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By Drew Pearson
WASHINGTON The back
stage conversations over Birm
ingham inside the White House
have been aimed at s holding ac
tion until the Supreme Court could
erate mayor, Albert Boutwell, in
office. He and Birmingham busi
nessmen immediately let it be
known that they would sit down
and talk with Negro leaders re
garding racial problems. But be-
rule on the basic question of in-' fore any meeting could be held,
'Hey, watch it! That's a deadly weapon!'
tegrated lunch counters in the
South probably today.
It so happens that two test cases
involving the Birmingham ordi
nance against whites and Negroes
eating together are before the
Supreme Court.
One case is that of James Go-
ber, a Negro who made a pur
chase at Pizitz's Department Store
in Birmingham on March 31, 1960,
then went to the lunch counter
with a friend, was ignored by the
waitress, then asked to leave, fi
nally arrested for trespassing.
Eugene "Bull" Connor, the tough
police commissioner who had
been defeated in the election an
nounced that his administration
would continue in office until Oct.
1, 1965. Mayor Boutwell was sup
posed to take office April 15. One
month has passed and he is still
on the side lines, with Bull Con
nor calling the tune.
All of these contributed to the
impatience of integrationist lead
ers and a series of demonstra
tions which have probably hurt
the United States abroad even
The second case Is that of Rev. more than Little Rock or "Ole
Fred Shuttlesworth, one of the
Negro leaders recently arrested,
who earlier was charged with in
citing a crime by aiding and
abetting persons to stay on pri
vate property after being told to
Miss."
Peace Corps Boom
It's now been 18 months since
the newspapers were full of sound
and fury over a postcard written
by a Peace Corps girl in Nigeria
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Common Market snub of Britain has added
to difficulties at foreign trade session
The meeting of ministers of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and
Trado (GATT) in Geneva this month
has been described as being "as full of
suspense as a tightrope act involving
blind-folded acrobats." The suspense
will be there, all right, but it will be a
most subdued sort of suspense, not at
all in a circus atmosphere, understand
able largely only by experts, and in
keeping with the aura of futility and
semi-despair that lias hung over Gen
eva since World War I.
' Even if everything goes well, the
timing is such as to unbate breaths.
What has been billed internationally
'as the "Kennedy Round" of trade and
tariff readjustment stemming from
the Trade Expansion Act approved by
the U.S. Congress last year cannot
begin for another full year at the ear
liest. Public hearings and other prep
arations in this country will take at
least that long.
Moreover, the trade ministers
the United States is represented by
former Secretary of State Christian
Herter, President Kennedy's chief tar
iff negotiator are taking up a
record of stalemate. Their technical
experts have accomplished little in al
most a month of preliminary talks.
The GATT talks will be aimed at
drawing up a list of things to talk
about. Here there are main differences
of opinion. The United States wants a
flat cut of 50 per cent in industrial tar
iffs, as provided in the Trade Expan
sion Act. There would, of course, be
some horsetrading.
But the European Common Mar
ket negotiators point out that whereas
U.S. tariffs range from 1 to 80 per cent,
European tariffs now are bunched
around 18-25 per cent. Cutting the 80
per cent American chemical tariff to 40
per cent, they say, would still leave it
protective. They propose ecretement,
or halving the difference between pres
ent tariffs and agreed target levels.
We reply that of 15 key trading
nations only four, including one Com
mon Market member (West Germany)
have lower average industrial tariffs
than the United States. The Common
Market automobile tariff is 22 per cent,
as against 7 per cent for the United
States.
The other principal debate, to
oversimplify, is over agricultural tar
iffs. The United States has threatened
to do nothing about industrial barriers
unless agricultural tariffs are lifted,
too. But here the Common Market on
the eve of the Geneva talks had not
worked out a common position. France
seems determined on an agricultural
policy of protectionism
which he asked for volunteers for
sit-in demonstrators.
Both cases are on appeal from
the Alabama Supreme Court, and
along with other cases from North
Carolina, Louisiana, and Mary
land, were argued last November.
