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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1958
2nd SECTION
Sen. Javits Favors New Laws
To Combat Southern Bombings
Editor's note: Ben. Jacob K.
Javits and Senclect Kenneth B.
Keating, both New York Kepubli
cana, have returned from an on-the-spot
investigation of bombings
In tha South. In the following dis
patch, Javits reports bis observa
tions and recommendations.
By SEN. JACOB K. JAVITS
Written for UPI
New York-tTI-The explo
sion that wrecked an inte
grated public school in West
Virginia early this Monday
morning was caused by the
68th bomb used by what
consider to be terrorists since
the Supreme Court decreed
desegregation in the public
schools in 1954.
These outrages against
schools, homes, houses of
worship, places of business
and a community center have
so aroused the conscience of
every good American that
Believe there is a growing
public support throughout the
nation for a law which would
stamp these acts of terror fed
eral crimes where they are
the result of interstate ac
tivity.
Reviewing our observations
during the fact-finding trip
that Senator-elect Ken Keat
ing of New York and I just
took to three Southern cities
where bombs have exploded,
I believe this latest outrage
could well fit the pattern of
bombings which law enforce
ment offiqers label the work
of a relatively small group of
fanatics growing out of the
tension connected with segre
gation in the South s public
schools.
Even if this latest bombing
is not directly connected as
apparently that in Peoria, 111.,
was not, the people who com
mit these crimes are still unit
ed in the delusion that their
vicious acts may be condoned
by large segments of the pub
lic, if not by local officials
themselves. The failure of
many state and local officials
in the South to take a deter
mined stand in support of the
maintenance of law and order
and upholding the U.S. Con
stitution tends to create a cli
mate in which fanatics may be
emboldened and the law may
be disregarded with impunity,
notwithstanding that the pub
lic officials who speak against
desegregation are also op
posed to bombings or dis
order. An integral part of the cli
mate of tension In certain
Southern areas has been the
heavy dissemination of hate
mail in many of the target
cities, much of it reportedly
sent from Northern and West
ern states, it .is now being cir
culated in such volume that
the post office says complaints
about hate mail have literally
quadrupled in the last few
weeks.
New Laws Essential
It is for these reasons then,
buttressed by our on the spot
observations, that I consider
essential the enactment of
new laws. We should give
federal agencies concurrent
jurisdiction with local law en
forcement agencies in hate
bombing cases where inter
state conspiracy or action is
indicated so that the FBI may
move in immediately with au
thority to seek to apprehend
terrorists, much as they do
now in kidnap cases under
the Lindbergh law, with full
cooperation if that is avail
able. We also must broaden the
scope of existing statutes to
ban from the mail hate liter
ature which incites to vio
lence while guarding against
any infringement of our tra
ditional freedom of speech
and press. So far, at least 10
of my Republican colleagues
in the Senate have indicated
to me that they would join
in co-sponsoring anti-bombing
and anti-hate mail legislation
early in the next congression
al session.
My trip also convinced me
that Congerss must restore
the original part three struck
from the Civil Rights Act of
1957 in the Senate so that the
U.S. attorney general may go
into court to seek to secure
the full range of civil rights
guaranteed under the Consti
tution to every citizen legiti
mately complaining of being
deprived of them. In addition,
federal funds should be made
available to any school dis
trict cut off from state finan
cial support because they at
tempt to comply with the Su
preme Court's "order on de
segregation of the public
schools.
ROGUE RIVER
Club Meeting Held
By MRS. MYRTLE WHIPPLE
Rogue River - The Laurel
Garden club met Nov. 5 at
the home of Mrs. Claire Doug
las on Evans Creek road, with
Mrs. James Whipple as co
hostess. After a dessert luncheon,
the meeting opened by prayer
by the chaplain, Mrs. Victor
Fridess. The usual business
meeting was held after roll
call was answered by garden
tips.
A work shop, to be held at
the home of the president,
Mrs. Henry Bonney, at 1 p.m.,
Nov. 13, was planned.
There were 13 members
present and four guests.
Guests were Mrs. Robert
Nichols, district director of
Medford, Mrs. E. E. Gregory,
president of the Gold Hill
club, Mrs. George Dorman,
secretary of the Gold Hill
club and Mrs. C. H. Milligan,
treasurer of the Evans Valley
club.
Mrs. Nichols gave a talk
on the work of the clubs. Mrs
Esther Shock talked on Ha
waii. She just returned from
a three weeks' visit there.
The program was on chry
santhemums. . Many different
ones were on display. Next
meeting will be at the home
of the Thieson sisters on
Dec. 3.
Medford. While in the Navy
Paul circled South America,
visited Rio De Janeiro, Trini
dad and Panama. Prior to this,
he had been to Okinawa.
Recent visitors at the Jim
Whipple home were Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Ruefly of Pasco,
Wash., and Mrs. George Mar
tin and Linnie Conley of
Rogue River.
Mr. and Mrs. Ruefly were
early residents of Rogue River
(then Woodville) and it had
been almost 50 years since
they and Whipple had seen
each other.
George Magerle received a
bad cut on his leg and a hand
injury while at work last
Thursday at Williams, Ore,
Some part of the loader
broke, causing some pieces of
the machinery to hit Magerle.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Voss
entertained with a card party
Saturday night at their home
on Old Stage road north.
Guests were Mr. and Mrs.
