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District officials said today
they will wait until the eve of
Supreme Court oral arguments
on December before filing writ
ten briefs in reply to urgings that
the tribunal Immediately order
an end to public school racial
segregation not later than next
September.
Attorneys for Negro children
denied admission to SouSa jun
ior High School in 1850 filed a
brief a few minutes before the
clerks Office closed late yester-
day. Repeating their earlier con-
tentions that school segregation
here should be outlawed as un-
constitutional, they declared:
"The court should direct the
District Court for the District
of Columbia to enter decree
ordering that such segregation
be discontinued forthwith and
that the petitioners be admitted
to Sousa Junior High School
without distinction as to race or
color. as soon as necessary ad-
ministrative adjustments can be
made and in no event later than
the beginning of the next school
year"
The District governments
brief, Spokesmen said. is still in
Evening star., 1953-11-17

in the five cases. Unlike the ses-
SionS last December, arguments
will center on several questions
asked by the Supreme Court.
These in general were whether
the trainers of the l4th amend
ment intended that it abolish
segregation in schools whether
the Supreme Court can in
terpret the amendment that
way, and whether, in event of a
ruling against segregation. the
desegregation process should be
gradual or even be worked out
after taking of testimony by a
special master appointed by the
court.
Orders Issued.
In other actions yesterday the
Supreme Court:
/. Split S to 4 in deferring ac-
ton on an Arkansas motion to
file suit against Texas in a dis
pute involving construction of
a hospital in Arkansas under a
$685. 900 gift by the William Wal
ter Buchanan Foundation in
Texas. The Foundation wants to
give the money for the hospital
already under construction. Tex
as authorities filed an injunction
suit in Texas courts on the
ground that the Foundations
gifts must be confined to that
State. The Supreme Courts ma
jority opinion, written by Justice
Douglas, postponed high court
action until Texas court proceed
ings are concluded. Justice jack
son, joined by Justices Frankfurt
ter, Clark and Minton. said they
believed the Arkansas motion
should have been denied.
2. Refused to review a ruling
for the District of Columbia that
for the District of Columbia that
Frank Fryer, convicted of second
degree murder, was entitled to
have his lawyers examine pre-
trial statements by prosecution
witnesses. Fryer. who is colored.
was found guilty of killing
Rudolph Butler, colored. in a
dice game fight here in Novem-
ber. 1851. The Supreme Courts
refusal to intervene means that
the case will go back to the Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia to determine whether
pre- trial statements offer suf-
f1cient grounds for a new trial.
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DeWeY's Showdown
Battle With Wicks
Goes 10 Legislature
By the Asseeieted Press

ALBANY. N. Y. Nov. IT,
Gov. Thomas. E. Dewey's power
packed drive to strip acting 1t.
Gov. Arthur H. Wicks of his
Senate leadership appeared cer-
tain of achieving success today
Experienced politicians felt
that only a political miracle
could save Mr.. Wicks from being
ouSted as majority leader and
temporary president of the Sem
ate because of his visits to la
Dor eXtortionist. Joseph S. Fay
in Sing Sing prison.
The showdown was scheduled
for the opening of the special
session of the legislature today
Carrying Fight to Floor.
The forces supporting Gov
Dewey, whose political future is
also at stake. claimed to have
more than enough Republican
votes to remove the 65-year-old
Kingston Senator from his posi-
ton as the Second-ranking Of
ficer in the State government.
Mr.. Wicks did not dispute the
contention that his opposition
has the voting strength to shelve
him. But he insisted he would
fight to the bitter. end. And Bit
ter it is likely to be if he goes
through with his plan to carry
his war with. Gov Dewey to the
Senate floor.
Representative Dean P. Tay-
lor. Republican State chairman
and leader of the Dewey group
out to oust Mr.. Wicks, stuck to
his prediction that 80 of the 81
Republican members of the Sen
ate would vote for the custer
Denies Wrong Doing.
Gov. Dewey demanded Mr..
Wicks' resignation after it was
disclosed that the acting Lieu
tenant Governor had visited the
prison cell of the convicted ex-
tortioniSt.
Mr.. Wicks refused, insisting he
had done nothing wrong. But
he said he would submit his
resignation to the Senate so his
colleagues could pass judgment
on him.
Later. he changed his mind
about submitting the resigna-
ton. apparently in order to use
the Senate floor as a forum for
a last-ditch exposition of his
case.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
D. c. Delays Replies to Action
InCourt on School Segregation

