Bronze Reporter [Volume: 6, Issue: 6]

VOLUME 6~NUMBER 6

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Livermore To Adddiess
Race Relations Meeting

Herbert A. Milliken, Jr., Chairman of the Urban League~s Community Conference, announced
today that Charles Livermore,
Executive Secretary of the New
York State Commission Against

Discrimination will address the

closing session. of the Feb. 7
race relations meeting, Mr. Milliken stated, ~We are fortunate
in being able to bring this outstanding inter-group relations official to Flint. His topic, ~Individual Responsibility for Achieving
Democratic Living~ Practices,~ is
timely and rounds-out the discussion on the theme ~Next Steps
Forward in. Interracial Progress~.~

Livermore has a wide range. of
experience in the.field of race
relations, social work and labor.
In 1941 he was assistant director
of the National CIO War Relief
Committee, working out the arrangements for labor~s support
of and participation in the Community Chest and Red Cross services. He has been associated
professionally with the Council

of Social Agencies in Detroit and
organized its Labor Division. This
was the first effort to develop a
professional relationship between
social work and organized labor.

From 1954 to 1956 he was
Program Director and: Educational Director of the President~s
Committee on Government contracts, of which. Vice President
Nixon is Chairman. In 1956 he
was appointed Executive Secretary of the New York State Commission Against Discrimination.

~The Community Conference
will be held Saturday, February
7 at Bryant Jr.-High School: Registration can be made-.now at
the Urban League office. The opening session begins at 11.a.m.
A luncheon meeting is scheduled
at 12:30 p.m, and seven workshops will begin at 2:30 p.m. Mr.
Livermore will address the closing session at 5 p.m. Cost of the
conference, including the luncheon, is $2.00 ~ meetings only
are $1.00.. Public and parochial
high: school students may attend
at no charge.:

Slate Fed. Civil Rights =:

Confab On

WASHIN GTON,

director, announced today.

Invited to the conference as
participants are representative
local public school officials from
13 states who have had actual
experience with the administrative, scholastic, social and community problems involved: in
public school desegregation.

Invited as observers are the 13
state school superintendents from
these states, plus state superintendents from seven other states
where no public schools have desegregated.

The purpose of the conference
~will be to gather facts on the
problem to include in the Commission~s report to the President and Congress, the deadline for which is September 9.

A Commission spokesman said
that ~while the Commission does
not exercise any authority to enforce desegregation, it has a responsibility under the Act of: Congress which created it to
study and collect information concerning legal developments under
the equal protection of the laws
clause, and that is the purpose
of this conference.~

~We are not a catalytic agen
~D. wk ~More.

CcueaUOn Conlatencs in Nashville 7
already accepted, Gordon M. Fiffany, Commission staff |;

Schools

hap ~two-thirds 4
Tenn. March 5-6,

cy,~ he said, ~but rather a factfinding group.~

Commission Chairman Jotun A.
Hannah, president of Michigan
State University, said he was
~gratified~ by the number of
acceptances that have been. re-.
ceived. Dr. Hannah will preside
at the conference.

Each participant will be asked
to prepare a statement relating
the desegregated experience in
his school system, and submit it
to the. Commission a month before the conference for study by
the Commission staff.

The statements are expected to
cover such matters as why the
particular plan was selected;
what preparazion, if any, of the
staff, pupils, parents or community was undertaken, and the effect
of the change on both white and
Negro children and the educational standards of the school.

Each participant will. be asked
to make a ten-minute verbal presentation summarizing his desegregation experience, after which
he may be asked questions by
members. of the Commission or
other participants.

PRESENTS id |
logy at Fl

Dr. Mareunkt # Collins, professor of bio
ida A&M University, presented 2 pepeg at, Se t20th
Annual Meeting of the American Association for he
ment of Science on ~Differences In Toleration of Dryi

PROCLAMATION

jentire nation..
Done on lh the ih da of ais

ae res 1H le
nave ~?

_| Program.

Whereas, The City of Flint is
te be honored by an cppsurancel
of Marian Anderson, long.acclaimed ~as the world~s gréatest~
contralto singer and one of the
finest artists of our time, and

~WHEREAS, Miss Anderson has
established hereself as one~ of
this country~s foremost humanitarians with an~ almost. unparalleled record of achievement in:
the promotion of brotherhood

~among all people ~of varying ori-|.

gin, and;

Whereas, In recognition of the
role Miss Anderson has~ played
in the improvement of this~ natien~s international relations as
exemplified by the many honors
wiich have been. accorded. her

by national organizations, inter- |

national groups, and foreign governments, the President of. the

United States has appointed her |

a member of the United
Delegation to the ~Unit
tions, a post which
respect and affection ~in.
she is held everywhere;

NOW, RE,
J. Egan, Mayor,.do here
claim February ~1, 1959, as: ~
an Anderson Day~ in the
Flint -in recognition: of
ance here: at the IMA* A~
um on that date. and in.

