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P a g e Tw o F rid a y . A u g u st 7, 1953 rURTLAND CHALLENGER AME Church Slates Confab Port,t a n d ) The 62nd an n u al session of the P uget Sound conference of th e A frican M e t h o d i s t Episcopal An In d ep en d en t N ew spaper church got u n d e r w ay T uesday a t B ethel AME ch u rch w ith the W ILLIAM A. H ILLIA R D TED BURGER m issionary society m eetin g and E d ito r and P u b lish er G en eral M anager electing officers. A reception h o noring Bishop 4617 N orth W illiam s A venue. P o rtla n d 11, O regon M U rdock 4092 Rt. Rev. D. O rm onde W alker w as held follow ing the m issionary ev e SU B SC R IPTIO N RATES ning program . Also honored w ere 10 C ents p er copy 26 $2.50 p er y ear Bishop F red D. Jo rd a n , recently back from A frica, an d lay d ele P u b lish ed ev ery o th er F rid a y in P o rtlan d , O regon. T he C h al gates and visitin g m inisters. len g er is n o t responsible fo r th e re tu rn of unsolicited m an u scrip ts The conference w ill hold fo rth o r photographs. u n til A ugust 9 w ith Rev. Jesse L. Boyd as host pastor. A m ong visitin g m in isters are Revs. C. W ayne Love, S an F ra n cisco; J. A ustell H all, B erkeley; It is rather amusing at times, this civil rights business. A lva Shaw , Los A ngeles; L. S yl When the shoe is on the right foot it is tight and encounters v ester Odem, O akland; T herion considerable opposition, but when it is on the left foot, it fits Cobb, San Diego; H. Solom on Hill, O akland; E. D. C hapell and E. B. perfectly, that is sometimes it fits perfectly. C hildress, K ansas C ity, Mo.; T. J. This page has unflinchingly supported the need of strict Tow ns; presiding eld ers L. F. civil rights interpretation and will continue to do so. It has G reene, S eattle; F re d Stevens, echoed the fact that their is no two ways about civil rights Los A ngeles; A. K. Q uinn, Los A ngeles; L. H. O w en and R. A. and the integrated program it protects. W ashington. The embarrassing position certain organizations and indi Rev. B. C. A llen, e x -p asto r of viduals maneuver themselves into can easily be avoided by B ethel AME church, w as unable practicing the tenets of democracy or some form of religious to atten d the conference. Race Tags Unnecessary teachings. The Leisure Hour Golf club is again sponsoring its annual golf tournament. It is the understanding of this page that the The A ugust 21st issue of th e C hallenger w ill ca rry d etaile d re tourney is open to the public, yet placards and news stories ports of the AME conference. M rs. advertising the recreational event refer to the tournament as M ary D uncan H oliday w ill au th o r a sidelight article on th e confer the Pacific Northwest Negro Amateur. Newspapers and radios in the Portland area have long since ence activity.—T he Editors. stopped the unnecessary practice of referring to individuals or groups by race, unless necessary. Sometimes this necessity is difficult to determine. But Portland citizens can justifiably be proud of the “tagless” program adopted and followed by the local press and radio. The continued practice of a predominantly Negro organiza tion to still use race tags when there is no apparent reason for N egro p ro stitu tio n in P o rtlan d the usage is either one of negligence or one of pure stupidity is at a very low ebb, according to stu d ies of N egro and w h ite pro s and rejection. titu tio n released by Dr. Thom as Public golf tourneys in the state of Oregon are open to the L. M eador, city h ea lth officer, re- T -P ccntly and p u b lish ed in The O re- public, that is anyone h niigiUr. ♦ reason for a Negro tournament. Perhaps at one time there was. gom an. The rep o rts w ere listed sep ar but no longer does a segregated situation exist. ately. O ne each for N egro pros- There most certainly is nothing wrong with a golf club titution “for N egroes" and for sponsoring a tournament, a club whose members are mostly p ro stitu tio n for w hites. Negroes in number. But this page cannot sanction the usage The rep o rt on N egro p ro stitu of “Negro” and at the same time profess a belief in civil rights. tion w as allegedly m ade by a N e There is simply no room on the integrated scene for racial gro in v estig ato r w ho found th a t p ro stitu tes generally w ere w o rk identification tags. ing out of taverns, w ith a few Is