THURSDAY, APRIL 9,1964 THE MICHIGAN DATTX THUSDA, ARIL9,164 ilEMlu Vl'11 LATI'L - -- -..- -s a~as a~L==~J.1 FACE~ THRBEE Johnson Takes Action; Border Importance of Negro Voting* Asks Speedy Mediation Breaches _1 Charged l 1)1 Work liules Dispute O) WALLACE: Governor Places High in Primary By The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Senators on opposing sides generally discount- ed yesterday the impact on the ad-, ministration's civil rights bill of Alabama Gov. George C. Wal- lace's strong showing in the Wis- consin primary. Wallace received 261,148 votes to Wisconsin Gov. John Reynolds' 508,597 votes. Reynolds, running as a favorite son candidate, won the entire delegation of 46 to the Democratic national convention. Rep. John Byrnes, who was un- opposed as a Republican favorite son, got 294,724. 25 Per Cent of Vote Wallace, who said he would con- sider it a victory if he received more than 25,000 votes, thus cap-, tured .nearly 25 per cent of the votes cast. Reyniolds had 47.8 per cent and Byrnes 27.6 per cent. But Senate Republican leader Everett M. Dirksen of Illinois said fthe Southern segregationist's feat m winning nearly 25 per cent of the vote in the Northern state Democratic presidential primary might make it easier to adopt "corrective amendments" to the legislation. Sen. Richard B. Russell (D-Ga), captain of Southern opponents to the House-passed bill, voiced, the opinion that Wallace's surprising showing would not have much in- fluence on the Senate's action on the measure. Already Committed "Most senators are already com- mitted," Russell observed. Democratic leader Mike Mans- field of. Montana said Wallace's showing demonstrated that the controversy over civil rights is not confined to the. South but has spread across the nation. "Instead of the issue being pin- pointed in one area of the coun- try, it is being carried to all sec- tions and people are, in effect, ex- pressing their views on this issue which now confronts us and which we cannot avoid or evade any long- er," he said. Wisconsin Democratic leaders were almost unanimous in credit- ing the Wallace vote to a big crossover by Republicans. And Re- publicans saw the results as em- phasizing a deep slit in Democratic ranks. Tilis Wirtz To NegtiOate with Leaders Unions Issue Threat Of Nationwide Strike WASHINGTON (P) -- President Lyndon B. Johnson stepped into the lengthy railroad work rules dispute yesterday after a threat of a nationwide strike erupted when 7000 Illinois Central Rail- road workers walked off their jobs. Johnson directed Secretaryof Labor W. Willard Wirtz to call top negotiators of both sides in- to conference in an attempt to halt the threatened walkout Fri- day of more than 300,000 workers on nearly 200 railroads. Chief railroad negotiator J. E. Wolfe called it "typical of the un- ions' continued irresponsibility 'in the featherbedding dispute." He announced the railroads would re- spond by imposing disputed work rules changes across the country, effective one minute after mid- night today. The spokesman, Assistant Grand Chief Engineer A. F. Zimmerman of the Independent Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, said impo- sition of the work rules on a na- tionwide basis would "amount to a national lockout and we have only one defense-to cease working."- Roy E. Davidson, head of the engineers' union, said in Cleve- land: "If management's national ne- gotiators make the move they threaten for Friday,-they will once again be displaying their arrogant disregard for the public interest." Neil P. Speirs, president of the AFL-CIO Switchmen's Union, said in Buffalo: "It would be our position that the carriers by promulgating these rules are themselves precipitating the, possibility of a nationwide strike." House Passes Welfare Bil WASHINGTON (P) - The House last night passed a food stamp bill for needy families 229- 189. Just before the final passage, the House defeated a last ditch GOP maneuver to require states to match federal funds 50-50 on the cost of the food stamps. W. WILLARD WRITZ W rld News Roundup By The Associated Press CAPE KENNEDY-An unman- ned Project Gemini capsule was propelled into orbit by a Titan 2 rocket yesterday and the United States got a start toward a goal of luanching two astronauts into space in a similar craft. * * * WASHINGTON-The Securities and Exchange Commission an- nounced yesterday that it plans to put rigid controls on floor traders in the New York Stock Exchange. The new rules would prohibit a broker from trading for his per- sonal account while executing or- ders for his customers. NEW YORK-The threat of a nationwide railroad strike sent rail shares sharply down yesterday, but the rest of the market showed an irregular advance. Dow Jones averages for 30 industrials were up 1.42, 20 railroads down 2.28, 15 utilities up .26 and 65 stocks down .44. MOSCOW M)-The smouldering Soviet-Chinese border quarrel flar- ed up yesterday. The Russians accused the Chi- nese of provocatively breaching the border. "The Chinese side," said the gov- ernment news agency Tass, "has for some time continuously and systematically been viloating the Soviet-Chinese border, often in a crude and provocatory form." Tass conceded some adjustments in the border may be necessary, but did not give any examples. No Formal Recognition Most of the border was laid down in czarist times, often with the aid of Russian troops, and the Chinese have never formally rec- ognized that the Russians are right. Publicly, the Chinese have been silent on the matter in recent months. But Westerners here sus- pect the Chinese may be waiting for an opportune moment to air the border question. There have been reports of bor- der skirmishes and troop move- ments, but nothing has been an- nounced officially. The Tass state- ment did not reveal how the Chi- nese may have been violating the border. No Basic Quarrel Although Tass accused the Chi- nese of viloating the border, it maintained that basically there is no quarrel between the two coun- tries. "The only question involved is certain necessary adjustments," Tass said. Soviet officials