Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-09-15
Prayers, Signs Protest
Khrushchev Visit

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Quiet displays Of protest took
place as Soviet Premier Khru-
shchev entered Washington to-
day.
Catholic churches through
out the Archdiocese of Wash.
ington held masses for the
special intention of peace,
freedom and the enslaved
peoples Of the world. Premier
Khrushchev's route into the
city took him past st. Vincent
De Paul Church at South
Capitol and M streets where
the parishioners were praying.
No organized violent demon
STATIONS were reported after
the Premier and his party
reached Andrews Air Force
Base and started into the city.
Police were on the alert to
prevent any in his vicinity.
Although there were no
demonstrations, there were
some spectators carrying signs,
flags or anti-Khrushchev BAN
|ners. One soldier was ar
rested for carrying a deaths
head flag in Lafayette Park.
Two Escorted Away
Two students were escorted
by police from their places
along Pennsylvania avenue
NV. near Blair House because
they were carrying signs.
Deputy Police Chief George r.
Wallrodt said his men were
acting under a District law for
bidding demonstrations within
500 feet of foreign embassy
or dignitary.
Timothy Driscoll, jr., II, of
4515 Sargent road NE, a stu
dent at Catholic University. and
Joseph E. Pooh, Is, a Hun
garian refugee of 2919 North
Franklin street. Arlington, were
carrying signs reading "Ty-
rant" and "Khrushchev Not
Welcome Here"
As they walked through La
fayette Park, two girls repri-
manded them for being dis
courteous" to Mr.. Khrushchev.
THE Russians were not dis
courteous to Vice President
Nixon" one girl said.
But Mr.. Nixon was an elect
ed representative of the United
States" retorted Mr.. Pooh, who
fought in the Hungarian revo-
luton.
The police told the tko stu
dents to move along.
Earlier Protests
Most Americans both here
and across the Nation got their
feelings about communism off
their chests we'll in advance of |
the Russian leaders arrival.
Apparently motivated by the
Governments plea for courtesy
to an important visitor, many
church organizations and East
European groups staged their
protests before Mr.. Khru-
shchev'S arrival.
Most such groups have indi-
Gated they would not demon
strate violently while the Rus
sian Premier and his party are
on United States soil. But
many sections of the country
saw anti-Khrushchev parades.
rallies. mourning protests and
other demonstrations.
Rally at Monument
Last night at the Washing
ton Monument grounds about
900 "mourners" wearing black
arm bands and carrying
deaths head" pirate flags
Joined in somber rally oppoS-
ing Premier Khrushchev's visit.
The rally was one of several
sponsored by the Committee for
National Mourning and the
Council of Christian Churches.
Police reported no incidents
as leaders of Is Protestant de-
denounced Mr..
Khrushchev and communism
in prayer and oratory. The
crowd included HungarianS,
Bulgarians, Lithuanians, Yugo-
slavs, Latvians and Ukrainians.
ITO receive Nikita Khru-
shchev, the worlds No. l God
less Communist, No. l ruthless
murderer, No. peacebreaker,
in the name of friendship and
as an emissary of peace with a
21-gun salute and a red car
pet rolled out for his welcome
does violence to our sacred
moral standards" said DR.. Carl
McIntire, president of the In
Council of Chris
tian Churches.
He called Mr.. Khrushchev a
bold man" who plants his
flag upon the moon and his
footsteps in our Capitol.
Another anti Communist,
Jozef Mlot-Mroz, a Polish
American from Salem, Mass, is
in Washington today to carry
out a hunger strike against the
Khrushchev visit. He told po-
lice he would be in the crowd