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Negro Leaders Urged To Attack Educational Handicaps Of Race By YVONNE FRANKLIN Mail Tribune Washington Bureau WASHINGTON (Special)-Ne-gro organizations could better spend time lobbying state and local politicians to get more money (or education and pay higher teacher salaries than to simply protest de facto segre gation in schools in Portland and other metropolitan areas, according to a Fund for the Re public authority on Negro prob lems. Joseph Lyford of New York, testifying before a Senate labor and education subcommittee which is examining the social roots of unemployment, claimed that Negro leaders are "short sighted" in failing to attack the educational handicaps of their people in poor neighborhoods Portland Leaders Criticized In a subsequent interview, Ly ford was critical of Negro lead Father And Son Finish Among Top 3 In Steer Roping At Pendleton PENDLETON (UPI) - A father and son finish among the top three competitors of the steer roping competition high lighted rodeo action at the Pen dleton Round-Up Friday. So did the continued presence of Harry Charters as a strong contender for his third all around cowboy title here. Dewey Lee David, Biverton, Wyo., held the best time in the steer roping competition at tne end of the second go-round. He upended two animals for a com bined 41.1 second total. His father, Dewey David, also of Riverton, was third in the event at 42.3 seconds. Les Kamm, Pendleton, was in second place between the two Davids. His time was 41.9. Charters, the big cowboy from Melba, Ida., roped his calf in 15.5 seconds in the afternoon's go-round to give him a two-calf total of 34 seconds flat. He was second to Dale Smith, Chandler, Ariz., with a total time of 31.8 seconds for two calves. Jerry Anderson, Ellensburg, Wash., was third at 37.1 sec onds. In steer wrestling, Walter Wy- 5 STEREO RECORDS With the Purchase of the Following STEREO CONSOLES at terrific reduced prices! 1 only. RCA DANISH WALNUT CONSOLE, $010 Reg. $675. Reduced to Clear O V 1 only. RCA WALNUT HUTCH CONSOLE, SOIA Reg. $675. Reduced to Clear 1 only. WEBCOR STEREO, slightly $1LL damaged. Reg. $259 Yours for I O O 1 only. WEBCOR DANISH BLEACHED $1 ALfS WALNUT, Reg. $249. A Steal at I O V Years of Beautiful Music are ahead for you with these fine values! RECORD SHOP 217 EAST MAIN STREET in the heart of Downtown Medford A CHARGE PIATE STORE ers in New York, Portland and elsewhere for seeking to have Negro children taken by bus to suburban white schools because this only attacks the symptoms of racial segregation. He thinks the Urban League, CORE and the NAACP have missed the main point. "The problem is related to the general unemployment picture, and related specifically to the fact that the Negro, because of the deprivation of educational opportunities in the past, would not be able to find employment now even if all racial barriers were suddenly lowered," he said in testimony. Joining other witnesses in pro testing discrimination in busi ness and labor unions, Lyford maintained that the technologi cal revolution was the larger problem and that the uneducat ed would not find jobs. He said that while he believes att, Bakersfield, Calif., led the competition after the second go-round with a time of 17.2 sec onds for two steers. Mark Sch rickcr, Sutherlin, was second with 20.5 seconds and John W. Jones, San Luis Obispo, Calif., was third with 21.5 seconds. In the saddle bronc contest Kenny McLean, Okay Falls, B. C, led after the second go round with 358 points. Mac Griffith, Pendleton, was second with 356 points and Wayne Void. BeWinton, Alta., third with 355 points. Leading the bareback bronc riding competition was John Hawkins, Twain Harte, Calif., with 353 points after two at tempts. Dave Reidhead, Phoe nix, Ariz., was second with 351 points and Shorty Horn, San Jose, Calif, third with 346 points. Bull Riding events found Joe Brown, Czar, Alta., Ken Stan ton, Redmond, and Norman Edge, Cochrane, Alta. in 1-2-3 position at the end of the second go-round. Approximately 11,000 specta tors filled the stands Friday. The rodeo competition winds up their afternoon. 