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Results Come Quick fP o r t / l c t n d ) LO O KIN G fo r an ap artm en t? O r do you w an t to buy a home? P erh ap s you have a refrig e ra to r to sell. It doesn’t m ake any d if ference w hen you ad v ertise in the P o rtla n d C hallenger. V olum e 2, N um ber 6 PTC Employs Dillard, Rae College Professor REED college recently added a new professor to its teaching staff. Read of this new addition to one of the N orthw est’s top colleges on page four of this issue of the P o rtlan d C hal lenger. P o rtlan d . Oregon. Friday. Ju ly 31. 1953 PRICE 10 CENTS District Proposed for Recreation Site a jg Portland’s Traction com pany hired two non-white bus drivers recently, the first to be used by the company since it started operations in Port land. The two new drivers, Rob ert Dillard and Orvoll Rae, are both now fully employed by the Traction company. Their employment followed routine l I £ g 8 B ROADWAY p ractice runs w ith th e public tra n sp o rta tio n firm . D illard was used on the B ridge T ran sfer line and R ae on th e K illingsw orth. D illard C om bat V eteran D illard, 532 N. F rem o n t street, is m a rried and a W orld W ar II com bat v eteran , serv in g w ith the 92nd division in Italy. He is a n a tive of P aris, Tex., an d cam e to P o rtla n d in 1945. He a tten d ed b a rb e r’s school at th e N o rth w estern B arb er college and w orked a t S h in e’s b arb er shop, as a w a ite r on th e U nion P acific railro ad an d a t th e P o rt land A ir Base b a rb e r shop before g ettin g th e job o p p o rtu n ity w ith the T raction com pany. His w ife w orks as a telephone o p erato r for th e Pacific T elephone com pany. Rae is a n ativ e of A ntlers, Okla. He cam e to P o rtla n d in 1942. He lives at 3222 N. G an ten b e in av e nue. H ill Sees S teele The h irin g of D illard and R ae is th e efect of effo rts n eg o tiated some tim e ago by E. S helton Hill, in d u strial secretary of th e U rban L eague of P o rtlan d . H ill first had conferences w ith G ordon E. Steele, p resid en t of th e P o rtla n d T raction com pany. He la te r held discussions w ith S teele and R alph Foss, su p e rin te n d e n t of operations reg ard in g n o n -w h ite em ployees. The P o rtla n d T ractio n com p an y has alw ays m a in tain ed th a t its hiring policy w as non-discrim inatory. H ill w o rk ed w ith the com pany for y ears in an atte m p t to clarify its h irin g policy and follow ed th e progress of all n o n w hites applying for jobs w ith th e firm . The h irin g of D illard and Rae cu lm in ated his conferences w ith S teele and Foss. Baptists to Hold General Confab State Adopts Equality Bill Oregon became the 22nd state to put into effect a civil rights bill when the equal rights measure passed by the 1953 Oregon legislature be came law and active July 21. The bill was protested by a group called the “Civil Free dom Committee” and a refer endum petition filed by John F. Reynolds, attorney of the organization, m anaged to scrape up only tw o p er cent of the neces sary 23,375 signatures needed to hold the law in abeyance u n til the 1954 state elections. Race Bias No Basis O regon’s civil rig h ts law m akes it illegal for public eating, lodg ing and am usem ent places to dis crim inate against any person b e cause of religion or race. T he bill provides for civil dam ages up to $500 This is area, betw een th e S teel and B roadw ay bridges on the east side, proposed by C ity Com m ission N athan A. Boody as an alte rn a t? city sports and convention center. Social Worker, Businessman, Minister Give Opinions On Boody Plan for Redevelopment of Williams Area BY RICHARD BOGLE C h a lle n g e r S t a f f W r i t e r R eactions of P o rtla n d ers living in th e section of th e city th a t w as recen tly suggested for th e p ro posed site of a civic cen ter and a baseball p a rk w as, generally speaking, one of w aitin g for fu r th e r developm ents before fo rm ing iron-clad opinions. C harles B. M axey, a b arb g r on W eidler street, th o u g h t the idea was a good one, p rin cip ally b e cause th e re isn’t too m uch b u si ness in th e area and th e business th a t is th ere can be o b tained m ore cheaply. M axey, like m any others, feels th a t it w ould, how ever, w ork a h ardship on him for he doubts if he could get o u t of his in v e st m en t w h at he has p u t into it. Mrs. F. R. Jo h n s, J u n io r W om e n ’s p resid en t, w ill give h er a n n u al address T h u rsd ay night, J u ly 30, a t th e opening session of the G eneral B aptist convention for O regon and v icin ity a t the V a n c o u v e r A venue B aptist church. " Ju s t a Suggestion" Rev. A. A. N ew