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Segregationist John Kasper Goes
On Trial for Contempt of Court
By WILLIAM TUCKER
United Press Correspondent
Atlanta npi A Johnny
come lately segragationist goes
on trial at Knoxville. Tenn.,
this week in a case that may
prove to be of vast significance
in the civil rights controversy.
The bill of particulars in the
case is not much to bring it out
of the ordinary. An ex-New York
book seller, John Frederick Kas
per, and 15 citizens of Anderson
county, Tenn., are charged with
contempt of federal court.
The specific complaint is that
they discouraged the 1956 inte
gration of Clinton, Tenn., High
school in contempt of a fed
eral court injunction by at
tacking a minister, using force
and intimidation to frighten Ne
groes away from the school,
making anonymous phona calls
to school officials and by at
tempting to provoke fights be
tween Negroes and White pu
pils. Stera Jurist
That is the government's case,
to be tried starting Monday, be
fore stern, conservative Judge
Robert L. Taylor, ST-year-old ap
pointee of former President Tru
man. It was Taylor, son of one
Tennessee governor and nephew
of another, who issued the in
junctions of last August and
September to halt tlw sporadic
violence that threatened to up
set the Clinton school Integra
' tion.
The government is coming to
court charging violations of a
broad, catchall injunction which
specified that Kasper and others
, . . . their agents, servants, rep
' resentatives and attorneys and
all other persons who are act
ing in concert, or may act in
concert with them, be and they
are hereby enjoined from hind
ering and obstructing" the Clin
ton integration plan.
Herein lies the significance of
what otherwise might be a rou
tine case. Should the jury con
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vict the defendants, the pattern
would be established for broad
enforcement of all racial inte
gration orders from the courts.
This is the first big test of the
government's power to enforce
the 1954 school desegregation de
cision of the U. S. Supreme
Court.
Defense Staff
The defense staff, headed by
Nashville's Thomas P. Gore, cou
sin of Sen. Albert Gore (D-Tenn.)
is gearing for an all-out court
fight to win acquittal for Kas
per and his codefendants.
The defense case is to be ar
gued on these contentions:
The federal court lacks juris
diction to issue contempt cita
tions in the Clinton case because
the defendants were acting as
individuals and not as an organ
ized public body to which the
integration orders were direct
ed. There has been no legisla
tion by Congress; therefore the
court is without jurisdiction to
issue injunctions to force inte
gration. The United States is not a
party to the case, which is a
civil matter, and the alleged
contempt was not committed in
the presence of the court but
outside the physical boundaries
of the court.
This trial undoubtedly also
will bring a fresh test of a re
cent Supreme Court decision
permitting defense counsel to in
spect FBI pre-trial investiga
tion files. Government attorneys
are expecting such a request
early in the trial.
Battle Lines Drawn
Thus, the battle lines once
Body of Frogman Is
Buried in England
Portsmouth, England ffl
The body of a man identified as
British frogman Lionel (Buster)
Crabb was buried Friday with
out military honors or even an
official Royal Navy represent
ative on hand.
Crabb, a former British naval
officer, vanished in the murky
waters of Portsmouth Harbor
early in 1956 while three Soviet
warships were anchored there.
A headless and handless body,
encased in a rubber frogman
suit, was recovered recently and
identified as that of Crabb.
In the absence of confirmed
facts regarding his mission,
Crabb's activities have been the
subject of considerable specula
tion. British newspapers said he
might have been "doing a job"
more are drawn in a courtroom
between the segregation forces
of the South and the federal government.
As the fight progresses, don't
be surprised if Kasper himself
becomes one of the less head
lineable factors involved - a
strange position for the young
man who achieved and lost the
racial headlines with almost
equal speed.
He turned up at Clinton as
the town was preparing in the
summer of 1956 to integrate the
high school in compliance with
court orders issued by Judge
Taylor. Kasper led the opposi
tion which resulted in an Aug
ust riot. He already is under
a one-year federal prison sen
tence for that incident. Now un
der appeal to the Supreme Court
the case was rejected by the
Court of Appeals.
