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Evening star., 1960-09-21

a great believer in running
scared.
When Michigan's oft-victo-
rious Gov. "Soapy" Williams
was asked if the Democrats
would carry Michigan with
out any trouble" he replied:
II wouldn't say without any
trouble, but we are going to
carry it,"
When Senator Stephen
Young Of Ohio was queried
about his State, he said.
"Ohio will be all right. But
I am not sure about Indi-
ana" He had been cam
paigning in the latter State.
he said.
In reply to a question about
Tennessee, Senator Albert
Gore said, IN tell you to-
morrow night. Senator Ken
nedy goes to Tennessee to-
morrow"
NEW JERSEY GOV. BOB
MEYNER wasn't making any
claims. Il leave the predic-
tions to the press. radio and
television," he answered with
a grin. FA. i.
Gov. Luther H. Hodges of
North Carolina commented,
I'VE have had a little rough
time, but I think he's coming
through all right" If it
weren't for the religious ques-
ton, he added, Jack Kennedy
would sweep the State.
The Kennedys walked into
the ballroom about one min
ute before he went on the
air. They were escorted to
the head table by a group of
uniformed Kennedy john
son Girls" with Lyndon
Johnson's 16-year-old brunei
daughter Lynda and blond
young staff worker Ann Pur-
Wis leading the way. The
uniform they wore was the
one designed by Nieman
Marcus for the campaign. 1t
consists of navy blue pleated
skirt, white flannel blazer,
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faculty post at st. Johns
College in Annapolis to join
the campaign staff.
Former Ambassador and
Mrs. David K. E. Bruce, the
latter in a red printed chif-
fon Paris dress. sat with the
Edward H. Foleys, Mrs. New
bold Legendre, Thomas Cor
coran and his brother How
ard, and Leon DoStert, head
of the Georgetown University
LinguiStics School.
Clark Clifford sat with the
Eugene Carusis and a young,
beauteous blond newcomer to
Washington, Mrs. Max Ed
wards, a cousin of Sheila
Smith Cochran's. She and
her hus band have moved
from New Mexico to Wash
ington, where he has Joined
Thomas Corcoran's firm, but
for the time being is working
for Kennedy.
Mrs. Jack Lanahan, the
Wistar Janneys, Mrs. M.
Parker Weaver, Harry Cow
ington, Clayton Fritchey,
Barry Bingham, publisher of
the Louisville Courier Jour-
nal; Normal Paul and the
Philip SternS, sat at adjoin-
ing tables.
MRS. JOHN KENNEDY had
the Philip Browns and Wal
ter Skallerup at her table,
and spotted about the room
we're the Dean Achesons, the
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youth, quality and news value
they can have a field day.
And they did.
Last evening she wore a
lovely black chiffon dinner
dress highlighted by a three
strand pearl necklace, dia-
mond clip at the v neckline,
diamond bracelet and the
diamond and emerald ring
she wears next to her gold
wedding band.
Both she and her husband
were beSieged by people seek
ing autographs. one motherly
woman who approached the
Senator sounding undeniably
partisan. How are you, an
GEL" she exclaimed. How
are you, darling. God bless
you"
The room was we'll dotted
with Washington socialites,
many of them friends of the
Kennedys.
There was Mrs. George Y.
Wheeler, who has known the
candidate since she was a
teen-ager and who has en-
tered the political field for
the first time to become
speaker co-ordinator for the
whole Citizens for Kennedy
johnson organization.
There was Herbert Klotz,
who has taken two months
off from his Office to work
for Jack. and Harvey Poe,
who has taken leave from his
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John Sulliyans, Henry Fowl
er, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. Ram
Sey Potts, the Paul Mites,
Joseph M. Bryan, a promi-
nent North Carolinian who
came all the way from
Greensboro for the dinner;
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Selden,
who came all the way from
Houston; Mrs. Fred M. VIM
son, and the Daniel Bells.
The head table included
Senator George Smathers,
head of the campaign in the
South, who conferred longer
with Senator Kennedy than
did anybody else; Mrs.
Smathers, in a white lace
and black dinner dress; Mrs.
Oscar Chapman, co-chair-
man of the dinner, in royal
blue; Mrs. Albert Gore, in
deep pink, and Mrs. Mar
garet Price, vice chairman of
the National Committee, who
made a speech during the
three-quarter-hour period
during which Senator Ken
nedy left the room to take
care of tape recordings, in
terviews, etc., in another part
of the hotel. Mrs. Price,
noting she had Travelled IT,
900 miles in Is days with
the candidate, said people
are tired of government by
public relations.
Others at the head table
were former Gov. Averell
Hartman, Representative
Chester Bowles, Senator and
Mrs. Mike Mansfield, Sena-
tors John Mcclellan, Philip
Hart and Vance Hartke,
Democratic Treasurer Matt
McCloskey; Mrs. Dorothy
Vredenburgh, secretary; Rep
resentatives Richard Lank-
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red silk scarf and red roller
hat.
AS soon as the Senator
finished his speech. the
photographers crowded in
front of the head table to
snap him as one after an
other of the men on the dais
came over to go into a hud-
die with him.
BUT so BEAUTIFUL was
the Senator's wife last night,
and so newsWorthy has she
become in the last week that
for the first time in this re-
porter's memory there were
as many-or more-photo-
grapherS clustered around
the candidates wife as there
were around the candidate,
who was seated on the op-
posite side of dinner Chair
man w. John Kenney.
Admittedly, photographers
like to aim their cameras at
a pretty girl. If a society
columnist takes a cameraman
with her to some social func-
tion at a Washington en-
bassy, it's all she can do to
keep him from passing up
the VIPS in order to snap
some gla mourpuss who
slipped in from the first row
in a chorus line.
But in Jackie Kennedy,
who has all the requisites
rolled up into one - looks,
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Fairfax Hunt
Race Event
Set Oct. |

