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Chicago NegroesMorch
Near Confederate Rite

bearers dressed in blue and
gray uniforms.
The Mound, burial plot for
5000 Confederate soldiers who
died In Camp Douglas in Chi
cago as Civil War prisoners, is
topped by a monument titled
THE Lone Confederate" The
cemetery is In a Negro neigh
borhood.
The demonstration was or
ganized by the Chicago branch
Of the National Association for
the Advancement OF Colored
People.
Leaders alleged that the
cemetery refused on May Is TO
cremate a Negro woman. Ear
lier this year a suit was filed
charging that the cemetery re-
fused TO cremate the body Of
another Negro. That case is
still pending.
A cemetery spokesman said
regarding the later incident
that "the cemetery was unable
10 comply with the wishes for
cremation because the body was
brought here on a Saturday at
1880 pm. without previous
notice"
A cemetery spokesman said q
meeting has been arranged be-
tween leaders OF a demonstra-
ton and the cemetery's lawyer
10 try 10 resolve "a misunder-
standing"
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CHICAGO. May 81 CAP).-
Some $500 Negroes staged an
orderly demonstration yester-
day at a South Side cemetery
where 5000 Confederate SOL
diers are buried. protesting the
cemetery's alleged refusal to
cremate the body Of a Negro
woman.
Officials Of the Oak Wood
Cemetery, where the Demon
stration took place, said they
do not discriminate against
Negroes In burial or cremation.
As the demonstration was
going on at the cemetery gate,
the Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, the United Daughters OF
the Confederacy and other
groups conducted a Memorial
Day ceremony at Confederate
Mound. The ceremony In
cluded an appearance OF rifle
Evening star., 1963-05-31
Bus Line. to Bon
Hiring of Negroes

WALSALL, England. May 81
(AP). - The City Transport
Department added a colord bar
yesterday to its ban ON women
bus drivers and conductors.
The AZ Negroes now working
on buses - most of them are
West Indians - will be re-
tanned. but will be replaced
by whites when they leave.
I'VE have found that colored
workers perception is not as
quick as that of white en-
ployes." said a spokesman for
the Transport Department.
Another difficulty is that you
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Memphis Ends Race Bar
In Parks, Except Pools

MEMPHIS Tenn, May 81
AP.-Compliance with a Su-
preme Court order has opened
all public recreational facilities
In MemphiS-except swimming
and wading pools-to all races.
The pools. scheduled to open
next Thursday, will remain
closed "for the time being"
Police Commissioner Claude
Armour has emphasized that
any violence that might arise
from the abrupt desegregation
move will not be tolerated.
City officials emerged from a
closed door meeting yesterday
and announced their decision
to drop racial barriers at pub
lie tennis courts, golf courses,
Fairgrounds and community
centers Immediately.
viii Abide by Law
A statement issued at the
close of the session said both
the Park Commission and the
city would abide by the law as
announced by the Supreme
Court. 1t added in part:
I'm the opinion Of the Park
Commission, compliance with
the law will require in the i'm
mediate future, with respect to
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Picketing Due
Angeles

LOS ANGELES, May 81
(AP).-A minister active in the
integrationist movement says
Los Angeles will be the target
of Birmingham-style efforts to
force "a total community" that
is non-segregated.
The Rev. Maurice A. Daw-
kinS, a spokesman for the Los
Angeles chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, put it this
way in discussing the plan with
newsmen yesterday:
LOS Angeles will be the focal
point for our march toward
equality. We have the largest
Negro population here of any
city west of the Mississippi.
Demonstrations will include
picketing and boycotting.
I'm our demands we think in
terms Of before Birmingham
and after Birmingham The
Los Angeles campaign def
nitely will be after Birming-
ham, That is. we are not just
asking for a small specific ad-
justment. but a total COM
munity integration."
Mr.. DawkinS said he has Just
returned from visits to Birm.
ingham, Washington and New
York, acting as liaison officia
with the integration leader, DR.
Martin Luther King.
He said Negro leaders will
meet here next week end at the
call of DR.. Christopher Taylor
local NAACP head, to plan
strategy and a timetable for
"our general attack"
Evening star., 1963-05-31

