Portland challenger., February 06, 1953, Image 1

Civil Rights Bill Rests
With State Legislators
PorLl C.U d
;tllcn«ior
A bill providing for the prohibition and punishment of dis­
crimination because of race, religion, color or national origin
in any place of public accommodation in the State of Oregon
now rests in the hands of its legislators. This marks the second
a tte m p t th a t civil rig h ts legisla-
tion passage has been a tte m p te d ! À f r i P a i l
in this state. P resen tly , tw en ty - ¡ • • • 1 I m Q I I O j J C C I I Y C I
fo u r states hav e a civil rights
sta tu te .
N ow in com m ittee a fte r its
E rn est
K alibala,
A m erican
first tw o readings, th e n ew civil schooled A frican ed u cato r, is
rig h ts bill has o v er 25 sponsors, slated to fill th e previously sched-
19 from th e H ouse and 16 from ulee B ayard R u stin sp eak in g e n ­
the S enate. W hen th e bill has g agem ent F rid ay , F e b ru a ry 6, at
gone th ro u g h com m ittee and 8 p.m. at th e F irst M ethodist
com es back to th e floor of th e church, 1219 S. W. T ay lo r street.
leg islatu re for its th ird an d final
K alib ala w ill speak on “T he
reading, only 13 votes from th e A w ak en in g of A frica.”
S en ate and 24 from th e H ouse
K alib ala first cam e to th e U n i­
w ill be needed to pass it. F o rm al ted S tates in 1925. U ntil six years
in tro d u cer of th e bill is S en ato r old, he lived th e p rim itiv e life
P h ilip S. H itchcock of K lam ath of an A frican trib e in U ganda.
Falls.
He w as ed u cated in m issionary
C om m ittee F orm ed
schools in A frica and th e U nited
An o rganization, O regon C om ­ S ta te s> th e la tte r including Tus-
m ission for C ivil R ights, th e n u c ­ kegee In stitu te and L incoln A c­
leus of w hich com prised m ost of adem y. In 1928 he enro lled in
th e ex ecu tiv e com m ittee of th e C ity College of N ew Y ork and
old U n ited C om m ittee for E q u al­ received his B. S. degree four
ity, form ed to h elp passage of th e y ears la te r from N ew Y ork uni-
city civil rig h ts in itia tiv e p e ti­
A sto ry in th e J a n u a ry 31
tion in 1950, has organized itself
to pro v id e for th e passage of th e issue of th e C hicago D efender
re p o rts th a t B ayard R ustin,
p resen t state bill.
n
o ted pacifist, w ho w as sch ed ­
M em bers of its ex ecu tiv e com ­
m ittee are: E. J. Irelan d , g en eral u led to speak in P o rtla n d a t
ch airm an ; B ishop B en jam in Dag- th e F irst M ethodist C hurch F r i­
day, Feb. 6, w as sentenced to
w ell, v ice-ch airm an ; F a t h e r
Ja m e s J. Tobin, vice-ch airm an ; 60 d ays in P asad en a, C alif., on
R abbi Ju liu s N odel, v ic e-ch air­ a m orals charge.
m an; O tto R u th erfo rd , secretary ;
U lysses G. P lu m m er, tre a su re r; v ersify w h ere he received his
an d D e x te r F airb an k s, v ic e-ch air­ m asters degree and did w o rk to ­
m an in charge of fu n d so licita­ w ard his doctorate.
tion.
D uring this tim e he m arried
Miss A lta Jones, w ho was a g ra d ­
S u p p o rt P ledged
O ver 20 civic o rganizations, u ate of Boston u n iv ersity . A fter
rep re se n ta tiv e s of w hich p a rtly com pleting th e ir w ork a t C olum ­
com prise th e O regon Com m ission bia, th e couple re tu rn e d to U g an ­
for C ivil R ights, hav e pledged da w h ere they founded th e Ag-
th e ir su p p o rt to th e d riv e w hich grey M em orial school, based upon
now d ed icates itse lf to th e p ro ­ th e T uskegee plan.
A fte r re tu rn in g to th e S tates
tection an d passage of the bill as
in
1940, K olibala received his
it now stands.
doctors
degree from H arv ard in
T he concensus of th e co m m it­
1946.
Since
1951, he has been in
tee is th a t th e bill stan d s ev ery
charge
of
th
e A frican section of
chance fo r passage b u t th a t
the
U.N.
D
ep artm en t of T ech ­
th ro u g h leg islativ e action it m ay
nical
A
ssistance.
lose th e reaso n ab ly stro n g p u n i­
T h ere is no adm ission charge
tiv e clauses now included. P hil
D reyer, p ast sta te legislator, says to h e a r Dr. K olibala. H ow ever, an
th a t th e “big d an g er is not d efea t o p p o rtu n ity to co n trib u te to th e
w ork of th e A m erican F rien d s
b u t em ascu latio n of th e b ill.”
