Evening star., 1953-11-29
Ex-Envoy Hugh Grant
Asks Eisenhower To
Repudiate BrowneII
syths Assoeioted Press

" NV NSSSSt0tSO ETSsS
AUGUSTA, Ca, Nov. 2S.-A
former United States minister
to Thailand today asked Pres
1dent Eisenhower to repudiate
Attorney General Brownell in the
school segregation case for
"cheap politics designed to cap
ture the votes of radicals"
Hugh G. Grant of Augusta, a
native Southerner, assailed Mr..
Brownell in a telegram to the
President at his vacation head
quarters here.
Murray Snyder, assistant pres
idential press secretary, said the
telegram had not been received
at the Little White House" at
the Augusta National Golf Club,
and that President Eisenhower
would have no comment any way.
Mr.. Grant, IS, served as Min
ister to Albania from 1885 to
1889 and as Minister to Thailand
from 1910 to 1941 in the Roose-
welt administration. From 1927
to 1888 he was secretary to Hugo
L. Black, then a United States
Senator and now a Supreme
Court Justice.
Formal Arguments Dec. Z
Mr.. Brownell, outlining JUS
formal arguments December Z
on whether racial segregation
should be outlawed in the Ma
tion's public schools.
Mr.. Mrownell, outlining JUS
tice Department views at the re-
quest of the court, told the high
tribunal yesterday it has full
authority and the duty to outlaw
such segregation.
Cases now before the court in
volve segregation practices in
Kansas. South Carolina, Vir-
ginia, Delaware and the District
of Columbia. Thirteen other
states require segregation of
Negro and white pupils in public
schools and three others per-
NIT it.
In his telegram to President
Eisenhower, Mr.. Grant said:
while you are vacationing in
the old South and enjoying its
hospitality, may l respectfully
express the earnest hope-which |
believe represents the views of
the great majority of the people
of this section of the Nation,
many of whom supported you
enthusiastically for the Presi-
dency-that you repudiate your |
Attorney Generals request that |
the United States Supreme Court |
abolish segregation of the white
and black races in our public
schools.
Called "Cheap Politics."
"Mr. Brownell's action is moth |
ing more or less than cheap
politics designed to capture the
votes of radicals. both black and
white, who do not have the best
interests of America at heart.
Surely, as you yourself have
probably observed in your several
visits in the South, the separation
Of the races is purely a social
problem which, in the interests
of both races, should be resolved
by the States and the local COM
munities and not by the Federal
Department of Justice or by the
Supreme Court.
Because of the widespread
public interest in this matter I
am furnishing the press with
copies of this telegram and
would appreciate a reply in the
press"
Mr.. Grant, who was born in
Birmingham, Ala, has been a
lecturer and writer for the last
several years.
President and Mrs. Eisenhower
will fly back to Washington to-
morrow evening, stopping en-
route at Ft. Benning, Ga, where
their son. Maj. John Eisenhower,
and his family will leave the
plane. The major, his wife and
the three Eisenhower grand
children have been vacationing
here with the President.
The EiSenhowerS will attend
services at 9:15 am. tomorrow
at the Reid Memorial PreSby-
terian Church.