there anything wrong with the Leisure Hour Golf club in actiual houses of p ro stitu tio n , referring to its tournament as the Pacific Northwest Amateur rep o rts The O regonian. or some similar appropriate name? The reports show ed no in terest Civil rights is everybody’s privilege. Even the hint of segre in gam bling or bootlegging o p era gation or group association is an attack on the principles of tions. except in m inor references the American democratic form of government. If the Ameri w hich had to do w ith effect of o th e r vice operations on th e m ain can is to realize the ultimate in democracy, then he will have in terest of the investigators, th a t to accept the individual on his own merits. of prostitution. It is quite evident that many Americans are still a little mixed up on this business of civil rights; the actions of many would lead one to believe that they don’t know the meaning of interracialism, but preach its acceptance anyway. Negro Prostitution Said at Low Ebb t 1 U L l L i 1 It » , Sam e N am e N ew A ddress Vice Accusations The recent mild furor raised in Portland because of alleged existing vice conditions has seemingly settled down to just another one of those evident “alerts.” It looks as if city offi cials had to take a back seat to the accusations hurled by one of the city’s taxicab execuitves; anyway apologies were plen tiful and it looks as if the “heat” is off. Perhaps some day in the near future Portland’s two dailies. The Oregonian and the Oregon Journal, will do an honest-to- goodness job on this vice business. One thing is certain, as long a people sanction vice it is going to stay pretty close to home. It is the people themselves that are to blame for the vice conditions that now exist in the city. For certainly without their patronage such conditions would have been scrapped to a minimum sometime ago. It is up to the people to "get tired" of vice every now and then if they expect any sort of decency to exist in their neigh borhood and city. It is when "payoffs” become so regular that this syndicate idea becomes a real problem, a problem very difficult to combat. T he P o rtla n d C h allen g er is now located at 4617 N. W illiam s avenue. A lthough th e p u b lish ers are kept busy on o th e r jobs in order to finance a n ew sp ap er w ith stan d ard s acceptable to a m a jo rity of the people, an effort w ill be m ade to keep th e b u si ness and new s offices open as often as possible d u rin g the w eek. News item s, large o r sm all, are very m uch w elcom ed and ev ery effort w ill be m ade to find space for them in the C h allen g e r ’s new s colum ns. E ditorial com m ents a re ju st as eagerly sought for as new s item s. The C hallenger is for its read ers and only th ro u g h re a d ers com m ents can w e best ju d ge our w orthiness to the com m unity.—T he E ditors. N ew s In Brief BY W ILLIAM W RIGHT C h a lle n g e r S t a f f W r it e r Off to Albuquerque, N. M., is Ted McDonald and daughter Sylvia, 3738 NE Rodney avenue. McDonald and daughter will visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter McDonald. They plan to stop over in San Francisco and Los Angeles while on the three-week trip. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Weaver of Los Angeles visited recently w ith Mrs. W eaver’s b ro th er, Al- ~ !“ ! "T cently re tu rn e d from a v isit w ith ford B anks, 73 NE Cook street. W hile in P o rtla n d th e W eavers relativ es in Chicago. Mrs. S. C. L ittle. 6112 NE h ad d in n e r w ith Mr. and Mrs. G rand avenue, left recently to G eneral Jones, 1828 N. In te rsta te visit h er d au g h ter, M rs. F ra n k avenue. Miss M ildred B anks re- lin W illiam s, in Sioux City, la. M rs. L ittle took h e r nieces, R enee B anks and D ebra F ath - eree, w ith her on th e trip and w ill see relativ es in Chicago, Idew ild, Mich., New Y ork and W hite P lains, N. Y.