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A patient at the United States
Soldiers Home Hospital has
complained to Defense Secre-
tary Mcnamara and to the
White House that the Federal
hospital here is segregated.
DR.. Harry offutt. the hospi-
tails chief surgeon and q re-
tired brigadier general, COM
firmed reports that the patient
also had complained Of the
situation TO him.
DR.. Offutt also confirmed In
an interview yesterday that
Negroes are sent to O separate
area, Ward 8.
He said he has mo immediate
plans" TO change what he called
a voluntary situation.
DR.. Offutt said Negro pa
tients requested an area to
themselves nine years ago when
a new hospital building was
opened at the Soldiers Home.
Since then. he said, Negro pa
tients have been placed in this
buildings Ward 8.
The patient complaining is
William B. Parker. 35, OF Mus
kogee. Okla. A veteran Of World
War II, he has been on total
disability from q service-con-
nected condition.
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Singing Brings
Picket Arrest
DisorderIy chcrge
Holds 3 of CORE

Nine members Of the WASH
ington Chapter Of the Congress
OF Racial Equality were ar
rested and charged with dis
orderly conduct yesterday for
singing as they picketed Royal
Motors at 4l00 Georgia ave-
nue. NV, police said.
1t. James F. Smith, the ar
resting officer, said the pickets
Frustrated themselves on the
sidewalk as they sang and had
to be lifted bodily into the
patrol wagons while q crowd
Of about 200 persons watched.
He said the pickets were read
the District code on disorderly
conduct twice during the day
when they began singing. Their
song was I'VE Shall Overcome"
known as the Negro freedom
song.
1t. Smith said the pickets
were charged with disorderly
conduct because their singing
and shouting, which got louder
and louder. was annoying and
harassing the occupants of the
building"
He said the complaint was
made by Jack Brannon, sales
manager for Royal Motors.
I'VE are making this q test
case to let the courts decide if
people have the right to sing
as they march In q picket line"
julius HobSon, chairman Of
Washington CORE, said. I'VE
have sung as we picketed in
the Twelfth Precinct and
police didn't arrest u.s."
Mr.. Hobson charged the
See PICKETS, Page A-6
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sire to see Premier Khrushchev
get the boot.
Mr.. Khrushchev said his
farewells at the dinner and
left it to his chief theological
negotiator, Mikhail Suslov. to
see the Chinese party off.
The Soviet officials hesitated
momentarily as the Chinese
team, headed by Party Secre-
tary- General Teng Hsiao-Ping,
moved toward the ramp Of a
waiting Soviet-built jetliner,
Then, they moved out to say
goodbye.
A Western correspondent
asked Mr.. Teng If the talks
had been successful.
"very good" he replied in
Russian.
did you get any resultS?"
the correspondent asked.
Mr.. Suslov stepped in, say
ing:
"You1l read it in the papers.
See CHINESE, Page Al
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in q Saturday night session
with representatives Of the
carriers and scheduled new
meetings with officials Of the
five operating unions for to-
day.
The night session with the
carriers lasted an hour and 40
minutes with no immediate
indication what progress might
have been achieved.
Declaring that such negotia-
tons were the "only right
way" to bring a settlement in
the long stalemate between both
sides in the dispute, Mr.. Writ
said he would conduct the
meetings through the week
end and right through the
week If necessary.
Under o schedule set up on
July 10, when q strike was
averted by eight hours, Mr..
Kennedy Is due tomorrow to
dispatch to Capitol Hill his
recommendations for laws to
prevent or halt the renewed
strike threat.
Representatives Of the on
train unions met yesterday with
Mr.. Wirtz. Assistant Labor Sec
Rotary James j. Reynolds and
Chairman Francis A. O'Neill,
jr., Of the National Mediation
Board, in two separate after
See RAILS, Page All
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4 ChAAA8 dCAAoAAA OAAest AAC AAOP
his policy Of peaceful CO.
existence with the West and
follow q line Of militant Com
munist revolutions.
The dinner ended Premier
Khrushchev's monumental pub
lie snub Of the Chinese since
they had arrived here July 5
in an attempt to persuade the
Kremlin to back down to Pc
king demands. But the Soviet
premier was being little more
than automatically correct.
Two weeks Of secret talks
ended presumably without So
luton and possibly even wild
ening the breach between the
worlds two Communist giants.
Chinese Called WarmOngers
While the talks were still in
session, the Soviet Communist
party point by point rejected
Peking's position In world and
Communist affairs and Mr..
Khrushchev himself publicly
assailed the Chinese as war
mongers. On its part, Red
China made no secret Of its de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Rockefeller Chorqes
Civil Rights Cog Rule