preparation and must be exam
ined by several officials" before
getting final approval. It is not
due until Supreme Court argu-
ments begin early next month
on five school-segregation cases.
The spokesmen said it would not
be ready for. another two weeks
and perhaps not until the very
day Of the arguments.
The brief attacking the Dis
trict's dual school system was
in line with those filed earlier
yesterday by appellants attack
ing school segregation in vir-
ginia, South Carolina, Kansas
and Delaware communities. Un-
like the briefs from the States
dealing particularly with the
14th amendment, the brief in
the District case discussed the
fifth amendments special ap-
plication to this congressional
COLlCTOIlCQ clCy.~S
"The rights of the parents and
their children with respect to
education are fundamental rights
guaranteed by the fifth amend
ment against arbitrary action
by the Federal Government" it
maintained.
Courts Powers Cited.
"The petitioners have no de-
sire to set precise bounds
They concede that this court
has power to mold it's relief to
individual circumstances in ways
and to an extent which it would
be undesirable to define with
entire precision. But the rights
established by these petitioners
are far outside the class as to
which a nice balance of con-
venience has been or ought to
be struck.
I'VE have discovered no case
in which such rights once es-
tablished have been postponed
to a cautious calculation of con-
venience. Even should this
court proceed to consider the
propriety Of a decree postponing
deSegregation, study of the fac
tors involved makes it clear that
in the District of Columbia there
is no necessity for gradual de-
cree.
There is in the record no
matter whatsoever suggesting
difficulty in accomplishing de-
segregation. Surely it would be
a curious as well as a gratuitous
assumption that such a change
cannot be expeditiously handled
in this Nations Capital"
The brief noted that "desegre-
cation has proceeded so rapidly
in the District in the last decade
that there is practically no area
save in the public schools where
segregation is still practiced."
Predicts Orderly Integration.
Predicting that public school
integration would be orderly and
efficient here. the brief observed:
above all, the school boards,
the courts and the people in the
District Of Columbia are law
abiding officials and citizens.
They have acted in good faith
under their view of the law. We
believe that the court can con-
f1dently anticipate that an au-
thoritative holding. and an IN
junction in generai terms. will
be all that is needful to bring
about the compliance with the
Constitution and that the re-
spondents (the District school
off1cials) will address themselves
sincerely to the task of comply
ing with the law"
The two or three days of
Supreme Court hearings begin
ming December Z will be the
second round of oral arguments
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Hall
continued From First Page