« before re Police a rre ste d seven teenagers tu rn in g hom e. rece n tly and cleared up four b u r Back from a quick trip to S e a t glaries. Two of th e young p riso n ers w ere said responsible for tle are Mr. and Mrs. M ilton F ath - packing a safe out of th e M elody eree. T hey visited Mr. and M rs. A m usem ent com pany, 2731 N. H illery B. Goodson, 4304 K inniki- W illiam s avenue, D etective Capt. nick place, w hile in th e Q ueen city. W illiam D. B row ne said. Mrs. E arl W inslow and M rs. One of th e arreste d youths said A rth u r W inslow are back from a th e safe h ad been dum ped n e a r ja u n t th a t took th e m to Illinois, V ancouver, Wn., afte r it w as b a t Ohio and N ew Y ork. R etu rn in g tered open an d strip p e d of about w ith Mrs. A rth u r W inslow w ere $50. D etective D elm ar S anders said her sons, A rtie and B rad. Mr. and M rs. A delbert Mol- the eig h t youngsters are lin k ed to at least fo u r rece n t burglaries. den, 4904 N. W illiam s avenue, B reak-ins ad m itted besides the w ere am ong th e m any P o rtla n d am u sem en t com pany included ers ta k in g in th e Sea F a ir in H ill’s grocery, 639 N. Russell S eattle. A ccom panying her p a r stre e t; the J iv e A lley, 2707 N. ents on th e m otor trip to S e a t W illiam s avenue, and th e P o rte r’s tle w as Miss C harlene M olden. Mr. and M rs. L onnie H arris an d club, 2504 N. W illiam s avenue. O nly tw o of th e group w ere d au g h ter R ita are plan n in g a trip over age. T hey are Ozzie A ustin to B erkeley, Cal., w h ere th e y w ill K elly, 18, 2427 N. Ross street, and visit H a rris’ sister an d b ro th er- N orris E lvin K elly, 19, 7727 N. in-law , M r. and M rs. K en n eth Johnsw ood drive. B oth a re held Leacock. H arris is slated for in on charges of possessing stolen duction in the arm y A ugust 20. p ro p erty . T he o th e r five w ere G one to th e arm y is R onald Thom pson. held in ju v e n ile q u arte rs. Mrs. C harles L. Rice has re- I tu rn e d to C airo, 111., a fte r a stay w ith Mr. and Mrs. J o h n Davis, 3134 SE 36th avenue. M rs. Rice cam e to P o rtla n d to v isit her sister and b ro th e r follow ing the death of h er husband, an a tto r S am uel T. W ilkinson V aughn, ney w ho practiced law in Cairo son of Mrs. C larence C ountee, 206 for m any years. N. S kidm ore street, w as recently Mr. and Mrs. A vance Bass, 302 prom oted to the ra n k of corporal, according to re p o rts from Cam p N. C herry street, w ere hosts to Miss Jo A nn T aylor of O gden, R oberts, Cal. U tah, w ho w as here d u rin g th e A m essage sen t to the C halleng p ast w eek. er by 1st Lt. T hom as E. K eikel. Mrs. Jam es Hodge, 54 N. E. Cpl. V aughn’s com m anding offic er, had this to say of th e P o rt F ailing street, is p resen tly host to h er m other, Mrs. C. W. D uncan, lan d soldier: “I w ould like to sta te th a t Cpl. w ho w ill be visiting h e r u n til th e V aughn is one of the m ost effi first of S eptem ber. Mrs. D uncan cient m en I have in m y com pany. hails from Chicago. To show you w h at m y thoughts Off to the M arines A ugust 17 are of this EM, I have picked him w ill be Joe B anks, J u n e g rad u ate above all my sergeants, SFC ’s of Jefferso n high school. and m a ster serg ean ts as th e 1st R ecent P o rtla n d visitors w ere Sgt. for m y com pany.” Mr. and Mrs. M organ R oberts Lt. W eikel gave Cpl. V aughn from Los A ngeles. T hey w ere recognition for his “excellence in guests of Mr. and Mrs. E dw ard carry in g out du ties set before Barno, 52 N. E. H ancock street, him .” and left here J u ly 24. Youths' Arrests Clear Burglaries Portland Soldier Promoted to Cpl. Writer Raps Race Pride, Calls 'Passing Impossible ' (C ontinued from page 1) (1) Recognize the p rivilege of o th ers to live th e ir lives as they choose, especially w hen such choice does not infringe upon your rights. In o th e r w ords, “m ind your ow n business.” (2) Recognize th a t the accident of race is not a proper su b ject for pride or sham e. You can ju stifiab ly be proud of only th a t w hich your efforts have helped to b rin g about. If you m ust be proud of som e thing, then, do som e deed of w hich you m ay ju stifiab ly be proud. (3) Recognize so-called race pride for w hat it is—a rude su b stitu te for self-efficiency. O ften he w hose claim to su p erio rity is based on race has little ju stificatio n for assum ing him self eq u al to o th er hum ans. (4) In y o u r profession or business p rep are to m eet the supply and d em and of the M AIN STREAM of the U nited S ta te s’ and w o rld ’s econom y—not m erely th e Jim C row ed BACK W A TERS of th e U n it ed S ta te s’ caste system . T hen y o u r hope for success w ill not depend on race-consciousness and Jim C row ed m onopoly. (5) D evote less tim e to criticizing th e “p asser” and m ore tim e to elim in atin g the social ills w hich induces one “to pass.”