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\ALBANY, Ga.~ After two
dine face Secretaries from the Student non-violent:

ittee (SNCC) were arrested

ys Albany Terminal
till Violates ICC |

~A few minutes later, a policeman came in and conferred with

Coordinating the man who had spoken to us,~
Sherrod said. ~The policeman ap
or loitering~ at the TrailwaySproached and asked again if we.

Bip Terminal lunch room here,
SNCC asked Attorney General Ro
had tickets.~ They chose not to
show the policeman their tickets.

- bért Kennedy for ~enforcement The ICC ruling states that it

the~ ICC ruling in Albany.

is illegal for transport employees

Sad employees and police or policemen to require tickets

ate_still violating its provisions,~
SNCC said.

iCharles Jones and_ Charles
sherrod, SNCC Field Secretaries

in~ Albany, were arrested in the were under -arrest, and he said!

sn lunch room after they
had

purchased tickets to Dawson, jail, but Sherrod said that

Te were sitting in the lunch

and he refused fo answer us.~

as proof of a traveler~s sight to
sit where he pleases.

The policeman ~ said, ~Come
with me.~ They asked if they

yes. Jones was bonded out of,
~gg!
long as Ola Mae Quarterman~

arrested last week for sitting in'

reom, ~ Sherrod and Jones said, the front of an Albany bus~is |
en @ man came up to us and in jail, I am morally bound to
ed it we had tickets, We ask- stay.~ Miss Quarterman was. areb:hien if he was the manager or rested last Friday, Jan. 12, but
a;-spokesman for the manager, has not been tried yet. She is

still in jail:

Minister Sa
Boys From

~INDIANAPOLIS,. Ind. ~ By
jumping in an icy Indianapolis
Water Co. canal at the risk of
his own life, the Rev. Robert W.
Brewn saved two small boys
from drowning as they floundéred desperately in eight feet
of water.

The boys are Richard Bibbs,
1}j,. and Charles Williams, 12.
The minister and the boys were
taken to General Hospital where
the were treated and released.
~The accident occurred in the

rnoon when the two boys and
wil liam~s brother Howard, 10,

ptt that his auibanioi
might go under, at any moment,
~the younger Williams ran to their
assistance and tried to pull his
brother out of the water, but
fowhd it impossible to keep his
(Charles~) head above the level
of the ice.

While he was trying to get
the youths out of the water, the

rumble of cracking ice warned,

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Drowning

him of his danger. ~After
another vain attempt to lift the
youths out of the water, he ran
off the ice to save himself.

Then the youger Williams ran
to a coal company yard and yelled: ~Come.quick, come -quick
my. brother is drowning.~

Rev. Brown, who had just
driven. into the coal company
yard, jumped a fence and ran
to the canal. When he saw the
boy~s heads sink beneath. the
numbing water, he dived, fully
dressed, into the icy:canal, |

He swanr first to Williams, lift
im} ed his head above the water, and

him on ~the: ed

back tor the Bibbs boy. Brown {1

kept the boy~s. head above the
water for about 15 minutes. before -a fire department: rescue

boys out of the water.

Rev. Brown modestly disclaimed -any credit for his heroism.
and at first refused to give his|
hame. Brown is associate pastor
of Primitive Baptist Church. He
lives at 1010 W. 8rd.

Urge Powell To Make
Southwide Probe Of
U.S. Job Agency Bias

NEW YORK~The NAACP
has urged Rep. Adam Clayton
Powell to extend to other southern cities his probe of discrimination in the Dallas office of the
United States Employment Service.

The New York Congressman,

who heads the House Education|

and Labor Committee, ordered
investigation of the. Dallas office
after Clarence Laws, NAACP
southwest regional secretary,
charged discrimination in.testimony before a subcommittee
~hearing in Washington. recently.

In. the Southwest, Mr.. Lewis
testified, the USES ~often stands
betwéen the Negro and better

Offers Workshop

Wayne State University will offer a workshop in computer programming and related mathematics for high school mathematics
teacher and students.

