New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00909

II Vb, The Competition For Germany By MARCELLE FOUQL’ET Mr. Couve de MurviUe, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, came smoothly to Washington last week, and he went back as smoothly. Americans have been so skeptical about an eventual healing of the de Gaulle virus that they still are wondering what he came for. They are persuaded that there can­ not be a real meeting of the minds be­ tween France and the United States. It is well known that de Gaulle advo­ cates two zones. The first is Europe, which is the vital one. The other is “peripheral” and consists of the rest of the world. The trouble is that the vital zone is not the same for Ameri­ cans as it is for France. In the first zone, de Gaulle advocates AMS1ERDAM NEWS foaK GEE me >epreciation Guidelines.” a rding prepared by IRS to the public on changes in regulations, was used in 500 and Canadian radio stations, recording, an IRS public ions man said, was the most Jar disc turned out on the ect of tax regulations. Carr the man behind7 it. 7- 'll— Mildred Segee rs. Segee has been in Per- icl for nine years. She came jradually to her present posi­ tive years ago. believe more Negroes do apply because they do not w the Jobs are available,” . Segee said, explaining the rts that are being made by department to recruit quad persons. a policy in Foster Dulles style, namely, no negotia­ tions with the Soviets, no internationalization of Ber­ lin, no agreement over Germany. In the second zone, de Gaulle is a strong advocate of compromise. He suggests a reconciliation between the United States and Cuba, and a deal with the Chinese on the re­ unification of a neutralized Vietnam. Under these conditions, the FrancoAmerican dialogue seemed to have all the chances in the world of remaining a prolonged stalemate. Yet, suddenly it was intimated that the two governments began to understand each other, and perhaps there was a “willingness" to discuss eventual cooperation in nu­ clear affairs. It may sound too much like magic. The truth is that the real concern of both sides is Germany. They have both realized that their competition for Ger­ mans’ affections has made Germany the arbiter of the Western nations and almost of the world. The first to be surprised and overwhelmed by so much court have been the Germans themselves. The French and American missions in Bonn have become as aggressive rivals as the Soviet and American military headquarters in Berlin. To Contain Germany te said a college education -equired to fill such jobs as Finally, Paris as well as Washington officials technician, estate tax exam- have discovered that their policy of forbidding and ; revenue officer, revenue wooing might provoke a German future equally nt and special agent nee appointed, the new staffer perilous for both. After all, let us not be hypocritical, ■ntered on a six-month intern _________ nobody really wants a unified Germany. Obviously, >, During that period he is gned to an on-the-job training in this country Which did not experience the Nazi gram under the careful gui occupation, some top members of the Administration ce of’a highly skilled pro- are apprehensive that German militarism can re­ lional. After successfully com­ appear. ing the six-month course, the Inee is assigned to work for ich he has been prepared. Irs. Segee, as Assistant £x- itive Secretary, issues exami- ions for positions in the tech al field. She is available to ,one who wishes information larding such positions. To contain Germany, two currents of opinion seem to prevail. The first one rallies all those who believe that negotiations with the USSR are bound to succeed in due course. They favor the idea of giving France a supply of atomic bombs or at least the know-how. One condition to that generosity: France must engage herself completely in the “detente." She must sign the Moscow agreements, and not hamper the talks over Berlin. >lic exceed 2S0 words and they sted to the Editor. lop Rock Throwing Sir: According to a dispatch the New York Times recent- “The Birmingham Post-Her d, a Scripps-Howard newspa r, said the bombers must be iptured, and made to pay glT'penalty. But it continued: These rock-throwers are going have to be taken into custody id dealt with severely. The egro leadership must impress ?on their people »hat such ction will not be tolerated." ‘ This is not just a racial mat- *r," The Post-Herald said, “It i a matter of law and order ,at affects us all." Well, bully for Seripps-Row- rd. They