OBP_Portland Challenger_1952 Oct 17_v1 no13

P<1gc Two PORTLAND CHALLENGER Friday, October 17, 1952 ,~t >J(J ~ ll ttllC~ttf ft' United FunclLeaders Get Briefing,lor Campaign An Indi,,pendent 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 Need Adequate Housing The fact that a new rent sc-l1edule for local low income housing will go into effect January l. may or may not present a problem for approximately 100 Negro families who now live in Portland·s housing projects but we feel that the situation does deserve a little discussion. It is well kno\\·n that the Negro has always had trouble i;ettmg adequate and unrestricted housing. This practical situation has existed throughout-American history. t ... 0[ the three agencies cooperating with the housing au- · . . . . f ti ct· Ben Medolsky (left). chairman Syvia Newsom and Reuben Lind- avenue to the river. The camUwrity Ill an attempt to find adequale housing or 1e~e . IS- of central neighborhoods division! ley, as!:'.ociate chairmen and chair- paign for Heart, cancer, arthritis placed families. only one, the Apartment House Assoc1at1on, I in the Uniicd Fund campaign or• man of area No. 5 which includes I and rheumatism, Red Cross and has actually compiled a list of a,·ailable housing space. ganization, _discusses di.slrict di- the territory from Burnside str~eJ I !he Community Chest will be held The other two agencies. Porl land Realty Board and Port- erctor appomtmenJs w 11 h Mrs.. Jo Fremont street we.J. of Union October 19-31. land Home Builders. are simply presenting the housing au-, The appointments of Reuben street and from the 11ver to Un- This area has been d1v1ded mto thority with lists of their memberships. Lindley, 103 N McM1llen street 10n avenue. It 1s estimated that! five districts headed by Ed\' m Racial Restriction Policies as chaaman. and M,s Sy!V1a New- Iapp1ox1mately 500 voluntee1s w1LI C Berry, John S Holly, Mis A I t l f th A artment House Association it seems som, 2014 N Vancouve1 avenue,! be needed m this a1ea to call at Johnson, C B Maxey and E J n 1e case O e P as associate chairmen of the Uni- every home and place of business Cash as dish 1cl directors reasonable to expect that there may be trouble when some ted Fund campaign m this a1ea during the campaign period from Each d1stI 1ct dnector will enKegro families, as prospective tenants. attempt to get housing were announced last week byj October 19-31. roll captains who in turn will enfrom apartment house owners advertising empty space but Ben Medofsky, chairmen of thel This year for the first time roll block workers to call at evhaving a policy of racial restriction. cchtral neighborhoods division. five major charitc1blc appeals ery home and business within a E\'en if some apartment house owners do not employ a ra- from Burnside ;;treet to Fremont, paign. They arc heart, cancer. tains enrolled to date are: Mmes. The territory included extends have been united in a single cam-1 small geographic section. Capcially discriminatory renting policy, there is still the bugaboo • I arLh;:itis and rhuematism, the Red I B. Leverett, J. Maxey, M. Jacobs Gresham law circulating that says property values decrease Book Honors Him Cross and the 62 Feather services and M. B. Johnson. \\·hen colored fo]ks move into a neighborhood. There is every of the Community Chest-such Block workers enrolled to date rea~on to belie,·e. also. that there are still a good many Gresh- as the Salvation army, Volun-, arc Lou