Bronze Reporter [Volume: 7, Issue: 48]

A $15-million insurance. fraud,
reportedly operating in seven
states has been charged to an exarmy sergeant, now living in
River Rouge..

- FBI agents said Ben G. Wilson,
of 507 Campbell, River Rouge,
who was arrested in Detroit, is
one of 27 life insurance salesman
and army civilian workers implicated in the fraud ring.
Federal Judge Fred W. Kaess
scheduled examination for May

Hold Job Confab
In Washington

ay

WASHINGTON, D.C..~ Top industrial leaders and top labor
union leaders met in Washington
this week with the President~s

Committee on Equal Employ--

ment Opportunity to discuss the
objectives and programs of the
Committee.

Vice President Lyndon. B.
Johnson, chairman of the Committee called the meeting of the
officers of the 50 largest Federal

government contractors for May |~

2. He also called a: meeting of
high-ranking union officials on

the executive councils of the}.

AFL-CIO. Building and Construction Trades Department, Industrial Union Department, and
Railway Labor Executives Association for May. 3.

~This is just the start of a
series of meetings which we
hope will make clear to industry
and labor throughout the country
Bee purposes and objectives of

the President's Order against. job
~diserintination, ~ ~Vice President
Johnson said. ~We believe~ fhat

a large part of the difficulties

cin be removed if people are

~ fully aware of the Administration's policy and the plans by
which they are to be carried into
effect.

Ly

Joseph J. Simmons, Il, Musk-. ogee, Oklahoma, was appointed

as Oil and Gas Mobilizatidn advisor to the ~Department of the
Interior.

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Ex-Sergeant In
$15,000,000 Scheme

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. (Special)~.
8 to determine whether Wilson:

will be taken to Indianapolis, Ind.
where the fraud was discovered.

Wilson was bound over to the
custody of Wayne County sheriff
in lieu of $4,000 bond. _

According to U.S. Attorney
Jerome A. Moore, Wilson alilegedly filled out 70 fraudulent insurance forms while he was serying as a sergeant at Fort Jackson,
S.C. He was coeront two weeks
ago.

Moore said Wilson was paid}
$2~ to~ $7 Sptect for. the fake
foriiis.

The FBI said the scheme was
operated in this manner:

Army personnel and soldiers
supplied names for fake applications and then turned them over
to insurance agents, who in turn
sent them to the Army Finance
Center at Indianapolis. |
~The Finance Center forwarded
insurance~ premiums to the insurance companies, who knew
nothing of the scheme. The companies then paid commissions to
the:salesmen for the fraudulent
policies.

First Aid Classes
Set For Sumby

The Women~s Auxiliary to: Sidney A. Sumby Memorial Hospital
is sponsoring American Red Cross
First Aid Classes.

Mrs. Ruby Matthews, Anjerican.
Red Cross First Aid Chairman for
River Rouge, Michigan, reminds

Hey: Pan Mids sta

Sumby Memorial Hospital. Classes
will be held in the hospital
dining room from 7:00 p.m. to
9:00 p.m., and will continue for
five consecutive weeks. All classes
are free to the public, male or
female. For registration call Mrs.
Mary S. Cain, Auxiliary, DU. 3 -2784, or come to the hospital
dining room from 7:00 to 9:00
p.m, -

Persons who have: registered
for the Home Nursing Care of the
Sick and Injured will be notified
as soon as an instructor is available.

BAN OFF-CAMPUS
HOUSING BIAS

NEW YORK, ~ Kutgers University has agreed to accept a
proposal made by the University~s
NAACP chapter to ban discrimination in off-campus student
housing according to information received here by Herbert
Wright, NAACP youth secretary.

Wright said he has been assured by Rutgers officials that
thd, university ~will simply refuse to list in its directory of
approved off-campus students
housing any accommodations
which are -not open to all students.~

Order River

Rouge Bank

To Hire Negro Teller

RIVER ROUGE, Mich. (Special)~

The River Rouge Savings Bank, |

River Rouge, Michigan was order-|

ed recently by the Michigan Fair
Employment Practices Commis-;
sion to offer. Loy A. Cohen, a

Negro, employment as a teller|

on or before May 31, 1961. The
Commission~s directive came as a
result of a public hearing held
in accordance ~ with rules and
regulations of the Commission before Hearing Commissioner Alex
Fuller, who after reviewing the
transeript of the testimony and
the record as a whole, recommended the action taken by the
full Commission.

On December 14, 1959, the com-!
plainant in the. ~case, Loy A.
Cohen, 313 Polk St.; River Rouge,
filed a complaint alleging that
on or about September 21, 1959,
he attempted to get employment
with the respondent, River Rouge.
' Savings Bank, 1074 W. Jefferson
Ave., as a teller and was denied
such employment because of his
race.

