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1963
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I • W. I AMSTERDAM NEWS. Sat., Sept 28, IMS
Zuber’s Seek Pipe
p. , , Setter In
Daughter Gir|'s Death
Sues
By SARA SLACK
“If jthe best elementary
school in the city is Hunt
er College Elementary
School, somebody in this
city is going to explain to
me in court, why my
daughter and other Negro
and Puerto Rican children
cannot go there.”
These were the fiery words
Benjamin Alston, a pipe setter
is being sought by police for
questioning in connection with
the death of Ethel Owens. 96.
who lived at 149 Edgecombe
Avenue
Police said Miss Owens was
knifed in her apartment Sunday.
Sept. 15 and died in Harlem
Hospital last Wednesday. Alston,
police said, was the reported
boy friend of Miss Owens.
-Bias
(Continued from page One)
‘ —A/'
of Attorney Paul B. Zuber, mili
sioner who figured earlier this
tantzcivil rights lawyer who has year in discrimination charges
an imposing list of school in for seeking a "white'’ secretary
tegration court victories to his she was admonished after bear-
credit.
ings by both the city and state
anti-bias agencies.
Zuber’s remarks came when
he was asked why he is suing
Attempts by this newspaper to
the Board of Higher Education.
reach Mr. Kelly early this week
’’This City has its nerve. It’s
were unsuccessful. Miss Delaney’s
operating Hunter College Ele
statements against Mr. Kelly are
mentary School, a public school,
not part of her complaint, but
as if it were a private school, were included in a letter of pro-
This must stop, and now." Zuber, test sent to Mayor Wagner earlier
said.
’this summer.
In an action filed in Federal Miss Delaney said that she isj
District Court last Thursday, charging in her complaint that
ZutJer charged that his five-year- stenographers with the agency
old daughter, Patricia, and other work on a points record that she
Negro youngsters, are deliberate^turned in completed work which;
ly being refused enrollment at1 was never recorded in the of-i
Hunter College Elementary fioal book, thereby giving a false
School for gifted children because work record.
of fheir race.
A career civil servant for nine
addition to the Board of: years, four years with the Law
Education, Zuber named!Department. Miss Delaney said
J. Meng, president of she has kept a daily dated re-
College, as defendant, (cord of the work she turned out
Zuber, who has offices at aDd there is widespread variation
915 W. 125th Street, charged that of the work she did and what is
the defendaats are employing an fa the official book,
admission policy which denies she also accused Miss Stoll of
Negro children equal opportunity being abusive when dealing with
and that the school's admission
Negro members of the stenogra
policy is based on race.
phic pod. Thomas Dabney, of the
Aegis Society of the department
said the Society was supporting
Miss Delaney in her charges af
ter having made its own investi
gation. He also complained of
stalling by the agency on the
complaint.
His suit states:
"The defendants have so con
structed the attendance area'
lines for applicants to the kinder
garten and first grade so aa to
intentionally exclude those areas
in the county of New York where
Negroes live.
Zuber said he checked
thoroughly and found that ap
plicants to the first grade and
kindergarten must live between
44th St. and 87th St. on the East
and between 49th and 110th Sts.
on the West.
After Miss Delaney’s filing of
her letter to Mayor Wagner ear
lier this summer City Labor De
partment Mediator Estelle Karp
was assigned to investigate, but
no decision has apparently been
made by her.
Madison S. Jones, executive di
“Pew if any Negroes live in those
rector of CCHR, admitted that
areas. I’m not running. I feel
his agency had received corres
that over a period of years
pondence and was investigating
are many Negro children
th
Miss Delaney’s charges. It was
who have the background and aiso learned that attempts were
potential to attend Hunter College
being made to have Miss Delaney
Elementary School,
transferred out of the Law De
partment. She formerly wbrked in
the Buildings Department but told
the Amsterdam News that she
had experienced no discrimina
tion in that agency.
"Aa a taxpayer, my daughter
anCJnany other Negro sons and
daughters are entitled to attend
Hunter College Elementary
School," be Mid.
His suit seeks a permanent
Injunction again* the defendants
continuing to employ admission
policies which exclude many
Negroes.
Appoint New Dean
Dr. H. I. EonteWo-Nanton has
been appointed Academic Dean
of Allen University, Columb.a,
South Carolina.
A member of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity, he has to his credit
more than fifteen years exper
ience as an editor and publisher
of newspapers and magazines.
He won his Pb.D at the Univer
sity of Iowa.
Held In
Bronx Shooting
Ben Moacatello. 48, of 788 E
182nd St., charged with shooting
96-year-old Joseph Jiminez. of 21-
43 Clinton Ave., Bronx, Friday
night is being held in $2,500 bail
for a hearing in Criminal Court
this week.
Police said Jimnez was in the
Crystal Bar, 751 E. 180th St,
Bronx, drinking with a friend,
Frank Lowery, 36 of 579 E.
179th St., Bronx, when he stepped
outside the tavern to talk to some
one.
