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rOtntTEEN MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Tuesday, March 13, 1958
Racial Desegregation Issues
Churchgoers Into Rival Camps
Splitting
Atlantic UP Chief
Finds Integration
Ideas Rouse Anger
fEditor'f Vote: The Atlanta bureau
hief of United Pres is tourinit the
Deep South, writing a series of close
up dispatches on the bis issues in the
desegregation controversy.)
Br AL KUETTNER
United Preti Correspondent
New Orleans U.R) The
racial desegregation issue is
splitting white churchgoers into
bitter rival camps in the Deep
South.
It is turning church members
against each other, pitting
clergymen against their congre
gations, rousing community
anger at ministers who side with
She Negro on any aspect of inte
gration. ;
There are those who feel that
if true racial equality is ever
to come in the South it must
certainly . come early in the
houses of Christianity.
There are others who are de
termined to keep the churches
racially separate. They say the
Negroes themselves definitely
prefer to worship in their own
churches, with their own race
and in their own deep-rooted rit
uals. This group is in the vast
majority.
The plain fact is that, right
or wrong, there has been no
real attempt byProtestant relig
ious groups to attempt integra
tion.'.; Fever-Pitch Fight
The Roman Catholic church is
another matter and the fiercest
religious fight over the prob
lem is now at fever pitch here
in New Orleans, a city with
large Catholic population and
influence.
A ..pronouncement has come
out from Archbishop Joseph L.
Rummel,' highest Catholic auth
ority : in this area, that segrega
tion; is a : mortal sin and that
parochial schools under his jur
isdiction will be desegregated.
Earlier he closed a rural parish
which refused to accept a Negro
priest
His stand has brought flat, un
precedented v resistance from
many Catholic laymen and un
rest among a segment of the
priesthood.
Actual tests of integrating the
8,000 Negro and 39,000 white
parochial students probably will
not come before next Septem
ber,' but the fight already is on.
O E. A. Wagner, staunch Cath
olic member of the Orleans Par
ish School Board and father of
five children in parochial
schools is among lay leaders op
enly opposing Archbishop Rum
mel. Caused Serious Division
"The situation is causing the
most-;serious division within the
Catholic church in this area in
my memory and has shaken the
faith of those not too strong,"
Wagner says.
"I feel it has reached the
point where Pope Pius should
take a position for or against
desegregation. I believe it is of
sufficient worldwide import
ance for his ' holiness to make
a pronouncement to set at rest
the confused condition of intel
lectually sincere Catholics."
Most Catholic authorities feel
it is most unlikely the Pope will
intervene.
The Catholic situation is,
however, only a small segment
of the overall church picture in
the. .overwhelmingly Protestant
South.
Moist Protestant churches
have ; treaded gingerly around
the: issue or acted as though it
were not there. A number of
church boards have met quietly,
pondered the problem and de
cided privately to stay segregat
ed and say nothing. Some
denominational groups, notably
the Southern Presbyterian As
sembly, have declared them
selves against segregation in
principle:
Merger Defeated
It is important to note that
Negro church groups them
selves are bringing little real
pressure for integration. Mem
phis Negroes voted down a pro
posed merger of white and Ne
gro ministerial associations on
grounds that already "racial an
imosity has become so intense
that at times it has been ex
plosive." The flareups have come in
cases where individual white
ministers aligned themselves on
the side of the Negroes. In most
places where 'clergymen have
taken a positive stand for inte
gration, reaction has been swift.
The pastor of the Batesburg,
S.C., Baptist church, where Gov.
George Bell Timmerman form
erly attended, was dismissed for
-.stating privately he thought seg
regation was wrong. A' Metho
dist minister in that state was
quickly transferred after he
cri.icized the White Citizen's
Council.
In Montgomery. Ala-, a white
Lutheran minister, the Rev.
Robert Graetz, has become the
subject of hot controversy for
his open assistance to Negroes
who have boycotted buses since
Billy Graham Sees Christianity
On the March in Asiatic Areas
Kditor's note: American evangelist
Billy Graham Is returning home after
an eight-week tour of Asia in which
he- visited seven countries. In the fol
lowing dispatch written for Cnited
Press he tells of the rapid growth of
Christianity among Asiatic peoples.)
