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Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
The Minneapolis Mayors
Race-And> Transportation

The candidacy of P. Kenneth Peterson for
Mayor of Minneapolis, recently announced, has one
virtue. 1t faces the voters of the city with clear
cut choice between opposing viewpoints many of
the vital issues facing the city
Former Mayor Peterson has chosen to an
his candidacy and stake the issues in the
most general terms. But since both he and Mayor
Arthur Naftalin have established records in the
Mayors office and in state government, have
ample opportunity to judge both candidates in spec
ific terms.
One of the specifics which should be of the
greatest Importance this year is the issue of public
transportation. Mayor Naftalin's record on this is
one of seeking action to meet and solve the growing
problems surrounding our mass transportation serv-
ices Mr.. Peterson's record Is OF opposition. He
has, for example, argued against reorganization
proposals which would place power, responsibility
and authority to deal with the growing crisis In a
properly constituted agency He has argued that
what we need at this time is more surveys.
Informed students of the problem not op-
posted to more surveys. What they opposed to
Is the continuation of the present paralysis. The
Railroad and Warehouse Commission, which has
such authority there Is over the Twin Cities
transportation services, appears unwilling to
ercise that authority it was when assets of
Che operating companies were oelng slphoned off
into private pickets.
Meanwhile the Highway Department, which
could be making constructive decisions regarding
bus of the new freeways, is instead making de-
cisons that will tend to bar the freeways to mass
transportation This is being done by designing the
freeways without provision for bus loading and un-
loading-an that will be corrected in the fu-
ture only at great costs-if indeed it can be cor
rected at all
What can the Mayor of Minneapolis do about
this? He seek to arouse public opinion. He can
work for a Metropolitan Transit Authority with
adequate powers to deal with today's problems. He
use the prestige and authority Of his office to
negotiate with the Highway Department.
Best Of ALL he can make this entire problem a
major campaign ISSUE The positions of the two
candidates clear the various aspects Of the
problem. So let's have a ful-scale debate
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
Married persons with two depend

There is another catch to this
problem. The Presidents tax cut
proposal contains built-in budget
deficit of over $40 billion. Prices
of food, clothes and other standard
items for which almost all of the
take-home pay of most people is
spent should therefore be expected
to rise. This rise would wipe out
the gain of the individuals in the
lowest tax brackets to say moth
ing of the loss in buying power for
those too poor to pay taxes. The
result is obviously an increase in
the discrepancy between the rich
and the poor.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04

ton on the tax cut.
This enthusiasm for the tax cut
has also invaded the press. 1t
would be difficult to find a do
mestic proposal that has won as
many headlines as the tax cut.
All this publicity would tend to
make an individual suspicious. Who
would the tax cut really benefit?
Today I propose to show that the
tax cut is an effort to increase the
spendable income of the wealthy
few at the expense of the poverty
stricken many.
First we must determine what
the real income Of an individual
really is. 1t is evident that the
real income of an individual is not
the income before taxes, but it is
the income after taxes. The 20%
of the taxable income that many
individuals pay in taxes in no ways
increases the individuals buying
power. Likewise in the highest in
come brackets, neither does the
9O% of the taxable income that
these individuals pay in taxes in
crease their buying power.
It would follow from this that in
order to determine how much the
tax cut benefits certain individuals,
one must compare the after-tax
income of these individuals before
and after the tax cut. President
Kennedy and the newspapers pre-
fer to ignore this increase in buy
ing power and only talk about the
taxes the individual pays before
and after the tax cut. The public
is therefore left with the illusion
that the tax cut will actually be
equitable.
The following figures by George
T. Altman in the Feb. 18th Nation
compare the buying power Of in
dividuals within various after-tax
income brackets before and after
the proposed tax cut. These fig
ures show how the Presidents tax
proposals do in fact favor the veal
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Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
VIEWS & OPINIONS
THE WORLD OVER
Washington Post RebUkes
Labor Unions Which
prrIrHina Rnnn a.