fire on the Democrats, he told
reporters who met him at the
airport he was determined to
fight the gag rule" on con-
troverSial resolutions and push
through q strong civil rights
declaration.
Blasts Democrats
Target of the Governors
gag rule" charge Is the pro-
posed change in conference
rules, Endorsed by Chairman
Rosellini and the bipartisan
executive committee, that would
require unanimous approval for
policy statements. At present q
two thirds majority Is needed.
Lashing out at the Demo-
Gratis support Of the rules
change, the New Yorker said it
seemed strange to him that
President Kennedy would not
want a declaration Of support
from the conference on civil
rights.
The explanation, he said. Is
the Democrats fear Of what an
open discussion would reveal
about their internal division
over the rights issue.
They don't want TO reveal
to the public how deep the
split in their own party Is" he
said.
BY the time the New Yorker
and his wife had driven to the
gaudy Deauville Hotel where
the conference sessions are
being held. word Of his remarks
had been relayed to Gov. Resell
lini.
The Washington State Demo-
crat, taking up the challenge
for his party, told a press con-
ference he had decided to:
/. Ask the executive commit
See GOVERNORS, Page AS
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~ AoSS~A AOA JeSe WA WV
who watched it, whether
through filters Of pinhole cam
eras or from inside shadow
boxes.
The moons black disc first
bit into the bright circle Of
the sun at 4:42 pm. (EDT)
over Washington. First contact
was made at the a o'clock"
position on the suns face. and
the last contact-wheR the
eclipse was all over about Z
o'clock-was at the 40 o'clock"
position.
Light Changes Quality
In the course Of the two
hour event, the sky did not
darken perceptibly, but the
quality Of the light changed
dramatically. At maximum
eclipse, $50 pm, with five
sixth Of the sun obscured, the
character Of the daylight was
that normally associated with
a chilly, gray December after
noon.
The fact that the tempera-
ture was close to the 9O-degree
mark in the District area added
q flip Of the unusual to the
event.
A brisk breeze from the
north rescued the Washington
area from what might have
been a great disappointment.
All afternoon q bank Of thun-
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schev's statement that II the
United States British Russian
negotiations ego on as they
have. an agreement Is in
sight" No obstacles have
arisen, he said.
The Russian Premier made
the comments, regarded as his
most optimistic assessment of
the talks to date, at O Kremlin
diplomatic reception last night.
This indicated the East =
West negotiators have essen
TALLY agreed In principle on a
ban against atomic testing in
the atmosphere, In space and
under water, and that no OBJ
stacles expected to block such
an agreement were encounter
ed in the first week Of thresh-
ing out details.
Senate Action Needed
Conclusion Of such an agree
ment by Mr.. Hartman at Mos
COW Is expected to present the
Kennedy administration with q
need for follow-up action at
home and abroad.
Domestically, President Ken
nedy has promised that, In ac-
cord with the Senate's consti-
tutional right to pass on trea-
ties. any test ban agreement
viii be presented to that body
for its advice and consent.
On the foreign front, he has
promised to consult the West
ern allies on any matters af-
fecting them which have arisen
at the Moscow, talks and has
said wider discussions among
other nations should follow q
test ban accord. The Soviets
have raised q number Of pro-
posals for European security
and relaxing cold war tensions
which United States diplomats
want to talk over with the
allies before deciding how to
respond.
Administration sources yes
terday stressed that Mr.. Har-
riman's initiating Of an agree
ment at Moscow would not in
itself be q binding commit
ment. They said he has au.
thority only to signify his
agreement as q United States
negotiator.
Kennedy Must Approve
Then the document Is to be
referred to Washington for
review. II Mr.. Kennedy APP
proves, he is expected to sign
it in treaty form and send It
to the Senate where it must
win approval by q two-thirds
majority before 1t becomes
binding on the United States.
The technical process Of re-
ferral Of an agreement by the
negotiators to their govern
ments also applies to the Brit
ish and Russians. Since the ne
gotiators presumably have
See HARTMAN, Page AS
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Story and Pictures On Poqs 81
derheads had lain athwart the
western sky right where the
eclipse was due to take place.
As viewed from the roof Of
The Star Building south Of the
Capitol, the clouds parted for
an instant Just as the eclipse
began. then closed again over
the rare sight.
wind Chases Clouds
For fifteen minutes after the
first contact. the eclipse played
peek-a-boo with washington
from behind the band Of
clouds. But the wind from the
north soon broke up the cloud
bank. and well before the max
imun1 eclipse the sky was al
most entirely clear.
Half an hour after the start.
the increased flatness Of light
was noticeable.
BY Sis the sun - viewed
through q thick filter Of photo
graphic film - was q pro-
nounced crescent with its horns
pointing north. But viewed
through q 'pinhole camera" Of
two pieces Of cardboard, one
perforated. the eclipse was a
crescent with its horns point
ing south. -
This was caused by the lens
effect Of light passing through
the pinhole. As happens when
light goes through q camera
lens. the image Of the sun was
reversed.
As the eclipse increased, an
other unusual and seldom seen
phenomenon came into EVIL
See ECLIPSE, Page AS
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Sun Dorkened by Moon
In Dramatic Spectacle
Eclipse Changes QuuIity Of Light;
Sky Doesn't Durken PeFceptibly
BY WILLIAM HINES
star staff writer

