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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
EurIy Coffee Breaks
Are Aid to Teachers

TAMPA. Fla. (AP).-Teach-
ers at Henry Grady Elemen-
tary School take a coffee break
before their workday begins,
and profit from it.
Each morning from 8:15 to
8:25, the teachers meet for
coffee and conversation. I'VE
go over any new paper work
that comes across the desk, we
discuss testing and problems
and it gives the teachers a
chance to exchange ideas and
other opinions related to their
work." says Principal w. E.
Hall. THE results are graft
flying"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
GA Agents Captured,
May Die, Castro Says

HAVANA, oct. 81 CAP)-
Prime Minister Fidel Castro
said last night his government
has captured several agents of
the United States Central In
telligence Agency. including two
Canadian pilots. who were sent
into Cuba on sabotage missions
after Hurricane Flora.
He indicated they may face
death sentences.
He said several prisoners
from a CHA ship called the Rex
would appear on television to
tell their stories. He did not
say when they would appear or
give details Of their capture but
said the Rex was q 150-foot
diesel craft flying the Nicarag-
uan flag and based in West
Palm Beach, Fla.
In West Palm Beach, Port
Manager Joel Wilcox said the
Rex was tied up in the Port of
Palm Beach.
In his three-hour RADIO
television speech, Mr.. Castro
accused the CHA Of stepping
up its activities against Cuba
in the wake of the devastation
caused by Hurricane Flora"
Accuses CHA Of Murder
Mr.. Castro accused the in
telligence agency Of numbering
workers, landing weapons and
infiltrators in Cuba, hiring sab
oteurs and using postal pack
ages to send dynamite and
other explosives into Cuba.
This was the kind Of aid
the United States sent to Cuba
after the hurricane" he de-
clared. They thought they had
their opportunity after the hur-
r1cane. This explains and JUS
titles Cuba's reflections Of the
United States offer Of aid"
The assistance was offered
by the American Red Cross
after Flora killed more than
1000 Cubans and caused dis
astrous crop and property DAM
age in Eastern Cuba.
In Washington, the CHA de-
clined to comment on the Cas-
tro charges. Mr.. Castro said the
two Canadians - identified as
Ronald Patrick Lee and Will
liam David - were arrested In
Havana October "a as they tried
to smuggle in 10 cans Of ex-
plosives concealed inside foam
rubber.
Mr.. Castro said the pair had
piloted a Canadian commercial
plane into Havana on several
occasions. He said their last
trip aroused the suspicion OF
authorities when it was discov-
cred they were transporting
mail from the United States.
Shows Grenades on TV
The Prime Minister showed
his television audience incendi-
airy grenades which he said
were part of the Canadians
cargo.
Canadian authorities have
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31
By DON MCKEE
Associated Pres staff Writer

