New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00577
1963
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Africans Ask
About Race
Bias Here
(Photo on Page 3)
Supreme Court Justice
William 0. Douglas dis
closed here on his return
from a tour of Africa that
in seven countries he visit
ed he was bombarded with
questions about racial ten
sions in the United States.
“Their picture of the United
States is a distorted one,’’ Justice
Douglas told newsmen a few
minutes after arriving at Idlewild
International Airport.
"They do not bear the good
news and efforts that are being
made by the Court and President
Kennedy to solve the problem.
They feel that the President is
merely temporizing, and is doing
nothing definite about it.”
He said be spoke to govern
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several private aganriea which
ning program housed in the Har
lem YMCA at 180 W. 125th St.,
and the Associated Community
Teams, parent body of the Do
mestic Peace Corpa. a pilot teat
project working with Harlem
youth, at 177 W. 137th St., will
combine to present a single docu
ment to the President's Com
mittee for its approval and for
funds expected to be In the sev
eral millions to launch a full
scale program in Harlem next
year.
In the past several weeks Mr.
Jones has been active In seeking
to bring the two agencies to
gether for the move thia winter
to present complete community
agreement to help In combatting
juvenile delinquency, school drop
outs, and other youth problems
Jones sought to remove any
political inferences from his ac
cepting the HARYOU post assert
ing "it is my firm belief that the
goals of HARYOU are to be only
obtained through non-partisan ac-
formerly provided services
pulled out of the community ae*
no coordinated programs have
been instituted to cover 4hr;*;
many youth and adult problem*^
m Harlem.
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Dr. Clark pointed out that--
studies to data show that^W^^
juvenile delinquency rate in Han *
lem is twice as high as for the ,
rest of the city end Increatlag '
faster, the quality of education *■
is still Inferior, school dropodfs
are alarming, and unemployment
among Negro youth ranges
tween 50 and 75 per cent. Drgg- *
addiction among Harlem youth is
also heavy.
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’These youth must be provide#*'--
with the same opportunities Vof.
personal growth and fulfillment"
that are provided for mars -
privileged and advantaged yogtl£ ;
and HARYOU is dedicated to the -
proposition that the young people J
of Harlem are not expendable,** -
he stated.
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three-week tour with Rev. James
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tor of Operation Crossroads Africa,
visited five of the 25 African
countries engaged in work camp
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study projects involving the con
struction of schools, clinics and
community centers. Three hun
dred American and Canadian uni
versity students are engaged in
this work.
He said the need for teachers is
still greet in Senegal, Guinea,
five years, Operation Crossroads
Africa hopes to give African tea
chers the equivalent of a high
school education on the basis of
intensive two-month training each
summer.
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YOU development and said he j
expected his continued deep con
cern and actions to help the ’
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agency in the coming months.
Mere Help
Upon completion of the com
prehensive planning document
detailing needs for a coordinated
youth service program for the |
youth in Central Harlem, federal,
state and city and private agen
cies are expected to send In funds
to help finance the program.
The need for such a coordinated
program has been emphasized
by the Amsterdam News because I
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should receive not just equal op
portunities but special training,
special consideration on jobs In
order to make up for past In
justices.”
By the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther
King, president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference:
“We need the help of Interested
white citizens. It would be tra
gic if the struggle of the Negro
to attain full civil rights should
degenerate into a conflict of black
men against white. The struggle
is between Justice and injustice.”
No Split Here
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2 a N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat., July 27, 1963
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major civil rights organiza
tions.
The call titled: “The Time la
NOW** and the organizing manual
were mailed to heads of every
religious, fraternal, aerial, labor,
youth and civic nrganltattim In
many cities across the nation.
Farmer, Congress of
quality (CORE); Rev. Martin Lu
ther King, Jr., Southern Christian
leadership Osotorenee; John
Lewis. Student Nomtotaat Coor
dinating Committee (SNOC); A.
