Bronze Reporter [Volume: 8, Issue: 33]

Moe eliersal puted~ of te: Beodae~s
thought of the Negro, to exposé those p s ana-ec
which prove contrary to the American way of life, t
acts or policies which deny the ~Negro. his full
rights as true American.

_ The Bronze Repetr ~nomartie seep ih mila a

object is to render a sta service through good

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_ SATURDAY, ANUARY 27, 1962~

Urban League Attacks
Problems Of Negro

We always find it encouraging to learn of the superb
work of the National Urban League on racial problems.

The Urban League~s ~Year-End Report for 1961~ notes:

The Year 1961 Saw Heartening Gains in key areas of
race relations and civil rights, due in some measure to a
more positive leadership exerted by the Executive Branch
ef the Federal Government. Courageous action by. dedicated voung people~Negro and white~and Federal concern that laws be enforced made a tangible improvement
in the public~s attitude toward the Negro~s struggle for
first class citizenship.

Detroit and the rest of the middle-west continued to
feel the pinch of- unemployment~crushing for Negro workers. Danger signals from a number of League executives
prompted a League survey in 50 cities. It revealed that the
percent of Negro workers unemployed is often twice to
three times that of the total unemployed rate. In St. Louis
20 percent of the Negro workforce was found to be unemployed; in Detroit the figure was a hefty 39 percent.

In Washington, D. C. the Urban League was consultant
to government agencies, committees and commissions.
They also helped the U. S. Civil. Service Commission plan
a special recruiting tour of Negro colleges, and did a similar service for ~the Peace Corps.

These are some of the actions that influenced the new)
climate in which the League worked during the year: the
Interstate Commerce Commission~s action against segrega-| -
ted bus and airport facilities; the beginning of efforts. toward enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1957. protecting the voting rights of Negro citizens; the spread of school
integration deeper into the South; the establishment of the
President~s Committee On Equal Empioyment Opportunity
along with Executive Order 10925; and the Kennedy administratign~s appointment of qualified Negroes to some key:
posts'~4n--government~including one at cabinet rank. The
stronger Executive Order suggested that the Government
intends stiff penalties for discriminatory employment practices on Federal contracts.:

During 1961 the National Urban League~with branches

in 62 cities~tightened its national structure to put new
muscle and imagination into the attack on racial problems
across a wide front.

Negroes are still boxed out of broad job fields because
of discriminatory hiring as well as by hostile unions. Negro
graduates are increasing faster than their absorption into
job levels utilizing their skills. At the unskilled level, automation continues to extract a larger toll in the Negro work
torce. because it is more heavily concentrated at the unskilled level.

Improving the Negro~s status as wage earner and consumer continues to challenge League operations across the
country.

Executives from 50 U. S. Corporations and officials from
ten Negro colleges came together in May in New York City
under the aegis of the Commerce and Industry Council of

Watch Out For Kids

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THERE can BE No WORLD PEACE UNTIL THE ~aie tate ARE EVERYWHERE. REMOVED

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the National Urban League. They explored ways in which
more. corporations could tap the reservoir of Negro manpower. now enrolled in colleges and: universities. This idea
promises to be the most successful in a battery of techniques
aimed at. alerting America~s corporate sfructure to the vast

manpower potential virtually untouched because of tradition |

or unimaginative management.

~On ~the. West Coast, Lockheed Aircraft, along with 24
other major companies, accepted a ~Plan For Progress in
Equal Opportunity~ in cooperation with the Los Angeles

Urban ~ League.

In New York City, the local League lait: a major
etfort-to widen opportunities for Negro youth i in ~apprentice

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~The GOVERNOR Writes

~By JOHN B. SWAINSON
~ Governor of Michigan

The Legislature has: before it
a five: -point program for immediate action to provide the key to
our young people~s future.

