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Richard Wright Wins
1910 Spingarn Medal
"NATNE SOM AUTHOR GETS 10Th ANNUAL


NEW YORK-Because she has
given to Americans who have eyes
to see, a picture which must be
faced if democracy is to survive, u
Richard Wright, 32-year-old author
of "Uncle Toms Children" and
Native Son." the 1910 best-seller
novel, was made the 26th recipient
of the Spingarn Gold Medal at a
meeting of the award committee
held here Thursday, January %,
the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People
announced today.
The committees formal citation
said the medal was awarded to Mr..
Wright ''for his powerful depic-
ton in his books, Uncle Toms
Children and Native Son. Of the
effect of prescription, segregation
and denial of opportunities to the
American Negro. He has given to
Americans who have eyes to see, a
picture which must be faced if de-
mocracy is to survive. The Award
Committee salutes Mr.. Wright as
one of the most powerful of con-
temporary writers"
Members of the Award Commit
tee are: Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
A. Philip Randolph, president of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car
Porters; Marion Cuthbert, National
Y. w. C. A. official; Bishop Robert
E. Jones, of the M. E. Church;
Robert A. Pelham, editor and pub
Usher of the Washington, D. c.,
Tribune; Mrs. Dorothy Backer,
wife of the publisher of the New
York Post; DR.. John Haynes
Holmes, pastor of the New York
Community Church; DR.. Mordecai
w. Johnson, president of Howard
University, and Mrs. Mary Mcleod
Bethune, National Youth Admins
tration official.
Accepting the medal, which will
be presented to him at the Associa-
TONS 32nd annual conference to
be held in Houston, Texas, June
24-29, the noted author issued the
following statement from his home
in Brooklyn, New York:
at is with a deep sense of re-
sponsibility that 1 accept the Spin
garn Medal. I accept it in the
name of the stalwart, enduring
millions of Negroes whose fate and
destiny I have sought to depict in
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al organizations with which Mrs
Smith was identified.
kilograms from many groups
and individuals and letter from
Mayor George E. Leach of Mime
apolis were read. S. o. Harris read
the obituary. Oliver Thornton
sang a solo and LET My People
Co." a composition of Mrs. Smiths,
was played. Other soloists were
Mrs. Lillian Jackson, Mrs. Estella
Sims and Mrs. bessie Gresham.
Rev. Warrington told of his close
contact with Mrs. Smith during her
recent illness. Rev. S. A. Doug
lass read a passage of her Bible
which she had requested to be read
at her funeral.
Interment was in Layman's
cemetery in the family lot. Honor
airy pallbearers were the deacons of
Zion and Bethesda Baptist
Churches, William Martin, Nelson
Kintchlow, N. ]. Hunter, William
Crump and Frank Samuels.
Active pallbearers were S. o,
Harris, Clarence Hughes, Curtis
Chivers, Luther Abbey, E. H.
Payne and Cecil Newman.
Survivors include w. M. Smith,
husband, civic leader, and her
daughter, Mrs. Essie R. Mason. At
tending the funeral were Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank B. Jones of Chicago
sister and bfother-in-law of Mr.
Smith.
Boyd Wright had charge OF
funeral arrangements assisted by
Theodore Woodland.
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Van Rogers, Vet
Pullman Porter,
Dead at 81

Van Rogers, 6O6 st. Anthony
Ave-, died Saturday, February 1,
at Ancker hospital at the age Of
81. ....... .....
Born in Georgia, he came to St
Paul to make his home forty years
ago and has been employed by the
Pullman Company for thirty-six
years. He is survived by beloved
wife, Lonia.
Funeral services were held Wed.
nesday, February s, at 8. p. m.
with Rev. J. W. Phelps officiating
Mrs. Susie Gaylord, contralto, sang
two solos. Interment was in Oak.
land cemetery.
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terms of scene and narrative in
imaginative fiction. It cannot be
otherwise, for they are my people
and my writing which is my life
and which carries my convictions
attempts to mirror their strug.
giles for freedom during these
troubled days.
Ito be more explicit, / accept
this award in the name of my
father, sharecropper on Missis-
sippi plantation, and in the name
of my mother who sacrificed her
health on numerous underpaid jobs,
and in the name of the millions of
others like them, whose hope for
peace and security reflects the as
pirations of the common people
everywhere during this period of
war and cataclysmic social change
The Spingarn Medal Award was
instituted in 1914 by the late Joel
E. Spingarn, who was formerly
president of the N. A. A. C. P. 1t
is awarded annually to the Ameri-
can Negro who has made the high
est achievement during the >preced-
ing year or years in any honorable
field of human endeavor. It's pur-
pose is to "call the attention of
the American people to the exist
ence of distinguished merit and
achievement among American Ne
groes, to serve as a reward for
such achievement, and as stimu-
lus to the ambition of colored
youth"
Mr.. Spingarn died in July, 1899.
In his will he set up trust fund
of $4,000 to pay and provide for
the continuance of the annual
award. ~.
Native Son. a. Book-of-the-
Month Club selection for March,
1910, sold more than 215, 900 copies
within the first week of publica-
ton, and during a period of six
weeks went beyond 100000 sales,
Today it is still selling a consider
able number of copies weekly
Material for the novel, which Gre
ated wide discussion when it was
first published, was based partly
on boys he met in a Chicago re-
Mobilization school for Negro Dead
End" kids, and partly on the Rob-
ert Nixon case, according to
Wright.
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Twin City News Briefs
Mckinley P. T. A.

