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28 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS. SM., Au<. 10, 1963
L.I. Catholics,'
SCHR Co-ordinate
The Long Island Catholic Lead- ingtoa. and Chairman of the sub-
Minister Urges
Join Sit-Downs
* A Brooklyn Methodist minister
who was one of the 14 arrested
as he called on his congregation
to support the civil rights
recently and out on $1,000 bail,
Medical Center construction site,
and “let their bodies be felt”
ershlp of the Rockville Center; committee on Education; Robert . 'w WMregation' to
diocese and the State Commis Burggraf, a school teacher and
sion for Human Rights will co-'a representative of the Christian
Family Movement, who is Chair
Join
the sit-downs at the Downstate
spotzaor a conference at the Sem
inary of St Pius X in Uniondale,
long Island, on October 19. to
et miniate an awareness of the Hart, a
State’s equal rights laws and to man of
dcvejop,
ership,
purnoeea
man of the Parish and Family
Life sub-committee; Edward
lawyer, who is Chair-
the Employment sub-
Rev. Melvin C. Williams Jr
made his eloquent plea from the
through Catholic lead-committee, and Mrs. Katherine
implementation of the Rowcroft, Vice Chairman of the pulpit of Bethany Methodist
Catholic Interracial Council. Church, 304 St. John’s Place,
before a croud of 750 at the
11 am. service. He also stressed
the moral obligation of his par
ishioners to participate in the
March on Washington for Free
dom and Jobs on Aug. 28.
committee of the t atholic Representing the Commission
Commissioner Ruperto
conipnunity and Commission per
Miss Maguente H
sonnel to plan the content of Ruu
the October meeting as held Lane, a Senior Field Represen
Monday August 5, at the Com- utive of the division of Edu-
mi salon’s Long Island office
in the freedom and jobs equality
demonstrations.
A meeting of the steering
of the law.
parishes
catioa.
“I would like to see at least
one of you out there every day,”
said the young Bethany pastor
strations which have resulted
the arrest of over 800 in rec,
weeks.
About 75 visitors sat in the
pews at the mid-day service.
They had come to Bethany to
hear guest preacher Rev. Eph
raim S. Alphonse, a Panaman
ian clergyman from the Wesley
an Metnodist Church of which
many of them were long-time
members before coming to the
U. S- Among the visitors were
members of the PABSCO club
The visiting clergyman will
preach at the Salem Methodist
Church. 209 W. 129th St in Man
hattan at 11 a.m. Sunday. He
leaves Monday for Baltimore
and will stop in Chicago on bis
current tour.
The October conference will In
clude representatives of all Ram
n> meeting will be attended
by Rawson Wood, president of
the tatholio Interracial Council an catholic parishes In the Rock-
of Long Island, 'and General viUe center diocese, which cov
Chabooan of the October con- ers yjjMU an(j Suffolk Counties,
ferejee; Msgr. James Coffey, Representatives of parochial
Rector of the Seminary of the schoob. parish pnests. parish
Imniaculate Conception in Hunt- societies. Catholic professional
societies and other lay groups
Hold Wife
I ri Death
Of Husband
.. J " 1 *. .
i ..
, Mrs. Bjoaded Jackson,
’ will attend
The Commission u ill make
available to the conference, mat
erial on the law and will work
with the leadership group in for
mulating methods to apply the
law.
Such conferences date back to
«... 1958 when a state-wide gathering
* ua, heid at Arden House under
New
ged with pumping threebullets [h<> co.spoc$orihip
aUl,
Arthur. 21, killing him Satur-
day night in their home at X2 *nd the_b“te
F 15th St. is being held with- Human Rights. A similar confer-
out bail for action by the Kings ence on >«*£**.
County Grand Jurv.
held 10 Peekskill Wlth Jewish
York Stale Cauncl1 ol lurches
Ponce said the Jacksons en- religious leadership in 1960.
gaged in an argument SttuMay The October conference, as the
night during which Mrs Jack- other conferences, will address
•on was reportedly slapped. Mrs “self to the question: "What can
Jackson, police said, picked up we do now. here at home, to
the 22 revolver which her bus- implement the statement to as-
band purchased and discharged sure equality of opportunity to all
four bullets at him. striking him people, and to put an end to
three times.
unfair discrimination''"
Negroes Win Boycott
In Hempstead Rezoning
The boycott of Hempstead, LI.; at a special meeting of the- ViH-
xnerchaats by Negroes compelled Board held the night of July
the Village Board last week V Supporting them In the council
to reverse itself and rezone the
Negro area hack to residential
were white merchants who
Negro residents won their fight were hard hit by the Negro boy-
Ruggieri
Talks - But
Action?
icott last June.
DEAF EARS
Boycott of merchants had I
followed fruitless pleas by
Negroes to get the Board not to!
open their hitherto residential
section to light industry. The local
lawmakers turned deaf ears to
the petitioners, so they decided
Ito withhold their patronage of
merchant*
thia week
pledged to fight fer the lutfiQ-
ment of a three-pronged pro
gram dealgned to foster a better
economy for aH groups.
So effective was the move, or
ganized by the Hempstead Park!
