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SATURDAY, JANUARY. 6, 1962"

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lished the following editorial in-a current issue?~

The year, 1961 has

such an awakening; never before has there been. such
a determined, intelligent and non-violent ~bid ~by~

~or the full freedoms which. are guaranteed st ~Anerleam,
regardless of race, color or creed. ~

This is as it should be. For it is now 99. ~yonnd since
the martyred President.Abraham Lincoln signed ~the historic document which was intended to give the long-suffering formerly enslaved Negro the. tule
the 1ights and privileges of democracy.

And now, we are just one year short of the eeehtind
redth anniversary of our supposed elevation~ to first-| | gp |

class citizenship. But, it is generally known and <felt that

the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 even. to- this. day a at!

is a noble but almost meaningless pronouncement.

After 99 years, White America has refused to ~forget
slavery days. The confederate flag, which ~should: have
been.furled and laid to rest when the.nation again..became one after a bloody struggle, still holds the minds of
white Southerners apart from. democratic. thinkjng. ~Seg:
regation still plagues the land and permeates every phase
of life: education, travel, housing, job opportunity; courts
of justice, voting and other citizenship rights:.: When it is considered that not one of the opens:
Emancipation Proclamation, nay, not even ~the ~descendants of one of these former Slaves, has yet. fully enjoyed
Oi enchalmed Negroes who rejoicéd at the signing - of the
the democratic benefits wnich were intended; one can
rightly understand the desperate nature of the.insistent
but non-violent struggles for freedom which were led by
young American Negroes during 1961. For ney, and for
all Negroes, it is now ornever.

The day is far spent. Time has run out for Spadiialism, And to speak in the vernacular of the street, after a
race has been waiting 99 years for full freedom to be.accorded bit-by-bit, just how gradual can one get?

It is our sincere hope that airing, the year. 1962
America ~will speedily realize its duty to..both. Christianity
and thé world to implement its democrati~: principlés in
every section of the United States; to becothe a living example of the doctrine that all men, regardless of. race,
creed or color, are entitled to life, liberty ahd the. pursuit
of happiness.

~ Our belief is that the American Negroes~ ~demands
for full freedom~instead of diminishing~should be accelerated for they now have: learned the hard ~way: the: fallacy of listening to gradualists who say ~things will get
better by and by.~ Thus, we repeat, the time for full freedom is at hand! It is now or never!

Let us hope that the year 1962 will ede! he the golden dawning of a grander day.

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ANN ~ARBOR ~ The Universi-~
ty ~of Michigan Band made headlines. around | the~ world with a

precedent breaking - trip to the

Soviet ~Union and Near East.
-. The: first college ~band invited
to maké: ~such. a tour, they travel
ped some 29,000 miles to play in

Iv ~countries for 15 weeks. ~The
tamed~ 'U-m ~Victors~ marching
song - ~proved. to be the big showsvupper of the tour.

Other. highlights of the year
included: oad

Closed circuit ~television used
expérimetitaliy in the orientation
program ~for: 1,000 new students
in: ~January. 'U-M. investigators
launcneéd ~ a: sthree-year ~stuay of
the cost of fighting malaria. Chester Bowles,~ special advisor to
tné. President, spoke at the January, graduation: exercises when
1,334; degrees... were awarded.
Freshman at ~the U-M achieved
higner~ ~scores -t -on the standardized
intelligence, tésts-than the aver
~age U.S. college graduate. The

medical: School adopted a 12
month schedule. for junior. medical. students., Bose

Anvention~ ~of corn pads, an F-M
set, and a special electronic beit
in. February ~enabled U-M __researchers to: record the heart beat
of athletes in competition for
the first time.

Financing education at the
U-M~was made easier for many
students by the adoption in

| March of the installment plan

for paying fees. The U-M employed approximately one out of
every five students it enrolled.
The University~s 25-year-old ma
jor research project in the hu
manities~The Middle English
Dictionary had its third volume
published. ~The Face of the Fifties,~ painting and sculpture

from the Whitney Museum of.

American Art collections highlighted: the spring exhibition
A walking machine was designed
by a mechanical engineering pro
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fessor for use in areas. where
wheeled or. -tracked vehicles
would bog down. The U-M Dearborn Center went on a tri-semester schedule to make the fullest possible use of facilities..

Vet Pensioners
Should Report
Outside Income

Its: -penbion reporting time for
40,000 disabled veterans and the
dependents of. some 25,000 deceased veterans in Michigan..

R DM. Fitzgerald, Manager of the
Veterans Adminisiration Regional Office,.in Detroit, explained
why it~s also-a time of headaches
and individual problems, most of
tem unnecessary, a.

