Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1959 — Page 3
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Unitarians Reject Move To Boycott Riviera Club
By CHARLES S. PRESTON
The congregation of one oi the city’s most “liberal” churches on Sunday reaffirmed a decision to hold a meeting in a “white Gentiles only” social club. By an overwhelming vote t h e congregation of All Souls Unitarian Church, which nacently moved from a downtown location to a new bufldtag at 5801 E. ,50th, upheld the church board’s decision to hold a meeting at the Riviera Club. The club, at 5040 N. Illinois, allegedly bars Negroes and Jews • with a few reported exceptions in the latter case) from membership. However, all will be permitted to attend on the night yjf the Uni* tarians’ meeting to launch a fall fund drive. Sunday’s vote rejected a motion by Mrs. J. K. Bailey, chairman of the church’s Human Relations Committee, to change the place of meeting from the Riviera Club to the integrated Aidlana State Teachers Association building. Thirty-five members voted for the motion. The vote against it was overwhelming and the chairman, Dr. Robert D. Arnold, dispensed with a count. AN INTRA-CHURCH struggle over the question had gone on all summer. Following a farewell dinner at the Riviera Club for the former pastor, Rev. Jack Mendelsohn, the Human Relations Committee sparloed a move for the church to bypass segregating institutions in the future. A resolution to this effect was passed by the Church Coon oil with only one dissenting vote. However, the Church Board later reversed the Council and voted to go back to the Riviera Club. The Human Relations Committee then appealed to the congregation, calling a special meeting by petition. They said a church which itself does not discriminate should not patronize a club that does. A committee member, Norman B. Gesner, even reserved the ISTA, just in case. AT SUNDAY’S MEETING Mrs. Bailey and Mrs. Kathleen Gesner spoke against going to the Riviera. Board member James Barnhart and Rev. John G. MacKinnon, new pastor of the church, urged defeat
of the resolution. Rev. MacKinnon, who is nationally known for his record in race relations, said the question was one of the “method” of bringing about Integration. He asserted it might do more good than harm for an integrated group to meet at the Riviera. Meanwhile Rev. Mendelsohn, now pastor of the Arlington Street Unitarian Church in Boston, had informed committee members by letters that if present he would oppose returning to the Riviera. However, he forbade use of his letter in connection with the congregational discussion. ALL SOULS IS not the only liberal Indianapolis church to have trouble with the race question since “moving North.” First Friends Church, now at 3030 Kessler Boulevard, East Drive, has been stymied for ^ more than a year over the question of admitting a 'Negro family, according to members of the congregation. ' Atty. Mahala Dickerson, already a Quaker, applied to transfer her membership and those of her sons from Washington, D. C., to the local meeting many months ago. A strong dispute arose within the congregation of First Friends and the family had not been admitted at last report.
Woman Attacked By Friend's Lover An East.dde woman reported to police last week that she was attacked in her home by a man brought there by her girlfriend. The woman, 38, said that Paul Hilliard, 34, 722 W. 30th, threw her on the couch and started kissing on her when her girlfriend left to make a phone call. She said he committed oral odomy on her after he ripped off her underclothes. ( She pleaded with him to stop beeav’e her husband would kill her if he should come in and find them. After the girlfriend returned the victim left to call police, she reported. „ Hilliard was arrested at the Eastside address on a preliminary rape charge.
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African Native Is 6-Week Guest Of Planner House * ■ y .*• An African native Is ; lh Indian-: a polls as guest of Planner House and the Board for Fundamental
Education.
Zerubaberi Hosea K w a m y a Bigirwenkya, from Masaka, Uganda, is scheduled to end hts six-week
visit on Nov. 6.
He was graduated with an A.B. degree in his native country and latt?r did a year’s additional study at the Institute of Education, Lon-
don University.
His main interests are municipal governihents, community development and the Boy Scouts. To make his visit valuable, Mr. *Bigirwenkya will want to see social agencies in action, visit schools, churches and observe the activities
of Indiana farmers.
Arrangements for his tour of this country were made by the National Social Welfare Assembly, International Exchange Project, New York.
Registration 'Up' At. Ind. Central
The Evening Division of Indiana Cen ral College reported this week that its registration of students is
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A. P. Randolph, Labor Leader Would Giv«
Suggests 'Rights 7 Resolution ^
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Rufpli Harris Is ^ A * oc4 *‘* i p™«>
Voice Instructor In Flint Schools
Ralph Harris, a native of Indl-
.vo .oiauwv... Vi. ana P t> M s . htl' left for Flint, Mich., running considerably higher than ; b® a fnsb*uc-
ed students may enroll at any time prior to the end of the second week of the semester, Sept.
