Eugene register-guard., January 22, 1963, Image 3

Government Drops
Gen. Walker Case
OXFORD, Miss. IffiThe fed
eral government has dropped
charges against former Army
Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker and
six others arrested after the
University of Mississippi deseg
regation riots last fall.
U. S. Atty. H. H. Ray asked
for the dismissal Monday sev
eral hours after a federal grand
jury quit without indicting
Walker.
James H. Meredith the Ne
gro whose arrival at the Uni-
versity Sept. 30 ignited the riot
was to take his final semes
ter test Tuesday.
The 29-year-old former Air
Force sergeant has threatened
to withdraw from the university
after this semester unless cam
pus conditions change. He has
been the target of frequent
harassment.
He skipped an examination
Monday in algebra a course
with which he reportedly has
been having difficulty. He de-
Clemson Officials
Schedule Meeting
COLUMBIA, S. C. W Clemson College trustees will meet
here this week to consider the admission of the school's first
Negro student.
Gov. Donald S. Russell had no comment after Chief Judge
Simon Sobeloff of the U.S. 4th Circuit Court of Appeals and
Chief Justice Earl Warren of the U. S. Supreme Court refused
to delay an order that Harvey Gantt, 20, of Charleston be en
rolled at Clemson.
Russell said he might make a statement after conferring with
state officials. The trustees set their meeting for Wednesday or
Thursday. Other state officials refused comment.
Gnatt, who will probably be enrolled next Monday as a
I transfer from Iowa State Uni-
Eastland's
Home County
Suit Target
WASHINGTON MWThe Jus
tice Department Tuesday ac
cused officials in Sunflower
County, Miss., of unlawfully dis
criminating against Negroes
seeking to register as voters.
That is the home county of Sen.
James 0. Eastland.
A department official said the
charge was made in a suit filed
in U.S. District Court at Ox
ford, Miss.
Named as defendants were
Cecil C. Campbell, voting regis
trar and Circuit Court clerk;
and the Stale of Mississippi.
The federal court was asked
to prohibit discrimination
against Negroes trying to reg
ister as voters.
The department spokesman
said the suit was filed only aft
er the failure of efforts to get
officials to voluntarily discon
tinue the allegedly discrimina
tory practices.
It was the 33rd such suit filed
under the 1957 and 1960 civil
rights laws, the 23rd during the
Kennedy administration and the
11th in Mississippi.
Campbell was accused of ap
plying stricter qualification
standards to Negroes than to
white persons trying to register
as voters.
The court was told there are
13,524 Negroes eligible to vote
in Sunflower County, but only
114 are registered, compared
with more than half of the eligi
ble whites.
Eastland, a Democrat, is
chairman of the Senate Judici
ary Committee. His home is at
Doddsville, in Sunflower
County.
Agencies to Move
Into New Offices
PENDLETON W Several
government agencies are ex
pected to be moved into new
offices in the State Office Build
ing by the end of the month.
The building will be dedicat
ed March 15.
Agencies to be house in the
building include the depart
ments of welfare, agriculture,
tax, health, vocation rehabilita
tion division of the Department
of Education, Industrial Acci
dent Commission, labor and De
partment of Employment.
versity, will be the first Negro
to attend a previously all-white
school in South Carolina on any
level.
"I hope now that all the legal
drawbacks are behind me,"
Gantt said at his home Monday
night. Ho said he "generally
felt real good" about the latest
court action.
Atty. Gen. Robert F. Kennedy
said he has no plans to send
marshals into the state, as was
done at the University of Mis
sissippi in the case of James
Meredith.
Leaders in South Carolina,
Kennedy said in an address to
Washington area Episcopal
Church ministers, "have de
cided there will be no trouble
in South Carolina."
State officials and student
leaders at the state-supported
college previously had said that
there would be no violence
when the school's racial barri
ers were lowered.
Clemson can appeal the order
to admit Gantt Meantime, the
college m ist admit the Negro
architecture student.
U.S. Dist. Judge C. C. Wyche
of Spartanburg, who originally
ruled against Gantt's , admit
tance, must carry out the on
ders of the appeals court.
The college said it will issue
identity cards to students, fac
ulty and newsmen in an ap
parent move to control entry on
to the sprawling campus in
rural Pickens and Oconee Coun
ties. The school reported it has
set aside a single room for
Gantt in the smallest dormi
tory on the campus.