By -BILLY GRAHAM
Written for United Press
Honolulu ;U.R) Christianity
is on the march in Asia.
I have come to this firm con
clusion after talking to hun
dreds of missionaries and na
tional church leaders in seven
Asiatic countries. I also learned
the reaction of scores of active
non-Christians.
Deep in the jungles of Travan
core, in the south of India, I
sat in the home of a bishop of
the Church of South India.
Christianity has made great
stride there, and it is estimated
more than 50 per cent of the
people in the bishop's city pro
fess Christianity.
The bishop told me of the no
table increase in activity on the
part of the Hindu leaders, and
then added quietly, "They are
worried because they know that
Christianity is going to win."
Hope For Future
The importance of the growth
of the Christian faith is not felt
by church leaders alone. After
a long discussion of India's over
whelming problems with a pro
fessor of economics at one of
India's great universities, I
asked him if he saw any hope
for the future.
After a moment of serious re
flection, he said, "India's only
hope is that she become Christian."
I saw positive evidence of the
surge of Christianity almost
everywhere I looked in " India.
Out of the Travanchore jungles
100,000 persons walked to our
meeting one night half of that
number walking more than 10
miles.
There are other Asiatic coun
tries such as Korea, Formosa
and the Philippines which may
now be spoken of as Christian
nations. By that I do not mean
that all, or even most, of the
people profess Christianity. But
Christianity has definitely be
come the dominating religion.
Influence Felt
In Japan, Christianitys is
making its influence felt and is
having an unprecedented ac-
Jei Explodes Pilot,
Residents Uninjured
Victoria, Tex. (U.R) A
jet fighter plane that caught
fire at 12,000 feet yesterday
crashed near a house with such
force it blew a man out of his
kitchen and his wife out of her
shoes.
The pilot, Capt. John E. Gib
son, 29, Wilmington, Del., bail
ed out when his F100 Super
Sabre jet caught fire. He drift
ed about six miles before land
ing unhurt in Memory Garden
cemetery near the edge of town.
His plane hit the ground with
such impact that it drove itself
out of sight.
The jet crashed 20 feet from
the back porch of the five-room
frame house of M-Sgt. Ted Por
ter, 35, stationed at nearby Fos
ter Air Base. He and his wife
were blown away from their
lunch table by the concussion.
Porter was blown through
the kitchen door into the back
yard. His wife was blown out
of her shoes and into the bath
room. Neither was hurt except
for shock.
Plywood Firm Buys
Roseburg Company
Roseburg (U.R) The giant IT.
S. Plywood Corp. Monday an
nounced purchase of the Youngs
Bay Lumber Co. The acquisition
was announced by the New York
president of U. S. Plywood, S. W.
Antoville. ,
It is a straight stock transfer
subject to approval at a meeting
of Youngs Bay stockholders next
Monday. The arrangement ap
parently provides for an ex
change of 275,000 shares of U. S.
Plywood stock for an estimated
one-half billion board feet of
timber, land and the Youngs Bay
mill in Roseburg.
The stock exchange lists U. S.
Plvwood at S45 a share. That
makes an estimated S12,375,000
Marshall Leeper, local mana
ger of the association division
of U. S. Plywood of Eugene, and
Roy Cummmgs of Roseburg, a
major stockholder in Youngs
Bay, said that Roseburg would
become a production center for
U. S. Plywood and would have
a yearly production of 75,000,000
board feet. They also said there
are plans for establishing a hard
board plant in Roseburg.
Grants, Gifts Are
Accepted by State
Portland (U.R) The State
Board of Higher Education to
day accepted $244,404 in gifts
and grants to its eight camp
uses.
A gift of $50,000 from the
Doernbecher. Hospital Guild,
Portland, will be used for equip
ment at the new medical school
hospital. Grants from the Na
tional Science Foundation to
Oregon and Oregon State for
basic research total S44.980.