Philip
l abor C
CP. and Whitney Young, Nation
al Urbffll Teague.
tiie the demand for action cn
civil rights and Jobs, and com
memorale the memory of Med-
gar Evans of NAACP, William
Moors of CORE. Herbert Lee of
SNCC, and the thousand of nam
leas heroes of the freedom move
ment who have given their lives
in the struggle for full-equality
Plans are being made for the
procession to be accompanied
by bands and choirs during the
entire line of march on Pennsyl
vania Avenue.
—Powell
(Continued from Page One)
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in session
while the Congress is
Mrs. James is a patient hun
tress, however, and her legal
beagle in the person of her at
torney, Raymond Rubin of Man
hattan, la still vigorously sniffing
the track with the ever-renewing
expectancy of the born trail
hound.
In a joint statement released
Monday, the six leaden defined
the purpose of the March as "a
massive, peaceful, and democra
tic demonstration in the nation's
capital, to provide evidence of the
need for the Federal Government
“Our next step Is confidential,”
to take effective and immediate
Mr. Rubin told the Amsterdam
action Io deal with the national
cnsta of civil righU and Jobs thati News Tuesday, “but something
is moving. One. of tny staff is in
vestigating some other of Pow
ell’s activities and we may have
a big story to break later this
all Americans, Negro and white,
are facing.” • —
Included in the demands for
action are:
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National Guardsman levels
bayonet and commands demon
strator who crowded guard
lines to move on. The situa
tion changed this week follow
ing a acceptance of a five-
point desegregation program
by Negro leaders and whites.
Atty. General Kennedy brought
about the pact. Members of
the National Guard are moving
out. lUPI Photo)
1. Passage of effective and
meaningful civil rights legislation
in
filibuster.
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the present session, without he
Attorney William C. Chance,
. of /Manhattan. Powell’s lawyer,
a restraining
Immediate desegregation of the
nation’s schools.
3. An end to police brutality di
rected against cittzeos using their
constitutional nght of peaceful
demonstration.
4. A massive Federal public
worts program to provide jobs for
all the unemployed, and Federal
legislation to promote an
ing economy.
5. A Federal Fair Employment
Practices Act (FEPC) to bar Job
discrimination by federal, state
and municipal governments, and
by private employers, contractors
employment agencies and trade
unions.
6. Broadening of the Federal
Fair Labor Standards Act to in
clude those uncovered areas of
employment where Negroes and
other minorities work at slave
wages; and the establishment of
a national minimum wage of not
less than 52 per hour.
—Union
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loyment practices relating to
contracts.
Cite Union Agent
order within the next week or so
to prevent Mrs. James from serv
ing a process against the Con
gressman in the attempt to knock
down some of the protective
briars around Powell’s Sunday
sanctuary.
Chance of Arrest
In their complaints to the
Commission, the three waders
alleged that their efforts to get
employment on public wo * con
struction jobs were frustrated by
the union. Local 12 of the Inter
national Association of Bridge,
Structural and Ornamental Iron
Workers, and the union’s busi
ness agent, James Winig.
As it stands now. Powell can
dodge arrest by staying out of
New York an weekdays and dart
ing in only on Sunday. Chance
pouted out, however, that if a
process were served on the Con
gressman which he refused to
The complainants, all Negroes,
answer he would then be liable
are: Isiah Johnson, 44, 551 Sum
to arrest not for the causes that
mit Ave., Schenectady, N.Y.;
were litigated but for contempt Lawrence L. Berry, 44. 276 Main
!st.. New London, Conn.; and
of court
“She would thus accomplish by John L Bolton. 43 of 49 Howard
indirection what the Congress st> New London, Conn., aU state-
prohibits directly.** Chance ob
served. Mr. Chance said he had
filed notice of appeal of the April
judgment about six weeks ago
and would submit his brief for
argument in the October term
of the Appellate Division.
certified welders. At the time the
complaints were filed they had
sought work in the Albany area.
The cases were investigated by
Commissioner J. Edward Conway
who, after all efforts to make
progress toward a conciliation
failed, found probable cause to
credit the allegations of the com
plainants and ordered the com
plaints for a public hearing.
