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MEPFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Churches Heed To Respond Positively To Civil Rights Challenge
By GERALD S. SNYDER
, United Press International
New York (UPD Christian
churches in America will ail
completely in their usefulness
if they do not respond posi
' tively to the challenge of
Negro civil rights, one of the
nation's most prominent
Protestant churchmen be
lieves. "If we do inot produce mas
sive Christian support for a
moral issue that is as clear
as this one, the churches will
have been revealed to be an
incumbrance on society rath'
er than a source of inspiration
and vision," said Dr. Eugene
Carson Blake, chief executive
officer of the United Presby
terian Church in the U.S.A.
Dr. Blake, who is stated
clerk of the 3,249, 000-member
denomination, was arrested
and shuttled off in a police
wagon earlier this month as
one of a group of white and
Negro clergymen who at
tempted to integrate an all
white amusement park near
Baltimore, Md.
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"But it will have to be
proved," Dr. Blake contend
ed, "that I broke any law."
Two Racial Crisis
There is not one racial crisis
in the United States, but two.
Dr. Blake believes. "The one
everyone is talking about -that
the Negro community is
through with 'tokenism'-and
the crisis within the churches
themselves," he said.
That is "whether the Chris
tian churches can persuade
the great margin of their con-,
stituents that the cause (for
racial equality) must be car
ried out."
For about 20 years, he said,
the churches have "said all
the right things" about deseg
regation, but now all Chris
tian churches must "identify
themselves" with the plight
of the Negro. The emphasis
must be on "action against
talk, he said.
It remains to be seen, he
said, if the rank and file of
church membership will fully
support the movement for full
equality. "The leadership of
the oppressed groups almost
completely lost confidence in
the seriousness of the white
leadership," he said,
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Country of Origin
Stamped on Lumber
Has Opposition
By A. ROBERT SMITH
Mail Tribune
Washington Correspondent
Washington - The Senate
has adopted one of the major
proposals of the domestic lum
ber industry
to aid its com'
petitive battle
against Cana
dian competl
tion - but the
prospect of a
p r e s idential
veto 1 o o m s
large if the
bill reaches
House. Both Sens, wayne
Morse and Maurine B. Neu
berger said they supported the
proposal to require, that all
imported lumber be marked
with the name of the country
of origin. This proposal was
adopted as an amendment to
a broad bill on the same sub
ject. The amendment was of
fered for the industry by Sen.
Warren G. Magnuson (D
Wash.). The Kennedy administra
tion is opposed to the legisla
tion just as was the Eisen
hower administration. A simi
lar bill, without the lumber
rider, was vetoed by Presi
dent Eisenhower in 1960.
The bill itself Is aimed at
the practice of importing prod
ucts in bulk, marked wun
their country of origin, and
then repackaging them in
smaller quantities and selling
them without identifying tneir
foreign origin.. Much of the
Impetus behind the bill re
portedly is from tne wooa
screw Industry,
Lumbal Rider Rejected
The National Lumber Manu
facturers association tried to
get the Senate Finance com
mittee to .Include sawed lum
ber in the bill's coverage but
the committee declined. The
committee received opposition
reports from a host of govern
ment agencies. It rejected the
lumber rider but approved tne
overall bill, 11 to 4.
when Sen. Magnuson offer
ed the lumber rider , during
Senate debate on the bill, it
was adopted without a roll
call vote. Since the bill had
previously passed the House
without including lumber, the
Magnuson amendment is sub
ject to approval of a House-
Senate conference committee.
Whether the lumber rider
survives this conference or
not. the bill appears to be
headed for a veto from Presi
dent Kennedy for much the
same reason it was not signed
into law by Eisenhower. The
State Department claimed
then, and still claims, it will
Impede good trade relations.
When Congress enacted a
law requiring imports to be
stamped with the name of the
manufacturing country during
the New Deal, it exempted
certain products. In the case
of lumber, It gave the presi
dent discretion over whether
to require imported lumber to
be stamped. At the time the
United States was engaged in
trade talks with Canada, and
one result was that the U.S.
agreed not to require the Ca
nadians to stamp their lum
ber. So no president has since
exercised his discretion to re
quire marking of lumber im
ports. The effect of the Magnuson
amendment would be to make
stamping lumber mandatory
Sen. Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) ar
gued that it would violate the
agreement entered into with
Canada in 1938.
