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Partmentets trying to cover up any Clues to the crime ; that may damage the Negro - cause. ‘These rumors are eimiler to others under way even be- fore Sunday's bombing, They gained strength from ® fre- mark Gov. George C. Wallace made last week to the effect (at the Justice Department uld not be trusted to make public anything about previ- ous bombings that might em- barrass civil-righters. ‘The spread of the rumors indicates no mistrust in the . Instead, it indicates Monumental mistrust of the hief of the Justice Depart~ Brent, Robert F. Kennedy, whose name is anathema in much of Alabama. However, Mr. Kennedy's . ‘statements on Birmingham, ’ which ‘were carried here on television Thursday morning, were so tempered that they were joyfully received by the ‘ ity administration. Mr. Ken- edy said he didn’t think deral troops were neces- sary here. He added that he doubted anything covld be secomplished by saying, “Everyone's ge'-- to get “along or we'll prick you with ® bayonet.” The tone of hs remarks made it easier for Mayor Al- bert Boutwell later in the day ito ask the Attorney General's brother, the President, to re- ceive an officis] white deiega- tion from Birmingham. In Birmingham, it is an act of political daring to seek direct communication with a Ken- nedy. ‘The Mayor's delegation will tell the President on Monday the city administration's aide * of the story in an effort to balance some of the views expressed to the President Thursday by seven Negro leaders headed by the Rev. Dy Mara Luther King jr. i, Meanwhile, leaders of both races appeared w p operate with the two-man task Torce being sent here by President Kennedy—Kenneth C. Royal and Karl “Red” Blatk. They voiced the opinion that the two will have to concern themeelves with - Birmingham's economic prob- Jems, not just the outward signs of racial conflict. The basis of the diacontent of Negroes “is their lack of Participation in the main- atream of the city’s economy,” said Arthur Bhores, Negro a torney whose home has been bombed twice. W. C, Hamilton, executive secretary to the Mayor, agreed that the basis {s economic, but discounted the implication of discrimination. He put it thie way: “There is a wide lack of opportunity . for both Negroes and whites, particu- larly in unskilled jobs.” Also citing the economic spect of the conflict was the Most. Rev. Thomas 5. Toolen, Archbishop of the Mobile- Birmingham Diocese. In « pastoral letter that will be rad tomorrow from all Cath- llc pulpits in Alabame end northwest Florida, he sald: “We see the falr city of Birmingham slowly being de~ stroyed. For neither business nor industry will come into @ city in which there i #0 much hatred and_ destruc- tion.” As for the church-bombing, he said: “it ts diffieuit to un- derstand how a civilized hu- man being could have in his heart euch hatred.’ Attendance at the three Cesegregated schouls contin- ued to rise yeaterday, but Mrs, Ray McFall, w jeader of the private school movement, said this “does not mean we're edmitting defeat.” She add- ed: “This is @ temporary Pung uetil we get our brivate tcholl set up.” _.