New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00482
1963
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* • W- Y AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, JuiK 89, 19«3
Politics
liberals Back Watson, Jones
Harlem State Senator James L
Watson, who handily won the
Democrntic Party designation tar
the Otvil Court last week, added
WK support in his bid for the
925,000-a year post when the Lib
eral Party Monday endorsed his
candidacy, thus making him the
foteocratic-Liberal candidate to
retiring Justice Francis
The Liberals also gave their
party's designation this week to
Councilman J. Raymond- Jones,
who is embroiled in a three-wqj»
light for the City Council seat to
which he was elected to an in
terim term. Attorneys Henry Wil
liams and Oliver Sutton are also
waging a petition drive for the
seat.
Fights Powell
man-At-Lerge, announced that he
would remain la the race to tl
end as he’ began circulating
petitioni in several Harlem dis
tricts to insure him a place on
the ballot. As the week progress
ed. it was learned that Attorney
John Edmonds, who is also wag
ing a leadership race, was con
templating entering the Council-
man-At-Large race.
,Jt>'Republicans are expected
te- name attorney Robert Raw.
Publicist John Young, who gar-
attorney Robert Raw., nered three of the county’s six
teen votes last ueek-for-Councii
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Meanwhile leadership battles
were bursting out throughout
Harlem C Wellington Beale and
Mrs Shirley Rector, began a
petition drive to oppose Rep.
Adam Clayton Powell and Mrs.
Lillian Upshur for the Democra
tic leadership in the 12th A.D.,
Part B
Io the 13th A.D., East. Mrs
Carrie Thomas and Antonio T.
Rasmus have launched a petition
campaign to seek to oppose Mr.
Jones and Mrs. Edrie Archibald
for the leadership, and are also
challenging Jones for the Demo
cratic State Committee post.
Other leadership battles pre
viously announced in Harlem pit
.Assemblyman Lloyd E. Dickens
in a fight for his tlth A.D.,
leadership against Deputy City
License Commissioner George
Miller and Attorney Charles Ran-
gel;. and Attorney Edmonds and
Diggs Asks Policy Review
I
He called the Secretary's at
tention to a statement by the
Icelandic Embassy in Washing
ton which deLied any knowledge
of a policy by the government
of Iceland "barring, restricting
or limiting Negroes on or off
United States bases ”
Cong. Diggs said that In view
of such a statement, the De
fense Secretary should "show
cause" why the present policy
in Iceland should not be abdh-,
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WASHINGTON — Congress
man Charles C. Diggs, Jr., (D-
Michl base asked Defense Sec
retary McNamara to review the
policy regarding the assignment
of Negroes to military installa
tions in Iceland.
The Detroit Congressman said
in a letter to Mr. McNamaia
that a newspaper report Indic
ated there was a reversal of the
policy that no persons of Jewish
faith be assigned to United
States troops stationed in Saudi
Arabia, and that "as a result
such servicemen have been in
that country for several weeks."
Woman Killer
Held For Jury
Mrs. Ida Uddir.. 47. of 158 E
111th St., charged with the fatal
knifing of Louis Rivera, 26, Fri
day night, was held without bail
by Judge Walter H. Gladwin for
action by the Grand Jury.
Police said Rivera and Mrs.
Uddin engaged in an argument
over htr staying out late and
Rivera who also lived at the 158
W. 111th St. address was fatally
knifed.
The beet habit to form is to
read the Amsterdam News every
week. Out every Thursday.
Mrs. Wilbelmina Adams seeking
to unseat former Borough Presi
dent Hulan E. Jack and Mrs.
Lillian Thompson. A third can
didate, Carl Anduxe, has also
entered the 14th A.D., West, race.
SIT-IN AT SCHR - Members
of Brooklyn CORF, relax dur
ing their week-long sit-in in the
offices of the State Commis
sion for Human Rights to win
transfers for two Negro stu
dents from the all-Negro John
Jay High School. Sit-in, which
began last Tuesday, was con
sidered a friendly one. Seated
on floor are Gilbert Banks,
Maxine Leeds, Mrs. Beverly
Leeds, whose husband is presi
dent on Brooklyn CORE; and
Marjorie Leeds. Seated in rear
are L. to R., Tom Moscow.
Edward Hall. Carol Chalik,
Beverly Williams, Carl Weeks,
Alfred Blumfield, Alexander
Passikoff and Barbara Weeks.
i (Gilbert Photo)
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Negro Longshoremen
Gaining Power In Union
Negroes, who account for one-
third of the membership of the
60,000 - member International
Longshoremen’s Association, aie
rising to the crest of power in
the union.
Capt. William V. Bradley, pres
ident of the ILA. is bidding for
their support to return his to a
fourth term as the most p, verfiil
shoreman on Atlantic and
only for employment on bur
docks, but as officials."
"I shall fight for the election
of a Negro to either the execu
tive vice presidency of the union
or as the general organizer of the!
ILA." he said.
