Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1967 — Page 8

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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

Saturday. May 13, 1967

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Editorials ★ ★ ★ Democracy, Justice, Spirituality Seldom hove the American people—and the world —been privileged to listen to a more remarkable statement of personal belief and conviction than that of Mrs. Svetlana Alliuyea during the hour-long press conference before television. One heard the voice and the words, and saw the face of a woman who had thought and fought her way to new and deeply held convictions, which had carried her far beyond the limited range of restrictive political and ideological dogma and into a broader view of the world's problems and possibilities. . .f' y Nor was it possible not to be struck by the deep . ’ moral and spiritual content of Mrs. Alliluyeva's thinking. It is clear that her passage from atheism to a belief in God was inseparable from and in a marked degree re- / ></ sponsible for this new and wider view which she took of - jSr men as individuals and of the word as a whole. Who can doubt the power of spirituality to make it- y . self felt in everyone's life, when the daughter of Joseph Stalin, whose entire career was dedicated to Marxist materialism, states that for her "the power of life and jus-

tice" is God?

From her convictions she has drawn conclusions which strike at the veriest fundamentals of Marxism. Speaking of the gap which she had. observed between Communist theory and Soviet practice, she declared that in the 20th-century modern world, with its atom bombs and space flights, "the idea of class revolution which can bring people to progress has lost its significance." To this she added the even more significant comment

that she did not believe that "class struggle and revolu-

tion can go hand in hand with the idea of love."

Not only do such statements undercut much of what ££ EQUAL Marxism taught and is still believed in varying degrees

within Marxdom, but it also has direct significance for the nations of the Western world which still too often find themselves internally split into antagonistic groups along lines of color, race, religion, politics, and eco-

nomics.

If there were two dominant themes running through Mrs. Alliluyeva's statement, they were the need for justic and democracy, and the strength which had come to her from her evolving and deepening religious sense. The conviction—indeed, the proof—has been growing that the great and gifted Russian people are feeling a deepening yearning for just these things—for justice, for democracy and for a more spiritual sense of life. The fact that Joseph Stalin's daughter has now been able to set forth her own persuasion on these matters will, we s are confident, speed the day when all Russians can enjoy these blessings in much fuller degree.. The Christian Science Monitor

A—InMemoriam A-ln Memoriam B—Card of Thanks

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OSCAR S. CRENSHAW CRENSHAW — In loving memory of my dear husband OSCAR S. CRENSHAW who passed away May 14, 1966. His smiling way and pleasant face, Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kindly word for each, And died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet him, Some day we know not when, To clasp his hand in the better land, Never to part again. Lillian Crenshaw, Wife Sisters and Brothers

FRED JAMES HARRIS HARRIS — In memory of FRED JAMES HARRIS who passed away May 6, 1964. Gone is the face we loved so dear, Silent the voice we loved to hear; Too far away for sight or speech But not too far /or thought to reach. Sadly missed by The Family

JUST A MATTER OF TIME!

CHRISTIAN — In loving memory of my husband BEN CHRISTIAN who passed away May 13, 1951. It is lonesome here without

you,

And sad and weary the way; Life has not been the same dear; Since you were called away. Florence Christian, Wife

A national housing goal needed

A recent Ford Foundationfinanced study took a look into the future and its picture of the U.S. in the year 2000 is fascinating. The study said that 60 percent of the population will live in three urban belts—in California, in Florida, and in a supermetropolis

s t r e t ching from the east 'coast through the Great Lakes area in the Midwest.

