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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-26
Mowen ENCOURAGED

Coach Bob Mowen could see
some encouragement in Pooles-
ville's third straight loss this sea
son. Mowen has been trying to
build his sophomores toward the
future and while Gaithersburg
was busy routing his team 1922
he put in his sophs as q unit and
they didn't do badly.
The Poolesville sophomores
scored 10 Of the meager "a point
total though they played little
more than a quarter.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-26
Blair Tough
In Words of
Spartan Coach
By George Bragaw
Sports Editor

Walter Johnson Coach Allen
Swick summed up his teams
game with Blair Saturday with
one word" tough"
No one who saw Blair's second
victory of the season over Con-
azga last weekend, will doubt
Swick's words. Blair after trail
ing for three quarters rallied to
take the contest 5146.
In 6-foot4 Bob Daniels, the
Blazers have a second tallest man
in county play and Tommy Brown
Is a boy with enough spring to
jump with the tallest. 1t was
Brown who contributed that vital
something to turn the tide for the
second game in row. This time
1t was his clutch shooting and
passing. Brown sank the vital
two free throws in the two-point
victory over Western earlier last
week.
Daniels, who scored 10 points
and Brown, who scored 10, took
control of the board in the sec.
ond half to sink the high flying
Eagles. In the uphill battle Bar
ry Goss put the Blazers ahead for
good with four minutes remain
ing at 42-40. Daniels picked off
IL rebounds for the winners.
Spartans Can't Match
Blazer Height
Walter Johnson can't match
Blair's height and will go into
the game with this definite disad-
vantage. The Spartans played
Wheaton on even terms for most
of that game last week despite
the fact that Wheaton had 6-foot-4
Roger Richards under the boards.
Swick, however, played to screen
the big man out by taking most
of the shots from Richards side
of the basket in an attempt to
force the rebounds away from
him. Bob Woodward picked 20
rebounds in this manner to lead
both teams. Richards only got
II rebounds but 10 of these were
in the last half and he controlled
the defensive boards completely
in the period to make the differ.
ence.
II found out last week that Bob
Woodward can get off his feet
and I'll expect a lot more from
him from now on" Swick said
of the juniors performance.
These teams not only meet In
this holiday date but face each
other in the first date after the
start of the new year.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-26
Barons Ready
For leagues
Shaping Up

The Bethesda Barons spent part
of the week under two new
coaches co-captains Bucky
Brumbaugh and Bob (Snake)
Bryan. The boys took charge of
practice while Head Coach Wey-
mouth JUDD Judkins was out Of
town.
"The boys are going to run
things" Judkins said before leav.
ing, THE schedule is all mapped
out, they just have TO put them
through it."
Judkins still feels he has a
good team despite the Barons
poor start, losing four out of the
first five contests. Two of the
four losses were by one point
and another was to an alumni
squad which featured four &C.
tive college cagers.
Tom Pennington, a regular at
William and Mary, Angus
(Smokey) Lamond, and Jim
Shipman steller freshman at
Maryland and Bruce Kessler of
the American U. frosh led the
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-26

Glass with 1920 and Williams
Barber Shop is in third slot with
24.21.
In Class B, Rockmont Motors
and AIS Texaco are tied for the
lead with u wins against 10
losses. Miller & Fields and Hun
gerford II are clinched for third
place with identical records Of "a
wins and 81 losses.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-12-26

SENTINEL. e M0STGoNE Mn
Thursday December rs, I9s7-R3
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REVIEW OF THE WORLD SCENE
Continued From Page A-2s

Continued From Page A-29
ing them. he added "any govern
ment that summarily rejects them
would accept a frightful RESPONSE
bility before the whole world"
For his side. Mr.. Gromyko
charged that, under United States
leadership. the West was deter
mined not to accept any disarm-
ament. Soothing at the optimism
expressed by the American dele
gate TO the London talks. Harold
E. Stassen, Mr.. Gromyko called
them "a complete failure"
(See appraisal Of London talks
by Jerome H. Spingarn on this
page.)
While the U. N. looked ahead
to a full-dress debate on the dis
armament issue. the United States
Cd fired two test missiles from the
missile test center at Cape Cam
averal, Fla. one reported to be the
5,000-mile-range guided missile
Shark; the other the IRBM
Thor" 90 announced the de-
velopment Of a new radar able to
detect intercontinental ballistic
missiles as far as 5000 miles away,
and 80 exploded the 2lst nuclear
device in the Nevada test series,
this time underground.
AS this progress Of major pro-
portions. was being reported on the
push-button warfare front, Secre-
tary Of Defense Wilson Thursday
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Thai Overturn

