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TWO MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Sunday, NoTember 27, 1935 9CC Outlaws Segregation For interstate Travelers; South Faces Complex Problem I Atlanta (U.R) The South today faced a complex prob lem of freeing Negroes travel ing across state lines of heir "Jim Crow" status while en forcing local segregation laws for other Negro travelers. Thijt prospect emerged from the order handed down by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion Friday outlawing racial segregation of interstate passen gers on trains and buses, and in waiting rooms. In the sparse immediate comment by state officials and transportation executives many indicated they would not be able to foresee full implications of the order until after giving it further study. Georgia's Atty. Gen. Eugene Cook declared his state will con tinue to enforce its segregation but admitted the job would be a complicated one. Mississippi officials said, on the other hand, that they felt the order was "not too import ant" inasmuch as many carriers have already lowered the color line on interstate travelers. Banned on Trains The U. S. Supreme Court in 1951 ordered pullman and din ing cars integrated and the rail roads ended the practice of shun- ting Negroes into "Jim Crow" coaches as the trains entered the South. Segregation on most buses re mained intact, however, and both rail and bus lines are equipped with dual waiting rooms and toilets in the South, with their segrated use controll ed by state and local law. But under the ICC ruling the Negroes pausing in their inter state travels or those arriving for trips beyond borders of their state cannot be forced to use the facilities set aside for them. ' Officials of several of the 13 railroads directly involved in the order were not prepared to say just how they will meet the problem. The order becomes ef fective Jan. 10. The Carolina Coach Co., the bus line directly involved, said it had discontinued the practice - of segregating interstate travel ers several years ago but it must continue segregating other pass engers. R. C. Hoffman Jr., president pf Carolina Coach, in a state ment at Raleigh, N.C., pointed to the key words of the problem "Interstate" (between states) and "Intrastate" (within one state). Required by Stale Law "We are required by state laws in North Carolina and Vir ginia to segregate passengers in intrastate commerce," he said. '. Thus the South, its state seg regation laws unaffected by the ICC order, will have two groups of Negro travelers the inters and the intras each with its own legal status. Intrastate travel has become involved in a segregation suit in one state South Carolina in a case that is already headed to ward a Supreme Court decision. In that case a Negro woman in a suit against the South Caro lina Electric and Gas Co. several mnnttis acn won a decision by the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Ap peals outlawing segregation in intrastate buses. Gov. George Bell Timmerman Jr., after conferences with com pany officials and state attor neys, decided to appeal the ruling to the highest court. I TOP C THE MORN President Eisenhower tips his hat in greeting to a crowd of well-wishers gathered in front of his office in Gettysburg, Pa. Workers Return As Hlddle SfriEte Settled ROBERT E. LEE OPTOMETRIST 309 EAST BTH ST. BLM. . . . Years of specialized study with practice for preventative vis ual troubles make possible highly satis factory results with lenses and treatment. Special attention to children's eye problems. Riddle, Ore. (U.R) A Wild cat strike that halted both pro duction and construction work at the sprawling Hanna Nickel Company Smelter here came to an end late Saturday in a agree ment to. handle jtrike issues through normal grievance pro cedure under the union contract. Nickel Plant General Manager Earl Mollard and CIO steelwork ers business agent John Rusen said an amicable agreement was reached after an all-day meet ing. Back lo Work Mollard said some 350 em ployees of the Hanna Company and 200 employees of the Bechtal Company which was in stalling new furnaces in the plant would return to work im mediately. He said the plant should, be in full production by 11 p.m. Sunday night. Six Douglas county sheriff's officers under Sheriff Ira Byrd patrolled the plant area Satur day but no violence resulted from the walkout. ; Byrd said the walkout, which was not sanctioned by the union, resulted 1 when four men were ordered to clean up the plant fur nace area Monday and refused. They left the job at mid-shift. No new men were hired. When the original work gang returned to the job, they were told they had been replaced. Walkout Spreads The walkout spread to the Bechtal Construction company and eventually involved about 550 employees. Workers milled around the plant for several days but anticipated violence did not develop. The local CIO Steelworkers union was called in Wednesday to help the company end the walkout. Union and Company officials