New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00748

Purely Personal Sir: You expressed plan to put a purely personal relatiohship to a "public opinion poE" is in extremely bad taste and is noth­ ing less than crass sensational­ ism. It is nobody's business but Charlayne’s and her husband whether they should have mar- sirable residents or tenants, is highly desirable and has a great future‘potential, far greater than stock security ownership. Leonard Kronenbere New Yorfk Camp Night Success Your Child’s Health Why Eczema? By THOMAS W. PATRICK, JR., M.D. News Of The Week National _ President Kennedy issued an executive order i this week exempting married m$R from future draft calls for the armed forces until all single men who are eligible have been called into mili­ tary service. •• * « The Justice Department announced that since last May 22, some 98 cities in the South or in border states have desegregated some or aU of their lunch counters, bringing to a total of 566 cities. Included in the total are about 99 per cent of the lunch counters in the major chain stores in 15 Southern and border states, a Justice De­ partment official said. • * • • City and State Gov. Nelson Rockefeller reneged on his cam­ paign pledge not to increase state taxes before iy66, blaming the failure of the Kennedy admin­ istration to achieve the economic growth it had promised as the reason he could not be bound by the pledge. * * * * State Republicans joined with the Democrats and the Liberal Party to give a three-party en­ dorsement of Justice Francis Bergan for Associate Justice of the Court of Appeals in a move to avert a statewide fight in the November elections. • • • • Special city honors were paid to former Sen­ ator and Governor Herbert Lehman at the dedica­ tion of the $11,710,000 Herbert If. Lehman Village Wednesday, a new low-rent public housing project from 106th to 110th Sts., between Park and Mad­ ison Aves. * * * • New York City observers geared themselves for a bitter campaign as Attorney Roy Cohn, un­ stock case, has challenged U.S. Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau to personally handle the case against him, and launched a verbal campaign against U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy. Wic >t exceed 250 words and they •ssed to the Editor. mined silent and very uncom- xrtabie in this small space. This is the point: We all pay fteen cents for a token and ns entitles us to a seat on the ain if there is space. No one in be rude, because I doubt sry seriously whether any rid- rs own the trains (Mr. Transit), lease, let’s be considerate when ding the trains. I’m small in stature and this the only way I can let off us steam. In a way, 1 wished were ^possible to have fought tis man, because he wa# nasty i English as well as Spanish Here's hoping this particular lan reads this article. There’s a possibility other read rs may have had similar ex- eriences and didn't take the timeiried. > put it on paper. Odessa Weeks Brooklyn it—4 Wise Decision Sir: The success of the re­ cent March On Washington can >e largely attributed to the wis- lom of its leaders. Particularly vise was their idea to keep negligible the sale of alcoholic neverages among the March's narticipants. This act helped maintain the admirable disci- jline among the crdwd, although iinder the emotional strain of many justifiable objectives. The Negro leaders and their White co-patriots should continue to give this type of moral-based leadership as an indispensible aid to civil rights and its re­ ciprocal responsibilities. Sir: This organization received its annual check from the “Mon- This is not the nationol civil day Night Get-to-Gether” group rights issue but two individuals, a few weeks ago. Mr. Palmer You should respect that. Mrs. and his co-workers have been Constance Motley of the NAACP the main reason for successful stated as much when questioned Camp Tours, year after year, about it. Any other person of any j^jr paimer recommended to integrity will tell you the same. us a youngster who wished to go to camp this year. His plea was This is cheap Journalism. v lvv noted in your letters to the edi- j New xork, NY t(jr coiumn We are happy to re»j Negro-Owned Banks Sir: It woud seem fitting if, For aU port TRACY HAYNES Brooklyn is spending an enjoy­ able Tour with us at CampSmith. and Cadets the editoria staff of your fine in tjie junior Guar(j we wish to weekly woud direct some atten- thank you for your support and tion to the banking situation in continuation of a Community Harlem. A basic question in this servjce weU directed. area is why negro-owned banks are not permitted to offer com­ pete banking services. For many- banking