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TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Fair and
cooler tonight, lowest about IS.
Tomorrow, fair and pleasant,
highest around 80.
Maryland--Fair, less humid
and somewhat cooler tonight,
low in the COS except $500 in
west. Tomorrow. less humid,
sunny and cooler.
misunderstanding and some
what cooler tonight, low 60-65
In north and west portions and
$3.50 in southwest. Fair. some
what cooler and less humid to-
morrow.
Wind-Southwest changing to
northwest at Is to 20 miles per
hour.
River Report
tFrom U 8. Englneersl
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
cloudy at HarperS Ferry.
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Police Attacker
Given 6 Months

A District man was given six
months in the Maryland House
of Corrections yesterday for at
lacking a police officer while
being transported to the Upper
Marlboro County jail.
Hunter G. Spencer, 80. of the
1900 block of Irving street NV,
said in Upper Marlboro Police
Court he could not remember
what happened, but he pleaded
guilty. Judge Nita S. Human
Crane also fined him $25 for dis
orderly conduct, the charge on
which he was originally picked
up on Thursday in the Coral
Hills shopping center.
Prince Georges County Police
Pvt. Lawrence R. Wheeler said
Spencer. handcuffed in the rear
of a police cruiser, apparently
tried to strangle him as he and
Pvt. John Macy were driving to
the Jail.
Spencer was Subdued with
several blows from Pvt. Wheeler's
blackjack and was treated at
Prince Georges General Hospital
for head cuts. Pvt. Wheeler re-
ceived minor face cuts.
In another case. Judge Crane
imposed a $3.50 fine on a for
mer Fairmont Heights town po-
liceman who pleaded guilty to
possessing untaxed liquor. Jerry
w. Banner, 40, colored. of the
1900 block Kalk street, Seat
Pleasant, was arrested Monday
while trying to peddle more than
100 half-pine bottles of whisky
from mis- car in a restaurant
parking lot, according to Prince
Georges County Police 1t. Lee
Humphrey and Detective Sergt.
Pa10b BOND
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Gen. TuyIor to Visit
Two Bases in South

Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor, Army
Chief of staff, is scheduled to
make a routine inspection trip
to Alabama and Georgia on Mon
day.
The Defense Department said
Gen. Taylor will fly first to Fort
Rucker, Ala. and later to Fort
Gordon, near Augusta, Ga. No
public appearances are sched-
uled.
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IBrucker Sees
NoArmyCut
AT Present

/ DALLAS, Tex, July IA (P.-
Wilbur M. Brucker. Secretary of
the Army. said last night I'VE are
not contemplating the cutting of
of a single soldier at the present
time"
He made the remark in refer
ence to a statement by Admiral
Arthur w. Radford, chairman of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who
said in Washington yesterday
that manpower needs for the
security of the United States
could ultimately be lowered be-
cause of the introduction of new
weapons"
Informed of a story saying
Admiral Radford proposed to
reduce the armed forces by 800.-
900. including a 45O,OOO-man
slash in the Army by 1860, Mr..
Brucker said in an interview
here that the proposal was news
to him.
He said that IF the plan were
brought to me. l would deplore
it by every standard l know. 1t
would seriously hurt the end
strength of the Army"
Mr.. Brucker said he would not
quarrel with a cut of $4,000
more or less" but said he was
IStaunchly opposed to mountains
and valleys" in the size of the
defense force.
I'VE should keep our Army
roughly at a predetermined size. -
he said. We require all the SOL
diers we have. every man is a
deterrent to war;" he said.
Mr.. Brucker was in Dallas to
address the annual reunion of
the AID Rainbow Division to-
night.
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pointed out that it was custom
airy for the service chieftians to
call on aides to come up with
numerous plans. They are used
for comparison and appraisal be-
fore they reach the top-level
within a service.
But "the individual who at
tributes certain definite views to
me as chairman of the Joint
Chiefs is anticipating con-
illusions which I have not yet
reached" the admiral said in
denying the story published by
The New York Times. There was
no explanation of the 12-hour
delay in issuance of the state
ment.
Based on Partial Data
Admiral Radford asserted
there was mo doubt that the
story was based on partial
information obtained from an
individual or individuals who
had assisted in the staff work on
this summers planning and who
had only limited knowledge of
the overall planning problem. "
An assistant, pointing out that
hundreds of such staff studies
are done at the Pentagon on
numerous subjects and proposals
before a final decision is reached.
said there also was one for a
is million manpower reduction
Staff studies. it was explained,
are based on assumptions" as
signed to a study group; for in
stance. what would happen If
the armed services were cut l
million" or 100000 or $4,000.
This assistant added that a
reduction of 10000 to 100000
by 1860 appeared more realistic
at this moment although the
Chiefs are far from a final deci-
sion.
The fact that reduction is
under consideration came as no
surprise. Defense Secretary
Wilson, who yesterday Endorsed
Admiral Radford's statement,
announced two weeks ago at his
annual Quantico, Va, conference
that weapons advancement made
consideration Of manpower re-
duction in the years ahead
mandatory. At that time a re-
port that the cut would run from
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foreign affairs" the officials
said.
Timing Called Unfortunate
Timing of the public discussion
of further cuts in American
armed forces was also considered
unfortunate. Only this week the
Soviet Union had reluctantly
agreed to a 2.5 million men CELL
ing for disarmament rather
than the is million which they
had previously preferred.
One implication of further
United States cutbacks in man.
power which State Department
officials dislike most is that il
places heavier reliance on nu-
clear weapons. 1t might be in
terpreted abroad as guarantee
ing either that all future wars
would be atomic or that United
States conventional war-making
capability would take SO long to
build up as to be ineffective.
This might even disenchant
some of the United States
Staunchest allies, who recently
read 1t. Gen. James M. Gavin's
estimate that hundreds of mil
lions of persons in Europe or
Asia might die in radioactive
fallout of a full-Scale nuclear
war.
There is also worry that the
United States might fail to capt.
talize on any cutS-aS it has on
previous armed forces reductions
lin disarmament negotiations
and in the propaganda contest
with the Soviet Union. These
cuts would have a huge bargain
ing potential in the disarmament
talks with the Soviet Union,
Britain, France and Canada,
State Department officials point
out.
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Belgium Leaders
Will Visit Russia

