Eliot Elementary School to Be Two Story Building
New Eliot
Plans Laid
By Board
Construction of the New
Eliot school, for which bids
are now being called, is ex­
pected, by Dr. Paul Rehmus,
superintendent of Portland
schools, to begin about the
first of March. It is anticipat­
ed that the building will be
ready for use bv September,
1954 .
The site selected for the
new school is bounded by
North Flint and Gantenbein
a v e n u e s , Page street and
three-fourths of the block
south of Page. This area is
adjacent to the park between
Page and Russell streets which
will be utilized as the main play
area and only a small portion of
the school site will be used as a
playground
for kindergarten chil­
Above is the model of the new Eliot elementary school which avenue, the building will consist of two stories end will be built
dren.
was designed by Portland architects Burns, McNeil & Schneider. of reinforced concrete with brick veneer. It will have eight
The two-story school is to have
To be located between N. Gantenbein and Page streets on Flint
classrooms. (Oregon Journal picture.)
facilities available during the
summer for use in conjunction
with the park at all times. This
will include locker and shower
room privileges. Earlier plans for
a one-story structure covering a
Slated to speak Friday, Feb­ larger plot were turned down by
ruary 6, at the First Methodist the school district because of ex­
church, S. W. 12th avenue and cessive costs.
Taylor street, is Bayard Rustin, Although it is estimated that 80
noted peace worker. He is also per cent of the pupils will be
scheduled to appear before the Negro, as is the case at Holladay
Portland City club the following school now, it is anticipated that
the new structure will accommo­
Friday.
has just returned from I date many pupils who now at­
VoL I, No. 20
Portland, Oregon, Friday, January 23, 1153
PRICE 10 CENTS a Rustin
tend Holladay, Irvington and
summer in "Europe and Africa Boise
l where he observed first-hand the The schools.
new building will house
I struggle of the people. In Africa lti classrooms
and special rooms
I he visited the Gold Coast, Nigeria for home economics,
industrial
| and French West Africa.
arts,
kindergarten
and
a
standard
His trip and lecture tour were sized gymnasium. There will
also
sponsored by the American be included a combination audi­
| Friends Service Committee in co-
and cafeteria.
Under the chairmanship of E. J. “Bill” Ireland, Molalla
I operation with Fellowship of Rec- torium
Tentative
boundaries for the
businessman, the Oregon Committee for Equal Rights, suc­
| onciliation.
ne
wschool’s
districts
be Un­
In March, 1949 Rustin was sen­ ion avenue, Holladay will
cessor to the United Committee for Civil Rights, is drafting a
street,
the
tenced by the courts of North river and either Graham, Stanton
proposal relating to discrimination by places of public accom­
Carolina to serve 30 days on the or Morris streets.
odation, resort or amusemnt because of race, religion, color,
road gang for disobeying south­ Much opposition to the site se
or national origin for presentation elude or apply to any institution,1
ern
Jim Crow laws during a bus lected was raised earlier on the
to Oregon’s 1953 legislature.
trip
two years previously. A re- grounds that the area it will serve
fide club or place of accom­
Included in the equal rights or­ bona
| port authored by him, “Twenty- is in a process of transformation
modation, resort or amusement, I
ganization is the NAACP and Ur­ which
two Days on the Chain Gang,” from a residential to an industrial
is
in
its
nature
distinctly
ban league. The group is still in
|
was published during August of neighborhood. A subsequently
the process of organizing and Penalty for distinction of an !
that
year and resulted in prison conducted study showed that al­
more support is expected from ! individual because of his race,
j
reforms
in that state.
the groups and agencies that sanc-
though the neighborhood was be­
In
1951
he spent five months coming
tioned the Committee for Civil| nationa! origin, religion or color;
industrialized it was at a
in Chicago working on the after- rate slower
Rights which was active in Port- I that, lea?s to discrimination in a|
than that of the city
BAYARD RUSTIN
, math of the Cicero riots.
land in 1949 during which time P^bnhc Place wlllun o tb e 1ess than
as
a
while.
