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4 SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1961

EDITORIAL
Business Ethics In I96I

PART I
Excerpts from an aaaress by Henry Ford il
Chairman of the Board Ford Motor Company

I want to speak this evening on a subject that I believe
merits our immediate and serious attention.

_ Our American industrial system has long been one of
the most outstanding accompusnments of our society. We

Started OUL as a ploueer people, fervently independeut and

judlviduaustic, aud We Dulil al ECONOMIc Sysieul LO matcn.
Witn ume tnere came Increasing compiexicy Im Our suciery -
and Certaln excesses 1n Our CO:sporace venavlor. Laws were
passed and we untrammeied ireedom of business acuon
Was resticted. On tne wnoie, 1t was wisely restricted, so
that America was abie to enjoy tne penetits of substantially
tree competion, MSK Capita: and pric Incentive wiulout
the socia: and human aduses tnat uten alvénded eariy-aay ~

capitaiism.

Because of its early excesses, as we all know, business
fell unuer a cioud aud ior ivng years became we scapegoat
~lor Many OL ine NauoNn's Pivwaiculs, a Wulpplng-DOY LUs Most
Of 1S yiiels. Umasvened vy anul-trust laws, squeezed in tne
giant wringer O1 tne grea. aepression, ana réstricved py: we
emergence of, nuge.aud powe.lul iaper unions, the Amertlcan corporauon paintuuy learned tnat it Must assume reSponsluulty DeyOuu lis t.adluonai tUNCUON Ul MaKIng Money

lur the stockholders.

It learned that, huwever legal and proper its actions,
to acu in verms of prollt aNd loss alone was not quite gooa
cuvugi. SuMetilng more was required~a poSilive awareness OL Naluonal g0ais aNd ONDjeyculVes, SOLial as Well as
economic, aud au eiLOre LO Make lus actions contorm as much
as pOssivie Wlul lue prevaliing tides of pubic opinion.

In the past twenty years, there has been a material
change 1 wae Whole QuuoOoK Ot Our larger business enterPpilses, a Change toward tar greater suclal maturity, and
LusPpOusiWuly. Husuless LOUay uNaerstailas Well MUW 4S aLUtuus May luupliuge Not Olly ON ie lives of mulviduais Dut
aisO upOu Ue yudis, and we srigtes Of Our nauon poLN at

liome and abroad.

This maturing process did not take nto in a vacuum.
The business corpus ation ls a muror of svciety. It exists at

the Sullerance ur society 10

serve tue proau purposes otf

society. it reliects ac most times we prevaluiug etnical,
mora, and even cultural vaiues Of society. More parucwarly, 1L teluds to retiect tne. vatues of une people at tne Lop

seveiS OL Management.

_ (Continued next week)

Uniform Trattic

La ses

Public opinion couid force the adoption of uniform
traffic 1aws uuwuugnout we Country, tne:epy Saving countless lives, a SpOKesial Lor Ole UL We Nalluns~ ialyest auLo
mopue insurers sald.

*~;ne lives that could be saved by such a reform could
never be counted, nor could te pain and suirering tnat
would De spared un.oid Nuuilos ever ve Luly aoculueuteu,~~

he deciareda.

4 10uK at the past year~s highway traffic toll indicates:

that sucn a prograin Would be vaseu on tact, ratner tnan
fancy. Hepois suOw iMat viOlaulous Of Lraliic laws nguied
in more wan 8U per Cent Of all personal Injury acciuenis

last year. ~We Deculeve,~~

sald tne spokesman,

~tnat in at

least some of these cases confusion and misunderstanding
01 the iaw caused the violations.~

AS an exampie ot tnis, ne pointed out that signal lights
mean almerent wuings In varlous parts of the country. Une
State stipulates tna, an amber ligat 1s a walk lgnt 1or pedestrians while in a nelgnporing state, the ainber lignat
merely denotes caution pderore the red signals are flasned.
In one state a motorist stops immediately when the amber
light comes on because he Knows It Is a walk lignt. it ne
did the same tning in the next state a car behind would

siam into him.

