Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-02-03


pussyfooted long enough"
The vast majority OF whites In
Montgomery don't care whether a
Negro ever rides bus again"
Gayle declared.
Two members of tho CITY Com
mission announced they also have
Joined the Citizens Council. which
IN devoted To preserving segreRa-
ton by legal means,
The two ARE Police Commits
steiner clyde sellers and Com.
missioner Frank Parks,
Warns Waite Citizens
Gayle went further and warned
white Montgomeriana against CIV
ing rides To Negro employees who
refuse TO ride the buses lie issued
the following statement;
The Negroes are laughing at
white people behind their backs --
the white people who haul the
maids TO and from work. They
think It's very funny and amusing
that whites who are opposed Ia
tho Negro boycott will act m
chauffeurn To Negroes.
The city Council urges tho
white people Of Montgomery To
cease tho practice Of paying
bIaclmali transportation money In
any form or fashion"
The Police Commissioner, Sei"
iers, annoneed that the oity'n po-
lice have been ordered 10 break
up" Negro groups which he claim"
have been lettering at certain
time Of the day In white residsn-
tial areas.
sellers was referring 10 per
sons vino walt at designated
spes. for ear. which have been
.avpiyimx sTaasps~ssas-M
Yet, despite the mayors state
ment that the Negroes have
made their own beds and the
white people should let them lie
I'm H." there was no indication that
Negro leaders were prepared IN
end the boycott which began over
aggregated seating on the buses.
Leader Makes statement
The REV. Martin Luther King
Jr.. president ~ the Montgomery
Improvement Association and pas"
tor Of downtown Dexter Avenue
Baptist church, when questioned
ON a wire service story which
quoted the Montgomery city Com
mlasIon M saying that an agree
men, had been reached for settling
the refuse -to.rido protest which
began Dec. .. said the story wa"
unloading
King said that no representative
~ the association which he heads
had talked with city Hail on Jan
81 lie added that he learned that
a uev. w. X. Kinas. n baptist
minister: the Rev. u. v. hoaley' n
PRESBYTERIAN minister and Bishop
u. G. Rice. Holiness minister. re-
por,edIy had held conference with
the CITY Commission.
However. the Rev. King said
tina, the three ministers did not
sperk for the MIA and had not
been authorized To confer with the
ctty officials aa representatives OF
the protecting group. He said thA'
n. later talked with Rev Kline"
and Rev. MoaeIy who explained
how they were brought into the
city Hall conference.
A mammoth .et.tbr-r-cord'
straight mas. meeting was held
"A, Bs,,lab Baptist church Mon
any night. Jan. as. Five neigh
borhood r~port-to-th" people
meeting. were held Thursday
night. Jan. 20.
one ~ the ministers in the
conference" with the city Com
,,i..Ion charged that he WINS
hoodwinked" into the meeting
according 10 Rev King The MIA
,,csldcnt said that he was told by
one Of the ministers who attended
the city Commissions conference
With three Negro ministers" that
he WAS asked 10 come see about
nm Insurance policy,
Arrest Of Mrs Rosa Parks on
Dec 1 and filming her Dec, . set
off the refuse-to-ride campaign
The conviction was appealed Tn
Circuit Court but no date has
been set for It's hearing
Bus officials have complained
thu, the reduced bus loads grow
ing out OF the protest have result
81 In a droppsge Of revenue. City
officials tring To aid the COM
pany, granted II a temporary 30
Der cent bus fare raise.
Negro patrons before the pro-
test gave the company rs percent
O, It's bus-riders. Company and
city officials have indicated that
the protest has resulted In about a
30 per cent fan off In Negro nd
eru.