Evening star., 1952-11-10
District School
Race Ban Faces
High Court Test
Arguments Slated
From Several States
Are Due Next Month
by Robert K. Walsh

A case challenging constitu-
tionality of racial segregation in
the public schools here was for
mally accepted today for review
by the Supreme Court.
The court announced it would
hear arguments on the District
case in addition to arguments next
month on somewhat similar litiga-
tion concerning segregation in
public schools in Prince Edward
County. Va: Clarendon County.
S. c., and Topeka, Kans. In each
instance parents of Negro children
who were refused admission to
public schools for white children
have asked the Supreme Court to
rule that racial segregation as
such is unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court indicated
October 8 that it would agree to
hear the District cases which has
been pending in the United States
Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia. A petition later was
filed with the high court and it
was officially accepted today.
Won't Review Rail Appeal.
In another segregation case the
Supreme Court today refused to
review an appeal by the Atlantic
Coast Line Railroad from a lower
court decision which declared un-
stitutional rule requiring segre-
cation of day coach passengers.
The case originated when Will
liam c. Chance. a North Carolina
Negro who bought round "trip
ticket between Philadelphia and
Rocky Mount, N. c., was arrested
in Virginia for refusing to move
to a day coach reserved for
Negroes.
His contention was upheld by
lower Federal courts and the rail-
road appealed to the Supreme
Court. Today's order by the high
court invalidates. in effect, the
railroad day coach segregation
rule.
Bar Costello Review.
In an unusually busy session.
the first since the election, the
Supreme Court also denied a re-
quest for review by Frank Co.'S
tello, racket cZar, from a contempt
OF Congress conviction.
Costello was convicted in April.
1861, in Federal Court in New
York on a charge OF refusing to
answer questions by the Senate
Crime Investigating Committee.
He was sentenced to ID months
and. fined $4,000. Since last Au-
gust he has been in the Lewisburp
Federal Penitentiary.
The court also announced Il
wound decide whether the Times
Picayune Publishing Co. of New
Orleans violated the anti-trustg &
laws by an arrangement which
required advertisers to place Ger.
tain kinds of advertisements In
both newspapers published by the j,
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Unfair Restraint Charged.
"A Federal court in Louisiana
last May held that such contracts
relating to classified and national
advertising were in unreasonable
restraint of trade and constituted
an attempt by the company to
monopolize trade.
The company publishes the
Tlme-Picayune as a morning pa
per and the States in the after
noon, in addition to a combined
edition. Advertisers who
wanted to place ads with the COM
pany for insertion on any day ex-
cept Sunday could do so only by
contracting to run the ads in both
the morning and afternoon papers.
In seeking the Supreme Court
review, which was granted today.
the company contended that the
lower court decision "cast grave
doubts on the legality of the e
structure of all newspaper pub
fishers which follow this generally
accepted practice"
In another order today, the Su-
preme Court agreed to decide
the Federal government
must pay damage claims of many
persons and companies who lost
in the 1947 Texas. City,
Tex, explosion. The claims have,
been estimated at more than 5000