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DEXTER GIVES i
PROMISE OF
RIGHTS ACTION
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Ncustiir/.i'lle Stalf Wrier
Mayor Emmerson V. Dexter
promised Negro community
leaders that civil rights action
is forthcoming, possibly at the
next City Council session
Five members of the Cham
paign - I'rbana Improvement
Association, including three
clergymen, asked the City Coun
cil Tuesday night to take some
kind of action to definitely state
its policy on racial matters, f
To questions about a resolu
tion stating Council policy on
| open occupancy, Councilman
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arc jus I “so many words’’ and
moan nothing concrete.
“We can legislate lor equal j
opportunity," Wikoff said, “hut
nut fur people to love their
neighbor
The leaders agreed that "you
cannot legislate love. ' hut
stressed that the Council should
make a positive statement to
“cioalo an image of the elected
; officials’ positions."
Rev. Blaine Ramsey charged
if ihe Council does not act it
may he guilty of creating a
poor racial climate. He likened
ihe results of a poor racial cli
mate to the deaths of six Ne
groes in Birmingham. Ala . last
Sunday.
‘More Ticklish'
Rev. Ramsey, otlicial of
C-l'lA and head of the fledgling,
NAACP chapter in Champaign
I'rhana. said I ho longer a poli
i> statement is put otf. t he
more ticklish the* racial situa
tion will become.
He pointed out the ai t ion of
ihe Chicago City Council last
week in passing an open occu
pancy ordinance although local
opinion here feels that the move
i> contrary to state staiute.
He s.ml “it Chicago could
pass an ordinance. Champaign
could pa-s a resolution ' Rev.
’ Ram>ev said a resolution would
pave ihe way tor creation of an
ordinance if the Illinois C.en
cral Assembly makes i! possi
ble.
I (1II1H iMikIII MWMIM v> su.ti
' tun -.liti he loll a sinviftc men
tion ot public housing should
he made in any resolution the
Council makes He said he felt
there was -egregation in public
hou-ine. tin the Human Rela
tions Commission's recent an
nual ret»ort to the city, it was
alleged that Champaign Coun
tv Housing Authority was guil
ty of biased renting practices
The Commission said it re
ceived no answer when it sent
the Housing authority legal
opinions calling the practice of
segregation contrary to law for
public bodies.*
On the question of equal rights
at Burnham City Hospital. Rev
A T. Rowan said he felt a
clear an£ concise policy state
ment should be forthcoming
from hospital authorities.
Quote From Mercy
He quoted from what he said
was a policy statement of Mer
cy Hospital:
" ‘We do not practice segre
gation. . If we learn that any
of our employes do. may Clod
have mercy on them.
C ouncilman Mranon sain nc
was also not satisfied with poli
cy statements from Burnham. j
lie stated he believes all phases
of segregation “should be end
ed today.
“If it takes strong action on
mv pari,” Stratton said, “I’ll
take it.”
Rev. Rowan said recent
changes in the hospital, lessen
ing bias, would go down the
drain if a new statement doesn't i
! come soon.
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HR Expansion
Stratton, in answer to anoth
er question put to the Council
bv the civil rights leaders, said
he felt he would like to study
their suggestion of expanding
Ihe Human Relations Commis
sion from seven to 11 members,
although he agreed with Coun
cilman Frank Schooley's opin
ion that increasing the mem
bership might be harmful. Coun
cilman Wikoff agreed that the,
effectiveness of a group is de-j
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creased by increasing members. |
Schooley pointed out that of
M such committees under 1 he|
city s structure, none have so
many members.
The C-UIA leaders were ad- j
vised to confer w ith Major Do.v
I ter priv ately about his naming
a 24-member hi-racial eommit
ice. 'Hie C-UIA last week re
jected the committee as being
non-representative of existing
civil rights groups.
Dexter had said he named
: the committee 10 act as arbi
trator.
The leaders were told Tues
day the committee is not under
the Council but under the may
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