Mckinley P. T. A. met Tuesday,
February a. at the school, Carroll
avenue and Mackubin street. DIR.
A. ]. Fandell addressed the meet
ing and the rescue squad of the
Fire Department gave a demon
stration. Foundry Day and Cherry
tree skits were given.
A Steak Breakfast was served at
"a local tea room honoring Mrs. Bee
Arthur, who has just returned to
the city from Wisconsin. Other
guests included Mrs. Huldah Gar
ner, Mrs. Matte Lagrone, Mrs.
Helen Jackson and Mr.. Freddie
Smith. Mrs. Arthur was also hon
ored on Tuesday evening of this
week at an informal party at a
Minneapolis restaurant given by
Mrs. M. Lagrons, 1874 E. Franklin
avenue. -...
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Group Finally
Gets Place On
Ancker Staff

Appointment of Miss Margaret
Turpin to the nursing staff of
Ancker Hospital in st. Paul was
announced this week by the st.
Paul Urban League.
Miss Turpin, who began her
duties in the obstetrics ward, is a
graduate of st. Paul schools and
received her nursing training at
Provident Hospital in Baltimore.
Although one other nurse worked
at the hospital in connection with
a WPA project several years ago,
this is the first time anyone has
been named to the regular staff.
The League also announced that
three persons are now at work on
the building of the Halle @. Brown
gymnasium. Two Of the men are
building laborers and the third is a
carpenter. All of the men are
members of their respective unions.
Later it is expected that others will
be employed as bricklayers, cement
finishers, plasterers and painters.
The Urban League pointed out
that previous experience in these
fields is required for employment.
The men at work receive the union
scale of pay and must either be
members of unions in the construc-
ton industry or be willing to join.
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Infant Son of
C. W. Washington
Dies of Pneumonia

Charles w. Washington, Jr., the
six and one-half month old son of
the Minneapolis Urban League ex.
ecutive secretary, died Sunday, Feb
2, at Fairview Hospital. He haG
been i'll three days with pneumonia
Funeral rites were held Wednes-
day, Feb. 5, at the Woodland Funer-
al Home chapel at II a. M, with
Rev. C.. F. Stewart, pastor of st,
Peter A. M. E. church, officiating,
assisted by Rev. H. w. Bolts, pas
tor of Zion Baptist church.
Interment will be in Atlanta,
Georgia, the home Of Mrs. Wash
ington. The remains will be &C.
companied to Georgia by ]. R. Kel-
ly of Atlanta, and Mrs. ]. r. Flood
of Tuskegee, father and sister of
Mrs: Washington, both of whom
came to Minneapolis to attend the
funeral. Mrs. Annie Washington
of Kansas City, Kansas, mother Of
Mr.. Washington, came to the city
for the services, also.
The C.. w. Washingtons will not
accompany the remains because o1
the serious illness of their daugh-
ter, Joan Frances, who is confined
to Fairview Hospital where heI
condition was reported improved al
press time.
Brother members of Mr.. Wash.
ington's fraternity, the Alpha Phi
Alphas, Messrs. John Patton, Nor
man Light, s. o. Harris and Ray
Hatcher, served as pallbearers.
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Governors Refusal to Answer
Request for Conference
Brings Action