E dw in B erry, ex ecu tiv e secre-1 S ervice C om m ittee w ill be given.
ta ry of th e U rb an L eague, p o in t­
ed out th a t if th is bill is p a s s e d !
w ith 100 p er cen t su p p o rt of th e
legislato rs it w ill m ean a g re a t
The first legal action stem m in g
d eal to w ard s th e in sertio n of an from racial problem s in V ancouv­
an ti-d iscrim in ato ry clause in th e er, W ash., w as filed recen tly in
new O regon co n stitution, te n ta ­ th e C la rk county c le rk ’s office.
tive plan s for th e w ritin g of w hich
The com plainant, Mrs. Jew ell
have been set fo r th e 1955 ses­ W W right, is g u ard ia n ad litem
sion.
of Don M iller, th e p laintiff. The
L egal M inds H elp
civil su it resu lts from an inci­
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P ortland, Oregon, F riday, F eb ru ary 6, 1953
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d en t w hich occurred a t H olcom b’s
R ecreatio n hall in V ancouver,
Oct. 12, 1952.
A ccording to th e com plaint,
M iller w as refused perm ission to
sk ate a fte r he had paid ad m is­
sion price and received a tick et.
M iller alleges th a t th e m a n ag e­
m ent refused to re n t him sk ates,
W oman Injured In Knile Fight
A k n ife fig h t on th e co rn er
of N. W illiam s av en u e and C h e r­
ry co u rt S a tu rd a y aftern o o n sent
one w om an to th e E m anuel hos­
pital and an o th er to th e city jail.
T he victim , Mrs. D oris Louise
H arper, 25, of 1510 NE 1st a v e ­
nue, w as tre a te d at E m anuel for a
four-inch cu t ov er h er rig h t eye
and nu m ero u s cuts over h er body.
Police took into custody h e r
assailan t, M ary E. Clom an. 24,
of 1456 NE W illiam s court, and
charged h er w ith assau lt w ith a
d ead ly w eapon. Bail w as set at
$3.000. She is to ap p ear in M u­
School Plan
Disapproval
Voiced Anew
Further action on the pro­
posed New Eliot school by the
school board appeared in the
making during the past week.
Many residents in the so-
called Williams avenue dis­
trict have expressed disap­
proval over the present plans
for alleviating the pressing
public school problem.
F o rm er P o rtla n d e r and W ashington high school g rad u ate, Evans
W ayne C ontrell. seem s rig h t at hom e w ith his M -l w hile receiving
basic tra in in g a t F o rt O rd, Calif. (U. S. A rm y photograph.)
Ex-Portlander Takes Basic
Training at Fort Ord Camp
FO R T ORD, Calif.. F eb. 6
(S pecial)— R eceiving basic tra in ­
ing h ere w ith tfce in fa n try is Pvt.
E vans W ayne C an trell, son of
Mr. an d Mrs. J^m es N. C antrell,
3203 S. E. T ibbetts street, P o rt­
land, O regon. C an trell w as d ra ft­
ed into the arm y Dec. 6, 1952.
A g ra d u a te o.r the U niversity
of O regon, w h ere he w as a m em ­
b er of the trac k team and (¡¡ports
ed ito r of th e college yearbook,
P v t. C an trell is assigned to Com ­
p an y A, 1st In fa n try R egim ent.
The com pany is com pleting its
fo u rth w eek of training.
Rights Suit Filed In Clark County
A la w y e r’s com m ittee, form ed
from m em b ers of th is o rg an iza­
tion, d ra fte d th e new bill w hich,
having been ex am in ed by som e
m em bers of the leg islatu re, w as
su b m itted ov er th re e w eeks ago.
M em bers of this com m ittee are:
See page tw o for fu rth e r d e ­
tails.
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say in g it w as th e h a ll’s policy
to ex clu d e N egroes. He w as re ­
funded his adm ission charge.
In his suit M iller asks for $2,000
for “h u m iliation and being d e­
priv ed of his rig h ts,” as p re ­
scribed u n d er W ashington’s re ­
vised code on “D enial of Civil
R ights."
The su it also ask s th a t th e de-
fen d en ts, F. H. Holcomb, Joe
M ayes and th e ir w ives, “fo rev er
be en joined from excluding p la in ­
tiff o r an y m em ber of his race,
solely because of color, from us­
ing th e facilities of th e recreatio n
h all.”
