Portland Challenger_1952-11-14

Page Two Portl o.n d a cng~t' An Independent Newspaper WILLIAM A. HILLIARD EDITOR AND PUBLISHER TED BURGER RICHARD BOGLE JR. MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12, Oregon MUrdock 4092 Civil Rights' Future Since the election returns have all been gathered and counted two very salient facts have been brought out. The first is that Eisenhower received more votes than any presi– dent in the history- of the United States. It could possibly be because more people voted this time than at any other time in, this country's history, but more likely is the explanation th~t th~ overwhelming total of votes received by the Repub– licans shows a general public endorsement of the party.:. The second fact, perhaps more important as far as civil' PORTLAND CHALLENGER A Recent Bride rights are concerned, is that for the first time since the days Married recently in the of reconstruction the Southern bloc has been split. At least villa Seventh Day Adventist church was Mrs. Frederick H. half of the eleven Southern states, in spite of the fact that Bishop (Justine Rachel Reed). Re- they have by the maintenance of their one-party system ception was held in the Portland gained congressional ascendency, have undergone a political Union Academy. change of heart. Whether this represents a partial disinclina– tion from the Democratic party because of its generally posi- Letter to Editor tive stand for centralization at the risk of state's rights or DEAR EDITOR: inner dissension among the Southerners themselves is some- F'irst, permit me to congratu- thing that will probably be brought out in the future. late you for your aggressive un– dertaking. I have read every is- What is more important, from the standpoint of this edi- sue of your publication since you torial, is the effect that this Southern split will have on fed- rtm·ted circulating it. I have ap– eral civil rights legislation 1 Will southern legislators, whether preciated the stands that you have Republican or Democratic, stand together against federal taken on various issues. I regret– rights legislation, or will they split partywise and vote accord- ted seeing the huge column of nropaganda sponsored b.Y the ing to their respective parties' preferences? J;ambling interests in our great Worthy of consideration also is the fact that both the na- state. However, I realize that tional Senate and House are fairly evenly split. There are for in the newspaper business one this next legislative session 48 Republicans, 47 Democrats can hardly refuse advertisement and one Independent (about whom we all know) in the Sen- from any source, therefore I for-· ate. In the House we will have 220 Republicans and 211 Dem- give you for that. I look forward eagerly to the ocrats. Three other House seats were still doubtful at the day when your enterprising jour- time this article was written. nal wiil have a regular G;hurch With a national legislature split so evenly one might well News Editor. I note that you have ask the question: "Will there ever be any effective legislation the various other editors. as long as the legislators themselves are party-conscious?" I am pledging to you m.Y full Friday, November 14, 1952 -··-~1-11-tl-ti-CI-I.'l-fC-f't-IC-lll-lll-ll-ll-ll-t:l-ll-ll-11-ll-tl-l(-LI.-Ll---l News In Brief By William Wright Challenger Staff ·writer -·I-NI-111-~I-11-II-II-11-IM-II-11-II-11-II-ll-11-ll-11-ll-111-ll-tll-IU:-tl:-l Bethel AME church has a new paint job, a parsonage buff with green trim, thanks to this foursome: Rev. Jesse Boyd, Duke Jackson, Ross Newby and George Holliday. Ac– cording to them, the church stands to save between $400 and $600. . The next door neighbor of Mt. Sinai Interracial church has erected a picket fence to mark (or separate) the property line. This happened shortly after the Mt. Sinai group moved into the former Jewish dwelling on N. E. 20th avenue and Going street. Jim Thompson finally got his stolen auto back. The car was stolen from him while he was working at the Union station. His car was parked right next to an unlocked "Dancey" cadillac in the station parkin area! ... Short– ly after he received his car, he had an accident with the sister– in-law of the original owner! Thompson's car was located in Spokane, Washington. Out of th~ city visiting with her son and daughter-in-law in Texas is Mrs. Willie Cherry . • . James N. Cantrell, 3203 S. E. Tib– bets street, is still at home recup– erating from a ladder fall that fractured his left ankle. Out of the hospital and playing seven-man football again with Benny's Frat House is Charles "Chuck" Gragg. The diminutive Gragg was confined to Good Sa- a girl. Also the Wirt Mortons ... Demand rights Qj=partment: Bel– ton. Hamilton won the right to three free dance lessons at the Veloz & Yolanda dance studio by virtue of naming the correct title to a record on one of the city's disc jockey programs. When he applied for his lessons he was told that there were no girls available to teach HIM. "Lawyer" Hamp said that there would be or he would have to sue the studio for breech of contract. Whereupon the studio furnished Mr. Hamilton with a teacher. After he finished his three les- sons, Hamilton taught the teach– ers some lessons of his own, in– cluding one in race relations! Mrs. Saloni McDougald, sister– in-law of Cornell McDougald, 216 N. E. Clackamas street, is visit– ing from Omaha and will stay with the McDougalds until her husband, M/Sgt. Lovejoy Mc– Dougald, can establish residence in Germany where he is now sta– tioned. maritan hospital with pneumonia. Joe Searcie is back in .town The Kenneth Hensons are hav- from army duty. While in the ing a home built and plan to move service Searcie saw duty in Ko– in within the next three months. rea. He was an outstanding ath– They are currently residing at lete in basketball and baseball the home of Mrs. Henson's moth- while a t t e n d i n g Sabin high er, Mrs. Beatrice Mott on Van- I school. couver avenue ... The Hensons are one of the many families hit The very a~tractive looking by the recent ruling of the Port- young face gracmg th: front page land Housing Authority regarding of the November 4 Issue of the wage earners. support in any matter relative to Civil rights and any other bills to be