In Bangkok last Monday night,
tanks and troops quietly occupied
strategic points on orders Of Field
Marshal Sarjt Thanarit, army
commander in chief. Thailand's
Premier Pibul Songgram fed the
city; national police chief Gen.
Phao Sriyanond took a plane for
Geneva. Marshal Sarit announced
he would direct the formation Of
a new government, with the con-
sent Of the youthful King Phumi-
phon Aduldet.
The monarch dissolved the Thai
National Assembly, named Mar
shall Sarit as military governor
Of Bangkok, and announced new
national elections to be held with
in 90 days. Yesterday Pote Sara
sin, former Thai envoy to WASH
ington. was named provisional
Premier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-22
BY DAVID KOONCE

The beginning Of the 1878
school year, although marked by
turmoil In Little Rock and Nash
vile. also saw more desegregation
progress than in all Of the three
years since the Supreme Courts
school desegregation decision in
the area where racial progress
comes the hardest-the "old"
South. But anything approaching
region-wide indignation is still a
long way on.
Altogether. TAO previously seq
regated school districts in n
Southern or border States have
integrated. or are i'm the process
of migrating, according to the
Southern Education Reporting
Service. Still remaining COM
pletely segregated are $500 school
districts in which both white and
Negro pupils live.
In the 'old" South, is districts
began the school year integrated
or with plans to integrate. an in
crease Of nine over the seven
which had previously desegregated
since the courts decision. The
total Of TAO districts. which in-s
cluded the District of Columbia
and the border States of
Kentucky, Maryland. Delaware,
Missouri. Oklahoma and West
Virginia, showed an increase of
IS since last year.
OF the nine newly integrated
districts in States Of the former
Confederacy. six are integrated
in fact only. In Little Rock, Gov.
Faubus' State militia still is bar
ring entry Of Negro students to
Central High School; In adjacent
North Little Rock q voluntary in
tegration plan was junked on the
flrst day Of school, and in Ozark,
Ark. three Negro high school
pupils who attended q previously
alleviate school on the FIRST day
Of the term have since withdrawn.
Six Of the nine went ahead with
desegregation as q matter of
school board policy; the remain
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DESPITE TROUBLE SPOTS
Integration. Slowly Continues
DESPITE TROUBLE SPOTS

ing three were forced to integrate
by court orders.
AS Of last week, this was the
shape Of degeneration progress in
the II Southern and Border
States:
ALABAMA
No indignation at either the
public school or State-supported
college level is in sight. Twelve
laws have been enacted designed
to make integration impossible.
ARKANSAS
Ninety Negro first-grade pupils
attended integrated classes for
the first time. by voluntary de-
cision Of the school board, in Fort
Smith, at the western edge Of the
State. In nearby Van Buren,, 81
Negroes were integrated by court
order at the high school level.
Three Negro pupils at Ozark with
drew from integrated classes. In
tegration plans in Little Rock
and North Little Rock didn't come
on. Integration previously had
been accomplished in Charleston,
Hoxie. Fayetteville. Hot Springs
and Bentonville.
DELAWARE
The first Federal court deseg-
regation order covering an entire
State was handed down by Dis
trict Court Judge Paul Leahy OH
July IS. He ordered the end Of
segregation in Delaware by fall.
1857. Nevertheless. schools opened
with little change in the pattern
Of integrated schools in the two
northern counties Of New Castle
and Kent. and segregation con-
tinuing in the other county,
Sussex, in Southern Delaware.
FLORIDA
All public schools and State
supported colleges remained seq
regated. The Southern Education
Reporting Service reported that
three school entry suits were still
active"
GEORGIA
Segregation continued at all
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cording and II the witness testi-
mony at the hearing doesn't jibe
with that on the tape, or If the
witness doesn't answer certain
questions, the committee uses the
recording to do little prompting.
"A Fair Device
Mr.. Thomson said he thinks
the hidden tape recording method
lis fair device" He said there "is
no law against using tape record
ings. I don't know If it's usual pro-
cedure for committees to use them
I've never carried on an inves-
tigation before"
The NAACP attorneys charge
the committee with trying to in
ttmidate US into inaction." Mr..
Thomson denies trying to intimi-
date anyone. I'VE let the wit
nesses have an attorney in the
room when they appear If they
want one," the chairman said.
He also said the committee is
investigating the Defenders of
State Sovereignty and Individual
Liberties. He said the Defenders
turned over all their records with
out objection. Individual wit
nesses have not been called from
among the Defenders because
they have not promoted any ra-
cial litigation - and that's pri-
marily what we're interested in"
he said.
In Northern Virginia the witness
list included almost as many white
people as Negro. They were per-
sons involved in the attempt to
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VIRGINIA REPORT
NAACP Role in Suits Is Thomson Torqet

