New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00666

4> • W. y. AMSTPtPAMNEWS, Sat., Aug.17,IMS TALENTED AND BEAUTI­ FUL—Eighteen charming and talented young ladies from all over the United States who are vying for the 18th Annual Prince Hall Shriners' 84.000 scholarship awards to be pre­ sented during the Talent-Schol­ arship Pageant in Pittsburgh's Syria Mosque on Wednesday, August 21. The event is an annual feature of the National Convention. The Young Ladies will spend a week in Pitts­ burgh at the expense of the Prince Hall Shriners and will be hosted by four former Scholarship winners who live in Pittsburgh. The participants are: Top row. Misses Joyce Pauline Magee, Portsmouth, Va.; Harriet Catherine Thalf, Philadelphia, Pa.; Diane Brad­ ford. Milwaukee, Wise.; Han- sonia L. Caldwell, Baltimore, Md.; Yvonne Selby, New York, N. Y.; Nancy Brewer, Newark, N. J. Middle row. Misses Nellie Fay Guy den, Fort Worth, Tex­ as; Henri L* Jourdan, Roxbury, Mass.; Carol Ann Mills, Elm­ hurst, m.; Betty Jean Thomas, Schenectady, N. Y.; Shirley Ann McKie, Hartford, Conn.; Francis Lee Thornton, Wash­ ington, D. C. Bottom row, Misses Barbara Bryant, Se­ wickley, Pa.; Bonnie Jean Fair- child, Los Angeles, California; Lynn Baker, Detroit, Mich.; Diane Lucille Johnson, Denver, Colo.; Patrician Schultz, Mont­ gomery, Ala.; Pauline Green, Bronx, N. Y. (Medina) The film report will cover schools, housing, welfare, job appointments, crime and the city government, which Is administ­ ered by the House District of Columbia Committee. The indictment against the three i stemmed from alleged picketing last April of a grocery store owned by one of the jur­ ors in an anti-segregation suit filed by a Negro who sought to “ff Integration of an urban recover damages of 8125,000 from ” a sheriff of Baker County. The store was subsequently closed because of the boycott. TV Networks Discover The “Revolution ” The television cameras of the three major national networks are completely roaming the civil rights field, touching such areas as the Aug. 28 March On Wash­ ington and press coverage of other demonstrations, for the American audience. The television lens were opened wide on the Integration-segrega­ tion struggle when the American broadcasting Company started its five-part documentary Sunday, “Crucial Summer: the 1963 Civil Rights Crisis,” looking at the history of the first-class citizen­ ship campaign in the nation. ABC News’ second feature will tie telecast Sunday at 10:30 p.m., this time spotlighting “The Is­ sues", narrated by Ron Coch­ ran. Through Sept. 8 • The series will continue each Sunday through Sept. 8, examin­ ing the me^ps engaged by the Integratiofists, moderates and anti-integrationists, the Pres­ ident’s civil rights bill and the Aug. 28 march for Jobs and free­ dom. The network sent Its crews to three areas of the nation. New York, Southern California and Flacquemine. La., to get a rep­ resentative picture of what the problems are and what is being done about them. Herbert Hill, national labor secretary of the NAACP and one of the persons who drew national attention to the Negro's job plight, will be featured in the series. 1619, when the first Negro slaves arrived on the North American continent, to events in the news on the actual day of the telecast, including the Aug. 28 protest demonstration in Washington. Frank McGee will narrate the documentary which seeks an ans­ wer to the question: “Why did it happen in 1963?” In Washington On Sept. 26, NBC News again will turn its cameras on “The Washington Negro,” an in-depth appraisal by correspondent Chet Huntley of race relations in the nation’s capital, a predominant­ ly Negro city. ulatlon can be made to anywhere,” said Huntley, “Wash­ ington would appear to be an ideal spot for this to develop • rather than New York, Chicago or Philadelphia where the Negro is not so well off financially or socially.’’ s “Washington, probably more than any other city, has a large, stable, intelligent and prosperous middle class of Negroes," he said. The first of seven, the docu­ mentary will be telecast from 10 to 11 p.m. CBS Show The Columbia Broadcasting 6ystem will examine charges concerning civil rights coverage by the press and broadcasters in its special television program, “The Press and the Race Isaie,' which will be viewed from 7 30 to 8:30 p. m. on Aug. 21. Charles Collingwood will ba one of the reporters, discussing eov erage of the controversial race Issues. On NBC The National Broadcasting Company will cover more than 75 places in the nation in its definite study of significant land marks in the civil rights develop­ ment in its Sept. 2 documentary The NBC News feature, “The American Revolution of *63, three-hour comprehensive exam­ ination of the civil rights issues will be on view from 7:30 to 10:30 p. m. The coverage will range from Cariello At Outdoor Rally Sunday . Queens Borough President Ma­ rio Cariello is to address an out­ door rally at 3 p.m. Sunday in front of the Redfern housing de­ velopment on Hassock St., be­ tween Beach Channel .Drive and Redfern Ave., Far Rockaway, Queens. The rally win be held under sponsorship of the Far Rock a way-Inwood NAACP, headed by Lovevine Freamon, president, to spur participation in the Aug. 28 march on Washington for civil rights. William Booth, president of the Jamaica NAACP in Queens, al so will be a speaker, along with Richard Haley of the Congress of Racial Equality. Set Trial Date For 9lnGa. MACON, Ga. — Nine civil rights-workers Indicted last week by a Federal grand Jury on charges of 'perjury arid ob­ structing justice are scheduled to go on trial Oct. 21 in Federal District Court here. Eight of the defendants are members of the Albany Move­ ment, and one is field secretary of the Student Nonviolent Coor­ dinating Committee. Charged with obstructing jus­ tice, or more specifically, “con­ spiracy to injure and influence a federal juror,” were Dr. Wil­ liam G. Anderson, former presi­ dent of the Albany <Movement, Luther Woodall, 17, of Albany and Robert Colbert, 18, of Elton, N. Y. Picketed Store The six charged with perjury in denying before the grand jury that they had taken part in the picketing were Mrs. Elza (Goldie) Jackson, secretary of the Albany Movement, Slater King, president. Rev. Samuel Wells, Thomas Chatman, Robert Thomas and Miss Joni Rabinow- itz, a white SNCC volunteer whose home is in New Rochelle, N. Y. She visited New York last month after spending three weeks of harassment by guards in an Albany (Ga.) jail. She said she was distributing anti-segrega­ tion handbills when police ar rested her on a vagrancy charge. Mrs. Jackson told the Amster­ dam News by telephone Monday front Albany that with the excep­ tion of Dr. Anderson, who now lives in Detroit, and Colbert, in New York, bonds were posted for the release oT seven of the defendants. King’s bond was the highest, 85,000, and Miss Rabinowitz, 83,000. The others were bonded at 82,500 each. LIU Buys Long Island University has purchased an 8-story industrial building for the expansion of its downtown Brooklyn campus John H. G. PeU, the university chancellor announced this week China's Red Leader Hits U.S. Bias Communist Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung this week called on the people of the world to unite against racial discrimination by U.S. “imperialism” and support the American Negroes In their Just struggle against racial bias. The Red Chinese leader meet­ ing with African visitors in Pek­ ing. attacked the United States for its treatment of Negroes, and was equally critical of the apartheid policy in South Africa and other parts of the world where alism exist. Mao's statement, released by wire to newspapers In the United {Rates, cited activities by the Ku Klux Kian and other racists, the desegregation demonstrations, the cold-blooded murder of Med- gar Evers and the planned Aug. 28 Freedom March on Washing­ ton. Sees Victory He charged that the position of Negroes In American society was one of enslavement, oppression and discrimination. "With the support of more than 90 per cent of the people of the world, the American Negroes will be victorious in their just strug­ gle. With evil systems of coloni­ alism and imperialism grow up with the enslavement of Negroes and the trade in Negroes, it will surely come to its end with the