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Voice of hope The church as it tries to minister to the inner city frequently sounds a note of despair. Decreasing resources from a vanishing membership makes flight the normal pattern of congregational response. In some cases where the membership is large and the preaching brilliant enough, the Christian commuters continues their downtown loyalties, ignoring their black or brown Sunday neighbors. One senses that what is going on is a holding operation against that inevitable day when the inner city engulfs and smothers yet another congregation. But from an increasing number of churches and ministries in the central cities the message is no longer one of self pity or despair. It is clearly a confident, occasionally arrogant, claim that the true role of the church is being rediscovered in the inner city, and that suburban Christianity should no longer look on the downtown mission as the depository for its worn-out clothes but as a place of hope for those who take the gospel seriously. Those of us not immediately involved in such ministries need not so much to accept or reject this claim as to examine what is happening and the assumptions on which new programs are being created. While there are wide verities in such ministers, many of them would agree on at least three principles of action. The church must be the champion of self-determi-nation for those who live in the inner city. Saul Alinsky, the much praised and maligned supporter of mass community organization, has stated that to his utter amazement the church is the only organization in the center of the arena confronting the crucial social problems of our day. Since Mr. Alinsky is totally committed to-indi-viduals solving their own problems through group action, he is delighted to find the church defending this same thesis. Theologically, the claim is that men cannot become free until they have some degree of control over their own destinies To give powerless men power is not to guarantee that they will become Christian but it is to remove one obstacle from their way. Persons without power are also without their true humanity. Inevitably the second principle behind such ministries is the church as supporter of the poor for in our culture it js the poor who are powerless. Moving beyond Christmas baskets and seeking to avoid paternalism, the church now proclaims that poverty in an affluent land is an unnecesary sin. It further seeks to change those structures in our political and social life which perpetuate poverty. In conflict situations the inner city church unapologetically identifies with the poor in their demands for a share of the largesse which the rest of us have chiefly through the accident of birth. Third, while standing with the poor and the powerless, the church is the inner city also seeks reconciliation between all peoples and classes. Practically, it is aware that a city is either whole together or it will always be sick. Cancer cannot be isolated either in the ghettos or in the suburbs. Thus there are increasing attempts to involve persons of varying economic and cultural backgrounds in a common search for solutions to the city's problems. From the Christian perspective, reconciliation is always the ultimate goal though conflict is the inevitable precursor of such reconciliation. In this issue, beginning on Page 1, we give several examples of unusual inner city ministries. Others will be presented in the future. These new strident voices of hope from the inner city must be evaluated. The inner city minister who decries the paternalism of those who offer help may simply be protecting his own brand of paternalism. The criteria of evaluation for many of the new programs is often unclear. But such critiques could be as easily leveled at any part of our congregational lif& That some ministries in our central cities have moved beyond despair to hope is surely good news for us all.

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This is all based on proj e c t i o n of current trends which show Americans flocking to the big

cities and their suburbs. What will life be like in these supercities just 33 years hence? Again, based on current trends, I think life will be awful. I say this because nothing much is being done to meet todays needs in providing decent housing for all who need it, and nothing is being done to stop the spread

of the ghetto.

If life in 2000 is to be bearable, the nation must start now to end discrimination in housing and to build homes and apartments on a scale appropriate to the need. Of prime importance is a fair housing policy which would allow Negroes to live whereever hey wished, instead of being forced into overcrowded slums. Of equal importance are measures to upgrade existing housing in the ghetto and make it attractive to live

and work there.

One important step to prevent the spread of the ghetto is the new policy recently adopted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development which provides that lowrent public housing projects be built on sites which will encourage racial balance. Now it will be harder for local authorities to build in the ghetto without considering al-

ternative sites.

Edward Logue, director of Boston redevelopment, has proposed that slumlords be denied tax depreciation on decaying buildings which don’t conform to build codes, thus taking the profit out of the housing exploitation business. He also suggests that epecial tax benefits called urban investment allowances be given to attract legitimate businessmen and developers into ghetto areas, especially for owner-occupied slum property, encouraging its improve-

ment.

