Portland challenger., April 03, 1953, Image 1

SEATTLE H egro golfers fi­
nally get o p p o rtu n ity to com ­
pete against an open field. Read
results of th e first m unicipal-
backed "w ide open" golf to u r­
nam ent in this large N orthw est
city on page tw o of th e P o rt­
lan d C hallenger. It's ano th er
first in our ex p an d in g new s
coverage.
Porti gn d
Voi. 1, No. 25
P o rtlan d , Oregon. F riday, A pril 3, 1953
Organizer
TellsYouth
To Activate
Race Bias
Called Evil
By Hatfield
Miss C laire Johnson, regional
you th ch airm an of th e N ational
A ssociation for A d v an cem en t of
Colored People, u rg ed O regon
you th to su p p o rt th e civil rig h ts
m easure now before O regon leg­
islators in a speech h ere la st F r i­
day at th e C en tral lib rary .
BY J. HAROLD JO N ES II
The U n iv ersity of C alifornia
g rad u ate stu d e n t told th e P o rt­
lan d N A A CP Y outh C ouncil to
“u n ite yourselves an d m ak e y o u r
voice h eard along w ith th a t of
yo u r p a re n ts.”
Miss Jo h n so n told th e group of
young people to ta k e ad v an atg e
of ed ucatio n al o p p o rtu n ities w hile
in high school and to g et ad e­
q u ate high school counseling. She
cautioned th em ag ain st passing
up “h a rd ” subjects. “D on’t be
fooled; you are n o t g ettin g aw ay
w ith an y th in g ,” said th e y o u th o r­
ganizer.
U rges F E P Use
N oting th a t O regon h ad an
F E P law , fair em p lo y m en t p ra c ­
tice, Miss Jo h n so n u rg ed th e O re­
gon youths to use it. “B efore you
com plain, be su re you can d eliv er
th e goods,” she cautioned.
M iss Joh n so n said th a t in o rd er
for the Y outh C ouncil to be ef­
fective in w orking for racial u n ­
d erstan d in g , o th e r groups m u st
be b ro u g h t in to th e ir program .
She encouraged th e y o u th s to e x ­
pose them selves an d becom e th o r­
oughly fam iliar w ith th e d ifferen t
people of o u r society.
M ISS CLAIRE JOH N SO N
Speaks lo youth
Portland Girl
Receives Degree
Miss E dythe E arlin e M inor
g rad u ated from th e U niversity of
W ashington School of N ursing
F riday, M arch 20. Miss M inor is
a g rad u ate of W ashington high
school in P o rtla n d and is a m em ­
b er of th e A rm y N urse corps re ­
serves.
P re se n t a t th e g rad u atio n cere­
m onies, h eld a t K ing co u n ty ’s
H arb o r V iew hospital, w ere h er
p aren ts, Mr. an d Mrs. Jo h n
M inor; h e r g ran d m o th er, Mrs.
G askin; cousins, J a n e t and R obert
F u ller; a u n t and uncle, Mr. and
Mrs. J u lia n H enson; and friends,
Mr. and Mrs. H askell C am pbell,
M elvin W ard and Mrs. H attie
H olliday.
We Can Sell It
F o r quick, satisfacto ry resu lts
M iss Jo h n so n conducted a
w hy not use the P o rtlan d C h al­
w orkshop S atu rd ay on y o u th or­
lenger classified ad colum n. We
ganizations in tho L ib rary hall.
can sell it for you!
G ro v er C a m p b e l l , N AA CP
y o u th group presid en t, presided
over the m eeting. It w as directed
by R obert H erndon, y o uth ch a ir­
m an.
Meeting Slated
By Urban League
A pril 12 is th e d ate set fo r the
an n u al m eeting of th e U rban
league of P o rtlan d . T he m eeting
w ill begin a t 3 o’clock in th e a u ­
ditorium of B enson high school,
w ith an estim attio n of 2,000 being
present.
T he them e “A ccent on Y o u th ”
w ill be approached th ro u g h a
panel discussion lead by six col­
lege stu d en ts rep resen tin g M aryl-
hu rst, P o rtla n d S tate, U niversity
of P o rtlan d , Reed and Lew is and
C lark college.
G ary H ing, stu d en t body p re si­
d en t of Benson high school, w ill
give th e w elcom ing address fo l­
low ed by R ichard Bogle presiding
over th e panel.
CIVIL rig h ts legislation in
O regon is having rough going.
E very citizen can su p p o rt this
m easure in som e w ay. L etters
should be w ritte n to th e re p ­
resen ta tiv e s in S alem u rg in g
th e ir su p p o rt of S enate Bill 169.