stlff1y before the jury as he read
the 26 pages.
In his opening statement for
the government Mr.. Scheuf1er
had asked the death penalty for
both Hall and Mrs. Heady 'be-
cause of the nature of the
crime"
Hall and Mrs Heady pleaded
guilty at their arraignment and
Mr.. Scheuf1er told the jury of IL.
all business men from outstate
Missouri. that its sole job is to
determine whether the couple
should pay the supreme penalty
Under the Lindbergh kidnapping
Law a jury must recommend the
death sentence before it can be
imposed.
Stand on Guilty Pleas.
Attorneys for Hall and Mrs.
Heady said they stood on their
guilty pleas but reserved the
right to make insanity pleas
should developments warrant
them. However, Roy Dietrich,
president of the Kansas City
Bar Association and court-ap-
pointed attorney for Hall, said
no insanity pleas were con-
templated now.
Both Mr.. Dietrich and Harold
Hull of Maryville, Mo-, attorney
for Mrs. Heady. said the defend
ants would not be placed on the
stand. They said they did not
deny any statement made by Mr..
Scheuffer. but they did intend to
protect the constitutional rights
of the couple and offer mitigat-
ing circumstances.
Mrs. Heady's confession, as
did Halls, told how Hall shot
the Greenlease boy.
1t told. too, how the couple
earlier had been frustrated in an
attempt to abduct the boys IL
year-old sister. Virginia Sue.
= Mrs. Heady appeared almost
bored as Mr.. Scheuf1er read the
confession in a fiat, dry voice.
Only once in the A minutes it
took to read it did she appear
affected. That was when Mr..
Scheuf1er reached the point
where she told how she drank
herself almost into insensibility
after the kidnap- Staying Sep
tember %.
II wanted to stay drunk so
that my conscience wouldn't
bother me-" the confession read.
Her mouth twitched at that
point. And her eyes wandered
around the crowded courtroom
almost as if she were looking
for just one friend.
Each paragraph of the con-
feSSion added new horror.
1t related how Bobby, abduct-
ed by Mrs. Heady from pri-
vate Catholic school on the ruse
she was his aunt, accompanied
her and Hall willingly in their
car to a wheat field across the
line into Kansas.
There off a lonely road was
the spot Hall and Mrs. Heady
chose to kill the boy, who only
a few minutes before had been
playing with his school mates.
Bobby had noticed some hedge
balls and had mentioned them
to Mrs Heady.
"Inasmuch as l knew this was
the place where Carl was going
to murder the victim, I did not
want to be present to witness
the actual numbering, so I told
Bobby I would get him some
hedge balls"
When Hall stopped Mrs.
Heady's blue Plymouth station
wagon he went to the rear and
dropped the tailgate. Then he
spread a blue plastic sheet in
the rear of the station wagon
in preparation for Bobby's slay-
ing.
Mrs. Heady's boxer dog. Doc.
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COCKER, black; found at 12607 Viers
Mill rd, Rockville. Nd, Sat, afternoon.
After $50 pm. call 10. 5-2934.
DACHSHUND, reddiSh-brown male, about
l year old: found Cobbdale, Fairfax.
Va. Nov. 13. Crescent S-73M. 10
Evening star., 1953-11-17

had jumped out of the car, caus-
ing his alcoholic mistress to fear
he might run off. She followed
him.
Mrs. Heady's confession said
she had walked only about Is or
100 feet when she heard two
shots.
"I then realized Carl had ac-
tually killed-the victim by shoot
ing him, although it originally
was planned that he would
strangle him with a small piece
of rope he had in the station
wagon" her confession read.
LAS I approached the station
wagon, Carl was wrapping Bobby
in piece of blue plastic on the
ground behind the station
wagon.
After he completed wrapping
up the body, I helped Carl lift
the body into the station wagon.
'At this time I noticed that
Carl had blood on his face, coat,
hands and arms. I helped him
take off his coat which we folded
inside out and placed it in the
back of the station wagon and
then Carl rolled up, the sleeves
of his shirt because they also
were covered with blood.
II then took out some Kleenex
and wiped off Carl's face and
hands, removing as much blood
as I possibly could. =.
II recall asking Carl at that
point why he shot the victim and
he told me he tried to strangle
him, but the cord was too short
and since the boy started
to struggle and fight he had to
dispose of him by shooting"
The confession went on to tell
how the couple stopped at a
tavern for some drinks on the
way to Mrs. Heady's st. Joseph
(Mo) home, where a grave had
been dug for the body the day
before.
Mrs. Heady said the couple
finally decided the day before
the kidnapping that little Bobby
had to be killed to shield them
from possible identification.
The confession brought out
that the couple had attempted
to kidnap Bobby's sister last
September. 1t said Hall and
Mrs. Heady had followed Vir-
ginia Sue and her mother to the
Country Club Plaza, a fashion
able suburban shopping district
not far from the Greenlease
home. There Mrs. Greenlease
went into a store while Virginia
sue stayed in their Cadillac car.
Jumped Out of Car
Mrs. Heady's confession re-
lated Hall had gone to the
Greenlease car but that Virginia
Sue suddenly jumped out of it
and ran down the street, caus-
ing him to abandon plans to
kidnap her then.
The Greenlease family last
night said they could not recall
the incident.
Mrs. Heady said she stayed
drunk most of the time after the
kidnap-slaying and had only a
vague recollection of accom-
panying Hall to a bridge near
Kansas City the night of Octo-
'ber 5 where the ex-convict
picked up the 100000 ransom.
She recalled an argument she
had with Hall about going to
st. Louis. 1t was in St. Louis
where the couple was arrested
following a spending drinking
spree by Hall which led a taxi
cab driver to tip off police.
Mrs. Heady recalled Hall
bought two suitcases in st. Louis
and that they transferred the
money-in 10 and 20 dollar bills
from the duffel bag which Mr..
Greenlease had been. directed to
use as a container for the IS
pounds of currency.
Her confession cleared the
Evening star., 1953-11-17
5000 Catholic Students
To Hold Annual Retreat