to racial activities in this State"
The committee was given
$4,000 and instructed in House
Bill IS to conduct its investiea-.
ton so as to collect evidence and
information which shall be neces-
sary or useful" in:
1. Determining the need for
new laws that would help In maxi
ing State tax income investiga-
tons Of corporations or associa-
tons promoting racial litigation.
2. Determining the need for new
laws on the tax-exempt status Of
such organizations and the tax
status Of donations to such groups.
3. Determining the effect which
lntegration or the threat Of inte-
grafton could have on the public
schools or the general welfare,
and whether the laws Of barratry,
champerty and maintenance are
being violated In connection with
this point.
1t Is the barratry, champerty
and maintenance-spelled out as
violations Of law in the anti
NAACP" legislation-which has
occupied most Of the commuters
attention so far.
What They Mean
Barratry is defined as the prac-
tice Of exciting and encouraging
or maintaining lawsuits or quar-
rels: champetry occurs when a
person having no legitimate con-
Germ in lawsuit aids a litigant
under an agreement granting him
a share Of the gain If the suit is
successful: and maintenance is de-
fined as IAN ofIicious or unlawful"
meddling in a suit by providing
money or other means to carry 1t
on.
In the Thomson committees
scope. these terms mean simply
that the NAACP is suspected OF
stirring up litigation, soliciting
clients In whose names desegrega-
ton suits are brought, and fur
nishing money to carry on the
suits.
So far the committee has called
about so witnesses before 1t in
hearings in Norfolk. Prince Ed
ward County. Richmond and Ar
lington. Witnesses are chosen gen.
orally from among the persons
listed as plaintiffs in the desegre-
cation suits. Most Of them have
been Negroes.
The committee-its eyes on the
baTatry, champerty and mainte-
tenance section Of the law-wants
to know II they entered the suits
voluntarily or II they were sought
out by some organization, II they
are paying the court costs and at
torney fees or II some organization
Is putting up the money.
A controversial element In the
Thomson investigation has been
the use of recording devices by
investigators who interrogate wit
nesses in the field before the COM
mittee gets them into the hearing
room. Most Of the witnesses so
interviewed have not been aware
that their conversations were be-
ing recorded by the hidden devices.
The committee listens 10 the re-
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enter Negro students into white
schools and in the suit by a white
Fairfax woman to invalidate the
States Pupil Placement Act, the
keystone Of Virginia's anti-inte.
grafton structure.
-Four Of the witnesses-and Mr..
Thomson said 1t was purely CO.
incidence-belong to the Fairfax
County Council on Human Rela-
tons. q group dedicated to pro-
noting better UNDERSTANDING be-
tween the races.
Records Sought
Records Of NAACP chapters and
financial dealings Of the Negro
attorneys and their clients have
been demanded by the committee.
And 1t is looking over records
available from State agencies, in
GLIDING State income tax filings
OF persons involved in litigation.
Mr.. Thomson claims he has
enough information to put the
NAACP out of business in Virginia
because Of illegal law practices.
His report to be submitted to
the General Assembly by Novem-
Der l will show. he says. the bold
ness with which the NAACP law
yers toss things around. They
have done things clearly illegal to
do as lawyers.
Some Of the plaintiffs have
testified they didn't even know
they were involved in the de-
segregation suits until we ques-
toned them" he said.
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levels in this State which has en-
acted IA laws to prevent integra-
ton. including one which makes
1t a felony to spend money for
any integrated school. o
KENTUCKY.
Integrated schools opened
classes in 100 districts, six more
than last year. Eighty per cent
Of the Negro school population
was integrated There were UNI
successful demonstrations in
Sturgis, scene Of trouble in 1856
when schools attempted to inte-
crate. In Clay. also a 1856 trou-
BILE spot. so Negro pupils who were
to attend integrated classes did
not show up.
LOUISIANA
The only integration in public
education here is found in four
State colleges which were ordered
by the Federal court to register
Negro applicants.
MARYLAND
The enrolment Of Negroes in
previously all-white schools in st.
Marys County brought the num-
Der Of actually integrated coun-
ties In Maryland to IA out Of %.
MISSISSIPPI
No school entry litigation was
even pending in this State, and
racially mixed classrooms seem
further from reality here than
anywhere else. A Negro-white
school equalization program was
slackening as q result Of a tight
ened money market and costlier
bonds.
MISSOURI
OF the 244 school districts in
the State. zoe had desegregated,
including seven beginning this
month.
NORTH CAROLINA
The wall Of public school segre-
cation extending from Louisiana
east and Florida north to the
Potomac was broken in three
North Carolina cities this fall.
BY voluntary school board action
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ordered a second l00,00O-man cut
In the strength Of the armed
forces. A third slash is under
study, Mr.. Wilson said.
The new reduction will bring the
size Of the Nations military es-
adjustment TO 2.6 million men,
only 100000 more than the 2.5-
million figure proposed by the
United States at the London dis
armament talks. The action was
necessary, Mr.. Wilson said, to
keep military expenditures within
the $38 billion budget authorized
for the Defense Department this
fiscal year. The cut will be made
without impairment Of our ma
tional security" he declared.
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VIRGINIA REPORT
BY PAUL HOPE