Ivory Davis, Negro who had
worked at Hughes for 20 years.
applied for an apprenticeship open
ing and, when his name was
scratched from the list of 70 white
applicants, asked Local 1 to pro-
cess a grievance for him. He was
ignored and, after pressing his re-
quest, brought an unfair labor
practice charge against the union.
Any union certified as a bargain
ing representative has a clear OBJ
legation to act without discrimin-
alton in behalf alike of members
and non-members and without re-
gard to race, color or creed.
Mr.. Reed has proposed that the
NLRB go beyond the cease and de-
sist order which would be usual in
such a case and deprive Local 1 of
its. certified status. In addition, he
recommended stipulations against
any further discrimination at the
plant in the representation of
workers in the future. This seems
to us thoroughly constructive and
appropriate remedy. If the NLRB
will make it firm policy to forbid
and penalize unions which discrim-
mate on grounds of race, it can
contribute great deal to the ell
mination of practice which in
jures the economy and inflicts an
ugly form of injustice.-Washing-
ton (D.C.) POST.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
Housing Issue
At Deerfeld, Ill.

The story of Deerfield Illinois, has now been
told in book, But Not Next Door by Harry and
David Rosen, and we recommend it an important
study not only of the problems which integrated
housing projects up against, but also (and per-
haps more importantly of the tortuous routes which
some white peoples minds take when they are face
to face with challenge to their deeply held pre-
JUDGES
Deerfield is the middle-bracket Junior execu-
tive" Chicago suburb where Morris Migrants Mod
Community Developers acquired land began
building houses for Negro and white occupancy, and
run into buzz-saw Of opposition and a marathon
Of litigation.
Mostly, the story Is a tale Of how costly ignor
ance and prejudice be-and how futile. The
village of Deerfield and its park district have spent
vast amounts of money and energy in legal maneuv-
ers court COSTS lawyers fees elections bond issues
and the like. They have forced the group which
came into Deerfeld to develop vacant land by build
ing $4,000 to $35,O00 houses to spend matching
amounts in defense. Yet it must have been obvious
from the beginning that only result possible
the upholding Of the rights Of the developers.
Meanwhile a lot of people who consider them
selves upright Christian Americans have had some
constructive, if agonzing bouts with their
sciences Especially the clergy 1t is interesting how
some of the clergymen had to squirm to find posi-
tons the housing issue that they could square
with their consciences without offending their most
violent parishioners. The most ingenious solution
that of the Rev. Jack D. Parker, rector Of the
Episcopal church in Deerfied He reduced his objec
tons to the issue that the builders had proceeded
secretly" if housing developer needs to call
town meeting before developing his plans, (But he
did initiate the opposition to the project which
opposition was based upon racsm)
Still, the clergy came through, in the long run,
on the side Of Christian decency. And although
many fears were expressed and although some ir-
responsible "block-busting' tactics resorted
to, there no loss of property values. Nobody
panicked to the extent Of sacrificing their home in
vestments because of the prospect of eight or 10
Negro neighbors in new $4,000 homes.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
Thinks Adam Clayton
Powell Is On Right
Track; Praises Stand

Editor: AS a white man who has
how the so-called white
liberals have played the Negro for
suckers for years I applaud the
position of Congressman Adam
Clayton Powell that Negro organ
izations should be led by Negroes
and not "do-gooding whites" ]
think Congressman Powell is or
the right track. I think the NAA.
CP and other organizations do the
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
Our Past This Week
Clip for Negro History scrapbOol


April 2, 1895 - Toussaint L.
Overture was appointed COM
mander-in-chef Of forces in Santo
Domingo, now officially known as
the Dominican Republic.
April 2, 1907 - Josephine Baker,
a star on the Paris stage for more
than rs years, was born in st.
Louis, Mo.
April 8, 1850 - Onvet Baptist
church was established in Chicago.
April 8, 1914 - Supreme Court
voids white primary law.
April 8, 1922 - e. e. Hale,
anti-slavery author, was born.
April 4, 1889 - st. Benedict, the
Moor, Negro saint, died. He was
born in 1925 at San Fradella, Sici-
ly.
April 4, 1892 - Thaddeus Stew
ems, statesman and congressman
who radically opposed slavery and
encouraged the 18th, 14th and
18th Amendments to the Constitu-
ton, was born in Danville, VT.
April 4, 1892 - Harry T. Bur
leigh started his musical career.
April 8, 1855 - Booker T. Wash
ington, famous educator and
founder Of Tuskegee (Ala.) Insti-
tute, was born a slave, in Franklin
County, Virginia. He died Nov. IA
I1915. Elected to the American Hall
Of Fame, 1945. n
April 9, 1712 - Negro slaves
revolted In New York City. Six
committed suicide, n were exec
uted.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
Thanks Pepper For
coVerage OF Jehovah
Witnesses Assembly

