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Evening star., 1956-12-31

IOr dCIlOu Dy Ine new congress
convening Thursday.
During a luncheon break in
the day-long conference, White
House Press Secretary James C.
Hagerty told newsmen that Sec
retary of the Treasury Hum
phrey and Budget Director Per-
cival Brundage reported pros
poets for keeping the budget
balanced.
Both the Secretary and the
Director" Mr.. Hagerty said, "ex-
pressed the belief that continu-
ing economies in the operation
of the Government, coupled with
no loss in existing revenues
would result in continuation
of a balanced budget"
Counting on Tax Renewal
Mr.. Hagerty made it clear
that the administration is count
ing on renewal Of existing COR
poration and excise tax rates,
due to drop April l unless ex-
tended. to maintain Federal
revenue at the level needed to
keep the budget in balance for
the current fiscal year as wei;
as the 1858 fiscal year starting
next July /.
Mr.. Hagerty also disclosed
that Atomic Energy Commission
Chairman Lewis Strauss dis
cussed with the G. o. P. leaders
proposals for new legislation to
Evening star., 1956-12-31
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Evening star., 1956-12-31
U. S. Employees Reduced
BY ! 800 in November

A net decline Of 1890 Federal
employees during November vas
reported today despite increased
hiring BY civilian agencies.
The report was ISSUED by Sem
ator Byrd, Democrat Of Virginia.
as Chairman Of the Joint Com
mittee on Reduction Of Nones-
ssnt!al Federal Expenditure He
listed the total Federal civilian
payroll A. ne end oi goyemosT
a. 7.5s4,553 perbons.
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44
planning to celebrate the coming
of the New Year with loved ones
in other towns had already left
the city. The big crush of re-
turning residents will not be felt
until tomorrow afternoon or
later.
Thousands Take Day OFF
While today was not an official
holiday for Government workers,
thousands of them were taking
advantage Of liberal leave ar
rangements. At the Government
Printing Office, however, the
work has been re-arranged to
give everybody today off and
make Saturday a working day
instead.
Tomorrow is a holiday almost
everywhere.
While mainly clear skies were
smiling over Washington, most
Iof the Middle ond North Allan
tic Coast States were facing
snow. Portions of New England
were already immobilized by
heavy snowfalls.
A storm originating in Canada
spread a blanket of snow over
most of the Great Lakes area
and eastward into Pennsylvania,
New York and New England.
Buffalo, N. Y. had 10 inches,
while Grand Marais, Mich, was
covered with % inches of snow.
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Eight in Plane Crew
Survive, Four MISSING

CHARLESTON, S. c., Dec. 81
R.-The Charleston Air Force
Base today identified four miss.
ing and eight survivors in last
nights crash of an Air Force
CHIC Super Constellation a
Dheran. Saudi Arabia.
Fcrtv-one persons were aboard
The air hase said there were q
patients in the Dharan hospital
three persons were dead on ar
rival at the hospital and IL
others were listed as missing.
Surviving crew members wert
listed as:
1st 1t. Robert S. Wearley, CO.
pilot Charleston Heights.
LIST 1t. Peter Goch, navigator
Jersey City. N. j.
lst 1t. Thomas w. Heenan
NAVIGATOR Glen-Ellvn. Ill.
I'd 1t. Robert L. Savlors. navi-
gator Ninetv-Six. S. G.
S Sergt. Robert D. Proctor
FLIGHT attendant. Charleston.
s Serpt. Robert j. Sanders
fight attendant. Charleston.
Wan Ai~ror Or Flore~re A
Hogan, fii0ht attendant. Stam-
fcrd. C~'-.
1t. Col. Ali A. Rafat. Teheran
Iran, an Iranian officer nbServ-
ing Military Air Transport Serv-
ice operations from the Charles
ton base.
The base listed these fouI
erewmen as missing:
Mai. Clyde Ellis. the pilot: Isl
1t. Laverne w. Alitz. copilot
M/Sergt. Frank Lorch and Sergt
Frank A. Rodgers III. All are
married and their wives live in
the Charleston area.
No names of passengers were
Immediately available. the base
said. Communications difficult
ties hampered the gathering OF
full details. An investigation
team was to take off this after
noon for Dharan on the Persian
Gulf. Bahrein is an island near
BY and is an independent Arab
Sheikdom under British protec-
ton.
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Log Of Accidents, Pose AZ