Gress. D. C. Dancey. leers of America, Scouts, Y's etc. Mrs. R. M. Neal and Mrs. R. L. am law exponents guilty of its fallacious and prejudiced rea- The campaign goal is $2,385,472. Thornton. soning. One Heartening Note There is one heartening note to this situation. however: _ and that is that Portland housing authorities _will not employ I a discriminatory policy themselves when mformmg these · families of the available housing spots. Floyd Ratchford, Republican Field Worker Solicts Ike-Nixon Vr,-0tes · housing authority, said thatH will not be his job to screen ap-1 plicants on the basis of their skm colors and for this we can all be thankful. In Portland from Saturday, Oc- now six years old. There were. tober 11, to Friday, Oct. 17, was at the time of this adoption, 14.- Virgil C. Heathcock, official from No Excuse for Bigotry the minorities division headquarters of the Republican National I committee in Washington D. C. Vlorking with all available agencies and individuals, it was The stand taken b.v property owners Jiving in the vicinity Healhcock's assignment to en-! ol N E. 20th avenue and Going street in respect to the im- JAMES HARRISON list all those registered minorminenl pmsibility of a "Negro congregation" in their neigh- A book, cntnled "The Old Man ity volers to vote on the Eisenhower-Nixon ticket. He repurted, y--• borhood is certainly a disheartening one as well as appalling. of the Sea," writH:n by Ernest a!> of Tuesday evening, that re- • \Ve can take no sympathy with their reasoning nor that Hemingway, has been dC"dical<'d suits had been "very very good.'. ~ of Frank L. McGuire real estate firm. to the Central library in memory of James Harrison, formn He predicted that of the apEvents behind the hassle is the purchase of Tifereth prizefighter who recently dierl prnximatcly 6,000 registered NeIsrael by a cooperation of Mt. Sinai Community Interracial in Nr-w York. Donor is Mi~-s Nell gro voters in Portland, at least church. pastored by Re,·. M. C. Check, a Negro. A. Unger, librarian of the Libra1y ~~i~n ~i~~c~~tc th c EisenhowerMcGuire withdrew from the deal when an issue was made .\h:,ocicitiun ol Portland. ·of the tran~actinn b'-' surrounding neighbors. J J\!-i c:1 prnfes:-.ional ilght-wcig:ht "This hullabaloo about Negrncs • J boxer Harrison was nc·v<:r knock- always vnting a Democratic tickStrong po1t1t of the dissenting neighbors is the much ed out, retiring in 19·10. Born in ct," said Ifcathcock, "is all a .kicked-around reason that property values will fall sharply I Little Rot.:k, A1 kansas, he was a m~th ' lfe found that a good - Radios, newspap<'lS, CIVIC leaders and government m- naval veteran of Woild Wai JI m..iny Nl•groC's register Dc~no- £01mat•on bulktms have repeatedly exposed the fabity of and w~adcd m Po1tland f1om c1at1c c1nd then vote a Rcpu?l1can 1948 to 1D50 He ditd Septembri ticket at leasl nationally 1f not tlus 1easomng. Only the b1gotecl-lhmking of cond1t10ned iace- 15 and was bulled S,·plc mber 22 locally too ba1te1s continue in this path of un-Amencan theught and at the Willamette National Ccm_l· For 18 months during 1950 and practice. ct~ry in Portland I 1951, H~uthcoc:k worked with th<· It i~ high time more Americans realize that we are no _L.o~al surv1v~rs. incl.udl': Jame~ Disp!~ccd ~~rs~ns e~J:"':1ittec _in longer a countr\' of v:hite: men, but a countr of free men. A Ilairison Ji., son, M,. and Mt:s. Mu.n1ch, Gc1many, c1s an occu" \ VIRGIL C. HEATHCOCK 000 of these unfortunate \'\'.ar b.1bies in German~, ht> related. Heathcock reported also, that besides 6 million JC'ws, some,:, N\..