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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

Martin Luther King, IT,, leader
Of the Montgomery (Ala.) bus
boycott. and John r. (Jackie)
Robinson. former Brooklyn
Dodgers baseball star. Mr..
Robinson is chairman of the
NAACP annual Freedom Fund
drive.
Among the graduates were
three who received two degrees
each. They are Jesse johnson,
4l07 Third street NV, a bach
elor Of arts and bachelor Of laws;
Luther Evans Of Baltimore, doc
tor Of divinity and master Of arts,
and Babaloia Cole Of Lagos. Nj
geria. master Of arts in history
and government.
The class included the hus-
band-wife team Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Esmond M. Mapp Of 1912 Euclid
street NV; MIS-. Goler T.
Butcher. wife Of DR.. George
Butcher. assistant professor Of
mathematics; Mrs. Elena K.
Greaux, daughter Of DR.. Ellis o.
Knox. professor Of education;
Harold E. Finley. jr.. son Of DR..
Finley. professor Of zoology, and
z. Conrad Hicks. brother Of DR..
Leslie Hicks, instructor in <psy-
:hology.
The Rev. Arthur F. Zines, pas
tor Of Peoples Congregational
Church, 4704 Thirteenth street
NV. gave the invocation and
henediction.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

space and travel schedules. Mr..
Alcorn tries his best to be a
family man. He has an attrac-
tive. 29-year-old wife whom he
married two years ago and a
l7-year-old daughter by a pre-
vious marriage.
Lives in Apartment Here
In Washington, the Alcorns
live in an apartment in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel. and they
maintain an old. New England
type house at Suffield, Conn.,,
where daughter Eileen lives part
Of the time with a housekeeper
and part Of the time with Mrs.
Alcorn. who tries to get up to
Connecticut several times a
week.
The youthful-appearing chair
man was practically unknown
when he took the top Republican
job. He showed himself to the
electorate on February 3, two
days after he took office. Re-
porters who interviewed him at
that time agreed they liked what
they saw.
So, apparently. did a good
many Republicans.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Cadets View
Jet Cruckup
Killing Pilot

GRAND PRAIRIE. Tex. june
8 tR.-A Navy fighter. billed
as the worlds fastest naval
plane. exploded and crashed
killing its pilot. yesterday in full
view Of a group Of visiting naval
aviation cadets.
1t narrowly missed heavily
populated sections Of the metro
politan Dallas area.
The F8U-1 Crusader took on
from and made a low pass over
Hensley Naval Air Station just
before the explosion.
The body Of the test pilot,
James Buckner. 81. Of Dallas,
was found in shallow back waters
of the swollen Trinity River. Mr..
Buckner was Q test pilot for
Chance Vought, manufacturer Of
the F6U-l.
The wreckage plowed into an
open area and came to rest
within a few hundred feet of
three houses on the outskirts Of
Grand Prairie.
Lloyd Kane. a foreman at a
nearby aircraft plant, said the
wings fell OF Of the plane as 1t
disintegrated. A huge chunk Of
the fusilage spiralled to earth.
Chance Vought ofiicials said
the craft may have had a fame
out. Both the Navy and the
company launched investigations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Jury Trial Amendment
Defeat Seen by Boiling

serve the White Citizens Coun-
cils."
Mr.. Powell is in the Bethesda
(MdO Naval Hospital for what
medical officials said are ex-
haustive tests.
Mr.. Boiling said that while
the letter undoubtedly irritated
many members II don't think
it changed any minds"
The Missourian said there is
plenty Of time for members to
change their minds before the
vote on the jury trial amend
ment. expected about Thursday.
But he added that II it were
possible to vote now. the amend
ment would be defeated.
Southerners contend the bill,
by providing for injunction pro-
cedure for civil rights enforce
ment. deprives citizens of the
right to trial by jury.
Proponents Of the measure say
the injunction feature is no diff
ferent from the provisions of
many other Federal laws and
that it takes away no rights that
exist now. Some argue also that
q jury trial requirement would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

