STURGIS, Ky.

The Kentucky Federation
of Labor last week applauded
the sending of troops ‘here to
quell anti-Negro riots, while
officials of the United Mine
Workers denied press reports
that coal miners led in stirring
up the mobs.

But mine officials were re-
ported threatening to fire
Negro. workers if they con-
tinue to send their children
to Sturgis High School.

Sam Ezelle, secretary of the
Kentucky Federation of Lab-
or, said in a telegram to Gov-
ernor A. B. Chandler:

“The KFL commends and
heartily endorses your prompt
action aimed at preserving
law and order in the Sturgis
school situation. Experience
in the field of intergroup ten-
sion, whether racial or other-
wise, shows that when the
authorities act swiftly and
firmly, the forces of lawless-
ness grow discouraged and
the mob quickly disintegrates.

“Organized labor has a deep
investment in public educa-
tion and is dedicated to the
principle of equality. We
therefore strongly oppose any
efforts to undermine the pub-
lie school system or to de-
prive any group of its bene-
fits. Your action in the Stur-
gis situation is in complete
harmony with these prin-
ciples.”

Gordon Urton, United Mine
Workers vice-president, con-
demned press reports that he
was among the first persons
to agitate against entry of 12
Negro students into the pre-
viously all-white high school.

“They’ve got me in plenty
of trouble with the union,”
Urton declared, “because the
union has a policy against
discrimination. I feel very
strongly for organized. labor

and have always been a strong-

union man. I understand the
obligation of the union and do
not discriminate because of
color or creed.”

UMW president Uel O'Leary,
who lives at Uniontown 18
miles from here, was asked
about news stories that Urton
got on a soapbox and urged
citizens of Sturgis to prevent
Negroes from entering the
school.

He declared: “I just don’t
think it is true. I think it is
a false report that got angled
around. I haven’t heard of
any union men taking part in
stirring up trouble. It is out
ef our category.”

Urton said he did address

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some’ citizens from the back
of a truck, but “I was asking
that there not be any violence.
I was afraid there might be
some violence, and violence ‘is
not the way to settle any-
thing. I am not against inte-
gration, but had only asked
that it be delayed a year or
started in the lower elemen-
tary grades.”

He added that miners “have
had very little to do. with the
violence—it’s mostly farmers,
businessmen and housewives.”
In this connection, State Ad-
jutant General J. J. B. Wil-
liams said:

“Parents of some of the
youths work in near-by coal
mines. And it is reported
some were told they would
lose their jobs if the Negro
children remained in Sturgis
high school.”

One of the Negro girls who
attended classes told a repor-
ter that some Negroes stayed
away from school for fear of
reprisals against their fathers.

She said a mine superinten-
dent called her father at 2
o’clock in the morning and
told him he’d be fired if his
children attended school. The
girl reported that similar
threats were received from
mine officials by parents of
other children involved.

General Williams said he
had turned the reports over to
the FBI, which had “no com-

ment.”
Millard Grubbs, former
Louisville Klan leader_ who

helped incite the dynamiting
of a*Negro couple’s home
there in 1954, made inflam-

matory speeches to the mobs *

here, He condemned the Su-
preme Court for outlawing
school segregation and sug-
gested that “the white people
take over.”

A. newly - organized local
Citizens Council has as one
of its spokesmen W. W. Waller,
a farm-implement dealer from
near-by Morganfield. Waller
told the crowd:

“The guard was ordered in-
to Sturgis. by certain politi-
cians who wanted to look good
in the eyes of New York. We
were put at gun point and
tanks permitted to roll up and
down our streets because of
somebody’s political ambi-
tion.” :

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Democrats give Republicans jolt
in Washington state primaries

An unexpected flood of Democratic votes from town and countryside in
ington state’s primary election has knocked the “We've got Ike” complacency out

Republican leadership.
While there were few, if
any, upsets’ in the actual out-

come of even hotly contested
races, the results have given
birth to a new slogan: “As
Maine goes, so goes Washing-
ton.” The hard fact back of
this is that Democratic candi-
dates polled at least 55 per-
cent of the votes, a complete
about-face from 1952 and 1954.

The blow that has the GOP
leadership reeling, and upping
its already fat campaign bud-
get, is the clobbering Demo-
cratic Senator Warren G. B.
Magnuson gave to Republican
Governor Arthur B. Langlie.

Although both were un-
opposed for nomination the
two parties threw everything
they -had behind their cham-
pions who will head the state
tickets November 6.

Governor Langlie’s glitter
as the GOP’s ace vote-getter
was dimmed with returns
showing that Senator Mag-
nuson had accomplished the
unprecedented feat of carry-
ing every one of Washington’s
strongholds where Langlie has
won handily ever since his
first successful gubernational
campaign in 1940.

When -the tallies showed

By TERRY PETTUS

SENATOR MAGNUSON

cultural areas as Walla Walla,
Whiteman, Lincoln and Yak-
ima counties, it became clear
that the farm crisis was finding
political expression and merg-
ing with the distrust of the
Eisenhower administration felt
by workers and independent
voters in the urban- centers. -

Significantly Magnuson had
his biggest edge over Langlie

in Pierce country where labor tenders.

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precinct apparatus. :

The strong Demo
showing is even more
in the light of the rela

small primary vote. |

Pre - election pre@
estimated the possible
out at 825,000 which W°
the normal percentage
primary in a presidentla
Despite hot contests ™
parties the official vole
probably fall 150,000 sh0
that estimate.

It was the same’ St
the congressman-at-lare
where Democrat Do? ~
nuson smothered his.
GOP opponents in 4
voice landslide. He ha
edge in the November
off over Philip EV :
Seattle who did not mes
impressive primary sh pe
in spite of the nod from
Langlie-GOP machine

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