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THK NEGRO PRESS CREDO The Negro Press believes that America eaa best lead the world away from racial and aational antagonisms when it accords to every man, regardless of race, color or creed, his iMunan and legal rights. Hating no man, fearing no man, the Negro Press strives to help every man in the firm belief that all are hurt long as anyone is held back. Vol. XX No. 15 NAACP For Aid MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. The NAACP needs certain racial data which can most efficiently be com plied by a governmental agency,” a high official of the Association said here. Henry Lee Moon, director of public relations for the 400,000 member organization said the in formation is needed to help us strike a mortal blow at the whole structure of Jim Crow.” He addressed the 122nd annual meeting of the American Statisti cal Association on Sept. 9 and called for a host of facts, reveal ing the socio-economic status of the Negro. . . "How many Negroes there are in the country and in each of the states and subdivisions thereof; their age and sex distribution; the range of their income and what occupations they follow. . . Also, “what industries and com panies employ them, in what po sitions and how many; how they spend their money; what kind of housing is available to them; in what positions and how many,” and the like. “To forego the collection and use of such valuable information would be to handicap immeasura bly the struggle to rid the nation of racial segregation,” he added. Mr. Moon also gave consider able stress to the misues of racial statistics and indentification a s well as unobjective data gather ing. He noted that crime and out-of wedlock births “have been used, with devastating effect by segrega tionists. . . “The NAACP opposes the com pilation and publication of racial ly classified data on crime and illegitimate births because such information sheds no significant on the causes. m “It also serves no useful purpose in curbing these offenses, because it is subject to distortion and mis representation. . ..” He cited the fact that 1.500,000 illegal operations are performed annually in this country, at a high cost, and added that “it may safe ly be assumed that relatively few Negroes can afford them.” New Urban League Associate ,M Ml mniww 4 ' Wm MW Wm Wgm -■ k IHf Hr | m m ~ 4 The Phoenix Urban League has announced the appointment of Mr. William Bell, Jr. as its Associate Director. Mr. Bell’s main respon \ sibility will be the development of the League’s youth incentives project, a program designed to work on solutions to the problems of school drop outs. Mr. Bell is a native of Phoenix and a graduate of Saint Mary High School and Arizona State University, with a degree in Phy Asks Govt. In Research New Jersey Education Commissioner Receives NAACP Plainfield Appeal PLAINFIELD, N. J. - After prolonged attempts to end seg regated school conditions here, the NAACP filed a petition of ap peal on September 4 with the New Jersey Commissioner of Education “protesting the maintenance of racially segregated schools. . .and the denial of equal educational opportunities.” The petition, which was filed on behalf of 54 children and their parents, charged that the Plainfield Board of Education has insisted on perpetuating a system of school segregation which it knows to exits ‘in violation of the legal and con stitutional rights guaranteed under the Constitution of the United States.” Edwin K. Erickson Named Tucson Mgr. Ml. States Telephone Edwin K. Erickson today was named Tucson district manager for Mountain States Telephone. The announcement was made by Frank W. Moss, Arizona com mercial manager for the utility. Erickson, who has made his home at Tucson since 1957, has served as southern district sales manager in The Old Pueblo for the past two years. He began his telephone career with New Jersey Bell in 1946, and joined Mountain States Telephone at Phoenix in 1953. He and his wife Margaret live at 5542 E. Spring, Tucson with their three sons: Bruce, 15, Glenn. 