It is imperative that the Legis
lature take such action to provide adequately for our ~youth.
The rate of juvenile delinquency
and * youth - crime continues to
climb, and the group. of, out-ofschool, out-of-work youth continues to. grow. A large number of
unemployed youngsters seperated
from their schools is a tragic invitation to delinquency.
While it is true that many of
the problems of our youth are
national in scope, Michigan cannot sit idly by waiting for the
federal government to solve our
problems for us. We have the
talent and the leadership, and
the responsibility, to take action.. Prior to the iegislative session,
| asked the Michigan Youth Cominission to work with the House
interim Juvenile Affairs Committee to develop a set of proposals for this session of the Legislature.

These cooperative efforts have
produced five legislative proposals_ specifically aimed at. tackling a variety of problems facing
oir young people. It is my hope
that the Legislature will set the

wheels in motion to achieve solu
tion. to these problems at the
earliest possible moment.

The five-point program includes
the following recommendations:

Things You Should

Know

Bsr -saaee:

1817-1882:
_. JESORN A SLAVE IN TALBOT CTY

_ EASTERN | SHORE, MD. IN FEB 1817. HE
~VOWED HE WOULD 8E "A BEASTA BIRD). 2

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~serr31e36,ne ESCAPED TONEWYORK AND MARRIED A REE NEGRO
= FON BALTIMORE, THEY WENT TOUVE WNEW BE

1. Youth Conservation camps
similar to the CCC camps of the
1930s, to be constructed and operated by the State Department of
Social Welfare on publicity owned lands. The camps would offer

a six-month training program foryouth between the ages of 17 and.
20 who have. heen, out of school} og

at least six monthes. They would
work at reforestation and conservation projects, and at the same
time receive vocational guidance
énd assistance for job placement.

2. Job upgrading centers for
unemployed school drop-outs be
+tween 16 and 20 years of age.

The program.would involve inschool training with subsidized
work experience for youth. Under
this program, ~the local community would be eligible for a $5, 000
grant from the state to provide
for a teacher-coordinator, upon
approval by the Department of
Public Iustruction.

8. A government work training
program to select unemployed
youth for work training programs in local units of government. The plan would operate in

~cooperation with the Department

of public Instruction, Labor, Social Welfare. and Conservation,
to provide on-the-job training opportunities.

4. Legislation to permit a county or several counties to cooperatively ~establish regional detention facilities for the diagnosis
and custody of. delinquent and
neglected minors.

5. Appropriation of funds for
establishment of a youth conservation rehabilitation camp for delinquent youth.

All of us know that young people are our most important human resource. A_ vigorous,
healthy society depends on their
sound development. If we fail to
provide adequately for them, we

|Yeave the door open for pelin-:

quency.

| Embarks on 5th Season

NEW YORK ~ NAACP Special

~ Projects Director Margurite Belafonte starts her fifth season of}
Fashions for Freedom this week |.

with a tour through Arizona and

California. ~

She will make a brief appearance in Phoenix, Ariz., and then
move on to the major portion of

the tour: Vallejo, Palo Alto, Stan
ford, Sacramento, San Francisco,

Los Angeles and Pittsburgh, Cal ifornia.

~Last year, Mrs. Belafonte ae
81 appearances, covered 140,000
miles and.raised over $54,000

for the. vane Freedom |

Fund.

During the 196061 fiscal year, 38
ll disap tieadlipec tga

were repre
sented by slrie and wages paid
staff members, |..

faculty and

Dl goa: ta gattioeal deur ger coat
went for benefit programs such
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VIC VET
SAYS...

-Q~What type of insurance | _
may I arrange to pay through al-.
lotment of my Army retired pay?

A~You may arrange to pay
either ~Gl. insurance or commercial insurance from your retired
pay if. the commercial insurance
is-on your own life, or is a
family group-type policy~ where
primary coverage is on your: life.

Se * ss '

Q~I am a World War II'~veteran~ who has filed my application for social. security. disability
payments. I've been told ~that
there is a six-month waiting period before I will receive my ~first
check. Will that~ first~ check include back payments for the first
six months? Shee

A~The social security: ~in $pe
study of the
Christian Scierice~ raxtbcok,

~|-we get a clear glimpse of

heaven and harmony. ~Peace
on the earth arid goodwill to
all men.~

Since God cannot be cor
rupted, His children will not.

be: seized by.any corruption

| at all. But we all have some| thing to: do ~beside depend

upon material means for

| our protection.

