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Kemer & Daley
Urged to Take
Action
(Continued from page 1)
of the U. S. Conference of
Mayors, the agency heads
said:
"In line with President
Kennedy's urgent appeal to
the mayors for support of leg
islative action assuring equal
opportunity in housing and
other areas, we urge you to
exercise your personal and
political leadership to secure
immediately needed unani
mous support for House Bill
755 (freedom of residence)
from all Democrats in the
State Legislature."
The directors reportedly are
distresed by the mayor’s fail
ure to whip Democrats into
line in behalf of the open oc
cupancy bill, introduced by
Representative Cecil Partee
(D.-Chicago) and which fell
22 votes short of the 89 need
ed for passage in the House
last week. The bill was kept
alive when Partee postponed
further consideration after a
67 - 63 roll call. Twenty-nine
Democrats opposed, or did not
support the bill.
Fuqua said earlier that
“Mayor Daley could influence
the passage of the bill if he
really believes in it” and urg
ed Daley to appear in Spring
field to give testimony in be
half of the measure, aimed at
helping to wipe out Negro
slums.
The telegram to Kerner, one
of the seven governors called
to Washington a short time
ago to confer with the Ad
ministration on the critical
race problem, urged him to
exercise his “personal and
political leadership to secure
much-needed Democratic and
Republican support” for pas
sage of House Bill 755.
In Honolulu, Daley told re
porters Sunday that Chicago
is already acting along the
lines suggested by President
Kennedy, to help Negroes
win, without violence, their
“just” struggle for equal
rights. “We in Chicago,” the
mayor said, “have done much
and we hope to do still more.”
Commenting on Daley’s
statement, Berry said, “The
mayor has already declared
that the first business of his
administration is to rid our
city of its slums. I know of
no better way than to secure
passage of legislation enabl
' ing Negroes to move into
neighborhoods where decent
housing exists.
“There is no one thing
which could be done to offer
Negroes more comfort in the
fact that their government is
moving aggressively to secure
their rights than by working
for the passage of open occu
pancy,” he added.
Rosen said that while hous
ing bias against Jews is or
dinarily more subtle than
that practised against Negro
es, a freedom of residence
law would help wipe out this
bias.
“Literally thousands of co
operative apartments in the
Chicago metropolitan area are
entirely closed to Jews. There
are countless islands of dis
crimination against Jews
seeking housing in Chicago—
individual rental apartments
* buildings which maintain a
discriminatory rental policy
toward them,” he said.
Rosen said that in a study
last February of property
listings offered for sale by
member real estate firms oi
the Evanston North Shore
Real Estate Board, the ADL
found that, of 1,675, some 338
—or 20.02 percent—contained
explicit statements of incrim
ination against Jews.
Said McDermott:
“I think the passage of a
fair housing law is critically
important today. If it is de
feated it will aggravate pres
ent racial unrest, make for
critical situations this sum
mer and destroy the faith of
men in the ability of the
democratic process to bring
about a vitally-needed re
form.”
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THE ROBBINS EAGLE
BEAUTICIAN RETURNS
Mrs. Bernice Pullen who re
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avenue, returned Tuesday
from atending the 15th Annu
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Convention in Detroit. She
brings back to our village,
the newest creations in hair
styling; the newest in press
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press. Shop 13412 S. Harding,
Robbins, Illinois.
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