. Unemployed Workers
He indicated that his appeal
would be based on the “excessive
The committee also announced
ness of the Judgment" and the
plan| to o^ganue unemployed
fact that Powell's remarks — he
wortsers for the March; to urge
called Mrs. James a “bagwo-
state and city officials to pro
man” or collector for grafting po-
claim August 28 as Freedom Day ;
licemen, on a television program
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to ask ministers and rabbis to of-1— were made under an "exten-
fer special prayers for the sue- tension of the Congressional privi-
cess of the march during the week
end of August M-25; and to ask
employers to close their business
Powell continued his policy of
es on the day of the march and
'no comment" on the case, but
to grant workers paid vacations
Chance said the preacher-legisLa-
in honor of the nationwide civil would apeak at the Abyssiniian
/Baptist Church Sunday ea a
righto struggle,
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lege” by which he “reports to
the people as a Congressman."
deaIing "“b
will be assigned specific asst may
pouts in most instances
churches. Congressmen and Sena
tors will be invited to address
the delegates, indicate their posi-
tion on pending legislation and
answer questions from their con
stituents. Legislators who fail to
attead will be visited at their of
fices by delegations including rep
resentatives of the six sponsoring
organizations.
Two mass actions will take
place in Washington — a demon
stration outside the White House
and a parade along Pennsylvania
Avenue. The parade will drama-j dam News.
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Among the members are Alan
Morrison and Gerri Major of
Johnson Publications; Oscar Co
hen, Associated Booking Corp.;
Tom Wilson, Columbia Records;
George Weln, United Artists;
Dave Edelman, Cameo > Park
way, Atty. Maxwell T. Cohen, and
Jesse H. Walker of the Amster
PAUL
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sion funds is to be considered
at the Board of Estimate meet
ing today (Thursday). The City
Commission on Human Rights
has been investigating the pro
posal that the purchase of se
curities by the City be limited
to equal-opportunity employers.
City Compd^ller Abraham D.
Beame has been Reviewing all
five city employee pension funds
in regard to their purchase of
securities in Southern companies
Henry Spitz. General Counsel
to the Commission, said that a
time and place for the hearing
would be set as soon as possible
and, if feasible, the complaints
would be consolidated and tried
jointly.
Needed Permit
Each of the complainants
charged that when he went to
he was told by the
employer that -tt
would be necessary for him to
obtain a union work permit.
At Local 12, they said, they
were told they would have to take
an “iron workers’ test,” and
they agreecd to do so. They were
told they would be contacted by
the employer to whom they had
applied, but they said they re
ceived no word from the employ
ers. When they called the em
ployers, they were then told that
the union had sent white men to
fill the available vacancies for
welders.
The complainants said that
when they confronted Mr. Winig
with this, he, in turn, accused the
employer of using subterfuge In
order to avoid employing Negro
applicants.
The'complainants asserted that
the union business agent also told
them that the union's prior ap
proval was not necessary for
their employment, and that weld
ers were free to find their own
Jobs.
Turned Down
' At Thursday’s Board
Estimate meeting. Norman
Saunders, president of the
eration of Negro Civil Service
Organizations is expected to ap- u
pear in support of Mr. Screvane’s c
of
E.
proposal.
Screvane Letter
Mr. Screvane released a letter
on Tuesday to Mr. Saunders in
winch he pointed out that he
has “attempted to show the im
portance of my suggestions - of
June 28 (on city funds) and
July 22 (on state funds) that we
utilize City and State financial
powers to advance civil rights.”
Mr. Screvane’s latest resolu
tion would ask Gov. Rockefeller
to call a special session of the
Legislature to amend the state
investment laws. He calculated
the state’s investment wealth at
more than 5250 billion. He point
ed out that the State Banking
Department supervises institu
tions with resources totaling 575
billion, and those under the State
Insurance Department totaling
5175 billion.
the Drew Houses were only de
forthcoming at the site where
In answer to a question about
a rift in leadership of the or
ganizations in the civil rights
dicated two weeks ago, at 141st
struggle, Mr. Farmer says, "I
don’t understand all this talk of (Street and 7th Ave. A $9.5 mil-
a split in Negro leadership. When
one or two Democrats disagree
publicly on tactics or timing,
there are no headlines about a
split.”
going up here. Or the action
might take place outside the new
public school being erected on
West 126th Street between 7th and
8th Aves.
lion state-aided development is
„ This was the feeling of Mr.
