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Man’s Morals High Court to Rule Common Causes Grave Concern On Petition Title O regon’s su p rem e c o u r t w ill ru le J u ly 7 as to th e correctness of th e ballot title of th e civil rig h ts bill passed by th e 1953 O re gon legislature. T he civil rig h ts bill is u n d e r a p etitio n atta c k from a group c a ll ed th e “C ivil F reed o m C om m it te e ” and h ead ed by Rev. E lb ert D. R iddick, recto r of th e C hurch of the Good S hepherd. The group hopes to get th e necessary 23,275 sig n atu res n eed ed to p u t th e bill up to a vote of th e people before J u ly 21 w hen th e o rd in an ce is slated to go in to effect. E rro r P o in ted O ut G e o r g e D ysart, h ead of th e O regon C o m m i t t e e for E q u al R ig h ts’ legal staff, poin ted o u t to A tto rn ey G en eral R o b ert T h o rn ton th a t th e bill is described as fo rb id d in g d iscrim in atio n “in any place of public accom m odation, reso rt or am u sem en t.” The com m itte e ’s atto rn ey m a in tain s th a t th e bill is specific an d th a t d is crim in atio n is n o t fo rb id d en ju st “any place.” D y sart p o in ted o u t th a t th is does no t include a p a r t m e n t V olum e 2, N um ber 5 houses, real estate, b a rb e r shops, P laying G am e D irty an d th e like. One m em ber of th e O regon G roup to In terv en e i C om m ittee for Equal R ights said Jo h n F. R eynolds, a tto rn e y for ! the “boys on the C ivil Freedom th e “C ivil F reedom C om m ittee,” C om m ittee are p laying th e gam e p lan s to in terv en e in th e title case j ju st as d irty as th e O regon Com- an d doubts if em ployers are p a y | m ittee for Equal R ights w ould be ing em ployees to solicit p etitio n sure they would. sig n atu res. “The law w as passed "T hey have w ritte n le tte rs to to p ro h ib it paid circu lato rs; I don’t ! G eorge D y sart’s b o s s , accusing t h i n k th e law applies in th is D y sart of using his em ployer’s case,” said R eynolds. tim e to w o rk for the OCER,” said A spokesm an from th e O regon th e m em ber. C om m ittee for E qual R ights re po rted th a t em ployers w ere a l He also accused the R iddick low ing em ployees to solicit sig- group of g ettin g a p a rtm e n t house I n a tu re s on th e prem ises d u rin g an d real estate people to believe w orking hours. th a t th ey are included in the The com m ittee spokesm an said sw eep of th e civil rights ordinance also th a t effo rts are being m ade and g ettin g th em to fight the bill. to reach th e ad dresses listed on Rev. Mr. R iddick m ain tain s th a t th e p etitio n an d th a t m any of th e his real q u a rre l is w ith th e “a t places h av e refu sed to h av e an y tem p t to pass law s to com pel an th in g to do w i t h th e p etitio n e q u a lity .” A t the sam e tim e the m ovem ent. recto r declares th a t “w h eth er the P laces listed on th e p etitio n th a t p a rtic u la r N egro r e a l i z e s it or h av e refu sed to cooperate in th e not, he stam ps him self w ith in referen d u m effo rt include Jacob e q u ality by getting a law w hich A stor hotel, A storia; N eill’s T ra il com pels h i m to be an eq u al.” e r court, H eppner; O regon hotel, “W hite m en give to each o th e r M cM innville; an d W est L in n h o w ith o u t th in k in g ,” said Rev. Mr. tel, W est Linn. R iddick. P o rtla n d , Oregon. F rid ay , J u ly 3, 1953 Pastors Protest Gill As Choice Under Fire Seattle NAACP Hits Race Tags R everen d J. Ja m e s Clow, p asto r of th e Mt. O livet B ap tist church and p a s t p resid en t of th e local ch a p te r of th e N atio n al A ssocia tion for th e A d v an cem en t of C ol ored P e o p l e , an d R ev eren d J. H arold Jo n es II, p asto r of th e H ughes M e m o r i a l M ethodist church, recen tly p ro tested th e p ro posed ap p o in tm en t of S tate S en a to r W arren L. G ill to th e