Cohen is a graduate of Eastern

Michigan University School of}.

gation revealed: that the Bank
hired white tellers who were con| siderably less qualified th.aa
Cohen, subsequent to his application for employment.

The Commission further ordered the River Rouge Savings Bank,
to cease and desist from its past
and present unfair employment
practices against the complainant
and all other applicants for ~employment or employees on the
basis of race, color,. religion,
national origin, or ancestry; to
~post the Commission~s FEP Poster
in conspicuous places on its prem| ises; to promulgate a written
policy, acceptable to the ~Com| mission, of non-discrimination in
employment..and interpret: this
policy ~to all employees and re
| cruiting sources. on or before}

|May 31, 1961; to revise its employment _ application form, to,
~comply with the Fair Employment
Practices Act; and to file a
Notice of Compliance with the

*s directive on or be
Y complete

5

Census Taker
Call On. You:

The.census taker. will be ~a,

E- Brant,. Superintendent of the
Ecorse Public Schools.

is to determine the number of
persons, twenty years of dge and
younger, who are members of
each household. i

Householders are urged to give
information, as the
amount of money allotted to the
Board of Education by the State
depends upon the number listed
on the census report.

In order for the Public Schools
to make adequate plans for the
education _of handicapped _ chil
~sary that an accurate census of

special education program for
Fhandicapped children

crippled and heart cases, and for
those. who have difficulty learn~
MMs

in one of the above: classes;
you ~please give this rn de
to, the. census taker.or mail, Jn,
the form left with you to R
E. Brant,~ Siperintendent of
Schools, 27385 Outer Drive, Ecorse
29, Michigan.

Each. census taker will carry
an identification card signed by

ing at every. homie: in. Ecorse~ a
during the month. of, May: It was| ~
announced this week by Ralpty|~
The purpose of.the inquiries| ~ -

dren in the -District, it is neces-| %

such children be secured. The}

inclu
~classes for the deaf and hard 6f|'
| hearing, for the blind, for the}~

"If you have a new ot a hand s
dine jeomoed. Seite. he is; nd
real estate sites, but that sie Fs4

Donald M. Draper, spats. Direc:
tor.

Employment Opportunity, checks
_ Detroit Attorney Hobart Taylor,
John:G. Feild, executive director.
me

plans in~ Washington, D. C., ~with
Jr., left,. special counsel, ahd
Feild-is a former executive: di
rector. of the Michigan Fair Employment Practices. Commission.
Taylor was assistant chief of the Wayne panty nib eres cai s atfice

Civil Division.:

WASHINGTON ~Speciah~.. Attorney* General Robert
Ff. -Kennedy: has been asking
-prospective Uni ted States
~marshals to~ consider naming
qualified Negroes " as - their

By peeties,

Kennedy has Neen making

Conferring. with his two top. ~Staff. members, ~Jetty. ~R. ~Holléman; ~the request in interviews at

executive vice chairman -of the Président~s Committee on Equal _ the Justice Department with

men aspiring. to. Presidential
appointment as marshals.

- Only 25 of the 600 deputy
Federal marshals in the
country are Negroes.

Kennedy is reportedly putting

a need for better enforcement) h
and_ more self-restfaint: by salesmen and: their ~associates.;
~fhe Commission made the ~re
port to.,the Common Couneil{ are?
iafter staff. investigators probed
~complaints by -the East Outer

Drive Improvement Association
that scare tactics were being employed to speed up sales at. de
President Kennedy~s meorandum to -all department heads
last Tuesday. which banned segregated sports activities for government workers has won widespread acclaim, it was reported
this week.

- The President~s memorandum
of April 18 stated:

~1 want immediate and specific
action taken to assure that no
use is made of the name, sponsorship, facilities or activity of any
Executive Department of Agency
by or for any employee. recreational organization practicing discrimination based on race, creed,
color or national origin.~

The memorandum also requires
each Department to report on
what action has been taken.

are calling this memorandum one
of themost forthright actions
égainst racial -discrimination ever
taken~ among~ government employees, according to Louis Martin, deputy chairman of the Democratic~ National. Commitiee, ~

Martin stated that in the~ past

some. ep ee recreation association eral agencies have
spon i tennis, golf and other

sports competitions which barred
Negroes. The personal concern
of the President for the principle
of ~equal opportunity for: all
qualified persons within the Government~ has begun: to change
this picture. Martin pointed out
that two week ago the Patent
Office withdrew from the Federal
Golf Association when it was disclosed that membership had been
denied to two Negro applicants: ~%

