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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03
Private Schooling
Opened in Surry
For White Pupils

SURRY, Va, Sept. 3 (AP).-
A private school system opened
in Surry County today for the
first time with an enrolment
that included all the county's
white Sabotage children.
Surry decided against open
ing its white schools this fall
as the outgrowth Of a racial
furry caused by the assign
ment of seven Negro children
to white schools.
The county'S white teachers
asked to be released from their
contracts and all of the more
than 430 white school-age chill
dren enrolled i'll the private
schools.
The two Negro public schools
will open Thursday.
The fate of the seven Negro
children assigned to the white
schools hasn't been determined
An estimated 800 persons
TANNED the Surry American
Legion building today for the
opening ceremonies.
Two Schools Readied
Frantz Won Schilling, jr.
president of the Surry County
Educational Foundation, told
the gathering, This is your
school. You have earned it by
your work and your encourage
ment."
He said a plan must be de-
veloped Ito include those who
wish to share the hardships as
we'll as the benefits with you"
AS the ceremonies to ac-
quaint pupils with the new
school were being held, the
finishing touches were being
added to the private systems
high school at Claremont ano
the elementary one at Dendron
These two schools. formerly
a part of the county's public
school system will house the
bulk of the county children
Glasses also will be held at the
Baptist and Methodist churches
in Surry.
Most of the white teachers
who asked to be released from
their contracts will teach ir
the private school.
Legal Action Studied
Surry has a population Of
$500, IS per cent Negro. More
than 800 Negroes were en-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03
DR.. John O'NeiII,
Ex-D. c. Surgeon

DR.. John j. O'Neill, SIS, a
surgeon, formerly of the Wash
ington area, died yesterday of
a heart attack in his Marble
head, Mass, home.
After World War II DR..
O'Neill served at Walter Reed
hospital. After retiring to civil
ian life, he served with the
Veterans Administration at
Mount Alto Hospital, and then
at Fort Howard Hospital in
Baltimore.
In 1949 he returned to private
practice in Lynn, Mass.
He leaves his wife Vivian, a
daughter, Honore, and a son,
John, jr., two sisters and four
brothers.
Burial will be Thursday in
Salem, Mass.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03

rolled last year in the combina-
lion high and elementary L. P.
Jackson school. An additional
400 were enrolled in the
Dendron elementary school.
Officials of the Virginia
NAACP are considering legal
action to prohibit Surly from
closing the white school.
Officials of the private school
explained the schools opera
ton to pupils today.
Robert Moore, former princi-
pal at Surry high and elemen-
tary schools, is headmaster of
the private system.
Tuition rates for those at
tending the private school have
been set at $125 above the
State tuition grants. The State
grant for Surry elementary
pupils is $3.50; for high school,
$255.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03
FuzoHuh Zuhedi,
Iran Ex-Premier

GENEVA, Sept. 8 (AP).-
Gen. Fazollah zahedi, 81, for
mer premier of Iran, died in
Geneva last night.
Gen. Zahedi led military
forces that swept Premier Mo-
manned MosSadegh from power
in 1858 after Mr.. Mossadegh
had seized foreign oil properties
and brought Iran to the edge
of financial chaos.
Gen. zahedi took over the
premiership and pressed a re-
lentlesS campaign against Com
muni5ts and other dissidents in
Iran until 1855, when he re-
signed the premiership because
of poor health.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03
Ruth Simpson, 68,
Ex-PostuI Aide

Mrs. Ruth K. Simpson, SO,
retired postal supervisor, died
of heart attack Sunday in
her apartment at 2440 Six
tenth street NV.
Born in Philadelphia, Mrs.
Simpson had worked for the
Post Office Department here
for about 80 years. She re-
tired in 1858.
She leaves a son, John P.
Simpson, jr., of Lynchburg,
Va, and two grandchildren.
Service will be private. Bur-
ial will be in Rock Creek Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03
Henry Brown, 50.
Operated Two
Bethesda Firms

Henry (Beanie) Brown, SO, a
native of Washington, died at
George Washington University
Hospital yesterday after a long
illness.
Mr.. Brown, retired for the
last six years, was the former
owner of the Bethesda Sports
Mart and the Raw Bar in Be-
theSda. He attended Mckinley
Tech High School and the
University of Maryland, where
he played guard on the foot
ball team.
He leaves his wife Alberta of
4977 Battery lane, Bethesda; a
brother, DR.. Leo T. Brown,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03

