Portland challenger., May 29, 1953, Image 1

Referendum Filed Against Civil Rights Bill
A referen d u m ag ain st O regon’s have not been p rin ted , b u t th a t as
civil rig h ts law w as filed in Salem soon as th e state gives a title to
la st w eek. L eading a P o rtla n d the bill “th e presses w ill s ta rt
group of objectors to th e bill is ; rolling."
Rev. E lb ert D. R iddick, recto r of
He said m ost of th e m ail he has
th e C hurch of th e Good S hepherd. received in reg ard s to th e re fe r­
He is p resid en t an d ch airm an of endum m ovem ent has been in
th e “Civil F reed o m C o m m ittee’ favor of th e co m m ittee’s action, j
fo r w hich Jo h n F. R eynolds, a t­ “I am really su rp rised a t th e fav- !
to rn ey , filed th e p etitio n w ith th e orable m ail,” said Rev. Mr. R ed­
secretary of state.
dick.
The civil rig h ts bill w as passed
He feels th a t th e re is a g reat
by th e 1953 sta te leg islatu re and deal of an x iety as to th e “effect
is slated to go into effect J u ly 21. of rela tio n s” if th e bill goes into
Sponsors of th e p etitio n hope to effect J u ly 21. “I th in k th e re is a
g et 23,275 sig n atu res to th e ir strong u n d e rc u rre n t of sen tim en t
sh eets calling fo r a state-w id e ag ain st th e law as su ch ,” he said.
vote on th e m easure.
“I don’t th in k th e people w ill
D iscrim in atio n Illegal
h av e to w o rry ab o u t us g ettin g
T he bill m akes it Illegal for th e re q u ire d am o u n t of sig n a­
p u b lic eating, lodging an d am u se­ tu res.”
m e n t p l a c e s to discrim in ate
Bishop A gainst M ove
ag ain st an y person because of r e ­
O thers on th e co m m ittee w ith
ligion or race.
Rev. Mr. R eddick are C. R. W eed,
Rev. Mr. R eddick told The vice p resid en t; L. R. H en d ersh o tt, BISH O P B EN JA M IN DAGW ELL
A gainst referen d u m move.
C h allen g er T uesday th a t p etitio n s ' second vice p resid en t; W ayne Le-
.tnd, secretary ; an d Don B. Card, ing civil rights and Rev. Mr. R ed­
treasu rer.
dick was the lone dissenter.
Rev. Mr. R eddick is m in ister of
Edw in C. B erry, ex ecu tiv e sec­
a sm all Episcopal parish at 44 N. r e t a r y of the U rban L eague of
E m erson street. It has 55 com ­ P ortland, referred to Rev. Mr.
m unicants and 85 baptized m em ­ R eddick as a m an consistently op-
bers.
! posed to an y th in g dem ocratic. “It
Bishop B enjam in D. D agw ell of seem s a great pity th a t these peo-
th e O regon Episcopal diocese said i pie are m aking an a tem p t to go
Rev. Mr. Reddick m isrepresents | backw ard, p articu la rly a a point
the church, locally and n atio n a l­ in history w hen the U nited S tates
ly, and th a t although Rev Mr. and the rest of the freedom loving
R eddick is legally w ithin his countries are on trial before the
rights “I, of course, do not agree rest of the w orld, w here people
w ith him .”
are looking to see if we really
Bishop D agw ell w as tw ice vice m ean w hat we say about dem oc­
p resid en t of the com m ittee th a t racy.”
w orked for civil rights and said
U nconcerned A bout R eddick
he w ould continue to w ork for it.
B erry said th e league w as u n ­
M inister O ut of Step
concerned ab o u t “R eddick and
D ean Joseph L. O ’Rillion of St. W eede if they a re doing this by
S tep h e n ’s cath ed ral said Rev. Mr. them selves.” He said the situ atio n
R eddick is out of step w ith the could be serious, how ever, if they
official view s of th e diocese. He are fronting for pow erful in terests
said th e en tire P o rtlan d area “who w an t to throw rocks b u t
clergy voted a resolution favor­ hide th e ir hands.”
Les Femmes
Little Businessmen
JU N E is th e m o n th for P o rtla n d 's
d eb u ta n te s to com e o u t into
th e w orld. W atch for new s of
P o rtla n d 's la te st deb g roup in
th e Ju n e 5th issue of T he P o rt­
la n d C hallenger.
BOYS can be businessm en too.
Read page four for inform ation
on how Sonny can w in th a t
sports equipm ent for c l e a n
sum m er pleasure and e a rn
m oney a t th e sam e tim e.
V olum e 2. N u m b e r 3
P o rtlan d . O regon. F riday, M ay 29, 1953
Washington Students Elect
Adalene Olden as Finalist
Let Us Know!
H ave you m oved? B etter let
us know th a t new address if
you have. It takes from tw o to
th ree w eeks to assure our re a d ­
ers of a change in address on
our m ailing records.
A p ro m p t rep o rt of an a d ­
dress change w ill m ean co n tin ­
ued "on tim e" C hallenger d e ­
livery to y o u r hom e. Send new
address to: P o rtla n d C h allen ­
ger, 3300 N. W illiam s avenue,
P o rtla n d 12, O regon.
