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THE WEATHER: Bunny and rather windy, high about 43 thla aternoon. Tonight fair and cold, low near 24. Sunny and rather cold tomorrow. Temperature* Today Midnight 40 6 a m... 38 ll a m—4o 2am 38 Bam 37 Moon 40 4t.m...-39 10 am..-. 39 1 pm —40 107th Year. No. 37. Berlin Policy Gels Support Os De Gaulle German Unity Also Topic in Talk With Dulles By CROSBY S. NOYES Xuropeui Correspondent of The Bter PARIS. Feb. 6.—Secretary of Btate Dulles' meeting today with President de Gaulle fol lowed the pattern already es tablished in London. At the conclusion of an hour and a half discussion devoted largely to the problems of Ber lin and German reunification, official spokesmen for both sides spoke of “complete agreement” on the first item and a useful exchange of views on the second. As in Mr. Dulles’ talk with British leaders in London, no at tempt was made to reach agree ment on any particular reuni fication plan. Once again the talks were described as gener ally exploratory in purpose, involving a free exchange of ideas and suggestions. In contrast, on the question of Berlin the official spokes men were far more explicit. Gen. de Gaulle and Secretary Dulles were in very definite agreement it was said that conditions laid down at the last meeting of the North At lantic Treaty Organization should be retained. Access routes to Berlin must be kept open under any conditions and no substitution of Russian re sponsibility by the East Ger man government would be ac cepted. Election Views Unchanged On the question of exactly what new ideas on German reunification were discussed, there was no definite informa tion. The French spokesman said later there had been no change in the French govern ment’s View that free elections are an essential part of any re unification process. "Or.e tan perhaps envisage new approaches” a spokesman added, “but the basis remains Jhe same.” New ideas discussed at the I meeting, the spokesman said, i“will be examined in coming weeks.” i In a meeting Mr. Dulles had Iwith Flench Foreign Minister Kouve de Murville before the Hpion with Gen. de Gaulle, He forthcoming trip to Mos- Hw of British Prime Minister Hacmillan was brought up. the French reaction to the trip has been somewhat cool and generally ascribed to domestic political consideration in Britian the subject appar ently was not in detail with Gen. de Gaulle. Dulles to See Spaak Later today Mr. Dulles was to meet with NATO, Secretary l General Paul Henri Spaak. He "leaves for Bonn tomorrow morning for final round of talks with West German Chan cellor Adenauer. As the Dulles trip progresses, it is becoming clearer that the London and Paris stops have been in the nature of a warmup for the big show. The main See DULLES, Page A-4 Police Are Sent To Red Embassy By Bomb Scare Two bomb experts were rushed into servce about noon today when an unidentified man tossed a briefcase into the ves tibule of the Russian Embassy. 1125 Sixteenth street N.W. A preliminary examination disclosed the contents to be nothing more than “books and papers.” An employ of the Embassy saw the incident and officials called police, while the employe gingerly lifted the case out to the sidewalk, where police picked it up. I ACT NOW! :'o*oh«.\ \ TO PLACE YOUR WEEK-END WANT ADS In. the -Big STAR CLASSIFIED The deadline tonight for want ads to be published in the Saturday or Sunday Star is 10 o'clock by tele phone or 9 o'clock at the business counter in The Star lobby. CALL STERLING 3-5000 Mie famine Jfe V J y WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Phon. ST. 3-5000 *★ WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1959-64 PAGES mU wM mV ' m H I ■ jm h a if. . A HHHH|kI -M v Bw jUj WARM GREETlNGS—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville exchange greetings at Orly Field in Paris yesterday.—AP Wirephoto via radio. Recording of Red Pilots In Attack Stirs Senators Lawmakers Demand Defense Step-Up, Voice Shock at Downing of U. S. Plane By vhe Associated Press The gruff, terrifying words “the target Is burning ... 1 will finish him off, boys” echoed on Capitol Hill today with shocked demands for stepped-up defense programs. The words, the Sta,te Department says, were those of Rus sian jet pilots shooting down an unarmed United States transport plane. At least six—possibly 17—American airmen died in the fiery crash last September 2 of the unarmed C-130 trans port near the border between Turkey and Soviet Armenia. The plane admittedly had wandered across the border and over Russian territory, but the State Department ex pressed a suspicion the crew mfty have been misled by So viet radio signals. State Department officials yesterday disclosed they have a graphic recording of harsh, barking voices they said were those of Soviet pilots sending the plane into its death plunge. An English translation was made public. The department said the re cording was absolutely authen ! tic, but would not say where it I came from. I Mikoyan on Spot The recording appeared to have caught Deputy Soviet Pre jnner Anastas I. Mikoyan in an j uncomfortable spot. He brushed off several inquiries about the plane on his recent visit here and treated it as a routine crash. The Russians turned over the bodies of six crewmen a short j time after the crash, but have consistently denied any knowl edge of the 11 other airmen j aboard the plane. As two of the plane’s uniden i titled victims were buried today with military honors in Arling ton National Cemetery, two members of the Senate Armed < Humphrey'FairyTales'l Hit by Khrushchev MOSCOW. Feb. 6 (AP).