The board approved 42 per
sonnel changes, including desig
nation of Dr. F. J. Reithel, as
sociate professor of chemisty,
as acting head of the department
of chemistry at the University
of Oregon while Dr. A. H. Kunz
is on leave of absence. .
Dec. 5 in a dispute over seating
arrangements.
The "passive resistance" dem
onstration there was organized
and is being kept at almost 100
per cent effectiveness by Negro
ministers led by a young Bap
tist pastor, Dr. M. L. King Jr.
Churchmen Sympathetic
A protest leader in South Car
olina who asked that his name
not be mentioned said most
leading churchmen appear
"sympathetic toward desegrega
tion in principle, but like most
moderates they feel they are in
a no-man's-land, being shot at
by both sides." . .
. The Rev. Thomas O. Paris,
head of the White ' Ministerial
association in Memphis, puts it
this "vay: "Desegregation will
not come in church life immed
iately, but will be a slow and
gradual procedure. Whether
that is as it should be is a dif
ferent question. We must be re
alistic."
A quiet-spoken Jewish rabbi
here in New Orleans sits on the
sidelines, counseling that both
sides agree to a "cooling off per
iod to give reason a chance to
prevail over emotions."
Asked his own views on the
stand churches should take, Dr,
Julian B. Feibelman said he pos-
sessed a discussion on the sub
ject that pre-dated the Supreme
Court's civil rights decisions' by
almost 3,000 years. He reached
for a Bible, turned to the book
of Amos and there, in the ninth
chapter, seventh verse, he read:
"Are ye not as the children of
the Ethiopian to me, O children
of Israel?1
ceptance by the populace. Jap
an's prime minister told me that
when the burdens of state be
come most trying he finds com
fort in singing some of the fa
miliar old hymns of the church.
Throughout the Orient I
learned of new schools and, col
leges being organized, any of
them frankly bearing the name
"Christian" and all of them re
ceiving far more applications
from students than they can ac
cept with their present facilities.
I approached this journey
with some apprehension, won
dering just what was the mes
sage for the "Indian mind," the
"Japanese mind," the "Chinese
mind." I found no difference
whatsoever. 1
The same gospel message
which was effective in America,
in Canada, in Great Britain and
across Europe was equally ef
fective throughout the Asiatic
world. This leads me to believe
firmly that human nature is the
same everywhere, and that
Christ has an answer for the
yearning, questing soul who is
searching for peace and secur
ity in our troubled world.
I Five Youths Released
From Theft Charges
Five Central Point youths,
ages 16, 17 and 18, were appre
hended over the week end for
using three cars on February 29
without permission of the own
ers, Oran Chastain, Central Point
police chief reported today.
The police chief said the five
used cars belonging to William
McGee, 312 Maple st., John C.
Cimful, 162 North Second st.
and William D. Rhea Jr., 120
North Third st., all Central
Point.
T wo of the autos were report
ed to have been damaged.
District Attorney Walter Nun
ley said that the 16-year-old was
turned over to juvenile authori
ties and the 17-year-old had
joined the Air Force before his
apprehension. The other three,
all age 18, were released by au
thorities in order to join the
Marine Corps. Nunley said that
the youths will make full resti
tution for the damage to the
cars, which has not as yet been
fully determined, and will be
given no further penalty.
Red Poland President
Dies of Heart Attack
Moscow (U.R) Boleslaw
Bierut, the veteran Polish Com
munist who rose from newsboy
to president of Communist Po
land, died in Moscow last night
following a heart attack. He
was 63.
Bierut held the post of first
secretary of the United Polish
Workers Communist party at
the time of his death. He had
served Poland both as Premier
and President in the days after
World War II.
Bierut was the second top
foreign Communist to die in
Moscow in the past few years.
Czech President Klement Gott
wald died here in 1953 from
pneumonia .after attending the
funeral of Josef Stalin.
Bierut was in Moscow as head
of the Polish delegation to the
recent 20th Congress of the So
viet Communist party.
