September 12, 1963 (16 pages)

September 12, 1963..The Nugget.. Page 7 & Page 7. school students should receive behind-the-wheel training (2760 -295); Driver-teachers shouldhave special training (3024-65); Behind-the-wheeltests should be required for licensing---for the original license (3000-72), and at least every 10 years (2205-741), and including all renewals over age 65 (2422-542); Medical examinations should be required of all applicants over age 65 (1392751); Public funds should be spent to correct bad driving habits or problem drivers (1735-1199) and such drivers after a specified number of convictions should have their license suspended or revoked (2780-234); On second offense, drunk driving license suspension should be mandatory (2020); Drivers convicted of two moving violations in a year should be required to go to a traffic school (1400-1053); Local jurisdictions should be required by state law to compile collision information on a standard basis for statewide use (2341-560); and there should be increased research into mechanical failure as an accident factor (2509-420) and highway speed as an accident factor (2513-429). WASHINGTON CALLING CHURCHES OF AMERICA COULD GET CIVIL RIGHTS LAW WASHINGTON---In the aftermath ot the emotional outpouring of the civilrignts march it is evident that one force and one torce alone can persuade the Congress to pass far-reaching civil rignts legislation. The churcnes of America have it in their power to convince doubting legislators of the need to bring social justice to millions of citizens deprived of their American birthright. In short, thisisa moral rather than a political issue if it is to generate support sufficient to overcome the bitter-end resistance of the Southern bloc with its conservative Northern allies. The march itself laid the base for this support. Conspicuous from beginning to end were the representatives CALIFORNIA SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SAW POINT REYES AREA MUCH AS IT 1S TODAY.....-EXCEPT In 1579, Sir Francis Drake dropped anchor off the coast of Northern California and wandered inland among the Indians and left his plaque near the present town of Corte Madera. On his travels it is a good bet he caught a fook at the Point Reyes Peninsula, a triangular jut of land which is today part of Marin County. Another good bet is that much of Point Reyes looks quite a bit today the way it looked almost four centuries ago. The western half of the peninsula is very thinly settled. Yousee‘an occasional wind-battered dairy farm and an occasional government installation of one kind or another. On this side of the island, if you stop your car and wander 15 feet from the road you can feel isolated and forgotten. Except for the ravines, where there are trees, the land has a blasted but majestic look as it rolls down to the sea cliffs. Point Reyes is less than 50 miles from San Francisco, but weather and geography have kept it isolated in a state that is experiencing the fastest urban growth in world history. The western shore is open to every blast of wind that the Pacific Ocean has to offer. It is often shrouded in fog. But cross the hill back to the eastern side of the peninsula, along Tomales Bay, and the climate becomes moderate, the trees become thick, the FOR ONE RECENT SUBDIVISION fog recedes, and human habitation is much more in evidence. Still, youcan drive right through the town of Inverness and not be sure whether what you saw was Inverness or just a store or two. There are plenty of summer and weekend homes in the area, but these are well hidden by the dense hardwoods, A small strip including Inverness will not be part of the Point Reyes National Seashore, recently established by Congress. But the rest of the Peninsula will--the moor-like grasslands, the tarns, the upland plateaus, the ravines and forests, the great beaches and lagoons, the deer, shore birds, clams and fish. The people of the nation, who will inherit the Point Reyes park, will be happy with their acquisition. But they won't like one part of it: while Congress was making up its mind about authorizing the park, Marin County allowed a beautiful portion of the previously untrammeled sand spit at Drake's Bay to be subdivided. The county could well have held up development until Congress reached a decision, but the pressures exerted by special interests won the day, and now houses are spread through one of the most scenic portions of the Seashore, and "Keep Out" sings are posted. MARIN COUNTY...allowed subdividers to invade our newest national seashore park, Point Reyes. 1'Mso LONELY! i ONLY & HAD AERIEND .-OH YES! t witl CHERISH YOU.. PROTECT YOu .-T yottl SHARE HY RICH HOHE NTS fey = LIVING with YoU on Yes! x wide SsiMizate YOU 1Wt0 uy geInel! ot Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths, They spoke eloquently in support of the goal of the marchers, and clerical figures, many of them carrying placards, were interspersed throughout the vast crowd. “This was followed by the strongly worded statement ot the World Council of Churches. It was a grave warning to Christians who support segregation “by action or inaction" and thereby betray Christ and the "fellowship which bears His name”. The Council, made up of the principal Protestant and Eastern orthodox congregations, was saying in effect that Christians failing to work to end segregation are as guilty of undermining their faith as those actively supporting segregation. PopeJohn XXIII in his greatencyclical, Pacem in Terris, called for recognition of the