3 Floors of Books, Gifts leather, China and Class in Negro demonstrations, that underlying the demonstrations, "you have to be ready with something" and he thought the Negro organizations had failed to have the people ready and waiting to take advantage of job opportunities after denouncing firms and unions for not hiring, and this means educated, skilled people. He was equally blunt on the Negro organization protests against new public housing in Portland's Albina area saying it "fixed patterns of segregation" which forced city officials to shelve their plans. Become '.Middle Class' "The leadership of the Urban League and the NAACP has be come so middle class in their whole orientation," he maintain ed, "that they have completely gotten away from the needs and wants of the Negro families who are in the very greatest need those with low incomes, little education, living in a rotting, roach-infested place where a child sleeps four in a bed, where he has no place to study. "To have these Negro leaders oppose a public housing project because 'it fixes segregation patterns' to me is a betrayal of their people. "If anybody wants to find out what people think, all they have to do is go and ask them! One thing public housing docs, it gives stability to the life of the people in it. Then people don't move around every few weeks. A child can go to bed in a bed room instead of being forced to stay up with adults in the one room with lights blazing. He has some place to study besides the bathroom. The family has a lit tle more money to spend on things the family needs instead of paying too much rent for a hole. "But even if you accept the argument against fixing the 4 Portland Peace Corpsmen Assigned PORTLAND (UPI) - Four Peace Corps volunteers from Portland have been assigned for service in Thailand and Liberia. Patricia Ham and Brent Rich ards will leave Sept. 19 for Thai land. Mr. and Mrs. Edward H. Marxcr have already arrived in Liberia. ghetto it still Is fraudulent. Even .' you move the Negro out of his ghetto, where is the low in come family to go without public housing? Into another black slum, just so long as he is im poverished and unemployed. And all the fancy talk about inte grated housing means absolute ly nothing unless he is able financially to move out of these communities." And to Lyford education for better employment which would afford better housing would open doors quicker. Democratic Party Throws Support To Save Tax Bill PORTLAND - The Democrat ic party in Oregon will join its forces with other groups in an all-out effort to save the tax bill passed by the 1963 legisla- lure, according to E. D. Spen cer, state chairman. At their September meeting the state executive board of the party instructed Spencer to encourage Democratic County organizations throughout the state to participate in a program to tell the public what defeat of the tax measure would mean to Oregon. "If voters are to mark their ballots in their own best inter ests on October 15," Spencer said, "it is our responsibility to give them enough information to make this decesion wisely. Material is being mailed to all Democratic County Chair men this week. The State Head quarters will schedule legisla tors and other well-informed speakers into any counties where public meetings can be set up before the election, he said. Any group interested in hear ing the tax problem discussed was urged by Spencer to write or call the state office, giving as much advance notice as pos sible. This will be one of the main items of business at the next State Democratic Central com mittee meeting which will be held in Salam on Oct. 6, ac cording to Spencer. Funds Allocated For Projects In Forests WASHINGTON (UPI) - The Oregon congressional delegation announced Saturday that $750, 000 of accelerated public works funds have been allocated for work in Oregon national forests. The work is to include im provement of timber stand refor estation and construction of campgrounds and roads. Funds include: Fremont Na tional Forest, Klamath county, $50,000; Siuslaw National Forest, Lincoln county, $100,000: in Yamhill county, $00,000; Uma tilla National Forest, Morrow county, $70,000; Willamette Na tional Forest; $140,000; in Linn county, $100,000: Wincma Na tional Forest, Klamath county, $100,000; Siskiyou National For est, $50,0110; Siuslaw National Forest. Coos county, $30,000; and Umpqua National Forest, $50,000. Homer Moore Given Testimonial Dinner Upon His Retirement Homer Moore, 2800 Highway 99 South, was given a testi monial dinner at the Rogue Val ley Country club Friday night to mark his retirement from the Talent Irrigation district board of directors after 25 years' serv ice, many of those years as board president. At Moore's request, there were no speeches and no presen tations, "just a good visit." About 40 people representing the boards of the three irriga tion districts, Rogue River Val ley, Medford and Talent and some of the T1D employees and their wives were present. Moore's service on the board spans the history of the irriga tion district development. Managed Three Districts He joined the district in 1!WS when (Hie Arnspieger was man ager of all three districts. Fol lowing