Lloyd Smith, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Miller, and Mr. and Mrs.
James Whipple.
The Rogue River Hobby
club met Oct. 28 at the coun
try home of Mrs. Harry Con
dray with eight members
present and two guests, Mrs.
Fred Bond and Mrs. 'Bud'
Webb.
A luncheon was served at
1 pjn. by the hostess, Mrs.
Condray, after which hobby
gifts were exchanged, and the
afternoon was spent visiting
and doing fancy work. The
next meeting will be Nov 19,
at the home of Mrs. Alma
Shontz on Highway 99 south.
Paul Pugh has received his
discharge from the Navy and
is home and employed in
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Thexton
have moved into the Richard
Scott house on Cedar st. The
Thextons were former resi
dents of Sacramento.
Fire of unknown origin al
most destroyed the vacant
house on the corner of Third
and Cedar sts. early Satur
day morning. The place be
longed to Mr. Webb of Cen
tral Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Magerle
and son, Dick, returned Fri
day from Viola, Calif.' where
they had been cutting Christ
mas trees.
VISIT EMPEROR
Tokyo -(UPD- Canadian Fi
nance Minister and Mrs. Don
ald M. Fleming paid an offic
ial call on Emperor, Hirohita
and Empress Nagako today.
Civil War Said
Unnecessary
Houston, Tex. -(UPD- Col.
Walter Williams, elder of the
two remaining survivors of
the Civil War, observed Veter
an's Day Tuesday with the
opinion that the War Between
the States was unnecessary.
"We could -have gotten
along without it," Williams
said. "Fighting brought noth
ing but destruction and waste.
The Civil War was just like
all the others. It was uncalled
for."
Williams, who marched
with Gen. Robert E. Lee be
fore Appomattox, will be 116
years old Friday. John Sail
ing, 112, another Confederate
veteran, is the only other sur
vivor of the Civil War.
The old rebel made the
statements from his bed in trie
home of one of his daughters.
Williams, who saw little or no
action in the war as a forage
master attached, to Gen. J. B.
Hood's brigade, is nearly
blind and deaf.
Slreefcarmen
Accept Contract
Portland -(UPD Members of
Local 757 of the Streetcar
men's Union voted Tuesday
night to accept a new one
year contract with the Rose
City Transit company.
Mel Lienard, local business
representative, said the new
contract called for raises of 6
cents an hour for employees
in transportation departments,
10 cents an hour for me
chanics and 2 cents an hour
for mechanics' helpers, plus
several fringe benefits. The
raise is retroactive to Nov. 1.
The company had informed
the Portland City Council that
unless a "favorable" contract
with the union was reached,
the firm might not continue
operations beyond Jan. 1.
Body of Portland
Man Identified
Newport, Ore.-OIPD-A body
recovered from ""some rocks
about 30 yards inside the end
of the South Jetty here by the
Coast Guard Tuesday was
identified as that of Kenneth
Fricke, 44, a Portland man
who had been working in
Toledo, Ore.
Fricke was reported miss
ing after an 18-foot pleasure
boat in which he and three
other persons were riding
capsized Oct. 30. The three
made it to the beach after the
boat overturned. They were
Mrs. Florence Hampton, Lois
Heikkla and Frank Majors,
all of Toledo.
Pasadena, Calif .- (UPD - Dr.
Yuen Chu Leung, 32, senior
research fellow at California
Institute of Technology, died
of cancer Tuesday at Hunting
ton Memorial Hospital.
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Quotes From the News
By UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL
San Antonio. Tex.-Senate Maioritv T
Johnston, in a speech on outer space:
"Pace is the first and greatest opportunity space affords."
Marion, Ill.-Democrat George E. Shipley, apparent win
ner of the last congressional contest in doubt:
"During the campaign the opposition called me 'just an
other Joe Doakes.' They couldn't have complimented me
more. I am a Joe Doakes the kind of a guy the nation's
full of."
Chicago-Harry Zelzer, head of the Allied Arts Corp., who
plans to seek a truce between Maria Callas and the Metro
politan Opera company:
"She's a little tigress, there's nobody like her ... but
Mme. Callas must realize that the Metropolitan Opera com
pany is as great an institution as she is an artist."
Compeigne, France-President Rene Coty of France, at
memorial services where the World War I armistice was
signed: - -
"Listen well to an old man who speaks to you without
doubt for the last time. Frenchmen, unite!" -
Houston, Tex.-Col. Walter Williams, one of the last two
survivors of the Confederate army, on the Civil war:
"We could have gotten along without it."
Logging Congress
Picks Idaho Man
Portland - (UPD Gordon A.
MacGregor, Boise, Idaho, was
named president of the Pa
cific Logging ConEress Tues
day to succeed Nils Hult,
Junction City, Ore., at the
group's annual convention
here.
MacGregor operates Mac-Gregor-Triangle
Co. of Boise.
William McMahan of Can
adian Forest Products, Van
couver, B. C, was elected vice
president and Robert F.
Dwyer of Dwyer Lumber &
flywood, Portland, was named
treasurer. Carwin A. Woolley
of Portland, was retained as
executive, secretary.
In Tuesday's session, eight
leading foresters addressed
the Congress delegates in a
Danel headed bv Rae Johnson
of the Georgia-Pacific Corp.
About 1500 Pacific North
west logging industry repre
sentatives are attending the
sessions here. The convention
ends Thursday.
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