needs we have to go to white loan sharks and other white Intrsts which tak dight in xploiting the average man's poor knowledge of how these crooks HEADQUARTERS 1st JUNIOR GUARDSMEN OF NY. CAMP SMITH, PEEKSKILL, N. Y. GILLARD L. THOMPSON 1st Lt. INF. NYG ’ Secretary tee of Governor Rockefeller rec ommended the UNLIMITED li­ censing of delicatessens, lunch­ eonettes. etc. to sell whiskey, wine and other alcohoUc bever­ ages. The latter liquid has the evil property of luring 1 out of 16 of its consumers to chronic alcoholism and Influencing S7% of all crimes according to a re­ cent report from the FBI. Negro leaders who continue to ignore or excuse these facts are either spiritually blind or motivated by self-interest. As an example: it is the Ne­ gro communities who would be — the main target of the bene- factors of the Moreland Com-rob them- c . ia/_i mission’s recummendations.’ If negro-owned banks were just150 Are We. This specially appointed commit- permitted to offer combination banking such as combined sav­ ings and checking accounts this would greatly increase the bank’s reserve fund and permit greater community services in all areas. We are talking about a march on Wall Street, and we need lt with sit-ins at the stock exchange but what we need more is facts. Those of us who are conscious of the white man on our backs are deeply concerned about des­ troying the myth that all blacks live in slums and they love it! even create it. We know that we cannot bury this myth until your newspaper lets the world know the whole truth about what a black family has to struggle through In trying to buy a home. The New York Times recently wrote that only five per cent of the blacks in New York owned their homes. What it did not explore in depth was why. Why any bank officer would permit a twenty thousand dollar mart- gage on a house worth only one- half as touch, thus causing the buyer to pay out four times the value of the house before lt is paldfo r. Liquor merchants and their well-paid Negro stooges already permeate Negro ghettos for a detrimental moral influence, es­ pecially on youth and women. Hence, we urge the rejection of the Moreland Commission's ir­ responsible recommendations, if on no bther basis than the suc- cuss of the alcohol-free March On Washington of August 28, 1963. James E. Wells Local Narcotic Education, Inc. Representative, Yonkers, N. Y. •NY Times, Sept. 3, 1963 . - Charley ns's Marriage Sir: I trembled with rage and shame as I read of Charlayne Alberta Hunter's marriage. What sort of values did she acquire to allow her to be so despicable, so foul, so immoral? I recognlxe the right of all people regardless of race, relig­ ion, or technic background to marry whom they want, but in Would the extension of complete banking privileges correct this kind of abuse against Afro-Amer­ icans? Negro-owned banks need it, black New Yorkers need It. Who is stopping it? Who Is trying feverishly to keep blacks In the slums and Is heavily penalizing those who succeed la escaping in spite of the forces organized against them? Is lt Just crooked -TMTrase. the Georgia University ibrf*7s ^2 th« case, she had a mandate from:8t™cture trying with all its her race, and decent people all 8'n^ might to keep the black over the country, to conduct her­ self along a certain plane. If we do mt isolate her, shame her, at every opportunity, then we will not be fair to all the other wonderful boys and girls who have conducted themselves with such nobility in their strug­ gle to gain an equal education and all the other psychological advantages that enure from this struggle. To have married a white boy, from the same university, while attending the university! Charlayne Hunter let us down. I'm deeply ashamed of her. Name withheld by request man invisible? J. Thomas New York Real Estate Sir: Real Estaje has long been recognized as the basis of our ec­ onomic wealth and enjoys far greater security than owner­ ship of stock In a corporation. Real Estate ownership affords one full control while stock own­ ership is completely under the control of others. The purchase and ownership, of ragl estate re­ quires great skill and vision. A well located property with de- Sir: Just a note to express our thanks and appreciation for using the picture of Cadet Quenten Pair in your paper. Our son is quite proud of his achievement and we are too. H. Pair. ML Vernon, NY Selective Buying Since tne President's last press conference we have be­ come aware of a newly revived approach being advocated by the so-called white Uberals and by the Negro conservatives. They are now concentrating on the fact that countless Negroes are inadequately educated and trained for our present