Order Ban On All

Bias In Gov. Recreation

1961. e
Negro and liberal white leaders |

The President~s Memorandum

ment to encourage by positive
measures equal opportunity for
all qualified persons within the|~
Goyernment.~

I want immediate snd ~peciie
action ~taken to assure that no
use is made of the name, sponsorship, facilities, or activity of any
Executive Department or Agency
by or for any employee recreational organization practicing
discrimination..hased, on ~ race,
creed;#olor or -national.. origin:
Current~; practices; in each. De-+
partmént ~are to be: brought into |
immediate compliance -with this
policy, and a report by the head~
of each Executive Agency filed
to that effect~ before May 1,~

The Detroit Paiubission. on Hti-~ ~
ions. said this week | is
laws. are ee SL; 7 A) <aaiis Fad ee 3
~becdtise of integra- ~sett ~in the open, rimarket, operat-| i

ba atiay. ~place,~ thé ~commis.

ale sion ~ said ~ the. most ~ efficient}

means of controlling the broble em.

= Gurrenit laws and real estate
licensing regulations ~as ~administered by the Michigan~ Corporation and Securities Commission;
2. Investigative~ procedures and
educational activities of the Com-/mission on Community Relations
staff and, 3. voluntary action by
real estate associations. ~..
The Commission Report holds
further that: Under statutes anc
regulations of the State of. Mich- |
igan, any: licensed real - estate
broker or salesman, ~~ of

RICHARD NIXON
TO APPEAR HERE

Former Vice President Richard
M. Nixon will make a major address in Detroit, May 9 at. the
1961 Republican ~GO~PARTY~
fund raising Stay eral in Olympia Stadium.. ~

It will be his first. Detroit appearance. since last November.

Nixon will arrive Tuesday

(May 9) morning at Detroit Metro-|.

politan Airport and, following a
brief stop at the Sheraton-Cadillac
Hotel, will appear-at the Detroit
Press Club luncheon to speak to
the press, radio and television

ing~in any ~particular area cannot
whder ie be cOfisidered pressure
Or~ scare tactics, although ~ some}
people may regard them as such.

ment Assn. had recommended
that an ordinance be~ enacted to
curb the practice.

The East Outer Drive Improve-\the national and local levels.

request in spesking to marshals
whose Federal dni ~have 15
per cent or more. Negroes in~ fhe

~population. --

His, idea has produced ~varying
reactions from the: prospective
marshals. Some have agreed readily to consider appointing a Negro
deputy if the man is qualified.
Others have hesitated.

At least one Dixie Amarshal].
complained to friends that he
could not guarantee the safety of
any Negro deputy whe might
knock on the door: to serve a
summons in his area,

Federal marshals are appointed
by the President on the recommendation of local Democratic
leaders and the Justice Depart
Deputy marshals are named by
the -chief- marshal with the approval of the Justice Department.

The test of the sincerity of.

nedy~s question will come when
vacancies: ecur in the~ eo of

s their spoon

pane Steiay th. Rochester
New York and negotiations - at

CORE Chairman Julia. Lewis
announced the agreement; signed
late the night_of the are: -

vtage

The Department of Justice

last week sought court: action to
open public schools in Prince
Edward County, Virginia; where
Negro children have had no formal education since the schools
were closed in June, 1959.
- Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy announced the Department filed a metion to intervene
as a plaintiff in-a suit: brought
by Negro high school ~sf{udents
against the county school board
and other officials.

The motion. was filed before
United. States District Court Judge
Oren R. Lewis in Richmond.
~We have tried to work this
out to permit Negro children to

go to school,~ Mr. Kennedy said.

/87 John F. Kennedy

people.

U.S. ~Moves To |
= Open Va.School

~They are unable to. Court orders
are being circumvented and nullified. Theréfore, we have brought
this action to protect the integrity
of. the judicial ~process of the
United States.

~The maintenance and operation of the schools of the Prince
Edward ~School Foundation on a
racially discriminatory basis, with
the financial assistance of the
county.and State, circumvents
this: Court's order requiring the
public schools ~of Prince Edward
County fo be operated without
| racial discrimination,~ the motion
said.:

~During these trying times it
is incumbent on. the Department
of - Justice to~ take all steps to
uphold the dignity and. integrity
of the courts.

~The courts orders have been
circumvented. and nullified in
Prince Edward County. We have
taken steps to try to rectify that
situation. The conversations which
| and members of our staff had
with public officials in Virginia
sough to achieve an amicable -
voluntary -solition. Court action
was taken only after this proved
impossible. 4

~No sehool. in Virginia need
be closed. All that:s necessary
is for the State of Virginia and
Prince Edward County to reopen
the County~s public school system.

~I cannot believe that anyone
can. support a principle which
prevents 1,700 of our children
from attending public school.~

NAACP Moves On

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