The Fairfax Hunt Race
Committee has issued invita-
tions for its third annual
steeplechase meeting on Sat-
urday, October /, at Sunset
Hills Farm, Fairfax County,
Va.
The Fairfax Hospital bene-
fits from this popular outing
which is marked by elaborate
picnic lunches and cocktail
and dinner parties afterward.
Mr.. Randolph D. Rouse
heads the committee for the
races which will begin at
2 pm. (EDT).
Feature race of the day is
the A. Smith Bowman Me-
mortal Bowl event, a three
mile race over timber. .
On the lighter side is the
Stick and Ball event, de-
signed for polo players in
full attire and riding polo
ponies.
The hunt race will be pre-
ceded Friday evening by the
annual Calcutta Pool dinner
and will be climaxed by a
subscriber cocktail party Sat-
urday evening.
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EXCLUSIVELY
YOURS
Kennedys Cheered LustiIy
But Jack Calls 1t Close

About 1900 Democrats
stood, cheered, applauded
and waved when the most
glamorous young couple ever
to seek occupancy of the
White House entered the
Sheraton-Park ballroom last
night.
Guests at the Kennedy
johnson Campaign Dinners"
had paid $100 apiece for this
privilege and incidentally to
raise more than 100000 that
made it possible" announ-
ced the national chairman,
Senator Scoop" Jackson Ito
carry Senator Kennedy's
speech to SO States over TV
networks"
But the ovation given Sem
Evening star., 1960-09-21
By BETTY BEALE

ator and Mrs. John F. Ken
nedy was an indication
of enthusiasm and high
hopes" rather than a wave of
overconfdence.
Not a single political leader
seated at the head table, in
cluding the candidate him
self, was tossing any boasts
around about the outcome on
Election Day.
WHEN ASKED IF HE
would hazard a guess as to
his margin of victory in No
vember, Senator Kennedy re-
piled, mo, I would not" And
to the question, "IS it going
well?" he answered, II think
it's close, very close" Jack is
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ford, John Foley and Hale
Boggs and their wives, and
Mrs. Katie Louchheim.
If Senator Kennedy paid
$100 for his dinner, he has
some change coming to him.
The only thing he got to eat
was some ice cream pie.
Evening star., 1960-11-11

