Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-08-17

came SnorLly a1Cer ponce were
alerted to meet any further
demonstrations by groups pro-
testing what they called dis
criminatory hiring practices.
Earlier, Circuit Court Judge
Jose E. Flemming issued a tenn
porary injunction against such
demonstrations at the First
National Bank. The city's banks
had been. picketed since
Monday.
Arrests mounted at Elizabeth,
N. j., where pickets were pro-
testing alleged discriminatory
hiring practices at two con-
struction sites. Most of the 30 4
arrested were juveniles.
Hits Preference
The president of the New
York City building trades
union group charges that city !
and State officials are demand ,
ing preferential treatment for
Negroes and Puerto Ricans APP
plying for apprentice construc- {
ton training. {
Peter ]. Brennan, president !
of the 122-union Building and 1
Construction Trades Council, 3
calls this discrimination in
reverse. 4
He did not name the city {
and State officials who he {
claims are making these de- s
mands. But he said yesterday
the demands are unfair and
I'M American" and are provok- I
ing hostility among white ap- s
plicants, including many former {
Servicemen.
I'VE are being asked by the
State and the city to discrimi-
nate against whites who have
been on legitimate lists, watt
ing anywhere from two months
to two years for an apprentice
ship opening" Mr.. Brennan
said. "A good many are vet
Grams who have been In Korea
and South Wet Nam"
To Act in Boston
The membership committee :
of Local %, Sheet Metal Work. ,
ers International Association,
ruled Thursday that James Bal
lard, a Negro of Queens, must '
wait his turn on apprentice
lists.
The National Association for
the Advancement Of Colored {
People has vowed more picket
ing Monday in Boston ard pos
sible court action in It's fight
against what it called de facto
segregation in public schools !
there.
Picketing was resumed yes
terday in front Of the Boston
School Committee building aft
er the committee again refused
to discuss Negro charges that
de facto school segregation
exists.
Ministers Convicted 1
Two white ministers who led
Negro demonstrations in Will
mington, N. C. Thursday night
were convicted of trespassing
yesterday and paid $12.55 each
in court costs.
DR.. Roger Shinn, 46. q pro-
feSsor of applied Christianity !
at Union Theological Seminary, !
New York City, and the Rev.
John Arthur Collins, 81, pastor !
of jefferson Methodist Church.
in New York City, were arrested
along with Is Negroes after be- /.
ing refused service at two
downtown restaurants. The
Negroes, also ordered to pay
costs, appealed their convic-
tons.
At Goldsboro, N. c., scene of
270 arrests during six days of
demonstrations from Friday q
week ago through Wednesday,
there were no protests for the
second consecutive night.
Reward Posted l.
At Chapel Hill, N. c., anti /
segregation d e m o nstra ors /
marched twice yesterday but
there were no arrests or Incl {
dents. About 50 Negroes and {
whites were involved in the
first march through down.
town Chapel Hill. Later, about
40 demonstrated. q
A Ku Klux Khan rally at 4
Spartanburg, S. c., is expected '
to attract klansmen from most
Southeastern States tonight. ,
Bob Scoggins Of Spartan !
burg, an official of the United (
Klans Of America, Inc, said
klansmen are expected from
Florida. Arkansas, Alabama,
Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, :
North Carolina, South Carolina,
Maryland, Tennessee and pos
sibly Texas. He said a motor
cade Of klansmen through ,
Spartanburg will precede the f,
rally.
In Montgomery. Ala, Gov.
George Wallace posted q $500
reward for capture of the per-
son responsible for exploding q
tear gas bomb Thursday in a
downtown Birmingham depart
ment store. Twenty-Five per-
sons were treated at hospitals
as result of the bomb.
In posting the reward, the
Governor said: I'VE are not
going to permit violence in this
State by any person or per-