The moon eclpsed the sun late yesterday.
The event. as Viewed from Washington was trernen-
dous success AS dramatic production it had everything
suspense scenic value and all the other trappines Of full
scale extravaganza.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Chinese Quit Moscow,
Red Rift Seen UnheoIed
Khrushchev, However, Ends His Snub
With Farewell Dinner to Mission
BY GEORGE SYvERTSEN
Associated Press Staff Writer

MOSCOW, July 20-Communist China's mission to Mos
suddenly broke up camp tonight and flew home to
Peking apparently failing to patch up the theological feud
which has split the Communist world
Premier Khrushchev gave the mission farewell dinner
the last minute but he showed sign Of giving in to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Today's Star

Also Sunday. The Stor Mossrins;
This Week MosoEins: TV MoSuzins;
color comics section.
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E0go A. IS
ance Of National Guard orders
when q group Of Negroes not
involved In the planned dem
onstration got into q pushing
match with National Guards
men. The Guardsmen had
moved into the Negro area to
arrest any demonstrators.
A Guard spokesman said the
fracas started when q Negro
who apparently was under the
influence Of liquor tried to get
through the Guard line which
had formed at an intersection
to intercept demonstrators.
The Negro was quickly sur
rounded by other Negroes who
supported his argument with
Guardsmen. A large crowd
gathered and there was some
pushing. When it appeared
that the crowd might get out
of hand, o tear gas bomb was
lobbed into the crowd to dis
perse them.
Finally two Negroes In the
crowd grabbed the arguments
tive Negro and pulled him away
as he tired to resist.
Street Blocked Off
A few blocks away Guards
men were having trouble with
some white persons. The Guard
had blocked off the main busi-
ness street during the incident
in the Negro section which
runs parallel to the main street.
and q crowd Of white people
gathered at q main intersec-
ton near the National Guard
Armory.
The whites tainted Guards
men and several white youths
who were causing the most
commotion were taken into
custody by the Guard.
A State police lieutenant
also said that several business
establishments failed to OBJ
serve the Q pm. closing hour
set by Gen. Gelston and that
they were being closed up by
authorities.
The tear gas incident in
volving the Negroes started
while Brig. Gen. George Gelston.
commander Of the Guard
forces, was comforting in q
nearby shoeshine shop with
Negro leaders who were PLAN
ming to lead o peaceful demon
Other Negroes were gathering
at o church about three blocks
away preparing Tor the Demon
stration.
March Called Off
When it appeared from the
tear gas encounter that the
situation might get completely
out Of hand, leaders Of the
Negro demonstration movement
called off their planned march.
Mrs. Gloria Richardson, chair
man Of the Cambridge Nom
Violent Action Committee, used
q National Guard bull horn
to urge Negroes to dispense and
to announce that the demon
stration had been called off.
She said that people who were
not involved in the peaceful
demonstration had been in
volved In the fracas with Ma
tional Guardsmen and that
everybody is too upset" to car
~ out the march.
Tonight we had better call
1t off, but tomorrow is another
day." Mrs. Richardson said. She
and other leaders of the DEM
onstration movement, which
has kept Cambridge in q state
Of turmoil for weeks. urged the
See CAMBRIDGE. Page Age
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Test Ban Accord
Possible in Week,
u. S. Officials Say
Soviet Chief
Also Hopeful
In Moscow
BY LEWIS GULICK
Associated Press staff Writer

Administration sources said
yesterday that United States
negotiator w. Averill Harri-
man may initial q nuclear test
ban agreement In Moscow
early this week.
Officials here did not dis
pute Soviet Premier Khru-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
Sonny Liston hos vowed to
end his encounter with Floyd
Peterson in q hurry tomor-
row.
row.