The workshop will be held for
15 weeks beginning on.Saturday,
Feb. 17, The sessions will run
from 10 a. m. to noon.

e programs will be under
- thé direction of Dr. Walter Hoff
man,. director of the computing
aig of at Wayne State with the

id of Robert E. Monroe of CoolHigh School and Steven Szabo
of Cass Technical High School.
Materials will cover the use of
the GATE Programming System
and will. inelude. mathematical
topics not commonly taught but
which have importance in writing
programs for computors.
Both students. and teachers. will write programs to be run on |:
~Wayne -State~s IBM 650 system.)

No college credit is given and
no -fees are charged. ~Teachers

will 3 travel -allowence. | -
igh schod! teachers in the oe

job opportunities. It frequently
directs Negroes into only traditional and menial jobs. Many
USES offices continue to segregate Negro and white employees
and to maintain separate files
and make referrals according to
race.~

He cited failure of the Dallas
office ~to promote a Negro employee after 14 years of service.. Herbert Hill, NAACP labor secretary, who had made similar
charges in his opening statement
to the committee on Jan. 15, dispatched a letter to Rep. Powell,
Jan. 19, summarizing. the ~rigid
pattern of racial segregation and~
discrimination in USES offices in
Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North and South Carolina
and partially in Virginia and
Tennessee,

In announcing his probe, Rep.
Powell said he would ask Congress to cut off federal funds
for employment services in Texas, if the NAACP charges were
sustained by his investigation.
The federal government is totally
responsible for the,operating
costs for all state employment
services..

~We are certain,~ Mr. Hill told
-the Congressman, ~that your~ investigators will find our charges?

Dr. Samuel Milton
To Be Honored

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The River Rouge United Citizens will Honor Dr. Samuel B.

Meeting, Saturday, February 24
Community ~ Center.

has been invited to be the guest
speaker:

Dr. Milton has practiced medi
Squad arrived to help lift the/

years of untiring service and outstanding contributions: to

Community and City of Ri
Rouge, the. United Citi

League wishes to recognize
many contributions by. presem
a. Certificate of Merit to.Dr. Mil
of the United Citizens League.
Dr, Samuel Milton is the found
er of Sidney A. Sumby. Hospital.

This is the only hospital in River

h Rouge.

Mayor Donald R. Nettlow has
expressed a desire that the city
would like to pay tribute to Dr.
Milton for his many contributions.

River Rouge.

Savannah, Ga.
NEW YORK~ NAACP ~Legal
Defense Fund attorneys filed.a
sweeping school desegregation
suit in Savannah, Ga. recently.
The compaint, filed Jan. 18

in the Federal District Court at
Savannah, asked for a permanent

- injunction enjoining the ~Board

of Public Instruction of Chatham
County, Ga. (Savannah), members
and: the Superintendent of Schools
of Chatham County, from continuing their policy, practice, custom and usage of operating a
compulsory biracial school~ system.~

The suit was filed on behalf
of thirty-six Negro children who
now attend segregated public
schools in Savannah.

The court was asked to issue
a decree requiring the Board to
present a desegregation plan
which would affect (1) ~school
zone lines; (2) assignment of
pupils; (3) assignment of teachers
and principals; and (4) handling
of budgets, funds, employment
and construction contracts.

~A date for hearing on the case
has not been yet set. ~

NAACP Legal Defense and Ed
against the USES in Texas sustained by the facts and we request that similar action be _ tak-.
en by the House committee else
where in the South where the| &
discriminatory racial practices of |~

State employment services are
even more bsp Berta |

senting the Negro children are

~B. Clarence Mayfield and E. H.

Gadsden of Savannah, Ga., and
Jack Greenberg, Constance Baker
Motley and Derrick A. Bell, Jr.,
of New York City.