Similar Incentives are going to have to be developed if we are to get a housing industry which can meet the needs of the supercity of the year 2000. When the government decided it would land a man on the moon by 1970, it formed a “team” to do the job —government, scientists, universities, defense industries, all combined to create a vast aerospace industry which worked to overcome the problems of space exploration. Housing needs are at least as important and therefore a national housing goal must be established. It should become the focus of a vast effort which will create a national housing industry to provide the housing the nation so desperately needs. About one out of every five Americans lives in sub-stand-ard housing. Yet to meet this need for better housing, and to provide for our rapidly growing population, there were only about 1.2 million new

by WHITNEY M. YOUNG. JR. housing starts last year, less than in 1965. And only 40,000 of these were for families with low or lower-middle class incomes. If this trend continues, we won’t have supercities in 2000, we will have super-

slums.

The number of housing starts per year should be doubled with special emphasis on low and moderate income housing. A broadly based national housing industry could do the job, and it could support the research needed to

fully exploit modern materials and building techniques which could lower the present high] construction costs. Taking a peek at what the future holds is always interesting, but its value lies primarily in showing us what must be dona to prepare for it. We are not properly housing all of our population of about 200 million people; we had better start now to prepare to house the 311 million people predicted for 2000. It’s only 33 years away.

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GEORGE WALKER WALKER — In loving memory of my husband GEORGE WALKER who passed away May 8, 1960. I often sit and think of him When I am all alone; For memory is the only thing That grief can call its own. Bernice Walker, Wife

Letters to the editor...

Let's get it over with „ . . result serves only the interest

The nature of the American an( j purpose of the former. poHtical system is to postpone. The Supremc Court dec , slon to avoid, and to te a 0 f 1954 outlawing school segrec rr,‘n a anJ intfra to K tha ?h«on is proof of the results st ength crradnalists in an< * e f fect that is derived from oXXXy^TheK^peopJe 8 aie our moderate and gradualists

praised for their “level-headed- approach.

ness,” and their ^understand- r “oinJuT” 6 ing.” The basic question is Cou .f “ "o‘ Ko.ng to back down whether, in fact, this Position on its decision, and we all know is a wise one. It serves to post- that ,!\‘ s .? j> ust v , r frht ° n ?; pone in the name of understand- wouldn’t it be better to get it iXe^ solidifv Opposition to ^n XiaXXbffaceT^h thiTultimate goal oflmmpuSnS ‘!> a yelling mob^of segregation-

with law and order. Staunch

ELMER T. DAVIS DAVIS — In loving memory of ELMER T. DAVIS who passed away May 10, 1962. Surrounded by friends, I am

lonesome

In the midst of my joys

I am blue;

With a smile on my face, I’ve a heartache, Longing, dear husband for you. Mrs Theodore Davis, Wife Mrs. Charlotte Farmer Mrs. Delores Turner,

Daughters

Charles Elmer Davis, Son

CARD OF THANKS — — NEWMAN — We wish to thank everyone for their kindness in our hour of sadness during the passing of our mother. MRS. MYRTLE NEWMAN The Family HANKERSON — The family

MRS. GEORGIA HANKERSON wishes to acknowledge with deep appreciation the kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral tributes extended by our relatives, friends and neighbors in our time of bereavement. We especially wish to thank the choir, and soloist of Mt. Paran Baptist Church and Jacobs Brothers Fuenral Home. We also thank all who have contributed in any way. Enoch Hankerson, Husband Mary E. Phelps, Daughter Enoch Hankerson, Jr., Son Charles G. Hankerson, Son DOUGLAS — We wish to acknowledge with sincere appreciation the kindness, sympathy, and beautiful floral tributes extended by our relatives, friends and The Greater Than I Baptist Church. We especially wish to thank Rev. R. A. Pullin and Williams Funeral Home for services rendered at the passing of our father FRED DOUGLAS Son, Ollice Douglas DaughteMn-law, Bettie Douglas CARD OF THANKS — „ PERRY — We wish to express our sincere appreciation to our relatives, neighbors, and friends for the kindness, prayers, sympathy and floral tributes extended to us at he passing of our loved one CORA PERRY We especially thank Rev. Clyde V. Jetter, Rev. W. E. Starks, Rev. Thomas Ervin, Rev. William Smith and Stuart Mortuary for their kind understanding services. Perry, Lewis, Gardner Families MRS. NORINE CLARK CLARK — We wish to acknowledge with deep appreciation the many kindnesses extended to us in our time of bereavement. The cards, telegrams, personal calls, flowers and other courtesies will always be remembered. We wish to thank Rev. Stephen Wells of Corinthian Baptist Church for his consoling eulogy, the choir, the pallbearers, Patton’s Funeral Home for their efficient services and all who assisted in any way. Dave Clark, Husband Etta West, Aunt Relatives and Friends