Along with their December
check, due January 1, all VA
pensioners will receive enclosed
tabularing cards. (Please do not
mutilate, although a thousand or
more will come back in unusable
condition).

On these cards, beneficiaries
must report all outside income
received during 1961 and expected in 1962, (Outside income
means everything, including:Social Security, except of course,
the VA pension payments themseives).

VA needs the report: to determine continued eligibility of pensioners and to make adjustments
on the basis of increased or decreased outside income. (One
pension and beneficiary~and the
when income of an individual, if
he~s single, exceeds $1,400 a year;
or $2,700%if he has dependents.
Another, the newer. 1960 law,
sets limits of $1,800 and $3,000
but provides for adjustments on
the basis of income up to these
maximums,

For those reporting promptly

~/~they have until January 31~

there is no problem. VA processes the cards~four different
kinds, depending on the type of
| pension and geneficiary~and the
checks go out on. time.

Labor Loader call
Use of Chaplains

An AFL-CIO spokesman him' self an active churchman believes
the use of chaplains by industry
in its labor-management dealings
is an unsound practice.

John Ramsay, director of Community relatsuns of tne United
wiecaworsers Of America, and
an elder in_ the. Prespytertan
cnurch gave this view on LABOR
NEWS CUNFERKENCE aired weekFly by the Mutual Broadcasting
network, ~I don't think that it
is a workable plan within an
industry,~ Ramsay. said.for ~socalled industrial chaplains to represent la point of view of. the
employer~ not of the employees.

Ramsay cited integration and
civil \rights as ~an~: area~ where
organized religion and organized
labor could work~in concert:

~I don~t think that labor should
take a stand ~on the-issues of
religion,~ ~Ramsay continued,
~but so often we find. that~ we
have the same concerns and interests because we're dealing with
the same. humanity as ~ the
cnurch,~:

~Labor can do a great deal
for tne church if they (the clergy)
will take the leadership in bringing the social pronouncements
of their church to the attention of
the people,~ he said.

Ramsay was questioned by
Glenn Everett, Washington correspondent for Religious News
Service and Casper Nannes, Religious News Editor, Washington
Evening Star,

Bishop Choir Concert

The Department of Music of
Bishop College presents ~The
Messiah~ by George Frederick
Handel. The _ Coleridge - Taylor
Choral Society, directed by J.
Harrison Wilson, was presented
in concert to the general ~public
at the college gymnasium.

ATTEND
CHURCH

Year End Statement

BY SECRETARY OF LABOR ARTHUR J. GOLDBERG
As we start the new year, I am glad to report that all

signs point to a further vigorous improvement in our
economy. Employment and personal income have both
risen to new nigns recently and the unemployment situation which has troubled us throughout the ~year has improved significantly.

1 thiux we can confidently look forward to a continued rise in the econonmy throughout 1962. I have no
doubt, m fact, that we will continue to set job.records in
the immediate months ahead. An impertant: aspect of the
improvement thus tar is that we have had a remarkable
stanility in prices so that the working man has not ~paid in
infiation for the improvement in his economic ~conaivion.

{want to say to labor and management that it is tremendously important thai each bear in mind that a recovery can be impeded by lack of restraint with respect
io both prices and wages during crucial months.

We need sound collective wpargaining; we need
sound and responsible price and wage policies with respect to American industry and American labor. While
we look forward to improvement in the employment situation, nevertheless I must also record that our unemploy
ment situation, though significantly improved, is sui not

satisfactory. We have too many of our ha ond out of
work. We owe the continuing obligation to tnem to restore, to the maximum extent practicable, full employment so that all people who are willing and able to work
-can find.a, job. And it is the determination of our administration, in cooperation with labor and inanagement, ~to
afford these job ~ to Americans. ~

ciples knowing this, were
obedient to His commands.

~And it came to. ass,
when he was~ come ~ to

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whereon. Bs never. man sat:
loose him, an ne: bie
her 8;

~And. if any man joke you,

B Bese do. ye loose him? thus

shall ye say: unto him, Because fhe Lord: hath need
wf him 3
Luke 19: 29-31 sot

If the Bias will read the
balance through~ to verse 38
it will show forth the disciples who had real confidence
in Jesus, and were willing to
do his biddings,

~When the disciples did
their biddings there were
comments among the pharisees.

Christian. Science by Mary
Baker Eddy explains, Jesus~
words..