BRUSSELS, Belgium, July IA
ZAP. premier Achille Van Acker
and Foreign Minister Paul
Henri Spaak will visit the Soviet
Union next October, the Foreign
Minister said last night.
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100000 upwards was denied as
being premature.
Represent Opinions
Inevitably, it was pointed Out
then and again today, there are
many such staff studies. And
because they represent opinions
rather than facts, they represent
a wide range Of judgments.
While the Times story caused
IA furore at the Pentagon, re-
action in Congress was general
ly marked by a tendency to hold
back until the facts became
clearer.
Chairman VinSon of the
House Armed Services Commit
tee said that if an 800, 000-mar
cut had been proposed II won't
go along with tit would weak
en- us too much"
Doubt Expressed
The Georgia Democrat anc
Chairman Mahon of the House
Military Appropriations Sub
committee expressed doubt i'm
mediately that Admiral Radforc
had made any such recommen-
dalton.
At Gettysburg. Pa, Presiden-
tial Press Secretary James c
Hagerty, jr.. said II don't know
anything about it,"
Chairman Russell of the Sen
ate Armed Services Committee
pointed out that the Pentagon':
manpower chief, Assistant De.
Tense Secretary Carter L. Bur.
CESS, only recently told his group
that the 1858 fiscal year plar
called for 2,85o,O0O personnel
only slight reduction from
current strength.
The stats of the military
chiefs of the Army, Navy anc
Air Force are embarked on &
longer range study. Right nov
they are trying to figure out
the force that will be necessary
in 1960-61.
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Huwuiiun Statehood

HONOLULU.-As early as in
1910 a vote Of two-to-one for
statehood was registered in
territory-wide plebiscite on the
question by the people of Hawaii.
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No Work Loss
In Steel Strike,
Union Is Told

