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2 BRONZE REPORTER,

SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1963

Urban Renewal and You

The City Wide Liaison Committee presented a panel
discussion last Sunday on the Human aspects of Urban

Ton ~toh
tomorrow~s adult responsibilities -

utetionss -activity ~Dag, Stel

panies, banks, department stores,

Day. All Child Care Agencies |
Open.

5:30 p. m.,

terested in foster children.

Community Observance Day. Subcouraged

millrate
and national progress will be

iat

community ~cavirenmnenl and opportunities right now.

Foster Child Week

_ tein en Po
ys May %: Tabor and

companies, public utility com
et ehains, and other
_ tri-county business establishen

~Wednesday, May 8: Open House

Detroit Urban League also on
hold- Open Pig rig 1:00
to be ~
members and city leaders

Wy
in
Thursday, May 9: -Suburban

Py cay Aid apligatio: for
Hes repo si ate ~s

~There are many factors involved in iimding suitable foster homes fer the 4,233 ehildren
on our list,~ said Pattin ~ z
have made considerable advances
toward our objective to ASSU 2E
every child a proper home. Last
year we succeeded in finding~ approximately 360 additional homes |;
in the Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb County area, but the problem is a never ending ~one; and
until suitable remedies are found
within our~ present social-eco
nomic structure, the need will
continue.~

pit ot to the - ~Ratio? Selene sr
director for educaticn anid youth |
incertives. keyed an ~address to |
a visiting Teachers Workshop
of the Louisiana Education. LAs}
soei>tion,.in session here at Xa
vie. University:

gearing his rem

hear ef school ut aed
e necessity for establishing new
dropout ~a malady of ~contemvrorary childhood that exacts | an
ultimate. toll.

He warned that olla i a thecarb review of causes and ultimate~ implications of the drop:
out problem is undertaken swiftly and in nationwide dimensions
in terms of corrective motivational counter-measures, the re~sults ~could be a social and
economic holocaust of unpreparedness~ which no nation could
survive.

~For the Negro boy or girl

I; | think "i am the Bisiaice 3

Nete Collector of all time. Most}a
of the things I write are taken'l is @

frem little seraps of paper, total[Jy illegible, gathered ever-a long
hestic week-end. To

with about forty pages of scraps,
i begin: ~=

Item: prime Mathis, U. of D.
} Memorial Building, ~Friday, May
3,8:00 p.m,

Item: George Shearing, Baker~s Keyboard Lounge, until Saturday night.

Item: Lou Rawls, Driftwood
Lounge, Friday, May 3, ten nights.

Item: The Three Sounds closing. out at the Grand Bar, Sun-|
day, May 5. Lambert, Hendricks,
and Bayan open for ten nights
Friday, May 10.

' Item: Another local group at
the Minor Key. The Norman Dillard Trio blows in Thursday for
four nights. Les McCann, Ltd.,
will be at the Minor Key starting

Nae

CHTY ocal nightspots last Monday

night.
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~The Les Phidels, a Dileutiver
Social Club, has a real. thing going
for them every Saturday~a jam

~session that starts at 10 a.m. and

lasts until, well, until all the cats
a said everything they have to

The set, at the Visger 4nn;
399 Visger Road, in~ Ecorse, is
no place for amateurs. Featuring

always a mass of exeellent horn
men on the stand.

After raving about one Al Wat-~
son, tenor and flute man, I lost

almost three ayem af one of the

~Joe Burton on organ, there is~ ~

Renewal. E. J. DeCousin, instructor at GMI and a member ~ i ~Foster whew Elaine Orheim, of Lutheran So-| trapped in the ~quicksand of |-Tyesday, May 7, for six nights. | track of him when he went out
of the Christian Family Movement, related some of his | pay~ ee cial Service, points ont that one cee ee special | You can bet that there will be|of town. He was there upsetting
experiences. The ~Movement~ consists of white couples Friday, May 10: United Com- of the major areas where help | an~ unique ~ considerations, in eee everybody~as usual. Dezie Meperiences. ent~ up:. is needed is from foster parents | addition to all others, must be | Cullers, a trumpeter reminiscent
who work in their own community to encourage acceptance | Services May 11: aay. op. | Who are willing to accept teen-| brought into effective play. if | il Sf: Win ie: sendething | oie. The
and weleome for Negro neighbors in all-white neighbor: | ervance Day. Foster ~ dan: (PEC CATE Gr ep ons tempera go ~ eeethopss mtg. trumpet: is not his instrument.

hoods. didates ~telephone on write | agen- basis: ~Coraperatively speaking, | Mr. y said.: | He really plays tenor ax. ~The:
Dr. Robert Plummer told his personal experience of sa! homes for babies and for adapt- ~ that ~a swung so tough that it amazed.

living first in an integrated neighborhood of moving into |.~ eapasing agency Biv vhave | 2bl~ children is relatively easy. | "Tr sion~ towatd losing the me to find out that-he has only |
of the 1983 Committee Wf | Where we need hélp | is with | SCcrstions toward coeme pe been playing for about 18 months.

an all-white neighborhood and his reasons for moving

back to the integrated block.