The time is here for the
Christians of the world to.
prove all things. The earth
does not stand still, but we

| must be still, and see the sal
ie Eddy ~hase writien:

| Gcience and Health with

Key ~to the ere page
229):
The history of our. country,

like all history, illustrates
the might of Mind, and shows

human power tobe propor
tionate to its embodiment of:

right thinking. A few immortal sentences, breathing
the omnipotence of divine
justice, have been potent to
break despotic fetters and
abolish the _whipping-post
and slave market; but oppression neither went down
in blood, nor did the breath
of freedom come from the

cannon~s mouth. Love is the,

liberator.
Jesus said, ~.. ~ blalesd are
they that oth the. word of

~God, and keep it.~

Luke a 28

* Discrimination Runs
~Crazy Quilt~ Pattern ~

Discrimination y | Negroes,
runs a ~crazy-quilt~ pattern
throughout the -entire. United
States, according to a new book,
Where The States. Stand On Civil
Rights, published: today by Bold
Face Books and distributed by
Sterling Publishing Company. of
New York. The book, by Richard
Barnett and Joseph Garai, is. the
first of its kind, and documents
Negro afid minority. group. difficulties in education, voting, pub
lic accommodations, housing, em-:

ployment and intermarriage. in
each of the 50 states and the
District of Columbia.

In the North or the South, any
attempt to present a consisent

pattern of discrimination against |

lunch counters in Georgia, but
at almost none in. -South Carolina. State laws in most. Northern
states provide that Negroes be
admitted to places of public ac
commodation, but the fact~ is of-,

ten far removed from the law,
two cited examples of which. are. the refusal of restaurant ser
vice in South Dakota and the
prohibition of the use of public
swimming. facilities in New Jersey. Housing opportunities for
Negroes in. desegregated neighborhgods are almost as restrictive in the North as in the South,
yet voting rights in the North
are usually fully delivered, while
in many areas in the South they
are still denied.

