The Illinois times., August 19, 1963, Image 11

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Merit Hiring Is
Urged by C. of C.
Champaign Chamber of Com
mrnc Friday issued a formal
statement asking for support by
all persons in the community of a
policy of “merit employment," in
cooperation with the Urbana Lea
gue.
The. board of directors of the
C, ol ( declaru that employment
policies are the key to all phases
of integration in Champaign It
asked for the support of nil busi
ness firms.
Folliwing iff the lext of the state
ment :
"The board of directors of the
Champaign Chamber of Com
metre is specifically endorsing the
efforts ol the Urban League in
the IHd of merit employment and
plan to take an active role in tfie
encouragement of this objective.
“The board feels that while stg
tiilicanl gams have been made in
tins area in Champaign there is
still much to be done, and hopes
an open cooperative attitude cx
piessed by them will furtiiei
speed accomplishment.
"The board leels the key Co lh*
solution of the problem lacing u:
is that all persons must be made
t(« feel they have the right t i
apply lor. and the confidence that
they will obtain, a job based on
individual capability. When om
children raised and educated in
tins community, stay at home m
stead of moving away to lind op
portunity. we will have made
great strides toward the happy
solution of the existing problem.
Urban League Lauded
The ( than League, launder! At
years ago in this country, has
slx>w n a record of steady progress.
It is a privately sponsored or
ganization based on the cooper
ative cllort ol all groups involved
in mutual trust. While its progress
is deliberate, it is sound, and the
acceleration of this orderly pro
gress is. we led. far superior to
force, strife, and contused action
which will ultimately engender
hard feeling,s on everyone's part
and weaken the loundalions on
which sound progress is built.
' Forced employment is not the
solution. Any unqualified person is
a liability to the firm which em
ploys him and endangers its cap
acity to support any payroll at
all Th'- personal embarrassment
to the individual and the hard feel
ings generated lor the sake of
loken acceptance will only hinder
the end desired by all persons sin
cerely interested in complete suc
cess.
"Fite hoard of directors of the
Chamber of Commerce feel merit
employment is the key to the
whole problem. The equitable so
lution to this question is so import
ant that all oilier phases of the
situation depend on a satislaelory
solution to this is.me
“The board calls on all business
firms in the community to co
operate in this drive for employ
ment on a merit basis."
‘One Way to Communicate
Is to Vote’
US. Surveys Negro Job
Chances On Bases
WASHINGTON — The De
fense Department disclosed it
is making on-the-spot surveys
on the extent of equal employ
ment of civilian Negroes at ma
jor military bases in the South.
Those surveys are pari of an
over-all program for the armed
services at home and overseas
intended to promote efficient
utilization of all employes, the
department announced.
Uses For Old Playing
Cards Are Suggested
NEW YORK (UPI) — Use old
playing cards for a neat job
when painting windows, advises
Card Commentary, adding that
old cards also serve as excellent
markers in the soil when you
garden.
.■ a officers were installed
: . . ii,afternoon by Ainerican
Legion Post Auxiliai > Unit 55!).
Seated left to rignt. are Mrs.
Ruth Rny, president: Mrs. Ruby
Smith, secretary; and Mrs. Don
na McKenzie, first vice-presi
dent. Standing, left to right, are
Mrs. Edna Difluy, historian and
Mrs. Fannie Caldwell, treasurer.
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