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could do for us. but rather that
we should consider what we
could do for our country. He
did the ultimate. He sacrificed
his life"
Lincoln Comparison
A. Philip Randolph, Negro
president of the Brotherhood
of Sleeping Car Porters and q
leader in the civil rights fight
said:
"One hundred years ago the
emancipation, Abraham Lincoln
was struck down by an assas-
sins bullet. He had just then
finished the first emancipation
of black slaves.
To-day, President John F
Kennedy, who was the second
emancipation of black people
from the serfdom of racial
segregation, has been struck
down by an aSsaSsin's bullet
Negroes face a challenge to
rededicate their lives to COM
plete the unfinished business OF
American democracy for which
two Presidents have died"
Henry Ford, II, board chair
man of the Ford Motor Co.,
said: The circumstances OF
his death are beyond belief.
He will be remembered by mil
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23

Mcnamara, Mr.. Ball and Mr..
Bundy went to the vice presi-
Dental suite in the Executive
office Building.
Congressional leaders COM
pleted a 45-minute conference
with the President about 8
O'Clock. after assuring him of
their bipartisan cooperation. "
Ex-PresidentS PhOned
Mr.. johnson phoned former
Presidents Eisenhower and Tru-
man, and ex-President Hoover
was contacted. Mr.. Johnson
discussed funeral arrangements
with Mr.. Shriver.
At 8:45. two priests and an
acolyte arrived from st. Mat
thew's Cathedral, bearin 6
kneeling pads and candle hold
ers. They said they were pre-
pairing to receive the body"
Buses carrying military honor
guards pulled into the north
drive at 9:05.
The President conferred by
phone with FBI Director ].
Edgar Hoover about the inves-
tigation of the assassination,
and got a reassuring report
from Dallas on the condition OF
Texas Gov. John Connally, who
also was shot by the assassin
Then President Johnson left
his office at 9::24 and went
home to spend the night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23
Lament Over Presidents Death
Crosses Party Lines, Differences

anyone would shoot at the
President of the United States.
1t is the same as If they had
shot at you and me-"
Gov. Wallace said Alabams
will observe a 30-day period
Of official mourning.
Gov. Ross Barnett Of Mis-.
sissippi sent a telegram to Mrs
Kennedy:
II am profoundly shocked
and deeply distressed at the
cowardly act which resulted in
the death Of President Ken
nedy. I extend my deepest and
most sincere sympathy to you
and your children. May God
comfort and sustain you in
your great loss"
Brown SObs
California Gov. Edmund G..
Brown Sobbed as he said: zone
of the great American Presi-
dents has died. His death is the
sacrifice this man has made to
peace and understanding in the
world"
New York City Mayor Rooert
F. Wagner commented: "Presi-
dent Kennedy has joined the
company of the martyrs
hate has reaped its harvest.
Now we must not leave undone
any of the great works he was
doing, and doing so vigorously,
so eagerly, so brilliantly"
United States Ambassador to
South Wet Nam Henry Cabot
Lodge, en- route to confer with
the President, CROPPED for words
to express himself in San Fran
cisco. A Massachusetts, resident
like the President, Mr.. Lodge
frequently had opposed Mr.
Kennedy in political warfare
II was very fond of him anc
knew him intimately Late
ly we have been particularly
close because he foIlowed-nc
not followed but guided-Amer-
ica'S foreign policy" Mr..
Lodge said.
AFL-CIO President George
Meany wired Mrs. Kennedy:
ITO you and your children &c
the heartfelt sympathy of mil
lions of workers who admired
and loved your husband, and
who were the beneficiaries OF
his wisdom and courage anc
devotion to freedom. We shall
always miss him."
Roger Blough, board chair
man of U. S. Steel who was
involved in a celebrated show
down with Mr.. Kennedy about
industry prices. said:
1T is unthinkable to me that
such a thing can happen in
America in these days. I am
shocked and deeply grieved.
David j. Mcdonald, presi-
dent of the United Steelwork-
ers, commented:
During his inaugural ad-
dress, he said that we should
not ask our country what it
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23

