are to be observed, and
that administrative remedies for
admission to schools must be ex
hausted before application la
made to the court for relief on
the ground that its Injunction
Is being violated.
“Eminently Reasonable"
“While the Charlottesville de
cree does not contain this ex
press provision, the provision is
so eminently reasonable that we
may safely assume tha* enforce
ment of that decree will not pro
ceed upon different principle*
As much was Indicated by the
judge 'Judge Pauli in his re
marks denying the motion to
dismiss "
Judge Bryan's original decree
had set the timing of Arlington
desegregation for the end of next
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