restraining orders, the New
Orleans school board approved
admission Of five Negro first
grade girls into two Of the
city's all-white schools.
Judges Home Guarded
City police guarded Judge
Wright's home in New Orleans
today. A State law makes 1t a
crime for anyone-including q
Federal judge-to order or at
tempt to enforce school inte-
grafton.
In Baton Rouge, a spokes-
man for the State Sovereignty
Commission-Louisiana's seq
regation watchdog" - said
token integration was "un-
palatable." Chairman Frank
Voelker. jr., said schools will
be kept segregated. and If the
Federal courts attempt to
strike them (the segregation
lawsl down, the legislature will
assert our interposition."
The key interposition bill
which Gov. Davis signed into
law Tuesday along with 81
segregation bills - asserts the
States refusal to accept the
1854 United States Supreme
Court integration ruling as
constitutional. The ruling out
lawed school segregation.
Evening star., 1960-11-11

Harold G. Biermann. A. di-
rector Of industrial relations at
Capital Airlines. died yesterday
at George Washington Univer-
sity Hospital after a heart
attack.
A native of st. Louis. Mo-. Mr..
Biermann was graduated from
the University Of Missouri Law
School in 1910. During World
War II he served in the Navy as
commanding officer of gun
crews on merchant vessels.
In 1851 Mr.. Biermann Joined
Capital Airlines' labor relations
staff, becoming its director in
1859. Prior to joining Capital,
he served as an attorney for the
National Labor Relations Board
and was a director of labor re-
lations for the Baltimore Tran
sit Co.
Mr.. Biermann was q member
Of the Missouri Bar Association
and the Washington Personnel
Association.
He leaves his wife, Eileen Nc
Kenna Biermann. and three
children, Melanie. Bonnie and
James, all Of the home address.
500 Fordham drive. Alexandria:
his father. William Biermann,
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Money Jenison
Memorial Set

A memorial service for DR..
Nancy Jepison will be held
Sunday at 4 pm. at the WASH
ington Ethical Society. 1922
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
DR.. Jenison. IS. a longtime
resident of Washington, died
Monday In New York.
She was reared in Chicago
and educated at Wells College.
Aurora. N. Y. After teaching
high school for several years
she attended Johns Hopkins
University and obtained her
medical degree.
DR.. Jenison practiced in New
York. and after her retirement
moved to Washington, where
she was active in working for
improved race relations. Her
residence, until she returned to
New York last summer, was
Washington Fellowship House,
945 L street NV.
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Mrs. Meorns, SO,
Mother Of Expert
On Lincoln Period

Mrs. William A. Mearns, SO,
a lifelong resident of the Dis
trict and the mother of David
c. Mearns, chief of the Man.
uscript Division of the Library
of Congress, died last night in
Washington Hospital Center.
Mrs. Mearns was the former
Miss Mary Chambers, daughter
Of David A. Chambers and
Elizabeth F. Chambers, of
GAINESVILLE, Ohio. She was the
widow of William A. Mearns, a
retired broker.
Her son, David, who lived
with her at 9 Primrose street.
Chevy Chase. is a distinguished
Lincoln scholar. In addition,
Mr.. Mearns represents the
Library Of Congress with the
Civil War Centennial group.
At one time, Mrs. Mearns
was active with the Board of
Lady Visitors at Children's
Hospital. She also belonged
to the Calvary Baptist Church
at Eighth and H streets NV.
Besides her son, she leaves
a granddaughter and two great
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are
being handled by Gawler's
Funeral Home, 1855 Pennsyl-
vania avenue, NV.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Hubert Page, %,
Chicago Lawyer,
Formerly Of D. C..

