The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1961-11-11
La, Miss. Refuse To (on,p|v
With |CC Anti Bias Orders
Coffee Cost
II Gents A Cup
In Ga. Terminal

NEW ORLEANS - In every
southern state except Louisiana
and Mississippi there has been
substantial compliance with the
new Interstate Commerce Com
mission rulings banning discrIm-
nation on buses and in terminals,
CORE National Director James
Farmer told a Freedom Ride
Victory rally in New Zion Bap-
list Church here last week
The situation is still spotly
with full service for everyone
in most communities. with some
terminal facilities closed down.
with coffee al u cents a cup in
one Georgia terminal. and with
armed police aided by dogs en-
forcing segregation in still
others Farmer added
Preliminary reports from the
CORE testers indicate full COM
pliance with the I. c. c. regvIa-
fiohs in virsin,s. Kentucky,
Tennessee, North Carolina,
Florida and Texas. CORE field
secretary Richard Haley reports
having 10 pay n cents for
cup of o.sffee in Townsville.
&c rsia. The 7. c. c. signs pro-
m l'fips .diesrimf,ssS' were
posted there.
InterracisI CORE teams trsv-
cling throughout southern Lovisi-
ana and Texas reported a mixed
reaction with service in some
communities and police threats
in others. In Baton Rouge the
restaurants were closed and even
the coke machines carried "Ovf
Of Order" signs.
In Jackson. Mississippi. Lcvcrt
Taylor, chairman Of Shreveport
CORE and Glcnda Jackson were
arrested in the white waiting
room by police moments after
they left a Trailways bus. Vicks-
burg police blocked the entrance
to the white waiting room when
CORE field secretary B. Elton
Cox attempted to enter Farmer
SAID that reports of police inter
ference with the / c. c. rulings
are being turned over both to
the Department of Justice and to
the Commission
Service in the bus terminal
re taUranfs is Just the beginning.
We will move from there TO end
discrimination in the other lunch
counters and restaurants. SeeFe-
CATION is falling. We must push
il over and build new society
OF respect and good will for all,
even for the segreestionisf."
We in CORE are proud of the
role we played in initiating and
planning the Freedom Rides But
this Is a victory for the Riders
who suffered 50 much. for the
Attorney General who moved to
uphold the Constitution and most
of all, this is a victory for the
American people We pledge to
make this victory stick in prac-
lice
Robert Saunders. NAACP field
secretary for Florida. reports
compliance without difficulty in
Daytona Beach. Orlando and
Tampa. Resistance. however, was
reported in Inverness and Brooks
Vile Further checking will be
made by NAACP branches
throughout the state.
In South Carolina. reports Field
Secretary |. DeQuinccy Newman,
bus terminals in Columbia. Char
lesion and Spartanburg had al
ready desegregatcd facilities in
bus terminals In Greenville and
Anderson. local NAACP branches
are testing compliance in the
terminals.
Signs and barriers are down
throughout Oklahoma and in the
major cities of Texas, reports
Clarence Laws. the Associations
southwest regional secretary. In
Virginia. with the possible ex-
ception of Bristol, compliance has
been effected. according TO w.
Lester Banks. executive secretary
OF the State Conference of NAACP
branches.
Federal district Judge Frank
NJ. Johnson. Jr.. issued an injunc-
ton in Montgomery. Alabama.
restraining police officers, other
officials and the bus lines from
enforcing segregation in his dis