New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00575
1963
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After Panel. Report
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Pressure Continues
On Construction Bias
By GEORGE BARNER
43 • W, T. AMSTERDAM NEWS. Sat, lirtj JW, IMS
Bronx Boy
Must Take
Rabies Shots
Ernest John, 7. of 1384 Bris
tow St.. Bronx, began a painful
•cries of 14 anti-rabies shots Wed
nesday at the Bronx Health Cen
ter. 1826 Arthur Ave.
The owner of the dog which bit
him a week ago never came
forth to have the animal examin
ed and possibly spare the young
ster agonizing inooculations It s
not too late though. If the owner
will turn up and the examination
proves negative~Xmie will be
spared the remaining shots
There were compensations,
however Ernie’s mother. Evelyn,
bought him a baseball mitt for
• taking it like a man’* and great
est of all. Ernie has been cleared
by authorities of the Clear Pool
Camp in Cannel, N.Y. to Join his
Ihird grade buddies there as soon
ts possible after toe shots are
completed on July 30. He should
be In camp at the latest by Aug.
15.
Items Give
To SCLC
er ef the New York
crake Cos
vealed this
erratic Pany
County has
of $2,687.58 to
Christian
eace to
its struggle (or
The Executive CommiUee of
the Democratic Party of New
York County has
the Frederick Itouglass Mem
orial Fund to facilitate
cnfttrihutioNs. and Mr. taoti-
kyjNI announced that future
rnatrihutioao received by
Fund would be forwarded to
The NAACP-Evers Scholarship
Fund.
PAL Runs
Employment
Agency Now
lie s Non-Violent
declared it will continue to press
Randolph said the Negro is American Medical Associa-
committed to non-violence, but tion for a public pronouncement
added that there can only be
violence “when the police create
violence.”
of its stand on segregated hos
pitals. medical societies and oth
er aspects of medicine and health
services.
The
The group told a press con-; jx- ’ 9
CAMBRIDGE REMOVAL—
With an uneasy peace again
in Cambridge, Md. this was
the scene last week as three
demonstrators who tried to be
served at the Dizzyland res
taurant was carried out by po
lice when they refused to
leave. Being held on the
ground is James Lewis, 28.
At loft is Johnny Weeks, 22.
and being dragged out is
Dwight Campbell. At right, in
shorts, Is Mrs. Gloria Richard
son, chairman of the Cam
bridge Non-Violent Action
Committee. (UR Photo).
U S 'Attorney Robert M. Mor
genthau, president of the Police
Athletic League announced Tues
day that the recreational athle
tic program of the PAL has been
extended in the 28th. 26th.
and 32nd Precincts.
The PAL has also opened/an
employment agency for
agers at the 32nd Precinc
W. 135th St.
Bronx Youth
Wins Scout
Eagle Award
The Program. according to Mr.
Morgenthau was financed by
leading corporations and labor
unions. The program will be ex
tended as soon as more funds
are raised.
The Trinity Methodist Church
of Morrisania, the Bronx, an
nounces the first boy in her
troop's history to win his Eagle
Award, the highest rank given in
the Boy Scouts of America.
Press AMA
For Stand
On Hospitals
The American Medical Com
mittee for Civil Rights this week
It was recently awarded to
Ralph Escobar, Jr., a member of
Post No. 62. Ralph, a recent gra
duate of junior high school, la
also a member of the Ranachqua
Lodge, Order of the Arrow Scout
ing fraternity.
A special award night wa*J
held at the church where the Es
cobar family, who are members
of the Evangdica Igelsia Meto-
dista, the Bronx, was honored.
Mf. Escobar,-Sr., is Post Advisor
of his son’s Post Mrs. Escobar
is a Den Mother in Pack No. 52.
The Rev. Lawrence B. Smith,
pastor of the church, recognized
the major role played by the fam
ily in the scuting program of the
ference that because of the ur- We re Cited
XZ Along With
gency of the situation, “we will
use all possible non-violent
including public actions
to the one used in Atlantic City.' , _ _
Last month the newly formed I y / It 11 01*6
medical civil rights’ group*1
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picketed the AMA convention at
The Amsterdam News and 17
to use ito organizational strength th^Itov Ob^D teX a’t
to eliminate bias in state and
, an outdoor rally in recognition
county medical societies that ex- * thrtr wrvk.e to the connnun.
clnde Negro physicians.