said. the four men who touched off the dispute would not work until final settlement had been reached. Reyes Moved to Albany To Await Murder Trial Albany (U.R) Martin B. Reyes, 23, Friday was moved from the Benton county jail at Corvallis to the Linn county jail ; in Albany to await trial on a I charge of murdering Jummy Ap- plegate of Corvallis Oct. 25. ! Reyes was one of a pair of Eugene jail escapees who held several persons captive during their flight through the Willam ette valley. Applegate was shot while trying to capture Reyes in Corvallis. Trial has been set for Dec. 6 at Corvallis. Waler Board Said Not Against Dam Eugene (U.R) A spokesman for the Eugene Water and Elec tric Board Saturday denied a statement by Sen. Richard L. Neuberger (D-Ore.) that the board had once opposed a high dam on the Snake river at Hells Canyon. The spokesman said the board had opposed only certain fea tures of the Hells Canyon bill, such as financing methods. In reply to Sen. Neuberger's statement yesterday that licens ing of the board's Beaver Marsh projects on the upper McKenzie would damage scenic and recrea tion values, the spokesman said those considerations had been carefully studied in hearings both by the Federal Power com- Sherry Fong Trial Completes Second Week in Portland Portland OI.R) The Sherry Fong murder trial sputtered to the end of its second week Fri day with testimony about fear and a "body in the basement." After cancelling the morning session Friday Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson read a pre pared statement in which he sought to end legal wrangling that has delayed proceedings. The judge said that from now on until end of the trial the court will adhere to a court rule pro viding that no argument will be allowed on an objection or mo tion except when the judge asks attorneys for; their views. . First state witness Friday was Sherman Marriott, a resturaht operator. He testified that he and his wife met Sherry Fong in a bar Jan. 20, 1954. He said she described her life as "fantastic." Found a Body "I even found a body in my basement," Marriott quoted Mrs. Fong as saying. He later quali fied this by adding "Or maybe she said someone found a body. Anyway, it was something about a body connected with her base ment." James Whitmore told the court he was with Mrs. Fong at a night club the night of Feb. 26, 1954, a short time after the body of 16-year-old Diane Hank had been found near Washougal, Wash. Asked if Mrs. Fong said any thing to him about murder, Whit more replied: "Yes, she said she was afraid she might be arrested. I asked her why, and she said I would see it in the papers." Mrs. Fong and her husband, Wey Him, are under joint indict ment for the murder of the Hank girl, but they are being tried separately. Legalized Gambling Heads for Rich Year Carson City, Nev. (U.R) Nevada's legalized gambling in dustry is headed for a $100,000, 000 year richest in its history. But it may not be the most profitable year for the 34 major casinos. Last year the state tax on gross winnings was wo per cent; last spring the Legislature virtually doubled the gambling tax. The State Gaming' Control board reported Saturday that the Las Vegas, Reno and Lake Tahoe casinos separated $11,000,000 morei from their customers dur ing me first nine months of this year -than during the same period in 1954. Last year the state's casinos reported approximately $91,000, 000 gross winnings. Preliminary figures for 1955 indicate the new gambling tax will net the state $3,955,532, or slightly more than double last year's returns. VATICAN ANNOUNCES Pope Pius XII saw vision of Christ during critical moments of grave illness last winter. Picture was made recently when His Holiness granted audience to 800 Italian sheepherders at Castel Gandolfo. (International) Small Tract Owners Hold New Crop Key Salem (U.R) Farmers and owners of small tracts of forest lands may hold the key to half the problem of growing a new crop of trees, Charles H. Ladd, chief forester for the State For estry Department, said here Sat urday. "The small woodland owners hold over 4,900,000 acres of our finest commercial timberlands," Ladd said. More than 35,000 owners are involved. Ladd said the treat ment these lands receive will have a great influence on the future forest economy of Oregon. Ladd estimated that 4,000, 000,000 board feet of timber was harvested from these small "woodlands" in 1954. Whether or not a new forest crop can be harvested from these small holdings depends upon the owner and his forestry program, Ladd said, adding: "The timber from the farm woodlands must meet part of our future needs and offset losses resulting from fire, insects and disease." Malaya and England have about the same areas. ' FREE lEOTUGt Medford Senior High Monday Evening November 28 at 8 PH. "Christian Science: The Way of Obedience to Divine Law'7 By James Harry McReynoIds, G.S.B. of Dallas, Texas Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts. 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