12, and Kirk, eight years old. Erickson has just completed a term as president of the Sales & Marketing Executives of Tucson. He is a member of Rotary, Cham ber of Commerce and Tucson Press Club. sjchology. He is active in the local ' chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fra ~ tcrnity. He and his wife, Hazel, t are parents of a son, Kevin and s reside at 2601 West Madison, a Phoenix, Arizona. s The Urban League is a social work agency working in the field <. of interracial relations. It is a f i member agency, locally, of the 2 , United Fund, with offices at 1515 - East Osborn Road. i ..... —____ Phoenix, Ariz. The NAACP was forced to seek redress through the Commissioner of Education after the Plainfield Board of Education, had refused to act on recommendations made by a special Lay Citizens Advisory Committee. The Committee was formed in June, 1961 at the Association’s urg ing and in June of this year pro posed two alternate means of end ing school segregation: rezoning ot the existing school districts or reorganization of the schools under the ‘Princeton Plan.” At its regular meeting on July 17 the Board disregarded the Committee’s recommenda tions and sought instead to create a plan of open enrollment in the schools. The plan was apposed by the Committee and was com pletely ‘unacceptable’ to the NAA CP. In rejecting this recommenda tion, the NAACP pointed out that under the plan proposed by the Board, the present segregation and denial of equal educational opportunities will become more and more an entrenched pattern of the school system.” In the petition to the Commis sioner it was urged that immedi ate steps be taken to eliminate all aspects of segregation in the Plain field public school system. Attorneys for the plaintiffs are William Wright, Jr., of Plain field, Herbert H. Tate of Newark, NAACP General Counsel Robert L. Carter and Barbara A. Morris, both of New York City. RETARDED CHILDREN SEPT. PUBLIC FORUM Pre - School Cooperative Pro grams for the Retarded Child will be the subject of the September public forum sponsored by the Maricopa County Council for Re tarded Children. Mrs. H. R. Hink, President of the Arizona School for Retarded Children, Mrs. Morris Huggins, Board member, and the teachers, Mrs. L. S. Gunerman and Mrs. J. P. Doyle, will describe the ac tivities, purposes, functions and problems of the school. The forum will be held Sep tember 21st at 8 p.m. in Room E of The Community Service Building, 1415 E. Osborn Rd. Phoe nix. Members, friends and in terested persons are invited to at tend. Coffee will be served. Lucy Phillips Memorial The members wish to welcome Rev. M. Harrison and family back to Lucy Phillips. Rev. M. Harrison was re-appointed to his 4th year as pastor during the conference which was held in Hobbs, New Mexico. During the conference it was announced by Bishop Walter H. Amos, presiding bishop, that Lucy Phillips is the “First Church” in the Arizona - New Mexico Con ference reporting the largest in crease in membership as well as raising the most funds during the church fiscal year. Rev. Harrison was guest speak er Sunday, September 16, at the Asbury Methodist Church in Hobbs. The public is invited to our serv ice Sunday, September 23. in order that they might worship with us and hear some of the plans out lined for the coming year. Civil Service Exams Examinations on the U. S. and State constitutions will be given at Phoenix College, Room 101, Liberal Arts Building, on Satur day, September 22, at 10:00 a.m. Successful completion of one or both examinations is a necessary preliminary to teacher certifica tion. There is a charge of $4 00 for each examination, payable that morning in Room 101. Mr. Holland Melvon of the Phoe nix College faculty will conduct the examinations. For further information , call: Patrick Laughlin, CR 9-4121, Ext. Phoenix 40, Arizona,'Thursday, Sept. 20, 1962 KARL STEWART PASSES BAR F } . •: • : /• ••••••■ mam Karl Nile Stewart was one of the successful applicants to pass the Arizona State Bar Exam, given July 19, 20, 21 of 1962. Mr. Stewart holds a bachelor’s of Arts degree from U.C.L.A.and a L.LB. degree from the Uni versity of Santa Clara. During the past year in Arizona Speaker On Alcoholism John Fleming, Louisiana avia tion executive and noted lecturer on alcoholism, will be guest speak er at a public meeting sponsored by the North Central Roundup group of Alcoholics Anonymous, Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 8 p.m. The AA group is extending a blanket invitation to the “interest ed public” to attend the session. Meeting site is Manning Hall, 6300 North Central Ave., Phoenix. There, is no admission charge and re freshments are free. In everyday life, Fleming is dis trict sales manager of Trans-Texas Airways in Shreveport, La. He is a member of the state’s Commis sion on Alcoholism, a vice presi dent of the Caddo Bossier Council on Alcoholism, and cofounder of Centary College’s annual institute on the problem drinker. For the past decade, Fleming has been lecturing extensively throughout the Southwest on phy siological, psychological and so ciological aspects of