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THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY IT, 1968
Newark riot study body lists 'simple' soultion
Continued From Page 1 to moke equolity' real for the black man — was bound sooner or later to land on the doorstep of each of us. And had not the Negro been patient and forbearing, it would have landed there before. The fate of a city today is in the hands of the policeman on the beat, the landlord of a tenent building, the shop steward in the factory, the employer, the storekeeper, the social worker, the public employee behind his desk or the neighbor who will not be a neighbor. We need fewer promises and mor action from political leaders and government officials.
We need fewer press releases from police commissioners on community relations and more respect by patrolmen for the dignity of eacr citizen. We need fewer speeches from employers and union leaders on equal opportunity in the future, and more flexible hiring standards now. We need more principals, teachers and guidance counselors who want their students to succeed instead of expecting them to fail. We need more social workers who respect and foster a client's pride instead of treating his as an irritant or a child.
Riots described as popular movement
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YORK C. JENNINGS Funeral services for York C.
Jennings, 86, 3723 Graceland, vvere held Feb. 8 at Patton Funeral Home. He died Feb. 5
at a local nursing home.
Before his retirement 10 . , , , years ago, Mr. Jenningi3 was NEW YORK — A psycholo- most Negroes regard riots as captain of waiters at the Clay- gist active in the War on Pov- haphazard and meaningless and pool Hotel where he worked 40 erty believes most Negroes that Negroes expect and are years. He was a member of sympathize with rioters because afraid of white retaliation and Second Christian Church and there “is a consensus that Ne- a worsening of inter-r ace re-
the Fall Creek YMCA. groes have been misused by latiomhips.
Survivors include the widow, whites.’’ \ teacher at the University Mrs. Jennie B. Jennings, and Dr T M Tomlinson also says °f California at Los Angeles a daughter, Mrs. Ann J. Olden. the t ’ im g arr i ve{ j f or whites when the 1965 Los Angeles riot to lay a<>ide certain myths a- erupted, Tomlinson is now with
bout'Negroes and massive funds the Office of Economic Opporbe alloted to combat causes of tunity in Washington Opinions racial unrest. derived from ms *study of that
and subsequent upheavals were
These myths, according to presented to the American Ashim, are .that few Negroes SO ciation for the Advancement
take part in riots, that f e w G f Science
sympathize with rioters, that Xomlinson deemed it unlikely
the $20 to $25 billions necessary to combat poverty and other intolerable living conditi o n s will be made available “in an
election year.”
“Negroes have lost faith. They no longer believe that whites will allow them to take their place in this society regardless of what they might do by way of providing t h e m-
selves,” he stated.
The Los Angeles riot in Watts “had the purpose of letting the whites know ‘how it is’ for Negroes,” Tomlinison said. It “took the lid off by disinhibiting a riot response to the conditions of Negro life that had always existed,” and riots now “have assumed the shape of a popular movement.” “There are no deterrents sufficient to expunge the outrage that gives birth to Negro viol-
Boy Scout movement promoted
Suburban residents must understand that the future of their communities in extricably linked to the fate of the city instead Of harboring the illusion that they can maintain invisible walls or continue to run
away.
Such change is possible only when the people in our more fortunate communities understand that what is required of them is not an act of generosity toward the people in the ghettos, but a decision of direct
and deep self interest.
To bring about such change and the reevaluation ar|d revision of individual conduct and practice requires a climate that
must be created by extraordinary leadership of all levels of government and in the private
sector.
Scott is named WFBM public affairs assistant
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-.w- ^ r - Briggs was born in Wash-
en ce. except their own fear, ington, D.C. and is a graduate and that comes after the fact,” Howard University Medical he cautioned Cchool. He served his internship Riots have exploded where ^ al Y ° rk
they weren’t expected—as in 9: t ?L’ re !! de J cy
Detroit with “relatively high Jcine at Sea View Hospital, Negro employment and wage f\ tateI L I . s . and ’. W w g f. n rates”—indicating that “what h ?^ Practice of Interrial Med,is unacceptable about Negro Jl 1 . 194 c 9 ’ f i 951 r t0 J 95 5 life does not vary much from f £ eld ^ t ra ? k ° c f city to city, and the differences Captain i n the Medical Corps,
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are irrelevant. The unifying 10 : 5 . 3 ^e returned to I^dianafeature is the consensus that P 0 * 18 and resumed his practice.
Negroes have been misused by
whites.”
SUSIE J. CAVER Mrs. Susie J. Caver, 69, 3282 Hovey, died Feb. 4 at her home. Rites were conducted Feb. 10 at Greater St. Mark Baptist Church. Mrs. Caver, a member of the Greater St. Mark Church, was active in its missionary society. A son, Walter Caver, survives.
He is married to the former Miss Jessie V. Ross, a registered nurse and has one son, Ro-
bert W. Brigg, Jr.
Rev. Willie D. Copeland is
pastor of the church.
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It requires clean, imaginative and sepsitive administration in our city halls, where the end of business as usual is long over-
due.