his death, it was decided it would be too difficult to find a man capable of managing all three districts so separate man agers were extablished in each. Rob Kent followed Arnspieger at Til). Doug Stedman, at Rogue River Valley, and Kd .lucid at MID. Moore's original board was E. T. Ncwbry, presi-1 dent, and i.a rioninson. "I really believe Homer's sue-1 cess on (he board is due to his fairmindedness. He was abso lutely fair with everyone. He had In be to stay on the board this long," TID Manager Walt lloffbuhr commented. Since Moore joined the TID board, the district gradually has Page MEDFORDtJiiTRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1963 Malaysia Federation To Be Born Monday Amidst1 Controversy KUALA LUMPUR (UPI) - The controversial Federation of Malaysia will be born Monday amid eye-catching pageantry. the explosion of thousands of fire crackers and some nagging worries about Malaya's unpre dictable neighbor, Indonesia. Prime Minister Tengku Abdul Rahman, the architect and driv ing force behind the federation, will declare the union of the ten million people of Malaya, Singa pore, North Borneo and Sarawak at one minute past midnight, Malayan time (12:31 p.m. edt Sunday) with a special message. The birth will be solemnized at the inaugural ceremony be ginning at 9:30 a.m. in Kuala Lumpur's oval-shaped Merdeka (Freedom) stadium. As thou sands of well-wishers including invited guests from more than 35 countries look on, an army officer will hoist the red, white, blue and yellow flag of Malaysia. Indonesia Opposed The only discordant note of the celebrations is likely to be the continued opposition of In donesia to the federation. For a variety of reasons, the govern ment of President Sukarno has opposed the Malaysia concept for the past nine months, pro claiming a hostile "confronta tion" policy which stopped just short ot war. Attorneys Claim Trial 'Irregular' VALE, Ore., (UPI) - At- troneys defending an accused murderer have charged again that trial proceedings are ir regular. Attys. William Schroeder and Don Denning, defending Encar nacion Mala, 21, accused of shooting to death Jaun Jiminez, 26, on Aug. 26, charge now the Malheur County Court was il legally selecting jurors for the circuit court trial. The attorneys charged earlier this week that Mata's constitu tional rights were violated when the grand jury indicted him from a jury panel which excluded persons of Mexican origin. The attorneys charged yester day that the jurors had not been selected at random by be ing drawn by "lots." They charged the court has screened its prospective jurors. The first charge the attorneys made included a motion for dis missal which was denied. No date has been set on the at torneys second charge and mo tion for dismissal. Subscribers To report Improper nr non delivery of the Mail Tnhune in Mcdlord, phone 772-RU1. Mh land call at 41S Bridge St., or phone 4R2-3flfl2: Yrcka. phone Victory 2-2RPB before fi 4" p m. dnily nnd 10.30 n m. Sunday. If" regular delivery arrived shortly after you call please notify of f ice, thus eliminating sprcial messenger srvire. been paying off its refinancing bonds acquired after rebonding during the depression years. The Talent division of the Rogue River Basin project was completed. Emigrant reservoir was expanded from a storage capacity of 8,000 acre feet to over 40,000 acre feet. The dis trict also has a radio system now. Irrigate IS.non Acres The Talent system now pro vides water for 15,000 acres compared to the former 10,000 acres. W hen Moore joined the board, the system had all wood flumes and siphons. Now all siphons are underground and concrete. All the flumes also have been replaced with siphons. In the district's early days (it was founded in 1918) each ditch rider had a ditch walker assign ed to him. This man walked the 25 mile long canal banks since they were not accessible by car. Now the ditch riders cover the canals as part of their work. In the early days of the TID board's history, directors were primarily concerned with water shortages. Now there is ample waii'i turn pruuicnis revolve around excessive run-off. CEMENT MIXERS tot HINT II A to Z Rentals 1213 N. ftl.tri.dt 779 1474 "W lUnr Moil tvtrvtlima' Indonesian opposition is be lieved based on at least three things: Belief that Malaysia is a plot of the British to continue colonialism and maintain armed forces in Southeast Asia. Dislike and distrust of Ma laya's popular prime minister because of his easy going, free enterprising methods. F ear that a prosperous neighbor will tend to encourage disruptive factions inside Indo nesia. - To placate Indonesia and the Philippines, Malaya postponed the formation of