cifies that the first month. for| the Negro is almost impossible, Similarly, employment oppor-: 3
which payment can be: niade:is| the book reveals. For example: tunities. for Negroes do not BE ce:
the month after the waiting peri-| Negroes cannot get a haircut in} ways seem to follow geographi- a
wi ~eye ~J lanost * ~white~ barbershops in caF. lines; progress _ in. ithe first
jon * noe Ss Lowa, nor can they gamble in years is measured by ~the first |...
Q~Has the VA District: Office| ~white~ casinos *n Nevada, re- Negro chain store manager~ -
in Philadelphia, which handled) gardless of the color of their | (Florida), to ~the licensing of the..47
millions of GI insuranee:*ac-| money. They can eat at many first Negro master plumber~;.,),
counts, been closed? I cannot find (Maryland). brs
it in a recent listing.. eae ot toi?,
A~The former district. office INCO ME i T ~59
has, merely been re-named. lt is om etter Oo pe
now called the VA Insurance \Cen-; 7
ter and is still located, pats 5000 TAX DATA The Editor awk
Wissahickon Avenue, ~. oes ERSITY 1892
- Q~Which VA hospital annual-| today issued a reininder to all oer 3 i
ly attracts thousands of~ visitors| taxpayers that their social securi- January 29, ~pee n, Editor fi
because of the program staged on|ty numbers should: be. entered Mrs. Bettie Ellingto ine
Hospital Day? on their 1961 Federal income tax beer Peg PES, b ~
ratio toils
vigor dhs. ones a chit ea~ than thie geo! gs se ie Detroit 7, Michigan Pi
cothe, o, for more than a SH ~ ~:
decade now has attracted large) = | spengevinet it el raagie~ Dear Mrs. Ellington: A
throngs on Hospital Day. in re- seb ghana in ~ 7% in which Neath ' Heartiest Greetings! of")
etree ee one Seem husband and wife earned income|I am most grateful to. you for og~
Se ee during the year afd often one of| your kindness in sending me the =;
izations in the area join with the. social security Bumbers is| Detroit Tribune of Saturday, Jan- 7
hospital officials in ite the | ~Ze io uary 27,1962, and I am especial- 7
day-long program. massing. ly pleased to read in your paper..,;: The Director added that along| the account of the course I am_...,
In the past 24 years, the Na-| with checking entries on your re-| giving at the Management and _,,,;;
tional Foundation-March of Dimes} turn taxpayers. should ~be. very. Technology Center for Professor 5.
has given $4,366,000 to thé Uni-| careful to make sure that their| Spencer A. Larsen. ~ tne
versity for equipment and facil-|ocial security numbers are com-|! felt that it was a privilege to _
ities needed in the treatment.and plete and accurate. have you and Mr. Ellington in,;
care of polio patients. 2%. = It was further pointed out that my class,~and I am grateful for
studies. the maximum social security tax| Your valuable interest.
ea ay ~| during 1961 for each taxpayer| With best regards,
DRIVE S AFELY was -$144.00. Any additional] Sincerely,
amount withheld may be used es' John M. Dorsey,,
a credit against your income tax. JMD:ldf |
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MICHIGAN SALES TAX DATA ~:
RESIDENT'S AVERAGE STATE. GENERAL is
~ SALES TAX PAYMENTS mv
ge Family Size ~, idl
Income As Shown On Line 9,; _ Single| 6 or More ae
Page 1, Form 1040 i Person | 2 persons |3 Eoreen | 4 Persons| 5 Persons| Persons at
Under $1,000 $19 | ae $36 | ve $55 | $57 ip
$1,000 under $1,500 87 | -. 49] 53 | 68 | ye~
$1,500 under $2,000 45 | aa) 60 | 64 | 55 | 57 oad
$2,000 under $2,500 52 67 | 75 | 79 | 84 | 85 to
$2,500 under $3,000....| 60 ct 85 91| 96 | 99 4
$3,000 under $3,500 69 } 96 104 | 109 | 112 %
$3,500 under $4,000 79 97 107 119 | 124 | 127
$4,000 under $4,500 | 87 All| ~#119 133 | 139 | 143 fe
$4,500 under $5,000 ' 96 IZ. i 132 147 | 153 | 159 d
$5,000 under $5,500 104 -133], 144 161 | 169 | ATS a
$5,500 under $6,000- 112 144; 156 173 | 184| - 187 eB
$6,000 under $6,500 121 |. fa o5 388 187 | 197;. 201 pe
$6,5000 under $7,000 ___._ 132 167}. 180 199 | 212 | ~216 pm
$7,000: under $7,500 ____ 140 1G... 192 212 | 225 | 231 i
$7,500 under $8,000 148. 188] ~. 203 223 | 236| 243
$3,000 under $8,500 157 199] = 213 | 233 | 248 | 256
$8,500 under $9,000 - 168 208| -224| 24} 261; 268 1p
$9,000 under $9,500 _ re OF 317} 235| ~~ ~s255| 273 |.280 nd
$9,500 under $10,000 185; | 237|.:~ 245 267 | 284 | 292 | 62 |. $10,000 under $11,000 196 | 241 260 281 |. 300 | 308. ps
- $11,000 under $12,000 ____ 213 | 259 279 | 300 | 320 | 332 64
$12,000 under $13,000 _.__.| 228| 277 296 320 | 340 | 349 ai
$13,000 under $14,000 ______| 245] 293; -313| 336} 356{ 369 9
$14,000 under $15,009 ____ 291 | 236} = 352, 3521 373 |. 385 3
$15,000 under $16,000 ____. 27%3| 32 GAL 365 | 388 | 401 nt
_ $16,000 under $17,000 291 | 236 | 352| 379 | 403 |. 416 e+
$17,000 under $18,000.00.) 305| 348| - 364] 389 | 416} 431 cat
-. $18,000 under $19,000 ______| 320] 360|.. 375; = 403 | 427 | _ 439 ee
- * $19,000 under $29,000 $36}. -372|, 385]. 441] =, 437). at aij
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