.. .
Jgy
, ..
Dempsey
Not Satisfactory
The Committee said the AMA
approach to the problem by set
ting up a joist committee with
the National Medical Association,
a Negro group, was "totally un
satisfactory. . .and similar to
several previous unproductive
joint committees.”
“The crisis now involving most
phases of American life should be
kept out of the health field,” said
the group in a statement, adding
“Wo believe this is possible if
the medical profession assumes
its moral and scientific respon
sibilities called for by the na
tion’s current efforts to assure
equal opportunity and human dig-
nity to all its citizens.”
The citation ceremonies were
held at Edgecombe Ave. and
136th St. at the 19th annual cit
izens achievement day rally pre
sided over by the Rev. Dempsey,
pastor of Upper Park Avenue
and 126th St. and director of the
Anti-Grime and Anti-Narcotics
Committee.
The ceremonies were also used
as a vehicle through which the
clergyman renewed his appeal
to the public to join him and
the AntiGrime and Anti-Nar
cotics Committee in a campaign
to wipe out drug addiction and
crime in Harlem
A humorous note was struck
by State Sen. James L. Watson
who, while he w-as accepting the
award for the State Democratic
____
A new co-chairman, Dr. John Committee, quipped:
H. Mulholland was added to the
group last week. He is chairman
‘K» too bad that I couldn’t
P"** 3™“* alon?
with the awaTd
-Ministers
(Continued from Page One)
with the unions and builder*
imposed on black people by
whites who Rav. Milton Gala-
mlson said had lost their moral
right to leadership.
“Wo wUl follow the path of
peaceful protest," /Rev. Gardner
Taylor started, “but there will be
no retreat. And if the ruling white
power structure brings it about,
our blood will fill the streets.'
“We will go to Jail and If we
die, we will die like heroes,” the
usually gentle spoken Rev. Tay
lor said. “We have waited 100
years and next year is too late
We want all and every right
and opportunity, and we want it
now,” Rev. Taylor stated, to the
echoes of approving applause.
New Day
He dwelt on the significance of
the ministers' arrest and in cha
racteristic restraint said **may-
be”it bespoke.the “dawn of a new
day” In Brooklyn; a new day
bringing hope to black people
forced to live under Inferior bous
ing conditions; and deprived of
opportunities to work.
Even to those who in despair
sought relief in dope, the minis
ters, decisiou to wade into the
thick of the fight for complete
equality of opportunity, “now,"
may have brought some hope.
So Rev. Taylor said, hoping
we can get it peacefully, calm
ly and with cooperation" from the
white power structure. But we
must have it, come what may.
“President Kennedy, Governor
Rockefeller and Mayor Wag
ner must use their offices to
open opportunities for Negroes
and Puerto Ricans. They must
see now that public funds are not
used, where there is discrimina
tion against these minority
groups,” he continued. T------—
Committee Report
Before Rev. Taylor spoke, chi
Where Are We Going,” there
was a report by the Joint Com
mittee on Equal Employment Op
portunity. It was presented by
John Parham. Brooklyn Urban
League executive secretary Oliv
er Leeds, Brooklyn CORE chair
man and Warren Bunn, Brooklyn
NAACP president-
Since June 18 they had visited
the construction site on Clarkson
and Brooklyn Aves financed by
state funds. They had conferred
But all the unions except the
carpenters allegedly discriminat
ed against Negroes and Puerto
Ricans. As a result, only white
men could get any of the con
struction Jobs paying as much as
112,000 a year.
AU other methods having
exhausted, direct action was start
ed last week. The dramatic entry
of the ministers Into the fight, ex
tended the base of the conflict
and Involved all levels of Negro
society.
Bipartisan
—
At the meeting Monday night,
there were Democrats, Liberals
and Republicans; lawyers, doc
tors, financiers; ‘ realtors, teach
ers. accountants, people in the
municipal, state, and federal
public service.