JACKSON, Miss. May 81
(AP).-Negro students prom
ised to bring anti-segregation
protests into a fourth day here
today with a protest march.
Mayor Allen Thompson said
demonstrators were trying to
push the Federal Government
into the picture.
At a mass rally last night,
students from the capitals
three Negro high schools
pledged that pupils would DEM
onStrate in the capital.
Students from Lanier, Hill,
and Bringley schools, the
Negro high schools, end class
room work today along with
all jackson public schools.
Final exams start next week.
Mayor Thompson, charging
that outside agitators were
creating incidents TO get Fed
eral troops and marshals sent
here, claimed temporary facili-
ties were ready to handle 10000
demonstrators. If more space
is needed. Mayor Thompson
said. he was certain the State
prison at Parchman could be
used to house demonstrators.
The Jackson Clarion-Ledger
reported in its Friday morning
edition the air base at Colum-
bus reportedly had been Sc
lected as the site to house Fed
eral troops for possible use
here, at oxford. site Of the
University Of Mississippi, and
at Tuscaloosa, Ala, site Of the
University Of Alabama. Negroes
have been ordered admitted to
both universities next week.
City officials again said they
would not agree to demands to
hire Negro policemen and to
drop racial barriers at lunch
counters.
A total Of q persons was ar
rested in four separate in
cidents yesterday. That brought
the total number jailed since
demonstrations started Tues
day to So.
Meanwhile. Medgar w. Evers.
field secretary Of the National
Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored people, asked
Attorney General Robert F..
Kennedy for Federal interven-
tion.
Mr.. Evers telegraphed Mr..
Kennedy that "the unwarrant-
ed arrests on Federal property
Of IA persons on a charge OF
breach Of peace while they were
peacefully and orderly Gxercis-
ing their constitutional right Of
assembly and free speech by
praying on the steps of the post
office. d. warrants immediate
and positive action and inter-
vention on the part OF the Fed
eral Government TO protect the
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sorts beaches are open to Ne
groes and nearly all Of the
towns restaurants are inte-
grated.
Clarence Logan, chairman of
the Civic Interest Group. new
ertheless sent q telegram to
Cropper asking "re-negotia-
tions to eliminate racial dis
elimination in places Of public
accommodations"
In Centreville, in Queen Anne
County, the principal of
the all-Negro Kennard High
School met with the board of
town commissioners and sue
ceeded in having officials agree
to name a bi-racial advisory
committee to recommend
methods Of settling racial prob
lens there.
The principal. Larrie Jones,
told the board he was appear
ing as a private citizen and not
as a representative Of any in
tegrationist organization. He
asked the board to appoint q
committee because I'VE don't
want crowds Of people in our
town marching up and down
the streets"
In Advisory Role
Mayor w. E. Price said the
committee would be named
shortly but he emphasized it
would be strictly Of an advisory
nature.
Cambridge still remains the
sore spot on the Eastern Shore.
The Committee for Inter-
racial Understanding, headed
by Judge w. Laird Henry, jr.,
who negotiated the truce, has
been making efforts to keep
peace in the town. but IL Ne
gro high school students were
arrested in a demonstration
this week in addition to the
five arrested yesterday and
small picketing demonstrations
continued.
At the request Of Judge
Hehry's committee, Parren j..
Mitchell, executive secretary of
the Maryland Commission on
1nterracial Problems and Re-
lations is scheduled to join
negotiations in Cambridge
Tuesday.
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Girls Body Found
As Snow MeIts

OURAY. Colo. May 81 (AP) L.
The body OF Pauline Hudson.
II. was found yesterday in the
melting remains OF q snowslide
that snuffed out her life and
that OF her father. the Rev.
Marvin Hudson. 30. and her
sister. Amelia, II. last March 3.
The girls body was found In
a snowdrift by Sheriff Jean
Brown, who has been searching
every day since the avalanche
on Red Mountain Pass. route
Of U. s. $50.
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never know when colored
people are going to return to
their own country"
The department announced
last month that 1t would 10
longer hire women bus con-
ductors because the work was
more suitable Tor men.
Evening star., 1963-05-31

