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Business Unharmed At Oklahoma Eatery In Serving Negroes ' MAIL TRIBUNE. Medford, Oregon, Friday, SepremW 1 J, 15 J Oklahoma City -CPU- The manager of a large downtown eating place who last month began serving Negroes after a "sitdown" demonstration by colored youths said today the new policy "hasn't hurt our business in any way." The statement from J. B. Masoner, manager of Katz Drug Co.'s store, was solicited after an official of a citywide church organization an nounced plans for a campaign among whites to support the firm's action. To Seek Approach Mrs. E. R. Reno, executive secretary of the Oklahoma City Council of Churches, said a meeting of council leaders would seek an ap proach to the problem. Des pite Masoner's statement, Mrs. Reno said there is evidence that some white persons are boycotting two eating places where Negroes are being served. Question of U.S. Policy in Formosa Denied by Chiefs Washington (ITD Defense Secretary Neil H. McElroy and Gen. Nathan B. Twining flatly denied Thursday a pub lished report that the new U.S. commander in chief in the Pacific questions Ameri can policy in the Formosa situation. The Pentagon issued a two sentence statement from Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, repudiat ing the New York Tunes re port involving Adm. Harry D. Felt. McElroy subsequently said of the story: "It's not true." He was asked about it as he end Twining appeared at the -State Department for a con ference with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Won't Discuss Messages Twining said: "The report this morning that Adm. H. D. Felt, commander in chief, Pacific, has questioned U.S. policy in the Formosa situa tion is not true. Naturally, the Defense Department will neither disclose nor discuss the substance of messages be tween the commander in chief, Pacific, and the Penta gon involving operations in the Formosa area." According to the Times story from Washington, Felt was reported to have ex pressed his dissident views in a series of messages to the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The 'story said he raised questions pbout the wisdom of defend ing the offshore islands of Quemoy, the adequacy of U.S. stocks of non - nuclear munitions, and the effective ness of the Chinese National ist forces. Members of the youth coun cil of the National Associa tion for the Advancement of Colored People occupied most of the seats at the Katz soda fountain for two days before the company agreed to serve them. The S. H.. Kress & Co. nearby immediately bowed then to the group's de mands but all stools at the Kress lunch counter were re moved. Both whites and Ne groes must stand up while eating. A nine-day sitdown at the John A. Brown Co., described as Oklahoma's largest depart ment store, involved as many as 100 Negro youths at one time. Store officials refused to serve them and have stead fastly refused comment on the problem. Whiles To Assist The demonstration was called off last week. NAACP leaders said white organiza tions had agreed to assist in achieving the same goal by other means, since the youths had to return to school. Mrs. Reno said church lead ers have been interviewing restaurant owners and man agers. they favor desegregation," they favor desegreation," Mrs. Reno said. "In most in stances, they would like to open up their restaurants to Negroes, but they don't be lieve their customers would let them. They would lose the business of white customers, they fear." One of Oklahoma City's largest downtown cafeterias, operated by the Young Wo men's Christian Association, has served Negroes for many years. Oklahoma City s schools and public transporta tion have been desegregated in the past three years with out incident, although some schools have remained all white because no Negroes live within their districts. 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