day and future Job employment needs. So, they say, first we must educate and train the Negroes. Then, and only then, will their economic problems be solved. No one adds that the education and Job training required will take perhaps a generation or two if implemented on a piece-meal basis. No one adds that this Is gradualism again rearing Its ugly head and doing so in terms of fundamental policy. Of course all unemployed and underemployed, both white as well as Negro, need education and job training but we cannot wait another hundred years for this. The Negroes and their friends must adequately press the in­ dustrial and business segments of our society so hard, through the use of an organized National Selective Buying Campaign, so that they In turn will be forced to press the Administration, the Congress and the people to support a massive Domestic Marshall Plan, Just at In the 1930’s we established W.P.A./C. C.C., Social Security etc.- to cope with a great national emergency. We are on the brink of a similarly serious emergency, but we have not yet truly under­ stood this fact. Wake up America and, as always in the past, meet your responsibilities and do so NOW! Maxine Arons Marvlous Harrison Another Angle Up And At Adam A Disappointed Club a By JAMES L. HICKS Pardon me a minute while I present a few facts on political life in Harlem and disappoint quite a few people downtown, Including some dally news­ papers. There is, in this Town of Ours, a dedicated cult of people who could be classified! as £he “Up And At Adam’’ cult which! longs and lives for the day that Adam Clayton Powell will only be a memory in the minds of New Yorkers. Unfortunately for them, and therefore HICKS fortunately for Adam, the vast ma­ jority of these people who would like to see Adam run out of Harlem, don’t live in Harlem themselves. And therein lies the rub. /For even those New Yorkers who /Foi wish Adam Powell had never been born, are forced to live by a law which says that the people of a Congression­ al District have the right to decide for themselves just who their Congress­ man will be, and that they can elect a cotton-picking witch doctor if he’s qualified — and nobody can throw him out of office without cause until the people themselves decide to do so. But human nature being what it Is, the members of the “Up And At AHem0 cnlf rrn nrnnn H hi n n i n cr strongly that Adam will disintegrate Into space that they begin to see things in Harlem which simply are not there. Back at Howard University my prof told me that one of man’s greatest faults is that we tend to “see what we are looking for and look for what we see.” That’s the way the “Up And At Adam” Club saw the primary elections in Harlem last week. The Club was looking for Adam to be defeated and they thought they saw what they were looking for. The Score But we have news for them. Anyone, Including the reporters and editors of the daily papers who saw an Adam Clayton Powell defeat in last week’s primaries simply can’t read the score In Harlem. Some white people actually thought Powell was running for office against Ray Jones and when they read where Jones had won they just automatical­ ly concluded that Powell had lost. That’s how you think when you let your emotions get the best of you. If anybody lost anything in the Harlem primaries it was the people of Harlem. For we did have the spec­ tacle of our strongest man in Con­ gress engaged in a front page brawl with our strongest man in City Hall. But Ray Jones did by no means kill off Powell an.d Powell certainly did not push Jones out of the picture. between Powell and Jones is nothing more than what hap­ pens between Lehman and Wagner, Rockefeller and Mahoney or any other (Continued on Page 47) Your child has eczema mainly be­ cause h 1 s parents, grandparents, uncles or aunts had eczema or other allergy such as asthma and hay fever. You in­ herit the tendency to become allergic. . In some allergic fam- -Hies there are more as­ thma suffers, in others hay fever, and In still others skin allergies. If your child has ec­ zema it is most likely PATRICK caused by allergy. In infants and young children foods are the most common causes. Among the most im­ portant foods are milk, egg and wheat. Many other foods may cause eczema. Not enough attention is being given to the fact that inhaled substances can al­ so cause eczema. This is particularly true in adults and older children, though at times this also applies to babies. Among such air-borne things are house dust, pollens, mold spores, animals, dandruffs and some chemical dusts. Poppy Notes The Brown Brahmin By POPPY CANNON WHITE Even in dying, and most particularly in his last rendezvous with