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rected the staff which wrote the
controversial 91-page report on
segregation in the District which
was released last year.
Invited by officials of the In
terror Department National Park
Service, DR.. Lohman will be here
at least a week, a spokesman for
the park service said. He will give
advice and hold seminars regard
less of what action Interior Secre-
tary Krug may take in regard to
the closed Anacostia swimming
pool, the spokesman added.
The decision of Park Service Of
ficials to invite DR.. Lohman to
come here followed a trip to Chi
cago by Edward j. Kelley. aesist-
ant to the superintendent OF Ma
tional Capital Parks (Which is the
Washington Office of the National
Park Service, and Capt. Mark
Raspberry. head OF the Park
Police.
Mr.. Kelley and Capt. Raspberry
conferred with Chicago police,
top recreation officials. members
of the city council, the mayor
and others on how Chicago is
handling the race question in It's
80 odd pools and public beaches
DR.. Lohman has worked with
the Chicago officials on racial
matters, the Park Service spokes-
man said.
Meanwhile, a proposal which
would lead to the reopening OF
the Anacostia pool-and possibly
some agreement between Interior
and the District Recreation Board
on turning over operation OF the
pools to the local body-will be
submitted to Mr.. Krug tomorrow
by park officials.
S'The Anacostia pool has been
closed since July l, on orders
from Mr.. Krug. after disturb
ances occurred there when col
ored swimmers began to use the
pool.
1t was pointed out that any de-
cision to reopen the pool-anc
whether it will reopen as a segre.
gated or nonsegregated pool
must come from Mr.. Krug. Since
The personally closed the pool, the
matter has moved up from tbs
Park Service to the Secretary
level"
Interior Department official.
and members of the Recreation
Board met Friday and worked out
proposal which will be put up to
Mr.. Krug tomorrow.
Nobody would discuss the nature
of the proposal. Harry S. Wender
Recreation Board chairman, said
he was Optimistic about the en-
tire problem. A. E. Demaray
associate director of the National
Park Service, said he hoped the
proposal would lead to the re-
opening of the Anacostia pool and
added the discussion Friday was
based on the assumption that the
Recreation Board would take con.
troll eventually of all six pools.
A deadlock in the pool situation
developed after Mr.. Krug's original
statement on July l that he was
ready for the Recreation Board to
take over all local recreation IA
cilities under the jurisdiction OF
the Interior Department.
The Recreation Board has
stated it will operate the six
swimming pools only on a segre-
gated basis. The Interior Depart
ment has stated no backward
steps will be taken in turning over
the control, meaning that those
facilities now open to all races
must remain open to all.
The six pools-Takoma. Ana
costa, East Potomac. Mckinley
Bannecker and Francis have
been open to both colored anc
white swimmers theoretically fol
several years. Actually, only
Francis and Bannecker have beer
used by colored youths until this
summer. Since then Anacostia
has been closed to avoid trouble
and Mckinley, once a white pool
now is used almost exclusively BY
colored.