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the ultimate goal of compliance ' n ” u ;. ul “egragai with law and order. Staunch 3 ° f resisters, who justify their po- william nXnvncr sition on moral grounds, make William D. Joyner

no distinction between an outspotken deep-South Governor who tells them, “Never integrate your schools,” and a moderate who cautions Negroes to “go slow,” since both positions sanction a continuance of the status quo. The fact that there is a difference of degree is irrelevant to the resister, since to him morals are an all-or-noth-

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Chairman Housing Committee NAACP Kokomo, Indiana.

To the Editor;

The Writer submits that a professional policy of “gradualism” is nothing more than an attempt to delay in a situation which becomes politically worse because of this delay. The direction in which the segregationist thinking is taking him cannot be easily changed. If adamant, fast - moving forces are pulling on him from one side, this force cannot be met by soft, easy-going persuasions from the other. The net

Will you please publish this letter regarding the authorship of a commentary which was published in the April 8, 1967 issue of your paper.

The article was entitled “Equality Overrules Racial Integration” and was signed “Mrs. D. L. Hannan.” I did not wri^ the article and I have no idea who the Mrs. D. L. Hannan who signed the article may be. Mrs. Dana L. Hannan, 3960 Forest Manor, Indianapolis.

WILLIAM T. LEE LEE — In loving memory of my dear husband and our father WILLIAM T. LEE who passed away May 11, 1966. Your gentle face and patient smile With sadness we recall You had a kindly word for each And died beloved by all. The voice is mute and stilled the heart, That loved us well and true, Ah, bitter was the trail to part From one so good as you. You are not forgotten loved one Nor will you ever be, As long as life and memory

last

We will remember thee. We miss you now, our hearts are sore, As time goes by we miss you more, Your loving smile, your gentle face, No one can fill your vacant place. Dorothy Lee, Wife Children and Grandchildren

SMALLPOX DANGEROUS DESPITE ITS RARITY

The fact that smallpox is rarely seen any more in this country has caused us to let down our guard. We should not forget that a single case introduced into the United States could start an epidemic that would take many lives. Smallpox is a disease that kills about 25 per cent of its victims in an epidemic, and many of those Who do survive, become blinded by scars on the cornea or have their faces deeply scarred with pock marks. The danger lies in the speed of modern air travel which can bring a person who has been exposed to smallpox into this country before he shows any indication of the disease. The surest way to prevent smallpox is by vaccination. The best time to give a first vaccination is before the baby is one year of age. If the vaccination fails to take ,it should be repeated after a period of 3

or 4 weeks.

No covering, except the child’s regular amount of

clothing should be placed over the vaccination. It is not advisable to tub bathe the baby until the vaccination scab is completely dry. Since the immunity produced by a vaccination gradually disappears, the process should be repeated every 3 to 5 years. Ih most people this revaccination will result in a mild reaction called an “immune reaction.” This has the effect of a booster shot and insures a high level of immunity for another 3 or 4 years. If the revaccination causes a reaction similar to that produced by the first vaccination, this means that the old immunity has been completely lost. If you have any plans to leave the United States, you must have a record of a vaccination made within three years of the date of your expected return or run the risk of being quarantined by the United States Public Health Service on your return.