HONOR PATTERSON
Sacramento, Calif. '(U.R) The
California assembly rules com
mittee yesterday approved a
resolution memorializing the
late Gov. Paul L. Patterson of
Oregon. ;.
Registered Hereford
Show Starts Tomorrow
Forty-two registered Heref ords
will be in the Cal-Oregon Here
ford sale show ring at 1 p.m.
Wednesday and will be auction
ed at 11 ajn. Thursday at the
Jackson county fairgrounds.
Consignors include Apple-
gate Farm, Jacksonville: Dale
E. Bigham, Eagle Point; Bernice
Bigham, Eagle Point; John and
Edyth Bohnert, Central Point;
Marilyn Bohnert, Central Point
Mr. and Mrs. Howell H. Cook,
Ashland: Ralph L. Cook, Med-
ford; Robert H. and Nettie Field,
Central Point; Merle Goode,
Macdoel, Calif.; Walter House,
Grants Pass; Otto N. and Treva
G. Jones, Gold Hill; Earle and
Eleanor Jossy, Eagle Point; E.
N. Lippert and Sons, Williams
and Donald K.' Nichols, Ashland.
Auctioneer will be Ellis White,
Ontario.
County Court Inspects
Flood Damaged Roads
Members of the county court
and County Engineer Paul Ryn-
ning are making a tour of in
spection today of damaged coun
ty roads, according to County
Commissioner L. G. Morthland.
" County roads received dam
age estimated m the thousands
of dollars during local floods in
February.
Margaret Truman's Long Wait for the
Right Man Not Unusual to Her Parents
By ROBERT ZIMMERMAN
United Press Correspondent
New York U,R) Margaret
Truman waited a long time for
the right man to come along.
When he came he was a gray
haired foreign correspondent
more than 10 years her senior,
and as handsome and polished
a gentleman as a girl could
want.
There were those who were
worried about Margaret. She
had stayed single a long time,
to the point in most families
where the aunts and uncles
would be shaking their heads
and wondering.
But for the Trumans it wasn't
at all unusual.
Harry Truman, patient and
persistent, courted Bess Wallace
through his high school days
and well into manhood before he
got her to the altar of the
Trinity Episcopal Church at In
dependence, Mo., in 1919. They
were both 35.
Helped and Hindered
By then they must have
known what they wanted, and
there is reason . to believe that
Margaret, their only child, born
in 1924, has known all along
what she wanted and has been
out to get it.
The turn of events that made
her father a senator, then vice
president, and finally president
of the United States both help
ed and hindered the accomplish
ment of Margaret's dreams. She
was 21, the age when most girls
are thinking about getting mar
ried, when she spent her first
night in the White House
At Washington dances the
men used to cut in before she
could take two steps with her
original partner. "It would have
been nice," she wrote recently,
"to think that my face or my
smile or my manners or my ball
gown or the way I danced had
drawn them to my side, but I
have never been able to fool my
self . . . they wanted to tell some
body the next morning they had
danced with the President's
daughter.
The maturing Margaret had a
twinkling charm, a keen sense
of humor and a flare for glamor
and excitement. She was attrac
tive but not beautiful, -and even
the most well-intentioned pho
tographer could not do justice
to her appearance,
Had Dates Galore
There were dates galore in
Washington but no real romance.
, A beau taking a girl home to
a front porch lit by floodlights i maintained a fierce loyalty to
and watched by Secret Service
men is not encouraged to linger.
"There is not much you can do
except shake hands," Margaret
wrote, "and that's no way to get
engaged."
But there were other things.
As a little girl growing up in
a small town in Missouri Mar
garet had dreame'd of being a
concert singer. This she accom
plished and, though she was not
the world's best she knew the
thrill of taking bows in Carnegie
Hall.
She later wanted to try act
ing, ana made a successful de
but in summer stock. Shu be
came a comedienne, too, and did
turns before television cameras
with such veterans as -Jimmy
Durante.
Throughout this career she
Daily Veather Report
Sunset tonight 6:15 p.m. Sunrise
tomorrow 625 a.m.
