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-
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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, 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."
Barton said he strongly op
posed any increases in college
tuition fees. "Tuition is too high
already," he insisted.
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