The recently formed Minnesota
Defense Committee representing
all sections Of the Negro popu1a-
ton in the Twin Cities announced
through it's publicity chairman,
Rev. C. T. R. Nelson, president
of the Twin City Ministerial ALI
ance, plans to stage a march by
Negroes of the Twin Cities to the
state capitol to interview the gov
ernor." t
The committee claims Stasser
has to date virtually ignored re-
quests for a conference to discuss
the removal of unconstitutional
racial bars in the Minnesota De-
Tense force or Home Guard.
It all began when several St
Paul men, in answer to newspaper
ads and placards, sought to serve
the state by enlisting in the Mime
sofa Home Defense. They were re-
fused because of their race.
The st. Paul N.A.A.C.P. wrote
the governor requesting a confer
ence.
The governors office referred the
matter to Col. Stats, chief of the
force, who wrote that Federal sup.
ervision of the guard prevented the
enlistment of Negroes.
The N.A.A.C.P. again wrote Gov
ernor Stassen who did not answer
the second letter.
When the defense committee was
formed, prominent citizens from
many different organizations were
named to direct a drive to halt dis
elimination in the tax supported
defense force and to begin plans
to have the Negro communities
workers share in defense contracts
being let to Twin firms.
A letter dispatched after the Jan.
IL registered mail to Stassen
brought only an acknowledgment
from Lester Badger, his secretary.
Last Saturday night, Feb. 1, the
committee meeting in Minneapolis
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Negro Citizens Plan to
March to Capitol to
Protest Stassen's Attitude

outlined plans for a mass march
to the capitol for an audience with
the young governor.
Governor Stassen's statement in
Mondays daily papers that the
matter had not come to his atten-
ton was secuted by leaders Of the
defense committee who claim they
have evidence that the governor
knows all about the situation.
The plan to march on the state
capitol has attracted nationwide
attention. Practically all of the
large Negro weeklies have wired
for information on the matter.
Correspondents for Time maya
zine and the New York daily paper,
P. NJ, have sought information on
the causes leading up to the pres
ent situation.
Stassen has been mentioned as
sure contender for Republican
presidential nomination in 1914.
Members of the defense COM
mittee include ministers from both
the Catholic and Protestant faiths.
Social work executives, the Ameri-
can Legion and Spanish War vet
Grams are represented as well as
the labor unions, youth groups,
newspapers and fraternal organi-
cations. Every shade of thought
and opinion is represented among
the names on the committee.
Fairminded whites in all classes
of society reading the daily papers
expressed themselves by calling
various members Of the committee
to pledge their support. Several
of them said in effect, "You Ne
groes are finally waking up"
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Church, st. Luke's Episcopal
Church, Lake Harriet Church, P.
T. A., Meadowbrook School, May
flower Church, North Methodist
Church, St. Andrews Presbyterian
Church, Hobart Methodist Church,
Richfield Methodist Church, Column
bia Heights Community Methodist
Church, Minnehaha Baptist Church,
Edgewater Methodist Church.
Other organizations cooperating
with the Urban League in spon-
soring this program are the Min
neapolis Church Federation, Zion
Baptist Church, st. Peters A. NJ.
E. Church, st. Thomas Episcopal
Church, Beacon Light Church, Be-
thesda Baptist Church, Parent
Teacher Association, Y. w. C. A.,
Council of Jewish Women, Church
of st. Leonard of Port Maurice.
Interracial Committee
Persons serving on the year
round Interracial Committee are
the following: Mrs. Chas. Hymes,
President, Council of Jewish Wom-
en-; o. A. Pearson, Superintendent,
Minneapolis Division Of Public Re
lief; Frank o. Koehler, General
Secretary, Y. M. C. A; Miss Edna
H. Porter, General Secretary, Y.
w. C. A.; Frank ]. Hertel, General
Secretary, Family Welfare Asso-
citation; Miss Magnolia Latimer,
Head Resident, Phyllis Wheatley
House; M. Leo Bohanon, Social
Service Director, Division of Pub
lie Relief; J. A. Davis, President,
Phyllis Wheatley House; Rev.
Leonard A. Hirman, Church of st.
Leonard of Port Maurice, Superin-
tendent Carroll Reed, Dean NJ.
Schweickhard, President, Parent
Teacher Association.
Speakers who will assist in fill
ing engagements before many or
CARNATIONS are William Cratic,
Elder s. A. Douglass, S. o. Harris,
Miss Harriet Lane, DR.. w. D.
Brown, Norman Light, Edelbert G.
Rodgers, Clifford E. Rucker, Henry
Thomas, John F. Thomas, Mrs.
Clifford Hawkins, Roger Johnson,
C. v. Troup, Mrs. Hazel Curry,
Miss Margaret Abernathy, Ira
Ferguson.
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BOhanOn Chief Speaker
At Wheatley Annual
Dinner Tuesday Night