insist that the Negro top throwing rocks at the whites nd that the authorities some- mes try to catch the bombers 'ho killed four little Negro girls nd maimed at least one other » a church. They completely jrget to advise the police and then to stop shooting Negroes, hey must know that the Birming- iam police and Wallace’s Lingo lave had no success in captur- ng bombers In Birmingham 5ven the vaunted FBI has a 0-20 >omber catching record; they iccm to find the apprehension of combers of Negro establishments oo hard altogether. I, for one, guarantee that I will lever throw a roek but then I also guarantee that J will never t»uy another Scripps • Howard newspaper and that goes for The W-rld Telegram and The Run. W h a t President Kennedy ~h"uld proclaim for Sunday is not merely a day of national mourning but a day of The others do not believe in a genuine detente with Moscow. Accordingly, an agreement with the Russians over Berlin is impossible. Hence a multi­ lateral nuclear force (MLF) is envisaged, which Germany accepted enthusiastically even under American control and without initiatives. Will de Gaulle convince Kennedy that it is in the interest of the United States for Germany to become closer to France, with the objective of keeping her away from an alliance with the Russians. According to de Gaulle, Soviet-American agreements would freeze the status quo and lead to the neutralization of Germany. In other words, without de Gaulle, Kennedy’s position of champion of the Western World would be in jeopardy, because the problem of Berlin could well be now settled on a neutral basis. The Great Oracle spoke through his minister. There is now much to ponder, for the President ex­ posed the sharp criticism of the Republicans about his policy of “appeasement" and his soft line In dealing with the Russians. De Gaulle and his 'special ties* with the Germans could constitute the best guarantee of a stabilized Europe. mourning and shame. As for the Ong Candidate Scripps-Howard chain of news­ papers. they might suspend pub­ lication and spend a month, a year, or a decade repenting and soul-searching. t Sir: Only one Negro candidate is running for Councilman-at- large io Manhattan. It la unbe­ William Wilson Atkin, Norwalk, Conn. No Endorsement Sir: The Salvation Army, a re­ ligious and humane society help­ ing the unfortonate people of all races, has not endorsed civil rights. (How come?) Thair magazine, the “War Cry” does not mention a word about the Negro and his demands. * Abe Cohen • 88-06 Parsons Blvd. - Jamaica 32. N.Y. 1 HMM hmm^ 1 Yr. 6 Moj. 7.00 4 00 I—-J "America's Largest Weekly" NEW YORK AMSTERDAM NEWS 2340 EIGHTH AVL, NEW YORK 27, N. Y. Tel. AC 2-7800 CHECK ORDER DESIRED ABOVE RIEASE ENTER MT SUBSCRIPTION TO THE N.Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS FOR IBI Name Address City ..... -...............—--------------------r__.__ Stott CHECK, OR U.S. MONEY ORDER ONLY lievable—in this year of the cen­ tennial of the Emancipation Pro­ clamation—that the Democrat, Republican and Liberal in this race are all Caucasian. The Coun­ cil next year under the new City Charter will be composed of thirty-five members, all but two of them will be Caucasian if politics-as-usual carries the day. Manhattan voters — including Reform Democrats, among whom I number myself—can rectify the racial imbalance of the City Council by voting for the only Negro running, Richard Parrish, the ^candidate of the Socially Party, backed by A. Philip Ran­ dolph, Bayard Rustin, Benjamin McLaurin, Norman Thomas and Charles Cogen among others. My fellow Caucasians In the liberal movement (Liberal’Party, Reform Democrats and ADA) often wonder out load why so few Negroes are responsive to organised liberalism when it seems to offer them so much. This year’s election campaign la a case in point. Reformers of any and nil races who are as disgusted with the situation as I am are invited to participate in the Reformers for the Election of Parrish, an independent campaign committee. Write to me at 110 West M Street or phone MO 3-3833. Emmett Groseclose New York Another Angle Polier Decision By JAMES L. HICKS Dear Mom: The most important decision ever handed down by the courts on the New York City school system came on De­ cember 15, 1958 at a time when the newspapers were on strike and not pub­ lishing. The result was that this important decision was never fully publish- -Xl ed and widely disqussed like other important de­ cisions and, therefore, many parents still don’t v-know just how far- reaefftng it