Neither Oregon senator was
enthusiastic about the amend
ment. To Seek Reliaf
Morse said he supported the
Magnuson amend ment be
cause he hoped it would be
helpful to the United States
in negotiations with Canada
In September on the lumber
issue. The talks are supposed
to seek some relief for Ameri
can lumbermen from the im
pact of rising Canadian Im
ports. Morse suggested that
the Magnuson amend ment
might become a bargaining
weapon, that if Canada makes
some offer to satisfy some I
American grievances the U.S.
might "modify the effective
ness of the Magnuson amend
ment." Mrs. Neuberger said she
had promised Magnuson to
support it, but she expressed
doubt that it would prove
significantly beneficial to the
domestic industry. .
Magnuson said the opposi
tion to the amendment comes
from home builders and retail
lumber dealers "because they
like to have the lumber
mixed, so that the person who
comes in to buy will not exact
ly know where the lumber
came from. A good contractor
can tell the quality and type
of lumber when he knows
where it has come from."
An industry SDokesman said
he thought the amendment
would have little benefit for
lomestic producers so lone
Canadian lumber is cheaper
because price Influences the
market much more' than
where the lumber comes from.
"Now, the most important
thing the churches can do is
try to persuade their constitu
ents to negotiate with Negro
leaders in order to bring about
those changes that will de
segregate American life."
When all negotiation fails,
he said, "it would appear that
the only way to move for
ward" would be for the
clergymen - white and Ne
gro - to stand together in
demonstrations."
The real crisis is still to
come, he said. "It is more of
a national than a sectional
problem and in the long run
it will be solved in such major
cities as New York, Chicago,
Philadelphia, Washington, St.
Louis, Kansas City, Mo.,- and
San Francisco.
: White citizens, he said, have
escaped "physically" to the
suburbs of these and other
cities. "But it is too soon for
the Christian churches to find
out whether all their con
stituents are going to escape
morally and psychologically."
Part of Religious Culture
The church, by definition.
is part of the religious culture
of the community -. in the
suburbs, the city or anywhere
else, he said. And ordinary
American attitudes affect the
suburban churches. But the
important question is, he said,
"is the church affecting
theirs?"
Many people living in seg
regated, all-white suburban
areas would like to think of
themselves as being in some
kind of "Kingdom of God," he
said. But people cannot "iso
late" themselves from ques
tions of moral concern by
moving to the suburbs, he
said. In the suburbs, they will
find no such "kingdom." Just
"suburbia," he said.
Dr. Blake is a vice presi
dent and acting chairman of
the National Council of
Churches' Commission on Re
ligion and Race which recent
ly blue-printed an "emergen
cy" program to combat racial
prejudice.
Adopt Broad Statement
The 32-member commission
adopted a broad statement in
support of pending civil rights
legislation, made plans for a
mass religious assembly in
Washington and asked de
nominational boards and agen
cies to withhold funds from
church construction projects
which do not follow fair em
ployment practices.
The commission further has
asked Congress to oppose a
filibuster when projected civil
rights legislation reaches the
Senate floor and to pass civil
rights measures "which will
guarantee equal opportunity
under the law to all Ameri
cans." Has Dragged Its Feet
Whether any real progress
is made, Dr. Blake said, will
depend on "the employment
of Negroes and their upgrad
ing, the availability of hous
ing at all economic levels, in
cluding the elimination . of
Negro ghettos, the (raising of)
educational opportun i t i e s"
and, as he said was tried in
Baltimore, the elimination of
all "affronts to human dig
nity."
Some people say the church
has been dragging its feet on
racial matters and others that
it has been moving too fast,
Dr. Blake said. I
I'm willing to risk a great
deal in order to have the
church appear to the world to
be more consistent, he said
A church can be very
popular by just doing noth
ing - if popularity is what
you're after." But in the long
run, he declared, a church can
have no influence if it merely
reflects the culture or the
ideas of "ordinary people."
One of the many jobs to be
done, he said, is the desegre
gation of the church itself and
its institutions, such as hos
pitals and homes for the aged.
Many of these institutions of
the Methodist and Presby
terian churches are still seg
regated," he noted.
"Our whole effort will be
a failure unless all white
Americans begin to feel that
this cause is their cause," he
emphasized. "We can't leave
it ever to the students or the
clergymen."
Dr. Blake said he has
received both favorable and
unfavorable comment for his
participiation in the Balti
more demonstration. He ad
mitted that he has been
roundly criticized" by some
for his outspoken views and
added, "I'm not happy to be
an accused law-breaker."
But, he said, "our best,
young leadership is really
watching the church" to see if
it is going to be an intense
and strong enough force to
deal with the racial and other
issues in American life.
He said that to those who
have criticized him for the
stand he has taken here, his
answer has been: "W hat
would you expect a Christian
to do?" - .
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