be heard in a tenor solo, "Duna, "
by McGill.
Other program items of interest
will consist of special musical Sc
lections from members of the music
department of the house which is
under the able supervision of Jean
cite Dorsey. A girls quartette will
feature songs and sweet swing.
Fred Atkinson will sing deep
River" and the Phyllis Wheatley
Down Beats will be heard from 600
to $50.
Deadline for reservations for the
dinner is 9 o'clock Saturday, Feb
ruary 8.
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League Board, was appointed to
the advisory committee on national
defense training in St. Paul on
February fourth.
The appointment was made by
H. W. Teichroew, director of the
National Defense training pro-
gram in st. Paul after Mr.. Hughes
name was suggested by Clarence
M. Mitchell, executive secretary of
the st. Paul Urban League.
Mr.. Hughes will represent the
Negroes interest. Other groups
represented on this committee are
the st. Paul Trades and Labor AS
sembly, St. Paul Association of
Commerce, w. P. A. and State EN-
ployment Service, St. Paul office.
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of the Hillel Council will talk about
democracy and religion; Albert
Allen, Miscellaneous Workers
Union 665, will handle the pertinent
subject, Democracy, the Negro
and Defense" and Robert Wishart
of the CIO will discuss the defense
of the nation through the eyes of
labor. M. Leo Bohanon, Director,
Social Service, Department of Pub
lie Relief, will be leader of the
panel.
The program promises to be one
of the spiciest of the Town Hall
series, and is being sponsored by
the Urban League Youth Council
and the Minneapolis Youth Council
as feature of the Annual Inter-
racial Week Program observed
locally under the auspices of the
Interracial Committee of the Ur-
ban League. Other features of the
Interracial Week Program, this
year, will be numerous addresses
before Negro and white groups, an
exhibit of Negro books in all the
branch libraries, and distribution
of photographers covering a wide
range of information on Negro life
by the Public Library.
Elder Douglass Over WDGY
On Friday, February z, Elder S.
A. Douglass, Beacon Light, Seven
Day Adventist Church, will be
heard over WDGY, $3.50 p. m. on
the subject, "Interracial Week, It's
Meaning" Miss Harriet Lane of
the Urban League Youth Council
will be interviewed by Mrs. NJ. D.
Zimmerman, Beautify Minneapolis
Inc. over station WLOL Saturday,
p. m. She. will tell what In
terracial Week means to her.
Speakers To Take Message
A corps of well informed young
people will address the following
organizations during the week:
Kadimah Society, Youth Fellow
ship, School Of Psychology and
Divine Science; Minnehaha Chris
tan Church, Wesley Forum, Wes-
ley Methodist Church; Trinity
Methodist Church, st. Johns Epis.
copal Church, Young Peoples
League of Aaron Temple, Bryr
J Mawr Chapel, Grace Methodist
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OTIS PERRY DIES
SUDDENLY

Otis Fazeand Perry, 518 st,
Anthony Ave-, died quite suddenly
Monday, February 8, following an
acute illness. Born in Maxwell,
Ark, 81 years ago, Mr.. Perry came
to st. Paul to make his home 1S
years ago. He was employed by
the Pullman Company.
Survivors include a wife, Minnie,
and q son, Clennie. Funeral SER
vices were held Friday, February
7, at 2 p. m, with Rev. Jace Clay
borns, pastor of the Baptist church
in Humboldt Heights, officiating.
Interment was in Elmhurst GENE
terry.
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SIG Carnival
Girls Make Big
Hit In Parade

When Local 516's Unit stepped
out with the Northern Pacific out
fit in the Winter Carnival Parade
Saturday, they made a big hit with
the parade watchers and received
loud applause as well as numerous
favorable comments. In addition
to the girls mentioned last week,
Ruth Hickman, Jane Russell and
Deloris Fears marched with the
girls and the Mems group was led
by Local 516s president, M. A.
Finney.
The group has been invited to
Duluth, Sunday, February 16, for
the Paul Bunyan celebration. They
will be escorted there by Mr.. Fin
ney. They paraded Wednesday in
the Midway Parade and Saturday
in the Torchlight Parade.
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Crowds Attend Rites
For Katherine Smith.
Minneapolis Pioneer

Last rites were held Monday at
2 p. m. for Katherine L. Smith,
Minneapolis, 79-year-old pioneer,
Hams, $40 st. Anthony Ave-, Mon
musician, composer, church and civ
ic worker, at Bethesda Baptist
Church. About 500 persons re-
viewed the remains as they lay in
state at the Woodland Funeral
Home and at the church.
Presiding at the funeral services
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TO BREAK GROUND FOR
HALLIES NEW GYM

