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Page Two, The Hartford Chronicle OCTOBER 26, 1946 Chest Makes Annual Appeal For Funds Hartford, Conn. The Red Feather insignia that is now the national emblem of Community Chests all over America is very much in evidence these days in Hartford and throughout the state. For 'the annual drive is on to secure funds for the social work developments in various communities. Hartford's Community Chest is out to raise $1,026,117 to sus tain 30 agency budgets for the year 1947. There was a time in the hist ory of Hartford when all the social work agencies had to raise their money privately and as best they could. This was not only exceedingly expensive, because it took an excessive amount of the money that was raised to defray the expense of solicitation, but it worked a grave injustice upon those agen cies whose work was vital but not as appealing on paper. The Community Chest- as we know it to-day is a major step in social reconstruction, because it minimizes the cost of meeting the social responsibilities of a eommunitj-. It raises social work above the plane of miserly charity and the passing of the hat era. Hartford's Chest covers prac tically every area of social work need and the services rendered by the various agencies are open to people of all racial groups on the basis of need rather than nationality. As this is extremely import ant to the group, there is the additional reality that the Chest affords a sum of $72,120.44 to three agencies that perform the bulk of their work. within the group. Thus with a population that approximates 12,000 every working member of the group at least should feel the obliga tion to contribute a minimum of $6.00. But even if this should happen it would not nearly ap proach the benefits that we de rive from this vital service for it takes no account of the many other services that hundreds of needy folk in the group are able to take advantage of. So the only other alternative is to re commend that every member of the group contribute, no matter how small the sum may be, with For the Chest is not only con- RACE RELATIONS A POSITIVE FACT Springfield, Mass. Jewish children here belonging to a synagogue raised a special fund to help Mount Calvary Baptist Church which has a Negro con gregation. those who are able giving as generously as possible. tributing to health, happiness and character but basically it is helping to forge a great Ameri can body where all people share and share alike. It is imperative this year that no citizen let November find him without a Red Feather in Irs home as an indication that he helped this great financial effort over the top. HISTORY OF A NEIGH BORHOOD ACHIEVEMENT Frances Ramsey, Majorette . DRUM AND BUGLE CORPS SEEK FUNDS FOR UNIFORMS An example of the ideal com munity life is illustrated in the establishment of the Drum and Bugle Corps at Bellevue Square. About three years ago Mrs. Vincent Cunningham, one of the tenants in the housing pro ject, set out to create a sense of i responsibility in the minds of the young people, as far as the community is concerned. She sought to do this through the medium of an organized effort which would bring constantly to the minds of the youngsters the thought that they actually belonged to the community. After the Happy Hour xVssoeia tion was organized they set out to raise funds to finance the venture which at the time seemed merely a dream. With teas, dinners, and musical pro grams they realized a small amount of money and continued to work with these enterprises until they had sufficient capital to make the down payment on instruments and engage an in structor for the boys and girls. In trying to initiate their program, they encountered the usual pattern of individual in terest. In some instances pa rents were enthusiastic, in others they were passive and in still others they were dubious as to the possibility of establish ing such a program. Undaunted by these experiences, the Happy Hour Association continued their efforts and early in 1945 had the nucleus for what is now the Bellevue Square Drum and Bugle Corps. Aside from the effort to teach the youngsters and pro cure instruments, the more im portant factbr of teaching them to live together, work together, play together, self -discipline and-the preservation of proper ty has been attempted. At this point an overall community in terest in the Drum and Bugle Corps makes it apparent that it is possible that the Corps will expand and become a project which will be the pride of the entire neighborhood. SNOW BLASTS REPUBLICAN RACE STAND Lt. Governor Snow made it very plain to Governor Baldwin that he felt the Republican stand in the state of Connecti cut regarding racial discrimina tion in employment is the epi tome of double talk. The occasion for such a blast was a speech by" Gov. Baldwin in which he advocated a "simple", sound and effective solution, of the industrial injustices per pertrated against minorities. Which follows the age old, cau tious approach that is premised n evolution rather than revolu tion. Lt. Gov. Snow suggested that this really means turning the Conn. Inter-Raeial Commission into a "Legal Aid" Society for minority groups. That addi tionally both Gov. Baldwin who is the candidate for the U. S. Senate and Dr. James McCon aughy, are running out on the Democratic platform pledges. Gov. Baldwin's stand, by im plication, is that legislation is