New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00690

( the area of advice to see that the of the New York State Advisory Commission ef the U.S. Civil law la strictly enforced. Employers shifted enforcement Rights Commission, testified that responsibility to the union and thu very concept does dlecrlmln the union placed the burden on the contractors. Under the law. however, the major burden of •»>•*«>* responsibility must be shouldered He said j a Mionth survey in by the contractor, to whom the ltle building tildes has produced city — or state or federal govern “maasivfc evidence” of discrimi- ment — swards construction nation against Negroes, parti- cwiarly in the system of bringing jobs •Wre"“«*‘P . <il I. In noun, th.s that the 1“‘“ Joint Committee for Equal Em- p vl„h. ' w ... ployment Opportunity accuses n?^ h.. J™ •{Io* 'h^n against Negroes, since they possibly the only ethnic group the unions, , X. iTn,™ the city for failure to enforce the law by cancelling contracts with contractors, even If the union - otber no°whltes and not the employer - Is the "^ual opportunity does not guilty party, since the contractor Dow exist, ’Sacha told the com- is legally bound for the actions miaalon. "There are countless y°ua« men <<rf minority grou®!,) of the union.) This point was also conceded wbo “«*• referred - skilled at last Thursday s hearing by as apprentices and journeymen - Samuel Lasker of the Lasker- w^° bave b*e° rejected or whose Goldman Corp., the constructors applications have somehow been of the Downstate Medical Center i°8t«” be declared. in Brooklyn. Neither employers nor unions Most of the unions also pointed couid indicate ' Negroes and out that employers have thVrigbr PneHo Ri«na” were being hired to employ a quota of qualified 00 i°*5s For which federal fundj persons without necessarily go- are used. Sachs told Chair­ ing to the hiring hall, although Lasker was practicially the only employer who took issue with hope that constructive mea- sures would result from the com- that. In the area of standards, testl- mission hearings which resume LoweU. Joint Committee expressed mony was produced — chiefly by T*riday- , the unions themselves — that only a high school education is re- Linoleum Wolls quired for apprentices. ..... However. Negroes meet resis- Linoleum walls should be cared tance in entrance to their ap- for as the manufacturer directs, prenticeship program because of Usually specific cleaners and wax- thc father-son tradition which es are recommended. However, if bars outsiders — a concept which you wish, mild soapsuds can be UQions feel does not discriminate used. Apply the solution with a against only Negroes, since it cloth or cellulose sponge and rinse also bars whites who have no with clear water. Self-polishing wax can be applied when the kinsmen in the union. But Richard Sachs, chairman walls are dry. Dumpson Leading 1,000 To Capital Welfare Commissioner Jameij The Crnnmi R. Dumpson announced Tuesday ' Public al that he will lead a delegation of J™"' approximately 1,000 Welfare De- on August 26 partment employees who will' Commission join in the Civil Rights March on ,n puert0 Ki< ierence on we Washington, August 28. Commenting on his sizable turn- ing the week out. Commissioner Dumpson said ever, he said that he is gratified that so many |a so imports employees of different ethnic and turn from Pu religious groups had expressed a in Washingtoi desire to participate in this ust 28, to jolt He will ret great demonstration. He further stated that, “this re- meet his con fleets the convictions of staff that Puerto Rican a large part of the welfare prob- Members oi lem would vanish if our Negro 371 and mem and Puerto Rican neighbors en- Department’s joyed freedom from discrimina- will also trav tion in obtaining fr.ii employment, chartered bu opportunity a"d full training to March. Dump opportunities for upgrading.” and lead thei Why drop In unexpectedly —when you can phone ahead and drop in expectedly? (ft New York Telephone 44 • N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Aug. 24, 1963 > P«t much weight on the ----------------------------------------------unions.” •*» J2 ' - T_ j__ a JOinttHjOmniiupp «F *•* **** wed°e* He added that the hearings — *11 - day Thursday ,/ternoon and all day this past Tuesday —. have ■. , _ Z , . _ .. that more was needed than Tne Joint Committee for Equal Opportunity ••weagt piece-meal efforts" pro- . „ _ . The protest wtU dramatize what 11 registered its dissatisfaction this week on the progress duced by public hearings, of integrating the construction industry by announcing All throughout-the hearings, in it would hold a stepped up demonstration at 11:30 a.m.!plovers and union officials testi- Thursday at City Hall. I ' fied. was sounded the tired re- tha‘ *a*ner •»<* frain that neither group calcu- the committee called the “re K<*'kefe!1*r have s,owed lhelr lated or conspired to keep non- fusai of the Mavor