A supporter Of civil rights
legislation said today that "as
Of now we have the votes" to
defeat q Southern.backed Jury
trial amendment.
This estimate by Representa-
tive Boiling. Democrat of Mis-
souri,. contrasts with Southern
claims and comes after hints OF
Q rift in Democratic ranks out
side the South over a letter
written to other members OF
Congress by Representative
Powell. Democrat of New York
Representative Wayne Hays
Democrat Of Ohio, denounced
the letter as "scurrilous" in a
House speech yesterday. He said
1t came close to persuading him
TO vote for the jury trial amend
ment. Mr.. Hays sharply criti-
cized Mr.. Powell, who is colored
as one who would set Negro
citizens against others.
Mr.. Powell's letter said Negro
voters we're wondering II some
Northern Democrats had to take
orders from "middlemen who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity-Cloudy
and cool tonight with q chance OF
light rain. low near So. Con-
tinued cloudy and cool tomorrow
with occasional showers. Winds
ut II am, north-northeast at
II miles per hour.
Virginia-Cloudy and cool to-
night with a chance Of showers.
low $500 in the north and west
and near go in the southeast por-
ton. Cloudy and continued cool
Sunday with showers in the
southwest portion and a chance
Of scattered showers in the east
and north.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy to-
night with a chance Of showers,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
PERSONALITY
Meade AIcorn Comes
By Politics Honestly

H. (for Hugh) Meade Alcorn,
jr.. staggered through 40 years
of life under the weight Of his
seven-syllable name. Then, last
February /. he became chair
man Of the Republican National
Committee and promptly short
ened his name to plain. three
syllable Meade Alcorn.
Mr.. Alcorn. a Connecticut
Yankee in what must at times
seem to be King Arthur's Court,
is a politician by choice, by cir
cumstance and by birthright.
His father. Hugh M. Alcorn, was
appointed chairman Of the Con-
necticut Republican Party in
November. 1885. in the winter
OF the @. o. P.'s discomfort.
The adage. Like father, like
son." applies only to a limited
extent. however. Where Hugh
Alcorn. ST.. was an old-line Nc
Kinley-type protectionist, Meade
Alcorn. IT,. is an apostle OF the
M o ID ern Republicanism" that
President Eisenhower has ped
died so effectively to the Nation
and less effectively to the Con-
gress.
WelI-Suited TO Politics
An outlying personalities
any successful politico must be
Mr.. Alcorn has q wide grin
and a frank. open manner that
enables him to appear convinc-
ing even while denying such OBJ
viously demonstrable facts as
the existence Of strife within
the party ranks.
Some political observers who
viewed Mr.. Alcorn's immediate
predecessor, Len Hall. with some
suspicion look upon the new
chairman as a great improve
ment. Others aren't so sure.
Like Mr.. Hall. Mr.. Alcorn
takes no salary from the party.
Privately he explains, when they
are paying you It's hard to tell
them to go to hell" There is no
record, however. Of the affable
Meade Alcorn recommending a
warmer climate for an Re-
publican.
Within limitations OF time,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Many Nations
Await Surplus
Food From j. ).
By the Associated Press