Sports coIumnist Francis
stOnn is in Los Vegas to
report how the two fighters
are shaping up and will
cover the bout direct from
ringside.
Page d.
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Writ Presses
Rail Talks
Kennedy Prepares
Legislative PI0n

New and intensive efforts
aimed at breaking the railway
labor deadlock were pushed by
Government mediators yester-
day as President X ennedy
made ready his recommended
tions to Congress for legisla-
ton to avert the threatened
Nationwide strike.
A Government team headed
by Labor Secretary Writ met
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21

Nueleor Test Ban Accord in Sight,
khFushehsv Says. Poss AS
Historic Turn Seen in East-Wsst
Relations. Poss AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-07-21
By DAVID 8. BRODER
star staff Writer

MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July
20-Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
today charged the Democrats
are attempting to impose q
gag rule" on discussion Of the
explosive civil rights issue at
the national Governors Con-
ference.
The Democratic chairman
Of the Conference, Gov. Al
bert Rosellini Of Washington,
Immediately replied by propos-
ing an open discussion" Of the
issue. He said he would ask
the executive committee to add
civil rights to the conference
agenda for Tuesday.
But Gov. Rosellini continued
to oppose Gov. Rockefeller's
efforts to push through q civil
rights resolution.
Their exchange set the stage
for the conference opening to-
morrow in an atmosphere of
excitement rarely equaled in
the 55-year history Of these
meetings.
Arrives With Bride
A record turnout of Gov
errors and press has been
drawn to this sweltering sea-
side resort by the simmering
civil rights controversy and
Gov. Rockfeller's dramatic use
of 1t to bolster his sagging
campaign for next years Re-
publican presidential nomina-
ton.
The New Yorker, central
figure in the conference drama.
arrived at mid-afternoon with
his bride, Mrs. Margaretta
Happy Murphy Rockefeller.
Losing no time in opening
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stor and Pictures On Peg. 81
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Chino, Russiu Evods Open Split.
Poss "A
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Text Of Rail Dispute Fset-Finders'
Report. Page All
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Weather Forecast

District and vicinity--Mostly sunny. less
humid and not as warm today, high In
mid-60s. Fair tonight, low In mid-60s Fair
and warm with moderate humidity to-
morrow. High yesterday. 90 at 2:3O pm.
Full Report on Pose c-6
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Guard Action
Halls March
In Cambridge
Tear Gas Breaks Up
Crowd of Negroes;
Protest Called OFF
By PAUL HOPE
star Staff Writer

CAMBRIDGE, Nd, July 20.
Tear gas was used by Ma
tional Guardsmen to break up
a pushing crowd Of Negroes to-
night and Q threatened inte-
grafton march was called off
to prevent q racial explosion.
Negro leaders were pre-
pairing to demonstrate in def
Peoes 10 Now Up to Cambridge.
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hours and held spellbound all
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ChAAAS . dSAnoAAA OAA1V AAO AAOP
his policy OF peaceful CO. Chino,
existence with the West and j.. d.
follow a line of militant Com.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31
George Grim On Minstrel Shows
, MINNEAPOLIS Tribune for Jan. 10

George Grim in the Minneapolis Tribune for Jan. 10
Every happens all begins when
social Cubdecides
a show.
We'll simple somebody You know
the trouble trying to get people to rehearsals."
Then somebody suggests the show ought to have lot of people
Nobody speciality acts Of
youngster hurry Minute Waltz" down
Of his wes old
a
Everyone performers
group hearsas Just sing
songs opening like
well, hello!
With music joke and song
best Of all the mnstrels
That came along e"
And, right there regrets begin.
Because mhning decided to minstrel
usually consdrate neghbors will be bacened
yucI-yuck-yuck Uncle Tomisms.
called entertainment Those
citizenship Often the minstrel show adi
ton group doing youngsters watching They
are finding in idicunng others.
to the rehearsal stage before
blow Regrefuy others
actually performance all Embarrassment
certain to set in.
anybody offended" folks
say.
be entertainment In
understanding than meaningless words such
insulting nonsense had best never be revived
To sure minstrel shows from youth We
putth them on n church back in New Jersey.
they don't
You see-yeve grown little should find
thing funny corg pretending to be carcatre of
fellow citizens
In this let's the old mam
with the show 90" .. -
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31
SCAD Official
Asks MpIs. NAACP
Support For Budget