26.
Three additional sections of classes have been opened up as a result of heavy enrollments. Section II of elementary accounting I will be offered at the same time as was scheduled. Section II of English compaction I will be offered on Tuesday evenings from 8:15 to 9:55, and Section II of Old Testament will be taught by Dr. James Weber on Thursday evenings from 6:20 to 8:00.
Graduated froni Attucks high school in 1948, Mr. Harris later istudied at Butler University’s Jordan College of Music, where he
gave several recitals.
He was graduated from Jordan in 1958 and has also completed residential requirements for a
master’s degree.
A talented musician and direc-
tor, he has served as cantor at Beth-El Jewish Temple and director of the choirs of Our Savior Lutheran; First Baptist, North Indianapolis, and Trinity C M E
churches.
He is married to the former Betty Caldwell of Indianapolis
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S rongly disagreeing with the Negroes and whitets who are spreading the word that Elijah Muhammad and his “Muslims” are teaching “black supremacy’’ and “white hate”, Malcolm X, a New York leader of the religious gro'»n declared last week: “We don't discriminate against whites. We teach black heritage, not black supremacy or white hate. But there is mo white man a Muslim
can trust.” ,
Malcolm X. whose recent trip to Africa aroused considerable comment in the weekly and daily press, causing numerous speculations over whether or not ne visueu Mecca, said that the Muslims’ leader,-Muhammad, has been “seriously misquoted” as being a preacher of haiie and black supre-
macy,
“HIS CRITICS have twisted his teachings,” he declared, “so as io ajoil e public sentiment against Mr. Muhammad.” The Muslims insist that what Lauds Rights Commission WASHINGTON. D C. — Senator R. Vance Hartke, Indiana Democrat. this week praised the U. S. Commisrion on Civil Rights and urged the Senate to extend its
life.
Release of his statement on Monday marked cne of his first acts since he returned to his office after 10 days of illness and hcrpitalization with a digestive disorder.
Mr. Muhammad wants ia for America's Negroes to have a generous and appreciative knowledge of their past. Emphasizing the “know thy self” approach, they ahy he urges Negroes to examine their past history and find out what has not been taught in the text books of public schools or written in histor books. Their contention is that a recital of the black man’s historic role in the development of civilization as it 1b today is so revealing and inspiring that i/t generates much enthusiasm and excitement among Mr. Muhammad’s followers. . ... .. „ v This enthusiasm and excitement, the Muslims claim, ir. confused with “black supremacy” by those who observe the activities of the group.
SAN FRANCISCO — A Phillip Randolph, president of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, lff»d a Vice-president of the AFLTO has framed a resolution on e equal rights issue for the AFL-
O conference here.
RandolphV resolution vigorous-, ly dealt with the issue of all-white union officials who. in the post, union locals, an id ue which is ft real “hot potato for union officials who, in the past, have claimed that they have tried to make the lily-white locals “see the light” of
union democracy.
This year Randolph is more specific than ever. He has given a six-month deadline for the 200,000member Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the 87,000-member Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen to eliminate the “all-white” clauses from their
edttstttutions.
Otherwise, in the s’rong language of Randolph’s resolution, the two unions will be olisted from the Federation ^ The president of the Sleeping Car Porters wHl also introduce a Companion resolution emphasizing the dissatisfaction of the group with the AFL-CIO Civil Rights Committee and its failure to implement the principles so vigorusly supported by the federation — at convention time. However, the fact should not be forgotten that four other railroad unions (Railway Clerks, Telegrapheiis, Carmen and Switchmen) have already eliminated the allwhite clauses from their consti-
tutions.
Indications are, from a realistic point of view, that the 906 dfetegates to the convention will hardly order the purge of the two unions Randolph hopes to get a roll-call vote on the contrdversia!. issue which would force the nationV union leaders to stand up and be counted for or against integrated unionism.
Barrington Office Gets New Manager New rental manager at Barringtin heights Jlomes, comprising 686 rental units, is Cramon J. Myers, formerly with Planner House. Myers was hired recently by the Lippman Associates’ Village Management Company, Inc., to head the
Southside development.
Negro's Viewpoint In Rights Struggle RICHMOND, Va. (A N P)—Dr. Gordon B. Hancock, former professor at Virginia Union University and for more than 25 years pasftor of Moore Street Baptist Church, recently suggested that Negroes organize publicity dubs that Will give the public the Negro side of the current rtniggle for social equality and civil rights. The timeliness of this' suggestion is evidenced by a recent editorial in the . Richmond Tlmes-Dispatch Under the title “Dixie’s Cape Get-
ting Across.”