Tenants vs Manager;

CORE Acts On Housing
LOS -ANGELES,~After. the
management said, ~The tenants

here,~ the housing committee of
Los Angeles CORE conducted a
survey of residents of an 80-unit.
building. The, checkers found 87
percent of the tenants favorable
to having <p as fellow ten
~Milton at.a Community Civic:
at 7:00 P.M. at the Beechwood

Governor. John B. Swainson:

cine and worked. in civic; politic-'
al and church affairs in the city 3
for the past 30 years. ~For his}

ton~ said John. 'Fyson, president |.

sand - service to the., citizens. of |.

ucational Fund attorneys repre-.

might not like a Negro living|

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penis or.

g PRAISED. FO R PuBLic SERVICE ~ Three prominent ~Negroes were ~Cited as ~Great Americans~
Sunday night ~at a ~dinner in Cobo Hall. Gov. Swainson (left) and Mayor Cavanagh (right) who
were guest ~speakers flank the honored trio:Dep uty Assistant Postmaster General Christopher ~.
Scott, of: Los. ~ State. Supreme Court Jus tice Otis M. Smith; and Federal Judge. Wade. H.

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prominent Negroes as ~Great

Americans.~. Honored were Federal Judge
Wade H. McCree, Jr., of Detroif;
Michigan Supreme: Court Justice

ent Postmaster General Christopher.C; Stott, of Los Angeles.

The three honorees were
awarded plaques for ~outstanding
achievement and the exemplificatien of. the highest ideals of
American. democracy in unseltish public service.~

Proclaiming honors on the
three men, Mayor Cavanagh said:
~they have demonstrated by
their attainments of honored positions and by exemplary personal deeds and actions their concern for the general welfare of
this community.~

Gov. Swainson was the main
speaker.

Proceeds of the dinner will be
given to the Tom Mboya scholarship Fund of Wayne State University. The fund contributes to
the tutition, board and lodging

Randay in honor prince Rep. '

Otis M. Smith and Deptuy Assist-:

ed. MeC ee his. jb horny Ben vit
son, president of Franklin Mortagage Co., gave Scott his, and
Mrs. Lillian Hatcher, a Con-Con
delegate, presented Smith his
plaque.:

McCree, Smith and Scott were
recently appointed to their respective posts.

McCree was appointed a federal judge Oct. 9, 1961, after serving seven years on the Wayne.
County -Circuit Court.

Smith was named to the Michigan State Supreme Court by Gov.
Swainson the same day McCree
was appointed to his present
pench.

Previously, Smith had served
as chairman of the Michigan Public Service Commission and subsequently he was appointed Auditor General by the former Gov.
Williams. Smith was named
~Most Outstanding Young Man in
Flint~ in 1936.

Scott holds the highest position in the postal service ever
attained by a member of his

W. H. Anderson, Jr..
Heads Torch Drive

The Detroit-area Torch Drive
will be headed this year by Wendell W. Anderson Jr., president
of Bundy Tubing Company. and
a vice president of ~ United
Foundation.

William M. Day, ss aitent of
Michigan Bell Telephone Company and of the United Founda
of Anderson as general campaign
chairman for the 14th annual
Torch Drive to ve held Oct. 16
through Nov. 8.:

~~We are elevating to top leadership in the Torch Drive a man.
who not only has devoted years
~of service to its success,-but who
also is the son of one of the
founders of the United Foundation,~ Day said.

sity: of Chisais Gone tenses eae te

~members, six wo
January 24.

+ ional Spelling Bee,

tion, announced the appointment|
NAACP Calls For Ban
On Spelling Bee Bias

NEW ~YORK~The _ National
Associations for the ~Advancement of Colored People has called upon the Scripps-Howard
Newspapers, sponsors of the Natto cancel
agreements with The Lynchburg
(Va.) News and other local publications which sponsor the contest
on a racial discriminatory basis.

Court Drops Charges

SUSSEX, Va.~Attempts of the
Virginia State Bar Association
to disbar NAACP attorney Samuel W. Tucker failed here this
week when the Greenville County Circuit Court issued a reprimand.

norman: so saan: \
BA tide indies hares }
| temmea from a. sit-in at the
Com-\"office of the Realty Company.|}
S| "Thirteen CORE }
men and seven men,.entered the|f
office at iap SH Wednesday, |}

U.S. Prose. Of Ca.
Killing Sought

SAVANNAH~The NAACP
announced ~ this week that it

aT Los Aagelés Post ~Ofte He be-{
gan ~his. postal career as a ~sub
stituté clerk in 1923.

