Retreat on Civil Rights Bill Becomes Rout
24 Days After Senator Russell Calls Foul
Bt LYLE C. WILSON
UniUd Pru Correspondent
Washington W It is 24
day since Georgia's Sen. Rich
ard B. Russell called a foul on
the Eisenhower administration
for what he regarded as dishon
estly sharp practices in merch
andising its civil rights bill.
Russell spoke in the U.S. Sen
ate on July 2. The burden of his
indictment was this: That the
administration bill was deliber
atelyately and craftily written
for such purposes as the forcible
integration of southern schools,
Jletels and swimming pools
If teres ft was being presented
te tie public as merely a bill
30 stake it possible for eligible
(jttnthern negroes to vote.
BtarztM Senate
Vussell startled the Senate
'wTta his explanation of how the
tsll would authorize a president
to arder the army, navy and mil
tt to enforce integration in all
'the public places of the south.
Be allocked his colleagues with
wl unqualified warning that
' would flow in any such
)icen, that concentration
Baas would have to come to
told the overflow from southern
Tee senator said he thought
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President Eisenhower did not
know all that was in his own
civil rights bill. Subsequent
news conferences indicated Rus
sell was correct. At that point
in the first week of July, the
administration began a strategic
retreat on civil rights.
In the matter of three weeks
Abatement Sought at
Alleged Vice Spot
Portland W1 Abatement
proceedings opened Friday be
fore Circuit Judge (pro tern)
Franklin C. Howell here against
a Portland restaurant for alleg
ed gambling on the premises.
The building, recently sold to
Saul Friedman, a professional
contract buyer, by Robert See
gar, and in turn leased by Fried
man to Mrs. Opal Dickson, was
the scene of 68 arrests after a
Feb. 10 gambling raid.
Friedman and his son, David,
a real estate salesman, said they
knew nothing of the abatement
proceedings until July 2.
Defense attorneys for the
Friedmans and Mrs. Dickson
said all three were victims of
the business transaction.
since Russell spoke, the retreat
has become a disorderly rout.
The pending legislation, as now
amended, more properly could
be called a Russell bill for what
is not in it than an administra
tion bill for what it still con
tains. The administration moved fast
to check ihe senate trend against
the bill, although not fast
enough. Sen. William F. Know-
land (R-Calif.) was leader of
the Republican-Democratic coa
lition which sought senate ap
proval of the bill, which already
had been approved by the house.
Amendments Accepted
Knowland and others quickly
decided to accept a pair of
amendments proposed by Rus
sell, one to require senate con
firmation of the person selected
by the president to be staff di
rector of the proposed civil
rights commission. No. 2 was to
remove from the bill authority
for the proposed commission to
accept the services of unpaid
volunteers.
This second amendment was
to prevent representatives of
such arganizations as the Nation
al Association For the Advance
ment of Colored People from
volunteering as enforcers and
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MEDFORD GRANTS PASS ASHLAND
investigators of civil rights. Pro
visior for such volunteer oppor
tunities was one of the parts of
the bill which raised the ques
tion of who wrote the legislation
in the first place. The provision
for the use of the armed forces
was another. The author or au
thors remain unidentified.
Provisions Defended
The bill, substantially in the
form it passed the house and
reached the senate, was sent to
congress by attorney general
Herbert Brownell Jr. Brownell
defended all of its provisions in
public committee hearings. Un
der pressure of Russell's attack,
however, the administration de
cided to retreat part way dn en
forced integration in the south.
Knowland and sen. Hubert H.
Humphrey D-Minn.) teamed up
in an effort to draft a compro
mise amendment which would
have forbidden the attorney gen
eral to intervene with legal pro
ceedings in behalf of southern in
tegration except at the request
of a local authority as, for ex
ample, a school board. That re
treat was neither fast nor far
enough. Efforts to achieve com
promise ended in failure.