PITTSBURGH, July IA (P.-
The national steel strike will
mean little or no net loss in
work, David j. Mcdonald has
told the $4,000 members of the
United SteelworkerS Union.
The union received this word
from its president as contract
talks recessed late yesterday.
There was no apparent progress
in bargaining for a settlement.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ne
gotiations are to resume Mon
day.
In the July issue of the union
newspaper. Steel Labor, Mr.. Nc
Donald says warehouses are
"bulging with steel" and ad-
dresses these words to strikers
wives:
This shutdown means that
your husband is out of work
now instead of working short
weeks or being unemployed al
together in the next few months.
When your husband starts work.
ing again the industry will make
up production by raising the
rate of output, by overtime, etc.
There will be little or no net
loss in the total work for your
husband"
Fears Swear Pact
The union chief repeated his
assertion that a f1ve-year no.
strike proposal by the steel COM
Ipanies would not bring "stabil-
lily" to the industry. Instead, he
said, it would bring chaos, dis
order and eventual ruin to the
balance so carefully developed
over the past years"
Mr.. Mcdonald yesterday re-
ported mo change whatever" in
the stalemated talks. There also
was no indication the industry
had changed its position on
length of contract, apparently
the principal block in the way Of
an agreement.
John A. Stephens. United
States Steel Corp. vice president
and chief industry negotiator,
told newsmen he could not COM
ment on the bargaining session.
Mediator Reviews Talks
/ Joseph F. Finnegan, director
of the Federal Mediation Service,
met with Mr.. Stephens and other
company negotiators after the
negotiating session ended. He
said they merely reviewed what
had TRANSFERRED. The current
talks, as did talks before the
strike, included representatives
of Bethlehem Steel Co. and Re-
public Steel. Together with
United States Steel they are
known as the industry's big
three"
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MonPower Cut Plan
Laid to Aides of Rodford
BY JOHN A. GILES

recommendation that military manpower be cut by 100000
we'll be contained in of the
studies the subject Admiral Arthur W. Radord indicated
strongly yesterday.
Chairman the Joint Chiefs of Staff denying that
himself had his mind the force level by that
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Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
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Represent Opinions

100000 upwards was denied as
being premature.
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foreign affairs" the officials
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-14

Record Temperatures This Year
Highest g5, on June 13.
Lowest 90, on January "a, rs and
February 90
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High and Low Of Last - Hours
f HiSh tS Sssts IoIninS -; a. Pm
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magazine are: James Polhill, "a,
a white-eollar worker of Louis
vile, Georgia; Walter Templin,
AZ, a factory worker in Birming-
ham, Alabama; Kenneth cass, 30,
Major of Greenville, South Caro-
lima: William McCamy, plantation
owner Of the Mississippi Delta
country; and Marshall Joyner, 38,
sharecropper in Greenville'
North Carolina.
Also presented are the diver
gent views on segregation of some
of the South's leading spokesmen:
Senator James Eastland of Nj
sissippi: Governor Herman Tai
madge OF Georgia; Ralph McGii,
editor af the Atlanta Constitution;
and Holding Carter, editor OF the
Delts-Demoersf-Times in Green
vile, Mississippi The attitudes
of these public figures, LIFE
SAYS, fall generally into two
camps. One holds that desegre-
CATION would be an unadulterated
good; it points out that the South
has undergone great change IN
recent years and is still changing,
and implies that segregation
therefore is no longer desirable
or practical.
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each country, to consult on how
best to meet these problems, to
know that since the days of the
second World War, the inhabit-
ants of various countries have
suffered psychological changes
which will be reflected in their
attitude toward the Y. w. c. A.,
their specific needs, and the
means to be used to meet and
alleviate these needs. TT e
Y. w. c. A. attempts to show all
nations that though there are
apparent differences of custom,
religion, politics, and social
habits in various countries, there
is a basic meeting ground in the
realm of Christianity and fell
lowship. II a relationship has
these two qualities, there IS no
strife which it cannot stand.
The need for world fellowship
IS so important that nothing
must be allowed to deter any
steps in that direction. II such
a relationship can be created
through developing strong
sense of brotherhood via a shar-
ing of common interests, and this
seems 20 be the course, then the
Y.W.C.A. is a pioneer in that
field. The duty then is placed
upon all who are members or
potential members of the WV.
CA. to take the relationship
which we share as single unit
and transmit that feeling OF
unity, loyalty, sincerity and inte-
gritty which we call fellowship to
our city, to our state, to our
country-to the world Our aim
is World Fellowship and the for
muIa for success is simple and
basic.
For those of you who are in
terested, won't you take the first
step to support the Y.W.C.A.l
1856 World Fellowship Program
BY purchasing tickets to the book
review Of Mrs. A. Clark Murdoch
of And Walk in Love? The tic-l
kets for this event to be held at
the Downtown Y.Wc.A. on Sep
tember rs, 1856 are being sold
at a cost Of One Dollar and may
be purchased upon request.
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should seem helpful to his cause,
he will try to work under the
auspices of the NAACP or the
Urban League. or both. He IS a
member of both organizations
and heartily endorses their prin-
ciples and efforts. II il is not
possible to work with either OF
these organizations he proposes
to form his own, to be known as
the National Campaign for Inter
racial Justice.
Married and the father Of three
children, Crockett lives in the Ja-
cob Riis Project Houses at BOB
East 9Th Street on the Lower East
Side. His fellow tenants include
practically every nationality IN
New York. His friends are, for
the most part, the colored per-
sons living in the buildings. He
can be seen frequently with two
or more small boys beside him,
walking along the East River or
on one Of the benches in the pro
ject area.
Has Found Rejection
He admits to having been re-
jected by family and associates
for most Of his life. He attended
Tennessee Military Institute and
found life hard there. He served
in the Coast Guard in World War
II and found adjustment there
impossible. Few people have
seen eye to eye with him at any
time in any area. He is a man
making a desperate try to belong.
He feels that colored people who
have long, bitter history Of re-
lection will take him TO their
hearts and allow him TO help them
fight against ostracism.
Crockett is the material OF
which prophets and demago-
CUES are made. he chooses to
be prophet of peace. It is
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Rev. VIM. PrUitt