·· g1·u GC't mans wen• also extcrminatC'd by Hirler, Some ,1lso, tht• Repubikan said. fought in the Gt.:r:nan armv. ¥. . . Y . . Carl Powell, stepfather and moth-, pat1onal analyst and doc:urnt.,ntaprcdominately Chn~tian country, t.oda(s America can fmd er; Mrs. Wilbur Marslu,JI, sister: lion officer. WhilC' tlwre he adopt- --- no room for race pride or race 5UbJect10n. and Ulysses IL Levc>rHL brothN. cd a N,•gro war baby, a boy, • • . . Fnendship House W1l11ams Avenue YWCA Olfers Activity Program Delegates Return TIH Y-Tcen fall and winter Advisors for the high-school 10:00 p.m. There ½'.ill bt.• quiC'l nPw friends the "Y" is offering program at th<; William• Avt.·nuc: gmup are Mr. an~ Mr Sidn~y I and activt> games, ctramutics, Lal- a Lndies Day program l•very Tuc•sYWCA. G N. Tillamook St. has Bnwm,m. The c.1ct1vity schedule l'nt night prot;ram•, qu11.: pm- day from 2:30 to 3::10 p. m. starllJt:gun, 1t wo. announced by Mr folicJ\'. ; I g1ams, movies, communily sings, mg Tuesduy, O<:tohc-r 21. J\ctivCanr,,_•n Walker, assistanl pro- tnurnHm<:nh and folk and soc1.tl lilies will include c·xvrc1scs, volgram director Gmup o.ctivitie: ?fh ancl Oth Grade Girls: dancin?,. lcyball, badminton, shuffleboard <:11 <· pl,mnc.:d for 7th and 8th ~rade: The· '.! acl1vitic:s are he:ld f'Vcry and ping pong. gh Is ;,nd for high tidtcJCJI boy., <1nd Tuhd<:1y fr()m ::J:30 to 5:30 p.m. Adult Program Also Ilc·g1strntion starts October '.!I girls. N1,t a part of lht· Y-Tn·n Th1-1C• will be 111: truction in ping An<Jthc·r :.1ct1vity affor<lr·d fo1 from 2:00 tn 2:30 p, m. and wilJ pr/Jg:r.,1rn but abC> ><:hcdul<·d c.11c I prm,~. badmintrm, v()lleyball, shuf- all pl•flpl<: br•lwN•11 tlw tiges of cost pa1t1cipunts 3.00 for 7 w~eks. ~ctiviUc·s for adult" as wt.:11. f!(•board and gmup gamc.•s. The:rc~ 18 to 35, 1s the WillWms avC'nlH' Also required of er1ch purtici . All regbtrant. are:: rcquin·d t<> will a I:... o b1· clas;:;es in crafts, Cantn:n. In oper..itmn sine<: last pant will be YWCA membership ;om the: YWCA. c:hai ,n and d1 amat1cs if thne 1:, January, the.· cant1•<·n program ot SI .50 nnd n health c·x~nnination. P£·rticipant: in t~f• 7th ond.B_th a dc.·mand. sdwduk dancing, .gutnl'h and rt:-1 F'or rurtht•1· 111fornrntmn those in grnd<> gr()up act1vitH•:, are 1cquJr1 frl'!-:hmc:nls l'V<•ry Wcdn1•~•day.frn111 tcrestcd rnoy call Bl~tu.:on 6281. cd trJ t:1k<1 a free h1:..ilth exarruna High School Co-cd Activities: 8 toll p.m. J\dmisswn 1s 15 cr,nt:,.;. The YWCA is a Community ti,,n which will br• giv1:n Thur!- Tht ·t• activii1c arc !.ehcdulcd Ah.o, ror wom1·n rnll'n•sted in Chest J\g<•ncy opcrnl!ng undl•r thl' da., Octvbcr 23, at 4;30 p.m. I Cr.,1 1.•vn,r Thun.d<Jy fruin 7::JO to on c.,pportunity to n•lax :ind ro1•1.~tl N1.•w United Fund. Porlland'!l delegah.•s to till' Nntional Friend....hip House held in Ch1c·agu last \\'t'l'!c return1.·d rcc.:1.•ntly ~111d n portL•d thut Mi~:, I◄'lon•nce Hassin,.! of St. Ht'll'ns had b('en appuint(•d ne\•.· dirL•ctor or Portliind'.; Fril•nd:::hip Ilou:-.t>. Sht.• replan•~· Mi~s Ellen lh·h· kopf' who is tnkm:: a il'i.1\'l' of abst.'11('l' to !!nlt>r the hospitul fnr surgery, scrinu;-;nc.•s~ not dl'lerminc<l. Sh-.• is now a staff workl'l' for lhe House. Otlwrs nttl'nding thl' confPr c.•nce \\'t.'rL•: lht.• M1s!'>t'S Estell 801,:,ncr, EIIL•n Hchlwpf and Put .Uelchnnty.

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