Everett Spurlock spoke from the point of view of the

Negro who, he stated, must
cept his obligations of today.

retrain his thinking and ac
Francis E. Griffin (American Institute of Architecture) |~
recently returned from Liberia and Atty. Fred Yates, both
from Detroit, served as resuorce people. They suggested | ~

that people who are to be

affected by Urban Renewal

should see their brokers and get an appraisal before being
approached by the government. They emphasized that
one should always ask to see their (Broker~s) license. John
| D. Russell, president introduced the speakers,
This is the first of a series of information programs
given by the Liaison Committee to acquaint the people
~ with the Human Aspect of Urban Renewal.

* * *

One of the most soul-stirring performances we have
seen or heard in recent years was given by the Wilberforce
University Choir: in concert last Sunday at Quinn Chapel

AME Chyreh--One could feel.

As we move towards~

the audience swell up with
|, and-response as the young

ing rendition after another__
~more complete integration in

education on the college level, we believe deeply that this
expression of our common culture must not Bes from the

American scene.
The Wilberforce Choir,

like many of the Sitier na
tionally famous Negro College Choirs, is steeped in the
Araditions of the Negro. These songs, these singers, have
enriched the American heritage, embedding the culture
with the joys and sorrows of a bygone era.

Married Freedom Fighters
Register Voters In Alabama

SELMA, Ala. ~ In a state
where a white integrationist was
murdered last night and the home
of a Negro registrant was shot
into two weeks ago, the Reverend
and Mrs. Bernard Lafayette~a
young couple with three years~
experience in the civil rights
movement~are working for the
Student Nonviolent Coordinating
Committee on a pilot project here
to register Negro voters.

On April 12, nightriders shot
into the home of Lonnie Brown
of Alberta, Ala., (Wilcox County).
Brown had been active in a voter registration drive in the county initiated py tne Lafayettes.
Last night, a white integraionist
walking from Chattanooga, to
Jackson, Miss., William Moore
of Baltimore. was found murdered in a ditch near Attaia, Ala.

~Lafayette and his wife, Colia

Liddell Lafayette, both 22, are

the Freedom Rider in May, 1961,

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vember 29,1962, began work in
Selma in February, 1963. They
hhave succeeded~ in teaching registration procedures to more than
150 Negro citizens: to! register in
the county, who have subsequent.
ly registered. They have also
taken 10 Negro citizens to register in-Wilcox County, where Negroes~because of the county~s
tradition of terror~have not attempted to vote in fifty years.

Dallas County has 130 registered Negro voters out of a possible
15,115 (9%). Negroes are 57 per
eent of the county population. In
Wilcox County, not a single Negro is registered: to vote out of
more than 14,000..Negroes outnumber whites in the county almost four- to-one.

Michigan Gmaplbined Gas
Company~s offer to help customers level off their col

9 suas veserent caey_ wt Soe

Services of Wayne,

agencies are volunteer representa. |
of the policyholder Fong the len,

ter children are: Baptist Children~s Home; Catholic Social
Macomb,

and

Sone: ~ Children~s Aid
o~iety; Detroit Foster Homes
ee Wayne County: Juvenile

Florence mton Materi Home; Jewish
~s Service;

and
Chil
dren~s Friend Society; Lutheran
Social Services of Michigan; Macomb County Children~s Aid and
Family Service; Methodist Children~s Home Society; Michigan
Children~s Aid.*Society of Oakland.County; and Michigan Deparement of Social Welfare, Children~s Division~Wayne County.
Working with these child care

tives of business and industry
who work to gether throughout
the year:

1. to coordinate the work of
the agencies in recruiting new
foster homes in the _tri-county
area.

2. to acquaint the public with |
the requirements for a proper
foster home.