— Nikita S. Khrushchev says he considers his recent Moscow guest, United States 1 Senator Hubert Humphrey, a peddler of fairy tales. He called Sena tor Humphrey a fabricator. Mr. Khrushchev, speaking to the 21st Soviet Communist Party Congress yesterday, said the Yugoslav Communist Party, accused of deviating from the Moscow line, was trying to drum up stories about differ ences between Red China and the Kremlin. He said the Yu goslavs, to substantiate these stories, used the Minnesota Democrat as a "substantial witness.” “You will remember that this Senator recently visited the Soviet Union and I had a talk with him.” Mr. Khru shchev said. "In the expectation of a noisy sensation. Humphrey, in his speeches and articles, told fairy tales—three bags full of them—such as the story that he had brought a special, message from the Soviet gov ernment to President Eisen hower—of course no such mes sage existed at all—and that I had confided two important I secrets to him. "Indeed. I could find a better partner to share secrets with than Mr. Humphrey! "Senator Humphrey's wild imagination ran riot when he began to make up his inven tions about the relations be tween the Soviet Union and the Chinese People’s Republic. In this he even exceeded the well known compiler of fabri cations, Baron Munchausen. "And now the Yugoslav re Services Committee renewed de mands for a speed-up in the defense program. Senator Symington, Democrat of Missouri, said: ‘‘lt becomes more and more clear that some day we will have to stand against the growing Communist aggres sion. We will never put our defenses in a proper position to take that stand by tailoring our defense to a oalanced budget.” Weak Invite Attacks Senator Jackson. Democrat of Washington, said the attack was the outgrowth of “a weak ening defense posture on our part.” He added “a weakening defense posture invites such attacks. The weaker we become, the more adventuresome the Russians become.” Senator Russell. Democrat of Georgia, chairman of the Armed Services Committee, said the incident demonstrates that the cold war could flame into a nuclear holocaust. Senator Russell said the State Department recording will stir a feeling of revulsion through out the whole civilized world. “It should increase our aware ness of the need for an ade quate military defense in this country,” he added. He and other members of his committee agreed the in cident raises new obstacles to See ATTACK, Page A-4 visionists have taken this fab- ] ricator unto themselves as a , witness. The very idea that , I could have been in any way j confidential with a man who , himself boasts of his 20-year ] struggle against Communism , can only serve to raise a laugh. “Anybody who has the slightest knowledge of politics, not to speak of a knowledge ■ of Marxism-Leninism, will un derstand how unthinkable a confidential talk with Hum phrey would be on questions of the policy of Communist i parties, on our relations with < our best friends, the leading people in the Communist Party of China. “Evidently, matters are going i so badly with the Yugoslav re visionists that they are picking up all sorts of ridiculous inven- : tions. This reminds of the way : newspaper peddlers sold their ' gutter papers in Tsarist Russia. < The newspaper seller would < come running along shouting: Extraordinary occurence!! [Woman gives birth to a girl ■ ‘with whiskers!” "And the inexperienced read- I er, of course, would grab the newspaper and look for the re- i port of that event and not find ! 1 anything of the sort. But the 1 newspaper peddler had sold his 1 paper and he had done his 1 job “It seems to me Senator Humphrey and the Yugoslavs have something in common with the salesmen of the yellow press." Senator Humphrey had an 8-hour interview with Mr. Khrushchev in November. On his return to the United States he talked with President Eisen hower. Voter Rights Asked in Suit U. S. Brings Action In Alabama Court By HOWARD L. DUTKIN Star Staff Writer The Justice Department to day filed a civil injunction suit in Montgomery, Ala., to ban alleged discriminatory prac tices against Negroes attempt ing to register to vote in Macon County. The suit was the second filed by the department under the 1957 Civil Rights Act. The act empowers the Government to initiate court action in cases of alleged deprivation of voting rights. No Separate Facilities Terrell County. Ga., was the! site of the first action brought, by the Government under the, voting rights provision. Trial of that complaint is pending. Today’s suit, for the first time, asks that segregated ! facilities for registering be banned as discriminatory. Other alleged practices the | Montgomery Federal District | Court was asked to prohibit were: 1. Refusal of the board of 1 registrars to convene, thus . hampering would-be Negro registrants. 