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half completed. traffic deaths
had mounted to 225. There were
25 deaths resulting from fires
and 81 from miscellaneous acci-
dents for an overall total ofI2S7
fatalities.
The Washington area counted
only one person killed in traffic,
Mrs. Roberta clatterbuck. a.,
was killed in a two-car crash
yesterday at Virginia Avenue
and South Capitol street.
The accident count began at
8 PM. Qocal time Friday and
continues until midnight Tues
day.
The carnage on the nations s
highways during the Christmas
holiday-also a four-day period
left 706 persons dead The
total cost in lives from ali
accidents reached s84. also a
record. Fires killed 81 OF the l7s
traffic victims.
Ned H. Dearborn. president OF
the National Safety Council. said
late last night he noted "an
ominous trend in the traffic
toll"
The council predicted that 4so
persons would die on the high
ways during the long New Year
week end The record toll is
to7. set in The four-day ls52-55
New Year period.
Evening star., 1956-12-31

The on-again, off-again Atlas
Club case, revived after being
dropped earlier this month fol
lack of prosecution, returned to
Municipal Court today and once
again was continued.
Defense Counsel Charles E.
Foro won a continuance to Janu-
airy II. He said he needed the
time to file motions Ito meet this
holy crusade carried on by a cap
tain of the police department.
Seven men were arrested Feb
rualy II in a raid on be club
at l349 E street NV. Capt,
John Layton, who led the raid,
was the officer referred to today.
the lawyer said later.
U. S. Protests Statement
Assistant United States Attor-
ney William Dougherty protested
Mr.. Ford's statement.
Your Honor very we'll knows. u
the prosecutor told Chief Judge
Leonard P. Walsh, that pros
ecutions in the District of CO.
lumbia are brought by the
United States attorney and not
by any police captain
Mr.. Ford retorted that 1t has
TO start somewhere.
Three Of the seven defendants
were in court this morning. All
seven are under charges Of being
present in an illegal establish
ment.
The same raid resulted in
gambling charges against nine
men. Their case. in District
Court. has been continued five
times and is now set for trial on
January IA.
Total Of 6 Continuances
The Municipal Court case
against the seven men was first
continued February 20. to grant
them a jury trial. Today's con-
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Jan. 81 Desegregation
Ordered for Ar|inqton
AppeoIsCourt
Backs Pupil


RICHMOND, Dec. 81 (Special).
The Fourth Circuit Court of
Appeals today upheld lower court
decisions directing Arlington
County and the city of Char
lottesville to desegregate their
public schools.
The ruling means Arlington is
under orders to desegregate its
elementary schools by January
81 and its junior and senior high
schools by next September /.
Charlottesville is directed to pro-
ceed with desegregation imme-
diately. The latter case, how
ever, could be further stayed by
and appeal to the United States
Supreme Court.
Today's decision. written by
Chief Judge John j. Parker, was
concurred in by the two other
Judges, Morris Soper and Simon
Sobeloff.
Upheld we're the opinions Of
Federal Judge Albert v. Bryan in
the Arlington case and Federal
Judge John Paul in the Char
lottesville case.
Integration Not ordered
Like the lower court DEGREES,
the appeals court opinion does
not direct the two communities
to integrate their schools. The
appellate court also limited
broadly that a pupil assignment
program might meet the Su-
preme Court segregation deci-
sion. as long as pupils are not
denied admission to schools on
the basis of race.
THE DEGREES here Tin the Ar
lington and harlottes vile
cases) are not harsh or unrea-
sonable but merely require that
the law be observed and dis
elimination on the ground of
race be eliminated" wrote John
Parker.
No attempt was made TO pass
on the constitutionality Of Vir-
ginia's new anti-integration pro-
gram. Judge Parker noted that
Virginia's pupil placement law
and other legislation had not
become effective at the time the
Arlington and Charlottesville
cases we're decided.
Way Clear for Norfolk Decision
This apparently leaves the
way clear for Judge Walter
Hoffman of the Federal District
Court, to pass on Virginia's new
school segregation laws in Nor
folk and Newport News cases.
When the Norfolk and Newport
News cases were argued. Judge
Hoffman commented that he
would not pass on legality Of
Virginia's new segregation laws
il the appeals court reversed
the Arlington and Charlottes-
vile cases.
Today appellate decision
dwelt at length on language OF
Judge Bryan's ruling in the Ar
lington case:
THE Arlington decree express
ly states that local rules as to
assignment to classes so long as
such rules are not based on race
or color are to be observed. and
that administrative remedies for
admission to schools must be ex-
hausted before application Is
made to the court for relief on
the ground that It's Injunction
is being violated.
''Eminently Reasonable"
while the Charlottesville de-
cree does not contain this ex-
press provision. the provision is
so eminently reasonable that we
may safely assume that enforce
ment Of that decree will not pro-
coed upon different principles.
AS much was indicated by the
Judge Judge PsuD in his re-
marks denying the motion TO
dismiss.
Judge Bryan's original decree
had set the timing Of Arlington
desegregation for the end Of next
See APPEAL, Page Az
Evening star., 1956-12-31
School Board
Arrunges for
HostySession
BY MARY LOU WERNER

