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9' IF WE are to believe an Item which appeared In United States
News and World Report, Pres. Kennedy has abandoned the Idea of
making Federal Housing Administrator Robert Weaver Uie first Negro
cabinet member. The magazine"* states that the- president recently
confided to a group ot congressmen that he would capitulate on the
Weaver cabinet idea because he did not wish to antagonize southern
legislators.
We hope this Information Is false.
We are afraid it might be true.
While we were campaigning for
Mr. Nixon, we made the statement that we found it difficult
to trust the then Sen. Kennedy.
On, the basis of the facts, now
thin Mr. Kennedy has been president for well over a year, we feel
our distrust was justified. Despite all his promises, fine words
and an impressive-looking string
of appointments, we feel the president has not made one genuine
move in behalf of the whole Negro constituency of the U. S.
9 LETS look at the tacts.
The first evidence that Pres.
Kennedy doesn't honor all things
that Sen. Kennedy said as a candidate came almost as soon as he
had taken office. The new president began saying he didn't think
additional civil rights* legislation
was necessary at the time. He
felt that civil rights problems
could be solved through executive orders.
Another indication was Mr. Kennedy's aloof attitude about the
congressional  struggle over Rule
22 the cloture provision which
helps strangle almost all the civil
bills introduced ln Congress.
Despite these developments, the
administration was made to look
pretty attractive to liberal whites
and Negroes when Att't Gen. Bob
Kennedy took forthright action in
the south to protect Freedom
Riders. This bold move was spoiled when, suddenly, the attorney
general began asking Negro leaders to' submit to a "cooling off"
period. We have no proof, but It
is our conviction that the attorney
general had been told to "cool
off" by his brother—the president
—for the same reasons now being
attributed to the president on the
Weaver Issue—the fear of offending the- southern boys.
In our mind, the worst Instance
of reneging on his promise was
the preside, u failure to sign an
executive order banning discrimination In housing. Mr.'Kennedy
said he would sign such an order
at a time when he considered It
"in the national Interest."
9 WE realize the president
must often be a-practical politician. But when—at what time—it
is not in the national Interest to
see to It that any American has
the right to live and bring up
children In any neighborhood to
which his taste leads him and his
pocketbook entitles him? This kind
of thinking makes us wonder
which Mr. Kennedy wishes to be
—an astute politician or a great
president
Whatever you might say about
PreS. Elsenhower, he did have
Negro advisors. Up until recently,
Harris Wofford, a very fine, liberal white man, was race relations
advisor to president. Mr Wofford
has resigned and we don't blame
him. He was probably frustrated
when he realized the limitations
a white man—no matter how liberal—must face when he attempts to Interpret the way it
feels to be a Negro in America.
No doubt Mr. Wofford got tired
of butting heads against a brick
wall and decided it. would be
more fulfilling to wort? with the
Peace Corps.
Pres. Kennedy«told me. when
he was a candidate, that he didn't
know the Negro. Well, he probably
realizes that the Negro is fool
enough to go along with whatever the administration ls not doing for race. The Negro is charmed. He is charmed by the memory of a phone call to Mrs. Luther
King Jr. He ts charmed by nil
those fine appointments to individual Negroes who almost always seem to lose communication with their people the minute
they are named among the favored.
9 A FEW days back, I was in
Washington attonding the Central
Intercollegiate Athletic Ass'n
meet. Someone who t consider
close, to. the administration was
talking about the possibility ot
Judge Williams Hastle being
named to the Supreme Court. I
thought that was probably the.
best joke I'd. heard in a long time
and I said so.
Bill Hastle has a well-established reputation for being * militant
man. The president knows the
southern legislators would never
forgive him for elevating such a
man to the highest judicial office
In our land. If the president ts
dumping Dr. Weaver, it stands to
reason he Isn't going to lift up a
Bill Hastle.   .
We wish  someone would show
I us we are wrong. Until they do.
It looks to us as if we had a perfect right to say "I told you so."
But we won't—not yet, anyway*
THURSDAY, APRIL 12,'1962
SPORTS GLEANINGS
By BILL BELL • Sports Editor
O OUR unofficial count shows that there were a record breaking
number of sepia candidates for Big^League baseball this year in spring
I training.
Our count showed 119. 76 In the National League and 43 In the
American. San  Francisco had  the  largest number, 13, followed  by
I   tsburgh with 12. The Los Angeles Angels and Boston had the least,
Seven out of Uie Pirates' 12 were former Jets. We know that there
ere at least 12 former Jets in the various camps.