1 2. Use of different procedures ■ for registering Negro applicants | from those used for whites. 3. Refusal, for racial reasons, to register qualified Negroes. ; 4. of more stringent standards to Negro 1 registration applicants. Registrars Named Named as defendants in the ’ injunction suit are the Macon , County Board of Registrars and 1 two individual registrars, Grady Rogers and E. P. Livingston. 1 The latter two resigned their : offices last December when the Civil Rights Commission was conducting an investigation of voting rights violations. Today's suit said that “under: applicable law . . . they are required to continue to perform duties ... as registrars until j their successors are appointed and have qualified.” In the suit, the Government named 20 Negroes—l 2 of them college graduates and the re-- mainder having finished high! school—as having been de-! prived unconstitutionally of the! right to register, because of race. Registrations Cited Macon County is the site of Tuskegee Institute. The com plaint stated that 3,016 white persons are registered to vote out of about 3.100 of voting age. for an approximate regis tration of 97 per cent. On the other hand, it said, only 1,110 Negroes are registered out of about 14,000 of voting age, for a registration total of 8 per cent. The Civil Rights Commis-1 sion, during its investigation, first was refused access to Macon County voting records but later obtained the neces sary information through a court order. According to a commission spokesman, white applicants have the use of a large grand jiury room in the county court house for registration purposes. He said Negroes are ushered into a much smaller room only two at a time. Thus, he said, a much longer period is re quired to register Negro appli cants even if they are deemed to be qualified. Flies Over Traffic RIO DE JANEIRO. Feb. 6 fAP>. President Juscelino Kubitschek is getting a heli copter so he can overpass Rio’s heavy traffic. A heliport is being built on the roof of the, presidential palace. Johnson Acts to Cut Party's Airport Bill Trip to Russia Not Ruled Out By President Visit Is Possible In Future if It Aids World Peace THOMASVILLE, Ga., Feb. 6 (AP).—The White House said today President Eisenhower would consider visiting Russia if future developments indicate it would serve the cause of peace. Presidential Press Secretary James C. Hagerty made the statement in commenting on Soviet Premier Nikita Khru shchev's invitation to Mr. Eisenhower yesterday to come to Russia. But Mr. Hagerty stressed that Mr. Eisenhower has no present plans to go to the Soviet Union. The press secretary yesterday declined comment on the Khrushchev invitation, ex tended informally in a speech i iciiQcQ in a bpcpcrr by the Kremlin leader at the Moscow 21st Congress of the (Communist Party. But today Mr. Hagerty vol unteered this statement at Mr. Eisenhower’s vacation head j quarters: “Premier Khrushchev's invi tation to President Eisenhower i to visit the Soviet Union oc curred in a lengthy speech which contained very hostile references to United States (leaders. j It Seems Strange I “It seems strange that Pre mier Khrushchev, if he really welcomes a visit by the Presi dent, would extend it in such i circumstances. ! "The President had no pres ent plans to make such a visit— ip fact, he hasn’t received any i invitation except through the reports of an-off-hand invita- tion extended in a political speech. "Ever since he has been in office. President Eisenhower has always made it clear that he was willing to go anywhere in the world if. by so doing, such a visit would serve the cause of ; peace. "Should future developments suggest that a visit to the So viet Union or anywhere else would serve to advance this cause, then it certainly would 1 be considered.” j Reverses Position ! The fact the White House reversed its no-comment posi tion yesterday makes it clear , tiie President wants to avoid any impression of flatly brush ! ing aside the Khrushchev over ture, even though it may have , been made for purely propa ganda purposes. Mr. Hagerty's statement also . made it clear that any accept ance by Mr. Eisenhower would ; depend on future developments. , In extending his invitation, . Mr. Khrushchev said Mr. ! Eisenhower would be “met with | sincere hospitality both by our government and the Soviet ' 1 people.” ! L . ’I White Student Asks Transfer in Arlington By SAM EASTMAN ] Star Staff Writer j A white student at Arling ton’s integrated Stratford Jun- : : ior High School is the first in i Virginia to ask for transfer to a 1 segregated school. The request is the first based j on objections to attending ] College Teachers lock Virginia’s Free , i Schools. Page 1-2, 1 school with Negro children to be received in either Arlington or , [Norfolk, the only two localitiesj, jin Virginia where integration ‘ > [has taken place. ■■ Some students have boy- < cotted the integrated classes i but none had asked for reas- i signment to an all-white ’ school. Arlington school officials j have discussed the transfer 1 plea with the State Pupil Place-; 1 ment Board's local represen- ; tative and will confer with 1 school board attorneys Within 1 a few days. Howard Bovee, administra- 1 tive assistant to School Supt. 1 Ray E. Reid, said the request “is