fruitless. This was indicated in his reference to the ineffective ness of the Civil rights laws on the statutes. Lt. Gov. Snow said, "Legisla tion must be enacted making discrimination by employers or labor Unions, for reasons of race, color, creed' or national origin, an illegal practice." COMM. INTERVIEWS STATE CANDIDATES Hartford The report is be ing circulated that the State Committee for an F.E.P.C. bill is contacting the various candi dates of both major parties con cerning their stand on the pass age of a fair employment prac tice measure in the next legisla tion. It is alleged that a committee representing this group waited upon Dr. McConaughy, the Re publican candidate for Gover nor a few days ago. At this conference it is reported that there was considerable dis cussion of the merits of the Ives Quinn Bill in New York and Massachusetts. With Dr. Mc Conaughy expressing the feel ing that the time was at hand for some legislative steps in this direction. When this report was written it was not quite clear to the writer whether Dr. McConaug hy was in favor of the passage of an F.E.P.C. bill or whether he had in mind the strengthen ing of the present Conn. Inter racial Commission. Which of course is a very im portant distinction to the Re publicans because the F.E.P.C. is strictly a Democratic de velopment and the matter of party credit is extremely im portant to some people. PUBLISHER SPEAKS OF TRAFFIC JAM TIMELY SUBJECT Hartford In his address a few days ago to the Civitan Club, Francis S. Murphy, pub lisher of the Hartford Times stressed a factor in the city's future planning that is extreme ly vital. Vital and yet it is tossed about much the same way that many post-war plans were, while we were still fight ing. Very few people seemed interested in planning for the post war period because it seemed so far away. Then one day without any warning much the whole war was over and the public was caught in far too main- instances. Now Mr. Murphy raises his voice in behalf of some definite plans to handle the daily grow ing traffic problems that Hart ford has to deal with. In very clear and eoncise phrasing he told the Civitans, "Let us make up our minds what we should do about an express highway extending from the business dis trict, or near it, to some point west, which will handle ade quately the traffic we now have. Greater congestion can only lead to deterioration of busi i ess property value in Hartford, the same properties which bear the brunt of the tax assess ments.' ' POSTAL ALLIANCE MAKES APPEAL Hartford The local chapter of the National Postal Alliance is sponsoring a membership campaign through which they hope to get a 100 enrollment here in Hartford. This cam paign was announced through the local president, Mr. Herman R. Lee.. Mr. Lee said that the chapter is particularly interested in in spiring as many Veterans as possible to take the next regular examinations so that they may qualify for appointments. The Alliance not only hopes to point out the wisdom of such a course but to inform men about pend ing examinations and . assist them in preparing for the same. The National Postal Alliance is a very powerful organization that has made itself popular throughout the nation because of its program for fair play. MINN. GOVERNOR ISSUES PAMPHLET Minneapolis, Minn. A pam phlet issued by the Governor's Inter-racial Commission entitled "Outside The Home" will be distributed to hotels and restau rants in this city. This distribu tion is to be followed up by further meetings with the Hotel Association and the On-Sale Liquor Dealers, Inc., to make certain that the policy of ser vice without discrimination is actually carried out. -:-" fl - 'Ai v KOPPLEMAN SAYS RANKIN CAMPAIGNS IN CONNECTICUT (Special to the Chronicle) Hartford, Oct. 20 Congress man John Rankin of Mississip pi, "chief exponent of the Ku Klux Klan in the House of Representatives", has been brought into the campaign to help the Republicans of the First District, Representative Herman P. Kopplemann, Demo cratic candidate for reelection to Congress, charged today. "Rankin," he said, "is the most notorious Catholic Jew- Negro baiter in Congress. His record of. vilification against is equalled onlvTjv Bilbo in the Senate." William J. Miller, Repub lican, striving to unseat Rep. Kopplemann has criticized the latter for not supporting Ran kin's so-called UnAmerican Ac tivities Committee. "Decent thinking Americans want none of Rankin or his Ku Klux Klan,'' Rep. Kopplemann retorted. I will always fight against the evil things Rankin stands for. "And now the Republicans of this district have appealed to him for help just as the Re publicans in Congress depended on his help to kill FEPC. Every time we attempted to bring FEPC up for a vote, it was Rankin who led the filibuster and the Republicans chortled with glee. "We thought he'd get a stroke every time we heard him rail against measures to help the lot of the Negro people. "Rankin threatened that he would come into this district to campaign against me. Now the Republicans are demanding that he make good. They are doing exactly what the Repub licans were doing all the time in the House working hand in glove with the southern reac tionaries," Congressman Kop plemaim asserted. Rankin, he pointed out spoke against the Patman Veterans Housing Bill, voted for restrict ive amendments and voted to recommit the bill. 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