SOUTH BEND HUMAN RELATIONS
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FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES COMMISSION
;" ANALYSIS OF ACTIVI.TIES
JUNE 1,1966 THROUGH JUNE 30,1966
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• ANALYSIS OF ACTIVITIES
June I, 1966 to June 30,1966
I. REFERRALS involving no action •..••••.•••• 26
II. NEW INFORMAL COMPLAINTS .•..•. •••.. 7
Pending • • • . • • . . 2
Closed ••..•.•• 5·
III. PREVIOUS INFORMAL COMPLAINTS
Closed .•.••.•.• 3
Pending .•..••••. 0
(These informal complaints were pending
on May 31, 1966, but were closed in
June, 1966)
IV. MEETINGS ATTENDED ••.••.••..•..•...•.. 33
V. WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES......... 6
VI. SPEECHES AND PANELS.................. 2
Speeches. • . . • . .• 1
Panels ....•.•••. 1
VII. EXHIBITS ................................. 0
V 111. GROUP SERVICES .......................... 8
IX. D ISTRIBUTI ON OF LITERATURE ............ 137
Kits ........... 38
Ordinances ••.••• 39
Posters ••.•.•... 60
(It should be noted that each Kit
also contains an Ordinance; therefore,
the distribution of Ordinances is:
Separately, 39; In Kits, 38; Total, 77.)
MEETINGS
Date Organization Comments
June I South Bend Tribune --.John Powers Managing Editor)
June 2 Action, Inc.
June 2 Citizens' Fair Housing Committee
June 3 Koontz-Wagner Electric Co. (Pres. and Vice Pres.)
June 3 Ball Band Plant (Fritz Miller and other officials)
June 4 St. John Baptist Church (37th Anniversary. Convention)
June 4 Portage Church Women
June 6 Commission Board Meeting
June 6 St. Augustine Church (Concerns in West Washington Area)
June 6 Indiana Citizens' Fair Housing Committee
June 6 Womens' Committee on Human Relations (Mrs. Barbara Powers)
June 9 Coordinating Council on Human elations
June 9 Schools Human Relations Commit
June 13 Northern Indiana Human Relation Conference
June 13 City Council Meeting (Budgetary transfer)
June 14 Housing Conference (Indianapolis)
June 15 Housing Conference (Indianapolis)
June 16 Bendix Corporation (Irving Margol, re: Dungey case)
June 20 WNDU Radio and Television (John McCullough)
June 21 Special Lunch at Ball Band Plan
June 22 Catholic Interracial Council (Penn High School)
June 22 N.A.A.C.P,
June 23 Thursday Noonday Luncheon Gr up
June 23 City Payroll Department (Federal Income Tax Deductions)
June 24 Indiana University, South Bend (Lester Wolfson)
MEETNGS
Date Organization Comments
June 25 Traveling Nuns Human Relations Workshop (Stephan Center, Notre Dame)
June 26 N.C.C.J. All-Day Teenage Human Relations Workshop
June 27 Bendix Corporation (Irving Margo, George Stanton)
June 27 City Council Meeting (Budgetary transfer
June 28 Executive Committee Meeting
June 29 Coordinating Council on Human Relations (Rev. Schneiders' Home)
June 30 Azar's Big-Boy Drive-I n (re: complaint)
June 30 Action Housing Sub-Committee (Urban Redevelopment)
INFORMAL COMPLAINTS
No. Date Received From Against Closed
II June 1 Ruby Dungey Bendix Aerospace
12 June 3 Robert Kreps Hartford Glass Co. June 3
13 June 9 Nanon Lucas Oliver Equipment Co. June 9
14 June 9 Jesse L. Dickinson Azar's Big-Boy Drive-In
15 June 9 Charles Sanford B & P Motor Express June 10
16 June 16 Bemis Blake Kaiser Jeep Corp. June 16
17 June 17 Carl Brandt Jr. Unknown June 17
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GROUP SERVICES
Date Organization Service Performed Disposition
June 2 United States Navy, Bureau of Weapons
Meeting to be arranged to assist in the orientation
of line supervisors to equal opportunities in
employment.
June 3 Koontz-Wagner Electric Company
(I) To encourage qualied Negro applicants
(male and female) to apply for employment
with this firm.
(2) Director suggested possible resources for
recruitment of qualified applicants.
(3) Discussed problems of company
June 4 Portage Methodist Church Women
Two-hour meeting was held to discuss overall
purposes and aims of a week-long program on
Conflict for junior high school members of the church
D Hector blocked-out a today program format
on race relations, to be included in the week-long
program.
June 3 Ball Band Plant
Agency was requested to assist in developing a
more aggressive recruitment procedure to employ
minority-group members.