Lake Civic Association, that i
white merchants brought pres
sure^on the Board to reverse
itself. The boycott was suspended!
a most mernngtng after the Board agreed to re-j
• WhOe the city has been ex
rise in per capita in- consider the matter.
said .that
Last week a large crowd at
prosperity and rising standards
tended the board meeting. When
of firing have not been evenly ^ed whether they were in favor, 1
distributed.
almost all present raised their,
h>nd« for reversal, following
which the board acted unani-l
A substantial proportion of the
city's residents, particularly re
cent newcomers, the elderly and
broken families, lack sufficient
Income to attain levels of com
sump**® consistent with the
requisites of a modern urban
aoc-ety. Mr. Ruggieri said.
But in so doing, tho Board,
made a statement stating that'
I “people in the area afiacted willi
have no one but themselves to
hiame when they find the schools
heariy op to economic parity overcrowded, when taxes rise, as
wife fee majority of the city's will.
residents. Mr. Ruggieri advo- James Rice, president of the
cated:
Civic Association, criticized the
To bring these groups more
mously.
L A latter rate of economic hoard’s action in Issuing the
statement. And the Amsterdam j
expansion.
2. Removal of racial and ed- News asked Hempstead Mayor,
ocattonal barriers to indiridual William O. Guide, whether
special taxes would be levied on l
ecooonxie achievement
. S. flsannrttng of a larger share Negro residents.
of total incoma to those at the • xbaolntrty not." said Mr. I
Guide. What the statement im
plied, he said, was that Instead
of light industry more homei
would now be built in the area.;
SL2? Wife homes and more children
Mr. Ruggieri said that a cli-l
,mate of economio growth and fee
creation <4 more and better
of economic life
'snoot reliable means for Improv
ing living standards.
I The Democratic candidate for
called for
to strengthen
fee city's role as fee capital of
the national and world econom
ies.
would come fee need for more
schools.
Constuctioo of mere schools.
Guide stated, would lead to new
taxes. But he assured the Amster
dam News, such taxes would be
levied on the village at a whole.
Negro Woman Is
Dems Executive
Mrs. Josephine Bravo, well-
known Brooklyn schoolteacher
and Democratic female district
leader of the Sixth Assembly Dis-,
trict of Kings County, was elect
ed last week as one of two Demo
cratic State Executive Commit
tee members representing the
Second Judicial District, which
includes Brooklyn and Stateu Is
land.
She thus becomes the second
Negro woman to be elected to the
38 - member Democratic State Ex
ecutive Committee in the past
two months. Mrs. Jessica John
son of Buffalo was elected last mrs JOSEPHINE BRAVO" *
month at the reorganization------------------------------------- ——
meeting of the Committee as as
sistant treasurer of the Commit
tee and thereby a member of the
Executive Committee.
How Can I?
ttT
Q What can I do when fee;
adhesive on an envelope Cap
or a postage stomp doesn’t atlfikT
A. Try a quick application-ef
fingernail polish. Dries quickly,
leaves no smudge — and canT
even be steamed open!
hattan who participated In the
ceremony. (GiH photo)
Mrs. Bravo, of 410 Macon Street
Brooklyn, is the first New York
City Negro Democrat to be elect-;
ed to the Democratic State Exec
utive Committee.
LAYING THE CORNERSTONE
At the expanding Morning Star
Baptist Church. 114-44 Merrick
jllvd . Queens, the ceremonial
laying of the cornerstone was
performed Sunday July 21. by
the pastor. Rev. Harry
E. Paaley, center. He is •baking
hands with Junes H. Johnson,
most worshipful grand master
of Pnnce Hall Masons who
aided assisted at the occasion.
At right is Rev Davis of Man
L.I.C. Has New
CORE Chapter
The People's Community
Church, on 21st Street in Long Is
land City has been made the
L.I.C. headquarters for CORE, It
has been announced Rev. George
Lockwood, the pastor of the
church, will be the chairman of
the CORE chapter.
Rev. Lockwood, a disabled vet
eran who operates from a wheel
chair, has been chaplain of the
Disabled Veterans of America
and also works as a consultant
in the Veterans Administration
Office in mid-town Manhattan.
Last week he arranged, with as
sistance from the Kiwanis Club of COMMUNITY CENTER PLAN-
Astoria and the Boy; Club of ) NERS — Rev. George B. Lock-
America for 40 boys from low! wood, center rear, W. W. 11 vet
income homes to be bussed to a and minister on crutches, is
two - week vacation at Camp1 moving to build a recreational
Clear Pool in upstate New York.! center at the People’s Com
munity Church of Long Island
City where he is pastor. Pic
ture taken at a planning ses
sion shows, seated; left to
right: Margaret Bradlejh Joan
Lockwood, general chairman;
David G. Oringer; Iris Pefer--
ford Cox. At rear. (DR), Har-^
ry E. Matthews, Maude Aakin.*
Alma Jackson, Rev. Lockwood,,
Daniel Warner, Inez Greene,
James Ragland. (Gill Photo! *“
ND LOCATION
CROWNING THE QUEEN: Dr.
John H. Nichols of the First
Calvary Baptist Church o t
Brooklyn, is shown crowning
Mrs. Masie Jackson as Queen
for a day, after she raised the
highest amount of finance dur
ing their Annual Women’* Day
Campaign. Runner-ups were,
Mary Robinson, Rosavelle Wal
lace, Dora Washington, Eddie
Denkins, Mary Glover, Mary
Welch, Juanita Williams, Sal-
lie Right, Leola Dupree, Mrs.
M. Nichols, general chairlady
Mrs. I. Watkins, Co-chairlady.
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