ton of New Hope Thom as Johnson, long-tim e B aptist church, V ancouver, Wn., w ill d eliv er th e ev en in g serm on. businessm an in th e designated A business m eeting a t 7 precedes area, said, ‘‘It’s ju st a suggestion Mrs. J o h n s’ address and Rev. and if ta k en up, it w ould take years to com plete.” Mr. N ew ton’s serm on. A hom e ow ner, w ho w ished to In the concluding session F r i day, J u ly 31, Mrs. M innie Jo rd an , rem ain anonym ous, stated th a t S enior W om en’s presid en t, will she w ould like to get o u t of th e give h er a n n u al m essage and the neighborhood and th a t she w ould Rev. Mr. H arv ey of M acedonia also like to realize som e p ro fit B ap tist ch u rch w ill d eliv er th e | from th e deal. She doubts, h o w serm on. T he business m eeting is ever, if she w ould get w h at h er slated to get u n d erw ay at 7 p m. p ro p erty is w orth. Rev. Jesse L. Boyd, p asto r of Rev. O. B. W illiam s is p asto r of th e host ch u rch , located a t N.l B ethel AME church located on F argo and V ancouver avenue. L arrab ee av en u e an d McMil'.en street, said he w ould like to give it m ore stu d y and thought before he voiced a d efinite opinion. He did feel, how ever, th a t th e loca tion w as a good one for such a site due to its proxim ity to t,he cen ter of town. E dw in C. B erry, executive sec re ta ry of th e U rban L eague of P o rtlan d , said it was too early to have an opinion because he Same Name , New Address The P o rtlan d C hallenger is now located a t 4617 N. W illiam s avenue. A lthough th e publishers are k ep t busy on o th er jobs in order to finance a new spaper w ith stan d ard s acceptable to a m a jo rity of th e people, an effort w ill be m ade to keep the b u si ness and new s offices open as often as possible during the w eek. N ew s item s, large or sm all, are very m uch w elcom ed and every effo rt w ill be m ade to find space for them in the C halleng e r’s new s columns. E ditorial com m ents are just as eag erly sought for as new s item s. T he C hallenger is for its read ers and only through re a d e rs’ com m ents can we b*«t ju d g e o u r w orthiness to the com m unity.—The Editors. T he ‘‘Civil Freedom C om m ittee” suffered tw o setbacks w hen the state suprem e cqurt ruled th a t the petition title had to be re w ritte n and th a t em ployes w ould be u n able to solicit signatures w hile w orking. The title change was contested by the O regon C om m ittee for Equal Rights, a state-w ide org an ization in stru m en tal in the intro duction of the bill. E ducation H alped Bill In 1950, P o rtla n d ’s city council unanim ously passed a sim ilar civil rights ordinance w hich w as la te r tu rn ed dow n by the people. Civil rig h ts proponents a ttr ib uted the failu re to low propaganda tactics by the opponents of th e m easure and a ttrib u te m uch of the success of the new bill to the e d u cation bro u g h t about by the pu b licity given the defeated city o r dinance. Last Rites Held For D. Williams doesn’t know w h at w ould be in F uneral services w ere held re volved. He said now ev ery th in g cently for D udley W illiam s who is in a problem atical stage. died here J u ly 1. The services R ecreation C enter N eeded w ere conducted by the Billy W ebb Lodge No. 1050, IBPOE of W in B erry called it a m a tte r ‘‘we all have to w atch v ery care fu lly ” the Z eller F u n eral chapel. In term en t w as a t C olum bian and advised groups th a t are in terested in race relations and civic cem etery. Born in F airm ount, N. C., O cto b e tte rm e n t to stay on top of the b er 10, 1914, Mr. W illiam s was proposal from the start. He th o u g h t the idea w ould be the husband of Olga W illiams. a good one if th e re w as som e type He lived a t 1468 N. W heeler street of relocation program included for and w orked on construction jobs finding in teg rated housing w ith as as air tool operator. affordable rents. C o n c l u d i n g , he said, "It Sec. 34.66 P.L& K . w ouldn’t h u rt the d istrict and the U. S. PO STA G E city to have a recreation c en ter.” PAID Isaac Altord Gets Athletic Club Post Isaac E. A lford, 6204 N. E. 8th avenue, w as recently nam ed as as sistan t m an ag er of the C olum bia A thletic club. A lford will supervise th e b a n quet staff and co n tract the b a n quets to be held at the club. He will have com plete charge of e le vator operators, w aiters, ja n ito rs and operation of the b an q u et hall. P rio r to his ap p o in tm en t as a s sistant m anager, A lford w as su p erin ten d en t of banquets and m aitre de. A lford has been w ith the Co lum bia club for fo u r years. P erm it No. 816 PORTLAND, OREGON ' JO ° , / A* «¡V A? rf- \\< y .a 'V
