Atlanta Daily World

King At Albany

BULLETIN!

ALBANY, Ga. - (UPI) - About 500 Albany Negroes Saturday night marched on city hall to protest segregation. Police immediately began arresting them.

The group had assembled at a Baptist church and was led by the Rev. Samuel B. Wells, pastor.

By CHARLES ALDINGER

ALBANY, Ga. - (UPI) - A federal court injunction Saturday halted Negro plans to stage a massive city hall demonstration against alleged city hall discrimination in this South Georgia city of 60,000 population.

The surprise move was bitterly denounced by the Negro leadership but it was not decided whether to spurn or obey the order.

Southern integration leader Martin Luther King, Jr., one of eight individuals named to the injunction issued by U. S. District Judge Robert Elliott at Columbus, Ga., complained that the rights of Negroes had been "blatantly denied" by the action.

King was to have led a demonstration on the city hall steps at 4 p.m. EST.

DENIES CHARGES

King denied to newsmen that the demonstrations here were inspired by outsiders as charged by local officials in asking for the restraining order against picketing and boycotts.

King said he had expected court action from a state level but admitted the federal action took him completely by surprise. Elliott's injunction restrained the Negroes from "continuing to sponsor, finance or encourage unlawful picketing .... from engaging or participating in any unlawful congregating or marching in the streets' on the sidewalks or other public ways from conspiring, encouraging or participating in any boycott in restraint of trade or from doing any other act designed to provoke breaches of the peace."

King and one other defendant turned up at police headquarters voluntarily to accept service of federal papers. It took hours to find the others.

JAIL THREATENED

Police Chief Laurie Pritchett said that if anyone is caught violating

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the injunction "we'll throw them in jail."

Under the federal order. U. S.. marshals apparently would team with local and state police to enforce it.

King returned to Albany, scene of a long chain of desegregation demonstrations, Friday to take command of the weekend effort.

King spent two days in the Albany jail several weeks ago when he refused to pay a fine for a demonstration conviction dating to last December.

This city of 60,000 - plus population appeared outwardly calm with the normal Saturday shopping crowd going its way. The temperature was in the mid - nineties, a typical summer Saturday. Only the appearance of an unusual number of police officers indicated the tense situation.

In addition to King. those named in the injunction were Dr. W. G Anderson, head of the Albany Movement which has spearheaded the efforts to integrate many public facilities here: Wyatt Tee Walker. King's top associate: Mrs. Ruby Hurley, Slater King, M. S. Page Charles Jones and Rev. Ralph Abernathy.