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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1961

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EDITORIAL

The Right To Vote

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Saturday sub
mitted a report to the President and Congress which docu- _.
ments racial denials of the right to vote, and recommends.

remedial legislation and executive action.

__ We hope that Mr. Kennedy and members of Congress ~
will see fit to do what liberial groups and leaders have ~

been urging them to do. We hope that the President and
Congress will take action to enact legislation to prohibit
any ~device~ used to deprive any American of tue right
to register and vote.

The report, entitled ~The Right to Vote~ is the first
of a series of five volumes prépared by the Commission
on five areas of civil rights: discrimination in voting, education, employment, housing, and administration of justice.

Finding evidence of discrimination in some 100 coun- -

ties in elgnt Southern States, the Commission urged Con
gress to enact legislation barring States from denyiig we

iranchise except on the basis of reasonable age or resiuence
requirements, legal confinement at the time: of registration or election or. conviction of a felony. ~his and another recommendation for legislation which would make
a sixth grade education sufficient proof of Ineracy, are
designed to deal with the use of ~educational~ or ~interprecauon~ tests as devices tor disqualifying Negro applicants. In cailing tor new legislation, the Commission noved
that discrimination persisted despite the fact that existing
Federal laws ~have been vigorously and effectively invoked~
by the Department of Justice.
The Commission report also included:

A study of the effect of unequal representation upon
the right to vote. qi. De

A special study of the status of civil rights in 17 rural
counties in the South where Negroes constitute a majority
of the population ~but none or very few vote, and four other
similar counties-where Negroes vote in larger numbers.

_ The results of hearings and investigations in 11 parishes in Louisiana where the Commission tound that a variety
of techniques were used to deprive Negroes of the right to
register and vote.

The Commission declared that malapportionment of
State and Congressional election districts throughout the
United States dilutes the right to vote and, by operationg
to the disadvantage of minority groups in urban areas, intensifies the effects of racial disfranchisement. It recommended that a Federal law be passed to require that voting districts be substantially equal in population.

_ In its study of rural counties, the Commision found
that ~ta dependent economic position apears to be one of
the most significant factors that inhibits Negroes form registering and voting.~ But, in voting as well as non-voting
counties, all public schools are segregated; public libraries
provide inferior or no service at all tor Negroes; State employment services subsidized by Federal funds offer only
unskilled jobs to Negroes; transportation terminals and facilities are segregated; Negroes do not serve on juries;
Armed Forces Reserve and National Guard units exclude
Negroes; and recreational facilities at some Federal dams
and -lakes are for whites only.

Finding that unequal conditions exist to some extent
in all counties, the Commission said ~it cannot be concluded
that the free exercise of the right to vote... necessarily
results in quick tangible gains in other areas.~ The Commission recommended Federal and State action to reduce
economic deprivations in these counties.

In Louisiana, the Commission found that the Association of Citizens Councils of Louisiana and the state Legislature exerted pressure against Negro electors and that
the legislature actively encouraged registrars to use a variety of devices to thwart Negro applicants. Economic reprisals in Fayette and Haywood Counties, Tennessee; discriminatiory purges of Negroes from the registration rolls
in three Louisiana parishes; and restrictive voter qualification laws in Mississippi and Louisiana were also noted.

Other Commission recommendations included proposals that Congress amend the Civil Rights Act to prohibit
arbitrary as well as discriminatory denials of the right to
vote, and that the Bureau of the Census compile voting statistics in every State by race, color and national origin of
the registrants.

All recommendations were unanimous except the call
for legislation to limit State voting qualifications. To this,
Vice-Chairman Robert G. Storey and Commissioner Robert

'S. Rankin dissented with the statement that ~the Federal

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Government has sufficient authority... to deal with the
denials of the right to vote~ without altering ~longstanding Federal-State relationships... in the Federal Constitution, declaring that the qualifications for electors shall be
left to the several States.~ ~:

In his letter of transmittal to the President, Chairman
John A. Hannah said:

~It is our hope that the 1961 report will shed important light on the problems and progress in securing equal
protection of the law to all persons.~.

