Arkansas State press., 1951-12-28
SIGNIFICANT LOCAL TRENDS OF 1851
Continued from pace one)

been the waiting rooms but we rest the case
with congratulations the progress thus far and confidence
that the forward moving business concern will continue IN i'm
prove its service to the public.
On the debit side of the ledger gymnasium has been blt
on e already oVecroWded Gibbs campus limiting still further
e educational hygene and safety disadvantages of that ins
tuition The Dunbar location still houses Junior high school
senior high school, junior college veterans giving bean
and inferior education Negroes compared with the
ing facilities for white children Muddy streets and unedlcaona
background and environment mark the of some of the new
elementary schools for Negroes
Recreaional facilities rest with the creation If s,au ~
inadequate pool way outskirts of TOWN. the raont
y extended outskirts for Negroes and Negro institutions net
wanted IN the cry limits Housing project duly segregated is
feature also OF this outskirts movement and as result an
extension of the Negro school system must follow
More Negro police needed to deal with the wave f Ne
80 eues sweeping over the city In general it would seem
dt e city does not appropriate enough money to its police
aepamen-hoping to rst-class officials with SECOND
OF d class expense In any such condition. Negroes are bound
TO suffer most The Negro will have to Join in movements in
easg the facilities of that and other public services in order
mat the service to the Negro may proporonaey or at all
increased " " ~
Farer treatment of the Negro is especially desirable in be
employment agencies If the offices are to continue 70 be
ide lie Is al the very least entitled representation on the
employed Sta-that part of the staff which on the
Negro side and handles the problems Negro applicants for
employment Negroes should be allowed to register for anv
type OF work which they able do and not strictly crc
sebed to application for type work which the preded
Me employee thinks Negroes should be allowed to do An
'l't 'Ouiu oe due 10 discover all local
o Negro workers and place applicants when they are
found to exist N' "
Probably the chief hope of the Negro is to large extent
III ue CONSCIENTIOUS white citizen and in the aggressive Negro
press which rouses and stimulates his conscience This was H.
Illustrated by Mr. Ashmores local speech Of the voar dealr
actuaI way with the racial issues this sectonhe Negro
must either be treated without official prejudice or in absolute
mohoVebe fact be provided with separate but equal IA
aiHteS in all public activities The tone of the daily papers
mas improved The part played otherwise by the Negro in pro-
geSSve movements has been limited chiefly TO heavv vote
against those city officials he considered responsible for his
recreation situation and the institution of Equality" suits b.
'oey '" Harold Flowers and groups of interested Negro
parents.
Inc responsibility of the white people for Improvement
OF he situation cannot be oversaed They are the orgnaors
Of the problem and they have the power No Negro thinks no can
get anywhere alone in this nation and the efforts
most radical socaled radicals are largely directed toward tho
arousal of the white conscience