Stat
ed Ne

Otis Jim Bishop, president Bes
Buick Local 599, was selected"a
candidate for Regional Director:
1C AFL-CIO after-a drum beating ceremony. that was originally
sparked within the Buick plants.

Bishop, who is working on his
third term in office, is one of
the best liked presidents in the
history of the local. His popularity can only be described by
saying it appears he will |be riding high, wide and handsome
for a long time. His sincerity
and devotion to duty consistently bays down the old / united
rank and file machine. |

The election will be held Sunday, February 1.

Professor To
Liberia ~

BATON ROUGE, La.~A Southern University professor has been
requested by the Federal Government to do a special assignment
at the University of Liberia, Monrovia, starting February 1, it has
been announced by Dr. F. G.
Clark, president of Southern.

She is Dr. Theresa Rice Love,
professor of English and chairman of the Freshman. ee

The government request came
to Dr. Love in the form of a
grant by the U. S. Department of
Health, Education and Welfare,
which was issued~ under the
Smith-Mundt Act.

Dr. Love, who has done a great
deal of research in communica~ions, will have as her main duties~
hat of teaching remedial English
ind English subjects leading to
setting up a communications program for the foreign university.

A graduate of Southern University, receiving the M, A. degree at the University of Iowa
and the Ph.D. at the University

ef Wisconsin, the r has
been commended by ern for
her outstanding work in the area
of communications. *

A former teacher at Mabe |

whielr i:

I, pee e

Local 599 Prexy |
Enters Contest |

is pictured shaking~
one Seniema a.

Alabama Judge Acquitted

Pulilic;

~If you wish to preserve: your
public education system and educate your children, you should
stand up and speak out against
the agitators of your own race
whose aim is:towestroy our school
system,~ he warned. Negroes,

~If you do, not. do so, and these
agitators continue at their present pace, in a: short~ time you
will have no public school system
at all. Our public schools once

CLINTON, Tenn.~The dynamited Clinton High School is -to
be rebuilt at a cost of about
$500,000, the Anderson. County
School. Board decided. last>-week.

The. old~ building that was
shattered ~by three. dynamite~
blasts last October 5, will be salvaged to.the extent possible, and.
to this will be added a new wing
which will contain: 13: classrooms;
a cafeteria and a shop.

~ Contributions for rebuilding: ~
the bombed out school have
been ~sent to Clintom from:
school children and others from
all parts of the United ~
and from: countries abread. ~

These, together with dindliges
and Federal aid, have -provided
some $150,000 for reconstruction,
Much free labor and materials
have also been pledged..

Hampton Instituie ~
Awarded A Grant

HAMPTON, Va.~Hampton
Institute~s Huntington Memorial Library: has been
awarded a grant from. the
Association of College and

lish a collection. of music,
ine and poetry: records;

ccording to an announeement by Miles Jackson, Act-}

~te ile $e

Research Libraries: to estab-| i

Librarian:
oe wel?
approximately 100),

MONTGOMERY, Wlas-trivernoreled: Sia: Patterson,
who took office: Monday, opened his. administration ~with a
threat to enact new laws to-close public schools if integration
is sought by. Negroes, apparently unaware. that a Federal
court had just ruled closure laws were invalid. -

destroyed arid edoaed down, may
not. be re-opened in your lifetime and mine.~.

A four- hour inaugural parade
frém_ which) Négro. college: and

{high School ~bands were excluded

on orders of the new governor,
preceded. the swearing-in of Patterson and other constitutional
officers. +

Set Up N.C
| Rights Group

WASHINGTON, D. C.~Conrad
O. Pearson ~and Asa T. Spaulding, of Durham,~ and ~ Curtiss
Todd, of Winston-Salem, were
among the ~nine persons named
Tuesday. by! the.Commission on
Civil Rights to its North Carolina Advisory Committee.

Mr. Pearson and Mr. Todd are
attorneys.: Mr. Spaulding is the
new. President of the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company, and a director of the Mechanics and Farmers Bank.

~ The new! committee. held--its
first meeting on Tuesday in the

-} Durham: City Council Chamber.
Mr. Spaulding was appointed vice
chairman... |

In addition tothe nelde of voting, housihg...and,. education,

~| which also Were selected by the

Federal Commission for iis major emphasig,, the North Carolina
advisory group decided to study
and, evaluate the field of employment. |

The.announcement was inade
in Washington by Dr. John A.
Hannah, president of ~Michigan
State University and: ~Commission
~hairman. |

In - Dur. for the orgapiza
tional ie were Henry M.
Shine, Jr., 5]
staf

REC EIVED

{as he approached the intersec| tion of Cornelius Street to make
| ja left turn.
> foncoming traffic to pass, he ob~served: a police cruiser making
~-|a' U-turn and as he made the

* Pwhat was the matter.

4+ Watkins says that his driver~s

+ {door was rudely yanked - open,
[his driver~s license demanded in

-}an angry and abrupt manner and

~{while Officer: Myers searched it

|} without any ~
~| then examined his brakes. Myers

}to the world.