Anticipating a decision for civil
rights, Burke Marshall. Kennedy's
Assistant Attorney General for
Civil Rights, has been trying to j guiding genius.
jriiumaiii a uuie uimi tuun
acts. Then the Justice Depart
ment has promised to move vig
orously to back up the court's or
der. JFK's Wrong Man
The trouble in Birmingham, as
contrasted with the racial pro
gress made in cities like Atlan
ta. Charlotte, Knoxville, Nash
ville, and Louisville, can be trac
ed to two factors:
1 Enlightened leadership in
these cities, such as that of the
long-time mayor of Atlanta, May
or William Hartsfield, ex-mayor
Ben West of Nashville, and ex-
mayor George Dempster of Knoxville.
2 Strong segregationist forces
in Alabama which the Kennedy
administration unwittingly sup
ported.
One of the fust things Kennedy
did after taking office was to ap
point Charles Meriwether of Ala
bama to be a director of the Export-Import
Bank. This was a re
ward to Gov. John Patterson of
Alabama who had loyally kept
part of the Alabama delegation
for Kennedy at the Los Angeles
convention which nominated him.
In repaying his debt to Gov.
Patterson, however, Kennedy did
not realize that he was appoint
ing a man who had been on
friendly terms with the Grand
Kleaglo of the Ku Klux Klan,
had been identified with White
Citizens Councils, and actually
had nothing to do with keeping
Gov. Patterson in line for Ken
ernment has now asked the Peace
Corps to double the number of its
workers. When Margery Michel
more wrote her indiscreet post
card there were only 36 Peace
Corps volunteers in Nigeria. To
day there are 150, and the Niger
ian government wants a total of
300. Congratulations to the Peace
Corps and Sargent Shriver, its
Had Great Britain been admitted "cdy. It was Ed E. Rcid. director
to the Common Market as assumed
in drawing up last year's Trade Expan
sion Act here Ambassador Herter's
job would be considerably easier. For
example, by Britain's exclusion he lost
almost the full force of his most ef
fective potential weapon the author
ity to wipe out completely U.S. tariffs
on some items in which the United
States and the Common Market enjoy
80 per cent of world trade.
Even without this added compli
cation, the task would have been tricky
enough. Space forbids going into such
matters as the Buy American Act or
other extra-tariff trade considerations,
removing restrictions on raw-materials
trade with less developed countries
(LCD's, in expertese), bargaining with
Japan and other GATT nations unaffil
iated with European trade blocs, all of
these fraught with contention. The
prospect for Geneva is dim, and the
road toward freer trade harder than it
seemed a year ago.
Law is expanding in shrinking world
The minute you say "world con
ference" you stir the suspicions of some
folks that something fuzzy and ideal
istic is in the wind.
But practicing lawyers can be a
pretty hard-headed group, and a good
many of them around the globe are
eagerly awaiting their next internation
al gathering at Athens on World Peace
Through Law.
This organization, which has the
full backing of the American Bar As
sociation, already has held four region
al world parleys in the past two and a
half years.
The most active American in World
Peace Through Law is Charles S.
Rhyne, former bar association presi
dent. To him the persistent push toward
an expanding International law is not
an idealist's fantasy, but a response to
the sheer necessities of changing life
on a globe constantly being drawn more
tightly together.
He points out. for instance, that
the greatest growth in working inter
national law has come in the fields of
commerce, travel and communications
all areas of endeavor where barriers
among nations have been going down.
In Rhyne's view, then, world law
is growing not because some govern-
GRAND GUARDIAN HONORED Mrs. Ken Gildner, Portland, mada her official visit to
the Bond Jobs Daughters bethel recently. A dinner in her honor was followed by initiation at
the Masonic Temple. With her are Jayns Underhill, left, honored queen, and Sharon Fountain,
right, senior princess. There was a large turnout for Mrs. Gildner's visit.
Letters
to the Editor
The
mcnts think this is good, but because
millions of men in increasing contact
with each other need the force and
sanction of law in their mutual deal
ings. Even the Communist world has
not chosen to stand out completely
against this effort.
Attorneys from Poland and Yugo
slavia have accepted and others may
suddenly appear on the opening date,
June 30.
Naturally, any codes of law cover
ing both free and Communist worlds
are sharply limited today. But even the
Reds must accept some regulation of
trade, travel and communications.