~There is but one I, or Us
but one divine Principle, or
Mind, governing all existence; man and woman unchanged forever in their in
ny, at}

ind ~whatever Rate ~not
this Mind, is false and erroneous, even the: belief that
life, substance, and_intelligence are both mental and
material. (S&H p. 588:11-18)

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The Bible story fells us,. ~And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master,
igh thy disciples.

~And he answered and said
unto them, | tell you that,
if. these should hold their
peace, the stones would immediately cry out.~
ie | 19:39-40)

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It is through the divine
law. of God that the way out
of. trouble,.war, destruction
and disaster will be revealed
~ih these times. And as we
thoroughly decide to make
ovr preparations for
victory and for living peace
by ne example of that One
Mind which was in Christ
Jesus we will be far underwey with peace on the earth.

God~s law is ~the way
which leads out of the natural human beliefs in the
complete safety of material
weapons, which are good in
their place, but are not the
all everlasting power..

During these times when
men and nations appear to
be so far divided in personal: opinions, God~s spiritual
law is able to draw them together in one sweet concord,
of mutual understanding,
where God governs all of His
universe in perfect harmony,
under the ruling influence

dividual characters, ~even as

of divine law and order.

The Post Office Department
reported ~the largest, most successful Christmas delivery operation in its history~ with mail
handling 5.7 per cent greater
than during the same period
last. year and receipts up about
$5 million.

The report is regarded as a
sound barometer of this year~s

period Dec. 1 through Dec. 20
on operations im all of ~the nation~s offices with a million dollars or more in annual receipts,
handling 80 per cent. 6f all U. S.
Mail, Christmas mail volume reached its peak Dee. 18 and 19,, several. days poadnans than usual
in all major areas..:

The million-dollar offices _reported a cumulative total of 8.02
billion pieces of incoming and
outgoing mail. Dec, 1 to '20-which
is 5.7 per cent, more than last
year. Postal receipts: were up

000 and, despite: the heavy in
mail operation since it: covers the:

from $167,000,000 to. $172,100,
Post Office Reports
Largest. Xmas Delivery

pret ~ ~in mail, there was a
slight drop in the use of manpower hours- three tenths of one
per cent under last year..

Total incoming and outcoming
mail handling for Dec. 1 through.20 was about 9% billion pieces
including about 20 per cent of
the nation~s mail~about 1%
billion pieces ~ handled in the
smaller post offices with less than

a million dollar receipts. The.

total incoming and outcoming
mail handled for the Christmas
season should easily exceed 11
billion pieces when all reports
are in. + wil

Postmaster General J. Eward
| Day gave credit to the extension
of the Post Office Department~s
new mail ~fusing~ program on a, nation-wide basis ~~ under which
all daily mail for residences is
put together for one single | delivery ~for substantial savings
this year, with improved saa
ies and fewer errors.

Trade Unionists,
Educators Meet
In Washington.

Educators from mpre than 60
American universities 2 rand colleges will join -over- ~400 trade
unionists in Washington to discuss equal opportunity. for higher education, ~the. oIQ. announced. The labor -$ponsored

conference will observe the 100th
anniversary of the establishment
by the Federal Government of the
land grant college. system It will
be held in the Shoreham Hotel,
January 4 and 5,:

Among~ the principal..gpeakers
will be Join A.. Hannah, President of Michigan State University
and. Chairman ~of the United
States Commission on Civil
Rights; Sterling McMurrin, U. S.
Commissioner of Education and
George Meany, President of, the
AFL-CIO.

Lawrence Hoi, Director of
~the AFL-CIO Department of Education, said the registration was
larger than expected and ~indicates the deep gconcern with
which educators View this problem.

Rogin added, ~we.know that the
eountry suffers an. enormous
waste of talent because far too
many people who want to go to
college and who are intellectually equipped for it.cannot do so

Budget Fsiece |
Plan Declares
Regular Dividends

The Board of Directors of Budget Finance Plan, in a meeting
held Dec. 13, 1961; at Los Angeles, declared regular cash dividends to shareholders of 60-cent
Convertible Preferred, 6 per cent
Serial Preferred and Common
Stock, Dividends have been paid
consecutively for 16 years.

The regular dividends were 15
cents to per share to holders of
60-cent Convertible Preferred
Stock; 15 cents per share to
holders of 6 per. cent Serial
Preferred Stock and 10% cents
per share to Common Stock holders, payable January 15, 1962 to
shareholders as of December 28,
1961.

Budget Finance Plan is a diversified consumer finance company
with 98 offices in 15 states.
Assets exceed $50 million and
share are listed on the American
and Pacific Coast Exchanges.

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because they don~t have the money.~ He predicted that this condition would become worse in
this decade unless ~a massive
program of educational assistance is put into motion at once.~

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