Arizona sun., 1962-11-29
President Issues Housing Order


tona Secretary NAACP of his election campaign pledge to
executive order requiring that discrimination because OF
race religion national origin shall in housing IN which
Federal funds are involved Many who realize that there was
crucial international legislation involving issues OF grave
portace to and which the Republican Decrat
coalition would talked to death killed by other means Oh
slowing up legislative action civil rights legislation had been IN
roduced earlier the session Many OF us realized this and were
willing the President use other means at ms osposa pe
new civil rights legislation for extending certain civil rights before
attempting push legislation through recacitran coalition
1t was truly amazing which the President and the
Party pushed civil rights by these other means He entirely
changed the image of Negroes posons mere are
besides Dr. Robert Weaver the Housing and Home FL
nancng Agency Negroes in important places IN government
where expected would be for Ap
pomntS have been made to many positions IN Wnch he adce
of Negroes regarding Negroes needed and where the interests
Negroes constantly under observation There Fed
era judges South felt it could save off for
years generations the state Federal Negroes
pacedd positions observe the treatment Negroes
situations where there fairness Voting
gone forward suffrage
permitted Negro college graduates Yes the President has
not been so busy with other neglected posi-
bilties of improving the lot of Negroes nationwide
Naturally the duty of the national office of the NAACF
keep ueentng the Administration Washington to
that there still heavy burdens of injustice and dis
pzemen that bear down children and youth and there is
still brotherhood from sea to shining sea-
Strom Thumond who think in 1860 the head of
the known the National States Rights
which said to have merged with Harry Everng
WE THE PEOPLE, the November issue of Dear HarryS
FREE ENTERPRISE said this regarding the Presidents order
housing During the presidential election candidate Kennedy
President Eisenhower for not having ordered negraed hous
ing with the stroke OF the pen lhurmono goes on 10 say "h
Candidate Kennedy perhaps dddn know that Eisenhower
ntegraOn VA housing WOULD DE Illegal
difficult uderstand how President Eisenhower could believe
that Tuan ntegrate the armed services legal
it was legal to financed by Federal funds to be
all veterans But then was often dcut 10 understand
what moivated Mr. Eisenhowers judgments.
Since Pres Kennedy promised during his election campaign to
housing financed by Federal funds doesn't make
claim do that this purely political move on
his part especially the last election has shown such surprising
strength makes much more sense to assume that
Pres Kennedy that his national legislative that
tally affects security welbeng of all Americans, far
enough along withstand the fury that this order will arouse not
onIV in, DIxiph
On the with Mr. Nixon, who generally hated by
the Negroes of all political peuason out of the pic
te and with Godwater coug the bgos by his Civil Rights
chapter Conscience and his definite efforts to court the
deepest the disgust of southern odeates losing the
Negro the Republican Party the nation over and the op
position definitely looking like Mr. Rockefeller the Pres
dent's order won't hurt the President politically
mcounted Negro educators all over the nation VINO
and doctoraes and who might never have mad them
except for the Board GEB) For through
out all the southern the salaries of and women in the
disappearing Divisions of Negro Educaon have been paid
largely Fund Negro private colleges throughout the
nation have been able to make progress toward quayng o
al accrednent without E. B. d would have been delayed
indefinitely of the most beautiful girls colleges the south
group Speman College named tor Mrs Laura Spema
Rockefeller this considerable weight with Negro
voters the determined and persistent action OF Demo
cratic President backing of Democratic liberals
the whole Negro czeny toward the freedom of first class citizen
shin who also only orders demanding nondScmnaton
in employment with the help of competent Negro employees
that his order is carried out; practically inactive Civil
RIGHTS Commission Republican President and makes not only
force who in time OF crisis proceeds TO oroer ha
nrogrss be made housing the last and strongest outpost OF
racial discrimination The Negro vote in the last election answered
the question whether not Negro voters respond more
Party action every evidence that the Negro vote is
vote No one needs that the Negro is longer
being political os who make handy income at eec
ton time The Republicans finding this out The Negro vote
becoming much conscious OF its potential ana determined
be sophistcaton is motivalng its judgment OF what
Party OF group be trusted for its promises All of us who
the sincerity and courage OF President Kennedy are happy
housing order and believe that he will see that
than brave words piece OF paper
w. A. ROBINSON