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D. C. Village Negroes
Fight Alleged Job Bias
A group of Negro maintenance workers at D. C. Village
have organized to protest alleged job discrimination at the
city’s home for the aged.
Jessie 4 Taylor, chairman of the group, said the workers
are opposing “the long-established discriminatory pattern that
has seen white workers skipped over Negroes for upgrading
and promotions.” In many in
stances, Mr. Taylor said, the
Negroes had longer tenure and
more experience.
The immediate purpose of
the group, known as Progress
Group Unlimited, is to fore
stall the “possible by-passing
of a qualified Negro worker in
filling a supervisory post that
is coming up shortly.” Mr. Tay
lor said the group feels that
a Negro should be promoted
to assistant building manager,
the post soon to be filled.
“Individually and severally,
we believe that we have been
denied upgrading and promo
tions because of a long-stand
ing policy of racial discrimi
nation,” eight members of
Progress Group Unlimited wrote
in a letter to the President’s
Committee on Equal Employ
ment Opportunity.
The group is taking its com
plaints to the District Human
Relations Council, the Wash
ington Urban League, Repre
sentative Powell, Democrat of
New York: Representative
Diggs, Democrat of Michigan,
and Commissioner John B.
Duncan.
Mr. Taylor said Negro em
ployes have discussed their
grievances with Herbert Thorne,
field administrative officer at
D. C. Village.
“We went to Mr. Thorne with
individual cases, and his reac
tion was that he would take
them under consideration . . .
but this was three years ago,”
Mr. Taylor said. "Mr. Girard
Shea (head of the Department
of Public Welfare) knows all
about the situation, but is un
willing to do anything about it
voluntarily.”
Mr. Taylor said his group will
not discuss the grievances with
Mr. Thorne or Mr. Shea again
“unless they ask us for a meet
ing.”
According to Mr. Taylor’s
group, the D. C. Village main
tenance department employs
about 27 persons, 15 of them
Negroes. He said there are no
Negro supervisory personnel
among the group.
Mr. Shea, however, reported
that 24 of the 25 authorized
maintenance positions are
filled, 11 by white persons and
13 by Negroes. Os the seven
supervisory positions, Mr. Shea
said, two are occupied by Ne
groes. One is a plaster mason
and the other is a supply clerk,
he said.
Mr. Shea also said Mr. Thorne
had reported receiving no job
discrimination complaints from
an individual or a group of
employes at D. C. Village. j
Mr. Taylor said his group has
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prepared complaints about the
I alleged job discrimination from
seven employes: Moses Oliver,
a painter; Francis Gillem, an
other painter: Otis Dawkins, a
plasterer; Spurgeon Stouard,
an electrician; Nathaniel War
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He said an attempt is being
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of D. C. Village as a local unit
of the American Federation of
Government Employes, AFL
CIO, so that they can continue
their drive for job opportunity
with the support of a labor
organization.
Miss Thring
Released by
Congo Court
LEOPOLDVILLE, the Congo,
Feb. 21 (AP).—Miss Elizabeth
Thring was released from cus
tody by a Congolese court to
day. She had been held in con
nection with the investigation
into the slaying of a United
States assistant military at
tache here.
The court placed the 22-
i year-old blond from Washing
ton, D. C., into the care and
responsibility of the United
States Embassy.
I “She is to be held available
for further inquiries,” said an
'embassy spokesman, “but there
is no charge against her and
she will return to the home
of friends here in Leopoldville.”
' Miss Thring was taken into
| protective custody last Satur
day by the Leopoldville Court
lof Justice. She was transfered
i under military guard two days
ago to the Queen Elisabeth
Hospital for medical care.
Miss Thring had been alone
with Lt. Col. Hulen Dorris
Stogner in his home last
Wednesday night when he was
shot.
Embassy officials said they
have accepted the responsibil
ity of looking after Miss Thring
and insuring that she will be
available to investigators if re
quired.
Pappy's Peppy Pupil
BUFFALO, N. Y. (AP).—
Heard in a theater lobby as a
proud father reported progess
i of his undergraduate son: “He’s
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THE EVENING STAR
Washingtoi, D. C., Wednesday, February 21, 1962
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