The
is now clas­
Pacifist to speak here
He is a graduate of City College sified as being area predominately
the city council passed a civil| ing to the present
than provisions
*500\ _aC™ d of / .\
| of New York and Wilberforce "light industrial.”
rights ordinance which was later the bill.
j university, Ohio.
rejected by the people.
A sub-committee of seven law­
His First Methodist address i 3 Sec. 34.85 (e), P. L. & R.
Passage Favorable
yers, George Dysart, Shirley
slated to start at 8 p.m.
U. S. POSTAGE
If the state of Oregon passes Field, Kenneth Kraemer, Sidney
PAID
the proposed civil rights legisla­ Lezak, U. G. Plummer, David Meier & Frank company, one
PORTLAND, OREGON
tion, it will become the 19th state Robinson and Don Willner, drew of the largest department stores
Permit No. 816
to enact such laws insuring equal­ up the proposed bill. Plummer is on the Pacific Coast, recently
ity to all its citizens. John Holley chairman of the NAACP legal re­ hired
Josiah J. Nunn, married
of the Urban league said, “As­ dress committee.
and
the
of two children,
pects for passage appear to be Vice presidents of the Oregon as a part father
time
clerk.
is cur­ A substantial financial dona- i
good, providing enough of the Committee for Equal Rights are: rently stationed on the Nunn
main floor tion to the Portland Urban lea- I
fair-minded citizens make their Bishop Benjamin Dagwell, Father
in
the
men’s
furnishing
depart guc by Wentworth and Irwin, 1
Thomas
Tobin,
Rabbi
Julius
No-
wishes known to the legislature.”
ment.
Portland auto firm, has helped
del
and
Dexter
Fairbanks.
He noted that the Oregon Com­
A
member
of
Delta
Alpha
chap­
to
eliminate a 1952 deficit and
Secretary
of
the
committee
is
mittee for Equal Rights is com­
ter
of
Kappa
Alpha
Psi
frater
'
is
aiding
the league in getting I
posed of organizations all over Otto Rutherford. Attorney U. G.
.
nity,
Nunn
graduated
from
Lew­
underway
projects which have !
the state.
Plummer is treasurer.
® A?
> O c- •
is and Clark college. He holds a been proposed for 1953, according
The bill itself will require full
and equal accommodations, ad­ INSIDE—Turn to page 4 for master’s degree in Administration to officials of the Urban ktaguo j o v \ . t to
vantages, faciilties and privileges a page full of pictures of the from the University of Portland office.
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of any place of public accommo­ Christmas and New Year's hol­ and has done work on his Ph. D. In a letter from Charles W. i
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dation. reSbrt or amusement, iday activities and relive the at the University of California. Wentworth, an executive of the •o
”*V *-y
without any distinction, discrim­ happy spirits of these gay, easy­ Nunn formerly worked at Lip- auto company, a member of the
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ination or restriction on account going days. It's another first— man Wolfe department store as Urban league, the firm expressed
its support of the tenets of the
of race, religion, color or national a feature of the Challenger— an assistant buyer.
Although
he
is
a
part
time
em­
origin be accorded any person the Northwest's bi-monthly
Urban league and commended
within the jurisdiction of the state serving 5,000 readers with a ploye at Meier & Frank, he has the league’s work in the field of
of Oregon.
newspaper that is meant for the full benefits of a full time race relations. The letter asked
worker. He has been in Port­ that the amount of the donation
Private Clubs Exempted
them.
The proposed bill does not in- iHIHllUlllllllllllUIUIllHlllitlilillllllllllllllltlllllttllllllllll!lll![llllli;illi III! land since 1945.
be withheld.
B. Rustin Slated
For Talk Here
Committee Plans
Equal Rights Action
Meier & Frank
Hires J. J. Nunn
Donation Helps
Urban League
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