being handled with great' care” because the action taken * will set a precedent. * The Stratford student is a 1 13-year-old girl in the eighth j’ grade, who has not attended 1 classes since the four Negro < seventh graders were admitted to the school Monday. Her i father has filed a written re- I 'quest that she be assigned to i Swanson Junior High School, i because he objects to having McElroy Cites Critics' Lack of Responsibility Secretary Says U. S. Could Keep Pace With Soviet on Production of ICBMs By L. EDGAR PRINA Star Staff Writer ' Defense Secretary McElroy today hit back at critics who have been arguing that the United States is not doing enough to build up its military strength. “It’s no problem at all for a critic, particularly those with no responsibility—and many of these critics have no responsibility, for suggesting that more be done,’ ’he said. “You cannot be wrong if you say you should do 20 per ; cent more than any adminis tration budget calls for. This is open season and 1 expect it to happen every year that I am Secretary.” j Mr. McElroy made his sharp comment during questioning by ; the House Armed Services Committee. Much of the in terrogation of the Secretary. ' who was on the stand for the ' fifth straight day. had to do with the relative United States- Russian capabilities on inter ’ continental ballistic missiles. Other Needs Enumerated Asked by Representative Kitchin, Democrat of North Carolina, whether the Amer ican people would be w illing to spend money enough to guar antee America as many ICBMs as the Russians have, Mr. Mc jElroy replied: ' “I think the people are will ing to pay for an adequate security. But we need schools, roads, aid for underdeveloped countries and goods for an 'advancing standard of living. What we try to do in defense is to determine what you need and have enough cushion so you are not taking a chance.” The Secretary has told sev eral congressional committees that the Russians within the next cpuple of years could pro President's Rights Bill Faces Two-Edged Fight . The two extreme wings in : Congress on race questions to- < day were sharpening their i i knives for a whack at Presi- ' dent Eisenhower's 7-point civil 1 [rights bill. ji Members of the so-called l liberal bloc complained that 1 the program delivered to the : [Capitol yesterday lacks en forcement teeth. Southerners. J 1 generally, saw it as politically motivated and an unnecessary intrusion on States’ rights. Senator Douglas, Democrat of Illinois, who has offered a , far more stringent measure, ex- ] . pressed disappointment. While [ granting that the Eisenhower . program “represents a modest step forward,” he decried the .[fact that it did not call for i authority for the Attorney • General to initiate litigation in desegregation cases, i In the opposite camp, Sen- his daughter attend an inte-! grated school. School officials declined to reveal her name. Last month, the school board adopted a resolution stating that the admission of four Negro children “will not auto matically constitute a valid reason for transfer of stu- Sdents. A State law pro vides simply that no child shall be forced to attend an inte grated school. A major factor in the situa tion is the clouded legal status of the placement board, which 1 was established to handle racial student assignments. Because of court rulings, including the decision on the Arlington case, attorneys disagree as to the validity of the placement law . The emergency school plan adopted at the General Assem bly’s recent special session does >not specifically cover the Ar lington case. The State-wide compulsory attendance law was repealed and tuition grants were authorized for private schooling or for transfer to classrooms in another jurisdic tion. Mr. Bovee said today that if the placement act is operative, and if it is determined that the reassignment request is not an "administrative transfer." then the State board will make the decision. Supt. Reid said it "is not my desire to force anyone to at tend an integrated school, but at the same time we must follow an organized procedure. Other wise we will have bedlam ” Home Delivered: &g 5 CENTS duce more ICBMs than the United States plans to have operational. Today he told the House committee that the United States could produce as many of these long-range weapons as “we give the Russians credit for having capability to pro duce.” Won't Stand Still The Secretary assured the committee that “we are not deciding to put our feet in con crete for three or four years.” He added that America's mili tary position is reviewed month by month and that if there should be, for example, an un expected delay in the develop ment of the Polaris submarine based missile "we can-produce more Atlas ICBMs.” On another matter. Chair man Vinson told opponents of the administration’s plan to cut Marine Corps strength to 175,000 men that they can make a higher manpower level mandatory by legislation. The Georgia Democrat chided the critics for making discre tionary with the President as to whether the Marine Corps should be built up to a 200,000 man force. Last year Congress voted funds for such a force but did not make it mandatory. ator Russell. Democrat of Georgia, attacked the pro gram