There were representatives of
the Puerto Rican Council, the Pro
testant Council, District 65, AFL-
CIO. They heard presiding min
ister, Rev. Dr. Sandy F. Ray,
state that “we are in the midst
of a world revolution,’* and
Brooklyn Negroes had elected to
ride the wave to a higher level
of living."
Monday’s events were but a
start, Rev. Ray stated. And he
announced that a mass meeting
would be held Sunday. July 21 at
the Fulton Street Park, at Fulton
St- and Stuyvesant Ave., at 2 p.m.
Each minister would lead his con
gregation there.
-12 Lawyers
(Continued from Page 23)
Elaine Bibuld were arrested for
the second time, the first being
Wednesday. July 10. when they
were held with GUbert Banks.
Defense attorneys led by As
semblyman Thomas R. Jones
were Benthan J. Headley, George
Fleary, Judson Reed, Cesar H.
Quinones, blind Puerto Rican law
yer; Risley Dent; Joseph B. Wil
liams. William Hurst: Norman
B. Johnson, Audrey Fox Ander
son; Gilbert Ramirez, Wendy Le-
vister.
Spectators In court Included
Assemblyman Bertram Baker;
Councilman Daniel Diggs; Julius
and Louis Hernandez, besides re
latives. sympathizers and mem
bers of the various churches.
"A People's
Revolution"
-Randolph -
“Thia is a people's revolu
tion. We esn't have a revolution
without fire, or bloodshed. As
far as I can see. I don't want
them off the streets. That’s
where they can tell their story.”
This statement was mado by
A. Philip Randolph, president
of the Negro American Labor
Council and a co-chairman of
the March on Waahlngton. In an
eloquent speech last week before
a biraclal group of about 200 In
his office at 217 W. 125th St.
Randolph’s 45-minute civil
rights inarch kick-off speech
brought spontaneous response
from the various religious, civic
and civil right* representatives,
some of whom came from New
Jersey. Support pledges follow
ed immediately.
“This revolution will never
spend its fury until the rampart
of prejudice and racial discrim
ination has crumbled,” be de
clared.
The veteran labor leader, stres
sing the urgency of the current
racial tensions, asserted that the
•‘mood is one of anger, and one
of impatience.”
Newsdealer
Nabs His
2nd Thief
Frank Peterson, the Wind news
dealer at the Southeast corner
of 125th St. and Eighth Ave.,
collared another thief who was
attempting to steal his money
Friday night.
Alonso Rogers, 27, of 206 W
Ulth St., charged with Grand
Larceny, is being held without
bail for > hearing in Criminal
Court this week.
Peterson tells his story:
”Lt was hot Friday night when
I arrived at the stand. I would
say It was about 2:15 p m. I took
out my change and placed it on
the stand in front of roe and my
dog was lying down. The side
door waa slightly ajar.”
“This fellow walks up to the
stand and started to talk The
next thing I knew his bead was
inside my stand. I asked him
what was the matter and he said
‘This is a game.* The next thing
( knew, he was touching my
money. I knew his game then
ao I grabbed him and applied
my ‘Joe Louis’ a couple of times-
and waited for the police. No,
I did not caB my dog. I was
capable of handling this fellow.
”7 don't know why they always
pick on me. They hand me fake
money and always try to rob me
This is the second man I caught
trying to take me. I wish they
would atop.”
Miniature
Of Fair
On Exhibit
Visitors impatient for a glimpse
of the gleaming pavilions, ser
ene gardens and exotic sights of
the 1964-65 New York World's
Fair have the opportunity to see
in miniature some of the archi
tectural wonders of the billion-
doilar international exposition at
a new exhibition which opened
Tuesday la the Time & Life Ex
hibition Center.
Titled “New York World’s
Fair; Preview,” the show fea
tures 40 architectural models, ren
derings and special displays, and
a huge (60 ft.) mural by Italian
Artist Aurello Mattelnl, deplet
ing his impressions of the Fair
as it wUl appar when complet
ed.
exhibition is being pre
by the New York World’s
Fair IMUS Corporation In co
operation with Time Inc. It will
ba open free to the public week
days sad bJiidays from 9 am.
to 5 p.m. and oa week-ends from
11 a m. to 7 p.m., from July 16
to Sept. I.
of the Department of Surgery,
New York University School of
Medicine. He joins Dr. John L.S.