_ Other Commissioners are Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh,
President of Notre Dame University; Spottswood W. Robinson III, Dean of the Howard Law School; and Erwin N.
Griswold, Dean of the Harvard Law School.

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ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW, WILL END HIS SWAY

Safety

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In Tenth Precinct

A house-to-house distribution of
a leaflet containing the names,
ages and addresses of 161 traffic
victims living in the. Tenth Pre
cinct, the most dangerous in De
troit. for pedestrian accidents,
was, hegun today.

Members of block clubs are making the distribution, with the urgent request for Inspector Harry
Luscombe, precinct commanding
officer that they not just distribute:
the: leaflets, but. that they personally talk to every. householder, pointing out the severity of
the accident problem and the
names of the victims on each
householder~s street.

The Tenth Precinct program
grew out of a meeting ~of representativies of the: Detroit Police
Department; the Department of

Streets and~Traffic and the Traf-'

fic. Safety Association, covering
accident trouble spots in the city.
An analysis by the Accident Prevention Bureau showed that there
were more~ than: 400 pedestrian

-accidents in the Tenth Precinct

during the ~last 18 months.

Officials of the three agencies
decided to concentrate efforts in
the Tenth Precinct, because of
its high accident incidence and
solicited citizen leaders to spearhead the educational phase of
the program... The Traff\ Safety
Association prepared 10,000 leaflets and. 400 posters, stressing
that the Tenth Precinct is the
most dangerous in the city.

The house-to-house distribution
is being confined to the worst
area in the-percinct, two-square

miles bounded by Grand. Boulez.
vard and Clairmount between Dexter and the Lodge Expressway,
where 161 pedestrian victims
lived.

~Listing the names, ages and
addresses of the victims under
the streets on which they live
is a unique approach, which we
believe should make a powerful
impact on the area~s ~citizens,~
said Police Commissioner Herbert
W. Hart. ~It brings the accidents problem home to every
mother and father when you
point out the name of a little
six-year-old girl living next door
who was struck by a car.~

Donald Sluty, managing director of the Traffic Safety Associattion, pointed out that the area
had a high density of population,
that police and traffic engineers
are -working. to-improve the:accident pattern, and that a vigorous: ~grass roots~ approach by
citizens would be invaluable in
making the area safer.

In an open letter to parents
also printed in the leaflet, Inspector Luscombe pointed out
that nearly 70 per cent of all
those struck down. were under
15 and that 62 of the youngsters
were less than five years of age.
He pointed out that one child
was killed and 159 injured running between parked cars, the
greatest single cause.

Waymon Dunn, president of
the Community Improvement Association of. Block Clubs, Inc., and
Joseph W. Williams, president
of directing the block club distribution activity.

Washington Reports~

Senator Philip A. Hart

Small watershed projects are
gaining momentum in Michigan as
they are elsewhere in the nation.
Recently the Chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee assigned me to a new subcommittee created to handle the increasing numbers of these: projects
when they come to the Congress
for final approval.

The Watershed Protection and
Flood: Prevention Act, usually
known as ~Public Law 566,~ authorizes federal assistance to local
organizations for flood prevention, draingae and irrigation, and
non-agricultural water management, including municipal or industrial water supply and fish
and wildlife management. The
watershed work plan is prepared
and directed by local organizations, under authority of state
law.

Generally, in Michigan, the local sponsors are the Soil Conservation Districts, of which we have
approximately 175. They are doing yeoman work in spreading
knowledge are practice of sound
soil and water conservation. In
sponsoring watershed projects
they are ofter joined by the town
ships or by drainage districts. -

There are presently 23 watershed.

projects in some stage of. investi- _

gation or development in our

state. - Nationwide, 325 have been ~
approved and are in operation; ~
1,600. applications are pending at

the present time.
Financing of these projects ~is

on a joint.basis. ~The federal -

government provides all the

technical assistance on land treat-. -

ment measures, while the local

way; and the federal

~bears 100 per cent of

and 50 per cent of measures for
fish and wildlife. Recreation and
industrial and municipal water
benefits may also make no contribution toward these benefits.