Clemson attorneys contended
in their appeal of the order
that Gantt failed to complete
admittance requirements and
that the college would be "ir
reparably injured" if it is forced
to admit a student in violation
of college rules.
Constance Baker Motley of
New York, attorney for the Na
tional Assn. for the Advance
ment of Colored People, said
South Carolina had failed to
show that any "important
doubtful question of federal
constitutional law" was unre
solved.
Chief Justice Warren's action
was taken without comment,
Mexican Profits
MEXICO CITY Ifl Mexican
business profits last year ran
about 10 per cent on capital in
vestment, but this was a drop
of 2 per cent, the newspaper
Novedades reported. It said the
cost of living rose 2Vi per cent
during 1962 and salaries 7V per
cent
clined comment on his reason
for missing the test.
Meredith said he would leave
for Jackson to see his wife and
son "as soon as possible" after
completing today's test in Eng
lish literature.
The charges gainst Walker
were dismissed by U. S. Dist.
Judge Claude F. Clayton "with
out predudice." This means the
federal government may recon
sider them before the statute of
limitations expires in five years.
The white grand jury panel
indicted four persons last week
in connection with the riots
which killed two and injured
scores.
They were Melvin Bruce of
Decatur, Ga., Philip Lloyd Miles
and Kline Lamar May, both af
Pritchard, Ala., and Richard
Hays Hinton of Lucedalc, Miss.
They were charged with in
terfering with federal marshals
in the performance of duties
and impeding them in the exe
cution of court orders directing
Meredith's enrollment
Besides Walker, charges were
dropped against Frank Lamar
Ott and Joseph Cutrcr, both of
Kentwood, La., Edward Louis
Shade of Atlayum, Miss., Robert
Blackard of Memphis, Tcnn.,
William Gilbert Marr of Olive
Branch, Miss., and Charles Clark,
Prentiss, Miss.
Walker, who commanded fed
eral troops at Little Rock, Ark.,
during the 1957 desegregation
crisis, was arrested in Oxford
the day after the riot.
He was charged with insur
rection, seditious conspiracy,
conspiracy to impede and injure
officers of the United States and
assaulting, resisting and imped
ing officers. He denied the
charges.
The 53-year-old Texan, who
resigned his commission in a
dispute over troop indoctrina
tion policies, said at Dallas, Tcx
he was glad to be vindicated.
Senator Hits
Conformism
PORTLAND Ift The right
to speak and act as an individual
sees fit may be threatened in in
American society, ben. Eugene
J. McCarthy, D-Minn., said Mon
day night.
McCarthy, speaking at the
Temple Beth Israel Forum, said
"Non-conformism, w n l c n was
once tolerated if not admired, is
now suspect. The reputations of
some men have been destroyed
without cause. The use of the
label has become much more
popular."
He said people should attempt
to clarify individual rights and
to secure them for all citizens
regardless of race, creed or
color."
McCarthy said leaders have a
responsibility to develop a broad
er public understanding of world
problems.
He said he deplores the
"voices of misunderstanding and
distrust ... of accusation and
suspicion."
Firemen Rescue
20 in Portland
PORTLAND HI A two-alarm
fire hit the Princess Sue Apart
ments in northwest Portand
about midnight, causing an es
timated $15,000 damage.
Aerial ladders were pressed
into service as firemen rescued
about 20 persons, many tempo
rarily overcome with smoke.
The blaze burned out one apart
ment and damaged several
others.
Four persons were treated at
the scene for smoke inhalation
but no one required hospitaliza
tion.
Firemen are investigating the
cause of the blaze which ap
parently spread from a daven
port in one of the apartments.
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1 Expenses Limited to 120 Days
Committee Okays
Amended Pay Bill
Strike
Report
- (AP Wlrcpholo)
Sen. Wayne L. Morse, D-Oie., and the other two members of a
special board which sought an end to the dock strike, report Mon
day to President Kennedy on their progress toward a settlement
of the dispute. Together at the White House, from left, are: Senator
Morse, President Kennedy, Prof. James J. Healy of Harvard Univer
sity, and New York attorney Theodore Khcet. The board was ap
pointed by the President.
All-Girl Crew Cheered
Nautical Novices
End Ocean Voyage
HONOLULU (UPD Former
steeplejack Lee Quinn, 36, who
skippered the ketch Neophyte
and his all-girl crew from San
Francisco to Honolulu, said
Tuesday he has no definite
plans to extend the voyage to
Tahiti.