Viola kanatz, assistant director
Of the Minnesota Commission
Against Discrimination, told a Min
neapolis NAACP audience Of the
great need for facilitating the
new Fair Housing law
The speaker said already eight
cases has been filed with the COM
mission. She stated the cases filed
within the few days the law has
been in effect indicated the great
need for the law.
In a question and answer period
after Kanatz's speech 1t was
brought out that the Commission
may be seriously handicapped
in its work If the appropriations
committee cuts the requested bud
get too severely.
The Senate's 21 appropriations
committee consists Of IL members
of the legislature who voted
against the Fair Housing law, II
is understood.
NAACP officials for the ensuing
year were installed at the meet
ing.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31
Maxwell Named President:
A. G. ST. Paul
Credit Union In
AnnuuI Meefinq

The A. c. st. Paul Credit Union
held their annual members meet
ing on Friday, evening Jan. 25,,
at the Sterling Club. Appointed to
the board of directors were Ralph
Ward, Sr, and Richard Mann.
Committee appointments were
Mrs. Junald Braddock, credit and
o. Donald Smith, supervisory.
On Monday evening, Jan. %, at
the Sterling club, election of board
officers was held. Those elected
are Stephen L. Maxwell, president,
A. Buckley, vice president, Royal
Gooden, secretary, Robert Jones,
chairman, supervisory committee,
and Charles L. Brooks, credit COM
mittee.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31
Proprietor Of Tavern
Hit With Cue Ball;
AssuiIonf SOUGHT

Matthew Russell, 73, 304 Car
roll, proprietor of the Pair-A-Dice
Bar, 378 Jackson reported to st,
Paul police that three men en-
tered his place of business on Jan.
%, about 5 pm. and one attempted
to take a cue ball off of the table.
Another patron admonished the
man and told him to put the ball
back. The unknown man threw the
cue ball which struck Russell on
the back Of the head knocking
him unconscious.
He was treated at Ancker Hos
pital and later released.
Police are still seeking the per-
son responsible.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31

Ernest Johnson, 10, also of 718
Iglehart and brother of the de-
ceased, who escorted them to a
bedroom on the second floor of the
house where they found Johnson
lying on the floor with a stab
wound in his right shoulder.
Also in the room was Ronald
Smith.
Ernest stated he went to bed
about 2 am. and awakened when
Russell hollered that he had been
stabbed
Ernest ran to a neighbor's home
and summoned the police.
The police surgeon, DR.. Janacek
arrived shortly after the officers
and at that time pronounced John
son dead.
Police questioned Smith who ad-
mitted being the person RESPONSE
BILE. The reason given for the viol-
ent act was that johnson had
taken his television set.
He further told police that he
had thrown the knife into a nearby
trash barrel. Smith, accompanied
by the officers, then retrieved the
knife.
Police attributed Smiths groggy
condition which was displayed at
Ancker Hospital to the consump-
ton of a large amount Of cough
syrup containing codeine.
Police are continuing their in
vesugation into the events that
preceded the staying.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31
Merrill Taylor Elected
Commander In Chief
North Sfor ConSiSforV

North Star Consistory No. IA,
met at the Prince Hall Masonic
Building, $50 University Av., on
Monday evening, Jan. %. nlustri-
Gus Peer, John Patton, 33rd degree,
deputy of Minnesota, appointed
Leonard c. Madden, 33rd degree
to conduct the election of officers.
Officers elected were: Merrill
Taylor, commander in chief, DR.,
Thomas H. johnson, first lieuten-
ant commander, Fred Gray, second
lieutenant commander, Leonard c,
Madden, 33rd degree, secretary and
Lee Gwynn, treasurer.
Other officers will be appointed
at the next meeting.
St. Paul recorder., 1963-01-31

The Inner Howard Smith
speaker has been a well known
figure in radio and TV for two
decades. He served as chief Euro
pean correspondent for CHS, Wash
ington correspondent and manager
of its Washington Bureau.
He now conducts his own half
hour news and commentary pro-
gram on ABC.
Dinner tickets are 1916 and
may be secured by calling the In
ternational Center for Foreign
Students on the University cam
pus, telephone 373-2691.