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
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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.
The arresting officers have
Tuesday, Fab. 5, 194S
HERALD AND NEWS THREE
filed a complaint in the district
attorney's office charging bur
glary not in a dwelling against
Hurd. He is being held in the
city jail pending action by coun
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