as political and said: I “I resent and reject all such legislation because of the implication that the people of I the South must be especial subjects of surveillance and regulation.” Highlight of the President’s j program was a proposal that violence or threats of violence [to obstruct court orders in j school desegregation cases be made a Federal offense carry ing a maximum penalty of two years’ imprisonment and $lO,- 000 fine. Other points in the program are: (1) Financial aid to State and local agencies to help the physical adjustment to school desegregation: <2 > laws to au thorize temporary provisions for the education of children of armed service personnel where schools are closed be cause of desegregation orders: } <3* a law to make it a Fed eral crime for a suspect to flee from one State to another to avoid prosecution for bombing or attempted bombing of schools or churches: (4) power for the Attorney General to in spect Federal election records ;in cases of suspected violation of voting rights: <5) establish ment of a statutory commis sion to oppose racial discrimi nation in employment by Gov ernment contractors: 16) two- See RIGHTS, Page A-4 2 Held in Plot To Steal Gold By the Associated Press The Secret Service today announced the arrest of two Salt Lake City men accused of taking part in a conspiracy [to steal gold from the Kenne cott Copper Co. and sell it on the black market. The arrests were made last night in Salt Lake City. The men were to be arraigned in Federal Court there today on charges of acquiring and hold ing gold without authority. - Secret Service headquarters here said about $2,100 in stolen gold was seized from a Salt Lake City assayer. A spokesman said the inves tigation is continuing. He in dicated there might be more arrests. Kennecott disclosed several months ago that investigation showed a shortage in its gold inventory. The amount has never been disclosed. Those arrested were identi fied as James Maughan. 37. an employe of the Pioneer Realty Co.. Salt Lake City, and Thomas M. Montgomery, 29, a ! Kennecott employe. Metropolitan Edition New York Markets, Poge A-15 Compromise Sought With White House By J. A. O'LEARY Bt«r staff Writer Senate Majority Leader , Johnson of Texas today moved ito compromise with the ad ; mlnistratio non Federal-aid-to airports spending, as he did yesterday on the Democratic housing bill. Before the airport debate itarted this morning, the Texan offered to change the jMonroney bill from $565 mil * lion for five years $465 for | four years. I In the housing bill, the Dem ocrats cut the six-year pro | gram from $2.9 billion to $2,675 billion, and then passed jit, 60 to 28. Housing Up $1 Billion There is one difference in Senator Johnson’s approach to the two bills. On housing* he went along with President Ei senhower’s desire to hold down next year’s spending without •sacrificing Democratic goals on i the long-range urban renewal and public housing programs. For this reason, the housing bill is still $1 billion above the President’s figure for six years. In the airport bill. Senator Johnson has shortened the long-range objective without reducing the SIOO million that will be spent in each of the next four years. The Monroney bill also includes a discretionary fund of $65 million for runway construction. Republican leaders decided, meanwhile, to try for a deeper cut than Senator Johnson has proposed. $252 Million Proposed The G. 0.. P. compromise will not go all the way with Mr. Eisenhower, who wanted only S2OO million, confined to run ways and safety devices. Instead. Senator Bchoeppel, Republican of Kansas, will pro pose $252 million over a four ;year period, with a continua i tion of authority in existing law to use some of the money on terminal buildings. A House subcommittee begins voting today on its own version as the $2,675 billion housing bill. On final passage in the Sen ate last night. 47 Democrats and 13 Republicans supported it. while 18 Republicans and 10 Southern Democrats voted "no.” Highlights of Measure Highlights of the measure are: It extends FHA insurance of private home repair loans, and gives FHA authority to insure another $lO billion of private home-purchase mortgages. It authorizes $2.1 billion in Federal contributions to urban renewal program over the next six years at the rate of at least $350 million a year, with the Federal share left at two thirds of a project. It makes $l5O million avail able for direct Government housing loans to veterans. This See AIRPORT, Page A-4 Mexico Saves Dogs MEXICO CITY. Feb. 6 iAP >. —Bowing to a public outcry from animal lovers, health of | ficials have called off their plan to exterminate an esti mated 200,000 stray dogs in ; this capital. Now they’re trying to think up some other way to cope with the annual summer threat of a rabies epidemic. SPRING GOES TO YOUR HEAD STRAWS IN THE WIND soy spring is coming, and Star Foshion Editor Eleni tells us the shape of things to come, from a millinery viewpoint, on Page B-10. INSTANT ROCKETS ore pre packaged destruction. Will ion Hines, The Star's science writer, has been viewing the latest Air Force developments in Californio. Today's account is on Page A-28. 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