More than 5000 Catholic stu
dents in non-Catholic secondary
schools in Washington and near
by Maryland will make their
annual retreat tomorrow and
Thursday.
The retreat program, consist
ing of spiritual exercises, medi-
tations and devotions, will be
held in Al area churches, accord
ing to the Rev. Joseph E. Gedra,
archdioceSan director of the
Confraternity of Christian Doc
trine, sponsor of the retreats.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Democratic Club to Meet

The Woman's Democratic Club
of @Virginia's 10th Congressional
District will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday in the Fillmore School
in Arlington.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
+. w. COvington,
Madisonville, Dies

A funeral service for ErastuS W
w. CoWngton, G. OF Nadisonviile.
was held Saturday afternoon at
Madlsonville Presbyterian Church
Burial took place in tho church
cemetery
A school bus driver Mr. Gov
in9ton died Thursday March
He is survived BY his wife Mrs
Esther Covngton one daurhter
Mrs Clay Allen Of Cullen one
son Herman Y CoVneton oj
FarmVllle three brothers Geo, 4
Covlngton, Of Madisonylllc AUD
rey r Covineton. Buena vista
and Frank T Coyineton ~ nan-
vile. four sisters Mrs Iola Aus
tin. Gladys. MIS- Bessie Mevc
Madisonville. Mrs b G Nalthan
South Nm and Mrs LWher
Vaughan, HopeWcl four Gram H
children and several creat -erand-
children
Delaware has the loWess aver
age elevation Of any state III the
U. S
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
DR.. i.uciIe Moore
Dies In Chicago

A funeral service for Dr. Lucille
Nenablc Moore widely relaleG
former resident Of ralmville. was
held Monday 1t Wlycrly Tenn
Intcrlnent TOOK place III Waverly
also
Dr. Moore died Thursday
March s. at her home III Chica
80 where she was engaged IN
medical research at the time Of
her death.
She was the daughter Of the
late G E. Moore, OF Tennessee.
and Lucille Venable Moore. Of
Farmville
She taught at Falmville High
School fol sometime
Surviving Dr. Moore are a
brother. Venable Moore Of Dallas.
Tex; and two aunts, Mrs. w. M.
Holiday, Of Farmville. and Mrs.
Sydney Halle. of Ocala. Fla
Dr. Moore was niece of the
late v p. Venable. of FarmVilc.
also
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10
Mrs. J. b. Hodges
Dies Near Farmville

A funeral service fr MS ]
B. Hodges. n, was held Sunday
afternoon at Sharon Baptist
Church Prince Edward county
Burial took place III the church
cemetery
Mrs. HODGES died Thursday
March S. at her home. near Farm
Vile
she Il survived by four sons
B. f. HODGES. Baltimore n B
Hodges. Rice } D. Hoices, Oceal
Side, Calf. and c w Hods.5 q
Farmville three daughters Mls
j. A. Gaines and MIS- J s. All
sons. both Of Charlotte CoN'
House. and Mrs w D Childrass
Pamplln one brother, Harry Clay
Garrett Victoria, one sister Mrs
w c DAVIS, Marietta, 8. G. II
grandchildren Il n d II "eat-
grandchildren
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