1921 New Hampshire avenue
NV, and a sister, Mrs. Jack
Blank, 1915 Orchid street NV.
Services will be held at
Humphreys Funeral Home in
Bethesda at l pm, Thursday,
with burial in Parklawn Gene
terry, Rockville.
The family requests that ex-
preSsionS of sympathy be in
the form of contributions to
the Montgomery County Heart
Association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03

tomorrow at Gawler's Funeral
Home, Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street NV, with
burial in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-03

Widely scattered showers tonight Tennessee
Valleys and Central Mississippi Valley Showers isolated
storms expected in the Plains States Southern Rockies will
be cooler the Northern Plains the Lakes region Valley
-AP WirephOtO Map.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

TREATY

Continued From Page Al
by Senator Margaret Chase
Smith, Republican Of Maine.
Neuberger Plea
The Senate's other woman
member, Senator Maurine Neu.
berger, Democrat Of Oregon
was prepared TO speak today
in favor Of the treaty. She
said the mothers OF the coun.
try are for the treaty as Q
means Of curbing fallout. But
she denied this support was
based on sentimentality or lack
Of concern for national secu-
rity.
Another supporter Of the
treaty today was Senator Jaw
its, Republican OF New York,
who announced he will oppose
adding reservations or condi-
lions TO the resolution Of APP
proval. He said the President
already has made solemn COM
mitments on the steps that
should be taken to preserve
this country's readiness and
that to restate them woulc
only throw q cloud on the Sen.
ate's ratification OF the treaty
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept,
.l6 (AP).-A Federal Judge told
a grand Jury today that racial
violence in the name of "tradi-
ton and freedom" is heresy.
United States District Judge
Clarence w. Allgood left
blanket orders with the 81 Fed
eral grand jurors TO indict any
one who has unlawfully OBJ
structed court-ordered desegre-
CATION of Birmingham schools
The grand jury was called
into special session to consider
violence in desegregation Of
three Birmingham schools.
Judge Allgood, calling atten-
ton to the bombings in this
city, emphasized the dynamite
explosion at q Negro church
yesterday.
"In recent weeks" Judge AL.
good said, I'VE have witnessed
what amounts TO mockery Of
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Strong Action by Kennedy
Urged by Negro Leaders

dren and others critically
injured is on your hands," the
telegram said. "The irrespon-
sible and misguided actions
have created in Birmingham
and the State Of Alabama the
atmosphere that has induced
continued violence and now
murder"
Now there must be a change,
DR.. King said. birmingham,
Alabama, and you, Mr.. Gov
ernor, must face the inevitable
reality Of desegregation 4.
Persistence on the road you
travel can only lead to further
blood letting of Negroes and
white persons in q hopeless
cause"
Earlier in the day, DR.. King
said in a statement that he
was deeply appalled, and dis
tressed that such barbaric and
inhuman acts can continue to
take place in the United States.
"Today's bombing was q
crime against humanity. Gov.
Wallace is largely responsible
for these vicious murders ."
he said, adding:
ut must also be said that
this tragic harvest Of murder
is a result Of the seeds Of
APATHY and compromise planted
all over the Nation. Our whole
country should enter into q
day of prayer and repentance
for this terrible crime"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
Morton Discounts
Dark Horse Role

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich,
Sept. l6 (AP).-Senator Thrus-
ton Morton OF Kentucky says
he expects "a wide-open con-
vention" to nominate the 1854
presidential candidate.
He scoffed at reports he Is
a dark horse who might wind
up with the nomination him
self.
Senator Morton, chairman Of
the Republican Senatorial
Campaign Committee. was the
featured speaker yesterday as
Michigan Republicans wound
up a three-day convention,
billed as the kickoff for the
1864 political campaign.
Senator Morton, whose topic
was "Preview Of Grand Ma
tional Strategy for 1884" said
the campaign must be built
on four cornerstones-articu-
late candidates. efficient or
ganization, issues and adequate
financial support.
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PASTOR
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page A.
Mr.. Cross, q 38-year-old
native Of Virginia, pleaded
for his congregation not to
retaliate with the sort Of
disorder which had followed
at least four previous bomb
ings in Birmingham.
Amid the weeping and
hysteria Immediately after
the explosion, he said it was
plain that anger was grip
ping the gathering crowd.
Incidentally -or maybe
1t was providential-our Sun
day School lesson for the
day was based on our con-
tinuing subject, "A love that
forgives.' / more or less re-
preached the lesson to them
there in the street.
II told them to resist their
inclination to retaliate. I
told them TO hope and to
pray-that the Lord is our
shepherd, and we shall not
want"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