: AMERICUS. Ca, Oct. 81
Racial conflict smashed the
sleepy calm Of this southwest
Georgia town when Negroes set
out four months ago to use
the front door Of the segre-
gated movie theater.
They had alwasy used a back
stairway to the balcony.
The winds Of racial unrest
that buffered the Nation last
summer had swept into tightly
segregated rural Georgia.
.Picketing Of the theater and
street marches that produced
violence were met with arrests
and q powerful new weapon
charges against indignation
leaders Of trying to start a re-
volt against the Government,
an offense punishable by death.
Demonstrations stopped.
White officials, momentarily
at least, breathed easier. The
migration drive In Americas,
its $4,000 population split about
equally between white and
Negro, was the second in South
west Georgia. The first, a
year-long struggle in nearby
Albany. failed.
White Citizens Firm
Cracking Of racial barriers
in Americas would hit at the
heart Of the white South's
resistance, at the grassroots Of
segregation. While they may
not be aware Of the broader
significance Of Americas, the
white townspeople have no in
tention Of allowing Indignation
to take place here.
Il don't think Americas is
going to take any Indignation, "
said Sheriff Fred B. Chappell
And I don't think there'll be
any more trouble"
Sheriff Chappell and other
officials based their hopes on
the falling of four youths
charged with attempting to in
cite Instruction. This had eff
fectively taken the Indignation
leaders out Of circulation -
unless court action, scheduled
today, freed them.
Across town in his office
John Barnum, wealthy Negro
mortician and a persistent
force in the Indignation drive,
was on the telephone trying tc
mount a new attack.
Mr.. Barnum was asking q
Negro mother If her daughter
an homer student, would apply
for admission to white Georgia
Southwestern College here.
Refuses to Quit
I'VE aren't going to quit" he
said simply.
1--WE have discontinued dem.
onStrations. I think the gooc
already has been accomplished
and the suffering is much
too great. It's too hard to gel
out Of jail"
The climax came August
when police halted more thar
200 Negro marcherS. Bricks
and other missiles were thrown
Several policemen were in.
jured; Negro leaders reported
20 injuries among the march
erS. The sheriff said Their
was heavy property damage.
Among those jailed werl
Donald Harris, "a, Of New
York; John Perdew, 81, of Den
yer, Colo, and Ralph w. Allen
q, Of MelroSe, Mass. Mr.. Per
dew and Mr.. Allen are white
All are members Of the Studen
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no responsibility in these acts, /"
he declared. They are Cana
dian citizens, recruited by the
CHA"
Mr.. Castro accused the CHA
of Systematically raiding Cuba
and linked the October 81 STRAIT
ing Of the American freighter
j. Louis near Cuban waters
with q CHA foray he said was
taking place at the same time.
Mr.. Castro said that Cuban
fighters strafed the j. Louis be-
cause It was thought the
freighter was q mother ship
from which coastal raiders in
small boats were being
launched. This conformed to an
earlier announcement by the
Cuban Armed Forces Ministry
that the air force that night
had repealed q landing by two
launches and had attacked the
mother ship.
Suspected Vessel
Mr.. Castro said 1t was highly
suspicious that an American
owned vessel should be 10 miles
from the place where the at
tacks occurred" He claimed the
United States was trying to use
the incident to show Cuba was
maintaining an aggressive
policy"
He challenged the United
States State Department to
tell the truth about the Incl
dent to the United States peo-
pie and not to hide what was
behind the incident"
The j. Louis was en- route
from Jamaica to Corpus
Christi, Tex, with a cargo of
bauxite when it was strafed. 1t
reached its destination dam
aged but with its crew unhurt.
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Nonviolent Coordination Com
mittee.
Mr.. Barnum said policemen
dubbed demonstrators in
breaking up the crowd. The
committee charged that Mr..
Harris, Mr.. Perdew and Mr..
Allen were beaten. Police Of
ficialS. however, denied the al
legations Of brutality.
In 9 letter smuggled from
his cell later. Mr.. Allen said
he and Mr., Perdew were at
tackled by q policeman.
MY head was streaming
blood" wrote Mr.. Allen, who
has been pushing Negro voter
registration in this area for
more than a year and has been
jailed many times. He Is on
leave from Trinity College In
Hartford, Conn.
Mr.. Perdew. a national merit
scholarship student at Har-
ward, corroborated Mr.. Aliens
charges.
In their denial. police said
that both Mr.. Perdew and Mr..
Allen threw bricks at officers
and that they themselves at
tackled a policeman.
In another march on August
II, zev Aelony. IS. white worker
for the Congress Of Racial
Equality. was arrested. He was
charged with encouraging Ne
groes to march without a per-
NIT.
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Charges Filed

The charges against Mr.. Per-
dew, Mr.. Allen and Mr.. Harris
"a recent graduate Of Rut-
gers University-were unlawful
assembly. obstructing arrest an
aSsaulting an officer.
Later, these three together
with Mr.. Aelony were charged
also with trying to incite in
surrection under an 1871 sta
tute. Prosecutor Stephen Pace
jr., said he did not know
whether the statute had ever
been used. 1t actually had been
employed many years ago, how
ever, in a case involving al
legged Communist activities.
II went to the law books and
tried to find a charge that
would fit the entire picture
rioting, resisting officers, as
saulting officers-an attempt
to persuade others to join In
resistance to the law Of the
State" said Mr.. Pace, whose
father is a former Congress
man.
While Mr.. Pace has fought
bond for the four, he has saic
since filing the charges he ha,
no intention Of seeking thu
death penalty. He has said HI
hoped to keep the leaders II
jail to prevent further trouble
Appeal to High Court
A three-judge Federal court
was to hear petitions today fol
the freeing of the Indignation
leaders. They asked the SUI
preme Court in Washington
yesterday, through a suit fileC
by the National Association fol
the Advancement Of ColoreC
People, to rule on their plea Il
be set free on bail.
While this dispute went on II
the courts, Negroes in Americas
concentrated on voter registra'
ton and plans to break thu
color barrier at the junior col,
lege here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-31