Hubert Esterly Page, 90, a
Chicago lawyer and father Of
Esterly c. Page president of
Page Communications Engi-
neers here died Tuesday after
q long illness in the Wheaton
(Md) Nursing Home.
Mr.. Page lived in the Dis
trict from 1896. the year he re-
tired from his law practice,
until 1851 when he moved to
Port Washington N. Y. He re-
turned to the area In May Of
this year and had been q
patient at the nursing home
since then.
A native Of Whitewater. Wis,
MIR. Page received law degrees
from the University Of Wiscon-
sin and Northwestern Uni
versity. He was admitted to
the Illinois bar In 1895.
In 1897 Mr.. Page married
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Hike and Cookout
In Parks Events

The National Capital Parks
outdoor program for the week
end includes a hike and a cook
out.
There will be a nature walk
from 2 to S pm. tomorrow
through Rock Greek Park to
study how the forest prepares
for winter. The group will meet
at Sixteenth street and Alaska
avenue NV.
There will be a cookout and
hike from 2 to 6 pm. Sunday
at Carderock on the C6sO Canal.
Hikers should bring food
wrapped in two layers Of alumni
mum foil and their own drink
ing water. The group will meet
at the parking area at Cropley,
Md, near Old Anglers Inn.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
William Errico,
Treasury Clerk,
District Native

William j. Errico. 43, a clerk
in the Treasury Departments
public debt department. died
Wednesday of a heart ailment
in Hadley Memorial Hospital.
Mr.. Errico, who lived at 4005
Nichols avenue S.W., had been
with the Treasury Department
for 81 years. A native of the
District, he was educated in
Washington's public schools.
Mr.. Errico had been a mem
ber Of the Church of the As
sumption and belonged to its
Holy Name Society.
Besides his wife, Frances.
and a daughter, Alyce, of the
home address, he leaves his
mother, Mrs. Tersina Errico, of
500 Eighth street Sc: five
brothers, Carmine j., of 4204
Van Buren, street, University
Park, Md, Emilio j. and Joseph
P, both of 1907 Gateway
boulevard, District Heights,
Md; Phillip, of 1926 Senator
avenue. District Heights, and
Charles j.. OF 6617 Livingston
road. Oxon Hill, Md.
A mass will be offered at 9
am. tomorrow In the Church
Of the Assumption. 341t Mich
nls avenue Sc. Raial will be
III Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
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date for a second special session
he had previously announced
last night.
The surprise action came
after United States District
Judge ]. Skelly Wright issued
q temporary restraining order
yesterday warning State ON
cials to keep hands of New
Orleans schools.
Gov. Davis had countered
last night by calling q second
session to convene for 80 days
starting Tuesday-the day the
Legislature was to return to
end its current extraordinary
session.
Get Days Edge
His new action, convening
lawmakers Sunday. would give
segregationists the advantage
Of acting one day before inte-
grafton is scheduled-instead Of
q day later.
Gov. Davis said the next ses-
sion would deal with schools,
States rights. education, and
protection of public order. Omit
ted this time was any reference
to a State militia.
All day yesterday, action see-
sawed between the capital and
New Orleans.
Within hours after Judge
Wright signed the temporary
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residents "that they will be safe
from robbery, yokings and other
street crimes that have become
so prevalent" in the downtown
area.
The federation recommended
that all projects include plans
for identifying and glamoriz-
ing" the area with landscaping
and "park-type" facilities for
shoppers.
In other action. the fedora
ton announced it will hold its
annual dinner on March IL,
1861. at the Mayflower Hotel.
Last nights monthly meeting,
held at the District Building,
was conducted by the federation
president. William K. Norwood.
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Efie A. Chase Of Sioux City,
Iowa. Mrs. Page died last Octo-
Der 10.
While living in this area. Mr..
Page was active in the Fossils,
. retired mems fraternity In
Chevy Chase, Md.
Besides his son. who lives at
SOFT Loughboro road NV, he
also leaves o daughter, Mrs.
Millie Mucha Of Port Washing
ton. seven grandchildren and
seven great-grandchildren.
Services will be held tomor-
row in Whitewater.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Jewish Music Event

The second Of o series Of
lecture-recitals on the history
Of Jewish music will be present.
ed at $3.50 pm. next Wednesday
at the Jewish Community Gen.
ter Of Greater Washington,
Sixteenth and @ streets NV.
Cantor Samuel Taube Of Beth
Sholom Congregation will ex-
plain the Sabbath prayers.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Dr.. Adler Divorced
After 33 Years