will be fired at each base. Mon
day night, a number Of guns
equal to the number of states
in the union" will sound over
the Arfy bases at five-second
intervals.
The Air Force, which has no
regulations governing such an
occasion, was expected to issue
similar orders.
A S0-day period of mourning
win be observed throughout the
Nation, and flags from all gov
ernm ent buildings the world
over will be kept at half-staff
until December %. '
An announcement issued By
the White House last night
said:
THE Kennedy family has
expressed the desire that no
flowers be sent to the White
House or to the funeral.
They asked that anyone
wishing to do so donate an
equivalent amount to charity"
While heads of state Of for
eign nations would be welcome
at the funeral, American en-
bassieS abroad we're asked To
pass the word that the coun-
tries should not send foreign
delegations to represent them.
White House Press secretary
Pierre Salinger said.
The catafalque on which the
President lies is similar to the
simple bier Of boards covered
with black cloth used to hold
the remains Of President Lin
coin SO years ago.
1t was later used for the fu-
nerals Of Presidents Garfield.
Mckinley, Harding and Taft.
and a number Of other dis
tinguished Americans.
1t was last used in 1858 for
the funeral of the late Senator
Robert A. Taft.
Cardinal Cushing, who Is to
celebrate the pontifical re-
QUEEN mass, gave the invoca-
ton at Mr.. Kennedy's inau-
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AT WHITE HOUSE

to keep the country out Of
trouble" "the children's
birthdays and all"
Many could give no answer
as TO why they were there.
Others said, Il Just want to
be near him. 1t is our way to
show respect"
A 69-year-old retired nurse
said, Il just feel it's q little
tribute to him to watch until
her return" Two women
from New York added, We're
too shocked to move. We
visited the White House only
this morning" A young man
in a striped shirt said sim
ply, This was the only place
to come"
At 2 pm. they had begun
to arrive; transiStor radios
close to their ears, the blank
ness Of incomprehensive shock
on their faces. At s pm.
as the skyline deepened be-
hind flags flying at half
staff. there were almost 1000
persons. At one time In the
evening the crowd thinned
to about so.
The faces changed con-
stantly. The businessmen and
secretaries of 5 pm. were
replaced by men in Stacks
and women with curriers' in
their hair at l am. College
boys sprawled on the face Of
the statue in the park and
couples held hands. A man
walking back and forth era
died his baby fast asleep in
his arms.
One man and woman
brought q tiny portable TV
and set up camp in Lafay-
cite Park to be circled by
the curious. A man walking
past in the gutter with his
head down muttered rapidly,
over and over, "a dirty.
lousy rotten shame"
Few looked past today.
but some could not resist
trying to place blame or
analyze about what will
happen now" They felt it
could have been segregation
lists, Communists, Birchites,
even friends Of Madame Nhu.
One girl said. He was Just
too strong for some people"
In early afternoon, the
shock had turned restaurants
and stores into deserted
places as people rushed for
street corner newsStands. A
man selling flowers at the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23
Public Will File Past Bier
Of President Tomorrow

Americans will be afforded a
final glimpse of their late Pres
ident tomorrow and Monday.
The White House announced
last night that President Ken
nedy'S body which is beine
viewed at the White House to-
day by members Of his immedi-
ate family. close friends and
Government lie a ders, will be
moved to the great Rotunda of
the Capitol at pm. tomorrow
to lie in state.
There, on a catafalque SINH
lar to the one upon which the
bodies Of assassinated Presi-
dents Abraham Lincoln and
William Mckinley r EST d the
body will remain until IL am.
Monday.
Then it will be borne to st.
Matthews Cathedral where, at
noon, the ancient Roman
Catholic ritual of the pontifical
requiem mass will be celebrat-
ed.
Richard Cardinal Cushing,
Archbishop of Boston and per-
Sonal friend to the Kennedy
family. will be the celebrant.
S eating arrangements are
b eng made by the White
House staff.
The public will be permitted
to file past the bier in the Cap
itol rotunda from shortly after
1 pm. tomorrow until 9 pm.
and from 8 to 10 a. m. Monday.
Members of the slain Presi-
dents immediate family viewed
the body from 10 to IL this
as it lay In repose in
the East Room of the White
House.
Between II am. and Q pm.
the Presidents successor. Lyn-
don B. johnson, and former
President Dwight D. Eisenhow-
er, were expected to be present.
Others expected during those
hours include Chief Justice
Warren Of the Supreme Court,
House Speaker Mccormack,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23
By MYRA MACPHERSON
Star staff Writer