R ead la te civil rig h ts dev elo p ­
m en ts on page tw o of your
P o rtla n d C hallenger.
A t a legislative conference
sponsored by th e O regon S tate
F arm ers U nion held in Salem
last S atu rd ay , M ark O. H atfield,
y o u th fu l rep resen tativ e from M a­
rion co u n ty w ho is chairm an of
the C om m ittee of S tate and Fed-
erald A ffairs, told those p resen t
th a t discrim ination based upon
race, creed, color or n atio n al o ri­
gin is evil and vicious.
PRICE 10 CENTS
J. Thomas
Addresses
Local UL
Ju liu s A. Thom as, d irecto r of
in d u strial relatio n s for th e N a­
tional U rban league, told the U r­
ban league of P o rtla n d T hursday
night a t th e ir m eetin g in the
YWCA th a t “we have licked tw o
of o u r toughest pro b lem s.”
JU L IU S A. THOMAS
Two problem s licked
Illness Fatal
To 'Sneaky Pete'
H atfield, w ho is also dean of
m en and professor of political
science a t W illam ette u niversity,
w as sp eak in g on the necessity of
rew ritin g the O regon C o n stitu ­
R ichard Davis, 55, died su d ­
tion. He indicated th a t the voters
d
e
n l y at his home, 212 NE R us­
cannot in stru c t th e C onstitutional
sell,
M arch 8. The cause of death
convenion as to th e specific law s
w
as
u
n d eterm ined.
th a t should be included from the
F
am
ilia r to friends as the hap-
ex istin g constitution.
py-go-lucky fellow alw ays ready
In tern a tio n a l R elations H u rt
w ith an act to m ake som eone
laugh
and know n m ore readily as
He com m ented on the civil
“S
neaky
P ete ,” D avis cam e hom e
rig h ts bill w hich is now before
S
atu
rd
ay
evening, M arch 7, and
the legislators of Oregon, SB 169,
com
plained
of a severe headache
in rep ly to an in v itatio n from
to
his
n
e
x
t
door
neighbor, Jam es
R ichard M oeller, p resid en t of the
Brow
n,
218
NE
R
ussell street.
union an d ch airm an of the co n fer­
W
hen
E
ster
G
ibbs,
a room er
ence.
a t 212 NE R ussell street, re tu rn e d
In p o in tin g to th e necessity for hom e early S un d ay m orning, she
th e passage of a civil rig h ts bill found D avis in bed in a coma.
in O regon, H atfield said th a t r a ­ He w as ta k e n to E m anuel hospi­
cial discrim in ation is a breeding tal w here he was dead on arrival.
g round for com m unism and a d e­
feren t in b e tte r in tern atio n al r e ­
lations.
C om m ittee h earin g on the
T h ere w ere 47 organizations civil rig h ts bill w ill be held
rep resen ted a t th e conference. T uesday, it w as announced
R ep resen tativ es of th e P o rtlan d T h u rsd ay m orning by E dw in
b ran ch of th e N ational A ssocia­ B erry.
All in terested persons are
tion for th e A dvancem ent of C ol­
ored P eople w ere Miss R uth sincerely urged to w rite le tters
to m em bers of th e house now.
H aeffn er an d J. H arold Jo n es II.
Late Bulletin!
Refusal of Sea H ag to Serve Negro
Brings Interference From Policeman
A n A m erican citizen by birth ,
B enny W ebb, 7516 NE E v ere tt
street, w alk ed into th e Sea Hag
ta v ern , 2401 NE U nion avenue,
le c e n tly and w as refu sed service
on th e prem ises by th e b arm aid
in w h a t seem ed like an o th er case
of racial prejudice.
“You h eard her, only to go.”
Ig noring th e in tru d er, W ebb a t­
tem p ted to co ntinue his co n v ersa­
tion w ith th e w om an, inquiring
as to w hy he and P atterso n w ere
refused service, b u t the m an
w alked to w ard him and d em an d ­
ed his id entity.
T he incid en t tu rn e d o u t to be
m ore th a n ju st a racial one to
W ebb, how ever, w hen he re tu rn e d
hom e to find th a t an anonym ous
caller had told his fa th e r over
th e phone th a t “he h ad o v er­
step p ed his bounds an d w ould be
dead w ith in 48 h o u rs.”
W ebb said he gave th e m an one
of his business cards, b u t w hen
he atte m p te d to get a b e tte r look
a t th e badge the m an replaced it
in his pocket and refused to id e n ­
tify him self.