Just perfect for the holidays ahead. our
delectable little jumper of looped mohair
1.-The loops of all downy mohair, the backing
blend of cotton and nylon. in
sherbet pastels you could eat with spoon.
Its go-with blouse of white Dacrons polyester
crepe, ribbon trimmed on collar and cuffs
in the pastel Of the jumper. Sizes S-I6.
HERE'S why We sell for Gosh onIyl
van e.,,. There ore no credit chorsesi
1 We have no credit IessesI
AZ ROBERT HALL YoV s1vs beeavss we sovsI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
R DAN GoTTLIEB
] =. Star Staff Writer

The District Public Utilitie;
Commission has been meeting
informally with the city's three
major utility companies to
discuss means of increasing
the number of Negroes the5
employ. The Star has learned
The companies-Chesapea
and y Potomac Telep hon e
washington, Gas Light and
Potomac: Electric Power = all
have announced policies OF
hiring solely on the basis OF
merit. without regard to race
The P. NC. takes the position
however, that because of past
discriminatory practices
Negroes do not seek jobs with
the utility companies to the
extent that they might.
The meetings have been
directed toward discussing how
more qualified Negroes can be
encouraged to apply to the
companies and developing a
conscious program to clear
up the imbalance in employ
ment in the utility field.
according to Chairman James
A. Washington, jr.
Although the PUG. has nc
direct authority over the hiring
practices of the companies. il
invited representatives of the
companies to participate in the
discussions on a friendly
basis, Mr.. Washington ex.
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SEEK 70 END LMRAhANeE sa3sSs
Utilities Confer With PUG. on.Neqro Fliriine

planned. The fist meeting was
held last September, a second
in March and ga4sthird was
scheduled for. today.
Among the steps discussed
at the meetings for encour-
aging more Negro, applicants
have been: use of Negro faces
In advertisements for help;
recruitment at Howard Uni
versity; use of the Urban
Leagues referral services, and
encouraging students in public
schools to complete high school
so they will be qualified for
jobs, and use of the consulting
services and literature of the
Commissioners Council on
Human Relations.
Asked for their reaction to
the P. U. c. meetings, repre-
sentativeS of all three utilities
said they regarded them rs a
means of exchanging informa-
ton. All said that they are not
doing anything now. however,
that they were not doing before
the meetings began.
Mr.. Washington said the
meetings have resulted in a
more conscious effort" to en-
courage Negro applicants, eS-
pecially among the personnel
dealing directly with hiring
and recruiting. In return, the
P. U. c. has learned of diff
ficulties the utilities have in
obtaining qualified Negroes for
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Ithe company feels the numbers
might be used by certain
groups to demand that a GER
tain humber more; be hired i'm
Fmediately. I'VE feel. we are
doing it,. the right :fwaY-em-
pioyfng whenever qualified
Nero appears" the spokesman
said. 49,
( Merit hiring is not the
P. U. C.'s direct responsibility
chairman Washington con-
coded. Nevertheless, the COM
mission might have jurisdiction
over any increased costs of
operation resulting from dis
elimination, the chairman said.
Once before in recent years
the P. U. C. did concern itself
with the effect of discrimina-
tory hiring practices on rates.
In a 1854 Capital Transit Com
pany fare case (the predecessor
company of D. C. Transit
which is under new manage
ment and ownership, the P.
U. c. said that failure to bring
Negroes into its work force
resulted in increases in labor
COSTS" 1t could not pin down
how much extra the company
paid in overtime (as a result of
labor shortages and news
paper advertisements. however
The P. U. c. implied that if
the extra costs had been
enough to affect fairs, it would
have disallowed these increased
labor costs as a basis for re-
questing higher fares.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02

certain jobs and in integrating
previously all-white depart
ments. a.
Figures on the number of
Negroes employed have been
submitted to the P. U. c., but
Mr.. Washington declined to
reveal them because they were
given on a confidential
basis. The P. U. c. does not
have any specific number goal
in mind, the chairman said.
We're interested in correcting
the past imbalance." The meet
ings will be kept up as long
as the companies feel the need
for guidance. he said.
Mr.. Washington, himself a
Negro said that he has on &C.
casion referred Negroes who
we're looking for jobs to the
utilities. Asked whether he
thought this might be pres
surfing the utilities to accept
those he referred, he replied:
Absolutely not!" When a util-
ity executive called to apologize
for turning down someone he
had sent over, 81 told him that
the mere fact I sent someone
down did not mean anything.
I made it clear that 1 don't
want them to lower their
standards"
The P. U. c. is interested
not only in total numbers but
in more Negroes moving up
into the "middle-management'
ranks Of the companies, Vice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
Tobriner Urges Sis Minimum
By September, 1865, as First Step