Nearly a dozen countries are
reported eagerly waiting for
Congress to allow the Eisenhower
administration to sell another
billion dollars in surplus farm
products for foreign currencies.
Poland, Spain and Israel are
understood to be pressing the
State Department for such as
sistance in overcoming serious
food shortages.
Italy, Pakistan. japan, India.
Yugoslavia and other Asiatic and
Middle East nations also are
said to have made 1t known
they want some Of the American
farm products as soon as they
become available.
Three billion dollars in such
agricultural commodities includ-
ing wheat, cotton, fats and oils.
soybeans and dairy products.
have been sold to friendly ma
tons under special arrangement
during the past 212 years. The
sales have been for local cur
rency instead Of scarce dollars
under the administrations pro-
gram Of reducing huge stocks Of
surplus commodities accumu-
lated in Government farm price
support operations.
House Sidetracks Bill
The House has sidetracked
temporarily Q bill to authorize
the administration to dip into
its stockpile for disposal abroad
Of another billion dollars Of sur
plus products. The Senate has
passed the bill.
The Polish government
already has been promised $46
million to cover sales Of sur.
plus wheat and cotton, as soon
as Congress completes action on
the legislation.
The Poles signed an agree
ment yesterday with the United
States furnishing Poland $48.9
million worth Of coal mining
machinery and farm commodi-
ties. However. the administra-
ton scraped the bottom Of the
barrel to find this amount.
SPANS Request Backed
The American Embassy in
Madrid has backed up SPANS
request with urgent cables stress
ing that quick shipments are
needed to avert possible famine.
Senator Humphrey. Democrat
Of Minnesota, called attention to
SPANS plight two weeks ago and
urged the fastest possible action.
But Secretary Of State Dulles,
while ready to assist. has de-
cided he can do nothing until
Congress completes necessary
legislative action,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
House Gets Resolution
Urging Girord Reversal

Iolds and Elliott Young, had vol
unteered to aid the defense.
Mrs. Girard and Louis said
they were displeased with state
ments Mr.. Reynolds and Mr..
Young made in Washington and
had placed the defense solely in
the hands of Earl j. Carroll Of
New York.
Later, the mother and brother
reversed themselves after Mr..
Young telephoned from Wash
ington. The Girards then said
they would let the Peorians stay
on the case as long as they would
refrain from making public
statements and let Mr.. Carroll
handle that phase.
All three lawyers have offered
to plead the Girard cause with
out remuneration.
SubpOenas Issued
A statement was issued in
Washington by one Of Girard's
volunteer lawyers-Dayton M.
Harrington Of Washington =
Saying he and four other at
torneys had agreed ito join
forces in presenting a petition
for a writ Of habeas corpus and
also to Independently pursue
other channels. :"
Also in Washington, deputy
United States marshals started
serving subpoenas calling for
several Government officials, in
Guiding Secretary of State Dulles
and Secretary of Defense Wilson,
to be in Federal District Court
Tuesday with their records per-
tanning to the Girard case. The
Tuesday hearing was ordered
two days ago.
This does not mean the off,
Gals will show up in court per-
sonally. The subpoenas can be
accepted by aides for the secre-
taries.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Man Sentenced
Brutal Beating

A 31-year-old Winchester (Va.)
man yesterday was convicted Of
brutally beating his mother and
"a crippled sister, although they
both said he did not commit the
assault.
Municipal Court Judge Thomas
c. Scalley sentenced Earl Cald-
well to a year in jail for the
May 5 beating. Caldwell still
faces trial June 20, on a charge
of assaulting a 40-year -old
woman by pushing her out of
his car May IS at Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
Police Pvts. Joseph F. Neary
and Edward w. Clouse testified
Caldwell told them: 1T is a
waste Of time to lock me up be-
cause my family won't testify
against me-"
Assistant United States At
torney Walter Bonner said Cald.
wells mother and sisters were
afraid to testify against him.
Police said they found the
battered mother, Lucille. 40.
lying bleeding in bed. and the
bruised l9-year-old sister, Ger
aldine. slumped in her wheel
chair in the apartment in the
1900 block Of Sixth street NV.
The mother said a strange man
she had never seen beat her
and her daughter.
Another sister. Mrs. Pauline
Schwartz. 81. denied telling po-
lice she saw the beating. A
third sister, Rachel. is, also
denied telling police she saw
her brother beating her sister.
Police said that Caldwell's
right hand was swollen and
bruised when they arrested him
soon after the beating.
Can the court be blind to
all this circumstantial evidence?"
asked Judge Scalley. Il can't
ignore the unmerciful beating
he gave these unfortunate souls"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Bar Board Gets
Issue