Northern Virginians got their
first look this week at workings Of
Virginia's Thomson Committee set
UP to investigate racial activities
in the Old Dominion.
They got q look at James Thom-
son, 33-year-old segregationist
from Alexandria, who is rapidly
going up the ladder in the Byrd
organization; at Leslie Hall, A
year-old former ALBANIAN and
avowed segregationist who is chief
counsel for the committee; at
Frank Moncure, Stafford County
member Of the House Of Delegates
who once called Arlingtonians
''crackpots."
Most Of the looks were via the
newspapers. however. There
weren't any television cameras
and there was no welcome mat for
the public outside the closed doors
Of the hearing room. Most Of
the information about what goes
on has been CLEANED from wit
neSSes.
The Thomson Committee, Of
fcially called the Committee on
Law Reform and Racial Activities.
was born in the anti-integration
atmosphere Of the 1856 special
session Of the General Assembly.
It was q part Of the package Of
legislation designed to preserve
segregation in the schools and
kill the effectiveness Of the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People.
The so-called "anti-NAACP"
portion Of the legislative package
set UP two committees-the Thom-
son committee and another headed
by Delegate John Boatright Of
Buckingham = whose functions
somewhat overlap. The laws also
provided for: Registration Of
groups which finance law suits
to which they are not parties:
registration Of groups engaging
in activities on behalf Of one
race. which activities might
create racial conflicts; strength
ening Of laws pertaining to the
soliciting Of business by lawyers:
filing Of membership and financial
data Of any organization that
brings suit against the Common
wealth. locality, officers or en-
ployes: prohibition and punish
ment Of barratry (instigation of
litigation by people. corporation
or associationsJ. These laws are
being challenged in court by the
NAACP.
Thomson Sponsored Bill
Mr.. Thomson introduced House
Bill IS. which created his COM
mittee. II is composed Of four
members Of the Senate and six
members Of the House. One Of
them is Mr.. Moncure, who spon-
sored a bill taking away Airing
toms elected school board.
House Bill SIS gave the commit
tee authorization 10 make a thor
ough investigation Of the activities
Of corporations. organizations, as
sociations and other like groups
which seek 10 influence, encour-
age or promote litigation relative
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II Negroes were admitted to white
schools in Charlotte, Greensboro
and Winston Salem under the
States pupil placement act, one
Of them. in Charlotte, withdrew
after the first week Of school, but
is expected to re-enter after q
campaign to Condition her
classmates at Harding High.
About $4,000 Negro pupils re-
main segregated in the State.
OKLAHOMA
A little more than half Of the
States school population were
attending integrated schools As
classes opened this fall. with
eight newly integrated school dis
tricts, the total Of those where
integration is complete, or has
started. numbers 40.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Racial separation which has
existed by law and tradition con-
tinued at all levels Of public edu-
cation. Clemson, a State-sup-
ported college. turned down
$350,O0O Federal grant for the
expansion Of nuclear physics
teaching facilities to avoid any
sfederally imposed requirements
that might lead to race mixing.
TENNESSEE
Nashville police restored peace
by keeping heavy heel on trou-
blemakers protesting the entry Of
Is Negro first-graders to previous
~ all-white schools. Schools at
Clinton and Oak Ridge (the latter
operated by the Federal Govern
ment) had previously integrated.
Clinton, the scene Of violence last
year, was quiet this year as addi-
tional Negro students entered the
once-white high school.
TEXAS
Desegregated districts totaled
l22, practically all Of them in
Western and Southern Texas.
where the Negro population is
small. Nineteen Of them desegre-
gated this year before the effective
date on August % Of a new law
permitting integration Of schools
only after approval by a local
referendum. Some 600 Texas
school districts still have segre-
gated schools. OF the remaining
746 districts. TOT have no Negro
pupils within their boundaries and
80 have only Negroes.
VIRGINIA
Arlington. Charlottesville. Nor
folk and Newport News were
under Federal court orders to de-
segregate when school opened this
fall, but so far. the Byrd organic
zation's line Of massive resist
ance" is still holding.
WEST VIRGINIA
With one additional county de-
segregating this year, this was the
West Virginia picture: "a counties
fully integrated. II partially inte-
grated. two segregated and IL
with no Negro students.
Altogether in the II States, &C.
cording to the Southern Educa-
ton Reporting Service, this year
saw total Of 1895. 2ee whites and
S46.2S9 Negroes in "integrated
situations. with 7 million whites
and 2.450.000 Negroes still in
schools attended by their own
race.