The agenda at Athens will have a
hundred or more projects for the law
yers to consider: laws for communica
tions satellites and other space vehicles,
civil aviation, taxation, protection of
investment, a broader role for the
World Court and regional courts.
The lawyers who are dedicated to
this cause believe that as the points of
contact among men around the globe
multiply, so will the need for regulating
law. And as that becomes a mounting
force In the world, it will be a hard
fact to set against the threat of war.
It will be an encouragement to
peace and an antidote to arms.
of the Alabama League of Mu
nicipal Councils, and a moderate,
who persuaded Patterson to stick
with Kennedy.
A handful of liberal senators,
led by Wayne Morse and Mau
rine Neuberger, (D.-Ore.), Wil
liam Proxmiie, (D.-Wis.), Jack
Javits, (R.-N.Y.), fought against
Meriwether. But he was confirm
ed, and when a segregationist
was rewarded, and Reid, a mod
erate, ignored, it was considered
the tip-off. erroneously, that Ken
nedy would play ball with segre
gationist forces in Alabama.
This discouraged Alabama mod
erates, both white and Negro, and
encouraged race demonstrations
as tho only remedy.
Birmingham Discouragements
Other developments pointed in
the same direction. They were:
A Kennedy's firm statement
that he would not cut off federal
funds from Mississippi as request
ed by the Civil Rights Commission.
Southern states, thought ardent
preachers of states rights, collect
huge slices of their budget from
Washington two-thirds in t h e
case of Mississippi and have
been worried over losing this rev
enue. B Brother Bob's failure to
defend the ten marchers jailed at
the Alabama border when they
tried to cross that state in tribute
to Baltimore mail man. William
Moore. The U.S. Constitution guar
antees the right of petition, and
these marchers were en route
with a petition to tlia governor of
Mississippi; also the right of any
citizen to cross state lines. Yet
Attorney General Kennedy, sup
posedly the defender of tho Con
stitution, has let these men sit in
jail.
C The Birmingham city elec
tions Aoril 2. which put a mod-
Reduction voted
in special
education plans
SALEM (UPD A $736,000 re
duction in the governor's proposed
budget for special education pro
grams was voted Saturday after
noon by the Ways and Means Ed
ucation subcommittee.
The cuts, however, were offset
by $1.1 million added earlier to
special programs for mentally re
tarded and physically handi
capped children.
The basis for the cuts was a
policy decision by the subcommit
tee that the state should begin to
withdraw from special programs.
Rep. Stafford Hanscll, R - Her
miston, said the Intent should be
to stimulate local school districts
to take over and carry on the
special programs.
The cuts were made in the gov
ernor's proposed $155 million
budget for schools and for the
Department of Education. Most of
that sum is for basic school sup
port, a subject the committee has
not yet touched.
The subcommittee made these
decisions on special programs:
Gifted The proposed $515,000
program for gifted children in the
next biennium was cut by $15,000.
The decision, however, involves
phasing out state help over the
next three years by giving dis
tricts the present $1.50 per day
per gifted child the first year, $1
the second year, 50 cents the
third, and nothing after that.
Migrant The proposed $142,000
for special classes for migrant
children was eliminated.
Advanced placement The pro
posed $43,000 for this program
was eliminated, but essentials of
the program were incorporated
into the program for gifted children.
Vocational Vocational rehabili
tation financing was moved to the
welfare department for a $187,000
saving.
Staff Six supervisory positions
on Uie state level were cut out
for a $102,600 saving. I
Formula The subcommittee re
aligned a federal matching for-1
mula to save $81,800. j
Study It vetoed a basic school
support fund study to save $69,200.
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Shriners appreciate
circus cooperation
To the Editor:
The Shrine Circus on April 30
was a grand success. For this we
wish to thank the Bend High
School officials for their sincere
cooperation, the Bend business
men for their generosity in pur
chasing tickets and giving them
to the youngsters; and to the Bend
people, especially the children for
packing the Bend High School
gym during both the afternoon
and evening performances.
The entire proceeds of the Bend
Shrine Club's share goes to the
Shrine Hospital in Portland for the
care of crippled children.
Thanks again for your aid in a
very worthy cause.
Bend Shrine Club
Charles K. Davis, Pres.