Nonviolent Action Committee.
City police arrested the five
yesterday as they prayed in
front of a bowling alley in
Cambridge. One Of the five, a
15-year-old girl, was ordered
held without bail by Circuit
Judge E. McMaster Duer. The
; other four were held under
bond of 5000 each in the Dor
chester County Jail.
Sheriff C. Calvert Creighton
Of Dorchester County said the
five Negroes were charged with
disorderly conduct and failure
to obey an officer.
Didn't Call Police
The proprietor of the bowling
alley, Samuel LeCompte, said
today he did not call police and
the pickets apparently were not
opSJfucClng Crafrlc.
Mrs. Richardson said two
week truce between integra-
tionists and a citizens commit
tee ended today and sit-in
demonstrations would resume.
"As far as the white COM
munity is concerned. it makes
us wonder If we really are deal
ing with Christian people or
heathenS," she said.
Sheriff Creighton said he
understood the 15-year-old girl
already was under bond on
similar charges when she was
arrested Thursday.
Eight Seized at Park
In Baltimore County, police
arrested eight persons when
they tried to integrate a Ca
louisville amusement park. Two
of those arrested, including
Walter Carter, chairman of the
Baltimore chapter of the Con-
gress of Racial Equality, were
charged with conspiracy to
trespasS and held under bond
OF $3.50 each. The other six
were held under bond of $1OO
each on trespassing charges.
In Ocean City. Mayor Hugh
Cropper appointed a 12-mem-
ber bi-racial commission to
handle any racial problems that
might arise at the resort. Mar
Gus j. Williams, an Ocean City
attorney, was named to head
the commission.
Mayor Cropper said the re-
Evening star., 1963-05-31
Isl Arrests,
Tear Gas Halt
Florida March

TALLAHASSEE, Fla, May
81 (APl.-Authorities used
tear gas to stall one mass
march by Negroes and ar
rested 257 during the 10th
straight day of antisegregation
demonstrations In Florida's
capital city.
Most Of those arrested last
night are students at Florida
A&M (Negro) University, and
220 Of them were ordered
before State Judge Ben Willis
today to answer contempt OF
court charges. The other 81
are to appear in City Court
Monday to face charges of un-
lawful assembly.
There was no violence during
the marches, aimed at segre-
gated movie theaters. A series
Of sit-in demonstrations some
time ago resulted in the quiet
deSegregation Of lunch counters
In the business district.
Plans remained unchanged
for another massive protest of
segregation at two white the
aters tonight.
Court Orders Halt
Circuit Judge Willis ordered
yesterday that the demon
strating be halted pending
a hearing Monday on the issues
He authorized county officers to
arrest demonstrators who re-
fused to disperse.
The 220 jailed by county
Officers were part Of a first
protest before a white theater
An hour later. city police broke
UP q second march of ap-
proximately 200 Negroes and
arrested 81 on charges Of un-
lawful assembly.
The police used two tear gas
bombs and a determined line to
turn back the second group.
The 81 arrested refused to leave
a churchyard where they had
taken refuge after the tear
gas was looSed.
Judge Willis issued his order
after theater manager Les
Pendleton complained that the
demonstrations were hurting
his business. Judge Willis said:
THE constitutional rights of
anyone cease when they en-
croach upon the constitutional
rights of Others"
Willard Warn, attorney for
Mr.. Pendleton, told the court
the demonstrations were in
flammatory and could be dam
gerous.
Leon County sheriff's depu-
ties told the court they sought
in vain to serve a subpoena on
Mrs. Patricia Stephens Due,
leader Of the Tallahassee chap
ter Of the Congress of Racial
Equality, which sponsored the
demonstrations. Mrs. Due was
not in court.
Her husband, John Due, a
recent graduate of the Florida
AIM (Negro) University Law
School, told the court a deputy
sought to serve his wife a SUBJ
poena In the name Of Priscilla
Stephens. She rejected the
paper. he said.
Mayor Sam league said he
would present to the City Com
mission a request by the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
for q biracial committee to
resolve grievances.
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mems skins, emancipation will
be a proclamation but not a
fact" he said, adding:
To the extent that the
Proclamation Of Emancipation
is not fulfilled in fact, to that
extent we shall have fallen
short of assuring freedom TO
the free"
Mr.. johnson, speaking at
Memorial day services ut the
battlefield here recalled that
ION this hallowed ground
heroic deeds were performed
and eloquent words were spoken
a century ago."
Vigil for Justice
Joining in a prayer for per-
manent peace Of the world and
fulfillment Of our hopes for
universal freedom and Justice, "
he said that until the world
knows no aggressors, until the
arms of tyranny have been
laid down, until freedom has
risen up in every land, We shall
maintain our vigil to make
sure our sons who died on
foreign fields shall not have
died in vain"
Then he added:
"As we maintain the vigil of
peace, we must remember that
justice is a vigil too-a vigil we
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Johnson Urges Action
For True Emancipation