An emergency conference OF
the Arlington School Board was
being arranged today after the
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
told the county to go ahead with
desegregation in its public
schools.
The three-judge court upheld
DEGREES in the Arlington and
Charlottesville cases, directing
both to proceed with desegrega-
tion as instructed by the lower
courts.
The ruling puts school officials
of the two jurisdictions on the
horns of dilemma. Should
they follow the courts orders
in the face of new State laws
to preserve segregation, or defy
the court and let the State fight
it out with the Federal Gov
eminent?
Have Assignment Power
For the time being, the locali-
ties still have authority to make
their own pupil assignments,
The new State pupil placement
board set up under new State
legislation decided to let the To-
Icalities retain pupil assignment
powers until the State board gets
organized.
Once the State board began
functioning, however, all assign
ments are supposed to be made
by it.
Virginia's pupil placement leg
islation makes no mention of as
signing pupils on the basis of
race. Other legislation, however,
would permit the Governor to
take over any school in an emer-
gency and close it if he sees fit,
and deny school funds to any To-
cality where schools become inte-
grated.
The Arlington School Board
last winter announced tentative
integration plans. The school
board claimed they were in line
with the so-called Gray pro-
gram. most of which subse-
quently was scrapped in favor
of Gov. Stanley's anti-integra-
ton program.
The tentative integration
announcement touched of q
wave of reaction from pro-segre-
cation Virginia legislators, and
Arlington's right to elect school
board members was taken away
by the General Assembly.
Figures Are 11,7O2 to as
TIE tentative Arlington inte-
grafton plan would have mixed
48 Negro students with 11,702
white students in elementary
classes.
The Charlottesville school
board has made no public state
ments about what effect de-
segregation might have on its
schools, but privately school
board members have discussed
student achievement levels.
Charlottesville has 4,500 stu
dents, Of which % per cent are
Negroes. Under an assignment
plan based on achievement, how
ever, school officials believe only
a few Negro students would
qualify to attend white schools.
Generally, Negro students in
Charlottesville are about four
grade levels behind white stu
dents by the time they reach
the seventh grade:
Chairman L. Clark Heating
Of the Arlington School Board
declined to speculate on any
aspect Of the court decision,
pending the emergency con-
ference.
Practical Test Likely
Today's court decision is likely
to result in the first practical
test Of Virginia's pupil placement
laws in either Arlington or Char
lottesville. Here is how it is apt
to work:
A Negro student will make ap-
See ARLINGTON, Page Az
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Evening star., 1956-12-31
15Die in Crash
OF u. 5. Plane
In Saudi Arabia
II Others Scramble
To Sufety From
AT, Constellation

BAHREIN, Dec. 81 (P.-Fif-
teen persons were killed when a
United States Air Force Constel-
lation crashed on Saudi Arabia S
Dhahran airfield in a heavy mid
night fog last night, the Air
Force reported here today.
The plane was one of three
Constellation which arrived at
Dhahran after an 11-hour flight
from Tripoli. Libya. The other
two flew on to land at Muhrrau
Airport, Bahrein.
The crashed plane was re-
ported to have hit sand in the
bad visibility 1000 yards short of
the runway and burst into
flames. Fifteen were killed out
right or burned to death.
Twenty-seven other persons who
were aboard scrambled to safety,
(Other figures were issued
by Air Force authorities in
the United States. A spokes-
man at Mcguire Air Force
Base, N. j., where the plane
touched down on a regular
Military Air Transportation
Service flight to Saudi Arabia,
said IL were killed and 26 in
jured. The Charleston Air
Force Base. S. c., the planes
home field. reported three
known dead and IL missing.
The plane was MATS Trip
655 which left Charleston at
B pm. Wednesday,
Dhahran is equipped with a
ground-controlled approach sys-
tenn but the equipment was not
operating at the time of the
crash.
A Bahrein airline executive
who visited the scene of the
crash described the plane as "a
complete writeoff."
Evening star., 1956-12-31
I'd Church Fire
Hits Hartford
Catholic Cathedral
Destroyed by BIoze

