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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
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District Proposed for Recreation Site
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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
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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
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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
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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
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