is. Nor do they realize what a pow­ erful weapon it placed in their hands against segregation in New York’s schools. HICKS , -i The Amsterdam News, which was the only major newspaper publishing at that time, published the highlights of this decision in serial form because of space limitations. But one lone news­ paper simply can’t completely inform eight million people on any one given subject and this reporter has always felt that the decision should have had more exposure than it got. In line with that thinking, this is the first of a series of columns in which the Polier Decision, handed down in Do­ mestic Relations Court by Judge Jus­ tine Polier, will be discussed and quoted at length. We feel the discussion is particularly timely in light of the fact that Negro parents have threatened a citywide boycott of schools if the Board of Edu­ cation does not come up with a suitable plan for integration by December of this year. The Polier decision stemmed from a suit filed against Stanley and Bernice Your Child’s Health Skipwith by the Board of Education be­ cause the Skipwiths refused to send their 12-year-old daughter, Charlene, to JHS 136 on the grounds that she was receiving an inferior education at that segregated school. The Board charged the parents with neglect in meeting the requirements of Board of Education law. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Rector were charged with the same thing for hold­ ing their son, Sheldon, out of JHS 139. The two cases were consolidated since the issues were almost identical. Attor­ ney Paul Zuber defended the parents. Now, in plain layman’s language, this suit raised the question: “Can the Board of Education put a parent in jail if that parent keeps his child out of school be­ cause he feels the city is giving him an inferior education?’’ The Court’s answer jays the Board of Education can’t do it! After Attorney Zuber had shown (by the Board of Education’s own records) that the education being received by children in the two segregated schools was inferior to education being received by pupils in integrated schools in the city, Judge Polier said in her ruling: The Decision “These parents have the constitution­ ally guaranteed right to elect no educa­ tion for their children rather than to subject them to discriminatory inferior education. 1 am wholly satisfied from their testimony and demeanor that this is not a case where parents have chosen to make such a choice without regard to the welfare of their children. On the contrary, it is my impression that they are doing whatever is within their means to provide alternative education, (Continued on Page 54) ly Builders By THOMAS W. PATRICK, JR., M.D. Meat, poultry and fish furnish proteins to build muscles and body tissues. They also supply iron and phosphorus to build blood, and B-com- plex vitamins to promote growth and health. One or more child-size serv­ ings daily of lean meat, poultry, or fish is impor­ tant for growing chil­ dren. Serve ground meat in patties, meat loaf, or in white sauce to the youngest children. PATRICK Bite size pieces of meat—which they may eat with their hands—please most children past two years. Those who can manage a fork easily like to use it to eat small pieces of meat cut for them. Cook meat at low temperatures to preserve moisture. Children prefer their meats moist in texture, mild in flavor. Meat, liver and fish loaves are best made with milk and eggs. If enough milk is added so that the loaf barely holds its shape, it will be moist after baking. Poppy’s Notes Redhead Vs, Red China By POPPY CANNON WHITE KINGSTON, Jamaica, W.I.—“Britain has been shook," said milord from Lon­ don. “More than in the past hundred years. But it was a redhead and not Red China that did the shaking.” We were discussing, at dinner, an ar­ ticle in the Sunday Times j (of London, that is) where a member of the House of Lords, Sir Fitz- roy Maclean, describes in some detail, a “recent journey of rediscovery to China.” Unlike Americans, my informant said, Britons are permitted to visit POPPY China if they are adventurous enough to want to do it. “We have diplomatic as well as trade relations.” he said. And so, since nothing is forbidden, Red China seems to be far less interesting to the average Briton than to the aver­ age American. Sir Fitzroy was neither completely impressed or depressed by his visit. “The Great Leap forward has turned out to be only a stumble. But the slow march ahead of the 700 million under Peking’s command, continues inexor­ ably . . . ” . He describes