The wait had been long,
but at f:25 this morning as
the sky began to tighten,
more than a thousand people
budding outside the White
House saw President Ken
nedy's body returned to what
q crying woman called His
home"
They were silent as they had
been fro mthe moment they
began to gather in Lafayette
Park to stare across the
street, some IA hours before.
They saw the flag-draped
casket from the back window
of the gray ambulance with
its side windows curtained.
They did not know Mrs. Ken
nedy was inside the ambu-
lance, nor did they really see
who was in the three limou-
sines behind. One man said,
Il didn't know who was
there. l just kept staring at
the ambulance and thinking
Of him."
Twelve Marines, rifles at
port arms, bayonets gleam-
ing In noodlights that turned
the grounds into daylight,
moved slowly in front Of the
cavalcade. An honor guard
lifted the coffin and carried
1t Thorough the North Portico
doors. draped in black crepe.
From out front, where
mourners gripped the fence,
the woman they had so much
sympathy Tor was an indis-
tinguishable figure. Mrs.
Kennedy. still in the pink
suit she wore when she
Graded her dying husband
in her arms. leaned on At
torney General Kennedy's
arm and moved inside.
A few moments later the
streets we're all but empty.
They had kept their vigil
and now it was time to leave.
The inevitable curious were
there. the type who say,
This is history in the
making"
But for most this act was
their only way of saying
what they could not readily
put into words. Shock. dis
belief, sorrow and anger had
left them with phrases of
little eloquence:
"A terrible tragedy" such
a young man, and Just trying
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members of the Executive
branch holding Presidential,
appointments and close per.
sonal friends. ~.
Former President Herbert
Hoover expressed regret tina
he would be unable to attend
Harry s. Truman, the third liv-
ing ex-President, is expected tc
arrive in Washington tomor-
row.
From 2 to 2::30 pm. today,
the associate justices Of the
Supreme Court and members
Of the Federal judiciary were to
view the body.
Members Of the Senate and
Of the House Of Representa-
tives and the Governors Of the
states and territories have been
invited from 2:30 to 5 pm.
From 5 to 6 pm, members of
the Diplomatic Corps will be
admitted.
At pm. tomorrow an Off
cial cortege will move the body
to the rotunda, where members
Of the Presidents family, Cabi-
net members and Government
leaders. the Supreme Court
justices, members Of Congress
and foreign diplomats will take
part in ceremonies placing the
body in state mourning.
Guns b an booming at
dawn today as the Nation S
armed forces paid their re-
SpectS to the slain commander
in-chief.
From every Army and Mar
inc Corps base around the
world and from every Navy
ship in port, the guns are being
fired every half-hour until
darkness falls tonight.
At the Military Academy at
West Point, N. T., and at every
Army installation, troops will
be paraded solemnly to hear
the official announcement of
the death Of the President.
On Monday, as the funeral
mass starts here, 21-gun salutes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23
By the Associated Press