alcoholism, the nation’s No. 3 public health problem. Fleming will discuss questions like these: —ls it possible for an alcoholic to become a “controlled” drinker? —Why does one member of a family fall victim to alcoholism while other members are able to drink in moderation? —What can be done to rehabili tate the five-million-plus alcoholics in the U. S. today, as well as the estimated 25 million problem drinkers? Notes Fleming: “Statistics, grim as they are, cannot begin to tell the whole story of the despair of human beings helplessly sunk in the abyss of the illness, nor of the misery suffered by their fami lies, nor of the waste to the nation in useful minds and bodies.” Thief With A Conscience George J. Floore, 2413 West Monroe, has recently had experi ence with a thief who has a consci ence. Mr. Floore, a carpenter, had his truck parked near the alley at First Institutional Baptist Church, where he was working on the new construction, when someone removed a valuable pow er saw from the truck. He report ed the theft to the police but two days later the young man who stole the saw returned it. He left it in the home of Rev. Mr. Kend rick, the pastor of First Institu tional Baptist Church, who gave it back to its rightful owner. MIXED COUPLE CAN ADOPT BABY The Bth District Court of Ap peals in Cleveland, Ohio has over ruled the ruling of a probate judge giving Merl H. Baker, 39 and his Japanese wife, Yoshiko, the right to adopt the 3-year-old girl. The ruling by Probate Court Judge Leonard S. Frost refusing adop tion rights which was reversed strong opposition from the Cleve land Civil Liberties Union, Chil dren’s Services, the NAACP and the Cleveland area chapter of the National Association of Social Workers. Mr. Stewart was employed in the legal division of the Arizona High way Dept. A native of Arizona, Mr. Stewart returned to Arizona in 1961. Mr. Stewart is the second Negro at torney admitted to practice in the state of Arizona at the present time. INSTITUTIONAL BAPTIST NEWS By James L. Davis First Institutional Baptist Church had a history making day last Sunday. Tours of the church edifice were conducted by S. C. Boyer, chairman of the board of trustees, and J. S. Jones, chairman of the building committee. The members were inspired and after the appeal made by Pastor Kendrick and Brother Jones the gifts really poured in for windows, pews, etc. The largest gift was for a piece of plumbing fixture, SISOjOQ. Pastor Kendrick preached two powerful sermons. His subject in the morning service was FAITH FULNESS THAT MATTERS and in the evening, UPWARD LOOK. Appreciation was expressed by the pastor to the ministers who oc cupied the pulpit the three Sun days he was away, Rev. Theodore Edwards, Rev. W. E. Youngblook and Rev. Thomas Devine, also the loyal and faithful members who carried forward the great program of the church. As president of the Phradise Bap tist State Convention of Arizona, Inc. and a vice-president of the National Baptist Convention, Inc., U. S. A. Rev. Mr. Kendrick attend ed the annual meeting in Chicago, Illinois where “he preached on Friday and one member joined the church, Rev. Mr. Kendrick was accompanied on this trip by his wife and daughter. They visited cities in Colorado, Ohio, and Min nesota and Illinois. Mrs. Kendrick and their daughter arrived home several days before Rev. Kend rick in order that the daughter might enter school on time. The Dungill International Con cert Co. will be presented by our church, for the benefit of the build ing fund, Thursday, October 11, 1962 at 8:00 p.m. at Phoenix Union High School. This is an aggrega tion of top talent and entertainers. Watch this paper for further in formation regarding this concert. Open House for the public will be held at Samuel Gompers Me morial Rehabilitation Center, Inc., on September 26th, according to Mrs. Monica Baird, executive di rector. All interested persons are welcome to visit the Center at 7211 North Seventh Street in Phoenix i between 10:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. on that day. Coffee and cookies will be served. Mrs. Baird emphasized this will be an excellent day for individuals or groups to visit, as several guides will be available to conduct the tours, and special arrangements need not be made. All therapy de partments will be in operation so that everyone can meet the per sonnel and see the equipment used in the rehabilitation of crippled children and adults. This is the only comprehensive rehabilitation center in Arizona, giving care and treatment to per sons disabled with cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, arthritis, po