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tions in New Orleans have
Joined in urging their people
not to pull up stakes and move
north as suggested by the Citi-
zens Council. The two men who
changed their minds said they
did so after talking to repre-
sentatives of the Urban League
Of Greater New Orleans.
One Negro leader. Carroll
Belding, business agent for the
5,200-member interracial Local
270 of the TeamSterS Union,
termed the offer of the Citizens
Council a publicity stunt.
"All they want to do is find
some down-and-out Negroes
without any skills and tell the
North. These are the type
Negroes you are fighting for /"
Mr.: Boldlng said.
They only want to embar-
rass those city officials in the
North who happen to believe in
civil rights for everybody"
See Funds Failing
Mr.. Bolding added that the
council could not possibly find
enough money to send to the
North all Negroes who are dis
satisfied with conditions in the
South because they would have
to send all of U.S."
zone Of the jobleSs men,
Mack Henry Jones, "a, pays
$16.75 a month rent for an
apartment in a public housing
project where he lives with his
family and IL children. An un-
skilled construction laborer, Mr..
Jones has been out of work for
three months. His children
range from five months to Is
years old.
II heard about this free-trip
deal on TV! he said. II have got
IL mouths to feed and I fig
ured I'd try it."
I've been laid off for three
months now," Mr.. Jones con-
tinued. II sold my old car so
I could buy groceries. I'll go
anywhere to get a job, but I
don't figure there's any use go
ing to Washington"
Charles Pierce, 81, who said
he would do anything to be-
come a wage Garner again, has
been without work for one and
a half years. He and his wife
pay $26.75 a month for their
apartment in another public
housing project. They have no
children.
Fl don't guess it would make
much sense anyhow to go where
you got no relations or
friends" Mr.. Pierce said. LAS
long as stay here me and my
wife can find something to eat
and a place to lay our beads.
We are with friends here and
we don't have nobody in Wash
ington."
Speak in Chorus
Speaking almost in a chorus,
both men said:
I'VE just got to have work to
do"
"A man gets tired Of sitting
around and going out every
morning without finding q
job" said Mr.. Jones.
Both men said they could
work as common laborers,
jarlitors or truck drivers.
]. Harvey Kerns, executive
director of the New Orleans
Urban League, said: "The league
is encouraging people who an
tictpate moving north not to
accept a free ride in hopes of
employment. We are telling
them they will not be eligible
for charity because they won't
fulfill the residence require
ments."
Mr.. Kerns said the league
message was being broadcast
over two radio stations with
predominantly Negro listeners.
He also sent a similar message
last week end to more than
$50 Negro ministers, social,
civic and fraternal leaders.
"The White Citizens Coun-
Gil, rather than offering to
assist Negroes to gain first
class citizenship here, claims
to be interested in sending
them north where they may
live under conditions to bring
them a better life," the mem
orandum from Mr.. Kerns said.
THE Citizens Council has done