The Bulletin, Friday, May
Adam Clayton Powell has bland
indifference toward his critics
(EDITOR'S NOTE: "That,
attacks haven't hurt ma with
my paepla." That's the way
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, D
N.Y., raacta to criticism of hii
activities. The following dis
patch, th first of three about
tha Harlem Negro, explores
soma of these criticisms and
how Powell views them.)
By LOUIS CASSELS
and ARNOLD SAWISLAK
By United Press 'nternational
WASHINGTON (UVI) At a
recent news conference on Capi
tol Hill, a reporter asked Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell, D-N.Y.:
"Does it bother you to be called
an adult delinquent?"
Powell's handsome tan face
broke into an elfin smile.
"No," he replied. "Not at all."
' A bland indifference to notori
ety is one of the uncommon traits
that have made Powell the most
talked-about member of the 88th
Congress.
'-. Not since the heyday of the
late Sen: Joseph R. McCarthy,
R-Wis., has a lawmaker managed
to stir up so much controversy
as Powell.
The urbane, 54-ycar-old Negro
leader has outraged some Amer
icans and delighted others, by
zestfully pursuing the rarely com
bined careers of playboy, preach
er and politician.
Disregards Convention
' His genius for trampling on
conventional ideas of how a min
ister and-or a congressman should
behave has been expressed in a
flattering variety of ways.
' Item: He has hung a sign on
the door of his congressional of-
flees telling visitors, in effect, to
go away.
Item: He married his secre
tary, raised her government sal
ary from $3,074 to $12,974 a year,
and ensconced her in a $70,000
beach house in Puerto Rico to
earn her pay at a distance of
1,5(10 miles from Washington.
When criticized for all of this, he
blithely acknowledged: "1 think
nepotism is wonderful."
Item: He left Washington In the
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midst of last year's congression
al session for a month-long tour
of Europe, accompanied by two
attractive young women members
of his staff, all of them traveling
on government funds. When asked
whether it was proper for him to
include night clubs and beach re
sorts in his itinerary, he replied
that he could hardly be expected
to "go to Paris and spend all the
time in Notre Dame."
Criticiied Widely
For these and many other
flamboyant transgressions against
popular ideas of propriety, Powell
han been criticized by his col
leagues in Congress, upbraided
by newspaper editorials, and re
buked by some prominent Negro
leaders.
But there are two groups which
evidently find no fault with Adam
Clayton Powell. They are the Ne
gro and Puerto Rican voters of
the 18th Congressional District of
New York who have elected him
to the House 10 times by huge
majorities, and the members of
the Abyssinian Baptist Church in
Harlem, who have retained him
as their pastor through three
marriages, two divorces, a trial
for income tax evasion which re
sulted in a hung jury, and repeat
ed demonstrations of his sophis
ticated tastes in wine, women,
food and festivity.
Since his consituents and his
congregation are the only people
whose opinions greatly matter to
Powell, he can afford to be care
free about the vituperation
heaped on his head from other
directions.
"These attacks haven't hurt me
with my people," Powell said in
an interview with UPI reporters.
"On the contrary, they have
strengthened my position at
home. The folks in Harlem know
that I'm being attacked because
I'm a Negro and because I've
won a place in the power struc
ture of American society from
which to battle for their rights."
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the House Education and Labor
Committee, which handles a large
portion of President Kennedy's
domestic legislative program.
He served notice recently that
he feels the Kennedy administra
tion is "moving too slow" on civil
rights and he may prod it along
by adding his so-called "Powell
Amendment" a rider forbid
ding any racial discrimination in
programs financed partly by fed
eral funds to domestic legisla
tion coming out of his committee.
The more aggressive posture he
has lately assumed on racial is
sues also is reflected in his de
mands that Negroes take full con
trol of the leadership posts in
all organizations, such as the
NAACP, which are working for
their betterment.
Powell says Negro organiza
tions should "welcome the sup
port of white people, but not in
policy-making posts."
"The white man has given the
Negro in America just about as
much as he intends to," he de
clares. "The Negro masses from
here on must take their place in
the democratic picture in Ameri
ca under their own leadership
and through their own power.
"V.'e will achieve only that
which we fight for, and it can
only be done by those organiza
tions that are totally owned, con
trolled and maintained by the Ne
gro people."
Angus raisers
set field day
Special to The Bulletin
PR1NEVILLE - The Oregon
Angus Association will hold its an
nual field day in Prineville, at
the Crook county fairgrounds,
Sunday, June 2, beginning at 9
a.m.. it is announced by Ivan
Chappell, fair manager.
The event is to be hosted by
the Central Oregon Angus Breed
ers, and A. E. Albertson, state
president, of Powell Butte, will
lead activities of the day. He will
be assisted by Gus Woods, Crook
county agricultural agent.
Purpose of the field day event
is to promote and educate both
young people and adults in the
value of the Angus breed of live
stock. Individual and team contests in
4-H and FFA, in both boys' and
girls' groups not affiliated with
regular clubs, and in adult groups
will be held.
Other events will see the judg
ing of Angus cattle, weight guess
ing contests, demonstrations by
Dr. Al Ralston, head of the beef
department, OSU, a discussion of
the Angus breed by Doug Woods,
field man for the American An
gus Association, Meridian, Idaho.
There will be a tattooing dem
onstration by Paul Carlson and
Doug Wood, a fitting and show
ing demonstration by Gary Tim-
merman and Paul Carlson, and a
hoof - trimming demonstration by
Don Snabel.
Dinner will be served on the
grounds by the Crook county 4-H
Leaders' Association.