lio, heart ailments, strokes, acci dents, deafness and other physical disabilities. RALPH BUNCHE’S NIECE CAMPAIGNS Mrs. Helen Hale, niece of Ralph Bunch is campaigning for a Demo cratic county chairmanship in Hi lo, Hawaii. She is the first woman in the history of the state to seek this post. Two L. I. School Districts Named In NAACP Petitions PHOENIX COLLEGE TO GIVE EXAMINATIONS Students taking industrial arts classes in the Phoenix Union High Schools and Phoenix College Sys-; tern this fall will find a renewed; emphasis on design. This will be a result of a special workshop being conducted this week on In dustrial Arts Design led by Dr. John R. Lindbeck of Western Michi gan University, Kalamazoo, Mich igan. Dr. Walter C. Brown, director of Vocational - Technical Educa tion and Supervisor of Industrial Arts for the Phoenix Union High Schools and Phoenix College Sys tem, said the purpose of the de sign workshop was to strengthen the teaching of design prin ciples and application in industrial arts classes. He said one of the major objectives of in dustrial arts is the development of an understanding and an appre ciation of good design on the part of students. “We want our stu dents to experience problems in industrial arts classes that in volve the very best principles of industrial arts design,” he stated. Dr. Lindbeck is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and a noted authority on industrial arts design. In 1958 while at the University of Minnesota he was a member of that institution’s De sign Research Team. This group was responsible for the produc tion of the publication Creative Design for Industrial Arts which was published by the Ford Motor Company. Dr. Lindbeck is a fre quent contributor to professional journals on the subject of indust rial arts design. ’ The workshop will be in progress all of this week at Camelbpck High School. Phoenix Union High School System teachers participat ing in the workshop are: Alham bra - Lyle Beltz, Joe Chrisman and Don Kinnaman;. Camelback- Richard Boone, Stanley Alf; Carl Hayden-Dale Orth, Alfred Carr, Richard Troxel; Central-Richard Smith; Maryvale-Richard Froese; North-Jerault Nelson; Phoenix Un ion-Duane Corneilus, Lloyd Jami son, Grant Johnson; South-Edward Aguirre, Dean Clemit, Linus Cory; West-Barry Baker,. Ralph Frantz. For further information, call: Patrick Laughlin, CR 9-4121, Ext. 43. Announcement Os Composer's Competition The African Cultural Group of the U. S. A. & Canada takes pride in announcing its first composer’s competition. Commensurate with its desire to act as the interpreter of African Culture in the United States and Canada is its wish to resew the Ariadne’s thread that binds the various African - deriva tive cultures. The African Cultural Group of the U. S. A. & Canada invites serious composers from Africa, the new Caribbean states and Afro- Americans to participate in, this inaugural competition. Dr. Robert Pritchard, the re nowned Afro - American concert pianist and one of the foremost champions among Afro-American composers for research into and creative use of African and Afro derivative music, will give a world premiere of the winning composi tions on the occasion of his ap pearance at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center for The Perform ing Arts, October 8,1962. In ad dition Dr. Pritchard will include the winning works in his 1963-64 tour season as well as in a new record release. The concert of October 8 is spon sored by WELCOME HOUSE, the internnational inter - racial adop tion agency founded by Nobel prize winning author Pearl S. Buck. With this competition The Afri can Cultural Group re-asserts its desire to offer the best of the culture of Africa and of her interit ors to that of the world. SUICIDE TRY Mrs. Sammy Davis, Sr., after an argument with her husband, was rushed to the UCLA Medical Center after what appeared to be an attempted suicide. Davis, Sr. was at one time a member of the Will Mastin Trio from which his son, Sammy Davis, Jr. rose to stardom. Mr. Davis reported to police that his wife took 8 or 10 sodium amytal capsules while they were in the midst of a disagree ment in their Bel Air home in Los Angeles. She is reported in fair condition. Edward T. Wehlage New Part-Time Engineer John Armer, president of the Phoenix Union High Schools and Phoanix College System Board of Education, announced today the appointment of Edward F. Weh lage, 2313 West Orange Drive, as a part-time engineering consultant to the Board and the System ad ministration. As our high school system grow in numbers of students,” Armer