the journey by Peking Express via Siberia as unexpectedly pleasant. “My sleeping compartment, elegantly upholstered in blue Chinese' damask, was as comfortable asit could be ... and an attentive conductor in a dazzling white tunic, brought me scent­ ed tea in fine blue patterned porcelain mugs . . . “ .. . Everything was painfully clean. Indeed the whole train was scrubbed and dusted and washed down, inside and out at every opportunity. . . . “Meanwhile, from inevitable loud­ speakers poured forth, mostly in Rus­ sian, presumably for the special benefit of any Soviet travelers, a steady flow of anti-Soviet and anti-Tito propaganda, only occasionally interrupted for a short, sharp, sideswipe at Western Im­ perialists. Face Of China “The Chinese,” concluded Sir Fitzroy, “have taken Communism to themselves and are making something very much their own of it? . . . The face of China, however ... has changed very little. Wherever you go you see the same peasants—men, women and children in faded blue denim and straw coolie hats, toiling away from dawn to dusk as they have always toiled.” In general, the British member of Parliament was surprised at the range and variety of Chinese-made goods, ranging from toilet soap to television sets . . . “for those with plenty of mon­ ey to get rid of, grand pianos!” “Clothes cost twice as much as in America or Britain. Cloth is rationed— six yards a year per person. In China, as elsewhere, how you live and what you buy depends upon how much money you have ...” And who. has the money? The answer is the same as in the Soviet Union ... the privileged classes; officials, rechntetans; skilled workers, but also a peculiarly Chinese category, the Communistic Capitalists, who may in many cases be managers now of plants they once owned, but are still extremely well off. “So you see,” said my new English friend, “Red China is neither all heaven nor all Hades. It doesn’t sound all that deuceably attractive, does it now? So why do you suppose your State Depart­ ment is so afraid to let your William Worthy, for instance, go take a look-see for himself? To be sure, there is a Red threat—in England,'too—but her name is Christine.” “Next Door” By TED SHEARER Consul N. Y. AMSTERDAM NEWS, Sat., Oct. 26, 1863 • 11 Whlte-On-White Freedom Is Everything By GERTRUDE; WILSON “Of common things I speak, of small It is a speech which Mrs. Gloria Rich- things and common. The, freshness of ardson, of Cambridge, Maryland, does- moming to the young, the taste of food n’t have to read, because she might to the hungry, the day’s toil, the rest by have written it were she a poet or writ* er. Mrs. Richardson is a Negro who " the fire, the quiet sleep. These are good things. has fought alone for her freedom, reap- But without freedom they sicken, with- ing hostility from Negro and white alike* She knows what the word “free- out freedom they are nothing. Freedom is thi bread and the morning dom” means. and the risen sun. It was for freedom we came in the boat, and the ships. It , Everythin! Or Noting was for freedom we came. It has been a long journey, a hard one. 5ters involved in siWns a bitter one. But, out of the wrong and and stand'lns and jail-ins don't have to the right, the suffering, and the starve- read’ because the>' know w!lat lreedom tions, there is a new thing, a free thing. means* The traitors in their treachery, the wise Freedom isn’t a sometime thing. in their wisdom, the valiant in their Freedom isn’t a little bit. Freedom is courage — all, all have played a part. everything or nothing. Freedom is It may not be denied in Hell nor shall something which man WILL have, and that may not be denied in Mississippi, Hell prevail against it” Those lines are from the play, “The Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana — or in 11 18 a sPeech wtach aU the youn8' ... . ~ Devil and Daniel Web- wwaiiMwmi the halls of Congress. It boils down to this: that all of the ster”, by Stephen Vin- committees of Congress can sit and ne- cent Benet. I can’t re- gotiate, and politic, and discriminate member what the point against 20,000,000 American citizens; of that speech was in the they can find themselves a nice palat- play, but it means some- able little bit of civil rights legislation thing special to me in to pass, which won’t do much to charige reference to the fight for Lf ? freedom here and now in jb , the status quo; they can divide up, and the United States. ■hJH* chip off t5asjc freedoms of Negroes; It is a speech I would WILSON they can talk about what the whites