thorough emancipation of the black people,” asserted Chair­ man Mao during the conference with his African visitors. The delegation included mem­ bers of the Basutoland Congress Party, National Liberation Move­ ment of Comoro, Federation of Students of Black Africa studying in France, the Zimbabwe Afri­ can Peoples Union of Southern Rhodesia. Council Race In 21st Key For Harlem By JAMES BOOKER The fight for the Democratic nomination for the City Council in Harlem’s 21st Councihnanic District between incumbent Councilman J. Raymond Jones and Attorney Henry Williams loomed as the key community political fight this week as Dem­ ocrats began organizing their drives for the Sept. 5 primary election. , As both sides began whisper­ ing campaigns, Jones, in kick ing off his campaign drive Mon day night at his Carver Demo­ cratic Club, challenged Williams to debate the issues of the cam­ paign with him in his own poli­ tical club, the 11th A.D.^ New Era Democratic Club, or any other Democratic club in the district. There was no Immediate comment from Williams. Williams, a key member of As­ semblyman Lloyd Dickens’ New Era Club, received aboard this week as Attorney Oliver Sutton, who earlier had announced he would decline the race, withdraw hfs petitions and substituted Wil­ liams in his place. GOP Change The Republicans also changed their candidate for the Novem­ ber race for the 2ist Council- manic District seat, naming Mrs. Aileen Avery, a housewife who lives next door to Mr. Jones at 270 Convent Ave., to replace 13th A.D., North GOP leader Howard Jones. — Countywide candidates for the Councilman - at • Large desig­ nations slowed their campaigns down some as a result of Judge Irwin Davidson's decision bar­ ring the primary for the posts, and await further court appeals John II. Young, one of two Negro candidates who has filed for the countywide designation fight, said he was continuing his campaign and would open cam­ paign headquarters this week. He also filed specifications seeking to challenge the petitions of At torney John Edmonds, who also field for the At-Large seat last week. Edmonds is also opposing former Manhattan Borough Pre­ sident Hulan Jack for the lead­ ership in the 14th A.D., West Most of the candidates for district leaderships were seek­ ing to challenge each other’s pe titions and hearings are sche­ duled at the Board of Elections next week. Meanwhile, however, candidates were girding for the final three weeks before the pri mary election. je arn io Hve with each other f ■ WARM MESSAGE—This Apex porter which reflects as much in human relations as the coffee la the caps of the two housewives seated at the table, appears on public buses In New York City. M. Bruce Fine, president of the Apex Beauty Products, Baltimore, Md., gave the poster his en­ thusiastic endorsement because “businessmen have a clear and immediate responsibility t o speak out publicly on the side of human dignity and free­ dom.” The timely message was created by Leon Shaffer Gol­ nick Advertising. < Muhammed In D.C. Aug. 26 Elijah Muhammed, national leader of the Black Muslim move­ ment, will arrive in Washington on Aug. 26 where he'll hold a press conference at 2 p.m. at the Statler Hotel, it was learned this week. The Muslim leader, who will remain in Washington for sever. J al days, but will not take part as an observer of the Aug. 28 legis­ lative march on Washington, is to outline plans to the press on the movement. Meet At Boro Y Dr. Anna Arnold Hedgeman will address a special meeting of the coordinating committee for the March on Washington this Thursday evening. August 15, at 8 p.m., In the Bedford YMCA AU groups sending buses to Wash ington are urged to send a del­ egate. To Attend FBI School Police Commissioner Michael Murphy announced Wednesday that Lt. Lloyd Sealey of the Po­ lice Commissioner's Confidential Investigating Unit has been se­ lected to attend the 72nd session of the National Academy of the FBI in Washington. The 12-week session begins Aug. 19. Lt. Sealey is the 26th member of the New York Police force to attend this academy. He was nominated by Comm. Murphy June 11. Lt. Sealey, 46. a career police officer