GETTYSBURG, Pa May 81 (AP)c-Vice President John
has called for all Americans North South white and
Negro to lead the through this moment of challenge
decision" racial problems.
Until justice blind color until education is unaware
of until opportunity is with the
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Race Protests Continue;
Cambridge Arrests Hit
BY the Associated Press

The chairman of Cambridge integraton organization
said today the Memorial Day arrest Of five Negro pces
unnecessary.
at difficult enough to fight prejudice but when is
coupled with stupidity becomes dangerous to the total
munit said Mrs Gloria Richardson head Of the Cambridge
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must keep in our own streets
and schools and among the
lives Of all our people-so that
those who died here on their
native soil shall not have died
in vain.
zone hundred years later,
the Negro remains in bondage
to the color of his skin.
The Negro today asks justice.
I'VE do not answer him--we
do not answer those who lie
beneath this soil-when we
reply TO the Negro by asking
patience
"It is empty to plead that
the solution to the dilemmas' Of
the present rests on the hands
Of the clock. The solution Is in
our hands. Unless we are will
ingn to yield up our destiny Of
greatness among the civiliza-
tions Of history, Americans
white and Negro together
must be about the business Of
resolving the challenge which
confronts us now.
Our Nation found its soul
in honor on these fields of
Gettysburg 100 years ago. We
must not lose that soul in dis
honor now on the fields Of
hate
Disuse of Law
"The law cannot save those
who deny it, but neither can
the law serve any who do not
use it. The history of injus-
tice and inequality is a history
Of diSuse of tho law. Law has
not failed-and is not failing.
We as a Nation have failed
ourselves by not trusting the
law and by not using the law
to gain sooner the ends of JUS
tice which law alone serves. -.
Men may build barricades-
and others may hurl themselves
against those barricades-hut
what would happen at the
barricades would yield no an
swers. The answers will only
be wrought by our perseverance
together. 1t is deceit to prom
ise more as it would be cow
ardice to demand less"
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some Of the public recreational
activities. curtailment or sus-
pension thereof.
I'm particular, the Park
Commission feels 1t is in the
manifest best interest of all the
people Of Memphis. both white
and Negro. that the operation
OF swimming pools and wading
pools be suspended, for the time
being"
The statement added that Of
ficials hoped the ''recreational
program can be continued for
the benefit of all citizens, but
If curtailment or suspension OF
the playground activities proves
necessary, appropriate steps
will be taken"
Program Struck Down
The city has 10 swimming
pools, five for whites and five
for Negroes.
The Supreme Courts decision
Monday struck down the city's
10-year plan for gradual de-
segregation Of recreational fa-
cilities. Under 1t, adopted two
years ago, five of the seven
public golf courses, the ZOO and
some Fairgrounds had been
desegregated.
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who lies senseless on the
ground.
That the intended victim
is physically handicapped
and much smaller In stature
than her would-be attacker
Is even more incredulous.
But the possibility Of such
an odds-on victory doesn't
seem so unbelievable to two
polio victims-the latest en-
rollees In q self-defense class
for women being conducted
by the Jewish Community
Center Of Greater Washing
ton.
Fortunately, neither Miss
Harriet Weltman nor Miss
Carol Ormes have exper-
fenced such q street assault
but they win be well pre-
pared should one occur at
the finish Of this ten-week
course.
Even now, at midway
point, they could handle
themselves pretty well in
Tending off an attempted at
tack.
The Center has conducted
the course for the last five
years and prides itself on the
fact that the instructors, not
the students. take all the
falls. bruises and punish
ment.
The ladies hardly get their
hair mussed-thus the Gen.
ter's encouragement Of the
handicapped to enroll In the
class.
They don't have to learn
the offensive to become eff
fective defenders" says Mr..
AL Tudor, director Of health
and physical education for
the Center, who designed the
course adapted from Judo,
karate, aiki-do and Jul jitsu
techniques.
Miss Ormes, a bacteriology
lab supervisor at Washington
Hospital Center, admits she
hesitated to take the course
at first because I thought
there was going to be a lot Of
rough stuff"
That plus the fact she new
er took gym in school be-
cause Of her handicap caused
some temporary indecision
but not for long.
What finally convinced
me-" she said. was that II
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1t. Gen. James Lowell
Richardson. jr., the Army
Deputy Chief Of Staff for
Personnel, received the Most
Noble Order Of the Crown Of
Tnailand. First Class, in Q
brief ceremony at the en-
baSsy yesterday.
Thai Ambassador -deSig-
nate Sukich Mountaineering
da presented the decoration.
Only Mrs. Richardson and
close friends Of the general
as well as members Of the
embassy staff attended the
ceremony.
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General Decorated

