REFLECTING
ACHIEVEMENTS,
VOL. 11 NO. 10
INTERESTS
PORTLAND, OREGON
Unions Draw Criticism
On Negro Employment
Leroy Wins
Primary
James A. LeRoy (journeyman
moulder) won in the primary elec­
tion for Representative of the north
City District. Mr. LeRoy stated
that he was very much surprised
over his victory, and he is very
grateful to the people, who worked
so endlessly to support him.
LeRoy* s platform was based upon
compulsory insurance, why it is
not good for the public interest,
all necessary aid for the mentally
retarded, and-^eing fair and im­
partial on all matters.
LeRoy stated that the big battle
will be winning the general elec­
tion in November, and that he is
going to start his campaign early
in June.
Man Killed
In Stabbing
John Horace Banister, 40,
of 4306 NE 12th Ave., was
stabbed to death at his home
Saturday night.
Detectives .James Harvey
and Gordon Morgan said his
wife, Marjorie Jean Banister,
44, confessed orally to the
stabbing. Sh? said she did it
in self-defense after he had
beat her with a baby bottle
and coffee pot, the detectives
reported.
She Was booked on a charge
of second degree murder.
Banister was pronounced
dead on arrival at Eman­
uel Hospital______
A n ew sp ap er cannot e x ist
without the people s u p p o rt­
ing the a d v e r tis e r s it r e p ­
r e s e n ts . Help su p p o rt the
p a p e r by sup p o rting its ad ­
v e rtis e rs .
PASCO .Wash. (Special) -
Unions were criticized for
their handling of Negroes dur­
ing a meeting here of the
Washington S t a t e Board
Against Discrimination.
E.M. Magee, chairman of
the Pasco Branch of the Na­
tional Association For The Ad­
vancement of Colored People,
said that of the 34 locals in
the Tri-Cities, only about six
will get jobs for colored peo­
ple.
He said the 1,500 Negroes
in the area do not get a fair
share of the jobs going.
Rev. Richard L. Trotter,
testified that a Negro friend
of his had been refused mem­
bership of the pipefitters’ loc­
al because of his color. He
said he understood no Negroes
are allowed in the electrici­
ans’ local.
Discrimination Seen
Alleged discriminatory prac­
tices of Pasco School Board,
Franklin County and the city
of Pasco were also attacked.
Board chairman Kenneth
MacDonald criticized county
commissioners for not draw­
ing tc the notice of depart-
ment heads the recent law
that hiring should be done ir­
respective of color, race or
creed. “The fact there isn’t a
Negro on your road crew in­
dicates something,” he said.
Magee said that Negroes
can’t get jobs driving school
buses or serving in the school
cafeterias.
Board secretary Malcolm
Hughes said he had a letter
Jefferson PTA
Sets M eeting
Mrs. John Cranna will be in­
stalled as president of Jeffer­
son High School Parent-Teach­
er Association at 8 p.m. Thurs­
day meeting. Rose Festival
Princess Pam Asbury and the
May Court, will be presented
at the meeting.
Other officers to be installed
are: Mrs. George Economous
and Mrs. John Wisser, junior
vice presidents; Mrs. George
Herr, first vice president;
Mrs. M. W. Berry, recording
secretary; Mrs. Arthur Erick­
son, corresponding secretary;
Mrs. Harry Thompson, trea­
surer; and Mrs. Andrew Kan­
as, historian.
LADIES A D M IT T E D FREE
! WEDNESDAY NIGHT IS Ladms Night ') POST f!ME 7 3U
EVERY RACE A QUIN ELLA
"
Ample free parking. Racing
every Monday, Wednesday, Fri­
day and Saturday through
June 9th. Phone BU 5-9144
for reservations.
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PROGRESS
W .dnaKlay, May 23, 1962
F ive Cents
COTTON CLUB PRESENTS RACE
WINNER BLANKET
from the East Pasco Improve­
ment Association that a Negro
who had recently taken the
written part of the civil serv­
ice test for patrolman had
been told by someone in the
police department that, be­
cause of his color, he would
be assigned to the Negro part
of town. He withdrew his ap­
plication.
Police Chief A.L. McKibbin
denied he had made any such
statement.
Members of the personnel de­
partment of General Electric
were asked why, out of 8,000
employes, only 30 are Negroes.
The reply was that so few
Negroes applicants are quali-
In answer to a question by
MacDonald, it was agreed
nothing was being done to en­
sure they had the qualifica­
tions for !he work available.
