Evening star., 1962-05-23
Hyannis Vexed
As Negro Flow
North Grows


from the South on expense
paid rides to Hyannis is show
ing signs of swelling to streams
turning the first warm greet
ings of welcome to expressions
of indignation.
About so persons now have
been sent from Southern COM
munities to HyanniS-and more
are heading orth, their bus
fares and sandwich money paid
by White Citizens Councils of
the South.
The first man to arrive was
extended warm greetings from
the community, including Ed
ward M. Kennedy, the Presi-
dents brother and a candidate
for the Senate from Massachu-
sets.
Then there was a second
man, and a third, and then
others, including entire fami-
lies.
A mother and her II chill
dren, aged 2 to IA, arrived yes
terday. Another mother with
nine children was due today
after missing bus connections i'll
Providence, r. l., yesterday.
They came from Louisiana
and Arkansas.
A second Negro left Macon,
Ca, yesterday. bound for Hy-
annis. Bob Padgett, chairman
of the Macon White Citizens
group, said there are plans to
ship l3 other Negroes from
Macon this week.
Housing Suggestion
Housing and employment are
becoming a problem for the
Southern Negroes.
One Southerner suggested
that President Kennedy throw
open his summer home in
Hyannis Port to the new
arrivals.
The summer White House is
only 4 miles from the center
of Hyannis.
Selectmen in the Town of
Barnstable are trying to provide
shelter and food for the ar
rivals amid mounting citizen
indignation over public charges
from Southern States.
Local authorities have set up
additional quarters in a tempo
rarily available community col
lege dormitory. The blankets
and bedding were provided by
the Red Cross and the local
Jail.
The Boston Hraveler quoted
Charles Barnett, president of
the Louisiana White Citizens
Committee, as saying: We're
to have a big cut in our State
budget this year for welfare.
We expect to get a lot of people
off the welfare rolls by sending
them to other States where they
can 60 on welfare"
"Shame" VOlpe Says
Massachusetts Gov. John A.
Volpe described the shipment
of families and individuals to
Hyannis as "a travesty on
human justice"
He said it is "a shame that
in this great country Of ours
there are people who will traf-
fic in human misery"
Gov. Volpe added in a news
conference that If the problem
becomes acute, it may become
necessary to seek Federal action
to halt the reverse freedom
rides"
He said that at the moment
there are some jobs available
on Cape Cod for unemployed
Negroes sent North. But in the
winter, he added, employment
becomes a problem even for the
normal year-round residents.
AS community groups sought
to find employment for the
new arrivals, it was disclosed
that three have obtained jobs.
DepIored in South
Meanwhile, the Little Rock
Chamber of Commerce said
reverse freedom rides" from
here are "underwritten and in
dorsed by only a handful of
persons" and reflect unfairly
on the people of the city.
The rides also drew criticism
from the Emergency Women's
Committee, formed during the
city's 1857 integration crisis.
After a special session Of the
board Of directors a statement
was issued that: This expert
ment in retaliation was un-
doubtedly provoked by the un-
happy and unfortunate Free
dom Rides South idea. We are
convinced that no problem Is
solved by the creation of an
other"
The Chamber statement also
said: These incidents, widely
reported in the Nations press,
occurring as they do at time
when all indices of growth and
progress show that the law
abiding people of Little Rock
and Arkansas are forging ahead
industrially and economically,
are most unfortunate and un-
fairly reflect upon our people" I"
The Chamber said it rejects
the Freedom Rides concept
whether it be used to send peo-
pie to the North or to the
South"