HARTFORD. Conn. Dec. 81
P Fire destroyed the huge
st. Joseph's Roman Catholic
Cathedral here today only 81
hours after a blaze of undeter-
mined origin had wrecked an
other Catholic Church, st. Pat
rick's, in downtown Hartford.
The two churches are q little
more than mile apart.
City officials. saying that the
circumstance Of two church fires
in so short a space of time war
ranted the move. ordered around
the-clock police protection for
every church and synagogue in
the city.
Fire Marshal George Kennedy
said yesterday that arson is one
of the possibilities under consid-
Grafton IN the st. Patrick's fire,
which caused more than $780,
900 damage.
People Questioned
Soon after the cathedral fire
was discovered at 1880 am. to-
day, scores of detectives began
questioning all available persons
in the area. asking if they had
seer. anything suspicious.
About 100 persons were in St
JoSeph's for Z am. mass when
a faint haze of smoke seeping
into the sanctuary gave warning
that there was fire. All got out
without difficulty.
No one was in st. Patrick's s
when a policeman discovered the
fire there about 1890 am. yes
terday.
st. JoSeph's is the worship CEN
ter for the Hartford Roman
Catholic Archdiocese, comprising
the States Of Connecticut and
Rhode Island and including the
Diocese Of Norwich and the DID,
cese Of Bridgeport.
Spreads Across Roof
Firemen pronounced the cathe-
dral destroyed soon after IL am.
when fire broke through the apse,
a high point at the rear of the
structure, and spread rapidly
across the roof.
Firemen said then that moth
ing could prevent complete
wrecking Of the interior OF the
See CATHEDRAL, Page Az
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Tito Plans Hunt

BELGRADE. Dec. 81 iP.-
President Tito will start the new
year hunting wild mountain
goat in the snow covered Slo-
yeniAn Mountains.
Evening star., 1956-12-31

antifreeze. The mercury is ex-
pected to get down to % in the
New Years first hours.
The high reading tomorrow
is forecast around 35, and to-
morrow nights low should be
near %. the Weather Bureau
said.
25-Degree Low Yesterday
The second long week end in
a row found the city already
shivering in one of the coldest
snaps of the winter. The lowest
reading yesterday was Is degrees
at 9:l5 pm.
Today, with many workers
taking the day off to prepare for
the usual midnight celebration
was to be mostly sunny.
The Weather Bureau said tenn
peratures will average about
degrees below normal tomorrow
through Saturday. Normals for
this period are a high of A and
a low of 30. Rain or snow is
predicted for Wednesday OF
Thursday and again on Saturday
Police. restaurants and night
clubs were expecting enough
revelry tonight to take any chill
of the evening.
Clubs Expect Overflow
Planning special spreads and
longer hours. along with special
prices. the night spots found
themselves with even more
reservations than they had ex-
pected. Many were making
plans to take care of an over
flow.
Metropolitan Police Chief
Robert v. Murray ordered his
men on the 4 p.m.-to-midnight
shift to stay on until 2 am.
and ordered his midnight-to-
8 am. crews to report one hour
early. Extra hours were also
scheduled in county police
forces.
The city was comparatively
quiet today. Holiday travellers
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Snow Forecast Cancelled
Clear New Year Eve Due
Night Spots Prepare for Overflow;
Murray Orders Extro Hours for Police

Nostalgia and Regret Hope and Determination will
clear and frosty weather for their annual midnight
tonight.
The New Year will in fair windy colder the Weather
Bureau sad withdrawing earlier prediction Washington
might a little holiday
Merry heading from toniehts parties can use
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Balanced Budget Hope
Expressed at PorIey
President Tells 6. O. P. Leaders Of Aim
If Revenues Maintain Same Level
BY GARNETT d. HORNER

Republican congressional leaders told at the White
House today that the administration expects maintain
balanced budget there is no loss in existing
President Eisenhower presided at conference G. p
Senate and House leaders at which he and key administration
officials outlined many of the domestic programs he will submit
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Traffic Deaths
Now Total Us
BY the Associated Press

The national death toll from
traffic accidents this New Years
holiday continued to rise today.
but at rate much slower than
the record-shattering Christmas
week end.
At noon (EST) with the 1922
hour holiday period more than
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Practical Test LikeIy

Today's court decision is likely
to result in the first practical
test Of Virginia's pupil placement
laws in either Arlington or Char
lottesville. Here is how it is apt
to work:
A Negro student will make ap-
See ARLINGTON, Page Az
Evening star., 1956-12-31
WEATHER FORECAST