destiny—Dr. William E. B. DuBois had an incompar­ able sense of timing. Dramatically, as he had lived, he died; at the age of ninety-five on the Tuesday night of August 27, only a few hours be­ fore the March on Wash­ ington began. For Dr. DuBois, it was a March long deferred. Ever since the turn of the century, he had been advocating just such anti-bits demonstrations. Fifteoi years ago — pas- siontfely, and some said hot-headedly— he hid sponsored a march on Washing­ ton /or civil rights. POPPY fin elegant man, slim and dapper, he caried a walking stick long before there was any need for it. In the troub­ lous early days of the civil rights battle ivhen he was one of the organizers of the National Association for the Ad­ vancement of Colored People, there are rumors—he wore spats. The Brown Brahmin they called him; sometimes the Brown Brahmin of Bos­ ton, for he was .a Harvard man. Stick­ lers for accuracy, however, described him as the Brown Brahmin of Great Barrington since this yvas where he was born on February 23, 1868 and spent many summers. Whether of Boston or Great Barring­ ton ... he was a Brahmin. Born to bat­ tle! On every front he fought, and with everyone—-friend and foe, alike. As far back as 1903, Dr. Dubois was writing, “The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line.” In those days, his cultured voice rang out demanding freedom—Freedom Now —freedom complete. Not Just in little pieces or diluted! Dignity, not just for some, but for all. Full, proud dig­ nity, not sometime but immediately. No Patience With the meek philosophy of the Booker T. Washingtons he had no pa­ tience. He had, in fact, little patience for anyone or anything. His was a towering genius for arous­ ing controversy—personal and political. But there was never any argument about his preeminence as a historian and sociologist. There his reputation was unassailable. Decades ago, long before other his­ torians of our time showed any knowl­ edge or appreciation of the history of ancient and medieval Africa, Dr. Du­ Bois had already pushed ajar the ljeavy, long-locked doors into the past and brought to light once more the glories of Timbuctoo and Mansa Musa; the em- of Timbuktu and Mansa Musa; the em­ pires of Ghana and Mali. In the New Africa, Dr. DuBois was accorded an almost god-like reverence and honor. At the time of his death in Ghana, where he had become a citizen last year, he was at work on a monu­ mental enyclopedia of African history. Who can say why, in his later years, he turned to Communism? Or what forces led him, perhaps in despair at the slow progress of desegregation, to advise “voluntary sel(-dependence” in some areas, as a (temporary) antidote to white discrimination. There can be no doubt that Dr. Du­ Bois had a vast contempt for prejudice. My husband, Walter White, loved to tell this story: After a lecture one evening came the inevitable, inescapable, sometimes em­ barrassed but always insistent question, “What is the result of intermarriage?” Dr. DuBois drew himself up haught­ ily, stroked his silken goatee, adjusted on his nose. ”1 the golden pince nez “Next question, am,” he snapped, please.” “Next Door” By TED SHEARER COQSIP N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat, Sept. 14, lM3~e 11 Whlte-On-Whlte •- •■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I 77ie Military’s Limited War • ** By GERTRUDE WILSON ' ' a x ( L- *'• • There is a superb description of both the success of integration in the mili­ tary, and the problems still faced by Negro servicemen in the September is­ sue of Harper’s magazine. The article is written by Ruth and Edward Brecher and is entitled “The Military’s Limited War Against Segregation.” The authors traveled 3,200 miles through the South to see for them­ selves, and to talk with the people involved. They write, “The speed WILSON with which Southerners adapt to this as well as Northerners integrated military way of life must be seen to be believed.” “This must be your first experience associating with Negroes,” they observ­ ed to a young GI from Virginia. He said that it certainly was. “It must have taken quite a while to get used to,” they went on. “Sure did,” he answered, “ ’bout two weeks.” For all the success stories of integra­ tion in the military, against them in bold relief are the hardships still im­ posed on Negro soldiers and their fami­ lies who must be stationed in the South. Log Rolling Particularly apparent is the political log-rolling which has permitted the lo­ cation of so many military installations in the South. Certainly all Americans should begin to bring pressure to bear on the Congress to have these bases closed down, and others opened in Northern areas where both the Negro soldier and his family are likely to have a better chance. v The Brechers point out that “Service­ men’s children at 248 bases still attend segregated off-base schools; and nine years after the Supreme Court school decision, the federal government is still subsidizing these schools with federal ‘impacted-area’ payments. Worse yet, federal funds are still being furnished for the construction of new segregated schools.” The whole section on schools, too lengthy to quote here, is enough to raise the blood pressure of any taxpayer. In substance it is that $62,000,000 has been allotted to date by the J.