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Clark Junior College Elects
Thelma Graham MayQueen
Church to Offer
Vocalional Guide
The education com m ittee of th e :
V ancouver A venue F irst B aptist j
! church is sponsoring a vocational
| an d ed u catio n al in stitu te F riday,
May 29, and S unday, May 31. The
pro g ram w ill be held in coopera­
tion w ith th e U rban L eague of
P ortlan d .
F rid ay , staff m em bers of th e
U rban league, Edw in C. B erry, E.
S helton H ill and Jo h n S. Holley,
w ill lead discussion groups. Hill
w ill give an address on the “N on­
M ISS ADA LENE OLDEN
w h ite W orker and His C hance for
O ne W ashington's Rose Princess F in alists
MISS THELM A GRAHAM
a Jo b .” H olley w ill give an a d ­
C
lark
junior college's M ay Fete Queen.
O ne of th e six fin alists in th e body and gave speeches. E v en ­ dress on “G ettin g R eady for a
W ashington hig h school balloting tu a lly a facu lty an d execu tiv e Good Jo b .”
A 20-year-old C lark ju n io r col­ th e S pring Prom w hich concluded
fo r Rose F estiv a l P rin cess w as council vote n arro w ed th e n u m ­
In th e fin al session S unday, lege senior of V ancouver, W ash­ th e M ay Fete co u rt’s activities on
M iss A dalene O lden, d a u g h te r of b e r to six. F rom his group cam e B erry w ill speak on the “N on­ ington, w as ju st “plain ex cited ” the cam pus last F riday.
M r. and Mrs. H aro ld L acey, 116 th e s tu d e n t’s choice of Princess w h ite P a re n t in a N ew A m erica.” w hen h e r fellow sud en ts elected
Jo Roddy. Miss M arily n B erry
N E H ancock street.
The Rev. O. B. W illiam s w ill be h er May Q ueen for 1953 last week.
B orn in C in cin n ati, Ohio, th e w as ru n n er-u p .
ch airm an of th e sessions.
The senior, Miss T helm a G raham ,
P erso n ality plus Miss O lden
19-year-old W ashington sen io r has
ruled over all the cam pus’ May
lived in P o rtla n d since she w as p lan s to a tte n d L ew is an d C lark
Day festivities for th ree “fin e ”
six m onths old. A little su rp rised , college in S ep te m b er an d m ajo r
days.
th e charm in g Miss O lden is also in music. W hen in terv iew ed by
Miss G rah am is the d a u g h te r
one of the P rin cesses fo r Q ueen The C h allen g er she w as playing
of Mr. and Mrs. Lee G raham , 725
J e a n I, last y e a r’s ru le r o v er Ros- th e piano for group sin g in g by h er
Jam es P arks, ev an g elist singer E. 69th avenue, in Vancouver.
aria, in the Rose Show to be held club, Las Noviss.
Selected by p o p u lar vote of the j
of C anton, Ohio, now residing in
J u n e 3.
V ery p o p u la r am ong h e r m any P o rtlan d , has begun plans for his stu d en t body, she w as sponsored |
T he selection of Miss O lden as friends, Miss O lden atte n d e d Hol- so u th ern to u r w hich will begin by the school’s choir of w hich she
a fin alist m a rk e d he first tim e a laday g ram m ar school an d w as a in A ugust. He has appeared in is a m em ber. V ery in terested in
N egro girl had com e so close to P rincess in th e W ashingon high ch u rch es th ro u g h o u t th e city and music, she plans to atten d Wil-
th e coveted hig h school P rincess school M ay F ete dance.
recen tly com pleted a concert a t lam ete u n iv ersity in S eptem ber.
honor. In 1946 C om m erce high
th e F o u rsq u are G ospel church.
Miss G raham is a n ativ e of
school—now C lev elan d —elected a
P a rk s w ill be ap p earin g in S hreveport, La., and has lived in
colored girl, A m erican - C hinese
B rem erto n and S eattle, W ashing­ V ancouver for the p ast ten years
R u th Fong, as th e ir Princess.
C harles C. Lew is w ho, along ton, on J u n e 7th, retu rn in g to She is a g rad u ate of V ancouver
College D ays P lan n e d
w ith C harles L. N aone, w as P o rtla n d fo r a n u m b e r of e n ­ high school.
Miss O lden su rv iv ed a field of picked up on a n arco tics charge gagem ents and on to Coos Bay
She is the first N egro to be
Sec. 34.66 P.L.&R.
125 W ashington high school girls last w eek, w as released Tuesday and Y akim a, rounding out a series e l e c t e d queen on the ju n io r
U. s. POSTAGK
to gain h e r honor. From th e 125 w h en $1000 bail w as posted in | of program s before the fo rth o m- cam pus and th in k s th e w orld of
PAID
girls, 25 w ere selected. This n u m ­ his behalf. B oth Lew is and N a­ ing tour. He plans to retu rn in h e r s tu d e n t body a t C lark ju n io r
P
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No. 816
b e r w as n arro w ed to 12. The 12 one w ere W illam ette u n iv ersity m id -S ep tem b er from his south m college.
PORTLAND,
OREGON
w ere p resen ted to th e stu d e n t students.
tour.
Miss rG ah am also ruled over
j
Evangel Singer
To Tour South
Lewis R eleased