It requires broad opportunity for the Negro community to convert into a force for prideful achievement the power that despair caused them to use for destruction. It requires the realization of the simple truth that people arc a community's most valuable resource, and that to help people gain access to opportunity represents an investment likely to yield a better return than all the subsidies vve now provide for scores of economic sectors in our country, from farms to petroleum, f r o m railroads to publications. If the events of last July had shown one effect, i? was to show that we can no longer escape the issue. The question is whether we shall resort to illusion or finally come to grips with reality. Riots must be condemned. The cardinal principle of any civilized society is law and Order. It i-s vital to all. Without it no one will succeed or endure. The primary responsibility of government toward a threatened riot or mass violence is prompt and firm action, judiciously applied and sufficient to restore peace and
order.
At the same time, we recognize in the long run law and order can prevail only in condi. ticiis of social justice. Law enforcement in our country is neither designed nor equipped to deal with massive unrest.Our police establishments should be forced into the role of armies of occupation. Therefore, reality demands prompt action to solve the long-neglect-ed problems of our cities. ' inherent in these problems is the virus of segregation. It must be attacked at the source. It is rampant in urban bodies no longer healthy enough to fight disease of any kind and which will increasingly suffer frustration and disorder unless old and outdated approaches are abandoned and new solutions
sought.
Such solutions require a coordinated attack on many fronts, and they will take time. But a beginning can be made quickly. The way to begin is at home, in the way we do business on our streets, in our shops, our schools, our courts, government offices and wherever members of the black
communities meet.
The central issue was stated most simply and starkly by a 54-year-old businessman who testified before this commis-
sion:
Just treat a Negro like a man. It is so easy, the white man will not stand for a black man being a man. He’s got to be a boy.” Murder trial of doctor is continued CHICAGO — The murder trial of a prominent Negro doctor accused of killing his socialite wife was continued until March 18. Dr. John Branion Jr. has been charged with murdering his wife, Donna, on Dec. 22. He was freed on $5,000 bond Jan. 31 after his attorney, Maurice Scott, petitoned for bail on the grounds that the State’s Attorney’s office failed.to come forth with its evidence of provable guilt. Dr. Branion was indicated for the crime following a grand jury hearing. He has been arrested just the day before on advice of the State’s Attorney’s office. The state was challenged to tshow evidence of “provable guilt” on the part of Dr. Branion to justify holding him in Atty. Scott’s writ for bail. Criminal Court Judge John A. Powers was given no other choice but to set bail after the State’s Attorney refused to present his evidence. Atty. Scott, who charged that his client was being “crucified,” also contended that Dr. Branion was being railroaded on very slim evidence as a result of police inability to find the person or persons actually guilty of the crime. In his petition Atty. Scott accused the Daily Defender of pressuring the police department to (step up the investigation of the murder and said that consequently, a hasty arrest had been made.
STEPHEN SCOTT . Assistant Manager
Racial make-up of schools to be revealed A picture of the racial makeup in the larger Indiana school districts will possibly be seen through a federal civil righto survey being taken for the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. Questionnaires for the survey were distributed recently by Indiana School Supt. Richard D. Wells among 500 school superintendents, businesi? managers and other local school officials. Failure to answer the forms could result in a loss of federal
funds.
The questionnaires were to be returned to Mr. Wells by Feb. 15. His department will analyze them before sending them to HEW. before Feb. 29. According to Mr. Wells the survey affects thoise Indiana schools which have what he calls “a potential for minority groups.” He said this would include those schools with an appreciable percentage of Negro or Puerto Rican students. The school examination will cover 2,000 large school districts in the United States, each with a minimun enrollment of 3,000 students. Mr. Wells commented: “The department has a responsibility to assure itself that students ih districts which receive federal aid are not being subjected to discrimination or being denied the full benefits of education programs on the ground of race, color, or national origin. Practices, which may be reviewed as listed in a HEW statements, include patterns of over-crowded classes or less qualified teachers in predominately Negro schools, inadequate instructional equipm e n t and facilities or other unequal educational opportunities for Negro or other minority group students; gerrymandering of school attendance zones or other official policies which result in racial segregation, or racial discrimination in the assignment of teaching staffs.
Stephen Scott has been named Assistant Manager of Public Affairs for The WFMB Stations, it was announced this week by Jerry R. Chapman, Public Affairs Manager for The WFMB Stations. Scott will be responsible for assisting in the creation, direction and production of the stations’ public affairs activities. Scott, a native of Lebanon, Indiana, is a graduate of Lebanon High School and Indiana University. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force, having served with the American Forces Korean Network and as Communication’s Specialist, U.S. Air Force, in Newburgh, New York. He comes to WFMB from the Marion County Welfare Department where he was chief supervisor for the Food Stamp Division. He previously was host and producer of WFMBFM’s popular “Nite Hawk” program. Scott is married to the former Marian Gayle of New Orleans. He is the father of a son, Stephen L. Scott, Jr., six years old.
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