Gil raised the question of giving
the Wage Board authority TO
pay less than S1.25 in some
cases-if the full wage would
cause significant unemploy.
ment, or if learner and appren-
tice programs ould suffer.
Senator Morse commented
that he agreed these point {
should be clarified.
The Catholic Inter-racia,
Council and the District
League of Women Voters also
gave testimony for the legisla-
ton.
Senator Morse has ordered a
Labor Department survey indi-
eating that only four industries
eating establishments. hotels
and motels, real estate and
motion picture houses-would
face a difficult adjustment.
The Washington Board of
Trade has demanded that any
new minimum wage law ex-
empt certain retail and service
industries. hotels, restaurants,
theaters, hospitals, schools, gas
stations, cleaners and small
utilities.
The current minimum wage
set by occupation runs from 10
cents to SIPS but covers only
women.
Another session of the Morse
subcommittee is scheduled for
7 pm. Friday.
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Chairman Edgar H. Bernstein
said. - - . e n
| An outside party to the dis
cussions, Sterling Tucker. ex-
eeutive director of the Urban
League, said that the P. U. C.'s
efforts have been useful. The
league has had considerably
closer and more productive"
contact with the companies
since last September when the
first discussion took place.
Other factors, such as CORES
threatened picketing and sit
ms at downtown offices of the
gas and electric companies.
also have played a part in
squirting the increased contact,
he said.
From other sources than the
P. U. c. The Star has obtained
the following data on Negroes
IN the utilities:
Washington Gas Light. as of
February %, 1868. had 637 Ne
groeS in a total work force of
2,487, according to information
given the United States Civil
Rights Commission.
Chesapeake and Potomac now
has about $500 employees. of
which about 10 per cent are
Negro, according to a company
spokesman.
Potomac Electric Power has
about $500 employees, but the
company's policy is to refuse
to give out figures on Negro
employment.
A spokesman explained that
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Senator Morse commented
that there was plenty of room
for negotiation" on the ques-
tons raised by Mr.. Tobriner.
Donald D. Brewer. acting di-
rector of the District Welfare
Department, testified forcefully
for the legislation.
Dependency in any form Is
degenerative," Mr.. Brewer said
adding: "Self-sufficiency is ba.
sic. Until the gap between cost
of living and basic earnings is
closed, the community will pay
in one form or another through
direct public support"
A view of the general public
came from Mrs. Mary Dublin
Keyserling, representing the
National Consumers League.
Few Want Bargain
Mrs. Keyserling said: Few
consumers want a bargain at
the expense of those who serve
them" FE
She said that one fourth of
the Districts population is Tex
periencing the very real hard
ship that poverty entails"
Charles w. Putnam, chair
man of the Minim UNI Wage
and Industrial Safety Board,
noted that a woman without
dependents needs close to $50 a
week to live on.
"A perma nent minimum
wage of less than this would be
too low to achieve the purpose
of the act" Mr.. Putnam said.
F. M. McGuigan: secretary Of
the Greater Washington Gen.
trail Labor Council, AFL-CIO
said that "even SIPS is readily
acknowledged by virtually all
as also insufficient for this
purpose, but it is necessary as q
step in the right direction"
Laid Thurston of the Dis
trict Health and Welfare Coun-
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Brothers. School
BUYS Estate

FREDERICK Oct. 2 (AP).-
A 312-acre estate south of
Backeystown has been pur-
chased BY Ammendale Normal
Instit0te, it was announced
here yesterday. The purchase
price was $4,000.
The institute, a noVitiate Of
Brothers of Christian Schools.
located near Beltsville. plans
to use the estate as a summer
retreat. =
f, The property was sold by Mr..
and Mrs. Jennings P. Bailey.
1t includes a 10-room brick
mansion, two tenant homes,
three barns. a swimming pool.
two garages and several other
buildings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
Shrixerto Speak

Sargent Shrivef, director Of
the Peace Corps. will address
the Cath oTfc Laymen's First
Friday Club at 1890 pm. Fri
day in the Presidential Arms
1929 G street NV. Caesar L
,Aiello. new president of the
organization, wfll preside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
St. Martin Talk Set