considered may be the progress of your paper. shelved and reshelved and, at the risk of being trite, it ·rs Please feel free to call on me nue near Prescott street and short– The Oscar Haynesses have moved into their newly pur– chased home on Cleveland ave- Oregon Journal was Mary Hem– don, 21, and the wife of Bonne– ville engineer and University of Portland graduete Bob Herndon. Just about to round out her first year in Portland, the alert Mrs. time to close ranks. at any time. ly after moving in held a "house Herndon was a precinct worker It is the observation of this editorial that people, particu- J. HAROLD JONES, II warming." Over to wish them a for precinct 238, N. E. Grand ave- larly old timers, seem to expect a general cutdown in employ- 2902 NE Rodney avenue happy home life were a group of nue. ment and financial activity. The axe is expected to drop first (Editor's Note-The Pbrtland friends-mostly Kappa friends of Challenger welcomej any letters Haynes--and a few gifts were af- Guess who is disc jockeying for on the civil service agencies. It would seem that such a fear :md com~ents from our readers. forded the couple. the old radio station KBKO, now is unfounded, especially in such a national crisis as this. But They enable us to serve you bet- Baby time department: The for- clickishly called KLIQ and locat- if such a drastic measure is enacted then what will happen to ter.) mer Miss Ellen Woods, this time ed in the Hollywood district out Negroes who have and are expected to make significant _______________________ _:__:_~.:.:.:.::.:.:·on 39th and Sandy? Yep, you woman Leader Dies in Kentucky guessed it. Portland's youthful strides in employment? "jack of all trades," Ben "Blues Last of all we wonder what eifect the change in appoint- Mrs. L. B. Fouse, wife of the west. She also visited the North- in Rhythm" Hamilton. Ben han– ive office heads is going to have on minorities and their op- late Dr. W. L. Fouse of Lexing- west in 1946 when the national dles the old Eddie Leahy spot ton, Ky., died recently of a heart convention was held in Seattle, from 4 to sunset. Leahy has now portunities. attack in her home town of Lex- Washington. . moved on to KWJJ. These we consider to be a few of the pertinent factors which are going to affect the progress of civil rights legisla– tion. We have elected to just ask the questions on the theory that it is really too early to tell exactly what is going to happen. Feeling that we are standing on the brink of a new legisla– tive and governmental era, we are relatively certain that the new administration will treat civil rights differently-wheth– er worse or better, however, it is hard to say. Kay Notations - (More on Page 3) Funeral services were held Fri-~ Friday evening with several at– day afterp.oon for Mrs. Ethel May tractions going on simultaneous– Bollen who died suddenly at her ly in the building. Members were home on Monday evening. She I pleased with the results of their was the wife of Fred L. Bollen money-raising venture. who survives her, and had been a Mrs. \Voodrow Wilson was in resident of Portland for nearly charge of the movie "theater," forty years. The family residence and Mrs. Theodore Freeman was has been at 1243 S. E. 50th street chairman of the auditorium show. for most of that time. Mrs. Freeman engaged the tal- Here from California for the ented actors from the Knott Street last rites for their mother were Mrs. Evelyn Gravelli and Mrs. Gertrude Anderson. Also surviv– ing are two grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Services were in Finley's Rose Chapel and commitment was pri– vate. Th~ PTA of Highland grade school put on a "Highland Fling" Community Center. Among the young artists on stage that night were: Edwina Hill, tap dancer; Virginia Maxey, contortionist; Constance Casson, soloist, and Grover Campbell, a very capable ventriloquist. Richard Moffett, pianist, was accompanist and in charge of the youngsters. ington. Mrs. Fouse was very ac– tive in the activities of the Na– tional Association of Colored \Vomen's clubs. She had served during the pasi. four years as chairman of the ::-cholarship division of the associ- Clean Paper A Need Newspapers always get their share of complaints. And the still young Challenger has proven to be no exception. ::ltion. It is our policy to give news that is news and as accurate- After the national convention ly as possible. Occasionally our news source p· o · t of the NACW's clubs held in Los ' , s r ve mcorrec Angeles this year, Mrs. Fouse 1 an~ we have to su_ffer the consequences. However, it definite- made a tour of the Pacific North- ly IS not the practice of the Portland Challenger to deliberate– Sorority to Hold Recognition Tea The Beta Eta Sigma chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority will give a "Founder's Day" tea Sun– day, it was announced by Miss Marceline Casey, publicity chair– man. Pouring will be from 2 to 5 p.m. at the home of Mrs. C. L. Pickett at 2008 N. Williams ave- nue. Primary purpose of the tea will be to acquaint Portlanderc, with the sorority. Members of the sorority are Mmes. Beatrice Leverett, Polli– anna Reed, Margaret Marshall, Carmen Walker and Miss Mar– Peline Casey. All are welcome to attend. ly slander or defame the character of the individual. We lean backwards in a sincere attempt to keep the pages of our pub– lication as clean as possible. For in the Challenger there is no room for the so-called "after hours" column. We are not inter– ested in the personal affairs of the individual, but if the indi– vidual's personal affairs comprise news, then we see fit to print it. If the news is of no interest to society and can serve no useful purpose-other than to satisfy the hungry lips of the narrow-minded-then we see no need to print it. • We intend to keep the Challenger a salubrious paper. A newspaper that is here to serve humanity. Those individuals that think we are here to cater to "local gossip" and in essence tab ourselves as an unuseful "dirt sheet" will have to be satis– fied with disappoinment. The Challenger is building to stand forth solidly on its own two feet. To take dictation only from the good of human– ity. A newspaper is meant to serve the community, this we intend to do and to the best of our ability. ,