Warning signs differ from state to state, speed limits
change radically and road markings vary. In one state it is
proper to make a right turn on a red light; in another, this
constitutes running a red light. Reporting procedures vary
from town to town and many towns even fail to report

non-fatal accidents. The varied interpretation of operating- ~

under-the-influence laws throughout the country make national studies on this complex safety problem nearly im
possible.

The need for uniform traffic laws in the nation is only
tyvo obvious to the public which must cope with this ~ea ah

ous state of confusion. / ~/

Trained Negroes Work
In Oil Credit Center ~

A substantial number of trained
Negroes are listed among the
employees of American Oil Company~s new Central Credit Card
recently completed in Chicago.
The Cehter boasts the latest in

electronic equipment and is one.

of the world~s largest installations
of its kind.

The huge Center! was built to
accommodate the enlarged opera- tions brought about by the con
solidation of three separate affiliates into the new American Oil

more accurate service to our cus-~

tomers,~ said L. Grant Goodlander, manager of the Credit Card
Center. ~The result alias a Mod

Company, a coast-to-coast market- possible,

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FINDS, NO WELCOME IN THE ~NEW LA aa i LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

Report From Washington Non-White

By~ SENATOR. PHILIP A. HART
~MAYORS' CONFERENCE

Many- of~ Michigan~s gmall~ and
large communities ~spent: a profitable day at the Michigan Mayors
Conference, held last week in
Washington. Eighty-dight cities,
with well over one hundred may-.
ors,. city managers and city officials, spent all day with representatives of 19 federal agencies
whose programs directly affect
Michigan cities.

I had arranged this conference
hoping it would be useful to our
municipal leaders. From comments made during the conference and after the work sessions
with the agency representatives,
there was plenty of evidence that
good help and information had
been exchanged both ways. The
federal officials certainly better
understand the needs of these
cities that were represented.

One ~of the highlights of the
conference was the first general
discussion evér held~ of the oper
~ations of the Area Redevelopment

Act since it became law with
President Kennedy~s_ signature
last week. The newly nominated
Administrator of the Area Redevelopment program, William

Batt, ~told the conference ' that.
this new program could ~best be
described as a ~domestic point
four~ program, like the~ original
Marshall Plan aid to foreign
countries.

It is designed to help. areas
with~ chronic unemployment help
themselves. We are off to a good
start in Michigan to take. jadvantage~ of the: area~ redevelopment

programs ~ both the general
programs ~of the. federal government that can help every community and -those especially designed for areas of -high unemployment..

This first-hand briefirig by the
men who will be working on area
redevelopment in Washington,
and the newly-appointed Michigan

Area Developmient Committee an
nounced by Governor Swainson,
places our state-in an excellent
position to get on with this job.
One of the. unexpected highlights of our Mayors ~Conference
came during the afternoon session
when President Kennedy made
the announcement of the sale
of the Adrian aluminum extrusion surplus plant by the General
Services Administration to the
Harvey Aluminum Company.

Cutting Food Costs~

When money is scarce, it~s
time to plug the leaks in the food
budget. Marjorie Gibbs, our Detroit Consumer Marketing Information Agent, says that about
one-fifth of a family~s income
goes for food, and the homemaker
with ~the best shopping gets the
most for her money. But nutrition doesn't follow along with
price. Low-cost food can compete with: high-priced items in
providing an adequate diet. However, the~ low budget demands
careful planning and know-how
to provide balanced meals.

Pre-shopping planning, complete with a list, can control
food money. With an eye to specials and sales, and a vow to
resist impulse items, the homemaker is off to a fine start.
With some labed-reading and
figuring at the store, she~ll find
other. budget-cutters.

Many foods, especially staples,

~cost less per pound when pur- ~

chased in the large sizes~if the
family can use and store the
large sizes. Foods locally in season cost less than ~imported~*
items and fresh foods sometime
cost less than canned and frozen
foods. Extras, such as jelly and
pickles, add cost but little nutrition to a meal.

Prices vary between brands
and between types of packs in
canned goods. For instance, fruits
canned in ~light~ sirup cost less
than fruits packed in ~heavy~
sirup. Many pre-cooked convenience foods have added cost

Letter To~
The Editor

Dear Editor:
~What Can The Unemployed
in Michigan Expect~ by ~Alvin
Bentley is indeed an interesting
and. enlightening article.
Interesting because we, unemne ployed, are unable to provide
any suggestions for solution ~of

the problem of our own uhom- Tenn, and

for the built-in maid service.
Dried skim milk costs less. per
quart than fluid milk and uncooked_ cereals.