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the construction of such schools in Ala­ bama, Georgia, and Mississippi, with $13,000,000 allotted ANNUALLY for op­ erating expenses. The Brechers write, “Negro schools in these districts are likely to be inferi­ or in many respects. Some are not ac­ credited; some use cast-off books from the white schools; some are on double shift. Yet the formula used to compute the subsidies allows as much per Ne­ gro pupil as per white pupil.” The article should be read by every citizen. The Brechers do not just state the problems, they have concrete sug­ gestions to solve them. In a day when so much is being writ­ ten about Negroes and the problems of gaining civil rights, and so little is real­ ly being said, the Brechers have made a tremendous contribution in this piece, in a clear, concise, and factual descrip­ tion of our military bases and the prob­ lems yet to be solved for the Negro service man. Dear Sally Advice To Leave By SALLY Dear Sally: I’ve been living with a man for seven years. He never takes me any place, and whenever people come around he talks about his ex-wife. Please tell me what to do. Lonesome Dear Lonesome: From your letter I as­ sume you are living with but not married to this man. That was your first SALLY Uptown Lowdown ' f ’ ,, mistake. I suggest you leave this man at once. If he loves you he will come to you on your terms. Don’t settle for anything less. If this doesn’t work try going to church and other social affairs. We have a list of social events listed in flie Amsterdam News each week. In time you will realize this man can be replaced. Sally Political Pot By JAMES BOOKER BOOKER LATE TICKER: Nome Dropping: James Farmer, the CORE national director, slated to return to New York this weekend to put an end to Ray Jones’ political gimmick of using Farmer’s name as a possible opponent to Rep. Adam Powell next year . . . It’s been more than 16 months now that President Ken­ nedy hasn’t filled the U.S. Customs Court va­ cancy here held by the late Judge Irwin Molli- son. What gives? ... Theatrical gossipers talking about the hot romance between the famed actor and an' equally well-known sing­ er-actress . . . Deputy Hospitals Com­ missioner Bob Mangum Spends his time at night serving as an instructor at the Columbia Public Health School and al­ so attending night courses there . . . What about a Negro National Day simi­ lar to Columbus Day and St. Pat­ rick’s Day? It has been suggested that either May 17 or August 28 be set . . . Local friends planning a gala testi­ monial for Rev. Thomas Kilgore who leaves New York next month to take over a Los Angeles pastorate ... Brook­ lyn’s Judge Oliver D. Williams slated to be given a historic Supreme Court designation this week. Clubhouse Row: Now that the primary election furor has died down, don’t expect the bruises to be healed in Harlem Democratic circles. Friends believe the Adam Powell-Ray Jones split is for real and they’re standing on the,sidelines watch­ ing. Some feel Jones may have bitten off a little too much, while others will support Powell largely on the issue of his Committee chairmanship. Harlem Republicans contend} that it was Har­ lem that elected Richard Aldrich in the GOP primary last week. Harold Bur­ ton’s 12th A.I.D., South, have him a 310 vote plurality and Bill Cornelius’ 12th A.D., North, have him an 81 vote maj­ ority, enough to win . . . Gov. Rocke­ feller’s staffer Dale Wright took off tor . a few weeks to finish a book on migtaht labor . . . Congrats to the staff of the Neighborhood . Conservation Program for having 60 of their 80 professional staffers at the March .. . New worker in SCHR’s 125th St offices is Charlotte Baker, one of the agency’s field repre­ sentatives . . . Attorney Gloria Toots wearing a neck brace from a recent anto crash ... Al­ so in a close accident recently were Sondra Williams and Gloria Vaughn . . . Newcomer to New York who will be heard from a lot is Rev. J. Metz Rollins, who has joined the Staff of the Presbyterian Church’s Commission on