W ebb rela ted th is sto ry to th e
P o rtla n d C hallenger. He and a
friend, P a t P atterso n , w alked
into th e ta v e rn sh o rtly before
10:30 p.m. and asked for service.
T he b arm aid told him th a t she
could give them d rin k s to ta k e
o u t b u t couldn’t serve th em at
th e bar.
T he u n id en tified m an asked
W ebb and P atterso n if th ey w ere
from th e U rban league and con­
tin u ed to tak e th e conversation
from th e b arm aid. W hen he again
sta rte d to w ard th e tw o they left
th e ta v e rn w ith o u t seeing the
m an ag er as to th e reason they
w ere denied service.
w as rep o rte d to C apt. Eugene
F erguson of th e police d e p a rt­
m en t and W ebb w as to ld to r e ­
tu rn w ith in a w eek to see w hat
disposition h ad b een m ade of his
com plaint.
Thom as sta te d th a t th e first
problem w as th e idea th a t Ne­
groes and w hites could not be
placed a t th e sam e job level w ith ­
out cre a tin g race trouble. The
second problem licked had to do
w ith the idea th a t skill and race
are related .
Thom as rep o rte d th a t th e N a­
tional U rb an leag u e’s com m erce
and in d u stry council has done
m uch to im prove th e lo t of N e­
gro w orkers. This council w orks
on th e people who m ake policy in
ind u stry . T he council listed 30
men, a cross section of in d u stry ,
and business, and w en t to w ork
on them .
A t first it w asn’t too easy, for
the businessm en d id n ’t w a n t to
associate them selves w ith the
U rban league. B ut fin ally th e
council got these businessm en to
agree th a t this is a national, n o t
a N egro problem .
Thom as said th a t now th e U r­
ban league is doing d ay -to -d ay
program m ing w ith som e 150 m a­
jo r corporations, m aking stu d ies
of p la n t m anagem ent. He w arn ed
th a t U topia for th e N egro w o rk ­
e r is not ju s t aro u n d th e co rn er
and th a t no one can estim ate th e
effect w hich could arise if d e ­
fense spending is cu t back.
He sta te d th a t w ith all the
technological a d v a n c e s being
m ade the N egro does not have
the technical know ledge needed
in in d u stry today. To illu s tra te his
point he said th a t o u t of th e 26,-
000 engineers w ho w ill be g ra d u ­
ated from colleges and u n iv e rsi­
ties this Ju n e , only 110 w ill be
Negroes. On the su n n ie r side he
said th a t K entucky g ra d u a te d a
Negro, the first to g et a degree
from an accredited en g in eerin g
school in th e south.
On re tu rn in g to the police s ta ­
tion a w eek later, W ebb w as told
by C apt. F erguson th a t th ey had
located the m an th a t in terfered
in his conversation w ith the w om ­
an a t th e ta v ern and th a t he was
a detectiv e on the P o rtla n d police
force, alledges W ebb, b u t said the
d etectiv e denied m aking the
phone call.
W ebb Puzzled
W ebb says th a t he w as told the
incident had been placed in the
personal records of the police o f­
ficer involved and th a t th e o f­
ficer had been reprim anded. W ebb
said th e cap tain also m en tio n ed
P hone Call M ade
th a t th e sam e officer h ad been
involved
in a sim ilar in cid en t last
W ebb claim s th a t he and his
fall.
com panion talk ed in fro n t of the
tav ern for ab o u t ten m inutes. The
W ebb accepted th e c a p ta in ’s
call to his hom e cam e a t 10:40 the ap p a re n t investigation of the case
sam e n ig h t and, according to b u t is at a loss to u n d erstan d the
W ebb, no one in the ta v e rn knew actions of th e d etectiv e, actions
of his id e n tity ex cep t th e fellow not n orm ally expected in the tru e
The team w ill discuss how
you th looks a t dem ocracy. To
fu rth e r stim u late th e discussion,
M an In terfe re !
tw o college foreign stu d en ts w ill
te ll how A m erica looks th ro u g h
A ccording to W ebb, a stocky
foreign eyes.
m an sittin g n ear them ap p aren tly
a
patro n , im m ed iately en tered the
A TV set, w hich is to be given
conversation
and, placing w h at
to the person or organization w ith
looked
to
W
ebb like a police
the larg est new m em bership ro s­
line of d u ty , in h an d lin g such an
badrre
on
th
e
counter,
using good who took his card.
te r over 25, w ill be displayed at
The follow ing day th e incident incident.
English b u t talk in g forcibly, said,
the m eeting.
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