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
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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. '
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Northern Pacific Tells
Plans for Improvements
Portland (U.R) Northern
Pacific railroad Saturday an
nounced plans to spend $32,000,
000 for improvements and new
equipment next year.
NP President Robert S. Mac
farlane said the amount repre
sented a 4 per cent increase over
the 1955 budget.
Largest item on the budget
was $13,000,000 for 79 diesel lo
comotive units. Included was $4.
000,000 for construction of
freight cars.
mission and by the state engi
neer's office.
The water board contended
the projects would actually en
hance recreational values by
creating three permanent lakes
where only temporary bodies of
water now exist.
The board will build three
dams in the project one at Fish
lake, one at Clear lake, and one
at Beaver Marsh where the 30,-000-kilowatt
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