RR Man Finds Baby>

Le/t In Vacant House

RIVER ROUGE~A tiene

old baby was found Sunday lying
on the floor of a condemned
hore.

James Nelson,..65, of 245.Polk,
told police -he heard the crying
as he passed 246 Kleinow on his
way to church.

The baby, a girl, was dressed
in a pink sweater, pink booties,
a white hat.and. wrapped in a
white. blanket.

River Rouge. police.took the
baby to Outer Drive_ Hospital
in Lincoln Park where doctors
said she was in good condition.

They tstimated that she had
keen fed within four hours of
the time she was found.

Contractors Cited
For Violation

DiMambro: ~ Contractors, Inc.,
and Pasquale DiMambro and Leo
DiMambro, ~ individually, as _ officers of the DiMambro Contractors, Inc, and as partners
dba Dimambro. Contractors, 16866
Monte. Vista;.were charged in
an injunction~ suit in~Detroit~s
U. S:. District Court with: violations of the Federal Wage-Hour
Law. The complaint was filed by
Secretary of Labor Arthur J.
Goldberg through Solicitor..of
Labor Charles Donahve.

The defendants were charged
with failure to pay many. of their
former and present employees
the required time and one-half
pay for hours worked over 40
per week since Atrgust 29, 1960.
They. were also charged with
failure to maintain adequate records of hours worked and wages
_paid employees.

~Kidnap~ Charge
Trial Set For
February 19

MONRGE,. N. c.. Conrad
Lynn, counsel for the.committee.| to Aid. the ~Monroe Defendents,
-|announced ~that ~he will ~shortly
~| leave for Cuba where he~ will take
| the depositions of Mr. and

Mrs.
Robert: F;. Williams concerning
the~ ~events: they. witnessed in

i Meares, N: C., last Aug: 27.

"ft was. on that day that thous
te ands of white cane ig en| couraged. by the local pol

rioted against: Freedom Sad end
anti-segregation pickets iin. the
courthouse ~square. in the ensuing racial disturbances a ite~
couple was briefly deta and
given. refuge in the Negro section of town, where a KKK attack
was momentarily expected.

The couple was unharmed but
Monroe authorities used the incident to frame ~kidnap~ charges
dgainst Robert F. Williams, presi
r dent of.the..NAACP branch, a

white Freedom Rider, two young
Negroes of the city active in the
Monroe Non-Violent Action Committee and Mrs. Mae Mallory, a
Mew. York friend oo acum
of Williams...

Mrs, Geraldine B. Ford became
the first Negro woman to be appointed an assistant U. S._attorney here last. week. She was
sworn. in by Chief Federal Judge
Theodore Levin.

Mrs. Ford, 435 King, will be
assigned, to the civil division. A
graduate of Wayne State University, she is the daughter of Harold Bledsoe, former assistant
state attorney: general and now

|a Democratic delegate te. the

Constitutional Convention.

Methodists Survey

Integration Plan

INDIANAPOLIS, IND.~Some
590 Methodist leaders and representatives of the Methodist congregations in ~ Indiana have
Jaunched a year-long drive to improve race relations within their
denomination heginning June
1962. =

As it stands ~ ~the Methodist
Church has separate organizational structures for its Negro churches even though the denomination has set up procedures for
merger of the two branches.

Administration.
Supports FEP Bill

WASHINGTON~Labor Secretary Goldberg has pledged the
Kennedy administration~s ~full
~sympathy and full support~ for
the principles involved in a
pending fair employment practices bill.

His statement, before a House
Labor~ subcommittee last week,
was the administration's first
stand on ~the measure, which
would bar discrimination in em
ployment and promotions based
on race, color, Benge opts It was
approved by the ~sub-committee.

NAACP Files

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@0 days witlin which to file the
record of the case which was
heard before Judge Walter B.

| Jones, Dec. 27:29, 1961.