rights of every individual ot whatever color or race as a child of God. When Pope Paul VI met with President Kennedy he publicly expressed his concern for the civil rights program. Except for a few splinter extremist groups religious sup~ port for integration covers the whole religious spectrum. The question is whether this support will be translated into concerted effort to convince the waverers that a majority of Americans of every kind and color and not just the leaders of a few pressure groups want action. In many states -in the Midwest, in the Plain and Rocky Mountain States -the proportion of Negroes to white is small, Unless Congressmen from these regions hear from the folks back home who have a real conviction of the need tocorrect ancient wrongs they may get the impression that no one cares very much. The most controversial section of the Administration bill calls for desegregation of public accommodations. Rumors persist of a. deal between the majority and minority leaders that would eliminate it or water it down so that it would have little effect. Passionate advocates of civil rights would be disillusioned if this would be the outcome of the current struggle. ee The legal base for the public accommodation section is, in the Administration's concept, in the commerce clause of the Constitution -the right of the Federal government to regulate commerce between the states. Since Mrs. Murphy's boarding house has no measurable effect on interstate commerce it would be exempted. But, tomany, that seems a legalistic approach subject to higgling over the scope of public accommodation to be covered by law. Sen. Kenneth Keating (R., N. Y.) says that a far stronger base would be the 14th Amendment tothe Constitution adopted just after the Civil War. This is in broad terms a guarantee of the rights and privileges of citizenship to all. In the view of Keating and others it would be a channel for the deep moral conviction motivating so many hundreds of religious leaders. The Administration has indicated that support for public accommodations could rest on both constitutional pillars. Wide support from religious leaders can supply another element essential to success of the civil rights cause -restraint and responsibility. Finally, timing is an important factor, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield talks hopefully of bringing up the civil rights bill in the Senate by mid-October. It would take precedence over tax reduction on which the White House puts such high priority.A vote would come, in the Mansfield timetable, four to six weeks after the measure was brought up -hopefully before December 1. But many obstacles stand in the way that only deeply held faith can overcome. — (Copyright 1963) ---Marquis Childs AW, FRIENDSHIP!” _BE Le H 2 SUSTENANCE OF vate nee

September 12, 1963...The Nugget... Page 7 & Page 7.. school students should receive behind-the-wheel training (2760 -295); Driver-teachers shouldhave special training (3024-65); Behind-the-wheeltests should be required for licensing---for the original license (3000-72), and at least every 10 years (2205-741), and including all renewals over age 65 (2422-542); Medical examinations should be required of all applicants over age 65 (1392751); Public funds should be spent to correct bad driving habits or problem drivers (1735-1199) and such drivers after a specified number of convictions should have their license suspended or revoked (2780-234); On second offense, drunk driving license suspension should be mandatory (2020); Drivers convicted of two moving violations in a year should be required to go to a traffic school (1400-1053); Local jurisdictions should be required by state law to compile collision information on a standard basis for statewide use (2341-560); and there should be increased research into mechanical failure as an accident factor (2509-420) and highway speed as an accident factor (2513-429). WASHINGTON CALLING CHURCHES OF AMERICA COULD GET CIVIL RIGHTS LAW WASHINGTON---In the aftermath ot the emotional outpouring of the civilrignts march it is evident that one force and one torce alone can persuade the Congress to pass far-reaching civil rignts legislation. The churcnes of America have it in their power to convince doubting legislators of the need to bring social justice to millions of citizens deprived of their American birthright. In short, thisisa moral rather than a political issue if it is to generate support sufficient to overcome the bitter-end resistance of the Southern bloc with its conservative Northern allies. The march itself laid the base for this support. Conspicuous from beginning to end were the representatives CALIFORNIA SIR FRANCIS DRAKE SAW POINT REYES AREA MUCH AS IT 1S TODAY.........