The senate this week axed
the integration section, leaving
the bill just what it originally
was advertised to be a guar
antee of the right to vote.
Miss Oregon Choice
Slated at Seaside
Seaside IIP) Beauties from
Springfield, Portland, Roseburg
and Seaside went into the semi
finals at Seaside Saturday night
in the contest to choose Miss
Oregon of 1957.
Winners in the opening 'per
formance of the Miss Oregon
pageant Friday night were Miss
Springfield, Dors Pilacznski, in
evening gown; Miss Portland,
Nancy Wenman, in swimming
suit and Miss Roseburg. Judith
Hensley, in talent. Miss Seaside,
Sue Ward, opened the pageant
with a welcominb speech to the
audience. She introduced John
nie Carpenter of Portland as
master of ceremonies.
The judges are Mrs. Robert D.
Holmes, wife of the governor
who is a former resident of Gear-
hart; Del Moore, former head of
the music department of Ore
gon State college; Mrs. George
Gray, past worthy advisor of
Rainbow club for girls; Dan
Webster, "Corvallis manager of
Pacific Power and Light Co.,
and Dorothy Olson,- Pan-American
stewardess.
Pendleton Boy Saved
From Burning Home
Pendleton HP) A three-year-old
Pendleton boy5 was rescued
by city police and firemen after
he was overcome by smoke in
his parent's home Saturday.
Pendleton police and firemen
found Edward Miltenberger on
the floor of the single-story home
and rushed him to St Anthony's
hospital, where hi condition
was pronounced "good" after
treatment.
His mother, Mrs. J. D. Milten
berger, told authorities who re
sponded to an alarm that she
had led three of her children to
safety but had been unable to
find Edward. ,
Police and firemen waded
through the smoke and found
the boy.
Firemen said the blaze, con
fined to the rear of the house,
apparently was caused by the
loose connection of an electric
appliance.
Three Fires Burn
In Area Saturday
Two grass fires occurred in
this area Saturday afternoon
one in Medford and one at Cen
tral Point, it was reported.
The Medford fire department
reported that a carelessly dis
carded cigarette probably caused
the grass fire next to the Air
port rd. It burned a patch 300
feet'long and 15 feet wide.
Another grass fire was re
ported occurring Saturday after
noon at the H. C. Coffman resi
dence, Rt. 2, Central Point, on
Orr Drive. It burned approxi
mately one acre before being
brought under control. One
pumper, a tanker and a jeep
were used by the seven-man
crew.
The Medford fire department
also reported no damage re
sulted from the flue fire Satur
day at 132 Vancouver St. Cause
was blamed on trash burning
in the fireplace. Owner of the
house is F. O. Sutton.
Guerrilla Bombs Kill
Six Persons in Algeria
Algiers W Anti-French
guerrillas set off 10 bombs in
Algeria Saturday, killing at least
six persons and injuring eight
others.
Two innocent Arab bystanders
were killed by bombs set off in
the provincial city of Tlemcen.
In Algeriers, two guerrilla dy
namiters were killed by their
own explosives. A third was
lynched by an angry crowd in
Oran.
Terrorist Hunted
In Kidnaping Case
Marysville, Calif. HP) Yuba
county authorities, helped by
lew clues, Saturday sought a
middle-aged terrorist who stop
ped a young couple late Friday
night on a lonely road, killing
a man and kidnaping his female
companion.
The murderer pulled his car
in front of the couple's vehicle
and ordered its driver. Bill
Wells Hale, 22, a telephone com
pany employee, to get out. Hale
was then shot through the eye
with a 22-calibre rifle.
His companion was - Patricia
Hansen, 25, a Grass Valley beau
ty operator and divorced mother
of two children. She was forced
into the killer's car, driven off
and terrorized for nearly two
hours.
She said her wrists were
bound with adhesive tape and
she was threatened with a razor
blade. When another car ap
peared behind them in a coun
try lane, Mrs. Hansen freed her
hands, leaped out and ran to the
approaching vehicle.