The next step in the District
Bar Associations move to admit
Negroes to its membership will be
up to the new Board of Direc-
tors, a spokesman said today.
The directors and other new
officials Of the organization will
be announced Tuesday at the
annual meeting beginning at 8
pm. in the Mayhower. Elections
are by mail ballot.
An amendment to the associ-
alton bylaws to permit Negro
membership was nullified yes
terday by District Court Judge
Robert N. Wilkin.
Vote Void. Judge Rules
The court ruled that the voice
vote by which the bylaws amend
ment was passed violated both
the rules Of the association and
standard parliamentary proce-
dure. Judge Wilkin held that a
rising vote should have been
taken after members eligible to
participate had been separated
from the ineligibles.
outgoing President Thomas M
Raysor said that attorneys for
the association, defendant in q
suit brought by six members
must study the court opinion
and make recommendations tc
the incoming directors.
Time Still Needed
Mr.. Raysor said he is certain
that the bar groups counsel
Preston c. King. Edward Ben
nett Williams and Howard C
Westwood-have not yet had
sufficient time to decide on q
recommendation.
The board itself could decide
to appeal Judge wilkins de.
cision or order another vote be
taken by the association in line
with the courts ruling, Mr.
RAysor said. The directors also
could place the decision on the
next move before the general
membership.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

low in the upper sos in the west
and north and in the lower COS
in the south and southeast. Sun
day. rather cloudy and somewhat
warmer with a chance OF scat
tered thundershowers.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay-Easterly and north
easterly winds at 1918 miles per
hour tonight and tomorrow
Cloudy tonight and tomorrow
with q chance Of scattered
showers. Visibility fair to good
River Report
Wrom U, 3. Engineersl
Potomac River clear at HaTpers Ferry
and clear at Great Fails: Shenandoah
clear OF HarperS Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Lutheruns to Confirm
26 YOUNG PEOPLE

A group Of rs young people
VIII be confirmed during a serv-
ice at 8 pm. tomorrow in the
Lutheran Church of the Refor-
nation. 2l2 East Capitol street.
Sigurd Anderson. Federal
Trade Commissioner, will speak
during a $50 pm. confirmation
rally dinner that will precede the
service at the church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
BY the Associated Press

Representative Haley, Demo
crat Of Florida. has introduced {
resolution urging the administra'
ton to reconsider its decision tt
allow Army Specialist &c vii.
liam S. Girard to be tried BY
Japanese authorities.
The resolution, if adopted
would not be binding. It woulc
represent only an expression Of
House sentiment in the case Of
the 2l-year-old Ottawa, III.
soldier accused in the death OF
a Japanese woman. The case
has aroused considerable con-
troversy in Congress and else
where.
Meanwhile. townspeople in
Ottawa were raising a fund in
the CTS behalf. and a citizens
committee arranged to fly here
Monday to protest formally the
Government decision to allow the
soldier to be tried by the jap
anese rather than before a United
States military court.
Coming to Washington
The soldiers older brother,
Louis. %, and Louis wife, Shir-
ley, planned to leave Ottawa by
train tomorrow for Washington
to appear on the ABC television
program, Press Conference, Mon
day evening.
Louis said his mother, Mrs.
Dorothy Girard. will not 60 to
Washington because "she doesn't
feel UP to it,"
L. S. Clemens. city editor of
the Ottawa Republican Times,
and a member Of the home town
committee, said he has requested
an appointment with President
Eisenhower for the committee
through Illinois Senators, Doug
las Oemocrat) and Dirksen
Republican,.
Representative Frank Thomp-
son, Democrat Of New Jersey.
said yesterday the ultimate re-
sponsibility" for the decision
rests with President Eisenhower.
Contention Challenged
Challenging Mr.. Thompson's
contention. Representative Bow,
Republican Of Ohio. said some
one below Cabinet rank made
the decision. and that by the
time 1t was reviewed at the top
level "the word of the United
States had been pledged.
In Louisville. KY, last night.
Senator Morton. Republican of
Kentucky, said he thinks Japan
should be allowed to try Girard.
Americans, he added, must get
over their adolescence" and "be
adult" about the case.
But Representative Miller, Re-
publican Of Nebraska, said 1T
is important that we extend to
the American boys the protec-
ton of the flag and the Con-
stitution when serving in these
foreign countries"
And, he added. every mem
Der Of Congress is receiving let
tiers and wires protesting this
intolerable situation"
Relatives Change Minds
In Ottawa. Girard's mother
and brother criticized and then
retained two Peoria, IL, lawyers
within a few hours yesterday.
The lawyers. James C. Reyn-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