The groups, the Nationa
States Rights Party and the
West End Parents for Private
Schools, yesterday announced
that they had postponed in
definitely all meetings to dea
with boycotting the newly de.
segregated schools. They APP
pealed to students to stay
home.
Both said the action was
taken after q dynamite bomb
killed four girls in q Negro
church.
The Rev. Farrell Griswold, a
Baptist minister who said he
was the chief d ordinator OF
the private schok us movement,
said, I'm view of the fact that
we experienced this tragedy,
wer experienced this tragedy,
we decided it would be best
that our students remain at
home and conduct themselves
quietly to avoid any danger.
Mayors Statement
Mayor Albert Boutwell,, in a
special television program
urged parents to either send
their children straight to
school or keep them home.
Hundreds Of hookey-playing
students roared through the
streets Of the city last week,
They visited all eight Birming-
ham high schools in attempts
to get other students to SYM
pathize with their protest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

restore q sense Of confidence
in the protection Of life, limb
and property we shall see
in Birmingham and Alabama
the worst racial holocaust the
Nation has ever SEEN"
DR.. King, president Of the
Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, went to Birming-
ham from his Atlanta home.
He said he would plead with
my people to remain non
violent"
DR.. King urged the President
to call for legislation empow-
ering the Attorney General to
enter cases where any civil
rights violation occurs.
1.-THE lives Of women and
children are far more precious
than the offense created by
the elimination Of outmoded
customs and traditions" he
said, adding:
after today's tragedy, in
vestigations alone will not
suffice. The Nation and Bir-
mingham need your commit
ment to use everything within
your constitutional power tt
enforce the desegregation or
ders of the courts"
DR.. King also said he sen
a telegram to Gov. Wallace IL
which he pleaded for q chang
of course before it is too late
THE blood Of four little chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
Race Violence Heresy,
Judge Tells Grand Jury

our laws-a mockery by those
who would cut the very roots
Of our American system Of jus
tice; who, In so doing, would
starve the growth Of our way
of life, and snuff out human
life with insane fury and
irrationality."
He called the church bomb
ing a hideous example Of those
who are completely In dis
regard Of law, order. justice
and plain common decency. E. ;
IT can think Of no greater
hersey or more blackening sir
against humanity" Judge ALI
good said.
"And I can say. with thu
deepest sense OF urgency, thu
courts will not rest-nor will
the good, God-fearing people o.
Bir1ningham-until the insane
murderer or murderers Of thosc
children are brought TO the bal
Of justice"
He called acts OF terrorism
in the name OF Southern tradi-
ton" heresy.
There is nothing traditional
in this country that says o per-
son may murder, or intimidate,
or mock the judgment Of the
law. or curse those who have
chosen TO respect a law no mat
ter how distasteful or unpopular
that law may be-" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

To-day has been the most
distressing In the history of
Birmingham" lamented Sheriff
Melvin Bailey.
And so 1t went through the
night-unreal, nerve-jangling
and fearsome.
Civilians weren't spared the
official commands to meet the
situation.
"All members Of the 3lst
MP Co. please report to the
Graymont Armory immediate
ly," snapped q voice on the
radio.
What would the next report
be? A full-scale Negro upris-
ing2
Better have somebody with
you" q photographer was
warned by q police officer in
the heart Of the downtown
area before midnight.
Shotgun-armed police Of
ficers guarded University Hos
pital. They swarmed arojnd o
Negro motel where the Rev. DR.
Martin Luther King. jr.. was
scheduled to be staying, and in
a park across the street from
the bombed church.
At City Hall. $50 State troop
ers stood by In case Of need
The Armory was crowded with
500 Guardsmen alerted by the
Governor.
And Birmingham was once
again "the tragic city"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
Polio Vaccine Given
To 10000 in One Duy