I want to rest up for about
a month," the skipper said, "and
then I will give serious thought
to it."
It's quite likely that his wife,
Mary Ann, will have a few
thoughts on the subject, too.
She was on hand with a kiss
nd a cake Monday when the
Neophyte ended its 25-day,
storm-tossed voyage of 2,300
miles.
Quinn had hinted at the pos
sibility o continuing on to
Tahiti with a four-girl crew, but
this time Mrs. Quinn was ex
pected to sail as first mate.
However, there was no Indica
tion whether any of his San
Francisco-Honolulu crew would
continue on.
The nautical novices selected
by Quinn with his wife's bless
ing included Susan Bird, 20,
Oukland; Giselle Mayer, 22, Sau
salito; Jackie Miller, 24, an air
line stewardess from Sausalito
and Mrs. Carole Pope. 20, a
folk singer and model from
Berkeley.
Quinn said they "were eager
to please" despite their lack of
experience and skills of the sea.
"I had to do almost every
thing myself," he added, "but
they were very cooperative."
Quinn said the Neophyte ran
into a squall seven days out of
San Francisco and lost a spread
er on the main mast. He was
forced to use the jib and mizzen
for most of the trip.
Storms on the Pacific blew
the. ketch 100 miles off course
on one occasion and 15 miles off
on another.
Miss Bird acted as spokesman
for the crew as the Neophyte
pulled into the yacht harbor to
the cheers of hundreds of per
sons who lined the network of
finger piers.
'i irst we want a big green
salad and a steak," she said.
'Then we would like to sleep
each in our own hotel room bed
under clean sheets."
Miss Bird said the food situa
tion got worse as the voyage
progressed.
"We had no greens, no meat,
no eggs and no milk during the
last week or so. The butter also
was going rancid. We had to
eat mostly out of tins."
Vote Probers
Take Recess
ST. HELENS Wl Dist. Atty.
David B. Williamson said Mon
day a grand jury investigation
of charges on tampering with
ballots for sheriff in the No
vember election will be re
sumcd early next week.
The Columbia County grand
jury recessed Monday after
hearing more than 25 witnesses,
Williamson has said he is seek
ing at least one indictment.
Two circuit judges have ruled
that the ballots were altered
after Republican Roy Wilburn
was declared elected on the ba
sis of an official canvass and
before a recount that indicated
he had lost to the Democratic
incumbent, Spencer Younce.
The judges later nullified the
recount result and declared Wil
burn sheriff.
Dem Assails
Tax Agency
SALEM till Sen. Walter J.
Pearson, D-Portland, (old the
Senate Monday that the State
Tax Commission has become
vindictive and the governor
should replace them if they
keep their present attitude."
Ho said that for the fourth
year, the Tax Commission has
overruled the Wasco County as
sessor's valuation of the Harvey
aluminum plant at The Dalles
and ordered a higher valuation.
Pearson said the courts re
peatedly have averruled the
commission, yet it keeps on try
ing to get a bigger valuation.
Ho opposed what ' he called
"overriding of elected local officials."
At The Dalles, Dist. Atty.
Don Turner said each of the ap
peals is "still before the court
and there has been no ruling.
He added he was "not aware of
any overruling."
By Z.. STARK
or the United Presi International
States Falling
In Line With
Guard Plan
WASHINGTON Wl Nearly
half the states have fallen in
step with the Army's plans for
streamlining the National Guard.
It was learned that 21 states
and Puerto Rico have notified
the National Guard Bureau they
are accepting revamped troop
lists assigned to them under the
reorganization.
Formal acceptances are ex
pected from the remaining
states. Some differences arc
still to be worked out, officials
said.
Acceptance Letters
Officials said letters of accept
ance have been received from
the governors of California,
Colorado, Florida, Indiana, Mas
sachusetts, Nebraska, New Jer
sey, Now Hampshire, North Car
olina, Rhode Island, Tennessee
and Vermont.
The bureau has been informed
that similar acceptances are on
the way from Arizona, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota,
Nevada, Oregon, Washington
State, West Virginia and Puerto
Rico.
Authorities hope to get the
first state reorganized by Feb,
15. It was indicated Florida,
New Hampshire, Indiana oi
New Jersey may be the first.
Finished by May
Maj. Gen. Donald W. McGow
an, chief of the bureau, pre
dicted the entire job will be
finished by May 30, in time for
the units to go to summer train
ing camp in their new lorm.
