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u : 0-19 (Rev. 5-27-63) -Tolson Pe O . Belmont : nN Mohr 7 Casper Callahan —_____. Conrad ——____ i i i DeLoach A Evans i Gale ~. e cogent tree ELBE oe Rosen wei 2 “SENSE OF OUTRAGE Tovel : : By Andrew J. Glass ‘ ‘ Trotter _ Of The Herald Tribune Sto. - Tele Room —__ pe WASHINGTON. : Holmes a "President Kennedy yesterday expressed Gandy —_ “a deep sense of outrage and grief” over the bormb-blast killing of four Negro girls in a Birmingham church Sunday. Also, in Congress members deplored the | outrage, and some called for stronger ac- tion by the government. And at the Justice Department, Attor- ney General Robert FP. Kennedy conferred _ several times with his brother, the Pres- ident, and with various subordinates . a _ . -, concerned with civil rights. _ In addition, there are 450 police offcerss” | - Throughout Washington there was a 150 sheriff's deputies and 300 state troop- horror overP-wiret-hiid happened _—_—«er's in the city, raion Sunday morning in Birmingham. ‘In the government's judgment last The President, without . mentioning night, this was enough of @ force unle: * wlabama’s segtegationist Gov. George O. the situation turns drastically worse. >. ~~ Wallace by name, sald: “It ts regrettable | Attorney General Kennedy canceled a , that public disparagement of law and | Speaking trip to Philadelphia to remain in order has encouraged violence which has the capital. . i fallen on the innocent.” tre ea hoon: time statement issued secretary : and prejudices aside” to preserve “domes~ Tf these cruel -and tragic events can tic justice and tranquility.” - only awaken that city and state—if they : mly awaken this entire nation—to In the late afternoon, the White House © fenoUl¥ § : » the ¥ tlon of the’ folly of racial injustice said it had not yet received an appeal from and hatred and violence, then it is not too Glher Negro leadere asking the fresident - 18l€ for all concerned to unite in steps - to order Federal troops into Birmingham toward peaceful progress before more lives to maintain racial peace. But government sources said that no ¢_ The President praised “the Negro leaders i i troops would be sent to the troubled city “Of Birmingham who are counseling re~ | unless new large-cale violence occurred. straint instead of violence” and noted that | | The Washington Post and Times Herald The Washington Daily News The Evening Star Plans were to rely on the efforts of Burke the “principles of peaceful - snelf-control rshall, the Justice Department's civil - ®*@ least appealing when most needed.” hts chief, to work on the scene in his The Birmingham bombing was deplored pence tale role. yesterday irl four Senate speeches. It also New York Herald Tribune \ “We're counting on-him to keep the lid Brought a pie by to Republican liberals New York Journal-Ametican on,” one official said. © oe faster Congressional action on the Tt would take another Presidential proc=~-- | Civil rights bil. , New York Mirror lJamation to send regular troops in. ~ ‘Those rising to denounce the bombing New York Dally News There are already 300 Federalized troops, “were Sens. Jacob K. Javits, BR, N. Y. . New York Post members of the Alabama National Guard, . J. William Fulbright, D., Ark., Thomas H. ; ow Yor: Pow quartered at the Birmingham Armory and Kuchel, Calif., the minority whip, and Mike ‘The New York Times , available on the call of the chief of police. Mansfield, Mont., the majority leader. The Worker ‘ ad Fe Pn A fee he Dae od cme tems The New Leader ‘The Wall Street Journal ‘The Nationa! Observer People’s World ‘ : Date /E9./025 -~ OG ENCLOSURE SEP 17 1963