St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-02-03


nc" and added that I'VE have
pussyfooted long enough"
"'rhe vast majority OF whites In
Montgomery don't care whether a
Negro ever rides bus again"
Gayle declared
Two members OF the City Com
mission announced they also have
Joined the Citizens Council, which
is devoted To preserving segrega-
ton by legal means.
The two nre Police Commits
sioner Clyde sellers and Com
missioner Frank Parks.
Warns white Citizens
Gayle went further and warned
white Montgomerians against CIV
ing rides to Negro employees who
refuse to ride the buses, He 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 to
the Negro boycott win act ms
chauffeurs to Negroes,
THE CITY Council urges tho
white people Of Montgomery to
cease the practice OF paying
blackmail transportation money In
any form or fashion"
The Police Commissioner, Sell
iers. annonced that the city's po-
lice have been ordered TO break
up Negro groups which he claims
have been lettering" at certain
time of the day In white rcsiden-
tial areas.
sellers WINS referring TO per-
sons who wnit at designated
spots for cars which have bcen
supplying transportation.
Yet, despite the mayors state
ment that "the Negroes have
made their own beds and the
white people should let them lie
In IT," there was no indication that
Negro leaders were prepared 10
end the boycott which began over
segregated seating ON the buses.
Leader Makes Statement
The Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr., president OF 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
mission as saying that an agree
ment had been reached for settling
the refuse to-ride protest which
began Dec. 8. said the story was
misleBdinR.
King said that no representative
Of the association which he heads
had talked with City Hall on Jan.
IL He added that he learned That
a Rev. w. X. Hines, Baptist
mlnIs,er. the Rev y. y Mosley, a
Presbyterian minister and Bishop
ID. C. Rice, Holiness minister re-
portedly had held conference with
the city Commission.
However. the Rev. King said
that the three ministers did not
speak for the MIA and had not
been authorized to confer with the
city officials as representatives OF
the protesting group. He said that
he later talked with Rev. kines
and Rev. Mosely who explained
how they were brought into the
city Hall conference.
A mammoth set-the-rccord-
straight mass meeting was held
M BeuIah Baptist church Mon
day night. Jan. rs. Five neigh
borh o cd report-to-the- people
meetings were held Thursday
night, Jan. 20.
One of the ministers In the
conference" with the city Com
mission. charged that he was
hoodwinked" into the meeting
according TO Rev King The MIA
president said that he was told oy
one OF the ministers who ATTENDED
the city Commissions conference
with three Negro ministers that
he was asked 10 come see ABOUT
an insurance policy
Arrest OF Mrs. Rosa Parks on
Dec 1 and finlng her Dec. 0 SET
of the refuse-to-ride campaign
The conviction was appealed 10
Circuit Court but no date has
been set for It's hearing.
Bus officials have complained
that the reduced bus loads grow
ing out of the protest have result
ed In a droppage Of revenue. city
officials tring to aid the com
pany granted n a temporary 90
per cent bus fare raise.
Negro patrons before the pro-
ties, gave the company rs percent
OF It's bus-riders. Company and
city officials have indicated that
the protest has resulted In about .
90 per cent fall off In Negro nd