New York Amsterdam News — 1963-00-00989

Peekskill Warms Up Over Fire Companies While the Peekskill Fire Com­ panies remain cool to the accept­ ance of Negro members, things ate warming up among various civil rights organizations chal­ lenging the discriminatory posi­ tion. The Peekskill NAACP. Branch invited the six companies of the Peekskill Fire Department io participate with community lead­ ers in a public forum on •'Peeks­ kill and Its Volunteer Fire De­ partment.** None of the compa­ nies attended and only one, the Cortlandt Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1, acknowledged the letter of invitation. After the other panelists, Mrs. Harnetha Lewis, Atty. Leone Pe- coraro and Rev. G. F. Wiggins, presented their views at the af­ fair, which was held at the Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Coleman Smith, Jr. and Edward Bowman, two of the prospective applicants, spoke. Charges Run-Around Both are taxpayers and Mr. Smith seemed to sum up their at­ titude when he said, “We’ve been getting the run-around.** methods are needed to correct the situation. Since this announcement of plans, Sylvester Undly. who had been given an application for the Columbian Hose Co., was reject­ ed by a vote of 33 to 4. Coleman Smith was given an application by the Cortlandt Hook and Lad­ der Co. and his membership was to be voted upon. A committee of citizens head­ ed by Rev. Calvin Marshall, pas­ tor of the Park Street AME Zion Church, and Dr. James Bash and including Fr. John C. Anderson, Mrs. Kay Moshier and Niblo Creed met recently with Mrs. Shirley Siegl, of the State Attorney General’s office and re­ portedly filed affidavits from the would-be applicants. With this background of threat­ ened civil disobedience and pos­ sible action by the State Attor­ ney General, Caleb Peterson, president of the Hollywood Race Relations Bureau, returniag :o his hometown, reported plans by his organization to picket the Col­ umbian Hose Co. this Saturday in protest to the turning down of the Undly application. Rev. Wiggins presented a pro­ posal which was accepted to: 1. Adopt a program of civil disob­ edience by withholding taxes un­ til the situation in the Peekskill Fire Department has been correct ed; 2. Study the possibility of se­ lective buying; 3. Publicize and promote their intentions to end discrimination; and 4. Strength­ en their demands by demonstra­ tions or whatever direct action Mr. Peterson reportedly said that their plans to picket would be combined with the local NAACP if that group planned a larger demonstration...* He also announced that his Bureau would picket the national office of the NAACP because they felt that “the Negro was being used as a political football.” The Peekskill Branch promptly issued a statement saying that KAY'S 48th Anniversary Sale! charge it no money down ELECTION VICTOR — Dr. William S. Randolph. Mt. Ver­ non physician and active Dem­ ocratic political figure, was el­ ected as a H,500-a-year Aider- man in Mt. Vernon’s elections last week. He is the city’s first Negro on the Board of Aider- man. they had not been contacted by the Hollywood Race Relations Bureau and that they “had no knowledge of plans to picket the Columbian Hose Company at this time. 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