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. II
(AP).-Dr. Mortimer j. Adler
81 year -old internationally
known philosopher and editor
was divorced here yesterday
in a brief, uncontested court
proceeding.
His wife, Helen, to whom he
had been married 80 years
charged extreme cruelty.
DR.. Adler was the founder
and editor Of Great Books OF
the Western World" q 54-
volume encyclopedia Of human
thought.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Chief Judge Leo Rover
Dies After Heart Attack

Leo A. Rover, 72, chief judge
Of the Municipal Court of Ap-
peals and twice United States
attorney here, died early to-
day at Doctors Hospital.
The veteran jurist. in vigor-
GUS health most Of his life, had
been hospitalized since suffer-
ing his, first heart attack a week
ago.
He had served since April,
1856, as chief judges post
which topped a half-century Of
distinguished legal practice.
While he was holding Offices
under four Presidents, his name
was connected with headline
cases dating back to the Teapot
Dome oil lease scandals.
Mr.. Rover. who lived at 1900
Quincy street NE, achieved q
sparkling reputation as q tough
but fair minded prosecutor
during two widely separated
terms as United States attor-
ney for the District of Colum-
bia.
He first distinguished him.
self during the Coolidge ad-
ministration when. as princi-
pal assistant to United States
Attorney Peyton L. Gordon, he
figured prominently in the
prosecution Of the Teapot Dome
cases.
Named to the top post in
1929. his excellence as a cross
examiner was put to a severe
test three years later in the
sensational case of the swim
dler. CASTOR B. Means. d
Means. a fast talker who had
swindled the late Evalyn Walsh
Mclean Of 100000 on the pre-
text Of returning the kidnapped
Lindbergh baby, endured Mr..
Rover's whitening questions for
two days.
HE was q tough nut to.
crack" Mr.. Rover said years
later, but we got a conviction"
After resigning in 1888 Mr..
Rover returned to private prac-
tice, continuing a busy career
Of legal, civic and church ac-
.tivity.
During this time he served
for five years on the District
Parole Board.
A case that Mr.. Rover always
liked to recall was his defense
of Oscar Collazo. one of the
Puerto Rican nationalists who
tried to assassinate President
Truman in 1850.
Appointed by Court
Mr.. Rover had been ap-
pointed by the court to defend
Collazo, who was charged with
killing a White House police
man who died defending the
President.
Collazo was convicted, but
in a defense that aroused wide
spread admiration, Mr.. Rover
carried the case to the Supreme
Court, and then convinced his
discouraged client to appeal to
President Truman-the man he
had tried to kill-for executive
clemency.
It was granted. and Collazo's
death sentence was commuted
to life Imprisonment.
Ironically. four years later, |
MIR. Rover was on the other
side Of the fence and con-
Quoted a vigorous prosecution
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Prof. Pedro de Alba

PARIS. Nov. II (AP).-Prof.
Pedro. de Alba. 70. Mexico's
permanent representative to the
Executive Committee Of the
United Nations Educational,
Scientific and Cultural Organi-
cation. collapsed and died Of a
cerebral hemorrhage at q
UNESCo meeting here yester-
day. N"
Evening star., 1960-11-11
BY WALTER GOLD
star star Writer