The writer is happy that the 9o«th js getting its. propaganda across sft/ice Sen. Hiram L. Fong from Hawaii has cautioned that Congress go i?k>w in any civil rights. ' legislation because the South’s Way of iife can’t be
changed, overnight
Mentioned also in the editorial was Rep. p. R Inouye, **the much-decorated Japanese Nisei,” who is credited with saying: “U believe the people of the .S’ootli; have a ntory to tell and I wopld Mice to listen to their story. 1 don't believe integration in itself is a' solution to the problem
of civil rights.”
Or . Harieock said Negroes should organize to . counteract this false propaganda. He suggests, for example. that 'individuals should write letters to. their newspapers setting forth the N«
.n the current strugi
The Indianapolis Recorder* SojK» 26,1959-3
NAACP Pledges Support in Delinquency, Crime Fight
NEW YORK — The NAACP has pledged its “continuing support of every constructive effort” to eliminate the causes of and curb juvenile delinquency and adult crime. A policy statement adopted by the association’s board of directors at its regular monthly meeting here on Sept. 14 further - calV* upon its branches throughout the country “to cooperate with other responsible citizens and agencies in this vital task.” The board statement “unequivocally condemns criminal acts and other violations of law and order committed by anti-social individ-
uals.”
Moreover, it “recognizes that the
motivation for some misdeeds is rooted Ha a background of social disabilities and economic inequities which foment damaging psy-
chological frustrations." ~ "Not only justly administered
action against offenders, but also a massive attack by the total community on the conditions which produce anti-social behavior” are required to “stem the rising ti^e”
the;
of de’inquencey and crime, NAACP board declared:/
“Th'l? is a responsibility shared by all elements of the community, one from which no segment of the population is exempt,” the statero’s position ment asserts. *
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Nat"l Malleable Rehiring on Increase, Civic Group Finds
. An improvement In the rehlffot Situation at National Malleable & Steel Castings Go Was reported this week by the head of a Haughvilie
civic group.
“The men previously rejected by the company doctors, who bring statements back from their own physicians, are being rehired,” said Oscar Banks, president of the Co-op Clvtc League. "One Worker with 30 percent hearing heating disability was rehired, and another with 50 percent was rehired but put on
another job.
“One of the militant union stewards also informs me he was called back.”. . When the Malleable plant reopened recently after a long shut- * down, a number Of former workers
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tucky and the University of Omaha. m xnem : .
After his studies at Kentucky! thert 1 Music Committee
He later was business manager at iTft , Y /
Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, Tex., for three years and accountant at Planner House for two years. In his new work, he is striving for pleasant and wholesome living for each tenant as well as a sound
un<%irsiteodiog. All records and con-^ are being laid by the “Y’s” Meferences, he emphasizes, are kept in morial Music Committee.
NINA SIMONE IN NEW YORK DEBUT NEW YORK (ANP) — The talented Nina Simone, whose piano et.yles and singing ability have astounded old-timers, recently gave two concerts here at Town Hall.
VATE agencies and individual citizens alike have legitimate roles to play in community-wide efforts to protect life and property, to uphold the highest standards of public morality, to safeguard the rights ahd privileges of ciitlens. and to eradicate the economic and social cesspools which breed crime ” Asserting that regard for law and order and respect for the enforcement of law are esential in any community, the statement also indicates that a “regard for the rights of citizens by law enforcement officers” is equally essential. ‘ ’ , “Only in a society in which these mutual responsibilities are recognized and upheld can effective action be taken to reduce delinquency and crime ” it states. “Mass hysteria will not do the job,” the statement continues “Neither will disregard of citizens’ constitutional rights; nor largescale indiscriminate arrests of. alleged . offenders against whom there is no incriminating evidence” .;. . * Pointing to the rate m delinquency rates in other cities and countries, the statement expresses the conviction that “here, ats elsewhere, crime and delinquency will be curbed on a- basis of an understandQhg of the causes and a concerted effort to elirrilnate or minimize the social, economic and pyschologieal origins of anti-social behavior. CAR HITS TOT A three-year-old girl was struck by a car Friday afternoon in the 806 block of W. Vermont. Annette Williams, 840 W. Ver ? mont, was treated at General Hospital for abrasions about the head. Witnesses said the child darted out of a vacant lot and into the side of a car driven by Charles Bates, 2352 Indianapolis. Bates was not held.
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Band Instrument's Flans for a fund drive to pur-
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Members of the committee will meet at the “Y” Saturday evening at 6, it was revealed by Charles
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