FORECASTS
Mpdford and vicinity: Mostly cloudy
with light scattered showers this eve
ning. Decreasing cloudiness Wednes
day morning, becoming partly cloudy
Wednesday afternoon and evening.
Low tonieht 38. High Wednesday 58.
Western Oregon: raruy ciouay iu
night and partly sunny and warm
Wednesday. Low tonight 32-40. High
Wednesday 50-58.
Northern California: Light rain
likely Eureka northward and occal-
sional snow over mountains man
Oregon border. Mostly fair elsewhere
tonight. Wednesday mostly fair and
cooler north portion.
LOCAL, DATA
TEMPERATUHE: Mean yesterday
44: below normal 3.
Record high this date 81 m I92t.
RniriT-H low this rial 24 in 1954.
PRECIPITATION: 24 hours to mid
night, none. Midnight to 10 a.m.. trace.
Total this month 1.29 inches, .59
inrh.- above normal.
' Total since Sept. 1. 27.76 inches.
14.10 inches above normal.
HUMIDITY: Lowest yesterday 15
hiphpst this a.m. 81.
CITY High Low Prec.
Brookings 61 41
Crater Lake 43 11 - .02
Grants Pass 62 33
Klamath Falls 43 26
MFTVirrmn 60 37
Portland 50 40 T
Seattle 40 34 T
Sookane .. 35 25 .10
Yakima 43 26
Eureka
Red Bluff .
Sacramento ....
San Francisco 62
Los Angeles 66
57
68
65
39
39
36
39
45
Phoenix 65 34
Denver 27 7
Chicago 30 19
Miami J 78 73
New York 45 31
Washington. D.C 47 33
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her father in his ups and downs
of popular favor. He recipro
cated, leading to such incidents
as his letter of rebuff to a music
critic who didn't like the way
Margaret sang.
Margaret recently disclosed
that she vowed in 1945 not to
get married while her father
was president. After 1952 this
self-imposed bar had been lifted
but she continued to lead gossip
columnists down blind alleys
with her changing escorts who
failed to become anything but
good friends.
Just Good Friends" 1
As a confirmed New Yorker
she began to be seen regularly
last year with songwriter Harold
Arlen. "Just good friends," she
insisted.
Through mutual friends in
November she met a seasoned,
successful foreign correspondent
just back from Moscow. Cliff
Daniel became more than an
escort, and by January, when
Mr. and Mrs. Truman came to
New York on a political mission.
Margaret had someone special-
to introduce to them.
"They were delighted," Mar
garet revealed at her press con
ference with Daniel Monday.
Back in Independence, Mr.
Truman,, who had a press con
ference too, showed his delight
with one of his broadest grins.
No one doubted that Harry Tru
man thought his little girl Mary
Margaret had done all right. She
knew what she was after and
she got it.
Births
HARRIS To Mr. and Mrs.
Robert, route 1, box 453, Ash
land, March 11, boy, 7 pounds,
Sacred Heart hospital.
FIVE-DAY FORECAST
fThrouirh March 18)
Western . Washington and Western
Oregon Temperatures near or slight
lv below normal. Highs western
Washington mostly 45-55, western
Oregon 50-65. Lows 35-45. Light rain
about Thursday.
Northern California No precipita
tion except light rain likely on coast
near Oregon border tonight. Temper
atures below normal.
WALKER To Mr. and Mrs.
Bob, 343 Bridge st., Ashland,
March 12. girl, 6'4 pounds, Sa
cred Heart hospital.
POLESKI Mr. and Mrs. Ed
ward, 148 Wiriema way, March
12, girl, 8 pounds, Sacred Heart
hospital.
RANDALL-To Mr. and Mrs.
H. G., Box 203, Camp White,
March 12, boy, 9 pounds, Sacred
Heart hospital,
PHILLIPS To Mr. and Mrs.
Kenneth, 805 Cedar st., March
12, 1956, a girl, ,6 pounds, at
Community hospital. ;
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