Soviets still
hold record
WASHINGTON (UPD-Despite
astronaut L. Gordon Cooper's spec
tacular space flight, the Russians
still hold the world record.
Cooper completed 22.9 orbits of
the earth Thursday in one day,
10 hours and 20.5 minutes.
Soviet astronaut Andrian Niko-
layev completed 64 orbits Aug. 15,
1962, in three days, 22 hours and
25 minutes.
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City Crusade
underway here
The City Crusade, evangelistic
effort sponsored by the Free
Methodist Church nightly at the
Oregon National Guard Armory,
is attracting increasing attend
ance, with the Rev. O. R. Tes
saro, Pittsburgh, Pa., in charge.
The Rev. Tessaro, who recent
ly completed a three month cru
sade in the British Isles, was to
be joined here today by Mrs.
Nicki Stansberry, originally from
Wales, who will be featured as a
soloist.
Healing services will be held
both Saturday nights. At the serv
ice tomorrow afternoon, the Rev.
Tessaro will touch on his life
story. There is no admission
charge to the series of rallies, but
free-will offerings will be taken.
The City Crusade will continue
through May 26. Services will
be held nightly at 7:30, with aft
ernoon rallies on the two Sundays
at 3 p.m.
House passes
boxing measure
SALEM (UPI) A bill adding
new safety requirements to pro
fessional boxing passed the House
Thursday.
It must return to the Senate for
concurrence in amendments.
Rep. Jack Smith, R Condon,
said he fears the bill will apply
not only to professional boxing,
but to Boy Scout and school bouts.
The bill specifies such require
ments as four ring ropes, a pad
ded floor, extension of the ring
two feet beyond the ropes, and
standards for bouts, rounds and
counts.
It says boxers must wear a
mouthpiece and may be required
to wear protective headgear.
STATEMENT ISSUED
SALEM (L'PD Gov. Mark Hat
field issued the following state
ment on the successful completion
of astronaut L. Gordon Cooper's
space flight.
"Each of these flights, even
though they lose some of their
luster as they become more fre
quent, is another milestone along
the path of man's conquest of
space.
"It brings the day closer when
we will land on other planets. We
join in the congratulations to the
whole team which made up this
mission and to Mr. Cooper as
their symbol."
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Mod
ern decor in new
'earthy,' decorator says
By I la S. Grant
Bulletin S'aff Writer
Tours of the new U.S. National
Bank are apt to send the Papa-
Birds scurrying to the loan de
partment to borrow money. The
Mama-Birds will want to go on
decorating sprees, to have inter
iors just like Lila Colwell s. Lila,
who says almost anything to any
one, any time, is warmly referred
to as a character. In her case,
it's a compliment.
The top-notch decorator, with
the impressive "A.I.D." behind
her name (American Institute of
Decorators) was on hand yester
day to supervise the placement
of the potted shrubs, adjustment
of the draperies and hanging of
the paintings.
She was wearing olive gold
tight pants, a black jersey shirt
and a short orange denim jacket
with earthy green and brown de
tailing. Her jewelry was a Mexi
can pendant the size of a small
frying pan, suspended from a
neck chain; her bag, a straw
handled carry-all covered with
orange feathers.
Lila is very fond of orange,
which is used generously yet
tastefully in the second-floor dec
or. Rich gold and the same earthy
greens and browns from the main
floor are used in furniture.
Scenery?
The paintings in the employes'
lunch room are watercolors by a
Greek, Emmanuel Piladakis
inspired, believe it or not, by Ore
gon scenery. On the south wall is
"Sandunes 4," on the east wall,
"Driftwood Land."
The north wall is covered by a
wallpaper mural, the balance of
walls in a vinyl with a stipple ef
fect. The draperies are a custom
design, featuring stylized leaves
in orange and gold tones.
In the women's lounge, there
are orange chairs and a Swedish
daybed covered with a quilted
fabric. The east wall is a foil
mural, and the other walls are
covered with vinyl in a silk pat
tern. The picture is a serigraph
by Irene Lagorio, entitled "Sound
of the Sea Sundown."
Both rooms have custom de
signed tile-top tables, and acces
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The public conference room, in
the same basic color scheme, has
a large mural photograph, show
ing Central Oregon scenery
against a backdrop of the Cas
cades.
In the first floor conference
room, there is another painting
by Emmanuel Piladakis, th'.s one
entitled "Scaltered Rocks." The
carpet is a custom design, with
indefinite orange and gold stripes.
Metal Sculpture
The metal sculpture above the
entrance doors, of stylized pine
boughs, Is by a Portland artist
Tom Hardy. The impressive wood
mural over the tellers' area, the
idea of someone in the architect's
office, is of narrow pine blocks
in random depths and lengths.
stained walnut-color.
Plant fanciers will be glad to
know that the plant in the first
floor conference room is Dra
ceana Warnecki." It has no
bloom, Lila explains. Other plants
include a New Zealand fern, at
the east end of the lobby, and a
Draceana Palm, at the west end,
The Draceana, by the way, are
a genus of the lily family, natives
of Old World tropics. Isn't a dic
tionary a handy thing?
The nubby-texturcd draperies In
the lobby, like others in the build
ing, are fiberglass. Fireproof,
you know," Lila explained with a
vague wave of her bejeweled
hands and a faraway look. That
figures. You can't be too careful,
ARREST MADE
City police Thursday arrested
Ronald Delbert Doney, 29, Pine
Tree Motel, and booked him on
charges of intoxication on a pub
lic street, Bail was fixed at $27.50.
NOTICE HOMEOWNERS
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urging all people in the area toi
observe the occasion at the
church of their choice.
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