Arizona sun., 1960-04-29
INV neonle ore DESTROYED knowledge Hoseo 4:6)
Racial Friction = Sign OF Times

Excerpts from Mr. Gronges Talk to White House Conteence)
Lester GRANGER executive director Of the National rbun
Teooe noted direct relationship between American ndusol
Growth cd its resultant socio mobility ond Negro You? dem
onstroions before 1000 delegates to the White house
Conference on Children ond YOUTH MorCh 29 l9Oo Mr.
rcnuer addressed one Of principal theme assemblies OF
the Conference, the only Negro to do So
The lunchcounte sitins carried by Negro Younstes
constitute bitterly ronc or H9gc0y % upsuo J sora
would soy thut obsurd thot SO much quiet he0lsm
should be invested in merely claiming their T1gh 10 SIT on
unccounter stool dnd be served in hveondeCent STORE.
Others struck by the tragedy being enoced OY negro
young people who find this their on me0ns uncnded OF
vodinu their orqcnized nonvoen protest dgdnst sucgu-
ton of future by Indifferent or ignorant or DutY
hostile surrounding society,"
surely ony obswdity in the young peoples choice
of protest outlet is outnoched by the spectacle OF legislators
beinq louded for eroism when they hlbuser cgoinst ON
effort to rescue the future of these cooed young people, surely
the rooed Of 1nccounter stins is onehdlf heort
breaking thdt Of notion taking time out from su9-
gle for world freedom nd from Leadership OF me snllree
world to hagge ond bcker questions firmly decided by
mooriy Of American public dnd highest JudlCldl
authority
But Mr. Granger observed these developments could not
happen in stotc, truly costebound society," In such q
fluid society ideas ore eefooing people, when tcnles
beok ooy from old moorng places they chonge their
deus-and when they change their ideos they also change
relationships with their neighbors
"A new social FORM more efficiently adapted to the needs
of modern America will from these deos in conflict
Mr.. Grange observed.
only unthinking the noivey optimistic would hove
expected ut this period OF social chonge could have been
effected without dnd brutoitY based eo
he sold.
Concerning disogunized youth, Mr.. Granger suid loo
muly Of us based corrective planning assumed close
relationship between youth und the fdmY circle. Actually
the needs ot be answered for Jorge portion OF youth
the hafgrown-foll we'll outside the Of fdmilY influence
Whu these hdtgrown youngsters need the exerton Of
general community influence the environment around
influence thdt will miimize the evil ond moimize
the better aspects Of thot environment
As for housing, Mr. Granger Sold Every time see q
housdndunit hghrise owrcos housing development
in New York City feel not pleasure the prospect OF
housing facilities for those who need them desperately, but
rather Cous stupidity with which city planners
destroy foy dnd neighbohood values in order
to ldnd vdues
In conclusion Mr. Granger sold, Hos the time not come
when the American people look cody d this dvsve
factor Of to understand the rrepmdble damdge
inflicted by racdl segregation not only the personalities
of coored young people who deprived the free mans
opportunity in otherwise free society," but also upon the
children of those who hove established the
pdtern, who FIGHT to etdin dCid discrimincton?"