'Do Pass-Put on 1 a Housing Measure By DON THOMAS Tribune Political Writer ' Sacramento - Governor Brown's bill to ban discrimina-tCi"vtioa in private housing reached jtfie Assembly today with, a "do pass" recommendation from -.-.ilie committee on governmental ; efficiency and economy. - A u t h o r e d by Assemblyman .V5 Byron Rumford of Berkeley, ...as a key measure in the gov- .!frnor's 1963 human rights pro-' fTam, the bill is similar to the 'ordinance subject to ratification -iiiyBerkeley voterTuesday Although Rumford had hoped" ..-to bring his bill to a floor vote prior to the Berkeley election, he hit a road block. The meas-;" lire is due to be shunted to the Ways and Means Committee for tta screening as to cost factors .. involved and will not return to the action calendar before Tues- day. '. I ! initial committee approval - came late yesterday following ;"t"rsJmost three hours of hearing .-uring which more than two ;".fioren witnesses appeared, the -Tnajority in support of the 'tneasure. The "do pass" recommenda-, . tion was given on motion of Assemblyman John-Knox of Rich-mond on a voice vote. There were five audible "no" votes . cast by .the 13-man committees ... EXTENDS CURBS ; Jlumford's bill would extend .'t- . existing prohibitions against dis-Crimination in the selling, leas-ing or rental of any publicly as-' .;$isted housing accommodations .I to all housing accommodations except single-unit, owner-occu- pied dwellings. It would also ban ;! discrimination by financial in- stltutions and real estate brok- i'- ecs and salesmen. . Enforcement would be han-;J died by the Fair Employment Practices Commission and vio- l'ation of a commission order or .interference with the commit nion in performance of its duties iould be a misdemeanor punish-, a,Dle by a $500 fine, six months jn prison, or both '4' Terming passage of the meas ure vitally necessary, Rumford said that discrimination in hous ing leads to delinquency, pover ty and crime. Stressing that court decisions have held such legislation td be legal and con stitutional, the Berkeley law maker observed that "human rights are superior to property rights under our constitution. MOSK WARNS Citing the increase in Negro population in California, Atty. Gen. Stanley Mosk told the committee The Los Angeles ghetto is becoming bigger and denser and the same is true in other California communities. The pressures in these ghet tos is building up. Each month thousands more are b e i n g packed in substandard housing, adding to the burdens of health authorities, police officials and school authorities. Before this pressure becomes so strong it breaks down exist ing barriers with explosive force, I hope this state will act to end de factor segregation." Tarea Hall Pittman, regiona secretary of the National 'Asso ciation for the Advancement o; Colored People, charged that racial discrimination is limiting non-white residency in Califor nia and is jeopardizing the state orderly residential growth and development. CHARGE ASKED Presenting a legal analysis of the bill, Nathaniel Colley, counsel for the NAACP, suggested an amendment which he said would protect property owners from double civil jeopardy, but no action was taken. Rumford explained later that - somewhat similar language in the Berkeley ordinance is under attack on the grounds that it might actually result in denial of due process of law. As lead-off witness for the opposition, Robert D. Weinmann, executive director of the Citizens League for Individual Freedom, declared that the issue is not discrimination but depriva- PORTUGUESE LET BIDAULT STAY HIDDEN LISBON, Portugal (AP)-Port-today the uguese police said whereabouts of former French Premier Georges Bidault will re main secret until he leaves Port ugal. Bidault, a leader in the under ground fight to overthrow President Charles de Gaulle, slipped into Portugal with secretary from West Germany Tuesday. The government refused to let them stay because they entered under false names. tion of property rights and freedom of choice. "Discnmination e x i si rTn every town and every state, but this legislation will not solve the problem. It's not possible to legislate morality. It's not pos sible to. legislate bigotry and hatred out of the hearts and minds of men." REVERSE EFFECT James Goforth of the California State Chamber of Commerce, warned that passage of the Rumford bill would "depress the home building industry, worsen the home shortage situation and thus have a reverse effect" to that desired by its sponsors. "A humane society," he said, 'cannot be created by edict Expressing belief that the measure would create, rather than cure, racial antagonisms and would eliminate freedom in favor of social compulsion, L. H. Wilson, president of the Cali fornia Real Estate Association, asserted: "This bill strikes at funda mental rights guaranteed by the constitution of the United States. It impairs rights and liberties by destroying freedom of choice and freedom of association 1 The proposed legislation will destroy the right of property owners to rent, lease or sell their property to whomever they wish. This makes the gov ernment a co-owner of a man s property. "Under such a law the proper ty owner would carry the bur dens of ownership, but only the state could say what he can do with it." I