3. to encourage church groups
and women~s groups to examine
the foster child~ problem and to
~provide agency speakrs for meet- |

children in the teenage group.~

Leonard Jagels, of Catholic
Social Services of Oakland Coun~and~ co-chairman of the 1963
Committe says: ~Our child care
experts are continua';y. searching for foster ~parents Who are
seeking a real purpose in life.
Persons who give freely of tiieir
love and offer needed care to
neglected youngsters with special problems can reap a harvest
of inner satisfaction and spiritual

happiness.~
~In a community of four million people,~ Mr. Talling con
cluded, ~the problem of finding
1,235 good foster homes would
seem to be a simple~ problem
_on the surface, but it ig one of
the most urgent and desperately
needed humanitarian efforts performed by anyone. We are hope-~
ful that this Committee ean meet
the needs of. the agencies before
the end of this year, 4
if the public willl take
}in our problem,~ Tae

Parents who.would lik help |
assure every child a proper ~home
may write:

Committee For Foster Children. P.O. Box 200 ~ ~
Detroit 31, Michigan

Insurance Dividends
Available To Veterans

Approximately 7,100 Michigan
Korean Conflict Veterans have
about 6 months in which to take
advantage of approximately $754
thousand in special insurance
dividends to be paid to those exchanging ~RS~ insurance policies bearing the letter ~W~~.

Robert M. FitzGerald, VA~s regional manager for Michigan, said
today that this~ speeial dividend
offer expires September 13, 1963

It applies only to Korean Conflict veterans whose insurance
policy number is preceded by the
letters ~RS~. No other government life insurance policyholders
are eligible.

To get his dividend, the ~RS~
policyholder must either:

1. Exchange his ~RS~ term
policy at,.generally, only onethird of the cost he is now paying.
Although the term cannot be renewed after age 50, protection
can be continued by converting
to a agen permanent~ =
insurance at e
while the Fake SE in at.

2. Convert his ~RS~ policy to
a low-cost ~W~ permanent plan
insurance policy now.

If the ~RS~ policyholder takes
either of these steps on or de{fore September 13, 1963, he will
receive his special] dividend.
~These dividends average about |
$100, depending upen the a

of time he has held his policy
He must act on or frie
September 13, 1963, however, or
the dividend cannot be paid. |
About 480,000 Korean Conflict
policyholders throughout the

-|@ tefm policy that will ae

United States have already chanzed ~RS~ policies to ~W~ policies.
Approximately $38 million has
been distributed in dividends
since the bill establishing this
dividend became a law on September 13, 1961. -

VIC VET

| that in fof th
e

standing and secure dignity.~

gap between living patterns of
Negro and white children, traditional labels such as~ ~cultur
ally deprived~ be. stricken rig & ]

our popular terminology.
~While the ~term ~culturally
deprived~ may be correctly~ interpreted by many practitioners
groping among approaches to
these youngsters toward higher }
achievement, the inherent danger
in this label is that it can create
impressions of cultural inferiority |,
among the children themselves,.

as well as nourish tendencies by |.

the total community to ignore
the influences that depress the

aspirations of the dropout child,~ |~

he declared.

Mr. Finley cited the approach-.
es shaped, tested and then_intensified' by the Urban League
across the country over many
years in providing the govenmental and community leadership
required to meet these challenges - in education, stressing

of. this pape.
~Hie. most, of answer~

~There is no specific panacea
for solution. of this awesome
childheod affliction of school
dropout,~ said Mr. Finley. ~There
are no pat answers short of
better teachers, better teaching
and better counselling. There is
no motivation that can supplant
that of family solidarity, under
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Lou RAWLS~ oe
Driftwood Lounge, May Ard

some swinging sets after Lou
Rawls gets off his gig at the
Driftwood Lounge.. Art Blakey
and- Jazz Messengers will follow.
Les and, of course, Art is bringing Wayne Shorter with him.
Item:,Wayman Stoudemire,
one of the tenor sax mainstays of
the Jazz Workshop, working~ with
the Walter Hamilton Quintet behind Betty LaVette at the: Parizian Show Bar. The Royal Jokers
are featured with Betty and Ronnie Roberts, Detroit~s fast-rising
young vocalist, holds down the
master of ceremonies tasks.
Item: Claude ' Black,. former
pianist with Dakota Staton, and
ex-schoolmate of mine, just returned to the Motor City and will
be playing at Mr. Kelley~s Jazz

Workship Sunday, May 5. Claude,

SAYS...'

Q~What is ~the story of an
~extra~ dividend available to holders of certain types of GI insurance and what must I do to: get
it?