At the same time, the en-
bassy announced 1t would not
celebrate its National Day
and the birthday anniversary
of Thailand's King Bhumibol
Adulyadej, as 1t had planned
yesterday because Of the
mourning for the late Pres
dent Kennedy.
.
The Army Deputy Chief Of
Staff for Logistics and Mrs.
Robert Colglazier have re-
called invitations to the re-
ception they were to have
given Monday for foreign
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-06

students participating In the
Army Service Schools orien-
tation tour H-64.
o o . o
Other cancellations include
the reception planned by The
Brazilian Naval Attache and
Mrs. Duque Guimaraes to
celebrate Brazilian Navy Day
on December Is.
The Coast Guard Officers
Wives Club has cancelled its
December 10 luncheon meet
ing to be held at the officers
Club Of the Bethesda Naval
Hospital.
The club asks that gifts
which members had planned
to bring for infants to age
three be sent to Coast Guard
Headquarters before Deem
Der 10.
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These Ladies Far
From Helpless
Two Women Polio Victims Learn
To Foil WouId-Be Attackers

were to be accosted on the
street, they wouldn't ask first
II I'd had polio. I'm glad now
I'm taking the course. It's give
en- me confidence. I've lost
any delicate feelings ! might
have had about hurting Q
would-be attacker. It's either
me or him"
Miss Weltman. q student
at Georgetown University,
expressed about the same
feelings, though her reasons
for taking the course differed
from those Of Miss Ormes.
Though she's worn o leg
brace since she contracted
polio ct age 10, Miss Welt
man has never felt her ham
dicap stood in the way Of the
competitive sports she loves
and has participated in all
her life.
She swims, rides horse
back, plays tennis and wants
to learn TO water ski.
81 thought this would be
something different to do. I
also thought that II I'm at
tackled. there's no possibility
Of running, so I might as
well 60 down fighting" abe
said with q grin.
Small Of stature and
slightly built, Miss Weltman
demonstrated with an in
structor how neatly she can
throw an assailant down
with such defense tactics as
wrist holds, arm bars and
throws.
Stresses Mr.. Tudor, Speed
and surprise are important.
Knowing how to use pressure
points, nerve centers. lever
age and balance can over
come the most powerful and
muScled opponent"
The women In the class,
ranging In age from Is to IS
years, learn how to break o
stranglehold, choke attack
from front and back, any
kind Of seizing, grabbing or
punching attack, how to ward
off a rapist, handle q masher
in the movies, and protect
their pocketbookS from purse
snatchers.
Mr.. Tudor emphasized that
the courses most valuable
asset is the engendering Of
self-confidence, for o poten-
tial attack victims worst en-
envy Is fear. II she knows
what to do, from fear she
goes into action rather than
into @ state Of shock" he
stressed.
Registration is now taking
place for the next class
which begins in January. Be-
cause Of the nature Of the
course. however. all appli-
cants are interviewed, says
Mr.. Tudor. to eliminate
those with basically over-ag-
gressive or anti-social ten.
denotes"
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A shadow moves gtealthily
down O lonely darkened
street. his prey In sight, mar
rowing the space between
them, until he reaches her
with O stranglehold around
her throat.
But the next moment It Is
the sssailant, not the victim,