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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 5, 1946)
Sparks Fly Over Negro Church Site (Continued from Pbk One) for It but I believe In putting rellulon where It belong." , The minister uud Mm. Tlmma' supporters took tills up anil liuiKhcd loudly, Muyor Kd Oaten dorf, who hud Untuned patiently to both aide, Jumpod to his font nnd advised the audience Hint they could uo out on the sldo wnlks If they wantod to laugh. Rev. Victor Schul7.o of the Zlon Lutheran church put the question; "For my own Information, when citizen come to the coun cil with a protest do they huve to conio with a valid reason or Is a protest in Itself valid? Are churches subject to local option In thut areu and If so, I'd llko to be Informed." The police ludgo advised thut the areu Involved wai In an In dustrial district, K. I. Douglus, 220 Commer cial, said thut he knew Mr. Tlmms. thut sho was "swell" and he had no'bbjectlon, but that he did not like tlio Idea of letting rooms to colored people. The Rev. Dnvld Harnett, pas tor of the Klrst I'rcsbyterlnn church, sulci that lie roll several nolnts wcro Involved In the con troversy. Ho nuked Mrs Tlmms ir ncr plans were similar to Hint of his denomination to curry out u part of the church program as a menus of serving the church's people, Mr, Tlmms suld that It was, "Lust of all," Rev. Burnett suld, "It seems to mo we cun iniike a legitimate pleu of the UUthentlclty of Christianity. This Is nut lust a mutter of colored people occupying white people's sections. I cun trust this, for it Is a Christian thing." "Disorderly" Charging thut the church wus "disorderly" und that gnrbnge wus thrown out the buck door, E. A. .Smith of 227 Commercial, urged the council to consider the vuTuo of property held by the white people. "My properly Is right ulong slde, and I can't rent it," ho said. Mrs. Tlmms udvised Smith thut she hud been 111 for three months with a broken arm, and Hint she did not know Hint such a sltuutlon existed und thut It would bo corrected. Tlie Itev Godfrey Matthews or inn uniigrcgiillonui Commun ity church nsked Mayor Osten dorf If thero wus a segregated auarter for the nciiro or "can a negro live unypluco in Klnmuth Fulls?" The mayor replied that It "has been considered." "I see," responded Rev, Mat thews, "Just un ungcntlomanly ugreeincnt," Kenneth Lnmble, 2545 Home, dale, luymnn interested In Mrs, Timms' problem, told the couiv ell that ho was present "in a broad sense, "I feel tills is both un-Amerl enn nnd un-Chrlstlun to tell these ficople where to go. Do wo mean I is a democracy and n Christian democracy? A general principle Is good only as In a specific In stance." On Htr Fast Mrs. Krocnerl was on her feet agnln. "Why a restricted district for the negro?" she queried the council. "You'd think they're polluted and would rub off on you. Is Klamath Falls laying the egg to start hatching a re ligious war? I apologizo to Mrs. Tlmms for the Insults sho has received tonight. "We've nut up for years with degenerates In this town and somo In office as you know," Mrs. Krooncrt concluded. 8lie also asked thut the city build sunltury housing facili ties for the colored people to which K. I, Douglus replied thut hit hud worked liurd for his own home, und they, tlio colored peo ple, could do the same. At this iioint. E. A. Smith sug gested they find "someplace else" nnd that he would give Sl(K) free to keen them out. Zounlch culled out an offer of another $100. "I wish we could look at neo nil- as oconle." Rev. Phillips said quietly as the session grew hot ter. Plaa An impassioned plea, which silenced tho council room, was heard from Rufus W. Holt, ncuro. who said he was an or dalncd minister of tho Church of Christ. "1 do believe both white and black will learn what God mouns when he tells us to work in Charity," Holt said. He quoted from the scriptures nnd ended with the 14 th chapter of Job: "Man thut Is born of woman Is of few days and full of trouble." "The Lord didn't soy black man, white man, green man, yd low man Ho said Man." "All of us couldn't ,be white but man should love man as mnn!" At this Dolnl there were heard a number of "Amcns" from the audience. ' Douglus again took to his feet and with courtesy said that he had no objection to the church but that he did object to the rooming house. When Councilman Harvey Murtin was asked what action his committee hud tuken, ho suld Hint with severul out of town no definite word wus uvniluble. It was then referred to the oroner- ty and zoning committees to rc- fort buck und formul notifica lon of tho council's actions will bo given Monday, February IB. Earlier in tho evening the council hud been presented with a petition signed by ,'12 proper ty owners asking that the city withhold from nala lots (IC and 7D, block 4, Ruiiroad addition, for use by tho colored people. "We huve no prejudice against colored folks, but belle vo that they should have their own dis trict and not be permitted to en ter districts that arc well settled by white residents," the petition set forth. A letter was also read to the council and signed by Mrs. Lois Newman, zoiu uarrow. Mrs. Newmun commended MrB, Tlmms for "sacrificing efforts to help her own people, ana or fcred assistance herself The council chambers were filled last night. Mayor Osten, uuii, nuiu iiu.i..i.u.. tv,,ii Cantrall, was to be commended for his courteous reception of both sides in what was one of the most hotly disputed ques tions to be laid in the lap of the city fathers. URGES DISPUTE END LONDON. Feb. 5 UP) N. J. O. Makin of Australia, council nresident. umcd the United Na- Hons Security council tonight to close the Hussian-Brmsn arga mont over Greece without a for. mal ruling and permit Makin to make a statement that British troops in Greece are not menac ing world peace. From Palm Springs Ann Dirksmclcr of the USO staff. returned recently from a two week vacation in Palm Springs, oalir. Man Held In Tavern Theft Nelson W. Hurd of Eugene Is held In the city Jail today in con nection with a burglary at Ole's Tavern, 1012 Main, sometime last night. He has admitted to police that he entered the beer parlor after midnight last night and stole about $200 In bills and silver. The police got a call about 5:30 this morning from George Bell, bartender at the establish ment, who said that he believed the place had been burglarized. Investigation showed that someone had entered the build ing through a washroom window and had apparently left the same way. Bell said he suspected a man who was in the place at closing time last night and who had seen money placed in a cash drawer. The man had mentioned that he lived at the Pelican hotel. Bell recalled, and police went to the hotel and found Hurd In bed In his room. They searched the room and found a money sack containing $137 in silver, some SIMPSON'S PET SHOP Virginia SimpuH r.lrd Sptclallit f) Canaries Coldfisb Dogs f) Aquariums Sprall'i mni Hrll Ml. Frtdseli MURPHEY'S SEED STORE IM Klsmalk Thm SMS of It In rolls, In a sack under the bed. Currency amounting to $33 was found In Hurd's clothing. Hurd was taken to the station where he admitted breaking in to the tavern and said he used a screwdriver to pry open the cash drawer; He also said that after the burglary he got a bottle of whiskey and went to the depot, Intending to catch a train for Eu gene, but had a long wait and went back to his hotel room. 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