Mrs. Hansen described her
terrorizer as being 45 years old,
six feet tall, wearing an orange
plastic helmet and work fclothes.
He appeared to be a construc
tion or logging worker, she said.
Highway 30 Crash
Takes Two Lives.
The Dalles HP) A two-car
collision on U. S. Highway 30,
15 miles west of here Saturday
took the lives of two persons
and injured five others.
Killed in the collision were
Mrs. Maxine Gale, 31, The Dal
les, and Merle J. Vanderyacht,
43, Astoria.
Injured were John Joseph
Gale, 32, husband of Maxine,
and the four Gale children, Grif
fith, 7; Debee Louise, 4; Virgin
ia, 3; and Michael, 5.
The husband is listed in criti
cal condition in a Hood River
hospital and Deebee Louise is
listed as critical in a hospital
at The Dalles.
The accident occurred at 1:57
a.m., according to state police
officers.
Vanderyacht had pulled out
to pass a hay truck on a sweep
ing curve and struck the Gale
car which was traveling east.
State police officers said that
both cars were demolished.
Woman Assaulted
In Family's Presence
Sacramento ItPl A 28-year-old
mother was raped in her
motel room early Saturday in
the presence of her husband and
three children, police said.
Mrs. Donald Beckett, Los
Angeles, was ravished by a
masked gunman who entered
the room shortly before sunrise
and demanded her husband's
wallet.
The assualt was carried out
as her husband and three sons,
aged 7, 6 and 4, were forced to
lie face down on other beds in
the room.
Beckett said the gunman ap
parently gained entry with the
help of a key which Beckett
had left in the door before re
tiring.
The Intruder wore a green
and white scarf over his face,
was about 35 years old and stood
six feet tall. Police said his des
cription and behavior was not
similar to that of assailants in
recent Bay area attacks.
Emergency Relief
Rushed To Japan Isle
Tokyo, Japan (IP) relief ag
encies rushed rescue teams, med
ical supplies, food and drinking
water to Japan's southern island
of Kyushu Saturday to relieve
devastation wronght by two days
of floods and landslides.
Japanese police officially list
ed 478 persons dead, 298 mis
sing and 3,646 injured as of mid
night Saturday. They said more
than 100,000 others were home
less or otherwise in distress.
Police said casualty reports
would rise as communications
were restored in the stricken
areas. Japanese newspapers esti
mated the final toll of dead and
missing might reach 3,000.
Sudden torrential rains dump
ed 31 inches of water in 24 hours
on the Nagasaki area of western
Kyushu Thursday.
Woman's Body Found
In San Francisco Bay
San Francisco (IP) The body
of a fully clothed woman with
several "knife-like wounds" on
her arms was found Saturday
floating in San Francisco Bay
near Pier 22.
The coroner's office identified
the woman as Dorthea Johnson,
30. A spokesman said the cause
of death had not been deter
mined. An autopsy was to be
performed tomorrow.
The spokesman said the
"slashes on her arms could not
have caused death." He said the
condition of the body indicated
it had been in the water "only
a few hours."
Sunday. July 28. 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
Missing Boys Found
In Blue Mountains
Baker IIP) Two boys lost
in the heavily wooded Blue
Mountain area near Unity, Ore.,
45 miles south of here, were
found early Saturday by sher
iff's deputies.
The youngsters. David Gray,
8, and Richard Gray, -3, were
found at 12:30 a.m. about three
miles from the Orion mine
where their parents were visi
ting friends.
They had wandered from the
mine about 7:30 p.m. Friday. The
boys were unharmed and repor
ted in good condition.
Superior National forest in
northeastern Minnesota is the
largest national forest in the
United States. It covers "more
than three million acres and
has more than 5,000 lakes.
The corn borer cost lit mil
lion dollars in 1956, according
to the U. S. Department of Ag
riculture. It destroyed about
three per cent of the total corn
crop.
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