The assassination of PreSi-
dent Kennedy brought forth ar
outpouring of grief from men
in high office across the land
Lament crossed party lines and
differences.
Stunned almost into disbe-
lief, they called for prayer.
In the words of Colorado
Gov. John Love, a Republican
the Presidents death does mot
call for words, but for sorrow"
Former President Harry S
Truman in Independence, Mo-,
the unframed target of an
assassination attempt IS year.
ago, was at first too stunned
to comment.
Later he said he was
shocked beyond words at the
tragedy. The Presidents death
is a great personal loss to the
country and to me.
He was an able President,
one the people loved and
trusted"
Eisenhower, Hoover
In New York, two former
Presidents. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover and Herbert Hoover, is
sued statements of sorrow.
Il share the sense of shock
and dismay that all Americans
feel at the deSpicable act that
resulted in the death of our
Nations President" Gen. Els
enhower said.
Mr.. Hoover commented: HE
loved America and has given
his life for his country. I join
our bereaved Nation in heart
felt sympathy to Mrs. Kennedy
and their two children"
Chief Justice Earl Warner
said Mr.. Kennedy was aSsas-
Sinated "as a result of the
hatred and bitterness that ha,
been injected into the life Of
our Nation by bigots."
Memory Is Inspiration
Justice Warren said His
memory will always be an in
spiration to Americans of good
will everywhere. The entire
world is poorer because of his
passing"
/. Secretary of Defense Nc
Namara, speaking for the Ma
tons armed forces, expressed
the stunned grief of all of us
at the tragic death of our Com.
mander in Chief"
In a formal statement, Mr.
Mcnamara said:
"As the leader of our Ma
ton and the free world, Presi-
dent Kennedy demonstrated {
courage and strength of spiri
that insured his place in his.
tory. BY those of us privileges
to work with him he will b.
cherished for his human
warmth and the humor tina
never failed him"
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Postmaster General John A
Gronouski said, President
Kennedy gave his life for hi:
country. He died in the strug-
gle for human rights and hu.
man dignity for all people. His
death must serve as the gravest
possible warning to all Ameri-
cans that we must work to-
gether as a Nation to provide
once and for all that all mer
are equal, under God"
Former Vice President Rich
ard M. Nixon. who lost the
presidency to Mr.. Kennedy
said: The assassination OF
the President is a terrible
tragedy for the Nation. Mrs
Nixon and I have sent a per.
sonal message expressing oul
deepest sympathy to the men,
bers of the family in this houl
of sorrow"
New York'S Gov. Nelson A,
Rockefeller. candidate for the
Republican nomination for
President next year, described
the death of the man he had
hoped to oppose as "a shocking
and terrible tragedy"
Gov. Rockefeller cancelled a
campaign trip to New Hamp-
shire and said. May God grant
strength and guidance to
Lyndon Johnson as he assumes
his grave responsibilities under
these ira gic circumstances
The prayers of all Of us will be
with him"
"a Profound Loss"
Senator Barry Goldwater Of
Arizona. a personal friend OF
Mr.. Kennedy despite their di-
vergent political views, said:
sit is both shocking and
dreadful that a thing like this
could happen in a free country
The Presidents death is a pro-
found loss to the Nation and
the free world"
Senator Goldwater cancelled
his scheduled appearance to-
night in Grand Rapids, Mich.
where he was to have been the
main speaker at a fund raising
dinner.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur
wired Mrs. Kennedy:
81 realize the utter futility OF
words at such a time, but the
world of civilization shares the
poignancy Of this monumental
tragedy. AS a former comrade
in arms, his death kills some
thing within me-"
Wallace, Barnett Shocked
From two Southern cover.
nors who bitterly opposed the
President on civil rights came
expressions of shock and dis.
may.
Alabama Gov. George c
Wallace said the assassin
must be filled with universe,
malice toward all" He added
1T is hard to believe thai
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lions of people the world ovel
as a great man and a great
President"
Walter Reuther, United Auto
Workers president, commented:
THE civilized world has been
shocked by this brutal and
heinous crime. All those who
yearn for peace have suffered
a grievous loss in the death of
this gallant champion of hu-
man freedom"
Birchers and Communists
The tragedy welded natural
opponents into one voice of
sorrow - the American Com
munist Party and the John
Birch Society.
The Communist statement
said: "All true Americans, in
tribute to your husband. will
not only condemn this political
murder but also will rededicate
themselves with create r
strength to the struggle for the
democratic character of our
country"
The Birch Society, through
its founder Robert WEIGH,
told Mrs. Kennedy, II wish to
express our deep sorrow at so
untimely o loss to our Nation
of its youngest elected Presi-
dent and to convey .. our
sincere and heartfelt sympathy
in your overwhelming personal
loss"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23
Sudden Death and Lack of Plans Make Transition
Of Presidential Power One of Initial Confusion
BY LEE NJ. COIN
star staff Writer