Building
Boon Seen
Pacific Northwest build
ing is on the boom
April's total permits and
dollar volume in 68 key cities
of Oregon, W a s h i n g t o n
Idaho and British Columbia
passed the $48,000.000 mark
to post a 5 per cent gain over
that of the previous month
and «33 per cent over that
same 1961 period
Some 7,131 building per­
mits were issued in these key
cities— 12 per rent more
than for the previous period
and 17 per cent higher than
for the samg 1961 month.
Thi* building prosperity
was shared by all three
states And British Columbia,
according to figures com-
, piled by the Portland-based
K.Ecfuitable Savings & Loan
\ statistical department.
Dollar v o l u m e increases
were particularly favorable
throughout Oregon and Brit­
ish Columbia. Oregon’s April
a c c u mu l a t i v e $15,349,472
building value total was a 7
per cent gain over March
and 39 per cent better than
Apri 1 construction of one
year ago.
Urban League
Plans Donation
The Urban League will pre­
sent Portland State College
with a collection of books and
leaflets on human relations ed­
ucation in a ceremony Wed­
nesday at 3:30 p.m. in the Col­
lege Center Browsing Room.
Urban League representa­
tives will include Executive
Director Shelton Hill and mem­
bers John Holley and James
Frazier all of Portland, and
Executive Director Seymour
Kaplan of Seattle.
Portland State President
Branford P. Millar will receive
the collection of 25 books and
75 leaflets.
Presenting Blanket to the winner of the feature race of the evening,
was Mrs. Lee Thompson of the Cotton Club and Princess Zenobla, one
of Portland's outstanding dancers, presently entertaining at the Cotton
Club. Pictured here winning the honors, are Len Kin who ran an out­
standing race, and the pilot aboard the victor Is Jockey Marvin Green.
Tourist Boom Seen
Fpr Rose Festival
At least two tour groups are
coming from Hawaii. Tourist
agencies in Victoria and Van­
couver, B.C. also have booked
recommendations during Rose
Festival week.
Among other states to be
represented will be Califor­
nia, Minnesota, Illinois, Ohio,
Virginia, Wyoming, Indiana,
Idahc and Utah.
Rose Festival officials said
that more than 50 tourist
agencies from many parts of
the n a t i o n have confirmed
plans for Rose Festival week
visits to Portland.
“This is probably five times
as many tour groups as we
have ever had before,” ac­
cording to W. R. Moore, Rose
Festival association president.
While the upswing in plan­
ned tours to Portland during
Rose Festival week is partial­
ly attributable to Century 21
a c t i v i t y in Seattle, Moore
pointed out that several of
the tours were scheduling four
days in Portland and only two
in Seattle.
Size of the groups varies
from a few dozen to hundreds,
he said.
Mochen, Spencer
Bottle on Some Cord
Portland f i g h t manager
Sid Flaherty almost had
three of his four boxers in
action this weekend, but a
reluctant middleweight left
Sid batting only .500.
Denny Moyer was sched­
uled to go against Teddy
Wright in the 160-pound
class at Madison Square
Garden Saturday night on
the nationally t e l e v i s e d
fight of-the week but Wright
withdrew from the match
According to D e n n y , the
fight has been cancelled.
Eddie Machen and Thad
Spencer will see action Sat­
urday, however. Ma c h e n ,
the No. 2 heavyweight con­
tender from Portland, meets
Roger Rischer, San Fran­
cisco, in the Bay City’s Cow
Palace in a 10-round main
event, while Spencer tangles
with Johnny Riggans, Spo­
kane, on a six-round support­
ing bout.
Rischor's last fight was
•gainst Howard King on
March 23. Tha 30-yaar-old
California s t a t o champion
sheRackod King. Rischer has
a racord of 20 wan, 6 lost
)
and 2 draws. Ho holds tha
distinction of a draw with
Amos Lincoln in Portland
back in 1956.
Jack Fiske, boxing writer
for the San Francisco Chron­
icle, predicted Machen would
lose the bout. Fiske claimed
Rischer was even “more of
a cutie than Machen,” and
utilized a terrific left hook
and right hand lead to pile
up points.
Oddly enough, Rischer
was the sparring partner
against whom Machen in­
jured his right hand back
in 1956, causing a postpone­
ment of the first bout with
Nino Valdes.
Both man Hava fought and
boatan Ruben Vargas twica.
Machan won a closo decision
in S a n F r a n c i s c o , thon
knocked Vargas out in a
Portland bout latar in tha
yaar. Rischer won an eight-
roundar, thon a 12 rounder,
both by aasy decisions.
Spencer holds a decision
over Riggans in a Spokane
fight last year, Thad out­
pointed Ri g g a na in six
rounds.
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