Joined the Police Dept Nov. 31, 1942. He served as pa­ trolman In the 79th Pet in detective division and Juvenile aid bureau, now the youth divi­ sion, and was promoted to jfrnt on Dec. 21, 1951. On Job Front 350 Names Filed With Job Committee Hope that nonwhites ultimately will pierce the iron curtain of discrimination in the construction indus­ try grew this week out of'developments here and in Washington. In New York, Acting Labor Commissioner James J. McFad­ den said the names of 350 non­ white candidates were submitted Monday to the Joint employer- union committee of the construc­ tion Industry. McFadden said — as an insur­ ance against discrimination — the department “will report publicly on,how they are making out” within the next four weeks. The files of the 350 Negro and Puerto Rican applicants were ob­ tained by the department, after a screening test on education, age. job preference and qualifications for a specific trade. * 56 Skilled The names of 56 skilled Negro construction workers and 140 ap­ plicants for apprenticeship train ing were also turned over to the Joint committee by the Brook­ lyn Congress ef Racial Equality which obtained them throuP*’ the use of a sound truex which scoured'the Bedford - Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn. In Washington, construction un­ ions and industry officials said they would put into operation a plan which thejfcfeel will Insure equality of entry to Negroes in the apprentice programs. According to the plan, as out­ lined by the Joint equal opportun­ ity committee, local Joint appren­ ticeship committees for the var­ ious crafts shall review their programs to make certain that the “qualifications of the appli­ cant be the sole standard in the selectidn of apprentices.” Ten Up It also calls for lists of applic­ ants drawn up by using any standard other than the quaiifi- cations of applicants shall be torn up and new waiting lists prepar­ ed. The plan directs that notice of vacancies on the list of appli­ cants shall be regularly relayed to schools in the area of unions. Any applicant who feels he has been discriminated against in se­ lection shaU have the opportun­ ity of appeal to local appeal boards, composed of union and employer representatives of the apprenticeship programs, under the plans. Monthly conferences are to be held with the Labor Department to review the program and any local problems arising from its operation, also according to the plans. However, Herbert Hill, nation­ al labor secretary of the NAACP, had mixed views about the value of the agreement. “While in some respects this does represent a constructive step forward, the terms contain­ ed in the statement are much too vague and do not provide for sub­ stantive compliance on the local level with the recent directive of the Department of Labor for elim­ ination of discrimination in certi­ fied apprenticeship programs.” 43G Bail each For SNCC Men AMERICUS. Ga. - Three Add secretaries from the Student Non­ violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) are being held here on 843,000 ball each. The three-jailed last Thursday after poL'ce beat one and fired 15 Khria to disperse a crowd of Ne­ groes — are charged with incit­ ing to riot attempting to incite Insurrection, obstructing a law ful arrest, unlawful assembly, and seven peace warrants. They are; Donald Harris, 21 Negro, of New York City; John Perdew, 21, white.- of Denver Colorado; and Ralph Allen, 21, of Melrose, Massachusetts. All have been working with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's Southwest Georgia project. Harris is a former student at Rutgers University. Perdew at­ tended Harvard University, and Allen was a student at Trinity College. Form the right habit. Read the Amsterdam News every week. Out every Thursday. Brownsville Kids Get Field Day Thirty teenage youths of Browns- chairman and Richard King, co­ Wig Salon Opens New Harlem Shop While some anti-wig wearers picketed outside. Wigs Parisian opened Its second wig Salon at 151 W. 125th Street last Mon­ day where several hundred wo­ men came by to learn about the free-wlg-with-service contract being offered at the opening cele­ bration. The managers and owners are Mike Cherney and Edward Le­ vine. The staff Includes Misses Oberia Martinez, Bette Bullock and Muriel McClelland. Miss Dor­ is Chambers was one of the mod­ els. Mr. Cherney was enthusiastic about wigs in general and the hair industry as a whole. He stated "Wigs are high fashion today for women. Not Just Negro women. All American wome.. are wearing wigs now. They save time and can be changed often in terms of both color and style. Pay for Service “Ak Wigs Parisian we art concerned that the woman who can not afford an Initial outlay of a hundred or so dollars can own a wig. We give the wig free with a contract for servicing of the wig each month." “Aside from the beauty and convenience of wigs some 15,000 persons are employed in the hair industry In New York City and about 90% of them are Negroes," Mr. Cherney stated. His company has another store at 57 Fulton St., Brooklyn. A group of 5 lady pickets ar­ rived protesting the use of wigs altogether. They were under the direction of Carina Cook of the African Nationalist Pioneer Move­ ment. The chairman of the group was Miss Lolita Davis. Bring-A-Dish At Pool Side Party Vassal Thomas, one of New York's most popular hosts, gave a “date with a di«h party” last Sunday afternoon at the nume of Al Douglas in Englewood. N.J. It was a sequel to his “Even­ ing of Elegance" yacht party in that it was a relaxed garden, patio and swimming party where each guest brought her favorite dish for the food. The guests of honor were members of the press and the hostesses who had served at the Evening of Elegance. Among those present were Messers and Mesdames Eeyrie Saitoh, Samuel Lowe, Cam^mg Haynes, Joseph Dargan, Atty, and Mrs. Henry Williams. Ar­ thur Beach, Stephen Beach. Earle Rollins, Herman Samuels, George Norford, Jesse Walker. Norvelle Butterfield, David Car­ ter and Janies Vaughn. And Misses and Mesdames Carla Hayes. Marjorie Montana, Phyllis Moore, Roxanne Gilbert, Anne Gibbs. Idelle Dixon Norma Ellison Jackie Stuart, Julie Hunter. Helen Daniels. Atty. Marguerite Hines, Bunny Jones. Mary Richardson, Ethel Sissle, G1 e n n a Douglas and Alice Barnes. ville Houses' “550 Club" thrilled the area's kids to a fun-filled First Annual Brownsville Field Day, Saturday Aug 10. For the near 400 children of Brownsville it was an exciting day of potato and block races, dash events; loads of cake and soda, medals and trophies. Two months of planning and preparation by the "550 Club” made the day a success. And in the excitement of it all, parents joined the kids, proud that their teenage youth had come of age. Field Day The field day marked the first time the teenagers and adults worked together to provide good recreational experience for young sters of the community. But the major credit went to the “550 Club” who had emerged as valu­ able members of the community. This they had committed them­ selves to make an increasingly better place to live In. Their ef­ forts were greatly aided by Ger­ trude Boddie, manager of the Brownsville Houses, 307 Blake Ave. and Harold Johnson, area supervisor of the Youth Board. Youth patrolman Russell Blair spent the day coordinating, direct­ ing and judging the events held on Dumont Ave., between Powell St. and Stone Ave. Displaying a knack for being everywhere at the same time was Bob Abrams, director of the Brownsville Community Center, which provided what made “550 CHub” run. Gwendolyn Conway is MARINE TRAINEE - Mar­ ine private Richard S. Wat­ kins, who has completed a four week individual combat train­ ing course with an infantry regiment at Camp Lejeune, N. C. He is the son of Mrs. Lu­ cille Watkins of 36 Convent Ave., New York City. Forms New Civil Rights Group Here A new organization has entered the civil rights arena. It is* the Blue Ribbon Organi­ zation for Equal Opportunity Now It will make its public debut- accompanied by gospel singing— at 2 p.m., Aug. 24, in front of the Hotel Theresa at 125th St. and Seventh Ave. .There, the Rev. Nelson C. Dukes, founder and chairman of the new organization, will un­ wrap his ‘‘ten commandments" for civil rights and equal oppor­ tunity for Negroes. He is the pastor of Fountain Spring iapfjst Church. " 158 W 126th St., whose gospel chorus will sing on Aug. 24 and whose edifice provides the offices for the new organization. chairman of the “550's' Percy L. Frank, Division C chief manager in the Housing Au­ thority and Harold Bright, cham­ pionship trackman, made a spe­ cial trip to be on hand to make the awards. Other agencies co­ operating were the Police, Sani­ tation and Park Departments. 