When John r. Kennedy be-
came President, scholars and
master politicians planned the
smooth transfer Of power from
the Eisenhower administration.
The transition was bumpy
yesterday. when Lyndon B.
johnson succeeded to the pres
idency. There were no plans.
Mr. Johnson entered the
White House as President for
the first time at 6:2e pm, but
he stayed only a few minutes
before walking across the street
to the vice presidential suite in
the Executive Office Building.
The White House still was
the house Of John F. Kennedy.
Death did little to erase the
Kennedy atmosphere. Portraits
and earrieatures of the late
President hung on the walls,
without conveying any sense Of
ineongruity.
His Staff Still on Hand
His papers stiIl filled the fill
ing cases. His cabinet, his con-
gressional leaders and his staff
aides still ran the Government.
George Reedy and other
members Of Mr.. Johnson's
staff arrived at the White
House, but they stayed in the
background, taking cram
courses from the Kennedy
stalwarts.
1t was the Kennedy staff
that kept lines of communica-
ton open between the presi-
dency and the Nation. Confu-
sion reigned for several hours
after the assassination, then
gradually yielded to a SEM
blance of organization.
Key aides were out of town
Pierre Salinger, press secretary.
was en- route to Tokyo with a
cabinet committee. P. Kenneth
ODonnell, appointments secre-
tary. was one of several staff
ers with the presidential party
in Dallas.
Hatcher Out at Lunch
Associate Press Secretary
Andrew T. Hatcher. in the
middle of a dull day, left for
lunch and told his secretaries
ne would return about 8
O'Clock.
Then news services flashed
the word that the President
had been shot.
Lee White, an aide who
handles housing matters. cot
the news while lunching in the
White ouse. He went to Mr..
Salinger's office and served
briefly as press secretary.
Calls went out summoninQ
off-duty White House police
to their posts. Extra metro
politan police reinforced them.
Security precautions were
frightened. White House passes
were checked more closely and
more often than usual.
Mrs. Helen Ganss and Miss
Nancy Larson, secretaries In
the press office, manned the
phones but were unable to
answer inquiries. They did
not know where to reach Mr..
Hatcher.
Reporters and photogra-
pliers gathered around tele-
vision sets in the lobby and
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nearby. starting to make fu-
neral arrangements.
No one told the children
their father was dead.
A helicopter took off from
the south lawn at 3:15, carry
ing Mrs. Shriver and Senator
Edward M. Kennedy, the Presi-
dents sister and brother, to
Hyannis Port to join their
mother and Joseph P. Kennedy,
their invalid father.
Mr.. Southwick announced
that Mr.. Johnson had been
sworn as President and was
flying back to Washington on
the presidential jet plane.
Word did not come until later
that Mrs. Kennedy and her
husbands body also were
aboard.
Hatcher Arrives
Mr.. Hatcher appeared at AIS
He had heard the news on a
car radio in Baltimore and
grabbed a taxi to his home
here. Then he rushed to the
White House for a conference
with the staff, Secret Service
men and Mr.. Reedy.
He briskly asked reporters
for specific queries and set out
to find answers.
At $50. the two Kennedy
children left the White House
! for an undisclosed destination,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-11-23

still ignorant of their father:
death.
After watching on television
the arrival at Andrews of Pres
ident johnson, Mrs. Kennedy
and the late Presidents body,
the press and White House
staffers moved to the south
lawn to await the presidential
helicopter.
Floodlights sliced through
the darkness as the helicopter
flew around the Washington
Monument and found its land
ing pad on the lawn in a gust
Of wind at 6:26.
Johnson Talks With Officials
President johnson, within the
cabin, leaned forward in ami
mated conversation with De-
Tense Secretary Mcnamara,
Undersecretary Of State George
w. Ball and McGeorge Bundy,
special presidential assistant
for national security affairs.
The party. including Mrs,
Johnson, climbed out of the
helicopter and Mr.. johnson
shook hands gravely with White
House aides.
The group walked around
the garden and through French
doors into the brightly lighted
cabinet room. After a brief
pause, President johnson, Mr..
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termines eligibility for general
State tuition grants, tie a he
education awards and legisla-
tive C"senatorial") stipends, is
not used for scholarships at the
Unive rsity Of Maryland or
Johns Hopkins University.
Gallaudet College reports a
record 1868 enrolment Of 663
students, SO above last years
total. Included in this years
figure are 81 pupils from
abroad, a record number at the
school for the deaf.
Richard s. Becker, a grad
uate Of Calvin Coolidge High
School, has been accepted for
membership in the o micron
Delta Kappa, national mems
h on orary society, at Miami
University. He lives at 1914 Or
child street NV.
Donald r. Acton of 6506 La
mont drive, HyattSville, and
Richard A. Cooper of 5000
Trexler road, Lanham, have
been cited for outstan din g
work in the Rutgers University
ROTC program.
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a solution that rings as true
as the story. PRISONERS
PLEA, by Hillary Waugh
Doubleday & Co.; $3.50, is
another impressive portrait
of Chief Fellows at work.
DEAD WATER. By Ngaio
Marsh. little, Brown &
Co.; 1885,
Wally Trehern claimed the
Green Lady told him to put
his wart-covered hands under
the waterfall, and Wally'S
warts were gone. others
sought the cure. and within
two years Portcarrow Islands
economy revolved around its
reputation for healing. When
83-year-old Miss Emily Pride,
old tutor in French Of Supt.
Roderick Alleyn of Scotland
Yard, inherits the island her