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BOMBS IN THE NIGHT —
Mrs. Ada Bell Parker, her
hair in curlers and clad in a
bathrobe, sadly views damage
from bomb planted near her
home in Birmingham early
Wednesday morning. At least
eight homes were damaged in
Birmingham's 21st unsolved
bombing. (UPI Telephoto)
The Only Answer
(An Editorial)
If there ever was any doubt in anyone’s mind
that a state of lawlessness exists in the city of Bir
mingham, Alabama, that doubt should have been
erased by the bombs which greeted the President’s
special peacemakers as they arrived in that city
Tuesday.
Last week in the aftermath of a bombing in
which four little Negro girls were blasted into eternity
by a bomb, and two Negro boys were shot down like
animals, Negro leaders pleaded with the Federal
government to send in Federal troops.
Their plea was plain. They pointed out that a
state of lawlessness exists in Birmingham and they
said in plain words that that lawlessness is being
fostered and encouraged by none other than the law
enforcement agencies of the state itself.
The government’s answer to this was to send in
two former soldiers as peacemakers.
We don’t know what the government expected
these two men to accomplish—but everyone knows
now what Alabama’s mobsters’ answer is to the
President — they answered with bombs while Ala
bama’s state troopers were a few miles away arrest
ing 132 Negro demonstrators.
And this answer with bombs makes it crystal
clear to even the most moderate reasonable man
that we are dealing in Alabama with a lawless power
which will recognize only one thing—and that thing
is SUPERIOR POWER.
There can be only one answer now in Alabama-
Federal troops.
We call on the President to send Federal troopt
to Alabama at once!
There is no other answer!
-Dudley
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asked to be relieved of the cere
monial post.
• While Dudley will be the first
Negro In the Democratic Party
countywide post, it is known that
he is under serious considera
tion for the position of U.S. Cus
toms Court Justice, and would
resign the Borough Presidency
If the federal post comes through.
As chairman of the 3.365-mem-
ber county committee M. Dud
ley would preside at meetings
of the group and participate in
party decision in the county,
but the major power in the
county lies in the county leader
ship. which is held by Edward
Costikvan.
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Rabbi
The Kennedy Administration
drew more criticisms this week
for its failure to take more
prompt, vigorous and positive
step* on civil rights issues.
The latest la the series of de-
plorations came this weak from
Rabbi Richard O. Hlrsch, direc
tor of the religious action center
of the Union of American He
brew Congregations.
The Reform Jewish spiritual
lender chided the Administration
for refusing "to exert its influ
ence on behalf of strengthened
legislation" that would provide
more power "not’ just in school
desegregation violations, but la
all civil rights violations."
Ne Fall
The Kennedy Administration
“has consistently refused to give
full support to federal equal
ploymeni opprotunlty," said the
rabbi.
He also warned that any
amendments of the civil rights
package would "water down" the
public accommodations section
of the legislation which apply to
hotels, motels, restaurants, lunch
counters and public entertain
ment.
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The amendments by "omission
would specifically exclude from
coverage retail stores sad other
important areas of public patron
age, thereby cutting the heart
out of the Administration's own
legislation," Rabbi Hlrsch said
He spoke at an all-day emer
gency civil rights conference of
the New York Federation of Re
form Synagogues at the House
of Living Judaism, 838 Fifth Ave.
JAMBS BALDWIN
-Ns
BAYARD RUSTIN
"Sit-las la Dept.
of Justice Elevators"
-Bombs
-Jackson
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(Continued From Page One)
-Victims
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each other with increasing urgen
cy
Should Negroes now meet vio
lence with violence in defense
of their lives and those of their
children?
John O. Killens and Louis Lo
max, the authors who took part
in last Friday evening's memor
ial service at Town Hall, 113 W.
43rd, sponsored by the Artists
and Writers Committee for Jus-
tive, sounded the clarion for the
arming of Negroes.
Killens said the blasting of the
16th Street Baptist Church In
Birmingham has now pointed out
the need for Negroes to defend
themselves against such on
slaughts.
"As a tactic, nonviolence has
been successful, but as a philo
sophy we need to get rid of it."
"The American Negro has been
the victim of a number of myths
—one of them being that he is
nonviolent," Mid Lomax, author
of "The Negro Revolt.”
Spurn Violence
"The time is coming," warn
ed Lomax, "when the American
Negro must arm himself to de
fend his home.”
Paradoxically, violence as a
weapon was spurned by Mr. and|
Mrs. Christopher McNair, whose •
daughter. Denise, 11, along with |
three other girls, died by vio- (
lence and in whose memory the C
Artists and Writers Committee •
had summoned the Town ^Hall |
service to which 800 came. (
When asked earlier if Negroes
should arm themselves ini' self' de- 1
fense, McNhir brushed ffeide the |
question with the authority of |
one whose companion has been
violence and upon whose only
child violence has been visited.
"Such an effort would be fruit
less. I’m not for that,” he de
clared.
Big Queston
I
To underline his apparent con-|(
victiori of the futility of death ior ,
death, he then asked:
"What good would Denise' have *
done with a machine gun in her I
hands?"
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Confidence in the efficacy
resistance" I
“positive nonviolent
as its chief apostle. Martin Luth- I
er King refers to his program of |
Christian indignation, was ex- ,
pressed by other speakers at sub-
The most eloquent of them was
James Baldwin, who advised a
boycott.