CULLMAN, Ala, Sept. 10
(AP).-Cullman County health
officials are pointing with
pride to what they believe is
the most successful antipolio
drive in the Nation.
An estimated 10000 persons
received the free polio vaccine
yesterday. DR.. e. B. Barnes,
chairman Of the Cullman
County Medical Society. said
the county's population in
1860 was about $4,000. .ndi-
eating an almost 30 per cent
turnout for the Sabin oral
vaccine.
Polio has killed one person
in the county this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
BOMBING
u. S. Attorneys, FIJI Sent
Continued From Page Al

Continued From Page Al
and the FBI launched it's probe
Attorney General Robert F
Kennedy sent three top aides
Burke Marshall, Joseph Dolan
and John Nolan.
Mr.. Marshall, who was the
key figure in mediating the
civil rights violence that hit
Birmingham last April, heads
the departments civil rights
division. Mr.. Dolan is Assistant
Deputy Attorney General and
Mr.. Nolan is the Attorney Gen.
erals administrative assistant.
Bomb blasts aren't new to
Birmingham Negroes, but bomb
deaths are.
Twenty-Five times in the past
eight years explosions have
been directed at Negroes here.
Sundays was the first one that
killed. In none Of the blasts
has there been q conviction.
Two of the girls killed in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
Area Church Leaders
Shocked by Bombing

| provide vigorous leadership"
in the Birmingham situation.
Mr.. Green said he had called
Mr.. Cross, with whom he had
been q classmate at the Union
Theological Seminary in Rich
mond, and learned that the
families of two Of the victims
were without means to pay for
burial.
Mr.. Green's church is receiv-
ing contributions.
State Profound DiSmay"
In a statement adopted at
its annual meeting yesterday
afternoon, the Arlington Dean
cry Council Of Catholic Men
expressed profound dismay"
over the "unexcusable violence"
in Birmingham.
Julius HobSor1, chairman OF
Washington CORE, announced
that his group would meet at
8 pm. tomorrow at All Souls
Unitarian Church, Sixteenth
and Harvard streets NV.
He is trying to arrange, he
said, to have James Meredith.
the first Negro graduate Of. the
University Of Mississippi, ad-
dress the meeting. being staged
as a protest to the bombing.
This morning, CORE eStab-
lished a picket line at Justice
Department offices on Pennsyl-
vania avenue urging Federal
action to apprehend the bomb
erS.
Signs carried by the pickets
said: Protest another Justice
Department 'Study'-Arrest the
Murderers," and mo More
Conferences with Burke Mar
shall-Enforce the Law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

Senate not wait for the House
to pass a civil rights bill but
take up the public accommoda-
tons bill now under conSidera-
ton by the Senate Commerce
Committee as soon as it reaches
the floor. He estimated this
could save as much as four
weeks.
The public accommodations
bill is part of the 7-point civil
rights program submitted by
President Kennedy. Senator
Mansfield has said, however,
that instead Of taking it up
separately, he plans to wait for
the House to act on the overall
program.
Assistant COP. Leader
Kuchel termed the church
bombing "a crime against all
the American people"
Senator Fulbright, Democrat
of Arkansas. said, This out
rageous and disgraceful occur
renee is a great tragedy for the
whole country as well as Bir-
mingham."
Senator Javits said that Ala
bama Gov. George c. Wallace
cannot escape some RESPONSE
bility" for what he called the
tragic news from Birmingham
and accused the Governor OF
encouraging disrespect fol
law"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16
DANGER Turks IN STREETS
Birmingham, City of Fear

to violence. Twenty-Five bomb
ings with racial overtones in
the last eight years stain the
community's police files. None
has been solved.
But this is different. For the
first time, human life has been
taken.
Potential Trouble
Mutterings Of discomfort
rumbled from the 1875, 000-
strong Negro community. Their
leaders urged restraint and to
follow the Christian path"
But reports Of potential
trouble kept pouring into po-
liceheadquarters.
Someone threw q bomb into
a supermarket. Cars 60 To
the area" Then, minutes later:
"All cars disregard supermarket
bomb report. False alarm"
There were several true
alarms. Two young Negroes
we're shot to death-one by
police who said they were fir
ing over his head after rocks
we're thrown at their car. the
other allegedly by two white
teen-agers on a motor scooter
Firemen we're kept busy
putting out two major fires
and a rash OF minor blazes
One fire swept through a
broom factory; another broke
out In q roofing company
Both were in Negro residential
areas.
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KENNEDY