His popularity fell like a
shooting sta"r early this year
when Florida investigators "ex
posed" him as a one-time lnte
grationist who danced with Ne
groes back in the old days. His
codefendants at Knoxville even
tried to win separate trials from
Kasper, but Judge Taylor turn
ed them down.
PHOENIX
Several Visitors Listed
By LILLIAN KNIGHT
Phoenix Mr. and Mrs.
Claude Zoller of Burney, Calif.,
and Mr. and Mrs. Paul O'Neal
and son. Danny, of Victorville,
Calif., visited Mr- and Mrs. M.
E. Norton last Sunday.
Mail Fraud Artist
On Probation
Portland IP U. S. District
Judge Gus J. Solomon placed
confessed mail fraud artist Mil
ford B. Lytle, 79, on three years
probation Friday.
But Judge Solomon ruled that
Lytle, who was not imprisoned
because of his age and "poor
health" must go to his son's
home in Minneapolis, Minn.,
where he has agreed- to remain
for life.
Lytle pleaded guilty to six
counts of mail fraud in connec
tion with scheming fo defraud
tvo Seattle department stores in
April.
Robert R. Carney, deputy U.S.
attorney, said Lytle would pre
tend to fall in a store, and then
mail a letter asking damages for
the breaking of his eyeglasses,
or for other alleged injury or
loss. The man had requested $23
from four stores, and two of
the firms sent the amount he
requested by mail.
Massachusetts May Try
To Prevent Adoption
Miami Beach W The state
of Massachusetts is expected to
make a final bid Monday 10
prevent a Jewish couple irom
aHnntino the six-year-old Cath-
for the United States, or some olic.bom cmld they have raised
other foreign power. I since she was 10 days old
Following a formal Russian
protest, the British government
' denied Crabb was carrying out
any cloak-and-dagger operation
on its behalf.
The body was buried without
the monocle and swordcane
which were as much Crabb's
trademark on land as his rub
ber suit, mask and flippers were
under water.
Ben Cohen, attorney for the
Melvin Ellises. said he received
notice Friday that the Bay State
will protest the adoption oi m
tle Hildy McCoy by the Ellises
in Circuit Court when the coup
le appears at the adoption hear
ing. Slaves were emancipated in
New Hampshire in 1783.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Reefe and
son, Mike, of Coquille are mov
ing to Phoenix where Reefe will
open a marine supply and boat
business. They plan to purchase
the former Curt Fisher place on
Second st- from Mr. and Mrs.
M. E. Norton. Mrs. Reefe is a sis
ter of M. E. and LaVance Nor
ton.
R. P- Wolfe is recuperating
from an operation in a Medford
hospital and is expected to be
home the first or middle of this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Delno Sloan re
turned Monday from their vaca
tion. They visited a nephew in
Salt Lake City and drove to Hut
chinson, Kan., wher they vis
ited relatives. They came back
by way of Denver, the Grand
Canyon, the Painted Desert, the
petrified forest, and Las Vegas.
They visited in San Francisco
with their son and family, Mr.
and Mrs- Thomas J. Sloan in
Menlo Park. While in Kansas
they went to the Eisenhower Me
morial at Abilene, saw the boy
hood home of the president, and
saw his gift collection.
The Gordon Germer family
along with the Lee Claflins, the
Jake Walsh and the Wes Fow
ler families are spending the
week end at Diamond Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Furry and
family went to Diamond Lake
over the Fourth-
The Larry Lawrence family
and Raymond Thompson were
at Diamond Lake over the
Fourth. Larry suffered a heart
attack Friday and is now at
home recuperating. He is re
ported as slightly improved-
Mrs. Earl Gennette and chil
dren of Project City. Calif., left
for home Monday after spending
a week with the Olen Barlow
family.