explained, “it also grows in physi cal plant. Depending on the engi neering talent available at the time and the advice of architects and contractors, our different schools have built in them a vari ety of heating, air-conditioning and other mechanical and electrical equipment. “In the interests of student safe ty and economy of installation and maintenance,” Mr. Armer continued, “we need a qualified person to inspect our facilities and advise us on improvements that can be made.” Wehlage is a registered profes sional engineer, licensed by the State of Arizona to practice me chanical and electrical engineering in accordance with the educational and professional requirements of the State Board of Examiners. He has operated a private consulting practice in lowa and in New York, and has worked for Shell Oil, Amer ican Home Products Corporation and Neisner Brothers. He has also served as a consultant on fuel and heating problems for school dis tricts in Davenport, Cedar Rapids and Dubuque, lowa. For further information, call: Patrick Laughlin, CR 9-4121, Ext. 43. Minority Groups Consultant Named vISHB .• £ The appointment of Carl E. Craig, 3022 East South Mountain Avenue, as Minority Groups Con sultant for the Arizona State Em ployment Service has been an nounced by James A. Beaman. Chairman of the Employment Se curity Commission of Arizona. Mr. Craig will work for increas ed job opportunities for all minori ty groups and to encourage in creased bducation and training so minorities may qualify for the bet ter job openings. Mr. Craig will supervise the Minority Groups Program under the over-all direction of James A. Rork, Administrator-Director of the Employment Service. He will be responsible for interpreting and implementing applicable policies for the guidance of Employment Servie staff and promoting maxi mum utilization of minority group members of the labor force. Arizona’s rapid rate of popula tion and labor force growth and development during recent years PAID U. S. Postage Bulk Rat« Permit i\u. **9o Phoenix Arizona PRICE 10c NEW YORK. The National Association for the Advmicernent of Colored People has announc ed the filing of two petitions of appeal with Dr. James E. Allen, Jr., New York State Commissioner of Education, protesting segregat ed school conditions in Glen Cove, L. 1., and the Malverne-Lakcview section of Hempstead, L. I. In Glen Cove the NAACP has charged that the town is maintain ing a segregated school system and has deliberately gerrymander ed school zones to contain Negro students. The Association has further pro tested the proposed school reor ganization plan as being “totally inadequate.” It has criticized the arbitrary position of the Superin tendent of Schools and has called for his dismissal. The petition for Malverne-Lake view protests the racial imbalance said to exist in the schools and specifically charges the Board of Education with: Refusing to follow recommenda tions for a new school location which would have achieved integ ration; Arbitrary refusal to change the present school zoning plan and Failure to equalize the educa tional standards of the predomi nantly Negro Woodfield Road School with those of the town’s white schools. The Commissioner was urged in each appeal to implement his declared policy that: “within the Department we will initiate a care ful review of all policies and re gulations which can have an effect. in the elimination of de facto seg regation and unequal educational opportunity. Where new policy or procedures are called for, we will adopt them, when revisions of pres ent ways are necessary, we will change.” Attorneys for the petitions, which NAACP General Counsel Robert L. Carter and Jawn A. Sandifer, both of New York City. has necessitated increased em phasis and expansion of employ services to all segments of the economy. The Federal government is supplying the funds to (he state for this full time position. Mr. Craig received the highest grade of the seven candidates ap plying for the position, having a grade of 100 which included his veterans’ preference 5 per cent. Mr. Craig has a B. A. degree from Catholic University and has done graduate work at Georgetown [University. Hunter College and City College of New York. Among other things he has an educational background in pre - law. education, diplomacy and consular training. Mr. Craig, who is 38 years of age, married and the father of seven children, is presently em ployed as an investigator for the Maricopa County Juvenile Court. He has also worked as aI junior high school teacher, social work er and occupational therapy in structor.