Continued From Page Al
passions and prejudices aside
and to join in this effort"
Mr.. Salinger was asked If
Mr.. Kennedy planned to send
a personal message to Gov.
George C. Wallace of Alabama.
IT have no information that
he does" Mr.. Salinger replied.
The Press Secretary also was
asked whether Mr.. Kennedy
would respond to q telegram
sent him by the Rev. Martin
Luther King, jr., Negro leader
who urged Mr.. Kennedy to
take all necessary steps to pro-
tect the lives and property OF
Negroes.
"Those who send messages
to the President will receive
replies" Mr.. Salinger said.
Mr.. Salinger said Mr.. Ken
nedy conferred several times
during the morning with At
torney General Robert F. Ken
needy on the situation in Biz
mingham.
Cancels Engagements
The Attorney General can
celed two speaking engage
ments in Philadelphia today
OF stay in his office.
In the Senate, the bombing
was deplored as a tragic blow
to race relations. 1t also
brought a plea for quicker &C
ton on civil rights legislation
Majority Leader Mansfield
called the bombing repre-
hensible and outrageous" He
expressed hope the guilty will
be quickly found and punished
He told the Senate, this
tragic occurrence does not
represent by any means the
feeling of the great majority
of the people of Birmingham,
of Alabama, and of the United
States"
He said it has set back the
difficult road to better race
relations in the country.
Senator Javits, Republican
of New York, said one Of the
lessons to be learned is that
delay in civil rights legisla-
ton clearly cannot be justified
If we can avoid it,"
He urged anew that the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

Washington religious leader
reacted with shock and sorrow
today to the bombing anC
death of four Negro children
at a Birmingham, Ala. church
yesterday.
The Rev. David Colwell,
pastor of the First Congrega-
tional Church and president Of
the Council Of Churches Of the
National Capital Area, said he
heard the news Of the bomb
ing with deep sorrow"
This is a tragic thing" he
said, land every white man
must feel part Of the guilt"
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, archbishop Of the
Roman Catholic Archdiocese
Of Washington, at the time OF
the bombing was at sea on
his way to Rome for the second
session of the Vatican Council
His office here said he had
sent q telegram to the Rev
John H. Cross, pastor Of the
bombed Sixteenth Street Bap-
fist Church in Birmingham,
saying:
MY heartfelt sympathy and
prayers. May God console and
strengthen you and your be-
reaved people"
Committee Formed
The Rev. Charles w. Green
pastor of Pilgrim Baptist
Church at Seventh and
streets NE, announced that
he had formed q committee Il
raise $1,000 to be sent to Mr.
Cross, and to stimulate ap'
peals to President Kennedy Il
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-16

BIRMINGHAM. Ala, Sept
Is (AP).-The city was sticky
with fear and apprehension.
Army trucks loaded with
serious-faced National Guards
men clutching carbines bounced
along the streets.
Heavily-laden police cruisers
bristling with shotguns and
rifles, roamed everywhere.
Hard-hatted police halted
everyone on the street, de-
handing Identification an
warning that 1t was dangerous
to be out on this tense and
murky night.
City bus drivers were leary
OF making regular runs into
Negro neiRhborhoods.
Urged to Stay Home
The police radio cracked
with reports Of potential
trouble, much Of 1t false.
At a late hour, city officials
appeared in q special telecast
to urge everyone off the streets
who had no business there.
"Stay home" pleaded Negro
ministers. stay home" plead.
ed the city leaders.
The city was taut; a city
caught up in the knowledge
that four young Negro girl
lay dead-victims Of q dyna.
mite bomber who sowed the
seeds Of potential racial war
fare.
Birmingham is no stranger