Bradley has so far taken his
campaign to Gulf and South At
lantic docks where the majority
of Negroes are employed
He has promised the 20,000 Xe-
take his campaign
• , Bui. Gleason'
PromUes ’
‘-Hie.'
His challenger, Thomas W.| Negroes. Thera are
three'
Gleason; while not giving, so Negroes among Cte five offi^rs
forthright assurances is quetly the South Atlantic afld Gulf
making promises that he will al- Coast district.
so push them into policy-making
positions in one of the nation's
most powerful dock unions.
Gleason this week got a size
able jump on Bradley when Rich
ard Askew’, Negro leader of the
largest ILA local in Philadelphia,
reportedly backed him for elec
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tion.
Englewood
Heading
For Courts
If Askew's decision sets a pat-1
*rn for
tern for the rest of the Philadel- By GEORGE TODD
phia unionized waterfront. Glea- Attorney Paul Zuber
son will, get 50 votes frpm the declared this * ?ek he is
^Bradley, however, has said prepared to go to Federal
that Askew pledged him his sup
port last week in the union's
election whieh comes up next
month In Miami Beach,’ Fla
Court unless the Board of
Education acts to remove
the promotion ban against
He recently said he supported t},e students who Stayed OUt
SX" STSX'the racially imbalanced
-------------------- t--------------------------------- Lincoln School in Engle
CORE Leader
Gets Threats
In Florida
MIAMI. F’.a — Within three
days of a televised Miami CORE
meeting at which A.D. Moore,
the group's chairman, asserted:
‘We want complete freedom this
year,” two threats were made on
Moore's life — one by phone and
one by mail.
"Evers wanted complete free
dom too, and he got it: but do
he like it?" said an anonymous
letter received by Moore. The
phone call also mentioned the
NAACP leader slain in Missis
sippi and threatened Moore with
same.
wood, N. J.
He said one of the parents of
the 34 children involved in the
boycott phoned him Tuesday and
said she was told by the school
superintendent that her child
vould attend summer school and
pay a tuition of $65.
Whether any of the children
denied advancement to a higher
grade at last week's graduation
have apptied for the proposed
summer classes, could not be
ascertained by the Amsterdam
News at press time.
Superintendent Dr. Mark R.
Shedd, reached Tuesday at Engle
wood, declined to make a public
statement at that time, saying
that an announcement would be
made later this week.
Rights Violated
Meanw’hile, Mr. Zuber, who
has been spear heading the fight
to end defacto segregation on
The following day, while Moore
many education fronts for some
was at work, two carloads of
time, charged that the students’
white men came to his home
rights were violated when they
and trampled over his lawn Up
were not promoted and not even
on learning this, Moore had his allowed to take the examination
wile move elsewhere for the He
night to ensure her safety
Fourteenth Amendment the chil-
out tha, under
Win Long Campaign dren could not be forced to attend
Two days prior to the meeting. a rariaHy segregated school,
j Miami CORE won a desegrega- Superintendent Shedd did say,
tion campaign which started however, that the summer school
three years ago during CORE s idea was merely tentative and the
summer Action Institute here. matter was still pending
Shell's City Supermarket final- The possibility that the children
ly desegregated its lunch count- mav not havt* to repeat grades
er and in addition agreed to in- next >'rar has not been ruled wit.
vlte a fair employment policy by Nr. Zuber indicated he would
hiring Negro cashiers within TO PfbPose to th. Board of Educe-
days. On the first day of the pol- f*on that the children be allt>»e.
icy change CORE test teams ,o *allp the test before an lm-
were served without incidents. Partial board of examiners
Take Training
Insurance Men
....... ................. He said the children were being,
privately tutored while they were
boycotting the Lincoln School
since Feb 26. He feels that the
least the Lincoln school author!-
ities could have done was to find,
out whether the absented pupils
.were adequately prepared to lake
NASHVILLE. Tenn. —- Twenty the school examinations before
In Management
outstanding insurance district , rejecting them,
managers have taken up two-’-------------------------------------------------- —I
week - residence oa the campus
of Flak University for the Seventh1
Institute in Agency Management.'
sponsored by (he National Insur-'
ance Association.
The men were selected from
among top field supervisors in
Negro - managed life Insurance
firms. Fourteen companies are
represented.
H. A. Caldwell, Universal Life
In. Co. training director of Mem-
dean of the Institute. Other fa
culty includes Malcolm Corrln.
CLU, agency director for Great
Lakes Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
Detroit, and William Savoy of
Columbus, Ohio, a retired insur
ance man now associated with
J Ohio" State University.
Pastor Hits
Club
Rev. George Lawrence,
pastor of Brooklyn's Antioch
Baptist Church this week ask
ed the State Liquor Anthsrlty
to Investigate the propriety of
the sale o fliqwor In the Sweet
Chariot clnb whtrh he railed
a "deliberate and insalting ex
ploitation of the religions her
itage of the Negro people".
Rev. Lawrence led a dem
onstration in front of the "gla
and gospel" club oa Saadav.
June 19 and has prom toed to’
vttan.
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