In ils essentials, the plan in
volves breaking up four infan
try divisions and reforming
them into mere flexible bri
gades, tapping six of the best
divisions for priority callup in
an emergency, and cutting off a
net of 338 company and de
tachment size units which the
Army considers out of date.
Reorganization ot me Armys
Reserve also is under way.
SALEM An amended legis
lators' pay bill was approved in
a 104 split vote Monday by the
Joint Ways and Means Commit
tee. The bill calls for a $3,000 an
nual salary, to be paid $250
monthly, and $20 daily expenses
while the legislature is in ses
sion. The bill was amended to
limit the daily expense pay to
not more than 120 days.
Voting against the measure
were Sen. Waller Lcth, R-Sa-lem;
Sen. L. W, Ncwbry, It
Ashland; Rep. Stafford Hansell,
R-IIermislon; and Rep. George
C. Flitcraft, R-Klamath Falls.
The joint Senate-House com
mittee then voted unanimously
for a $1,225,000 appropriation to
finance the legislature through
June 30, and switched legisla
tive appropriation dates to
match the biennium dates,
rather than calendar dates as
has been the practice.
The date change produces a
$300,000 "paper saving." mov
ing the expenditure to the next
biennium.
Moves to limit (he daily ex-
Fadeley Replies
To Critics of Bill
SALEM W Sen. Edward
Fadeley, D E u g e n c, replied
Monday to legislative leaders'
criticism of his bill to require
lobbyists to register.
House speaker Clarence Bar
ton, D-Coquillc, and Senate
President Ben Musa, D-The Dal
les, said they were against the
bill because there was no need
for it.
In separate letters to both
Barton and Musa, Fadeley said
his bill was intended as preven
tive. He said there had been no
scandal or wrong-doing, but said
"we surely do not have to wait."
Fadeley said the bill has
been supported by the Demo
cratic stato platform conven
tions; by former House Speaker
Robert Duncan, by Gov. Mark
Hatfield and by former slate
Republican chairman Peter
Gunnar.
"Public response has been
significant and immediate and
favorable," ho said.
pense to $15, and to cut legisla
tors pay to $150 a month failed
to win committee approval.
Rep. John Mosser, D-Beavcr-
ton, successfully moved for the
120-day limit on expenses.
Sen. Al Flcgel, D-Roseburg,
urged adoption of the new pay
bill, and said "It is not an ex
orbitant amount."
Rep. Shirley Field, R-Port-nd,
urged tho $20 a day ex
pense be limited to 100 days,
and said such a limit would be
"an incentive to hasten deci
sions.
Sen. Alfred Corbett, D-Port
land, explained the limit might
work against "full considera
tion" of legislation, although h
said he did not oppose such a
limit.
Sen. Vernon Cook, D-Grcsham,
urged passage, and said tho $3,-
000 salary "if anything is con
servative, not excessive.
Hansell Seeks Cut
Hansell asked the salaries be
cut to $150 a month, and ex
penses to $15 a day. Newbry
called for $150 a month sala
ries, but favored retention of
the $20 a day expense item.
Earlier Monday tho Hodsa
Taxation Committee began dis
cussion of proposed technical
changes in timber laws.
Senate President Ben Musa
appeared before the Senate Ag
riculture Committee in support
of a supplementary appropria
tion to finance two horticultural
research projects.
One would study damage to
cherry crops from fluoridation
fallout from industrial activity.
Tho second would probe ways
of eliminating crop damage
caused hy symphilids.
The fluoridation study was
estimated to cost $98,000, and
the symphilids research $30,000.
Other Highlights
Banks A $1 million a year
tax compromise was offered by
national banks to the Senate
Tax Committee.
Elections Sen. Vernon Cook,
D-Gresham, announced he was
submitting a bill changing regis
tration requirements for candi
dates for office.
Trucks The State Highway
Committee voted to introduce
Gov. Mark Hatfield's truck tax
bill.
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Film Banned
VALLETTA, Malta Ml The
film censor board has banned
"Love Is My Profession," star
ring Brigitte Bardot. No reason
was given for the ban.
Milk Cuba Bound?
VERACRUZ. Mexico Wi A
small Soviet vessel described by
one of its officers as a nsning
boat took aboard 35,000 cans of
condensed milk at this gulf coast
port last week. The officer saiu
the milk was for the crew. Mex
ican sources, expressing doubt
the crew could consume mat
much milk, said it apparently
was destined for Cuba.
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