Editor: We take this opportuni-
ty to thank you for your fine
cooperation and news coverage
your paper provided for the as
sembly of Jehovah's Witnesses in
the Robbinsdale High School.
Jehovah's Witnesses are now
better equipped because Of this as
sembly to perform their Christian
activities. All 2,05s delegates that
attended have returned home with
renewed enthusiasm. - Sincerely,
Ted s. Michog, News Service Di-
rector, March 25, 1868.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
FRANKLY SPEAKING
By Everett Luona

No proposal has been pushed by
President Kennedy as much as his
tax cut. Kennedy gives his tax
cut proposal more pressure than
he gave any of the social reforms
that he proposed during his first
two years as President.
Congress seems also to have &C
cepted the tax cut proposal as a
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04
DRY POINTS
BY FRED GRAM

A proposal to have the govern
ment pay Hollywood not to export
its films has been offered by a
churchman who shows more COM
passion for people abroad than for
his own countrymen.
All television Is divided in two
parts. Commercial, where they
have little to say and say 1t well;
and Educational, where they have
a great deal to say. Mostly Ger,
uh hmm 'mmmm', and :"
Man is a suicidal animal who
persists, in, in the face Of warn
ings by hgh-priced and well pub
licized experts, on a large daily
intake Of poisonous materials, US
ually known as foods.
Some OF the people who make a
business Of passing judgement on
other people have found Senator
Goldwater and Pope John guilty OF
being on the left, and KhrushcheV
and Governor Rockefeller guilty
of rightism. Our judges have lost
not only the sense Of direction but
also their sense Of humor.
OF all the pain relievers known
to Televiewers, the most satisfac-
tory Is the one that turns 'em off
before they come on.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04

Vacation: A trip that puts you
in the pink and leaves you in the
red" - Virginia Gaskill, Penns-
burg (Pa-) Town and Country.
Life in the country seems to
agree with relatives from the city"
Lee Batcheler, Sauk Rapids
(Minn.) Herald.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1963-04-04

cure for all our
ills. When it was
announced that
the percentage Of
unemplo y m en- t
topped o% for
the first time in
eighteen months,
Congress siona !
leaders Glamour
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Navajo times., 1963-08-08

two smaller ones. Miss Phyllis
Dan, freshman at New Mexico
Eastern, teaches her own class of
fifteen while Miss Betty Hender-
son, sophomore at B.Y.U., assists
Mrs. Garrett with the other or CUP.
The Dramatics Class, headed
by Mrs. Alice Pegues and MIR.
Russell Tucker and Miss Eva Ben
ally has enrolled the upper grades,
fourth thr ough the eighth. Memori-
zation and oral presentation of
poems and choral works have been
the main detectives of this group.
On July 1 9TH, the class performed
"Navajo Wedding" for the COM
munity.
In the afternoon, the students
from the Dramatics and Speech
Glasses separate into different
recreational programs. Leather
craft. ceramics, beadcraft, bas-
ketry and doll-making are offered
as part of the afternoon program.
Albert Davis, freshman at New
Mexico Western, and Buddy Ar
thur, freshman at New Mexico
State, have taught leathercraft.
Belts, purses, key holders and
other leather goods have been
made under the careful supervision
of these Tribal student-employees.
The school has supplied the
music department with music
books, and Miss Lavone Harrison,
Navajo times., 1963-08-08
Summer Program
At Nenuhnezud

The Summer Academic Pro-
gram at Nenahnezad Boarding
School, Fruitland, New Mexico,
has been in full swing since June
10Th. proximately 200 children
are enr oiled for the academic and
recreational classes which meet
daily from $3.50 am. to 800 pm.
Bus services are provided and the
school also furnishes lunch for all
students enrolled in the regular
academic courses.
The children are divided into
three groups according to grade.
The pre-first group is under the
supervision of Mrs. Betty Stephens
and three student teachers. These
young ladies, Miss Bessie Ben
ally, freshman at New Mexico
Western, Miss Juanita Dodge,
freshman at New wMexico Highlands
University, and Miss Lillian
Franklin, student nurs Sc, are en-
ployed by the Navajo Tribal Sum-
mer Student Program.
Mrs. Bonnie Garrett's speech
class is made up of children from
the first grade through the third.
Being the largest of the other two
classes, it has been separated into
Navajo times., 1963-08-08
Nutrition Clinic