Holloman Jr., a Harlem general
practitioner and member of the
National Medical Association
board of trustees.
Dr. Walter J. Lear, who Is
coordinator of the Committee,
disclosed that the group will par
ticipate in the planned Aug. 28
civil rights March on Washington,
and Will furnish first aid services.
Volunteers may reach him at
OR 4-5660.
Charged With
Throwing Man
Out Window
John Faison. 40. of 2528 Sev
enth Ave., a restaurant employ
ee. charged with throwing 38-
year-old Alexander Miles out the
second-floor window of 202 W.
140<h St., is being held without
bail for a hearing in Criminal
Court this week.
Police said the men were drink
ing Tuesday night in Miles
apartment at 202 W. 140th 6t.,
when they argued over who was
going to bdy another bottle. Mil
es, police said, was thrown out
of the window and landed in the
rear yatd. He was taken to Har
lem Hospital where he is con
fined with internal Injuries.
Police said Det. Howard Rus
sell of the W. 135th St. detec
tives arrested Miles In a restaur
ant at 79th St. and Second Ave.,
where he is employed.
Outdoor Tips
LINE WIND
Meet At "Y"
y”x rrOn Race For
Beverly Morgan, sheathed in
white figure-clinging dress, who
handed out the citations to the
awardees. Miss Morgan is
a young member of the church
and the committee.
Cited along with The Amster
dam News and the State Dem
ocratic Committee were Correct
ions Commissioner Anna Kross,
State Housing Commissioner
James W. Gaynor, City Housing
Authority Chairman William
Rdd, Police Commissi oner Mich
ael J. Murphy this was accepted
by an aide), the 25th Precinct’s
and 28th Precinct’s Police Ath
letic Leagues, Police Lieut Rob
ert Johnson, Ptl. Donald Hay
ward of the E. 128th St. station.
Housing Authority Police Lt.
Robert Ledee. the St. Martin's
Nautical Cadets, the Junior
Guards, the Rev. Robert Kin
loch of the Mississippi, Alabama
Relief Committee. television
technician Alva Doyle, the Zion
Shiloh Drum and Rugle Corps
and Dr. Charles Warren of St.
Mark's Methodist Church
Mayor Wagner, who was to
he at the rally, but was in
Europe, had accepted his award
last June 39. * — ———-«
Absent but also cited were
Federal Housing Chairman Rob
ert C. Weaver, Congressman
Adam Clayton Powell and at
torney Walter Voloahen.
Council
An emergency meeting will be
held at the Harlem YMCA on
Saturday, July 99, at
discuss the lack of a “Fair Po
litical Representative” for the
Negro In this year’s elections.
Discussions will revolve around
the fact that no Negroes or Puer
to Ricans have been designated by
either major party for one of the
ten new New York City’s Coun-
cilroen-at-Large posts Civic, bus
iness and political leaders will
attend.
John H. Young, HI, who is
being backed for Councilman-at-
Large from Manhattan by Har
lem leaders, will be the modera
tor of the program.
Wife, Daughter
Mourn Bricktop
.. ——*—‘—
Arthur “Bricktop” Gray. 42.
was buried in Feme 1 iff Ceme
tery Thursday morning following
funeral service in 84. Andrews
Church. 127th fit., and Fifth Ave
The Harlem born businessman
and sportsman died Sunday In
St. John's Hospital, Yonkers, af
ter suffering a heart attack
“Bricktop** who played basket
Drop Charges
ball with several community
teams as a youth Is survived by
In Long Beach
his wife, Carmen, aad daughter,
. Sheree Louisa, with whom he
-
-
The resort town of Long Beach * 760 Riverside Drive; a
dropped charges of disorderly brothcr charies. and a sister,
conduct, trespassing sad resisting
arrest against 37 antl-bl-s demon
strators Friday in City Court.
Edith.
. .
Time
Wind new monofilament on
your reel by putting monafila-
ment spool in bucket. A great
help In cutting down tangles,
snarls, and knots.
Since the demonstrations, which
took place In March and April,
with Negro leaders their com
plaint* about housing, slum dwel
ling and discriminatory hiring.