Health hints

HEALTH AND SAFETY TIPS, TAKING MEDICINE Ever wake up, or at least about half awake, in the night with a splitting headache? Or a pain in the tummy? And stumble into the bathroom and reach for a bottle in the medicine cabinet. And gulp down a pill or two, or a spoonful of medicine ? Sure. All of us have. And we are risking serious trouble in taking medicine carelessly. The medicine was prescribed by your physician, and he included specific orders for size and frequency of dose and how to take it. The American Medical Association reminds that there is a good, sound reason for these orders, and they’re meant to be followed. A few simple rules for taking medicine can help to avoid an accident that may make your minor discomfort a lot worse. Never take medicine in the

LEROY DAVIS SR. DAVIS — In loving memory of LEROY DAVIS SR who passed away May 11, 1957. Not dead to us who loved him, Not lost, but gone before He lives with us in memory And will forevermore. Virginia Davis, Wife and Children GILL — In loving memory of our husband and father ' TRUMAN U. GILL who departed this life May 9, 1964.' Our kind and loving husband and father, We think of you today, And recall the happy hours ’Ere the day you passed away. Lillie Mae Gill, Wife Sylvester Gill, Son dark. Be certain you can see the bottle or pill box, to make certain it’s the right one. Read the directions carefully before taking. Those directions are there because they’re need-

ed.

Don’t increase the dosage or take more often than directed without checking with your doctor. If the label says “Shake well before using,” it means what it says. Shake it. Don’t take medicine prescribed fo rsomeone else. Just because it helped your husband’s cough doesn’t mean it’s right for you. Keep medicine out of reach of children. The small child who is rushed to the hospital after eating a whole bottle of sugar-coated tablets is an all too common occurrence. Keep the medicine in its original box or bottle. Shifting sleeping pills into an aspirin bottle, for instance, could produce ire effects for someone else in the family.

WILLIAMS — We wish to express our sincere thanks to our many relatives, friends -and neighbors for their kindness, prayers, cards, sympathies, floral tributes and donations extended to us at the passing of my wife MARY E. WILLIAMS We especially thank Rev. E. M. Pendleton, and the other ministers for the consoling remarks, and we also appreciate Craig Funeral Home for efficient services. William A. Williams and Family MATTHEWS — We sincerely acknowledge with deep appreciation the kindness, sympathy and beautiful floral tributes extended by our relatives, many friends and neighbors at the passing of my beloved husband JOSEPH E. MATTHEWS We especially thank Rev. George Rice and the organization of University Methodist Church, Rev. G. N. Hardin of Columbus, Ohio, Rev. Benjamin Sims and Dr. Joseph E. Taylor and the Patton Funeral Home, Winona Memorial Hospital and all of the local newspapers, also the Indianapolis Police Department, the William H. Block Co. and city usher board union. The Family DEATH NOTICE BEVERLY A. LEWIS — departed this life May 3, 1967 at Marion County General Hospital at the age of 41 years. Bom May 12, 1926. Services were held at Patton Funeral Home. Survivors include a son, Walter Eugene, mother, Mrs. Helen Reed, two sisters, Mrs. Conova Malone, Mrs. Sheila Black.

MABEL McKELLER Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel S. McKeller, age 72, 2414 Indianapolis Ave., were held Friday, May 5 in Jones Tabernacle AME Church. She died Tuesday, May 2 in General Hospital. She was a member of .the Home Missionary Society and a stewardess of Jones Tabernacle Church. Survivors include her mother, Mrs. Julia Simon and three sons, Fenton, Merfick and Mark McKeller.

WILLIAM JOHNSON Funeral service for Chief Petty Officer William C. Johnson, 36, were held Thursday, May 11, in Jacobs Brothers Westside Chapel. He was injured fatally, Friday, May 5 by a car in the streets of San Die^jo, Calif. He was an electronics technician on the USS Agerholm. He was to have retired from the Navy after 20 years service in 1968. He was a graduate of Attucks High School and a member of the Corinthian Baptist Church.

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