The Federation of Citizen.
Associations last night proposed
sweeping recommendations tc
rejuvenate the downtown sec.
ton Of Washington to make II
more attractive and accessible
to prospective shoppers.
The recommendations, II &C.
cepted by the Downtown Prog.
ress Committee, would NEAR
eventual construction Of a cen.
trally located transit terminal
paved arcades used exclusively
for pedestrian trafic, under.
ground public parking lots ant
10 tourist and convention cen.
ter.
The progress committee, com.
posed Of Washington business.
men who have banded to.
gether to revitalize the down.
town business district, asked
the federation for its recon.
mendations last April, accord.
ing to Harold Gray of the Pail.
sades Citizens Association.
Since then, Mr.. Gray ha.
headed a federation committee
that last night presented it.
recommendations for final ap.
proval. All but one small sec.
ton of the 11-part plan was
overwhelmingly approved a d by
the association delegates who
make up the federation.
See RejuvenatiOn
After observing the "old
downtown" area as a place OF
decline. obsolescence, empty
buildings, parking lots and little
new construction or, rehabilita-
tion," the committee envisioned
the rejuvenated business dis
trict as asplace Of glamour
and promotion that will lure
people there for shopping"
In his report. Mr.. Gray said
the present downtown area is
dead" at night and on holi-
days. His committee proposed
a tourist center and q conven-
tion center that would be the
hub Of activities in the Nations
Capital"
The federation recommended
that National Capital Parks
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of another group Of Puerto
Rican fanatics who shot up the
House of Representatives,
wounding i've Congressman.
Firm In baltimore Case
In the spring Of 1858. Presi-
dent Eisenhower again called
on Mr.. Rover to serve as United
States attorney.
This led. about 18 months
later, to an incident which dis
played Mr.. Rover's devotion to
his principles, despite criticism
and in the face Of possible
danger to his career.
In October. 1854, Mr.. Rover
stood in a crowded courtroom,
face to face with Federal Judge
Luther w. YoungdahI, and ac-
cused the jurist of being pref
udiced in favor of Owen Lat
timore.
baltimore. a State Depart
ment Far Eastern expert, had
been accused of perjury by
denying he had any Commu-
mist connections.
Mr.. Rover demanded that
Judge Youngdahl step down
from the case, and later re-
fused to retract his charges.
Judge Youngdahl refused to
step down. and eventually Lat
timore was cleared, but not
before Mr.. Rover's accusations
had caused q furor and led to
a Senate investigation.
Among the multitude Of long
and difficult cases he success
fully prosecuted was the brib-
cry trial involving six gamblers
and two District policemen,
in 1855.
No Bar to Confirmation
The baltimore case was re-
vived briefly in the spring of
1855, when Mr.. Rover had been
named chief judge Of the Mu-
nicipal Court Of Appeals by
President Eisenhower. During
a Senate hearing on his nomi-
nation, he was questioned
closely on the incident. but it
proved no barrier to his
confirmation.
The short, wiry lawyer. a
native Washingtonian, at
tended Gonzaga High School
and received his law degree
from Georgetown University.
He began practicing law in
1910 and was first appointed
to the United States Attorneys
Office IA years later.
He was q devout Catholic and
had served as a leader of many
religious lay groups.
He leaves his widow. the for
mer Anna Maisak of the home
address. They had been mar
ried for 46 years.
He also leaves three daugh-
ters, Mrs. Edwin p. McManus,
Mrs. I. j. Kean and Mrs. Will
liam F. Frank, all of the WASH
ington area, and a son. the Rev.
Thomas A. Rover. a priest Of
the Dominican Order. There
are 13 grandchildren.
He also leaves three sisters,
Mrs. Agnes c. Ferry, Miss
Katherine T. Rover and Mrs. |
Adelaide I. Cavanagh.
A requiem mass will be said
at II am. Monday at st. Mat
thew's Cathedral, 1725 Rhode
Island avenue NV. Friends
may call at Gawler's Funeral
Home, 1756 Pennsylvania ave-
nue. NV. after 3 pm. tomor-
row.
Burial will be in Mount |
Olivet Cemetery.
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Harold Biermonn, Directed
Capitol AirIines Stuff Unit

and a sister. Mrs. Paul Cottrill,
both of st. Louis.
A rosary will be recited at 8
pm. Monday at Demaine's
Funeral Home. $40 South Wash
ington street, Alexandria. A
requiem mass will be celebrated
at $3.50 am, Tuesday at st.
Rita's Catholic Church, Russell
and Glebe roads, Alexandria.
Burial will be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1960-11-11
Louisiono .AcceIerotes
Fight on Integrotion

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. II (Ar).-Gov Jimmie H. Davis
switched strategy today and directed the Louisiana Legislature
to meet Sunday-n stepped-up block ntegration
before its scheduled start Monday.
The Governors directive advanced by two days the