Mrs. W right is active in region­
al activ ities of th e N ational A s­
sociation of C olored People and
w as a delegate to th e 1952 N AA CP
co n vention in O klahom a City.
M iller is p resid en t of th e V an-
couver youth group of the
NAACP.
nicip al C ourt to an sw er to th e
charges M onday, Feb. 9.
A ccording to officers, w ho w it­
nessed a portion of th e fracas,
Miss C lom an h it Mrs. H arp er
th ree tim es w ith a pocket k n ife
and co n tin u ed th e attack a fte r
E p raim L ayode's fo u rth ar
th e la tte r had fallen in to the g u t- ;
tid e in a series on N igeria and
ter.
the custom s, thoughts and c u l­
The officers allege th a t Miss
tu re of the population of th a t
C lom an stru g g led w ith th em
A frican co u n try failed to a r ­
w hen th e y m oved in to stop th e
riv e for this issue of the P o rt­
fig h t and attem p ted to continue
land C hallenger. B arrin g u n ­
h er a tta c k on Mrs. H arper.
foreseen difficulties, the fo u rth
The scrap rep o rted ly started as
article w ill ap p ear in the F e b ­
a resu lt of an a rg u m e n t in a
ru ary 20 issue. T he Editors.
tav ern .
P rio r to his ind u ctio n into the
arm y from S an Francisco, he
w orked as a public accountant in
B erkeley w here he operated an
office at 2983 S acram ento street,
Follow ing eig h t w eeks of b a­
sic train in g , P vt. C an trell is e x ­
pected to atten d finance school.
He plans to tak e a te st to qualify
as a C ertified P ublic A ccount­
an t n ex t May u n d er supervision
of the arm y.
Waiters Confirm
Executive Board
P resent plans call for a New
Eliot school to be erected on the
property betw een N. G antenbein
and Page streets on F lint a v e ­
nue. The building is to be a tw o-
story s tru c tu re w ith eight class­
rooms.
A sub-com m ittee of the U rban
league educational com m ittee,
chairm aned by M orris Isseks,
cam e forw ard w ith four recom ­
m endations w hich w ere acted
upon and approved in substance
by the U rban league board. These
recom m endations, along w ith tw o
proposals, w ere sent to S u p e rin ­
ten d en t of P o r t l a n d
public
schools, Dr. P aul Rehm us.
Postpone B uilding
The U rb an league com m ittee
asks th a t plans to build the New
Eliot s tru c tu re be postponed,
pending fin ih e r study reg ard in g
character, land use and needs
of the com m unity and th a t con­
sid eratio n be given for two, eco­
nom ical, sm all, p rim ary b u ild ­
ings consisting of possibly eig h t
rooms.
The com m ittee recom m ended
th a t one of these buildings be
constructed south of B roadw ay
and w est of Union avenue and
th a t the o th e r be b u ilt e ith e r on
the old Eliot site or on the p ro ­
posed site of the New Eliot
school.
It asked the school board to
continue the use of H olladay
school for the p resen t to serve
children in the en tire d istric t b e ­
tw een the ages of four and eight.
The com m ittee proposed th a t
the school board em ploy a social
w orker and assign th e w o rk er
exclusively to these th ree schools.
(C ontinued on page 2)
C onfirm ation of the new exec­
utive board of Local 465, p ro tec­
tive o rd er of dining car w aiters,
w as held J a n u a ry 27 u n d er the
direction of the C hairm an, W il­
liam G ordon, according to W. B.
F ielder, ch airm an of the public­
ity com m ittee.
This w as th e first m eeting of
th e board since th e election of
Sec. 34.65 (e). P. L & R.
J. A lton P age as d istrict ch a ir­
U. S. POSTAG E
m an.
PAID
Page, in briefing th e new ly
P erm it No. 816
elected m en, stated th a t th e ir d u t­
PORTLAND, OREGON
ies m u st be perform ed w ith d ip ­
lom acy. He said th a t one of the
m ajo r goals of the organization
is to gain the m em bership of the
w aiters not on the m em bership
rolls.
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T he d istrict chairm an stated
th a t “all m em bers not only would
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have to w ork as a unit, b u t as a
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i functioning nucleus w ith hut one
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real purpose: th a t is progress both
as a confederacy and civicly."
In placing m en on vario
com m ittees, G ordon gave pi«,
erence *o the choice of each man,
according to his ability, ag g res­
siveness, ta c t and w illfulness.
A ppointed chairm an of com ­
m ittees w ere: W illiam Sm ith, e d ­
ucation; J. A lton Pag.*, sick and
legislative; W alter B. Field?r,
program and publicity; Aid ¡dge
Johnson, au d itin g ; W anza Mey­
ers, m em bership.
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