office of U. S. A tto rn ey for Oregon. P en d in g C ongressional co n fir m ation, G i l l is th e an n o u n ced choice of Jess G ard, R epublican n atio n al com m itteem an for O re gon, to s u c c e e d th e in cu m b en t H enry Hess. S ecu rity checks com pleted, G ard has in d icated G ill w ill get th e d istric t a tto rn e y ’s job. S ta n d E x p lain ed In e x p lan atio n of th e ir stand, th e tw o m in isters said th e y d is ap proved of th e choice because G ill led th e S en ate floor fight d u rin g th e rece n t l e g i s l a t u r e ag ain st civil rig h ts w hich g u a ra n tees eq u al tre a tm e n t of m in o rity groups in th e use of p u b lic ac com m odations. W ARREN L. G ILL T arg et of p rotests in th e U nited S tates C o n stitu tio n .” “Such an ap p o in tm en t is o u t of h arm o n y w ith th e ex p ressed p o l icies of both th e sta te and n a tional R ep u b lican P a rty ,” Rev. Jo n es added. Dr. E rn est B. K alibala, ex-U ni- “It’s very d ifficu lt to deal w ith ted N ations specialist and one of the C om m unist th re a t,” he said, the keynote sp eak ers recen tly at “by changing o u r stan d every the N orthw est In stitu te of In te r d ay .” national R elations a t Reed col He said th e d ifferen ce betw een lege, expressed grave concern over S outh K orean P re sid e n t S ynginan the com m on m an’s m oral and Rhee and P resid en t D w ight D. sp iritu al looseness — reflected in E isenhow er should have been e x p a rt by th e indecisiveness over posed before. “W hat it does is K orea. create m ore d isu n ity and gives A n ativ e of U ganda, A frica, Dr. the C om m unist w orld a chance to K alibala outlined w h at he con ex p o it th a t w eakness,” said Dr. siders the five m ost im p o rtan t K alibala. A m ericans to Blam e contem porary th re a ts to w orld In a la te r speech at th e D ow n peace. He em phasized th a t the fate of the w orld re sts on th e tow n YMCA, Dr. K alibala b lam ed com m on m a n ’s u n d erstan d in g and j the E uropeans and A m ericans for th e p resen t p redicam ent in A frica. his re tu rn to purpose. Dr. K alibala listed these th re a ts "As for th e p resen t S outh A frican crisis, th a t is w holly th e doing of to w orld peace: 1. S udden risd of w orld pow er Europeans, an d there has n o t been a single R ussian involved,” he by Russia. 2. S udden collapse of E urope in rem ark ed . “The com m on m an lacks the in w orld leadership. 3. S udden rise of the colonial courage to live up to th e m oral peoples dem anding self-g o v ern code he espouses,” Dr. K alibala declared. m ent. He said in 1952 th e U. N. g en 4. P re m a tu re rise of th e U nited S tates to w orld le ad ersh ip w hen eral assem bly repected a plea by this co untry is not read y to accept 70,000 A fricans in T an g a n y ik a who claim ed they w ere being re the responsiblity. 5. S udden collapse of 20th cen m oved from th e ir land. "It w as tu ry m an ’s m oral and sp iritu al held to be a B ritish dom estic m a t te r,” said Dr. K alibala. llle. He added th a t he was not su re C heap P oliticians O ut th a t the U nited N ations reg ard s “The politicians know how to A frica as a “b ack w ard a re a ,” since m a n ip u late th e com m on m an and proxim ity to Russia seem s to be have succeeded in d riv in g out an essential p rereq u isite. statesm an sh ip — you cannot w in Sec. 34.66 P.L &R. w ith cheap p oliticians.” U. S. PO STA G E Dr. K alibala cites th e difficu lty S e a ttle — (S pecial—T he S eattle b ran ch of th e N ational A ssocia tion for th e A dancem ent of C ol ored P eople has challenged the sufficiency of th e reasons given by D ella U rq u h art, d irec to r of th e W ashington sta te d e p a rtm e n t of licenses, as to th e re q u ire m e n t of racial d esignation on d riv e r’s li censes. In a le tte r to th e d irector, Rev. G eorge C. D erw ig, ch airm an of th e legal red ress