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Newspaper Page TextTHURSDAY. AUGUST 1. 1963 . : MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDrOHD. OnEUON Court Battle Foreseen as Possibility in Rhode Island Book Law MEDFOHD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD. OREGON By ROBERT L. FIENBERG United Pratt International Providence, R. I. (UPI! A controversial "textbook aid law" quietly being imple mented in this tiny state could explode into another major court battle over church-state separation. The law requires local scheel beards to lean text books on mathematics, sci ence and jnedern foreign lan guages te pa-Foehial and pri vate ssheol pupils upoit their request. Proponents say the law, passed by a Bemecratic-cen-trolled general assembly anil signed by a Republican gev ernor, will kelp prevent tke use of sub-standard texts. Op ponents say it is just an excuse to start public subpart of pri vate education. In Rhode Islaad, where 61 per cent of the state's 000, 000 population is Roman Catholic, the law was drawn with the hope it would avoid the constitutional clash b-y specifying that the laan is to the individual child and nat to the private or parochial school. This "child beaef-it" Waeery was upheld by the U.S. Su preme court in cases involv ing textbook aid to non-pub- Kara tetes mM to Event All local and area plana teachers are invited to attend the Francis Clark wenbshop Saturday, Aug 3, at Puauok er Music house, Bltedferd, be tween 9:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. The workshop is a annaatf summer feature of the New School for Music Study m Princeton, N.J., and is a ckws for piano pedagor-y and the training of professional plane teachers. The workshop is divided into two sessions. The open ing class will be of interest to teenage piano students. It will feature a presentation af seven new books which are supplementary material In the "Francis Clark Library for Piano Students." The second session will be discussions of ways to make sight readers out of each stu dent with a demonstration by a local student. LMrf Ytyuflh Named f Sean's List af College Salem-Charles R. B. Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Kirk, Medford, was named to the Willamette university college of law dean's list for achieving a scholastic average in the top 10 per cent of bli first year class during the Spring semester. Kirk attended the State University of Iowa fer aae year and is a graduate ef the U. S. Air F&wse Academy- Cross-SJitch News So"'. Mil Choose sunny colors for this smartly simple design- fits in with any decor. QUICK 4-to-the-inch cross es add provincial-gay look to spread, linens. Pattern TdUl transfer of 12 squares about 7'i inches; chart for arranging. THIRTY-FIVE CENTS (coins) for this pattern add 19 cents for each pattern for first-class mailing and special handling. Send to Alice Brooks, Medford Mall Trib une, Needlecraft Dept., P. O Box 163. Old Chelsea Sta tion, New York 11, N.Y. Print plainly NAME, AD DRESS, PATTERN NUM BER. 1963's Biggest Needlecraft Show stars smocked acces sories it's our new Needle craft Catalog! Plus over 200 fresh-to-you designs to knit, crochet, sew, weave, embroi der, quilt. Plus free pattern. Send 25c now! lix schools in Louisiana and the use of public funds for parochial school pupil bus transportation in New Jersey. Threaten Action Several Protestant church conferences have proposed starting "war chests" to fi nance a court battle In Rhode Island. But so far no action has been taken. An organization called Pro testants and Other American; united fori separation af church end state (POAU) said it will raise tke censtitutien alty ks! if it finds the kwv to be "actionable." Mean while, main support for a court test comes from the American . Civil Liberties union (ACLU) which said it will not intiate any action but will support any group or in dividual taxpayer who does. The ACLU said it cannot determine what form its sup port will take until it sees how local school boards handle the law, passed last February. Some erf tha state's 39 cities and tewiw have now begun taking requests for beohs i pneparatien fer tke of school in opening tember. Here's how the textbook law works: First the books (non-sectarian) must be on an approved list drawn up by the state commissioner of education. Students then submit re quests for textbooks to their local school board and the orders are seat to publishing houses. Sack cemmussty ft naaeos tke cost of the books it leaas att-d the state re imburses the cemmunitios (rem 2S ts 58 por cent undw Sep- the regular aid to education program. Commissioner of Educa tion William P. Robinson Jr. recently issued the approved textbook list to the local boards. The 650 titles, most on the secondary school level, were selected by a coaimittee made up of severed public school sujwriatenalants, a in structor in religion at "Brown University and a state deport ment el edocattea offieial. The eemraittoo cempilod tlw list frem titles suggested am approved by local publN school officials. A study commission which investigated the possibility of a textbook law concluded, after holding several public hearings, that "the public ac tually benefits financially from the presence of private schools in the state, especial ly in Rhode Island which has the largest percentage of pri vate school pupils of any state." Lsvgn -SNscnwerd "The commission ceuk' not indifferent te a reasonable request frem spokesmen who represented a large segment of public opinion in the State," the report said. The state department of education is maintaining a strict hands-off attitude, oth er than issuing the list of ap proved texbooks and sugges ing methods to loan the books. or any non-public school Msgr. Arthur T. Geoghegan, superintendent of the state's Catholic Diocesan school board, said, "T h e Catholic school board and our schools are totally disassoci ated with the implementation of the law." The schools will do only Commissioner Robin son ! one thin6. be said: "Give tne said, "The anticipated in junction or legal action should in no way be clouded by any communication be twaen this department and a church-related school office name of a text to a parent on request and provide answers to public school authorities who call to verify that a pupil requesting a book is actually enrolled In a parochial scncool. The new law, which cov ers Rhode Island students who attend private schools out-of-state, also provides for the state to periodically give intelligence and achievement tests to all pupils in non-public and public schools. Education officials original ly estimated the cost of the program to be $115,291, but it now appears it will be far lower this year. Catholic schools already have most of the books their student will need. Acting Postmaster Named in Talent Mrs. Alice J. Tboreson of Talent was installed as acting postmaster for the area by Postal Inspector John A. Eids wick yesterday. Congressman Robert Duncan, Washington, D. C, reported the appoint ment. ' Mrs. Thoreson replaced Roger C. Smoot, who has retired. COMMUNICATION Austin, Tex. - IUPII - You can reach Telephone by telegraph and Telegraph by telephone in Texas. Telegraph is a small town in West Central Texas, and Telephone is about 350 miles away, in Northeast Texas. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1963 Urban Negro Still Far Short of Goal For Equality Although Gains Noted BwUtBBVrrBr.llAAtl I firth fna- sKcnlnU An.lilu I iAC Hhnn lnKM. i Ae - m ... 9 C 5 By HARRY FERGUSON UPI Cerratpondent The urban Negro in the United States has made lim ited gains toward equality this year but still is far short of his goal. A survey by United Press Interna tional of the na t i on's 25 largest cities shows that it is improbable. Harry rtrrutoa if not impos sible, that 1963 will be the year of decision in the Negro ' pi fight for absolute equality. The tempo of Negro demon strations in the first half of 1963 misled many persons into believing a major break through had been achieved or was at hand. Between May 1 and July 19 there were demonstrations in 153 cities scattered through 30 states, most of them along the Eastern Seaboard. But when quiet was restored, most of the gains were limited and some of them were only on paper. It appears 1963 will go down in history as the year in which the Negro plow ed and planted the fields of equality. It will take 10 years, perhaps longer, to reap the harvest. Negro leaders are not pub licly claiming major victories. The UPI asked the Rev. Mar tin Luther King of the South e r n Christian Leadership, James Farmer of the Congress of Racial Equality and Roy Wilkins of the National Asso ciation for the Advancement of Colored People to designate the city or town which they felt was dealing with the problem in the best way. All declined to reply, inviting the conclusion that they were dis satisfied with conditions everywhere. 25-Ciiy Survey Facts and figures presented here represent conditions in the nation's 25 biggest cities and may not be valia in terms of all the Negroes in the na tion. Here is a breakdown of how the urban Negro stood at the halfway mark of 1963: Houseing: No major Negro gains since the UPI conduct ed a survey a year ago. Ev erywhere the pattern is the same: Whites prefer not to live as neighbors with Negroes and if they can afford it they move to the suburbs. Between 1950 and 1960 the white pop ulation of Chicago declined by 601,223; the Negro popula tion increased by 320.372. There are many "pepper and salt" neighborhoods where whites and Negroes live to gether because they cannot af ford to do anything else. In Atlanta the Negro population compromising about 40 per cent of the total lives on one fifth to one-sixth of the resi dential land. In San Antonia, Tex!, there is a development containing 75 houses selling for $22,000 and up. It advertises that it is the only integrated housing development in the nation. So far, no whites have chosen to live there. Public Office: The N e g ro does fairly well in appointive jobs, but not so good in elec tive offices. San Antonio, San Diego, Cincinnati, Memphis and New Orleans have no Ne groes in elective jobs. The Ne gro fares best in New York where he has a president of Manhattcn Borough, several city councllmen and a Con gressman, Adam Clayton Pow ell. Public Accomodations: Much progress for the Negro has been made in this field. The bus problem has almost ceased to exist. There has been a quiet and orderly inte gration of swimming pools, parks and golf courses in most cities. But there has been no great Negro rush to use such facilities. There has been only a small and token Inte gration of, barber shops and beauty parlors, but the Ne groes seem to prefer to take their patronage to businesses run by members of their own race. Hospitals: It is difficult to be definite about how the Negro patient fares because too many cities have laws against identifying persons by race or color. The 10 denomi national hospitals in Minne apolis say patients, doctors and nurses are completely in- A dollar bill is your carpet to Bargainland this week! 