and the efforts to end prejudice in the whites out of the building trades Governor to enforce the state and buiWing. trades because of fear intlustry. I retaliation b> the The absence of a large number city anb-discrimmatorv laws" in calling a halt to the publicly ‘ onstruction unions of Negroes in the industry was financed construction projects on It also accused Wagner of di- rh.efly the fault of Negroes them- wttch either no Negro is em recting Chairman Stanley Lowed selves, suggested the uuitm-em- ployed or only a token number of the City Commission on Hu- ployer spokesmen. of Negroes, chiefly in menial, man Rights to downplay low paying positions responsibility of the unions the Hugh T. Cuff, business man- for ager of Local 1 of the Elevator the Constructors Union, set iheme la»‘ w**k Wednesday when he saW that mQSt Rev. Richard A. Hilde- Negroes who applied for tag agency for the NAACP. CORE, the Urban League of Great New York, the Association The posi- of Catholic Trade Unions, the Ne- brand, a member of the Joint tions in the industry were gro American Labor Council and Committee, who testified at the “afraid of height,” hence only the Workers Defense League, opening of the hearings last 3 of the 2.300 members of the made the announcement Tuesday Wednesday at 80 Lafayette St., union were Negroes, during continuation of the City said he felt Lowed had shown “They (Negroes who showed Commission on Human Rights' c sincere desire to integrate the no interest » didn’t seem to be public hearing on alleged bias industry, but also was aware of interested in working,” Cuff told in the construction industry. the ‘ administration's desire not the commission. “Either they The committee the coordinat massive discrimination.” . 8,^^ Sincerity ' Future NCOs Trained At Fort Carson FORT CAUriON NCO ACADEMY—Instructor 8/Sgt Clarence King demonstrates the use ef s range finder daring a class for potential Noncommissioned officers at the 5th Infantry Division’s NCO Academy, Fort Carson, Colorado. This is one of the visual aids these young men win use when they return as Instructor* to their respective unlU. S/Sgt King is from Washington, D. C. DOUBLE HANDY! AND ONLY BALLANTINE’S GOT IT! were afraid of height or they thought it had same thing to do with running elevators.” Thomas Clarkson, the financial secretary-treasurer of Local 40 of the Ironworkers Union, which has about 10S Indians but no Negroes among its 1,050 mem­ bers in Manhattan, the Bronx Staten Island and Westchester, gave the refrain a higher key. Negroes can’t work at high altitudes, although the union wel­ comes them to its unbiased iraternity, Clarkson advised Chairman Lowel!. They Have One Of the two Negroes who ap­ plied for the union's apprentice­ ship program, one was a parole from whom the union never heard once it told him what the Job would require of him in scaling and working just below the clouds. "But we made history," Clark­ son jubilantly said. "We have a Negro apprentice now.” Lowell reminded him that the uuion no longer could seek re­ fuge in the now battered fortress of "a first Negro.” "I know who lead in the Olympics,” retorted Lowell, sug­ gesting he could not countenance the excuse of Negro fear of sky­ scraper construction work. In view of the unemployment of 260 apprentices when the Ver- rauano-Narrows bridge is com­ pleted, said Clarkson, he couldn’t even guarantee that Negroes could get employment, if the union accepted thorn as appren­ tices. ‘ Many youngsters might have the aptitude and ability, but are not able to adjust to the hazards iof working at high levels),” Clarkson insisted. “And 90 per cent of our work is. on high struc­ tures.” Clarkson reluctantly conceded that he would ask the union to seriously consider future prospec­ tive nonwhite applicants sent to it, since he personally had no power to assure the commission on recommendations. Earlier in the hearings, H. Earl Fullilove, chairman of the board of governors of the Build­ ing and Construction Trades As­ sociation. an employers' group, assured the commission “we are opposed to -discrimination, but we will not lower our standards.” The statement left the impres­ sion that the admission of Ne­ groes in the building trades in­ dustry would cheapen its quality. Besides, Fullilove told Chair­ man Lowell, ‘‘nonwhites have never applied” for positions. “Right now there is some un­ employment in the industry, so there will be no jobs for whites as well WTor Negroes,” Fulli­ love added; Shifts Weight In testimony from union of­ ficials and employer representa­ tives, it was brought out that both sides were aware of the anti- discrimination law, but neither side indicated that it went beyond prices a of the town Sensational Values in Gay Available in most Woolworth stores 1.59 EACH Regularly 2S9ea Scatter them on your sofa fot bright touches of color! Keep them handy for comfortable TV- viewing! 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