Generally fair, windy and becoming
colder tonight and Tuesday. Low tonight
near 20. (Fuu report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today
Evening star., 1956-12-31
Total Of 6 Continuances

The Municipal Court case
against the seven men was first
continued February 20. to grant
them a jury trial. Today's con-
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$500 Million Higher
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and MISUNDERSTANDING
after thundershowers and turn
ing cooler tonight, low around
SO. Fair and cooler tomorrow.
Maryland - Clearing after
thundershowers aad somewhat
cooler tonight. low 50-56 in west,
55-64 in eastern portion. Partly
cloudy and cooler in afternoon
tomorrow.
misunderstanding and turn
ing cooler preceded by thunder
showers in southeastern portion
early tonight. Low $3.50 in west
and north. 60-65 in southeastern
portion. Fair and cooler to-
morrow.
Winds-Northwest winds to-
night and tomorrow. Visibility
mostly good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-17
0Pct. Rise in Farm Income
Is Seen Likely This Year

the value Of products raised on
the farm and consumed there
and 90 the rental value Of farm
dwellings.
The department estimated that
farm receipts from marketingS
in the first eight months of this
year totalled Sill billion or 20
per cent more than in the cor
responding period last year.
Prices received by farmers dur
ing the eight-month period aver
aged 2 per cent below last year
but the volume of marketings
this year was heavier.
The January-August total of
cash receipts from livestock and
livestock products was estimated
at $10.4 billion, slightly above
last year as larger receipts from
milk, eggs and chickens more
than Offset declines for cattle
and hogs.
Crop Receipts Up
Crop receipts Of SGT billion
were up 8 per cent. with larger
sums from cotton, fruits and
vegetables, but lower amounts
from soybeans and tobacco.
Preliminary department esti-
mates indicate that cash receipts
in July and August were up
almost 4 per cent from last year,
with both prices and marketings
being slightly higher than in the
same months of 1866.
The department said that
farm operating costs continued
to run higher than a year ago.
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would involve Government die
tation and control over their
production"
I'm an address prepared for a
convention of the National
Frozen Food Locker Institute,
Mr.. Benson said: Il would like
to ask, personally. every farmer
across this great land whether
he would like to have Govern
rient tell him what he can grow
and how much, what he can sell
and how much?
See Bitter Alternative
COR, would he choose as his
alternative a program designed
to eliminate Notwithstanding
price destroying, income de-
stroying SURPRISES that now hang
over him-a program grounded
in the conviction that Govern
ment can do much to aid farm
ers, but that Government should
operate always in the role of
servant and never in the role of
master. -"
Mr.. Benson said farmers
don't want more SURPRISES
they don't want agriculture So
cialized.
-"Only a free and flexible ag-
riculture can stay tuned to mar
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kets-and only an agriculture
that stays in tune with its mar
kets can be expanding and pros
porous" he added.
SURPRISES Seen Reduced
The Secretary said that under
the Eisenhower administration,
Government -owned SURPRISES
amounting to $2.7 billion were
moved into useful outlets in the
fiscal year 1955-"more than
ever before in any one year, and
five times as much as in the last
year of the previous admins
tration."
Excluding cotton, Mr.. Benson
said, agricultural exports last
year reached the highest level
in 80 years.
Markets are expanding, and
five years of price decline that
began in 1851 have been
checked" he said.
Our task now is to eliminate
the SURPRISES that are our most
complex problem" and ito
achieve a healthy, high-level
balance between abundant pro-
duction by farmers and the
market needs of peacetime."
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Ihigh-level Government person.
mel "a problem which has
plagued both Democratic and
Republican administrations"
Even during the past four
years, about one-fourth Of the
Governments policy-making jobs
have remained vacant" the Har-
ward group noted.
\ 4 ~
AIR FORCE AWARDS - The
Directorate Of Intelligence Head
quarters, Air Force, has presented
outstanding performance ratings
to the following civilian en-
ployes:
Warren T. Ellis, Herbert B.
Sholar. Karroll T. Sallust, Har-
old ]. DuRoss, Milton Adds, Dan
B. Dyer, Russell F. Stryker. Davis
B. McCarn, Wilbur w. Hunter,
Kathleen M. Shannon, Margaret
E. Moody, Dorothy M. Larrick,
Robert H. Gere. Robert E. Bra
man, Shirley A. McVicker. Norma
r. Herring, Joan r. Duffy, Fes-
tena G. Robertson. William s.
Patterson and Harry j. Mallon.
Luther w. Stringham was given
a meritorious service award.