JAN 31 1959

Flint ~ Rev. Eugene S.

and two charges of defective

ance and bigotry.

~On, January 9, three duonthe
after the picketing at City Hall
against. Police Brutality and discrimination had ended, Watkins
was driving south on North Saginaw, and according to Watkins,
he pulled into the left-turn lane

Stopping to allow

left turn, the cruiser. followed
him, so he stopped to-find out

he was ordered out of the car

explanation, and
ordered me to get into his cruiser, ignoring my queens as to
what was ~wrong.

ean v said t did: not ~see any
no-turn ~ signs, Myers id:
~Those signs are ~for white
' folks, not for N~... rs.~ When
1 asked the officer what did
he mean, he said: ~N... f,
don~t give me any lip.

The officer started writing, so
I decided~ it was better to keep
quiet. ~N... 1, I am going to
give you two tickets,~ he said,.
~one for the improper turn and
the other one for defective
brakes. Now I want -you to go
park your car.~ I asked the officer could I park it on Fourth,
Avénue at my companion~s home
five blocks away. The officer
said okay, so I got out of the
cruiser and. into my cay.

Rev. Watkins stated that he
drove down Cornelius Street to
668% Street, turned right on

Discrimination
Hurting U.S.
Here, Abroad

_ NEW YORK.~Secretary.
kLabor James Mitchell -
clared Monday night that bias
and discrimination in cima 2
tant areas of
thad confused and distorted
the nation~s. beneficial inten-.
tions abroad. #

Programs of the United States
to aid undertieveloped countries, he said, are undermined

by actices here at home
that e tf ~appear as hypocrites.~~

- Among reprehensible domestic
practices Mr.. Mitchell cited the
denial of individual rights in a
failure to &~ssure equal access to
employment opportunities and
educational facilities regardless
of ~race or color or church.~

A Need To Be Believers.

This failure; he said, has results in the toleration of ~a social
and economic ~system that brings
sorrow, hurt and shame into private, personal livés.~

~These things are not merely
imperfections. in an otherwise
healthy. system,~ he went on. ~In
themselves, they are enough to
confuse and negate our meaning

COPY, 10 CENTS; PER YEAR, $4.50

Shiloh Baptist Church, received a summons
~|ary 27; to appear in Traffic Court on or before February 5
to.answer to three alleged traffic violations; improper

Back in the cron:~: again. 4

Trattic Signs For Whites, Not
N----rs rs Is Prejudice~Rev.

Watkins, nt pastor of

esday, Janu
turn
brakes: Watkins has refused

to pay the tickets on grounds of principle stating he feels
that the charges were racially inspired and that he owes a
moral obligation to the community to fight racial orm

North and was driving toward
Fourth Avenue when he again
observed officer Myers, with his
red flasher on, 4s Watkins passed
Louisa Street. Officer Robert W.
Myers stopped me between Fifth -
and Fgurth Avenues, about a
block away from where Myers
Jagteed I could park my car,
stating: ~You do not know how
to take an order,~

~Iwas again ordered from my
car and ushered into the police.
cruiser, said Rev. Watkins.
~When I tell you N...rs_to do
something,~ said Myers, ~I mean
it.~ Rev. Watkins felt that Myers started to strike him, but
abruptly changed his.mind and~
called the police stati instead,
asking if Watkins had jan artest
record or any warrants out.~ for
his. arrest. The police ~station informed Myers, bee aig A to Rev.
~Watkins, that Watkins had never
been arrested and there \
warrants out for ~his arrest. Officer ~ Myers - then gave w
the ~.

Be

National ~
NEWS BRIEFS
HOMELESS

BELGIAN CONGO ~Since. last
Friday more than 200 African
natives have been founded up in
Leopoldville, scene of the recent
riots. They had no permits to
live in the city.. The rioting is
said to have stemmed from joblessness and ~hungry natives.

NO HOPE HERE

~,.. to those in high places
and elsewhere.who' advocate integration for your children and
send their own to private or
public segregated schools; to
those who defend or close their
eyes to the livid stench of sadism, sex, immorality and juvenile
pregnancy: infesting the mixed
schools of the District of Columbia and elsewhere..... I will
not yield.~~Governor J. Lindsay
Almond, Va.

IKE SAYS _

WASHINGTON ~ ~One of the
fundamental concepts: of, our constitufional system is that it guarantees to every individual, regardless of race, religion, or national ~origin, the equal protec:
tion of the law. Those of us who
are privileged to hold public of-..
fice have a solemn obligation to
make meaningful. this inspiring
objective.~.

* President Eisenhower

WASHINGTON ~~ in reference
to Virginia~s Gov. Almond~s diatribe against school. integration
in the District of Columbia, ~and
elsewhere,~ the Washington Post
observed~~a despicable and unme distortion of the

A TRUE OBSERVATION

NEW YORK~Programs of the
~United States to aid underdeveloped countries ~are _ undeter
\

P. Mitchell told a | dion session

here Sunday evening,
~SECOND FIDDLE
sa a brand ae. portrait.

VAN DYKE

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