Arizona sun., 1962-02-01
WHAT is PICKETING?

One of my very good NAACP friends who had heard the
plans picket Woowors Store Saturday called me to ask now
Mrs Belafone will asked hadn't anticipated such
question: ready with answer Such question oe
answer Ihad to dig deep for moment to get rar
g~sf- H
Now know that Mrs has marched in similar picket
lines picket lire directed owasthe Same END as tne one On
Saturday would new her She would gady
walked in been mentioned to her But there was nlcn
exausting ahead in preparation for the FasFp
that night for to- permit her walk in picket fnea So
briefly can assure you by words ta she thrhcd
that Phoenix hadnay decided bring the matter
nation against Negroes out into the open 81
If any one doubts there Isl discrimination against Negroes
Phoenix he deaf dumb and blind A anyone has TO
do to look Have you seen q Negro csking
soesq Also collage graduate was fr
at K6f1es aaaifcton for job IN a Mems
Department il department exactly university degree
appreciated did while but he didn't stay
LOOK AROUND department in City Hail. not counting mes
senge antos and count the Negroes There is only one
Negro administrative job all of the Phoenix Housing Author
M and that recent Look around in the Federal Building in the
State Employment Offices in the banks Look anywhere ana decide
for yourself Don't ahto take walk through the State eapo ano
the Gov MacFarand had some efficient and
attractive Negro secretaries but that over now with the Repub
County does considerably better but not
really well enough As the result of this situation Negroes
suffering humiliation and temptation because
they can't get jobs Children out OF school, FaeS are broken
of Negroes could
be higher they could get the kind Of job and job advance
their training and would entle them to have
high school principal went to personnel people in
chain other places begging begging for after
school Jobs fer Negro boys with absolutely RESULTS Only
about six Negro boys jobs This condition
Negro young peop both high school and college is bad
bad Ask the people WHO know, if you doubt this.
When newspaper editor convinced of the wrongness of
condition affecting citizens thinks something
about it, he writes aedoria giving the facts This large part
of newspapers Importance good newspaper While not all of
the public will with the editor he be right in the minds
of enough that he get wholesome corrective action
if he bearssdOan hard enough and long enough. sssa
picket line nothing than walking protest
editorial telling the people by their banners and their walking of
condition because they have other effective of dramatic
ing the message for the many people who be reached before
some kind of positive results achieved Labor learned the e
feetveness of the picket years groups
that just as helpless ass labor groups used to be-
Walking picket lire not pleasant activity found this
Saturday but proud to try to set encourage
some OF the stronger walkers who telling
sage to the pubc While walked and while rested heard
remarks about the lowoWn and doing this
But heard remarks such They say they get jobs
AT so? and II want to know that sympathy
what you doing sessr ID a..
The article in the Sunday Republic stated that there 40
Negroes in line Possibly than times
There all of 60 when the line early in the
When the lines broke the end of the day there GA in line
This is our first effort to let the public employment
predcamen The youh by piekeng opened
counters and soda fountains and checking
need We way but all other ways have
failed One thing all of in this
the fact that the Negro ministers strongly behnd
The local has treated we'll could have bet that
patriotic anticomunis would have had his
either in byine story letter to the editor remember how
Bernie Wynn told about the "ce of Freedom Riders There
is still plenty Of time However from the opposition has
ntrated the local branch of the NAACP Iknow wish
they would nlate and find out first hand how American
w A ROBINSON