co m m ittee for the branch, pointed out th a t C ali fornia, Ohio, R hode Island, New Jersey , M innesota, M assachusetts an d Illinois have elim in ated this re q u ire m en t on d riv e rs ’ licenses. Rev. Mr. D erw ig noted in his le tte r th a t M assachusetts and M innesota elim in ated the q u e s tion a t th e req u est of citizens’ groups. A M assachusetts official com m ented: “Since th e question ev id en t in d ealing w ith th e C om re la tin g to race w as dropped m u n ist th re a t as proof th a t m an (1947), n o th in g has o c c u r r e d has a seem ingly in a b ility in ta k w hich w ould w a rra n t o r ju stify ing a m oral stan d eith e r for or resto rin g it to the ap p licatio n .” ag ain st any g reat issue. C hallenges Reasons In an sw er to th e d ire c to r’s s ta te m e n t th a t: “M any people use th e ir d riv e r’s license to secure liquor p erm its. Som e m em bers of th e A m erican In d ian race are not allow ed to buy liquor. You can j A R aleigh, N. C., w om an will be see th a t in those cases color iden- | salu ted for h e r w ork in com bating tificatio n is im p o rtan t." D erw ig racial p reju d ice as “W om an of had th is to say: the W eek,” on the Bob Hope d a y “It is our u n d erstan d in g t h a t : tim e show, F rid ay , J u ly 3. the reg u latio n s of the W ashing ton sta te liq u o r control board, | Mrs. G eorge N. H orw ard, th e w hich are m e an t to satisfy the w ife of a clergym an, d irects h e r req u ire m en ts of the federal sta tu te efforts on sm all ch ild ren to o v e r in th is respect, is ha he only In com e racial p reju d ices an d uses dians w ho are no allow ed to buy dolls to prove h e r points. Bob Hope w ill tell his audience liquor are those th a t fall into one of th ree categories, loosely c h a r how Mrs. H ow ard appears before acterized in the b o ard ’s re g u la civic, c h ild re n ’s and social groups tion as ‘w ards of the g o v ern m en t.’ w ith h e r d o l l s , ex p lain in g the “We fu rth e r u n d erstan d th a t races and religions of th e w orld th e re is no w ay one can tell w ith them . H er m ethod is esp e w h eth er an In d ian is a w ard of cially effective w ith sm all ch il the g o v ern m ent m erely by looking dren, w hom Mrs. H ow ard deem s at him and know ing th a t he is an the m ost im p o rtan t group of all In d ian .” in th e fight ag ain st p reju d ice. PAID P erm it No. 816 PORTLAND, OREGON Hope Program Salutes Negro Bride Feature Coming Soon T hey p o in ted o u t th a t th e L eb anon sen ato r in d eb ate claim ed th a t “a person h as th e rig h t to d iscrim in ate if he w an ts to ” and W ere you a J u n t bride? T h at th a t anyo n e s h o u l d h av e “th e rig h t to refu se” to do business old tra d itio n a l m o n th for ty in g w ith “an y one of th e m a n y th e kn o t did a b an g -u p business groups” he “d islik es.” th is year. T h d P o rtla n d C hal- “We w ish to m ak e it clear,” len g er w ill fe a tu re J u n e brides in Rev. Clow stated “w e recognize its n e x t edition. If you are am ong th e rig h t of th e n atio n al m ajo rity th e n u m bers, w hy n o t m ail y o u r p a rty to fill th e office w ith one w edding p ic tu re to th e P o rtlan d of its m em bers. Y et w e feel th e re are o th e r R ep u b lican s w ho have C hallenger, 3300 N. W illiam s A ve- n o t d em o n strated a strong racial nue? P lease a c c o m p a n y full bias th a t could serve all th e citi nam es w ith pictures, d ate, place zens of th e state w ith g re a te r and tim e of c e r e m o n y . F irst e q u ality an d justice as g u aran teed nam es are very im p o rtan t. PRICE 10 CENTS —C ourtesy Oregon Journal Dr. E rnest B. K alibala, U ganda, A frica, a m ain sp eak er du rin g recent in tern atio n al relatio n s conference at Reed college, is show n here w ith Dr. F ra n k M unk, political science professor. j / r*. K ,0 ° A* > > O’ ^ a °