The rapidity with which ~P. L.
566~ projects are spreading
throughout the nation is proof of
this program which combines soil
and water conservation measures
on ~the land with upstream flood
prevention structures.

Watershed protection and development is important not only
to our farm population but to
town and city dwellers downstream. One Michigan project
now underway, for example, will
save one of our fine cities from
annual floods caused by snowmelt~four floodwater retarding
structures and a floodwater diversion channel will do the
job.

This kind or program is a fine
example of local - state - federal
teamwork. It combines local initiative and responsibility, federal
technical ~and financial aid and
State review and approval. And
it is working!

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Nature - Trail
Time At Parks
September. and the fall season
is an excellent time for persons
~to become::acquainted with plant
life along the nature trails at

parks of the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority.

This fact was pointed out today
by Bill Hopkins, chief naturalist
for the~ Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, a five-county park
and parkway agency- servicing
Livingston, Macomb, Oakland,
Washtenaw and Wayne counties.

Blossoming wildflowers provide
a surprising ~amount of color in
the fall according~. to Hopkins.
Wild sunflowers and ~goldenrod
furnish masses of yellow and golden colors while contrasting blues,
lavenders, and purples aré supplied by wild asters, Joe Pye
Weed, swamp: thistle and bergamot. Intermingled are the white
of asters, boneset, white snakeroot. and daisy fleabane. |

Additionat color is evident from
the ripening, fruits, climbing
nightshade, various dogwoods,
elderberry and thorn apple trees.
Attractions also include the reddening leaves of sumac, both poi~son and staghorn, giving a hint
that by October the wooded parks
will be completely adorned in
their autumn colors.

Hopkins stated that while many
persons are familiar with whe
trails and Nature Center at Kensington Metropolitan Park southeast of Brighton, the trails at the
other Authority parks should
prove equally interesting.

These: include the nature trails
at Hudson Mills Metropolitan
Park located along the Huron
River 12% miles northwest of
Ann Arbor with park entrance on
North Territorial Road near the
Dexter-Pinckey intersection; Lower Huron Metropolitan Park along
the Huron River with-its entrance
on Hannan Road'% mile south of
the Willow Run Expressway (US12) between Belleville and the
Detroit. Metropolitan Airport;
and the marshy trail at Metropolitan Beach located on Lake
St. Clair near Mt. Clemens.

Flowers along all these trails
are labelled to make them more
interesting to the person who
is not an expert botanist. So,
take a tip from naturalist Hopkins and hit the nature trail!

Drivers Jailed

Nearly 27,000 drivers were given.

jail sentences last year in Detroit Traffic Court..

If. a driver appeared before

Traffic Judges George T. Murphy or John D. Watts on the more
flagrant violations, known as state
misdemeanor cases, his chances
of being sent to jail were better
than one in every three. Terms
averaging 15 days were given to
3,301 of these violators.
_. Another. 23,658 drivers ap-~
peared before the judges on less
serious violations of city traffic
ordinances and were. sentenced
to jail for shorter terms,

Fines and court costs totaling
approximately $4,800,000 were
paid in Traffic Court and to the
Violations Bureau...

This information is contained
in the annual report for the

Grow

FEAR NO EVIL
* Cle Cir

By Elizabeth Ellington

_ To Grow in God~s Grace
means to become enlarged
in the stature of spiritual understanding. In this advancement divine Principle must
prevail that the power of God

-be made manifest.~ -

This can be done only
through right thinking about
God and His spiritual creation. This spiritual excellence
comes to us through prayer
and study.

When we pray and study
the Bible and Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy,
we find the way to revelations of the one Mind, which
are sufficient to bring harmony in the home, community, nation, and world affairs.

One may increase his faith,
hope, and understanding by
a repeated study of Psalm

~He that dwelleth in the
secret place of the most High
shall abide under the shadow
of the Almighty.

~I will say of the Lord, He
is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in him will I trust.

~A thousand shall fall at
thy side, and ten thousand
at thy right hand; but it shall
not come. nigh thee.