Charles P. McBeth of Jack
sonville is the new owner of
the house trailer awarded as
first prize at the Phoenix festi
val last Saturday. Second prize
of a movie camera and project
or went to Diane Bolz, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bolz.
Third and fourth prizes of a
bicvele and an electric oven
went to David Lowry, Sr.
Third Class petty officer R. L,
Hurd left Sunday for San Fran
cisco and left there Tuesday by
plane for Honolulu where he
will be stationed at 14th Naval
district headquarters in the com
mandants office. He has been on
the Dersonnel staff of the hos
pital at Corona. Calif. On a 30-
day leave belore reporting iui
duty at Honolulu, he and Mrs.
Hurd have been visiting her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Opie Frazier.
Mrs. Hurd will join her husband
later-
ing on their way to Grants Pass
to visit friends.
Helen Mason, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Al Mason, is home from
Elgin, Ore , visiting her parents
over the Fourth.
Mrs. Dan Scott and three chil
dren of San Luis Obispo, Calif.,
and Mrs. Ivan Goodman and son
of Cottage Grove have been vis
iting for the past two weeks at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fay
Unruh. They are sisters of Mrs
Unruh. They also are visiting
Mrs. Rudy Buccio, Mrs. John
Ruby, and Val Stearns, two oth
er sisters an a brother.
Sunday July 7. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Kefauver Asks Ike
To Make Public All
Facts of Write-Off
Washington
Charlotte Unruh and Nadine
Brood will leave Tuesday to at
tend the Friends church camp
held from July 9 to July 15 on
Klamath river.
Mr. and Mrs. L- McKnight of
Alhambra, Calif, .returned to
their home Friday after spend
ing the month of June with Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Medcalf. Mrs.
Medcalf and Mrs. McKnight are
sisters-
Mrs. Iva Davis of Glendale,
Calif., and her brother, A. T.
Smith, of Orinda, Calif., and
Mrs. Fonda Craig and daugh
ter, Letha, of Chico, Cant., ieit
Wednesday to return to home
after visiting for several days
at the home of Mrs. Minnie Deit
rich on Hilsinger rd-
Mr. and Mrs. Quinn Adams,
cousin of Ber': Stancliffe, of Por
terville, Calif., stopped for a few
hours visit with Mr. and Mrs.
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Judge Considering
Execution Stay
South Bend, Ind. flfl A
Federal Judge Saturday consid
ered a stay of execution for
"Chinese execution" slayer Les
lie Irvin, 33, accused in the
deaths of six persons.
Judge W. Lynn Parkinson said
he would make a decision on
the stay Monday. Irvin, a pipe
fitter from Evansville, Ind., is in
a deathrow cell at Indiana State
prison. Three stays of execution
have been granted since his con
viction at Princeton, Ind., 19
months ago for the murder of an
Evansville, filling station oper
ator, W. Wesley Kerr.
When Irvin appears before
Judee Parkinson Monday, he
will learn if he is to die within
24 hours. His electrocution Is
set for Tuesday.
Although Irvin was sentenced
for only one murder, he was ac
cused for at least six killings
for profit.
Between December, 1954,
when Kerr died, and April, 1955,
fie persons were murdered in
the Kentucky - Indiana area near
Evansville. All six were forced
to their knees with hands lash
ed behind them and shot in the
back of the head.
Robbery was the apparent mo
tive, although the loot was mea
ger.
Irvin, a soft-spoken ex-convict,
escaped from Princeton jail
shortly after three of the vic
tims were discovered in Ken
tucky but was captured again
in San Francisco.
Kefauver (D-Tenn.) has challen
ged President Eisenhower di
rectly to make public the "full
facts" about issuance of a fast
tax write-off to Idaho Power
company.
He suggested that the Presi
dent himself doesn't now have
full information about all as
pects of the controversial case.