A~A special dividend is avail- |
able oniy to those Korean ~Conflict veterans who still hold policies with the prefix RS in front
of their policy number. The RS
policyholders must take one of
these two actions: (a) Mayr
his R$ teem insyrance policy

cos} aboyt one-third of what he is

~ew paying. The new policy canmat he renewed as term insurance after the veteran is

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Hear Ed Love and ~Destination
Jazz,~ WCHD-FM (105: 9) nightly, 7:30.
to 10 p.m., Saturd, 2 7 p.m. to

1 a.m., Aiso hear Ed~s ~Music Unimited airing, Sundays, 1 ta 7 P. m.,
1440 on your AM dial.

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ED Love's

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of the Week i

= Jackie Mclean Quartet
NOTE 4106

j of the album cover were writ
ten by Jackie..He wanted to write
the notes so he could give his

4} opinions on the new concept in
}| jazz; to give a rundown on the

jon} material used- in the album as

lor, Jake sara ines a few p20 ae
musicians~has validity. and will
in'a matter of time,-be accepted.
by the mass jazz. audience. Lam
further convinced that this new
jazz music will make a vital contribution~ to: the arora jazz bad
velopment.;

Something happened this afterfurther. es- |
tablish my beliefs. A new
was released today featur
favorite alto ee ae
McLean. On this ackie shows
| that he -has recently been
inspired by musicians Jackie ~
the ~new Breed,~ ~Ornette ole
man, Eric~ Dolphy, etc.
i: For Py McLean fans,. td
will probably leave you
bewitieree after the first pl

albam
my.

Lwell as the personnel and to talk

4 about some Old friends and form
er colleagues in jazz. Jackie talks
about Charlie Mingus, Miles
Davis, Thelonious, Monk, Bud
~Owell, Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gilespie, Kenny Clarke, Lester
Young,. Dextef Gordon, Sonny |
Rollins, Andy Kirk, Jr.,.Art Blakey, John Coltrane, Kenny Dor- |
ham, Duke Ellington, Roy Haynes,
Max Roach, Art Taylor, Philly
Joe Jones, Elvin Jones, Ornette
Celeman and Jackie Mac also
talks about his.musical supporters~ on this LP, pianist, Walter

drummer Billy Higgins.

_ The liner notes alone are worth
the price of the album. I especi
his musical. schooling has been
well, Thelonious Monk, Miles

Davis; bassist, Herbie Lewis, and | ~

ally like when McLean says that } he
at the Universities of Bud Po-|

I ~did learn, however, that he is

Al Watson~s cousin, so that~ aecounts for his musical proficieney:

Of particular note was Morris
Breoadnax, voealist. Morris, a former Northern High student in the
days of Tommy Flanagan, Kenny
Burrell, Claude Black, Sonny Red,
and all the rest of the boss jazz
men, is. sensitive and vitally
~warm. I can~t compare him to

| anyone because he has something

that is rare in the music world~
a new style all. his own. You'll
be hearing more from Morris.

* * *

Alex Kallao, blind ~pianist, is
at The Drome, on Leslie and
Dexter. His brother, Marty,- on
guitar, is with him, Pete Glover,
incidentally, is there, also. What
else can I say? All ~of you who
have never heard of Alex
wouldn~t know what I~m talking

very great he is. The
-that:-know, him - 4%
think I was somé-nedl
nut if I tfied to write gm *
what he plays-on piano. -

I must, however, say something.

about Marty. ~To be truthful, I
had only heard about ~the guitar
player at The Drome.~

No one seems to know his
name because he is a very cocl,
quiet guy. That is, until, until
he picks up his axe. n, he
beeomes belligerent,. stentorian
in his manner, attacking chords,
grabbing them by their necks
and squeezing every bit of jazz
out of them he can manage. He
manages to get just'.as much
pure jazz out of two pounds of
songs as any other Suitarist in
the city:

chuckles to himself as he finds
a chord even he had forgatten.
about; just the right to
blend in with what Pe P Glover,
one of the finest bassists Around
Michigan, is playing. When Marty
laughs, you know he is just
knoeking himself out. He does
the same to everybody else.

There are. few words I can
use to describe Pete. He~s hip;
he~s beautiful; he ~swings. Together, the Alex Kallao Trio do ~
some things that should. not be
done by any jazz trio. Forgive
me Flint readers for not making
the AKA Dance last week at the
IMA Auditorium. I heard Alex
Saturday night, and tore up my
~tickets.

some smart agent comes along
and takes them away: from. Detroit.

oie te f '

ph see eee of Johnson & -
ohnson, makers of baby: powder Z

men things, have, nothing on the

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miration come into the eyes of
jazz _~ when his name is

about when I try to. tell Pla;

Now and thew, thougis: Marty -

- They'll be at: ~The Drome until