St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-05-04

II they want TO keep SEND
keep receiving them and caring
for them as best we can"
Rev. Taylor made his state
ments in face of threats by the
New Orleans segregationist group
to embarrass northern cities with
a flood of Negroes. However, by
the end Of last week, little more
than threats had been sent north
ward from New Orleans.
The Louis Boyd family consist
ing of 10 persons, including eight
children was faring well since the
father secured a 500 per week
job as a handyman.
Rev. Taylor's view conceded
with that of other leaders in Wash
ington and Chicago, other cities
where the New Orleans group an
nounced it would send discomfort
ed Negroes.
The concensus was that the
large Negro populations of these
cities could absorb more migrants
from the South than the segrega-
tionists could afford to send at
their expense.
Chicagoan Says
A Chicagoan said, with a Ne
gro population of almost 100000
a thousand or two thousand more
Negroes would not upset the econ
omy nor create a crisis.
Let them come, they might be
lucky and even if they aren't, they
can't be any worse off than they
are in a city where such an organ
ization as the Citizens Council is
permitted to thrive. Many of our
leaders came here as penniless
migrants"
However, northern political lead
ers, the NAACP and the Congress
of Racial Equality spoke scathing-
ly against the idea.
Rep. F. Edward Hebert, Demo-
crat of Louisiana, defended the
proposal. He said it was merely
Freedom Riders in reverse. The
Freedom Riders have ridden pub
lie transit vehicles in the South
to protest segregation.
George L. Singelmann, director
of the Citizens Council, announced
meantime that a unnamed donor
had agreed to underwrite a train
at a cost of $4,000 to transport
1000 Negroes northward.
Clarence Laws, New Orleans
field secretary for the NAACP,
termed the freedom train idea a
Cruel hoax"
Oretha Castle, New Orleans Of
ficial of CORE, called it "hypo-
critical effort to gain cheap pub
ncity."
Governor Rockefeller of New
York said the plan violates every
fundamental concept that we be-
lieve in as a people"
US. Senators Denounce Program
Senators Jacob K. JaWts and
Kenneth B. Heating, Republicans
of New York, denounced in the
Senate the New Orleans Citizens
Council program to send Negroes
north with one-day tickets.
Senator Javits said the casting
off of destitute Negroes was "a
shocking and shameful act" He
said New York had opened it!
arms in the past to emigrants from
foreign tyrancy' and will receive
innocent victims of domestic in
Justice with as much cordiality.'
Washington welfare agencies be
gan planning for the arrival o
some Negro families from Louis
lana amid reports they may no
even leave their Southern homes
They won't be entitled to vel
fare aid because they need 1
months residence for that. Whethe
any of them have jobs or market
able skills isn't known.
But the District Commissioner
determined to help these peopl
however they can, call a meetin
of welfare agencies to plan for tn
arrival.
Edwin c. Berry, executive direc
tor of the Chicago Urban league
ridiculed a reported scheme t
send a special trainload Of Ne
groes there.
Berry a deputy director, TIE
Cobb, said the league is prepare
to give what help 1t can to M
groes migrating here.
I'VE don't care where they com
from" said Cobb. Our functio
as an agency Is to provide help
A spokesman from the office
Raymond Hilliard, director Of IL
Cook County department Is curbe
by law in its program to aid nii
rants. The residency law require
that they live here a year befol
receiving aid.
IF Negroes are sent here fro
the south and need aid, the we