Neither wtll the wave which
has passed be railed back: nor
can the hour which has gone by
Ovid.
return.
Mayor’s Headache
(Continued From Page 11)
forced to bluntly start doing something
for himself.
So he got himself a new crop of
leaders who spoke his language in four*
letter words and whose only program
is doing whatever he can do for the
betterment of all Negroes.
And that Negro today is standing on
the steps of City Hall, looking Mayor
Wagner in the mouth and saying in
plain Seventh Avenue language: “New
York is in a mess, Mr. Mayor, and you,
as its Mayor, are in trouble.’’
And you know something—the man is
right.
WHERE’S THE TOOT — A
host ef Savannah, Georgia’s
specially trained riot squad go
onto a Negro porch to arrest
youthful jeering demaostra-
More than 2,000 civil
rights demonstrators were
scattered by tear gas and fire
hoses, but in this photo, the
police, togged in parachuter
boots, combat helmet* and car
rying tommy gun* and other
weapons are Invading private
homes io make arrests—for
jeering. (UR Photo)
The pressure of protest against bias in construction Industry unions
mounted thia week from both organised private civil righto groups and quasi-
govemmental sources.
On the private side, the Con-
gress of Racial Equality and
other groups maintained its
siege of pickets into the second
at the offices of Mayor
Robert F. Wagner and Governor
Nelson A. Rockefeller, and on
the administration front, a Wag
ner-appointed Investigative group
severe legislative ac
tion to force foot-dragging con
struction industry unions to open
their memberships to Negroes
and Puerto Ricans if they did
not do so voluntarily.
Robert Gore, a spokesman for
CORE, told the Amsterdam News
the protest activities at the of
fices of the Mayor and Governor
open end” demonstrations
which would continue indefinite-
y until construction was halted
at »ll sites throughout the five
boroughs where the work In
volves financing, either whole or
in part, by State or City funds
Standing By
A corporal's guard of six to
eight CORE members paced off
the demonstrations throughout
most of this week but others were
standing by. Gore Indicated, to
swell the number of pickets to
the score or more who Initiated
the actions
offices.
at both executives’
The construction sites immedi
ately under protest are the Rut
gers Houses, the Harlem Hospital
and the Downstate Medical Cen
ter. Gore said, however, that ln-
formantion was being obtained on
other construction sites and that
they would be Included In the
protest if evidence appeared of
biased hiring.
Mayor Wagner’s four-week-old
"action panel.” a three-man body
appointed to study the allegations
of Job discrimination and the
prevailing racial proportion In
the 122 local unions that pro
vide workers for the city** build
ing projects gave its report last
week.
On Panel
The panel members Include the
chairman, former Judge Sam
uel R. Pierce Jr., and members
Brother Cornelius Justin of the
Labor Institute of Manhattan Col
lege, and Harry C. Carman, for
mer Columbia College dean.
The panel reported that al
though some building trade lo
cals have a large number of non
white members and are actively
seeking more, others—especially
those in the "highly skilled and
Mr. Beame’s
Spending
(Continued From Page 11)
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paid trades—either have
a token number of non-whites or
none at all.”
The panel suggested that, in
order to remove entrance bar
riers. applicants be sponsored by
ministers and teachers instep
of by union members, as is now
the practice.
' Called Weak
The panel's report was first
characterized as weak by civil
rights activists, primarily be
cause of its failure to propose
specific penalities for unions
which refuse to comply with the
voluntary tntergration directive.
Some observers, however, point
ed out that the language of one
section of the report clearly im
plied legislative steps would be
taken to force tntergration of the
Industry if the building trades
did not voluntarily integrate.
Union spokesmen were vigorous
in denying that their groups
practiced discrimination. Peter
J. Brennan, president of the
250,000 member Building and Con
struction Trades Council, called
the pressures "blackmail” and
cited instances of what were
termed non-cooperation by non-
whites when they were granted
the opportunity to work in the
building trades.
He claimed that construction
industry workers most have the
necessary skills for their jobs no
matter what their skin color; and
he claimed further that to put
thousands of Neg^es^nnd^Puerto
would mean throwing thousands
of men now on the job out of
work.