Malaysia until a United Nations survey of the Borneo territories was complet ed. The survey found that the majority of the people wanted to join Malaysia but Indonesia remained critical. (In New York United Nations Secretary General Thant gave his approval Saturday to plans for the proclamation of Malay sia. He said the inspection team had found that a "sizable ma jority" of the people of Sarawak and North Borneo wished to join me new state. J Celebrate Four Days The Malaysia celebration will last four days. Monday and Tues day have been designated as holidays and police have lifted a fire cracker ban in Kuala Lumpur for the occasion. m me inaugural ceremony, a huge congregation of 19 organ izations including Malayan mili tary ana volunteer groups will congregate on tne floor of Mer deka stadium to form an enor mous letter "M." Malaya's king, the Yang Di Peruan Ogong, richly robed in silk, will take the royal salute from a military color guard and inspect the V-shaped congrega tion in his ceremonial Land Rover. Following an address bv Prime Minister Rahman and the flag raising, 101 pigeons will be re leased. The crowd will then unite in three reverent cheers for the king to end the ceremony. HMD UVllUlAA Huge Shipment for a PRE SEASON SPECIAL! PRESTONE ANTI-FREEZE Newberrys DOWNTOWN Legislature's Bill Includes Good Tax Reforms-Barton By ZA.V STARK United Pres. International SALEM (UPI) - The 1963 legislature's tax increase bill in cludes "a lot of tax reform we have been trying for years to achieve," says House Speaker Clarence Barton. Sitting in the governor's chair he might someday campaign to occupy, the Coquille Democrat cited the graduated rates, un limited medical deductions, and the tax credit parts of the bill as major reforms. Barton, serving as governor while Gov. Mark Hatfield is out of state, said the $60 million revenue increase measure in cluded some features such as the $5 minimum filing fee which he did not like. But he termed the compromise a bet ter bill than most people real ize. Barton told United Press In ternational a defeat of the mea sure at the Oct. 15 referendum could lead to "frenzied basic Land Promoters Have Other Worries MINNEAPOLIS (UPI) -Two men under indictment in Ore gon for fraud in a land subdi vision promotion near Burns, Ore., received 10-year prison sentences each here Friday for taking funds from the Sister Kenny Foundation. Sentenced were Abraham Leonard Koolish, 70, and his son, David Koolish, 43, both of Winnetka, 111. In addition to the prison sen tences both men were fined $17,500 each. The two are among seven men under federal indictment in Oregon charging mail fraud and conspiracy in connection with the Harney County Land Development Corp., which pro moted Lake Valley subdivisions near Burns. Tuberculosis Group Picks Portland Man PORTLAND (UPI) - Dr. James Speros of Portland was j elected president of the Western Tuberculosis association at the close of the organization's 11th annual meeting Friday. Dr. Speros, director of the division of tuberculosis control for Portland, is immediate past I president of the Oregon Tuber-! culosis and Health association. ' TAKE ADVANTAGE OF school support cuts that could be compounded on tne nu.i property tax billing. "Because of this new tax mea sure school taxes in my district were reduced six per cent. If we have to cut basic, my taxes could go up 18 per cent next year." He said he would speak when ever asked to defend the tax measure and to outline the fis cal crisis that faces the state. He said if the bill is defeated, and Hatfield calls a special ses sion, the governor would be re quired by the state's constitu tion to recommend a program to the legislature. "We don't know whether a defeat of this measure would be a mandate to cut back, or whether new revenue sources should be explored, or whether we should use a combination of INSTALLED WHILE-U-WAIT MUFFLERS -Our Specialty SEAT BELTS 3 HOISTS Tail Pipes NO DELAYS THRIFT AUTO SUPPLY Medford, 801 N. Riveriide THIS ONE TIME BUY! DOWNTOWM SIXTH and CENTRAL ARRVED , cuts and new taxes," Barton e iium.-u, Barton repeated his support for a cigarette tax. He said if a cigarette tax were enacted at a special session this fall ic could raise about $8 million during the rest of the biennium. He said a one-shot speedup of withholding collections could bring in another $12 million. This would mean only $40 mil lion in cuts would have to ho made to keep the budget in balance. "If we run out of money, wg would have to levy a state proa crty tax to keep up paymon ? on the state's debts, but I don't think that would be a very pop ular move." 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