Page Two NORTHWEST CLARION Published Each Fridoy By NORTI-IWEST CLARION PUBLISHING CO. 2826 N. Witnams Ave. Telephone AT -4-3071 p C Send Moil to P. 0. Box 4201 - Zone 8 ARTHUR A. COX, SR., Owner-Publhher CHESLEY E. CORBITT, Editor-Monoger 0ON ALFORD, Advertl1lng Manager ANN MORRISON, Society Reporter KATHRYN WILLIAMS, Society Reporter fJ I "f O k I J.\ l CIVIL RIGHTS BILL UP TO THE U.S. SENATE NOW (Continued from Page 1) placed its finger directly upon the cause of the entire trouNORTI-IWEST CLARION Thursdoy, June 27, 1957 Letters to Editor Bus, City Park Jim Crow Ends in New Orleans Mississippi Negro Legionnaires Told 'Oust Agitators' Negro Musicians Want Segregated AFM Locals CITY OF PORTLAND Oregon Terry D. Schrunk, Mayor Juno 19, 1957 Mr. Chesley E. Corbett. Editor-Msn~.:?r Northwest Clarion 2 26 N. \Yillinms Avenue Portland, Oregon Dear Chesley: Thank you very much for your fine editorial which appeared in the June 13, 1957 issue of the Northwest Clarion. Your assistance in this important fight against narcotics is greatly appreciated. I hope you are feeling fine now, Chesley, and fully recovered from your recent illness. Best regards to you. Negro musicians allcnding Ute convcntton or the American FedOn \Vcdncsday morning in Fcdernl District Court, Judge J. Skel• ly \Vrlght signed orders pcrmn• ncnlly stopping enforcement or nil city and state Jaws colling !or segregation in clly parks and on buses and streetcars In New Or• leans. MAGEE, Mlss.-Mlsslsslppl Ne- era.Lion of Musicians in Denver, gro American Legion posls were wn.rned In a news release from Jack Pncc, slate Legion commnnder, to "rid their membership The permanent injuncUons of radical agllators or face expulwould become effective, .snld Judge slon from Lho organization." Wrighl, only ailer all o.ppca.ls arc Pace, in the release from the exhO.U!:fled by legal counsel rcprc- state Legion's public relations discnting the city in both suits. vision, contended that "there had The signing of the pcrmanenl been several lnci<lfnt.s of late. such injunctions was more or less ex• B.s Negro Legion posl commancl• peeled inasmuch ns Judge ,V1ight ors condemning law enforcement had ruled on May 16 that all city agencies. radical Negro speakers and state laws requiring segrega- being Invited to speak to Negro lion Ln City Park and on buses Legion mectlngs and efforts on and streetcars was unconsUtution- the part of some to stir up troual. He had further indicated that blc." Coloro.do, Inst week went on record in favor or conUnulng their ~egrcgated locals and the Wl.ion shelved a resolution which would ouUnw scgrcgaJ,Jon. 'l'wo cxcepllons were tJ1e largest locals, New York's 802 and Los Angcl('s' 47 {both mixed). and the latter local offered U1e ~ Julian lo end segregation. Most cllles have two locu.1a, one Negro and one white, in the AFM a.nd from the sound of the Negro musicians who spoke at lhe convenlion, they want it to remain lhat way. PEI'IULLO WON'T FOME he would sign the permanent in• ''Strong measures" would be A.FM President James c. Petril• ble. We ought to stop and give them credit for this. Let the Negro vote down in Georgia and :Mississippi undisturbed, TDS.y and he will settle himself most of his present and current Yours truly, TERRY Mayor junctions. taken to halt such practices, Pace 10 declared that he was personally The fact that city attorneys in warned. both cases will appeal means that opposed to segregation but stated the injunctions will not become Pace, of Magee, M4ss., also he was opposed to compelling Ioeffective for quite a while yet. criticized an inquiry by U. S. COn• caJs to integrate. problems. Let the sheriffs in Deep Dixie counties realize MOTOR TRAVEL that Negroes in majority elected him to office and lynching LESS THIS YEAR will end instanter. That"s what Brownell means when he A 1.5 per cent drop in Oregon says the federal governtuent should have the right to step motor vehicle travel so far this in and enjoin state government ,vhen it threatens to do a year was reported today by the thing that constitutionally is illegal. ~:~n Tr-Bffic Safety Commls- 'fbe granting of time to exhauste grcssman Charles C. Diggs (Dem., PetriUo then went on to attack appeals in the two cases is routine Mich.) to the National Legion Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, whom and Ls simply a judicial courtesy. about an alleged meeting of two he charged is doing more harm The city, through its attorneys, white 1\.lississippi Legion posts for Negroes in pushing integration does not have to prolong the issue and the Jackson Citizens Council in schools, labor and other areas through exhaustive appeals be- as "none of his business." than anyone else in the public eye. cause it is quite c:Iear the injunc:• Following his address to a meet• Petrillo seemed to excuse the The final vote showed that Congress is pretty well mixed up on this subject. On the final roll call it did better than it did on the question of "trial by jury" the bill went through. In that instance the liberal view won by 30 votes, hut when it came to a vote on the unamended proposal it went over with 160 votes to spare. The signHicant thing about that vote is that its strength ca111c front coalition be• tween lGS Republicans and 118 Democrats. La.test month to show a drop was April when travel fell o!f about 12.000.000 miles from that recorded for April a year ago. so lions are going to stand. Whether ing of MI s sis sip pi NAACP present integrated setup by de• the city goes through with its ap- branches, Congressman Diggs claring that the smaller Negro peals depends on the character wrote W. C. Daniel, national &e- locals would be swo.llowecl up by and courage of the mayor and city glon comm;;mder, about the joint the larger white organizations if council. Legion-Citizens Council meeting. mergers were enforced. fa rthis year. January has been ~ the only month to show an in- &;y sflT~~ crease in total motor Yehicle mile- G sP1~PAL G " age. Mn-TJ...-c.,;; . Beaver Lodge No. 38, F.&A.M. The rather lo,•; travel figure for stated communication night.s first April of 589,990,150 miles was and third Thursdays. The hold-up now will be in the upper house. Perhaps the matched by a drop in traffic Enterprise Lodge No. 1, F.&. impressive IGO majority will have proper effect. The Re• deaths ,\;th 31 reparted for that A.M. stated communication P ublican strateor.._·~ will stem fron1 action coming from the month. The sta te's death rate was nights first and third Mondays. 1:t-• 5.3 persons kiUed in each 100 miJ- Excelsior Lodge No. 23, F.& Republican leadership, headed by Senator Knowland. The lion rrules of travel. This com- A.M. stated communication most stupendous filibu ter ever launched in the upper house pares \,;th a 6.5 death rate fur nights second and fourth Mon• may start rolling. 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