Rejects Charge
mission on Human Rights to look into the situation
and recommend ways to establish a policy which
win correct and, at the same time, be profitable to
the city and to the health of pension funds of our
municipal employees. It will be a very complicated
change, since contracts and long standing policy are
involved, but this change must be made.
Arthur Burke, secretary of Lo
cal 1. Plumbers and Gas Fitters,
rejected the bias charge though
admitting that his 3.400-man lo
cal has only ten Negro members.
Burke explained this 340-to-l
ratio as stemming from the fact
that no Negroes applied for mem-
While on the subject of money. I must comment ibership and not from discriroina-
Another Complaint
on an editorial in the New York Amsterdam News.
The editorial said that some of the affairs staged to
bentfit Dr. Martin King’s SCLC are no better than
“hustlers” from which Dr. King’s group does not
realize financial aid. I think a newspaper does a
public service when it cautions people to be careful
how they make contributions.
I also think it is most unfair for a newspaper as
influential as the Amsterdam News to write such
an editorial without naming names and being specific
as to who the hustlers are and how they have hustled.
As one of the people who has been active in raising
money for SCLC by participation in the re-building
of bombed churches, the dinner given for me when
I became a member of The Hall Of Fame, the Back
Our Brothers 3100 per plate Banquet and the Jazz
Concert at my home in Connecticut, I must take ex
ception to any such generalized editorial.
Rev. Wyatt Walker, Dr. King’s Executive As
sistant, told me on the golf course the other day that
my work in the above mentioned projects and the
work of others associated with me, has grossed over
3100,000 for SCLC. This has been done within a year.
It only hurts the cause of civil rights for such gen
eralization to be written.
Even though I have great respect for the Amster
dam News and its publisher and editor, I feel it Is
only fair to myself and to others who have worked
with me to put this answer on the record.
tion.
A spokesman for the Joint Com
mittee for Equal Opportunity, the
confederation of six anti-segrega
tion groups which has been in
the van of the building bias bat
tle. remarked:
“That's the standard answer.
Of course a man won’t go look
ing for a Job where he knows he
won't find one.”
Link Strip
Tease Duo
To Others
All is serene once again at the
A. J. Clarke Management Corp
oration, 605 W. 156th St.
But the two leering strip tease
bandits. Rock Harrison, 31, of
120-11 142nd Place, Jamaica, and
Alvin Hinkle. 25. of 34-15 97th
St, Corona, found themselves in
more trouble.
At an arraignment for armed
robbery Wednesday morning in
Criminal Court, the pair found
themselves In more trouble when
police implicated them in several
hospital stlckups.
More amazing, however, was
the revelation that the well-dress
ed Hinkle is a CCNY student, and
a former night club manager and
Fuller salesman. He waa released
in $25,000 bail. Harrison, who has
a record of six arrests, was de
nied ball.
The two men who walked Into
the Clarke office Tuesday with
guns and forced Alexander J ■
Clarke, 52, president of the firm,
and Edwin Mlckenberg, 52, the
brokerage agent to empty their
pockets, grabbed a total of $330.
After pocketing the money they
then forced the nine young office
workers and the two men to
strip. They made the mistake
then of remaining to gape at
the young women, giving Clarke
a chance to push an alarm. Ptl.
Earl Kelly and Cornelius Evans,
of the W. 153rd St. Precinct ar
rived in time to take both men
into custody.
Do-It-Yourself
Youth Center
In Mamaroneck
A youth center Is going up in
Mamaroneck with construction
contributed by civic minded cit
izens of that community, in an
attempt to cope with the growing
Juvenile delinquency .peeMem.
Bricks, cement blocks, cement,
boards, nails, nuts and bolts and
an sssortment of other needed
Items were brought to the site
when ground breaking ceremon
ies were held recently.
Overseeing the project is Rev.
Alfred Powell pastor of the
Straight Gate Church, 120 Mad
ison St., Mamaroneck, whose
motto is 'To be equal we have
to act equal.**
About 35 persons who have had
experience In construction and
related work are contributing
their know-how to see the pro
ject through to completion.
One of the key figures la
Maury Medwlek. president of the
Adhesive Products Corp. In the
Bronx.
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