St. Paul recorder., 1962-11-23
NdfionoI News
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on the complaint Of Negro postal
employees that he has Disseminated
against them In promotions. A sim
liar action was taken three weeks
ago against the Los Angeles post
master.
The NAACP national board In
a resolution stated For millions
Of Negro Americans, as for other
disadvantaged peoples the world
over" Mrs. Franklin d. RoOse-
velt, twas an inspiration and a
symbol Of dedication and cOur-
age in the struggle for human
rights"
Saxaphone player and band
leader Gene Ammons got a 2 to
10 year term in the Illinois state
penetentiary at Joliet for illegal
possession of narcotics In Chi
cago police nabbed Rev. Delmas
Bryant whom the Chicago De-
fender identified as a spirituHst
minister in a dope raid. Bryant
was arrested with another man in
a Southside Chicago apartment
where arresting officers found two
narcotic kits and a quantity Of
substance believed to be dope.
When comedian Dick Gregory
arrived at the Maryland State pen
etentiary for a performance and
found the prisoners segregated by;
race, he politely but firmly in
formed the warden he would not
present his act. He told the men
he even refused to perform for
money before segregated audiences.
The prisoners applauded him, and
whites moved over into a section
reserved for Negro prisoners until
the entire audience was salt and
pepper.
Gregory then proceeded to put
on a show that literally had the
audience falling into the aisles
with laughter. This is the first
time in the prisons history a nom
segregated audience saw a show in
the prison auditorium.
Craig Noble, the Meridian, Miss,
white "Ole Miss" student who
with another white student VIII
liam Temple, from Washington,
DC. ate with James Meredith in
the school cafeteria went home
after unknown persons entered his
dormitory quarters and strew his
books and belongings all over the
place and busted a phonograph.
Knoble a freshman told a news
paper reporter that he was not
sure whether he would return to
the school or not. He said he feared
for his safety.
COP National committee chair
man william e. Miller who
claims the Gallup poll was incOr-
rect in reporting a swing towards
Democrats In the November cleo
tons also claims the party made
gains among the nations Negro
voters.
Miller picked certain wards in
Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland
and New York City to prove Ne
gro voters were returning to the
Republican fold Jack Wood,
housing secretary Of the NAACP
appealed to the national conven-
ton Of the National Home Manu-
facturers Association meeting in
White Sulphur Springs, w. Va,
keep close cooperation with inter-
group relations organizations in
an effort to end housing discrim-
nation in the us.
Negroes In Federal employment
increased 10,737 in tie one year
from June, 1861 to June, 1862.
Most Of the new jobs were of the
white collar variety according to
the Presidents Committee on
Equal Opportunity Vice-President
Lyndon Johnson announced last
week.
American Negroes now number
13% or 293, 1853 Of the total num-
ber Of citizens employed by the
Federal government.
With 11% Of the total popula-
ton it would seem that the Negro
is getting more than his share
but the facts behind the figures
are that most Negroes are en-
ployed in the lower pay classifica-
tons.
And also because for many years
the best paying jobs Negroes
might aspire to were with the US.
government.
Under the Kennedy administra-
ton qualified Negro Federal en-
ployes are for the first time being
promoted to jobs that while al
ways technically open to them,
they never received before