Miss Doris Kennedy and Mrs.
Teresa Devillier, dietitianS at Fort
Defiance Hospital, have been con-
Quoting full time, 5-day y-a-week
nutrition clinic since July is. This
sophomore at New Mexico High
lands Univer sity, has done an ex-
cellent job of teaching the young
sters piano.
On July IL, the older children
from the academic program and
members of the Adult Education
Class went on an excurs sion trip
to Navajo Dam.
AS the Summer Academic Pro-
gram at Nenahnezad draws to
close, plans are being made for
the Boy Scout camping trip and
the Girl Scout Workshop which
will be held August 19. 20, 21 at
NenahneZad.
Navajo times., 1963-08-08

is the first nutrition clinic estab-
hshed on the Navajo Reservation.
Purpose of the clinic is to help
patients who have nutrition prob
lens, and to advise those who
have to be on modified diets. All
expectant mothers coming to the
hospital, and certain medical and
pediatric (child) C a ses are re-
ferred to the clinic by ply sicians.
An expectant mother or patient
attending the clinic is first ques-
toned about the family's cooking
and food storage facilities, and
sources of food including surplus
commodities. Information about
personal eating habits and sources
of food is also obtained. The die
titan then makes suggestions
aimed at impr owing the persons
diet,- and outlines an Individual
lied program of food selection and
prepar alton, using the foods that
are available. General principles
Navajo times., 1963-08-08
SAMPLE
ONLY
ASSUMPTION OF RISK
WAIVER
AGREEMENT TO INDEMNIFY

THE UNDERSIGNED, having made application for
and desiring to participate in Race the Win
dow Rock Race Track on the Navajo Reservation and
to said Race Track and for practice of Race
events, does hereby agree with the Navajo Tribe of
Indians hereinafter referred to the Tribe as fol-
lows:
L. The undersigned assumes all risk of injuries
to himself or his property by of participating
in Race events ctice in facilities of the
Tribe.
g. The undersigned agree to indemnify and save
harmless the Tribe, it's agents and employees from
any and all claims actions for injury to persons or
property for which may be responsible
Date:
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Mr.. Watchers SOS

The decision by Representative
hatcher Of Kentucky to postpone the
start of District budget hearings in the
House for another two weeks, until June
8, is an effort to minimize the Districts
fiscal dilemma. AS sent to his subcom-
mittee, the city budget contains only a
portion of the appropriation requests the
Commissioners want and need for the
coming year. Additions must be with
held, however, until Congress provides
new revenues to pay for them. Mr..
hatcher hopes that this revenue legiS-
lation will at least begin to move for
ward during the brief breathing spell he
has offered.
His thoughtful move will go for
nought, however, unless the House and
Senate District Committees proceed i'm
mediately with Joint hearings on the
complex variety Of revenue proposals
now pending. 1t had been hoped that
these hearings would begin last week.
That having failed, Chairmen Mcmillan
and Bible now should bend every effort
to schedule emergency sessions before
this week is out.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Mao, K, and Mans Fate