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In Memphis one ot the three large city hospitals It staffed entirely by Negroes and treats only Negroes. Job Opportuniiiati Negroes complain labor unions, espe cially in the North, are dis criminating against them. La bor leaders concede there Is some truth In It, and Presi dent George Meany of the AFL-CIO told Congress the other day it should pass a strong law to "mop up those areas of discrimination which still persist in our own ranks." Negro leaders com plained about the Electricians' Union in Philadelphia, Cleve land and San Diego. Candid labor leaders say that most unions have long lists of ap prentice applications and Ne groes are not on them. Other job opportunities vary wide ly. All major department stores in Washington have Ne gro clerks; only one major department store in Houston does so. Jail Treamient: St. Louis, Boston and Atlanta index prisoners by color, but no other cities do so. Negro pris oners are segregated in the jails of Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston and Cincinnati. Ne gro leaders voiced few com plaints about police depart ments but did criticize the activities of individual police men in some cases. Churchaai The area . in which there has been the least trouble. However, there has been ao widespread inte gration of worshippers be cause Negroes prefer to at tend Negro churches in their own neighborhoods. PubNc Hieing: Most of the 36 largest cities operate under Civil Service or fair employ- meat erdinances. There seems to be a tendency to keep the number of Negroes on the public payroll in direct ratio to the percentage of Negroes -in the population. There is a heavy percentage of Negroes in such categories as laborers and garbage collectors. All cities reporting agree there are fewer Negroes " in the white collar category than in the laborer classification. Professional OpportunUiei: Integration of the bar and medical associations is com plete in 16 cities. The other cities vary. In Dallas the med ical society is integrated but the bar association is not. Ne groes have their own law yers' association in Houston. In St. Louis they have their own medical forum. Vocational Schoels: In most large cities the Negro is well off. Houston gives vocational training ki four of the five Negro high schools. New Or leans has a vocational institu tion which is integrated, but the private vocational schools are segregated. Smith-Hughes Scheal in Atlanta has 11 Ne gro students out of 4,618. Public SMioofc: In the nine years since the Supreme Court dacis-ien two pa-Mems have de veloped. 0e is "sogregatiea by area," meaning that many schools are predominantly Negro because they are locat ed in Negro neighborhoods. Washington, 115 public schools have more than 90 per cent Negro pupils. Nine teen have more than 90 per cent white students. The oth er development is that In the . 25 largest cities the percent-' age of Negra pupils consist ently is larger titan that of Negro teachers. CeMageat There is almost tutiversal integra-tien, but Ne- -are students usually ae heav- ly m the minority m bem : Morth and Smith. There ae nly afeettt 30 a Negroes in ttie University af CtacinnaM which has 28,5tQ students. CVeveland reports that John Carroll has 27 Negroes in an . enrollment of 1,816. Inabil ity to pay the tuition and lack af scholastic quail f icationi . are the reasons most frequent ly cited for the low percen tage ef Ne-gre students. CaJifornlaos Are Arrested: to Area: James Prewitt, 21, and Eu gene Hole, 28, both .of Bakers- field, CaW., wtee arrested by state pokee Tnesday night on haoges & Burglary. 9ko twa won as nemg k4d At the Jlsen eounty jaii. tmhsa ppnefeng arraignie.4. Thoy woe ar-rested Rat far Imh Wre hKN ( Frank Haav mnd. pewta I, ban 52, Cen- -feat Faint, wbisfc was br-abe ante, estate said-. hc two men wee dasrevewd with articles miwino from the hense. Later ' they - teefe peliae to where they ban! concealed the rest of the property, valued at J30, officers reported. State pence also are investi gating the theft of tools and spare tire and wheel from pickup truck in front of the Emery Emil Baseler resi dence, route 1, box 381, Cen tral Point, Monday night. A second theft in the same area was reported , Monday night when a box of small tools were taken from the res idence of Larry Turner, route 1, box central Point. about 2'4 miles from Cold Hill on the Blackwell hill rd. o I. (8) m