Dr. and Mrs f. q. GaiGmon
spent the past week end in Rca-
noke With their daue hter. Mrs.
Grafton Lindsey. and MI Lind
sey. Or Cannon returned home
Sunday and Mrs. Cannon Will
make an extended visit.
Mrs. j. Boyd Basby spent the
week end in Suffolk. where she
was the guest OF her brother.
Jack Harry, and Mrs. Harry.
Dr. and Mrs. Eugene Wither-
spoon. of Beckley, W. Va. were
guests of Mrs. Blanche Watkins
and friends on the Hin last
Thursday.
Dr. and Mrs. X x Wallace
brought Mrs. Wallacc'S mother
Mrs Ann Sydnor Newman. back to
her Farmville home. Saturday
afternoon Dr.. and MIS-. wallace
and Mrs. Newman returned irC m
Florida, where Mrs. Newman spent
4 month During their return trip.
they visited several places OF in
terest in southern states.
F. S Spindler, Of Hampden-
sydney. is on a business trip 70
Natural Bridge
MIS-. A d Packer returned to
her home at Hampden-Sydncy.
Monday. after VISITING in Florida
for two weeks. During her absence.
Mrs l.. r. French. CT Farmville,
stayed with Mrs. Packers sister,
Miss Helen Booker.
The Rev and Mrs r. F.
Withers, Jr.. have returned after
spending several weeks in Florida.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

Misses Sue lIudsoa Betty June
Clancy, Jane SmHh ana Patricia
RATHER and James Parker at
ended ihe Baptist Youns People,
Training Union convention at
Natural Bridge Marcia 90.
Mn ana Mrs James G Hanes.
Jr, spent the week end here visit
nag then parents, Mrs Garland
Hanes and BcTymen Green.
Nh 5. Emory Z. Hodges. OF
Petersburg, IS spending few days
with her mother Ms. Edwin f.
Hundley. at her home. Glover Hill.
MI. and Mrs. Clyde Messick. of
Fort Ashby, w Va. spent the
week end with F, f. Cook. and
visited with Mrs. Cook at South
side Community Hospital. Mrs
Messick and Mrs Cook are sisters
MS. Cooks condition is improv-
ue satisfactorily,
Arthur Koch. Veterans Adj
miniatration representative at
Richmond spent several days at
Els home here this week
+, T. Lancaster. Jl. and his
sons and his aunt Mrs. Edward
Taylol. visited friends IN Ashland.
last week end
Dr.. and Mrs. x. K Wallace. of
Norfolk. spent the week end With
Mrs, Walaces mother. Mrs. Ann
S. Newman.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

Mrs. Frank II, Jones and daueh
ter. Anne Paige spent the week
end in Lynchbure with Mr. ANA
Mrs. NJ X Exams
Mr.. ana Mrs B {. Gl}lam aud
Mrs Waverly Gillian spent The
week end With The NtSdames CHI
llanlS mother. MIS- IS rnns.
at AppomattoX
NJ rs. Jane. Eian Holland and
son. Jimmy, have retained to
Suffolk after a week Is visit With
Mrs Hollands parent Nh ana
Mrs. j. L. BugG.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-10