-EXCEPT In 1579, Sir Francis Drake dropped anchor off the coast of Northern California and wandered inland among the Indians and left his plaque near the present town of Corte Madera. On his travels it is a good bet he caught a fook at the Point Reyes Peninsula, a triangular jut of land which is today part of Marin County. Another good bet is that much of Point Reyes looks quite a bit today the way it looked almost four centuries ago. The western half of the peninsula is very thinly settled. Yousee‘an occasional wind-battered dairy farm and an occasional government installation of one kind or another. On this side of the island, if you stop your car and wander 15 feet from the road you can feel isolated and forgotten. Except for the ravines, where there are trees, the land has a blasted but majestic look as it rolls down to the sea cliffs. Point Reyes is less than 50 miles from San Francisco, but weather and geography have kept it isolated in a state that is experiencing the fastest urban growth in world history. The western shore is open to every blast of wind that the Pacific Ocean has to offer. It is often shrouded in fog. But cross the hill back to the eastern side of the peninsula, along Tomales Bay, and the climate becomes moderate, the trees become thick, the FOR ONE RECENT SUBDIVISION fog recedes, and human habitation is much more in evidence. Still, youcan drive right through the town of Inverness and not be sure whether what you saw was Inverness or just a store or two. There are plenty of summer and weekend homes in the area, but these are well hidden by the dense hardwoods, A small strip including Inverness will not be part of the Point Reyes National Seashore, recently established by Congress. But the rest of the Peninsula will--the moor-like grasslands, the tarns, the upland plateaus, the ravines and forests, the great beaches and lagoons, the deer, shore birds, clams and fish. The people of the nation, who will inherit the Point Reyes park, will be happy with their acquisition. But they won't like one part of it: while Congress was making up its mind about authorizing the park, Marin County allowed a beautiful portion of the previously untrammeled sand spit at Drake's Bay to be subdivided. The county could well have held up development until Congress reached a decision, but the pressures exerted by special interests won the day, and now houses are spread through one of the most scenic portions of the Seashore,

and "Keep Out" sings are posted. MARIN COUNTY.....allowed subdividers to invade our newest national seashore park, Point Reyes. 1'Mso LONELY! i ONLY & HAD AERIEND ..-OH YES! t witl CHERISH YOU... PROTECT YOu .-T yottl SHARE HY RICH HOHE NTS fey = LIVING with YoU on Yes! x wide SsiMizate YOU 1Wt0 uy geInel! ot Catholic, Protestant and Jewish faiths, They spoke eloquently in support of the goal of the marchers, and clerical figures, many of them carrying placards, were interspersed throughout the vast crowd. “This was followed by the strongly worded statement ot the World Council of Churches. It was a grave warning to Christians who support segregation “by action or inaction" and thereby betray Christ and the "fellowship which bears His name”. The Council, made up of the principal Protestant and Eastern orthodox congregations, was saying in effect that Christians failing to work to end segregation are as guilty of undermining their faith as those actively supporting segregation. PopeJohn XXIII in his greatencyclical, Pacem in Terris, called for recognition of the rights of every individual ot whatever color or race as a child of God. When Pope Paul VI met with President Kennedy he publicly expressed his concern for the civil rights program. Except for a few splinter extremist groups religious sup~ port for integration covers the whole religious spectrum. The question is whether this support will be translated into concerted effort to convince the waverers that a majority of Americans of every kind and color and not just the leaders of a few pressure groups want action. In many states -in the Midwest, in the Plain and Rocky Mountain States -the proportion of Negroes to white is small, Unless Congressmen from these regions hear from the folks back home who have a real conviction of the need tocorrect ancient wrongs they may get the impression that no one cares very much. The most controversial section of the Administration bill calls for desegregation of public accommodations. Rumors persist of a. deal between the majority and minority leaders that would eliminate it or water it down so that it would have little effect. Passionate advocates of civil rights would be disillusioned if this would be the outcome of the current struggle. ee The legal base for the public accommodation section is, in the Administration's concept, in the commerce clause of the Constitution -the right of the Federal government to regulate commerce between the states. Since Mrs. Murphy's boarding house has no measurable effect on interstate commerce it would be exempted. But, tomany, that seems a legalistic approach subject to higgling over the scope of public accommodation to be covered by law. Sen. Kenneth Keating (R., N. Y.) says that a far stronger base would be the 14th Amendment tothe Constitution adopted just after the Civil War. This is in broad terms a guarantee of the rights and privileges of citizenship to all. In the view of Keating and others it would be a channel for the deep moral conviction motivating so many hundreds of religious leaders. The Administration has indicated that support for public accommodations could rest on both constitutional pillars. Wide support from religious leaders can supply another element essential to success of the civil rights cause -restraint and responsibility. Finally, timing is an important factor, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield talks hopefully of bringing up the civil rights bill in the Senate by mid-October. It would take precedence over tax reduction on which the White House puts such high priority.A vote would come, in the Mansfield timetable, four to six weeks after the measure was brought up -hopefully before December 1. But many obstacles stand in the way that only deeply held faith can overcome. — (Copyright 1963) ---Marquis Childs AW, FRIENDSHIP!” _BE Le H 2 SUSTENANCE OF vate nee