The Rev. William Pruitt, sc
years. 1903 Pinkney Street, passed
away Unexpectedly early Tuesday
morning September 18th at a local
hospital.
Rev Pruitt had been 2 resident
Of Omaha forty two years and
was the Pastor Of the Good Shep
herd Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Lucille Pruitt, two sons, Mr..
Ernest Pruitt. Omaha; Mr.. Thorn
as Pruitt. Los Angeles, California;
brother, Mr.. Thomas Pruitt, two
nieces, Mrs. Nettie Brown, Mrs.
Doty Pruitt, of Milwaukee, Wis.
consin; and other relatives.
Funeral services we're held two
o'clock Friday afternoon Septem-
Der 14th from the New Hope Bap-
list Church with the Rev. Leroy
Braggs officiating. assisted by the
following Ministers, j. C. Wade,
2. w. Williams, F. C. Williams, E.
D. Johnson, R. w. Johnson, C..
Adams, D. st. Clair, C. Favors, NJ.
Marion, w. C. Walker, w. Seals,
J. o. White, J. C. crowder, C. C.
Pettis, w. w. Fort, D. A. Camp
bell, o R. carwelI, ]. Crawford, c.
McMorris. f. Alderidge, J. W.
Goowin. c. Williams, E. Wills,
E. Benson, A. Whittiers, II. offut,
A. Marion, e. Crawford, H. d.
Booker Rescue Lodge No. 4, John
Henry, Worshipful Master was
in charge of the Masonic Rites.
Burial was at Mt. Hope Gene
tary with arrangements by Thorn
as Funeral Home.
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WANTED TO RENT

We have a mother with five
children who is having hard time
keeping shelter over their heads.
She can afford to pay $500 or
$1,000 a month rent She win
make someone a good steady ten.
ant. Sha is now living in the
housing project. Her daughter
got married a few weeks ago due
to this fact she has been ordered
10 AGATE. She gets child assist
ant Aid and her daughter gets q
check from the army for her per
sonaI support. She has a good
record Of having her children
under good control. And q good
record Of paying her rent on
time. She wants four rooms an
furnished except for Refrigerator
and stove. If you want good
reliable tenant call the Omaha
Guide. HA eeoo-
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White Man
Would Bottle
For Negroes
Jim Crockett TO Battle for Race
Justice

