Arizona sun., 1961-10-26
Granqer Honored-
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ion away from the centerS of Ne
gro residents and out toward the
suburbs. Here is a PHYSICAL is
olation that slows down the pro-
cess of absorbing newcomer Ne
groes into an urban environment
and concentrates the stereotype
which holds that Negroes and
whites cannot live side by side
together.
1--WE have a problem of chronic
unemployment similar in many
respects to that which existed dur
ing the depression, where Negroes
are unemployed in twice their
proportion in the population. They
are unemployed not only because
of factors of race, but also because
of their lack of training. And not
only because of their lack of train
ing, but also because in many
cases there is a ceiling placed on
their promotion, no matter how
we'll trained they may be. This
| is ECONOMIC ISOLATION" )"
The American democracy, he
said, could be breeding a class
of Helots. supposed to have died
out with the end of the Republic
of Sparta.
To-day also and ominously, we
are developing PSYCHOLOGICAL
isolation of Negroes from whites
isolation that results when the re-
iected person despairs of being
accepted, begins to doubt the value
of acceptance and institutes his
own methods of counter-rejection,
he said.
There is the isolation too, of
slight, brown youth, male or fe-
male, who would like to dream
dreams that should be the dreams
of youth. But he or she who is
warned by limited experience, as
well as by the bitter advice of his
or her elders, that in such dreams
lies futility. They can't win, they
feel. They shouldn't try.
'.Here is the isolation that is to
be found in loss of incentives, in,
loss of confidence that the Ameri-
can way leads to anything but
Illustration and defeat for the per-
son of dark complexion.
81 think that all of us under
stand that the resources we can
amass in the decades to come will
be scarcely enough to enable us
to keep abreast of the problem
that has been neglected over-long.
1t is problem now growing by
leaps and bounds in every area of
these United States. l know from
my familiarity with the thinking
of my successor. Whitney Young,
that the Urban League recognizes
this as its challenge and that it will
devote itself unreservedly to meet
ing it"
Mr.. Kheel presented Mr.. Gran
ger with an inscribed silver tray
given by the League as token or
remembrance, and to Mrs. Gran
ger a large bouquet of roses. Hen
ry Steeger, New York magazine.
publisher and current League pre-
sident, rendered on behalf of the
Tribute Committee a volume of
letters and kilograms containing
scores of expressions from leaders
of the nation, including the PreSi-
dent of the United States.
Thomas G. Young, labor lead
er and null vice president, spoke
| in high praise of Mr.. Granger.
Participating also in the program
were Lloyd X. Garrison. lawyer
and descendant of the great abo-
Ilitionist; Robert w. Bowling, fl
nancier and real estate developer;
and William H. Baldwin, son of
the Leagues founder and public
relations counselor, all three of
whom have served as presidents
of the National Urban League.
| Whitney M. Young, Jr., who sue
ceeded Mr.. Granger as tn e
Leagues chief executive, was pre-
sented to the assembled group.
Musical interludes were provided
by three of Mr.. Granger's close
friends in the entertainment world.
They were: Miss Natalie Hinderas,
pianist; Miss Louise Parker, con-
tralto; Stowe Phelps, baritone.
Mr.. Kheel headed the Tribute
Committee, and serving with him
were Mrs. Mollie Moon, civic lead
er and president of the National
Urban League Guild; Mrs Dorothy
Hirshon, Urban League trustee;
Mrs. Regina Andrews, librarian
and Urban League trustee; and
James MacWithey. Urban Leagues