Kefauver issued his challenge
in a letter to the President made
public Friday. It formally re
quested data on the fast write
off controversy and protested
White House refusal to cooper
ate with senate investigators.
Acknowledge Receipt
The White House acknowl
edged receipt of Kefauver's let
ter Saturday but said the Presi
dent has not seen it yet.
The Tennessee Democrat is
chairman of the Senate anti
trust and monopoly subcommit
tee which has, been investigat
ing the .case. The company,
which is building two low dams
on the Snake river between Ida
ho and Oregon, rejected the
grant of fast tax write-off cer
tificate just before the Senate
voted for a Federal high dam
on the river.
Such a Federal dam would
flood out the Idaho power sites.
The house interior committee
plans a showdown vote on the
issue Wednesday.
President Asked
The President was asked at
his Wednesday news conference
about an earlier Kefauver state
ment that it would be "helpful"
if Eisenhower would supply in
formation on the case to Senate
investigators.
The president said that if Ke
fauver had made such a state
ment it was for "public con
sumption" and "not to get any
action," because "he has not
made any such request to me." j
Kefauver replied by sending :
the President a letter formally
requesting the data.
Kefauver told the President
he would be doing a "public ser
vice" if he ordered an "official
chronology" from all agencies
on Idaho Power conferences and
would make public "all papers
having to do with this deal."
Refuses Invitation
Kefauver said that so far his
group had been "met with the
Sen. Estes plea of privilege concerning the
participation of White House
staff members who were named
in one of the documents we
saw." He complained that presi
dential Assistant Howard Pyle
"refused our invitation to ap
pear before the committee."
"We have been met with plea
of privilege concerning memor
anda," he said. "We learned
about the position of Internal
Secretary Fred A. Seaton in op
posing the write-off only after
we had originally been led by
the testimony of Defense Mo
bilizer Gordon Gray to believe
that the Interior Department ap
proved it."
"As in the Dixon-Yates deal,"
Kefauver wrote, "we feel that
we are not getting the full facts,
and that perhaps you, too, have
not been given the full facts."
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Former Displaced
Person Faces Trial
Appleton, Wis. (If! A former
displaced person has pleaded in
nocent to charges of setting fire
to his girl friend's parent's home
because she agreed to marry
another man.
Valdis Krastins, 21. was re
leased on 53,000 bond Friday
to face trail Oct. 2. He was
charged with burglary and arson.
Police said Krastins was angry
with Valiga Alksnis, 25, and that
he set fire to her father's home.
They also said he stole cash,
checks, and a pistol from the
home.
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On Trial Monday
Portland (TO Clyde C. Cros
by, international Oregon Team
sters representative, and police
man Robert W. Sprague will go
on trial separately here Mon
day on indictments evolving
from vice investigations in Mult
nomah county.
Crosby is charged with con
spiracy to accept a bribe while
a riublic official. He is accused
of conspiring, while a member
of Portland's exposition-recreation
center commission, with
three persons, including racke
teer James B. Elkins, in using
his influence to get the Broadway-Steel
bridge site chosen.
Sprague is charged with false
swearing, and was indicted after
denying that he did not attempt
to influence another police offi
cer. Jack F. Olsen, with a gift
jn connection with law enforce
ment here.
'Cougar' Hunt Starts
In Chicago Area
Chicago W A "cougar"
hunt in suburban Des Plames
met with no success Saturday
despite alerted policemen, hunt
ing dogs, animal traps and wary
citizens.
A 4-foot beast, described as i
having a "long tail, small head,
pointy ears and long hind legs," i
had been seen slinking in the
area.
One man said he saw the am-
mal which might be a dog as
he pulled into his garage. An j
animal trap was placed there. j
Des Plaines Folice Chief Am- i
asa Kennicott said if the animal
is cornered the police might have
to shoot it but if it spotted in !
the open, they might try to lasso
it Tarzan-style- . i
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