Money can be saved on less
expensive table fats and meats.
Budget cuts of meat can offer
as much nutrition as top-grade
steak, but costs should be compared on portion of edible meat
rather than price per pound.
Brown shell eggs often are less
expensive,: though just as nutritious, as ~white shell eggs.

To set'd spending goal, it may
to have a general estimate of
food costs for a blanced diet.
Specialists have determined that
a family of four with school
children can.be fed nutritious.
meals on a. low-cost plan for $23.80 a week. On a moderate foodplan, the cost is $32.30 per week
and on a liberal budget the cost

is $36.60.

Charl: yne Hunter
On Church Panel

WASHINGTON, D.C. ~ The
Rev. John L. Bryan, chaplain and
professor at Bennett College,
Greensboro, N. C., who was one

of the more than ~50 Negroes in >
_attendance at the National Con
vocation on Christian Concerns
of The Methodist Church that met

heer ~in the Mt. Vernon Place:

Methodist Church, was the leader
for the devotions for the five-day
confab, attendéd by more than
800 ministers and laymen from
every state in the nation. -
Bishop Matthew W. ir, dr.,
head of the St. Louis Area of the
denomination~s~ Central. Jurisdic
> tion and a ~member. of. Board of
Christian. Social Concerns was a

member: of the~ Message. Committee for the convocation...
Miss Charlyne Hunter, the first
Negro co-ed to attend the University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.;
Miss Dianne Nash, a leader in
the~ student

it-ins in od rare:

Powe
Increase

~NEW YORK ~ Durihg the past
decade the Central cities of America~s largest metropolitan areas
lost oyer two million white residents and gained over one million
non-whites.

-In sharp cohtrast, the surround
{ng ~communities and suburban
areas have maintained n ~~~amazjngly constant and ~amazingly
high~ color line since 1930.

Outside the central cities, from

93 to:99 per cent ofthe population of the nation~s 12 largest
metropolitan areas remains. white
~ a. proportion ~ basically unchanged for three decades..

This profile of growth patterns
in. metropolitan areas was. presented to the Population Association of America Saturday (May 6)
by Harry.P. Sharp, director of
The University higan~s
Detroit ~Area Study (DAS). His
findings were. based on detailed
analysis of 1930, 1940, 1950, and
1960 census data, released late
last month and DAS studies.

The metropolitan areas covered
by his report include New York,

~Los Angeles-Long Beach, Chicago,

Philadelphia, Detroit, San Francis~o-Oakland, Boston, Pittsburgh,
St. Louis, Washington, Cleveland,
and Baltimore.

In the past three deceius he
noted, the proportion of nonwhites in the total population of
these ~metropolitan areas living
outside the central cities has risen
very slightly, from three per cent
of the total. in 1930 to five per
cent last year.

In half of the 12 suburban
areas, there has been almost no
ghange in. the ratio of non-white
population for the past, three decades. In five (Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, _ Washington, Cleveland,
and Baltimore) the proportion of
non-whites has actually declined.
Only the San Francisco-Oakland
area has proven an execption to
the general trend.

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Jesus said: me be Be
Love -

cue hed prea in Truth and
coat page 7 (~No and
es.~~ ~
She also states: ~The Rule

suffereth long, of divinity. is golden; to be

fl he wa _th, all thy soul,

and with.all thy might.~
B (Deut. ~3.) *5:
~Thou shall not avenge nor

| bear any grudge ageit the
me children of thy people,, but
thou shalt love thy n shbor
as, thyself: I am the Lord,~

~Hate the evil, and itive
the good, and establish 284 3
ment - in the gate.~ (Amos "5
15.)