mean no enforcement in the
South.
The House was in recess to-
day. 1t is scheduled to conclude
general debate on the contro-
versial measure Monday and
begin discussing amendments
Tuesday.
The Senate has not acted on
civil rights legislation. although
its Judiciary Committee has ap-
proved a bill containing a jury
trial provision.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Albuniu Fires on Boot;
ItuIiun Fisherman Killed

ROME. June 8 (P.-The Ital-
ian news agency, ANSA. said
today machine guns on the Al
bantam coast fired on an Italian
fishing boat Thursday. killing
one fisherman.
The report said the boat, out
Of Gallipoli in the Gulf of Taran-
to. had been carried into AL
bantam territorial waters by
strong currents. The craft re-
portedly returned to Italy yes
terday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

~ E1OWdTQ university.
DR.. Malin, the commencement
speaker and one of three recipi-
ents Of honorary degrees as doc
tors Of laws, told an estimated
5000 spectators and $50 grad
yates:
Discrimination. both legal
and social. will have been elimi-
mated from this country-North
and South-by the year 2000."
He then asked the gathering.
seated in the open courtyard in
front Of Frederick Douglass
Memorial Hall on the university
campus. to pardon q white man
for setting the date 50 far in
advance"
you cannot rid the Nation Of
400 years Of discrimination In q
few short years." he said.
He warned of powerful
forces" which he said are united
in "a rear action to slow the
process down."
He said proponents Of inte-
grafton are mot apt to get much
help from Federal legislation"
But. he added, some will come
from the Nations courts. from
individuals acting voluntarily,
and from churches"
In addition to DR.. Malin,
executive director Of the union
since 1850 and a graduate Of
the University Of Pennsylvania.
DR.. Mordecai Johnson. Howard
University president. presented
honorary law degrees to the Rev.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
'Chutist Dies in Jump

THE HAGUE. June 8 R.-
Dutch Parachutist Henk de Rooy
plunged 1000 feet to his death
before assembled newsmen yes
terday at a press review of next
Mondays l2-nation air show.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Civil Liberties Aide Sees
Discrimination End Near

Dr. Patrick Murphy Man executive director American
Civil Liberties Union predicted here last night discrina-
ton against Negroes in America will be thing Of past
less than so years.
He warned however that full elimination prejudice will
not come without heat"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

NEW POST - H. Eugene
Goodwin, "a, Maryland
State Government and
political affairs reporter for
The Star since 1850, will be-
come director of Pennsyl-
vania State University'S
School Of Journalism July
IS. A graduate of the Uni
versity Of Iowa, Mr.. Good:
win formerly was with the
Associated Press Bureau at
Baltimore and the Balti-
more Sun. He lives at 7501
Chesapeake street, Land
over, Md, with his wife and
four children.-Star Staff
Photo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08

WEATHER F0RECAST-Showers and thunderstorms are
forecast tonight and tomorrow for most Of the two
thirds Of the Nation and the far Northwest Warm and
humid weather expected In the Southwest and warmer
temperatures due In the upper Mississippi Valley New
England and the mdMssissippi Valley will have cooler
weather It will be and sunny in the Southwest and
partly cloudy eSewhere-AP wirephoto Map
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IS Noon 81
= am. - ~ = pm. So
3 am. 20 SPIN. IA
Record Temperatures This Year
Hishest. ~ on April IS. May 20. %
Lowest. 3. on January IS.
High and Low Of last 70 Hours
High, SO At 2.2b pm.
Low, So at 7:40 am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-08
Relatives Change Minds

In Ottawa. Girard's mother
and brother criticized and then
retained two Peoria. IL. lawyers
within a few hours yesterday.
The lawyers. James c. Reyn-
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