Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1959-09-19

president Of the American Council
to Improve Our Neighborhoods.
According to Lash, "The Ma
tons rapid growth in urban areas
is the greatest domestic challenge
we have"
In a report on school integra-
ton, Alexander J. Allen, director
Of special services for the National
Urban League, declared school
Indignation is the immediate OBJ
jective and focal point around
which Americas democratic i'm
pulses are now concentrated and
it is highly important that it be
achieved"
Whitney M. Young, dean Of the
Atlanta University School Of So
/. cial Work, declared that the two
barriers to the elimination of dis
elimination and the perpetuation
of second class citizenship for Ne
groes were the opposition Of racist
white elements and the effect OF
the past on the Negro, who often
becomes discouraged and condi-
toned to discrimination. Alfred
Friendly, managing editor of the
Washington Post and Times Her
aid, presided.
Frank M. Stanley, publisher OF
the Louisville (Ky.) Defender, de-
clared that the American Negro
must be given more awareness OF
the real meaning Of democracy
and his responsibility for it.
The future course of race rela-
lions in the light Of today's pop
ulation and social trends was ex-
plored by Edwin c. Berry, execu-
tive director of the Chicago Ur-
ban League. He said if popula-
ton and social trends continue in
Americas cities the race relations
| consequences will be disastrous in
the next 10 years.
Albert F. Waters, vice presi-
dent Of General Foods Corpora
ton, declared, "If the American
Negro wins economic equality, he
will win a balanced social status.
If we accept the thesis that eco
nomic progress for the Negro is
fundamental to all-over progress
for America we will not be caught
up in the emotional snares of what
is altogether too loosely called
social progress"
AL Hartnett, secretary-treasurer
Of the International Union of Elec-
trical Workers (AFL-CIO) said
democratic trade unions are the
most effective agency for carry
ing out fair employment practices.
However, he blamed labor unions
along with employers and the COM
munity at large for history of
inequality of opportunity in ap-
premiership programs of the
skilled trades. Charles S. Zim-
norman, chairman of the ALL
CLIO Civil Rights Committee,
spoke on Labor and the Urban
League.
Frederick w. Richmond, null
trustee, national chairman of the
1859 Equal Opportunity Day, and
president of F. w. Richmond Co.
of New York, spoke On Planning
for Equal Opportunity and the
Equal Opportunity Day observ-
ance.
Joseph D. Lehman, treasurer OF
the State of Illinois, spoke on the
"trek to the suburbs" and its re-
lation to race relations. He de-
clared that the new areas, the
suburbs, are burdened with the old
ethics in regard to race relations,
while the old areas, the central
cities, are developing the new and
more liberal ethics in the relation
ships between the races.
At the closing banquet, Archi-
bald J. Carey, Jr. spoke on the
social forces now leading to better
relationships between the races.
He noted the aid that the federal,
some state and some city govern
ments have given to the American
ideal of equality for all. He de-
clared also that much progress is
attributable to the fact that Ne
grces entering new fields have
given fine accounts of themselves.
And, he said, men of good Will
have had an impact, despite the
activities of racists groups such
as the White Citizens Councils.
The Washington Urban League,
Of which Sterling Tucker is execu-