Evening star., 1949-08-09
Order Opening
Andcostia Pool
Expected Today
Move by Krug Likely
In Time for Recreation
Board Meeting

costa swimming pool. closed since
June 20. may be reopened shortly
became apparent today.
The pool has been filled and
Government Services. Inc, which
operates the six pools Of the In
terror Department, has notified the
Anacostia staff of attendants and
life guards to be in readiness to
report for duty.
Secretary of the Interior Krue
was expected to take action today
on the reopening. He had ordered
the pool closed after there had
been clashes between white and
colored swimmers.
Recreation Board to, Meet.
A. E. Demaray, associate direc.
tor of the National Park Service
said he expected some effort woule
be made to arrive at decision
before the Recreation Board meets
this afternoon so as to give the
board a report.
The board is expected to con.
slider what Chairman Harry s
Wender called an agreement,
reached at a meeting late yester-
day. This is expected to concern
the transfer to the board Of all
of Interiors recreation facilities
golf links. tennis courts and others
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At yesterday afternoons meet
ing were Mr.. Wender, James E.
Schwab, vice chairman of the
board: Milo F. Christensen, rec
reation superintendent: Mr.. De-
maray and Phineas Indritz. as
sistant solicitor of the Interior De-
partment.
Meanwhile. DR.. Joseph D. Lob
man. University Of Chicago So
ciologist, was to meet supervisory
personnel of the Park Police in
two sessions today to give the
same course of instruction in ham
dling-and observation-disclosures
arising from racial tensions that
he has recently given to St. Paul
police.
One Conference Held Yesterday.
He had one conference with
Park Police yesterday, and today
through Friday he will hold classes
for them from 10 am. to- noop
and from ! to 3 pm.
DR.. Lohman is here under an
arrangement with the Interior De-
partment. His employment by the
Department brought protests from
John H. Connaughton. president
of the Federation of Citizens As
sociations. and Clifford H. New
ell, former Federation president
and now temporary chairman of
the Citizens Interracial Commit
tee.
DR.. Lohman was executive sec
retary of the Nationai Committee
on Segregation in the Nations
Capital. A year ago that COM
mittee issued 9l-page report on
Segregation in Washington" in
tended to be a factual report on
conditions here.
Mr.. Connaughton and Mr.. New
ell said the report was filled with
inaccuracies and half truths
and that it proved DR.. Lohman
unfit for his current job. They
asserted the "Interracial Com
mittee, consisting of II Negroes
and II white outstanding leaders
Of Washington. proposes to handle
all racial problems that are now
vexing residents and causing
numerous racial tensions"
Conferences Held.
DR.. Lohman, in describing his
activities here, said he had beer
invited by the Interior Depart.
ment to work purely in a technica,
capacity to instruct the police ir
their role as police officers ir
handling racial tensions.
He said the police must:
/. Have an insight into and un-
derstanding of the problems anc
what causes them.
2. Know the actual measures
that can be employed to minimize
the possibility that an incident
will develop into "a major ex-
citement."
Washington is not alone in its
problems, he said; there are racial
tensions elsewhere. But he went
On to say that an incident in a
park on the South Side of Chi
cago is merely an incident on the
South Side of Chicago while in
Washington it is world news.
II do not regard the police as
bouncers," he said. He explained
that in a dispute where one or
both parties is creating a dis
turbance. the police should handle
1t as q disturbance; but where
that is not involved, the police
should be informed how to advise
the parties to have recourse to
the courts.
Would Determine Policy.
In his opinion. he said, the
police are not a missionary So
ciety" to force integFation but
are concerned only with enforc-
ing the laws that are on the
books. The policy. he said, should
be determined before the police
act.
Asked about the role Of the po-
lice at a non-segregated SWIM
ming pool. he replied that, where
. person is denied the use of a
public facility to which he is en-
titled, the police should see that
his rights are protected.
Consultant of Other Cities.
DR.. Lohman is a consultant on
racial problems for Louisville, Den
yer. Chicago and the Chicago Park
District. Gary, Ind. and st. Paul.
He said he has just completed
giving a course to the st. Paul
police on racial tensions and how