like to repeat to Robert Kennedy as he care about, or are afraid of, or what asks for a watered-down Civil Rights they’d just as soon wouldn’t happen; BiTl. It is a speech that I would like to they can diminish our democracy un­ read to Governor Wallace, and Gover- til it is a sham in the ideologies of na- nor Barnett, and to Senator Russell of tions; — but they cannot stop the Negro Georgia, and to Barry Goldwater. in his drive for freedom. Dear Sally Uneven Match By SALLY DEAR SALLY: As the date of my wedding approaches, I become more and more dubious about my fiance and whether ours will be a happy life together. Here are some of the jarring facts: He loves sports of all kinds, and I loathe thenfc He likes to drink cocktails and beer (not to excess, just socially), and I do not care for any kind of al­ coholic beverages. He SALLY doesn’t care for dancing, and I’m crazy about it. He hates card games of all kinds, and I love to play bridge. He wants to live in a home of our own, and I should prefer an apartment. He wants to limit our family to just one child, IE and I want at least three or four. And so it goes. What do you think of the , chances of our marriage being a suc­ cessful one? LUCY DEAR LUCY: Judging by what you write, the chances don’t sound too good. However, many persons, like you, suffer all sorts of qualms as their wed­ dings approach, and sometimes they dream up all kinds of reasons why they are possibly making a big mistake. Maybe you should prolong your en­ gagement — which might draw you two closer together in spirit and in tastes. In any event, it is far better that you decide definitely now that you two' aren’t suited to each other, rather than to suffer the misery of finding out later. aoi Uptown Lowdown oral Off To Pakistan By JAMES BOOKER Name Dropping: BOOKER Dr. Arthur Logan flying to Pakistan this week to be at bedside of his pa­ tient Duke Ellington, who cabled him to come over . . . Our prediction here a few weeks back regarding Alexander Allen being the new executive director of the Urban League of Greater »New York con­ firmed by the League’s board last Thursday ... Madison Jones, Jr., son of the CCHR director, leaving soon as deputy director of the Peace Corps in Tunisia . . . The | Philadelphia Cottilion, which has shifted its gala this year to the New York Hilton, await­ ing confirmation to have Attorney Gen­ eral Robert Kennedy and Roy Wilkins lead the march . . The decision by an Ohio court last week that calling a per­ son an “Uncle Tom” is libelous led Jackie Robinson to tell this reporter: “I’ve got to be much more careful” .. . At the reception for Dr. John Mose­ ley on the printing of his new book, Dr. Peter Marshall Murray, who has drawn top elections and appointments in the medical field, shocked some of his fel­ low medical men as he urged continua­ tion of Ne^ro professional organizations to help speed integration in the profes­ sions . . . Democratic National Commit­ tee getting more and more criticisms for its Brooklyn registration invasion . . . Cleveland’s Dr. Middleton Lam- bright and his wife on the divorce trail . . . Ditto for the Teddy Butlers. Clubhouse Row: Proof that politics is strange bus­ iness. Less than a year ago many local groups were urging Deputy Police Commissioner Lawrence Pierce to head the city’s Youth Board, but Wagner turned him down. Rocky saw the tal­ ent in him and named him to head the state setup ... Why did Democratic County leader Ed Costikyan urge dropping of Council­ man Ray Jones from the Democratic State Advisory Committee? Does he fear “The Fox”? . . . Local Republic­ ans may have a new club forming in Harlem within the next few weeks . . . Everytime Negroes begin to move in­ to important areas, wealthy do-good whites seek to change the system. Now the Association of the Bar, which is a sort - of - aristocratic snobbish outfit, wants to curb the election of judges be­ cause5 they fear more Negroes and Puerto Ricans will be making big court decisions. Let’s hope Negroes don’t get roped in by their scheme ... Incidental­ ly, if Sen. James L. Watson gets elected to the Civil Court on Nov. 5, he will be the first Negro lawyer to follow- in his lather's footsteps to a judgeship. Around Townri f # Disker Hal Jackson, recovered from a recent operation, to be honored at the Palm on Nov. 4 . . . Somebody should do some planning to give honors to popular Bob Douglas, who will be 81 next month . . . Police Commissioner Murphy should do some checking as to why hoodlums and streetwalkers are on the increase at nights in the 125th St. area. The rookie cops assigned to the area seem afraid to try to clean bp the area. Tsk, Tsk . . . The cute face in the bubbly bath commercial is five-year-old Dana Dav­ is, one of the first Negro Children in a local soap commercial ... All of which brings us around to saying, that’s 30. Princess. 