recently indicat- ed that a Soviet-Chinese border commission has been discussing "adjustments," but there has been no report on whether progress has been made. The statement made no mention of last year's dispute between Mos- cow and Peking about Chinese citizens who cross the border into the Soviet Union. Peking charged that Russians were luring Chinese citizens. The Russians retorted that the border crossers were flee- ing harsh Chinese rule. The Tass statement indicated the Russians are approaching the matter on a legalistic basis. The Chinese, Tass said, have failed to resort to a "peaceful reg- ulation of arguments, including border arguments." Fourth in a series By ROBERT JOHNSTON SpecialTo The Daily ATLANTA - Ivan Allen Jr. is now in his third year as mayor of this city of a million. His endorse- ment of the civil rights movement was made complete when he tes- tified last July before the Senate Commerce Committee in favor of a public accommodations bill. "Failure by Congress to take definite action at this time is by inference an endorsement of the right of private business to prac- tice racial discrimination and, in my opinion, would start the same old round of squabbles and dem- onstrations that we have had in the past," he testified. "Now is the time for legislative action. We cannot dodge the issue. We cannot look back over our shoulders or turn the clock back to the 1860's. We must take action now to assure a greater future for our citizens and our country," Allen added. Political Rationale It is, however; important to note that Mayor Allen's civil rights sympathy is not wholly without its political rationale. In his 1961 campaign he °was pitted against arch-segregationist Lester Mad- dox. Maddox polled a majority of the white votes, but Allen's com- plete domination of the Negro vote gave him victory. Allen's predecessor in the may- or's chair was William B. Harts- field, who held that office for 23 years. Hartsfield has been gen- erally credited with establishing a model of sound, responsible city government in Atlanta. Besides this, he is also responsible for the relationship between Altanta's city hall and the Negro commun- ity. Police, Vote, Schools In 1948 he was instrumental in having Negroes placed on the po- lice force. In 1949 a large number of Negroes registered and then voted for him. An event of even larger importance in the broaden- ing success of Atlanta's civil rights movement was the quiet integra- tion in September, 1961, of the. school system. Hartsfield was determined to avoid a repetition of Little Rock or New Orleans. He established press bureaus, banned unauthor- ized persons from the vicinity of the schools and set up close police surveillance. There. were no in- cidents. Police Chief Harry Jenkins has also cooperated with the philoso- phy of avoiding violence on both sides. Careful police surveillance o° all situations that mnigbt lead to violence has resulted in a very low rate ot unpleasant incidents City's Committment Allen, with his public endorse- nent of civil rights, has carried the city's committment etout as far as it can go. He emphasized that the city has desegregated all 4ts facilities ana has used every means of pressure and persuasion available to bring about desegre- gation of private facilities. He conceded that the city is far from being totally integrated, but called for "a look at the tacts." Allen pointed out that, while the average income of the Negro is below that of the white in At- lanta, it is still twice the average Southern Negro income. Allen saw "unlimited dangers if the civil rights bill is not passed." He said, "A national issue can't be pushed into the hands of local officials. Metropolitan Atlanta is made up of 44 separate municipal and county governments. Only the Atlanta city government has made any efforts for civil rights." The city's approach to the prob- lem of properly housing the Negro pcpulation is mainly through ur- bin renewal. "With five renewal projects completed or under con-. struction and three more approv- ed, Atlanta is one of the country's major centers of urban renewal. These projects are 80 per cent occupied by Negroes," Allen ex- plained. Living Standard He added, "This is mainly an economic problem. Improvements in the Negro standard of living will be reflected in Negro hous- ing." But if good Negro housing is one issue, integrated housing is another. Collier Heights con- tains $75,000 homes, but they are all Negro. This problem came to a spec- tacular climax last year when the mayor ordered a street, Peyton Road, closed in an effort to pre- vent real estate speculation in a nearby white neighborhood. The national hue and cry that went up caused the barricade to be promptly removed. Allen has since conceded that the move was a ,. 1 1r. ,, mistake, but defended the effort as one to "help both sides." Not Unique Problem Integrated housing is' not, how- ever, a unique problem. "Hun- dreds of committees and thou- sands of hours have been devoted to it in cities across the nation. Nowhere have satisfactory results been achieved," Allen said. "It takes a long time to change the mores involved in geographical proximity to the Negro. There is nothing the city can dc." Mrs. Eliza Pascal of the Greater Atlanta Council on Human Rela- tions said, "In the schools crisis the citizens united behind the lowest common denominator of support. They commttd them- saves only to open schools, de- segregated only if necessary. "We have used legal action and economic pressure and made pro- gress, hut we have reached a point where the citizens must espouse a behei in the rights movement before it can be carried to com- pletioi.' The city government has indicated this belief. THE BEST IN DOMESTIC AND CANADIAN EXPERIMETAL AND DOCUMENTARY FILM Architecture Auditorium TWO DIFFERENT PROGRAMS EACH NIGHT AT 7 and 9 P.M. SERIES TICKETS $2.50 AVAILABLE TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AT THE CINEMA GUILD w Grj4kAD MIXERk i Last of Semester VFW Hall 314 E. Liberty FRIDAY, APRIL 10 Stag or Drag 9-12-. P.M. 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