After more than month Of delay,
the Chinese Communists now have
agreed to the Kremlin'S proposal for
bilateral Moscow conference aimed at
healing the Sino-Soviet theological rift.
But they have done so in manner curt
and naughty enough to suggest that the
Russians may once again find them de-
cidedly hard to get along with.
Thus, for one thing, as If in a mood
of pure orneriness, the Red Chinese have
said that they want the talks to begin
several weeks from now instead Of this
month, as the Kremlin had urged. Also,
Peking's propagandiSts have cut loose
with yet another attack on Marshal
Tito'S YugoSlavia, which is the usual way
that the Chinese Reds assail Nikita Khru-
shchev. Further, speaking in North Wet
Nam, Communist China's President Liu
has (1) paid his diSreSpects to the Pre-
mier's concept Of peaceful coexiSt-
ence," (2) extolled the brutal policies Of
Stain, (3) called for an unremittingly
bellicoSe program against Western "im-
perialiSm," and az Slyly suggested that
it is Moscows duty to restore the aid it
has taken away from Mao Tze-tung as
punishment for his virulent criticism Of
the SovietS.
In these circumstances, one Won
derS how or whether the coming talks
in Moscow-if they actually take place
will bring about reconciliation worthy
Of the name. The differences seem so
extraordinarily deep and envenomed
that sudden settlement Of them would
be astonishing. Earlier IN the year, Mr..
KhruShchev tried to laugh the whole
thing off, but his laughter did not ring
true. On the contrary, he has since
shown signs that GeneraliSSimo Mao
bothers him very much; that he regards
Red China'S belligerency as one OF the
hardest problems confronting him, and
that he has in back of his mind the
Chinese population explosion. This
amounts to an increase OF around Is
million a year toward a total Of over a
billion before the century ends-a pros
pect that could appallingly menace the
USSR's sparsely settled eastern terri
tories.
Considered against this background,
involving two neighboring nations pro-
foundly dissimilar in history, race, cul-
ture, economy, ETC., a genuine Sino-So-
Wet reconciliation seems a bit remote.
Indeed, it may be impossible, which is a
fact that could have the most far-reach-
ing effect on mankind'S fate In the
decades ahead.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
Ben-Gurion on Arms

At least from the viewpoint Of his
own countrymen, Premier Ben-Gurion
has spoken logically in declaring to the
KnesSet-ISraelS Parliament-that the
United States is making a mistake in its
policy of trying to limit the arms race
in the Middle East.
AS carried out for many years past,
the policy is simply this: To export only
the barest minimum of American weap-
ons to Israel and its neighbors, and to
seek at the same time to have other
powers do the same. However, in the
Premier'S words, this is course of ac-
tion that has mo power at all to prevent
the constant stream Of arms" flowing
from the Soviet bloc to Egypt.
Accordingly, as Mr.. Ben-Gurion
measures it, what our country is doing
adds up Gin practice only to the with
holding of arms from Israel at a time
when Egypt, whose armaments are al
ready twice or three times those of
Israel, continues to receive a flow of
arms from the Communists" Worse
still, in his judgment, "It is Just such
one-sided Withholding that is liable
to intensity the danger Of war in the
Middle East" by tipping the balance
heavily in favor of President Nasser's
United Arab Republic.
Yet, despite its plauSibility and logic,
Mr.. Ben-Gurion'S latest Speech-deliv-
cred in an atmosphere Of Superheated
politicking in the KnesSet-needs to be
read with some reserve. In the first
place, he has failed to mention that our
country has agreed to supply Israel with
the formidable Hawk ground-to-air de-
fenSive missile. And beyond that, or so
we think, he has underestimated PreSi-
dent Kennedy's flat assertion recently
that the United States will not hesitate
to take appropriate action to "put
stop" to any aggression in the Middle
East, whether direct or indirect.
This constitutes strong reaffirma-
tion of a rather sweeping American
guarantee that has been in force for
years past under both Republican and
Democratic administrations. 1t ought
to have bolstering effect on Mr.. Ben
Gurion'S morale.
Evening star., 1963-05-19
The Parkway Showdown

The question of whether the Gov
ernment can legally bar commuter buses
from using publicly financed parkways
is headed for a showdown in the courts.
The Interior Department insists the
Arnold Lines is entitled only to pick up
passengers along its regular routes and
transport them, via a section of the
George Washington Parkway, to the
Central Intelligence Agency in Langley,
Va. Arnold is just as certain that the
Government has no business restricting
It's operations outside Of Federal prop
erty.
Although 1t has National Park
Service permit to operate from Wash
ington to the CIA on an express basis,
the company says such an operation is
unfair to the many commuters along
the way who are carried to points be-
yond CIA. The buses have continued to
serve these suburban Virginia passen-
gers, despite the express-only permit,
and now Interior is retaliating with a
District Court petition for a permanent
injunction.
There is considerable evidence that
Interior, off its own record, is barking
up the wrong tree. For one thing, other
bus lines have operated on other park
ways without opposition, including Air
port Transports service TO Dulles Air
port. For another, Interior permits
automobile-b commuters free use
Of George Washington, while Arnold
presently is paying tax for its limited
use. We have thought all along that
this inconsistency should be corrected
In favor OF the bus commuters. But
however the court rules, the issue is
begging for a clear-cut decision.