3 Youth Board Dances This Weekend And Lance Douglas. Alan Doug- as, James Harris. Pierre Hein- _ _ x . ton- M>ke Hedley, Cornelius Po- The Teenage Dance Project of weU, Alexander Sterenbuck. Le­ the New York City Youth Board muel D^y and Frederick O'- will conduct dances at Sheltering Neil. Arms Playground, West 126th St.j __________________ _ and Amsterdam Ave., and at PS 82. Macombs Rd. 176th St. on Thursday at 8 p.m. for youngsters of Man­ hattan. and west Episcopalians Au* 5 Give Their Nod On Friday, Aug. 16, dancing will be at Benjamin Franklin H. S., 116th St. and Pleasant Ave., and on Saturday, Aug. 17 at PS 18, 502 Morris Ave., the Bronx Only chaperoned members of participating agencies can be ad­ mitted, the Board announced. Ar­ rangements for the dances will be provided by the Youth Board, the Mayor’s Committee on Living Music and the Recording Indus­ tries’ Trust Fund, in coopera­ tion with Local 802, American Federation of Musicians and the Municipal Broadcasting Station WNYC. TORONTO - The House of Bishops of the Protestant Epis­ copal Church in the United States officially endorsed on Monday the participation of the church its clergy and laity - in the Aug. 28 march on Washington to spur legislative action on civil rights and Job opportunities for minor­ ity group Americans. The presiding bishop of the church, the Right Rev, Arthur Lichtenberger, several weeks ago said the denomination fully support the aspirations for racial •quality, but the house's action this week put the stamp of ap­ proval on the support Former Co-Chairman He is also the former co- man of the Greater New York Committee for Equal Employ­ ment Opportunity, which scored a success last month in integrat­ ing the construction workforce at the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company's new branch at 125th St. and Eighth Ave. Among the’ ‘‘ten command­ ments'* which the Rev. Dukes will unveil are demands for equal opportunity for nonwhites in city, state and private construction Jobs throughout the state”, “out lawing of the father - son union (which block nonwhite admission) "boycott of businesses which have no Negro employees” and censure of public officials. Stopped la Jane In commenting on public offic­ ials, the minister said he held Mayor Wagner fully responsible for the failure to Integrate the construction workforce of the annex of Harlem Hospital, where a halt to construction was called In mid - June in the aftermath of demonstrations by the Joint Committee for Equal Employ ment Opportunity. "Harlem Hospital la still closed No work Is being done there, and the Mayor hasn’t done anything to get It started again,” said the Rev. Dukes. “And this commun ity has been fighting for a new Harlem Hospital for a long time CLEAN-CITY ART-Free-lanre artist Orrington Iverson teaches youngsters the fine points of poster art at a class at the YMCA. Posters will be placed in store windows on Saturday, August 17, when nearly 500 children will form broota-and- bucket brigades, beginning at 10 a.m., in an attempt to make a single block a shining ex­ ample for the entire neigh­ borhood. Youngsters from the Harlem Branch YMCA and the Police Athletic League—along with other neighborhood chil­ dren—will form the clean-up brigade, under the di ectkto of Glester Hindu, chairman of the event and of Districts 10 and 12. Citizens Committee To Keep New York City Clean. Mr. Iverson, youth chairman of the program, will serve as judge in a contest to select the three best posters, which wlU earn cash prizes. Untitled Document file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/Administrator/Desktop/hello.html2/18/2007 11:01:03 AMThomas M. Tryniski 309 South 4th Street Fulton New York 13069 www.fultonhistory.com