There was at least one sepia In " ~ —
KMCA ORA-Y BASKETBALL co-cham-
ploas, Douglas and Pilgrim recreation centers,
are pictured following tbe season which brought
them Into competition with some of tbe best
teams la their class. DOUGLAS, front row, left
to right:   *T. Hawk, O. Hardgrow, J. King,  A.
Coston, C. Hawkins, «!. Stewart, B. Hairston, J.
Alexander and T. King. Back row: Ralph
Pr>or, principal; F. Points, H. Turner, F.
Brock, F. Forte, T. Crawford, L Neat D. Anderson and R. Jamison, Gra-Y club advisor.
every lineup execpt one of the 18
clubs who started their season On
time. St. Louis and the N. Mets
were rained out of their opener.
The  Boston  Red  Sox  was  the
team which did not have a starter.
The three rookies to break Into
starting lineups were Tommy Harper  at  third   for   the  Cincinnati
Red,. Lou Brock in center for the
. Cubs, and Felix Torres at the hot
[ corner for the Los Angeles Angels.
Among the opening day heroes
were former Jet, Bonnie Daniels,
The Cleveland Indians had only
Willie Kirkland in their starting
nine. They have sold Vic Power
to the Minnesota Twins and ace
hurler Jim Grant Is in the armed
service.
Kansas-City had Jose TartabuU
in center field.
Minnesota opened with Earl
Battey behind the plate, Lenny
Green In center and Zorro Versl*
les at shortstop.
The Detroit Tiger lineup Included   Billy   Bruton   in ceriterfleld.
who pitched the Washington Sen-   Jake Wood at second ^ q^
tors to a five hit, 4-1 victory over I Ferwmde2 at shomlop.
PILGRIM: Front row, left to right: Larry
Fields, Donald Butler, Lee Williams, Richard
Wilson, Robert Fuqoa, «L Riley Wilson, Donald
Child*, Ronald Hairston, Richard Wade, James
aUuglcUry, Paul Nixon.  Back rewt   J. BL Tho
mas, principal; Gary Elder, John Hawkins, Alvia Bailey, Richard Wade, Oliver Poole. Albert
Diggs, Blaine Stewart. Thomas Shelby and
•Tames Vaughn, Gra-Y advisor.
the Detroit Tigers in the new
Washington park; and Roberto
Clemcnto, last year's senior league batting champ,, who started
the season ,with a grand slam
homer to lead the Pirates to a
6-0  win   over  Philadelphia.
Among Uie rookies who got Into the game as pinch hitters or
runners were Ted Savage of the
Phillies and Tommy Aaron, of the
Milwaukee Braves. Tommy Is
Hank   Aaron's ' younger   brother.
9 THE YANKS - had Eistou
Howard behind the plate and Hector Lopez in left field. Howard
took up  where  he  left' off  last
I year, getting two hits out of four
trips to Uie plate. Lopez is a former Jet
The Chicago White Sox had Al
Smith and Floyd Robinson In right
and left field.
Washington started Willie Tas-
by in center and Chuck Hinton
In left with Daniels on the mound.
The Angels started with Torres
ond home run hitter Leon Wagner
ln left field.
Earl Robinson, the former Dodger bonus rookie, wa* ln right
field, for Baltimore.
Tho San Francisco plants fielded a team which had WlUle Mays.'
ln center. Feline Alou in right
field, Orlando Cepeda on first
Jose Pagan at short and Juan
Marichal on the mound. Marichal
blanked Uie Braves, 6-0, on hits.
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BRIGHT NOTE la the plans to construct a
YMCA oa the Eastside was signing of contracts
for construction of the modern building with
completion expected ia mid 1963. Present for
the historic paper work were, seated from leftt
Gilbert Vogei, contractor; Dr. Harold IL Eiba-
Ing, pres. Metropolitan Bd. ot YMCA; aad C. a?.
Dyer, YMCA gen. secy. Standing from left: A.
P. Bentley, chmn. IM. of Management ef East
Side Branch; Nelson L. Newsoa, Brunch executive nod Leland F. Brubtvker ef Brubaker aad
Brandt, architects.
| FOR millions of persons around the world, in every walk
I of life, Easter is the most significant day of the year—a day
I of faith and hope for the world which we inhabit.
EASTER has a different meaning in the heart of each I
of us, but still its expressiveness binds us a little j
closer in the bonds of fellowship and understanding.
IF we can extend the feeling of rededication beyond the
religious sense to include our attitudes toward the world, our
nation and our community, then we will indeed have caught
I the true spirit of the Easter Season.
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TO each of you, we extend our best wishes on this Eas
ter of 19621
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