The Rev. Norbert Georges,
general director of the st. Mar
tin de PORES Guild, New York,
will give an Illustrated lecture
on st. Martin at 8 pm. Friday
in Epiphany Catholic Church
Parish Hall, 2712 Dumbarton
avenue NV. The lecture is for
the benefit of the National
Cath Ollie Society for Animal
Welfare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
Suspect in Killing
Cleared for Trial

st. Elizabeths hospital psy-
chiatrists have ruled that John
w. Higdon, ir.. 40, accused OF
killing his girl friend July 81
on the George Washington
Memorial Parkway, is mentally
competent to stand trial.
The hospital report stated
The psvchiatrists found no men,
tai disease or mental defects.
Higdon is charged with shoot
ing Amy Milton near the Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency at
Langley.
United States Attorney lato
Cacheris said Higdon's case
will go to a Federal grand jury
in Richmond Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
BY JACK KELSO
Star staff Writer

Hearings on minimum wage
legislation that would raise the
salaries of tens of thousands of
workers in the District are pro-
ducing flowing praise. But the
businessmen have yet to be
heard from.
Senator Morse, Democrat OF
Oregon. who is conducting the
hearings as chairman of the
Senate District Subcommittee
on Public H ealth, Education,
Welfare and Safety. introduced
the legislation.
The bill promises a minimum
wage of SIPS an hour and a
40-hour work week plus over
time.
The District Commissioners
submitted a compromise at the
opening of the hearings last
night. Walter N. Tobriner,
president of the Board of Com
missioners, said:
THE time has now com e
When all employees in the Dis
trict should be covered by
generally applicable minimum
wage legislation. ..
TwO-Step Plan
ct he commissioners believe
that many of the economic and
social Ills of the District may
well be traced to this lag in
protective wage legislation"
The commissioners suggest
ed compromise, explained by
Mr.. Tobriner, would provide for
a tw o-s tep arrangement to
meet the SIPS min m UNI by
September 8, 1865. The first
step would be $1.15.
Overtime, under the COM
promise, would be paid after AZ
hours. This would drop to 40
hours beginning September 8,
i1965s 3
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-10-02
JurYAbsoIves
Baby'sFather
Accidental Death
Is Groups Verdict

A 25-year-old father was alb
solved by a coroner's jury 81
homicide charges today in the
death of his three-month- olo
daughter.
The six-man jury deliberated
just Is minutes after a dra-
matte hearing before bringing
in a verdict of accidental death
in the case of Mary Lou Gil
lette.
Homicide charges had been
placed against her father
Charles Gillette, a Navy clerk
at the Anacostia Naval Station
after his wife said he hao
thrown the baby down In the
crib several times and pushed
its head down.
The wife, Esperanto. 20. en-
tered the hearing room today
weeping and nearly historical
sobbing my God. my Cod
and clutching rosary beads n
Wife Won't Testify
In broken English, the wom-
an who is a Philippine, said she
did, not want to testify against
her husband.
81 love him." she Sobbed.
Detectives testified that Gil
lette said he merely was turn
ling the baby over in giving her
Ia bottle at one time to see II
he could stop her from crying
They also said that the wife
had not gotten up to. see if the
baby was injured, remaining in
bed after her husband went of
to work.
She told police she first
noticed the baby's unconscious
Condition when she attempted
to feed it about an and
a-half after the incidents Win
the father. s-4~
Heard Her Baby Cry
One policeman testified she
] ADMITTED she had heard the
baby cry after. her husband
had left the house.
/ Upon hearing the decision
today, Mrs. Gillette, who hai
been under the care " Or The
Bethesda Naval Hospital since
the accident, raised her handl
thigh as if in prayer and cried
tpoh God, oh Cod"
The husband remained i'm
mobile as he had during the
entire hour-long hearing, with
his head buried in his. hands
The baby was pronounced
dead at 1925 am. last Satur-
Iday at Hadley Hospital. The
coroner'S report ruled the cause
of death as a ardio-respiratory
failure resulting from the cut
ting off of the oxygen supply
No evidence of any injuries
were found.
The couple has one other
child, a 3-year-oiG girl.
The police officer who was
first on the scene testified
that Mrs. Gillette was rocking
back and forth weeping my
baby, my baby. He's killed my
baby" He said they had trouble
prying the baby from the arms
of the distraught wife.