Bend, Oregon,
May 7, 1963
Teamster local
target in suits
PORTLAND (UPD Three
Willamette Valley businesses
filed a $40,000 damage suit in
U.S. District Court last week
against Teamster Union Local
324. Salem.
The action was filed on behalf
of Curly's Dairy, Salem; Timber
Valley Dairy, Lebanon and Ed's
Market, Salem. The action con
tends picketing of retail stores in
the Salem and Lebanon areas to
force store operators to discon
tinue the sale of Curly and Tim
ber Valley products.
The suit charges a secondary
boycott.
MEETING UNDERWAY
PORTLAND (UPD - The 67th
annual meeting of the National
Fire Protection Association got
under way at the new Hilton Ho
tel today.
Some 2.000 persons are expected
to attend the five-day meeting.
Betty Miller rests following
record-setting Pacific flight
BRISBANE, Australia (UPD -Mrs.
Betty Miller, 36, the Santa
Monica, Calif., housewife who be
came the first woman to fly alone
from California to Australia, rest
ed here today in preparation for
a return flight by commercial air
liner. Mrs. Miller was greeted Sunday
night by about 3,000 persons who
rushed onto the runway when she
landed on the final lap on her
7,000-mile solo flight. The crowd
gathered around the twin-engined
plane and sang "for She's A Jolly
Good Fellow."
The freckle - faced housewife,
tired but cheerful stepped out of
the cockpit in a pink-and-while
checkered frock.
Moments of Anxiety
She admitted to some "moments
of anxiety" when one engine start
ed to run rough after she had
passed the point of no return on
the final 780-mile flight from Nou
mea, on the island of New Cale
donia. "I radioed the Air Traffic Con
trol Center to tell them of the
trouble but the engine kept go
ing," she said.
The Department of Civil Avia
tion at Brisbane alerted two planes
to stand by in case of emergency,
but a spokesman said this was
strictly precautionary.
"We didn't tell Mrs. Miller be
cause we did not want to alarm
her," he said.
The aviatrix had made an un
scheduled three-hour stop at Nou
mea when she ran into heavy
headwinds on the flight from Suva,
Fiji.
"It was a long flight and I'm
pretty tired but I'm happy and re
lieved to be here," Mrs. Miller
said. "I wasn't really worried
about the engine trouble. It didn't
take long to rectify itself.
"The only time I was really
worried was on the flight from
Honolulu. I had to be over that
ocean station halfway to Honolulu
in 10 hours or turn back. I made
it in 9!i hours.
Phones Husband
The first thing the aviatrix did
when she got to her hotel here
was talk by telephone with her
husband, Charles, In Santa Moni
ca. It was he who taught her to
ny.
Mrs. Miller left Oakland, Calif.,
April 30. Total elapsed flying time
for the trip was 51 hours, 38 min
utes. She said she planned to rest
in Brisbane for a few days before
taking a commercial flight horn
via Sydney.
She was ferrying the $50,000
plane to a new owner in Australia.
She made stops at Hawaii, Canton
Island, Fiji and New Caledonia.
HUMBLE TRACK STAR
CAMBRIDGE. England (UPD
Tom Blodgctt, a 24-year-old Amer
ican track star at Cambridge Uni
versity said over the weekend ha
was quitting the sport because ho
doesn't feel he is good enough. He
made the statement shortly after
he won four events three ol
them new Cambridge records.
Tahors
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Accidents take
lives of four
By United Press International
Traffic accidents claimed four
lives in Oregon during the week
end. Mrs. Rheta Cough, 47, Rosc
burg, and Kenneth Olson, 23, Gar
dena, Calif., were killed in sepa
rate one-car accidents on Inter
state 5 near Roseburg Sunday.
Mrs. Marjory Williams, 36.
Springfield, died in a two-car col
lision on State Highway 222 one
mile west of Jasper Saturday.
Wayne Bryan, 27, Beaverton.
was killed when his motorcycle
slid under a car near Portland
Friday night.
A Salute lo the
Nation's Hospitals
This is National Hospital Week
and I am proud to join in pay
ing tribute to the hospitals and
their staffs for their tremendous
contribution to the welfare of
thousands of communities in
our country.
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