Urge Sit la
__
Bayard Rustin, whdsebril-
liance in planning the sucesssful
march on Washington may only
be properly assessed generations
from now. urged a sit-down “la
the elevators and offices In the
Department of Justice in 100 cit
ies throughout the country."
"We will make it so difficult to
operate, said Rustin, "they’ll
have to listen to us."
He spoke at the Foley Square
rally. But there were rallies la
ihe Bronx. Brooklyn and Queens
to condemn the blasting that kill
ed the four girls and deplore
President Kennedy’s lack of
more forceful action to prevent
similar attacks on other Amer
icans.
Minister Malcolm X, the na
tion's arch exponent of Negro
self defense, frowned upon the
participation of many whites hi
the rally.
"A cup of coffee la strong when
it is black. When you mix It with
cream it only dilutes It," he de
clared.
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raises serious questions as
to where we can turn for
protection,” Mr.
said.
He called for the Presi
dent to immediately send
troops to Birmingham.
Mr. Robinson called the
“Peace Team” of former
Army Secretary Kenneth
Royall and former Army
football coach Earl Blaik
“second hand men,” ang
rily charging that this ges
ture by the President was
not enough.
"The President has to become
more active la this light and take
a more forceful attitude,” Robin
son said in urging Federal
Troops be sent la.
Number 2
Birmingham police said the
bombing, the 21st in a long series
of violence by whites against
Negroes, damaged eight homes
in the Negro community, but no
casualties were reported
The bombs were allegedly toss
ed from a moving car at an
intersection in the Negro neigh
borhood shortly after midnight
Throughout the nation, how
ever, Negro protests were mount
ing over the continued lack of
action la apprehending the bomb
ers and the President's failure
to take a more militant role
in helping to end the city's racial
turmoil.
handling newsstand distribution,
home delivery, production, labor
Young relations and mail subscriptions, sequent weekend rallies here in I
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Married to the former Miss
Christina Victor of Boston and
the father of two children. Ten-
ley Ann. aged 8, and W. Garri
son, aged 16 months, Jackson,
who resides at South Ocone Park.
L. I., said upon assuming his
poet at -the Amsterdam News:
“My decision to leave the New
York Times was not an easy
one, but the every day challenge
to Negro journalism no longer
can wait.
"No longer." added Mr. Jack-
son, "can we follow. We must,
lead tn the emphasizing of the1
Negroes’ struggle for equality
and freedom. To do this greater
promotion and greater distribu
tion of Negro news media is es
sential if complete freedom is
to be attained and understood."
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Since 1880
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Negro Democratic leaders, who
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have four of the county s 16 — |
Democratic party votes, stood as
a balance of power between the
old-fine regulars and reform fac
tions within Democratic ranks,
is also president of the 369th Vet-
buf their wide splits and per- erans Association, has met and
sonality conflicts left them in greeted most of the city's lead-
little bargaining power in the ing visiting dignitaries over the;
behind-the-scenes politicking for past 13 years, and has served as
personal bodyguard for Rev. Mar-
party posts.
The Amsterdam News learned Luther King on his visits to
(Continued from page One)
. that Mr. Brown had originally New York in recent y«»r»
been slated to be selected for One of Harlem's most active
! the post, but opposition develop- young civic leaders, Mr. Defus
ed from Jones who bitterly crltl-!*« *’ ‘he founder and coordln.i-
Cized him and reportedly sought,tor of Harlem s annual 369th Me-
the post himself Jones accused
Prade«w^h W *•
Brown of campaign disloyalty tracted over 35,000 marchers and
an estimated
[and has scheduled a hearing of
his Carver Democratic Club for
p^rsons’
.
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tw. Ah.ra..
Oct. 3 to air the charges.
I He *■ 31,0 on the hoards of the
Associated Community Teams.
In the dispute. Dudley. wkolbCi( Mt Morris Park Hoepiul,
also belongs to Jones' Carver alKj yjce chairman of the Man-
Out?, was selected and both reg- hattan District of the Boy Scouts,
ular and reform groups agreed He and his wife, Gloria, have a
to back him after the Mayor son, William, Jr., an eighth
gave his blessings
(grade students at Inwood JHS.
Memorial March In Bronx
Some 1,500 Bronx residents
joined in a memorial march on
Sunday, Sept. 22. la memory of
the four children killed in the seg-
gregationist bombing of the 10th
Street Baptist Church last Sun
day
The Bronx residents began
their march from Washington
Ave., and 161st St., to the Grand
Concourse and to the Bronx Coun
ty Courthouse where several
speakers addressed services.
They Included John A., Mors-
ell, assistant NAACP executive
secretary; Herbert Callender,
chairman of Bronx CORE; Rev.
Edler Hawkins, of St. Augustine
Presbyterian Church; Rabbi
Maurice Bjpom, of Tremont Tem
ple; Rev.’ Forrest Johnson, of
Riverdale Community Church,
and Bernard Jackson, president
of the Bronx NAACP and chair
man of the march.
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