James w. Crockett, Alabama
born visionary, who considers
himself TO be a colored man
"inasmuch as my skin is pink
is man openly seeking the
friendship Of and acceptance BY
colored people Tbirty-four-
year old Crockett who says he has
learned through suffering" to
understand the problems of color
ed people is embarking on a per
sonal campaign to destroy the bar
rier against them and to obtain
full recognition for their dignity,
equality and rights" He is seek
ing to refute once and for all
the myth that the colored man
is inferior in any way whatsoever.
A religious man "a follower Of
the Catholic faith and a speaker
in the Holy Name Society Of the
Archdiocese of New York;, he
hopes to see that happy and bles-
sed day when a united humanity,
brothers in the full sense of the
word. =. advance arm-in-affi
steadily toward God"
Says he ''If you reject a man,
you condemn him to a slow
death. In many ways, killing
is more merciful, because the
pain is instantaneous. deeply
feel my coiored brother's heart
ache and | shall strive. TO
| lift this dreadful burden from his
weary shoulders as speedily as
possible"
Plans Speaking Campaign
Crockett proposes to accomplish
this by public speaking. This he
viii do on a voluntary basis. II il
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The term world fellowship
may sound large and frightening,
but it can be broken down and
defined. The world" is the uni
verse as we know it today. Eel
lowshipnis a shared relationship
which combines trust, loyalty,
sincerity, liking, compatibility,
dependency and all the nuanees
Of friendship.
IN order to develop world fell
lowship or friendship, we must
be able to develop individual
friendships. Every house must
have a sturdy foundation. This
relationship of friendship is one
in which we engage all our lives
If we intend and do live worth
while lives. The United Nations
is picture Of dependency
where each country makes its
contribution which will inure to
its own benefit and to the benefit
of the other countries. There
is study, discussion, rationalizing,
planning and action on CO.
operative basis.
The Young Women's Christian
Association recognizes this need
of nations and nationalities for
mutual understanding and adopts
a worldwide program of inter-
cultural exchange and in so do
ing, the Y. w. C. A. serves as a
link In the chain to make for
better understanding and world
fellowship. If we are dependent,
then. upon other nations, we
must understand them to like
them, we must be compatible
and develop mutual interests
with them, and basically, we
must trust them. These things
the 7. w. c. A. seeks to ae-
complish in its daily program.
Its intercultural activities are a
day-to-day living mpl e
throughout the world OF the pos
sibility of world fellowship. The
Y. w. c. A. seeks to foster world
fellowship by having as its
agents in the field persons who
have the ability-by virtue If
training, personality and moral
belief-to foster a feeling Of
trust in the various foreign eoun-
tries. to know the problems of
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Attitudes
of Whites
Analysed

NEW YORK, September p
Southerners who believe in segre-
cation are generally thoughtful,
pious people and are nol as is
sometimes pictured. latter-day
Simon Legrees who do now with
the law what used to be done
with the whip. They may call the
Negro a "Nigra" or a "nigger"
but have since ceased meaning
any harm or insult by it. On the
other hand they believe strongly
in the segregation Of the races
and, as might be expected, hold
these beliefs for a variety of rea-
sons.
The nature of segregation attI-
tudes Of several typical white
Southern segregationists are des-
cribed in the current September
III issue of LIFE Magazine as
part of its series on the Back.
ground of Segregation" LIFE
lists the following views as repre-
sentative of white segregationist
opinion:
The end Of segregation will
soon lead into intermarriage be-
tween White and Negro on large
scale. "Of all the arguments adj
vanced against integration, this
is the most commonly heard,
the magazine says.
Other millions, particularly IN
the low and middle-income
groups, fear the Negro for eco
nomic reasons. As the industrial
ization of the South proceeds. this
fear will probably grow even
greater.
Problem OF Standards
MANY are not afraid Of the Ne
gro in any fashion but simply
believe he falls short of their
standards, whether of intelligence,
morality or simppIep sanitation, .
LIFE says.
Another major southern atti-
tude is that the problem does not
exist. Under the theory of sep
arate but equal" many Southern
ers have worked hard in recent
years to improve the lot Of the
Negro only now to find that Ne
groes themselves are resentful Of
these efforts in their hope of com.
plete integration.
Candid Southerners will admit
that they cannot help being in.
i fluenced in some part by a feel.
ing any casual observer Of human
nature readily understands: hav.
ing been kingpins for many years
i they are not anxious to relinquish
or even dilute the status.
The South in general viii also
| If pressed, admit that segregation
will probably end some day. But
it insists that much time is need
| ed to bring it about. And 1t feels
that it must end segregation In its
own way; preachments from Other
parts of the country will only
cause more bitterness and delay
Divergent Views
Collectively the white segrega
fionist views presented are, &C
cording to LIFE, Representative
Of that hallowed but vague insti
tuition, "the Southern way Of life
:. They belong to men in various
! parts of the south, following var
ious occupations. Featured by the
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not possible to examine a mans
heart and tell what lies therein.
only time and exposure can tell
that. Crockett himself says IT
best my solored brethren will
soon find me out for what am.
whether | am a true brother and
servant of humanity. or big
fraud. If the latter should prove
true. I'll then be the laughing
stock of the country
The Omaha guide., 1956-09-21
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