Mr. F. A. Miller suggested a plant-sponsored
luncheon with the agency providing a list of
names of relevant groups to him. The list was
provided and Invitations sent
The Luncheon Meeting was held on June 21 at
the Ball Band Plant.
GROUP SERVICES
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Date Organization Service Performed Disposition
June 5 Indiana Civil Rights Commission
To assist in securing picures, slides and
statements of Negro and white neighbors, living
harmoniously in an open occupancy housing
situation.
June 9 Coordinating Council on Human Relations Program committee
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Requested to suggest are s of concentration to
increase the effectivenes of human relations
efforts by the group.
Pin-pointed various need and offered concrete
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program ideas.
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GROUP SERVICES
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Date Organization Service Performed Disposition
June 16 Thursday Noon-Day luncheon Group
(I) Requested agency to develop a program
for the June 23rd meeting at Town Tower
Restaurant.
On June 17, 1966 agency wrote letters
requesting particiption in a panel discussion
of the White House Conference on Housing
held in Indianapolis, June 14- 15, to the
following persons:
Harry DeIinski; J. Chester Allen Sr;
Rev. Joseph Schneiders; Leo Newman;
Luther Bellinger
(3) On June 23, 1966 anticipated in the program
as panel moderator
l4) Distributed literature kits and stressed the
importance of bringing representatives of
various agencies to the meetings to answer
questions of the group.
June 22 N.C.C.J.
(I) Requested to serve s a workshop leader in
the All-Day Teenage Human Relations A-Go-Go
to be held Sunday, June 26th at Newman Center and Pin Hook Park.
SPEECHES AND PANELS
Date Organization Place Topic or Participation
June 4 St. John Baptist Church St. John Baptist Church Speaker
37th Anniversary Convention
June 23 Thursday Noon-Day Luncheon Group
Town Tower Restaurant Panel moderator
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WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Dote Organization Place Nature of Participation
June 4 St. John Baptist Church 37th Anniversary Convention Speaker on Hum. Rel.
June 13 Northern Indiana Human Relations Conference
Pick- Oliver Hotel Host
June 14-15 White House Conference on Housing {Indianapolis}
June 21 Luncheon at Ball Band Plant Advisor
June 26 N.C,C.J, Teenage Human Relations Workshop Workshop Leader
June 25 Traveling Nuns Hum. Rel. Workshop
Stephan Center, Notre Dame Campus
DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE .•••••••• KITS
Date Type of literature Amount Distributed Received By
June I Kit I John Powers
June 3 Kit I Koontz-Wagner Pres.
June 3 Kit I Koontz-Wagner V. P.
June 4 Kits 2 Portage Church Women
June 6 Kit I Barbara Powers
June 9 Kit I Nanon Lucas
June 22 Kits 30 Thurs. Luncheon Group 37
June 24 Kit 1 Lester Wolfson, I.U.
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DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE .•••.• ORDINANCES
Date Type of Literature , Amount Distributed Received By
June 1 Ordinance . 1 Ruby Dungey
June 1 Ordinance 1 Irving Margol
June 8 Ordinance I Pres. Committee on Equal Opportunities in Housing (David Lawrence)
June 9 Ordinance I Manager, Azar's
June 9 Ordinance I Charles Sanford
June 16 Ordinance I Bemis Blake
June 17 Ordinance I Carl Brandt ,Jr.
April (not listed) Ordinances Thursday Luncheon Group
June 23 Ordinance I Univ. of Chicago
Social Service Administation
June 23 Ordlinance I Univ. of Michigan
Social Service Division
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DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ... P OSTER S
Date Type of Literature, Amount Distributed Received By
Small Business Development
Action, Inc.
St. Augustine Church
St. John Baptist Church
South Bend Tribune
School Administration Bldg.
Father Peil (W. Washington)
Controller's Office
City Hall Lobby
Board Members
Wm. Morris Agency_
Dr. Scholls
Perry's Pharmacy
Public Housing Authority
St. Vincent DePaul
Groceteria (Washington)
Happy Days (Washington
Howard's Tailor Shop (Wash.)
Scott's Liquor Store (Wash.)
A and P Food Store (Western)
Pappa's Bar (Washington)
Dew-Drop In Laudromat Wash.)
Willie Lee's Beauty Shop (Wash.)
Wash 0 St. Barber Shop
Thomas Barber Shop (Wash.)
DISTRIBUTION OF LITERATURE ... POSTERS
Date Type of literature Amount Distributed Received By
Poster I Hoover's liquor Store Wash.
Poster I Nesbitt's Tavern (Kenmore)
Poster I Vera's Beauty Shop (L.W.W.)
Poster I Urban League
Poster I Migrant Center
Poster I N.A.A.C.P.
Poster J Hilltop Lutheran Church
Poster I First Unitarian Church
Poster I AI's Record Shop
Poster I Olivet A. M. E. Church 58
Poster 2 ' Indiana University
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