~Thou shalt tread upon the
lion and adder: the young
lion- and the dragon shalt
thou trample under feet.~

(Psalms 91:1,2,7,17)

And one may further progress by heeding the exhortations of Jesus:

~Behold, | give unto you
power to tread on serpents
and scorpions, and over all
the power of the enemy: and
nothing shall by any means
hurt you.~ (Luke 10:19)

A better understanding will
come with daily study of Science and Health. On page
390 Mrs. Eddy has written:

~We cannot deny that Life
is self-sustained, and we
should never deny the everlasting harmony of Soul, simply because, to the mortal
senses, there is seeming dis
cord. It is our ignorance of
God, the divine Principle,
which produces apparent discord, and the right understanding of Him_ restores
harmony. Truth will at
length compel us all to exchange the pleasures and
pains of sense for the ioys
of Soul.~ (S&H p. 390:4-11)

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The power of God is distinct, and each_ individual
carries a responsibility of
bearing witness to the real
Truth. The real Truth about
God and His creation, will
put harmony into all human
affairs on national and inter-~
national levels.

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The churches have a part
to play and this is a real
fact. Do the churches need
to change their designs? Yes,
many of them need to go
back to God, and the solid
rock Christ Jesus, and there
would not be so much trouble in the churches.

There is a great need for
alertness to the one divine
Mind, and to get away from
the. falsity of the satanic
carnal mind. The power of
the one Mind, God, is sufficient to break the mythical
stupor of malice, hate, fear,
lust and greed for human
power. These are thorns in
the material flesh, which the
~power of God will do away
with that humanity may live
under the full influence of
Spirit, God. _

In Paul~s vision and revelations about the thorn in the
flesh he prayed, and received
the following answer:

~And he said unto me, My
grace is sufficient for thee:
for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly
therefore will I rather glory
in my infirmities, that the
power of Christ may rest upOn me.~~. (11 Corinthians 12:9)

So, let us strive to be calm
and quiet that we may listen
for the voice, and grow in
God~s Grace.

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St ates Urged To /mpro ve
Workmen's Compensation

_WASHINGTON, D.C. Improvement of the Nation~s workmen compensation system was
urged by Secretary of Labor Arthur J. Goldberg in letters sent
to all State labor commissioners
and State administrators of workmen~s compensation programs.

The letters were forwarded
through the Milwaukee, Wisconsin, postoffice and were enclosed
in first-eday covers dated September 4, bearing the new stamp
commemorating the 50th anniversary of the first successful State
workmen~~s compensation law, enacted in Wisconsin in: 1911. The
stamp was introduced at a White
House: ceremony on August 31.

In releasing the letters, Secretary Goldberg said a review of
workmen~s compensation experience over the past half-century
demonstrated. that the system
had made a great humanitarian
and economic contribution to the
personal security of the Nation~s
workers but. was badly in need
of repair. He said much remains
to be done if the workmen~s
compensation system is to fulfill
its mission of providing adequate
benefits to the nearly 2 million
Americans who each year are
injured in job accidents.

Goodwill Invites ~

Summer is on the wane, children are back to school, and the
women of Detroit.and suburban
areas are. beginning their fall
activities in church, club and PTA
work.

To those organizations who
have an open date on their calendar, Goodwill Industries of
Greater Detroit extends a hearty
invitation to come and visit the
Goodwill plant and see for themselves what their discards mean.
to its handicapped workers.
Luncheon is served, if desired, at
$1.50 per person.

For the groups who need an
interesting program for one of
their meetings, -Goodwill suggests
they invite one of its well-informed speakers who will tell the
Goodwill story using kodachrome
slides or a movie.

A tour, luncheon or an illustrated talk may be arranged by calling the public relations department at Goodwill industries, TRinity 3-3600 for reservations. Do
it now!

Do~s And Don'ts

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fiscal year ended: June 30, 1961, ~_

_issued by- Ruel- B. Chellis, the

court~s chief clerk and administrator.

Tt~ is ~ample evidence that it

~doesn~t pay to violate the traffic
law in Detroit.

~DRIVE SAFELY

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