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The main objective i the
life of the human race should
be to love - -God supremely,
and one~s neighbor, for it is
through divine Love that all

human strife will be ~~

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Mrs. Eddy fells us, vege
240 S&H, ~Nature voices
natural spiritual law and divine Love... Suns and
planets teach grand lessons.
~The stars make night beavtiful, and the leaflet turns
naturally towards the light.~

~Come unto me all ye that
labor, arid are heavy laden
ou rest.~~
(Christ Jesus)

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~ Christian Science teaches:

~Sooner or later the eyes
of sinful mortals must be
opened to see every error
they possess, and the way out

of it, and. they will ~flee as

a bird to your mountain,~
away from the enemy of sinning sense, stubborn will,
every imperfection in the
land of Sodom, and find eg!

wise and true.

every
heart. But evil

influences

waver the scales of justice

and mercy.~

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_ As we turn back the pages
of history, even back to the
days of Moses, we find that
~Our Father-Mother God, allharmonious,~ has always
loved and protected His people. Although Moses lived
close to God, there were
times when le had to stand: Still and wait upon ~the sal
vation of the Lord.~

There er many times he
had to wait before going for
ward with the great work
for which God had commissioned him.

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The great deliverance of
the power of God is speaking
to the righteous leaders today, just as strong as God
spoke when he assured Israel
protection. His voice is as
authoritative as it. was then.
Let us try to quiet the clamorous noise~ of falsity of the
physical senses round, about
us, and listen to divine Love
through the spiritual faculty

of consciousness. And con-.

tinue to push forward. God
does not change and the man
of His creation cannot
change, nor retreat. Let us
take counsel with ourselves,
be sure to determine rightly
that which is true, of divine
Love, and that which is false
of the material. physical
senses, Careful consideration
of the true and not the false,
will bring peace, harmony,
and a higher ogame
of God.

Court. Order For La.
Negro Voters Asked

A eg for a federal court
order, halting practiees which

_assertedly have prevented any
~of the 4,183 eligible Negroes ~in

East Carroll Parish, Louisiana,
from registering to vote, was
filed by the Department of Justice
in Shreveport.

Attorney General Robert. F.
Kennedy said a civil conplaint
charged that discrimination, depriving the Negroes of their voting ~rights, has been carried out
through an identification proce
_ dure applied only to Negro reg-_
stration applicants..The acts vio
late the Civil Rights Act of 1957,
Mr. Kennedy said.

The State of Loisiana and Cecil
Manning, registrar of voters for
East aCrroll Parish, were named
as defendants. East Carroll borders on the Mississippi River in
Northest Louisiana. The case will
be heard in United States District
Court in Monroe.

~In this instance as in other,
voting discrimination cases, we

have tried to work out a solution
without going to court,~ Mr.
Kennedy said. ~This complaint
was filed because we were unable
to achieve voluntary compliance
with the law.~

The complaint charged that the
defendants, in administering the
registration office in the parish,
have required Negro applicants
to be identified by two registered
voters from their own precincts.

There are no registered Negro
voters in the parish, the complaint
said, and ~no white registeretd. voter in East Carroll will assist
a Negro applicant... by identifying the Negro applicant under

oath to the registrar.~

The. complaint described the
identification procedure as ~~pursuant to a pattern or practice of
racial discrimination~ which has
deprived qualified Negroes of
their right to vote without distinction of race or color.

Mr. Kennedy said that the defendants have not permitted Nezgro registration. applicants to
identify: themselves by such reasonable means as selective service cards, drivers~ licenses or
library eards, although whites are
permitted to do so.

~At the end of the last registration period (December 31, 1960)
there were 2,845 white persons
and no Negroes registered to
vote,~ the complaint asserted. ~As
of the time of the filing of this
complaint, there still are no Negroes registered to vote~ in East

_ Carroll Parish.~

the court o find that the Negroes

The Justice Department asked
had: been deprived of their rights
and to enjoin the defendants from

1. Requiring that Negro appli
cants for registration be identified
by registered voters. |

2. Failing and refusing to permit Negro applicants for registration to identify. themselves by
reasonable means.

3. Engaging in any act which
involves or results in distinction
on the basis of race or color. ~

This was the second voting
discrimination. case filed since
Mr. Kennedy became Attorney
General, the eighth brought by
the: Department of Justice and
the third brought in Louisiana..
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Worp-RENOWNED AUTHOR, LECTURER, HISTORIAN~BORN IN 1816
iN LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY, HE WAS.
THE SON OF A SLAVE AND A SLAVE~
OWNER ~ASA Youna MAN He WORK-.

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