IN the United States Army. #o
was formerly Military Pcrsonnc
Officer for the ONO Military dis :
trict WON 1916 to 1851 he served
with Headquarters Compans
A N .auatr Of Rando!ph-Hen:
H.4h School N l945, ne spent
ru.ae uost schoo. career III II
Arnv Lieutenant Nelson IS ma
r.eI t1 lne former Mary Jana
m!llo formerly Of AuIoulto Colo
raIn
Evening star., 1953-05-03
By Eorl n. Voss

to make an educated guess on
what proportion it did cover.
Mr.. TimaSheff based his
computation on 1887 election
returns. There were 97.3 mil
lion persons over 18 in the
Soviet Union in 1887, he CAL
culated. But only 81 million
registered for the election.
That left 3.3 million adults
unaccounted for. He guessed
that possibly one million of
these were insane, feeble
minded or ordinary criminals.
The remainder, about 2.3 mil
lion, he estimated, were in
prison camps.
Harvard University's Russian
Research Center made a de-
tailed breakdown of Soviet
laborers by major occupational
groups. These groups were
Subtracted from a reported
total labor force. The un-
classified remainder became
the forced labor group.
Mr.. Schwartz based his esti-
mate of 1875 million in 1910 on
a gap he discovered in payroll
figures, between an accumula-
tion of individual payrolls and
an overall figure supplied by
the Soviet Union. The discrep-
ancy was 1875 million persons,
but Mr.. Schwartz assumed 5
million of these were in the
army.
Other experts have based
figures on eyewitness accounts
of refugees. But this can
prove highly unreliable. The
witness tendency to exagger-
ate usually makes his estimates
hard to- evaluate.
At any rate. the Commu-
nists are much more tyrannical
than the Cars before them.
Andrei Vishinsky, considered a
reliable source for cZarist
prison camp figures. says the
former regime reached its peak
in this respect in 1912. when
there were $4,000 in Jail. This
figure included common Grim
inals as well as political pris-
oners.
The United States had a
Evening star., 1953-05-03
How MANY Million Slaves?

total State and Federal prison
population of 164,896 in 1851.
At the same rate. the Soviet
Union should have fewer than
250.000, not the 2 to 20 million
the country is believed to have.
There is one gruesome point
on which there is little dis
agreement among Western OBJ
servers, however. There are
very few Soviet Union families
who do not know the sick ter
ror of seeing one of their
relatives led away-to Siberia
or some equally remote and
frightening place-to do forced
labor as penance for some real
or fictitious crime. The prison
camp turnover, observers point
out, is high enough so that
even if the conservative esti-
mates are correct, the terror
SeepS through all segments of
society.
Moss Terror
But there is such thing as
exaggerating the extent of in
voluntary servitude in the
U. S. S.R.
Mr.. Jasny, close student
OF Russian economic affairs.
calls figures of IS to 20 million
in concentration camps fan
tastic." That would imply.
Mr.. Jasny points out, that
one-third, or more, of the
adult males in the Soviet
Union are in confinement.
He freely admits that his
own figure of 3.5 million is only
the roughest kind of estimate.
But he has some pretty con-
vincing arguments against the
higher figures often quoted.
Here is his reasoning:
In 1910 there were around
As million men between 20 and
so years of age in the U. S. S. r.
If there were IS million in con-
centration camps, that would
be one in three able-bodied
men. Even the Soviet Union
couldn't make that kind of q
slave state work.
Besides, figures like 2 mil
lion to S million are gruesome
enough.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

Nobody knows what the fig
ure is. But there are some
who think anything over
about 8 million is an exaggera-
ton.
AS with everything going on
behind the Iron Curtain, there
are a lot of imponderables.
First, the matter of definition.
Some rabid anti-Communists
think virtually every one who
is working in a job he doesn't
like should be considered as
slave labor" Others try to
find out how many are taken
out of their own communities
TO work in punishment for
some offense against the
state.
Another variation, as indi-
Gated in the table, is in the
year for which estimates are
made. Soviet statistics being
so hard to pin down, the ex-
perts try to CLEAN as much
pertinent information as they
can about one specific period
and estimate from there.
Statistical Methods
Statistical methods vary,
too. Mr.. Jasny, for instance.
based his estimate on the
l94l economic plan of the
U. S. S. R. There was no
way of telling whether the
1941 report that came into
Mr.. Jasny's hands Oabeled
mot to be disclosed') covered
all forced labor or not. He had