Race and Religion. He was a leader in Nashville, Tenn., race fight... At the CCHR meeting this week they will un­ veil plans to revise the agency, doing away with the non-salarled commission status ... Friends expecting a court battle over the estate of wealthy Arnold Jones, well-known sportsman, who died last week . . . Mayor Wagner planning to name Assistant Corporation Counsel Anne T. Withey as Bronx Rent Admin­ istrator this week ... Gladys Harring­ ton and New Yprk CORE members mapping big plans for all-out cam­ paigns on slumlords in Harlem and for more integration in unions ... AH of which brings us around to asking, what ever happened to the ethnic survey, Mayor Wagner? That’s 30. .... ..wit v--;-ffg | Yeah, but them naacp and urban LEAGUE MEMBERSHIP CARDS DON'T SAY NOTHIN' 'BOUT VtXJR CREDIT. J Home Plate Gov. Wallace And The NAA WP zz By JACKIE ROBINSON Recently, I was asked to be a guest panelist on a Chicago CBS show. I was informed that one of my fellow-panelists would be Governor George Wallace of Alabama. I thought, participation on such a show would be very interesting and, having a lot of ques­ tions I wanted to ask Governor Wal­ lace, I accepted. As it turned out, the Governor never showed up. Something happened to cause him to notify the CBS people that he couldn’t make it, after all. This was logical because it would ap­ pear the Governor is a man who changes his mind often. When he was inaugurated, he made a dramatic promise to uphold “segregation now, ROBINSON segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.” Then, after having his picture taken, standing in the entrance of the University of Alabama, he al­ lowed himself to be persuaded to sort of give up and let the Governor take some Negro students in. Just a few days ago, after making a lot of defiant state­ ments about school integration in Birmingham and other cities, he also changed his mind and decided not to oppose the Governments — federal or local. So, it was logical that he should change his mind about a little old tv show. But I confess, I was dis­ appointed. Especially, because a matter of hours be­ fore the program went on, the news came out that Governor Wallace was considering entering some primaries to determine if he wanted to be a Presi­ dential candidate. I wanted to ask him if this meant he thought the name of this country had been chang­ ed from the United States to the Divided States. Oh well, you can’t win them all. The panelists who did show up inci ted Federal Court Judge Hubert Will, author-lecturer Nathaniel Brandon, management consultant William Kemp, the Honorable William Atwood of the diplomatic service and Dale Baxter, who is President of something named the National Association for the Advancement of White People. The show is named “At Random” and is run by a very competent moderator, Carter Davidson. It begins at midnight and just goes on. Mr. Brandon, who is a very conservative man — and very talented — certainly took literally the symbolic meaning of being “at random.” He is a true intellectual and often, I got the feel­ ing that he was expounding in so profound a manner that it was sure to go over the heads of many of the listeners — and me, too! Mr. Brandon did a magnifi­ cent job of straying from the subjects we were to discuss. He is an artist at asking a question, then launching into a five-minute harangue before you could even attempt to answer. The NAAWP President, Mr. Baxter, is also an able man. I had to admire his ability even though I couldn’t — and didn’t — agree with much that he said. I was deeply impressed with Judge Will who often rescued the show when it seemed to have gotten away from us as the result of Mr. Brandon's alacrity. All in all, it was a most vital meeting, I thought. It gave us all a chance to sit down with each other and explore our own ideas, defend our con­ victions and agree and disagree. I got deeply involved when this old, old ques­ tion of the Negro slowing down in his quest for jus­ tice caMd up, the 'argtrthent being that we should wait for a change of heart in our white brothers. I re­ plied as I always do that after all these years of waiting, we were not so much interested in being liked as we are in having our rights. As Dr. Martin King says: “Strong legislation may not change the hearts, but it can restrain the heartless. I know the law cannot make a man like me but it can keep him from lynching me.” One of the panelists attempted to refute some of my statements by quoting Mr. S. B. Fuller, the cosmetics manufacturer, who recently told a na­ tional magazine some absurdities to the effect that (Continued on Page 47) 4 I 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