1 didn’t tell you, X've been going TO NIGHT SCHOOL...MAJORING IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION..."' 2 Policies Or 1 ? By JACKIE ROBINSON For a number of years, The New York Post has established and maintained an image as a liberal newspaper which fights the battles of minority groups. I wonder if that image is true. I have my reasons for wondering. Recently, an agency which repre­ sents the Robinson-Patterson Homes, a new, integrated housing development with which Floyd Patterson and I are connected, submitted some ad copy to The New York Post. I am advised that the Post told the agency that they could not run the ad unless the words “integrated community” and the pic­ tures of Floyd and me were deleted. Now, it just so happens that the New ROBINSON York Daily Mirror and The New York Amster­ dam News both ran the ad which the Post rejected. I am at a loss to understand the attitude of The New York Post in this situation. There are several things I could believe. I could believe that The New York Post is simply anti-Robinson. I once wrote a column for The New York Post. I began writing this column because I was promised by the publisher and the editors that I would have free rein to say the things in which I believe. From all that I could learn, the column was good for the paper’s circulation. Everything went along very well until the 1960 elections were looming. The New York Post is what is called “independent Democratic.” I was in favor of Richard Nixon at that time. I said so. I also announced my intention of taking a leave of absence from the Chock Full O’ Nuts Company in order to campaign for Mr. Nixon. I don’t know whether my boss at Chock, Bill Black, is a Dem­ ocrat or a Republican. I don’t know whether he was in favor of Nixon or Kennedy. I do know that Bill Black believes a person has a right to express his convictions. So Chock gave me a leave of absence. The New York Post also gave me a leave of ab­ sence. But I hadn’t requested that: I was told the paper could not have a columnist writing who was actively involved in a political campaign.’1 However, the Post continued to run the column of Mrs. Roose­ velt who was, of course, very much involved In politics at all times, Co-incidentally, Mrs. Roosevelt was for Kennedy and so was The New York Post. When the campaign was over, the Post decided not to continue my column. I Many people have asked me, since then, why my column in the Post was discontinued. I could tell them only what I believed to be true — that the liberal New York Post, in my opinion, did not want me as a columnist because I supported a candidate they did not endorse. So maybe that is the reason for the strange de­ cision of the the Post to refuse to accept a paid ad for an integrated development which would have carried pictures of Floyd Patterson and me. I hope that is the only reason. For, if that is the only reason, it simply means that the Post is only small-minded, vindictive and prejudiced — just against me. I hope there isn’t a bigger reason. I hope the reason is NOT that the Post might be running many real estate ads from advertisers who really do not want integration in their developments or advertisers who do not want Negroes to come to their resorts. I hope this is not true. I hope that it is not true because, if it is, it means that the New York Post is offering support to inte­ gration in its editorial columns and accepting money from Northern segregationists in its advertising de­ partment. And that would mean that the Post is hypocrit­ ical. This is a sincere invitation to Mrs. Dorothy Schiff, the publisher of the Post, to answer in this space and in all the newspapers in which this col­ umn is syndicated and to tell why The New York Post turned down this particular ad. Personally, I couldn’t care less whether the Post likes me or whether the ad ever appears in their newspaper. But I do care to know whether the Negro people are being sold down the river by someone who adopts one policy of preaching inte­ gration — which helps to build circulation among Negroes and liberals — and practising exactly the opposite when it pays off financially. 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