A COMMUNICATING ceremony will
be held Saturday, February 8, at
1870 p. M, on the site of the new
gymnasium for the Halle @. Brown
Community House.
The entire community is urged to
witness the official round-breaking
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Adelaide Johnson
Dead

Adelaide Johnson, 800 Rondc
Ave-, st. Paul, died at Ancker hos
pital, Monday, February 3.
Born in VanWood, Ohio, on Jan
uary 15, 1875, the deceased had
made her home in the city for forty
years.
Funeral services were held
|. Thursday, February 6, at 2 p. m.
with Rev. Clarence T. R. Nelson
officiating. Interment was in Elm.
hurst cemetery.
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TUSKEGEE PRESIDENT
COMING

Frederick D. Patteron, president
of Tuskegee Institute, will be prin-
cipal speaker at the annual dinner
meeting of the Minneapolis Urban
League at Coffman Memorial
Union, University Of Minnesota
campus, Monday, March II.
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CORRECTION

In the Harrington obituary pub
lished last week, the name of the
deceased should have been Solomon
Harrington and the date of his
death was Thursday, January %,
with burial on the following Mon-
day.
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AUXILIARY TO GIVE ANNUAL
DINNER

The Phyllis Wheatley House
Auxiliary, of which Mrs. E. v. Mar
shall is president, win sponsor the
annual dinner meeting on Tuesday
evening, February II, at $3.50 p. m,
at the Phyllis Wheatley House, 's09
Aldrich Ave. N. q -.
Maxwell Leo Bohanon, board
member and director social service,
Minneapolis Department of Public
Relief, will deliver the dinner ad-
dress. Dinner music will be rem
dered by the Phyllis Wheatley
String Ensemble. Mark Gibbs will
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TWIN CITIES CIVIC SINGERS
IN RECITAL

The Twin Cities Civic Singers
gave recital Wednesday evening.
February 5, at Camphor Memorial
Methodist church, 585 Fuller Ave.
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ceremonies.
An interesting ceremony has
been arranged. Rev. Father Chas.
Keefe,: the Boy Scouts, and the
Glee Club, will furnish the program.
DIR. J. w. Crunp will open the
ceremony. -
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James Hughes
On Saint Paul
. Defense Board

James Hughes, foreman at Con-
solidated Printing Ink Co., st. Paul,
and member of the ST.. Paul Urban
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Wait for the king of them all,
Jimmy LuncefOrd and his 0rches-
ira, coming here March 2O.-advt.
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Meeting at Mill City YWCA
February Il Will Highlight
Interracial Week Activity

Defending America Through nterraca Brotherhood" the time
which will be discussed at the Town Hall Meeting Thursday,
February 194 Benton Hail. Y W. c. A at Joseph Sing
Secretary M A. Kwuln China will discuss the posi-
strengthening defense forces through civil liberties
and Chinese demoaces Merd Spo
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AMATEUR SHOW

See excellent Twin City talent in
prize amateur show and comedy
"Not Man in the House" at Cam
phor Memorial Methodist Church,
Friday, Feb. IA, 8:15 p. m. Admis-
sion, 25c. Sponsored by senior
choir.-Advt.
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Wheatley vs.. Alphas basketball
dance Saturday, February 15.-
Advt.
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was Rev. w. E. Washington, pastor
at Bethesda, of which Mrs. Smith
was a charter member and for
years choir director.
Assisting Rev. Wadlington were
the Revs. S. A. Douglass, ]. C.
Clayburn, H. w. Bolts and Carlyle
Stewart. Combined choirs from
several Minneapolis churches sang.
Resolutions were read from sever
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j. w. Pate addressed the board
of directors Of the North Side Com
mercial Club Thursday night, Jan
uary 80.
Evening star., 1941-09-26
Buckingham 'Purged'
Rent Hike 0bjectors,
House Hearing Told
Apartment Tenants
Were Forced to Move,
= LEGISLATORS Informed

A statement charging that ten
ants who protested unfair and un-
iustifable rent increases were
"purged" from Buckingham Com
munity, an apartment development
in Arlington, Va, was placed on the
record of a House subcommittee
during final hearings yesterday on
proposed rent control legislation for
the District.
The apartment management, it
was said, began purge" Of the
community after representatives Of
the Buckingham Civic Association
last year carried their protests TO
the National Defense Commission,
the Governor of Virginia and the
Virginia State Defense Commission.
Eight officers of the Give group
were denied lease renewals and had
to uproot their families from the
schools and other ties with the COM
munity." the statement said. 1t
was submitted for the record by
Donald Wheeler and was sponsored
by Irving Richter. Both were ident-