Wilkins, “Anyone who bets on
the Negro split is going to lose
a bundle,” he says.
The men who make the deci
sions that make the headlines
go on to say:
Mr. Wilkins: "I agree with At
torney General Robert Kennedy
that the right to personal ac
commodation is the most abra
sive and pervasive denial the Ne
gro suffers. In the South the Ne
gro runs the risk of this humilia
tion from morning to night
We all know the frustration of
going Into a store and standing
by while three white persons who
ame in after us are waited on.
t Letters
People In the Nsrtlkdon't know
what power they hrfve to help us.
One Congressman told me that
so far he has received only eight
letters on the civil rights bill.”
Mr. Young: “I’m not concern
ed about the rabid segregation
ists. I’m worried about those who
say 'I’m with you but I want to
run my business at a fair pro
fit’ or ‘I’m for you but I dvn’t
want to see the standards of my
children’s school lowered.’ More
dangerous than the bomb throw
ers are those home owners who
pack their bags and move away
Ia Bronx
In the Bronx It is expected
that pickets might appear, under
NAACP sponsorship, Saturday
outside the huge Parkchester de
velopment.
**
Meanwhile, in Brooklyn the
mass picketing continues with
the leaders, headed by Dr. Gar
diner Taylor demanding that con
struction cease at the Downstate
Medical Center.
The New York Building and
Constructions Trades Council, has
agreed to appoint a six-man pan
el of Negro and white unionists
to review the qualifications of
men seeking jobs as apprentices
or Journeymen, but Peter J.
Brennan, council president said
he thought the present demonstra
tions should cease because of
this show of good faith.
Negro leaders throughout the
city say “no” unanimously. They
when a Negro comes to live near
them."
“Northern indifference is large
ly to blame for the conditions in
the South. We would have avoided
this present situation if we had
adopted the concept of a citizen
in Mississippi being a citizen of
the United States."
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The three complainants charg
ed that despite repeated efforts
to obtain employment, they were
told by proapectlve employers
that they would need a union per
mit and that they were unable to
obtain either a permit, union
membership or admission to the
union’s apprenticeship training
program.
Commissioner Conway ascer
tained that the union has approx
imately 23 local affiliates in New
York State, of which Local 12,
witj about 500 members, is one.
He asserted that representatives
of the international union had
stated that to their knowledge,
only one of the thousands of un
ion members throughout New
York State was a Negro, and that
there were no Negro apprentices
affiliated with any local in the
state.
Local 12. Commissioner Con
way learned, had no Negro mem
bers. nor had ever admitted a
Negro to ita apprenticeship train
ing program.
“These funds", Mr. Screvane
said, "represent assets of the
general public or funds in which
they have a vested interest. The
present State laws are designed
to fosure fiscal integrity. I be
lieve that It is time to adopt
an additional concept, namely
that investments of the general
public's funds shall be consistent
with public policy,
"Since It is against public pol
icy in this State to discrimina
tion hiring because of color,
creed or national origin, I be
lieve that investments in securi
ties of corporations that dia-
criminate should be outlawed.”
Mr. Screvane pointed out that
the State Banking Department
“has certainly raised a moral
issue by including in the Legal
List of July 1, 1963, the Meridian,
Miss., Municipal Separate School
District bonds, as suitable for
the investment of the savings
of the melting pot that is New
York”
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Morin, 53-year-old disk Jockey
defrauded the government out of
several thousand dollars.
Wheeler, was Silva, Morin had handed
continued In 5500 bail pending, hiz tax returns so as to preclude
action by the grand Jury. No date aa audit, thereby defrauding the
has been set for the grand Jury government of money over a long
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