The Reformer, July 05, 1970

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CINCINNATI-- The Nixon
Administration, "Faint-
hearted liberals" and"mis-
guided black separatists"
were targets of a blistering
attack by Bishop Stephen G.
Spottswood, chairman of the
Board of Directors of the Na-
tional Association for the
Advancement of Colored
People, in his keynote ad-
dress prepared for delivery

ores Nixon, "Faint-hearted Liberals"

and "Black Separatists"

at the opening public session
of the Association's 61st an-
nual convention here, Mon-
day night, June 29.

Also subjected to the ver-
bal fire of theAME Zion pre-
late were the die-hard south-
ern racists, "the white
church" and "power-seek-
ing politicians." These var-
ied elements, he charged,
were all engaged in efforts

to frustrate the realization
of the "single society,"
hopefully envisioned in the
historic 1968 report of the
National Advisory Commis-
sion on Civil Disorders.

"For the first time since

Woodrow Wilson," Bishop
Spottswood charged, "we
have a national Administra-
tion that can be rightfully
characterized as anti-Ne-
gro." in support of his
charge he cited a series of

Bishop Steven Gill Spotts-
wood of the AME Zion
Church spoke to the dele-
gates of the 61st annual meet-
ing of the NAACP which took
place in Cincinnati between
June 29th and July 4th. Bish-
op Spottswood is Chairman ;
of the National Board of j
Directors of the NAACP.
(Milton Herring Photo)

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VOL. 3. NO. 10 WHOLE NO. 100 A Community Conscience Newspaper 15£

JULY 5,1970

Flying Squad Ready

Hansel Center Director Mr. Willie V. Green (with
tie) meets with Action, Inc.'s Flying Squad supervisors
and workers in front of Hansel Center's temporary
headquarters at 1013 West Jefferson Blvd. Seated, left
to right; Mike Jenning, Ernest Dixon, and John Ray
Bevens. Standing with rake, Supervisor George Smith.
Standing, left to right: Supervisor Ron Banks, Mr. Green,
David Warnsby, Kyle Robinson, Willie Dixon, Dennis
Wilder, and O.C. Richie (Grady Ross Photo)

Sanders, OJT, MFDW
Get Together

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Mr. Huston Sanders (seated) demonstrates his as-
sembly skills at Manufacturers Furniture Discount
Warehouse (MFDW) where he was recently hired. Look-
ing on are left to right: Mr. John R. Parhm, Field
Representative for OJT; of MFDW, Mrs. Rubye Paige,
OJT Trainee Advisor; and Mr. Luther Toefield, MFDW
Foreman. (Milton Herring Photo)

Mr. Huston Lc Sanders,
Jr. of 1030 West Jefferson
Blvd., South Bend has re-
cently been employed at
Manufacturers Furniture
discount Warehouse (MF-
DW), 1008 West Sample St.

Such an event would not
appear to be outstanding if
it were not for the circum-
stances surrounding it.

Huston, a 1967 graduate
of Central High School volun-
teered to fight for the free-
dom of the V ietnamese, and
lost the lower halves of both
legs doing so. Anyone
acquainted with Huston
knows that such a loss is
not enough to keep him down.
He enjoys life and is most
often smiling.

If you need yard work
done, or help in moving,
painting, and cleaning, Ac-
tion, Inc's Flying Squad is
at your service.

For the third year, the
Flying Squad Program is
providing summer jobs for
youngsters and teenagers
and relatively inexpensive
work services for South Bend
citizens.

This summer the program
is being supervised by Mr.
George Smith and Mr. Ron
Banks. The program works
out of Hansel Center. Per-
sons wishing to enlist the
services of Squad members,
should call 234- 6041 and ask
for Mr. Smith.

You will be glad you did,
and so will the young men
who will earn money for
summer activities and
school in the fall.

Williams, Jenkins
Join Hansel Center

Rangel Defeats
Powell

Mr. Charles Bernard Ran-
gel, a forty year old Black
New York State Assembly-
man has unseated Mr. Adam
Clayton Powell in a Demo-
cratic Party primary cong-
ressional election held in
Harlem last week. Mr.
Powell had held the congres-
sional seat for 24 years.

Rangel is a high school
dropout who joined the Army.
FoUowing his discharge, he
returned to school, grad-
uated as an honor student
from New York University,
and earned a Law Degree
from St. John's University.

Rangel's electoral victory
was achieved through hard
work and peaceful campaign.
Like PoweU, Rangel's home
is Harlem.

Unless PoweU makes good
his threat to run as an in-
dependent and defeat Rangel
in the November election,
Rangel will be Harlem's man
in Washington in 197L

Huston tried to get a job
on his own, but his efforts
proved futile. He then went
to the Urban League's On
the Job Training Project Of-
fice at 1308 West Washington
Street. The Office staff un-
successful called several
large local corporations.
The main objection was that
the corporation rules were
inflexible for hiring disabled
veterans.

When OJT contacted
MFDW, an executive there
said he was willing to in-
terview Huston. The execu-
tive regarded Mr. Sanders
as any other potential em-

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New Hansel Service Center personnel Miss Joycelyn
Jenkins (left) and Mrs. Herman F. Williams (center)
are pictured here with Hansel Center receptionist Miss
Tera Redd (seated) of 1043 1/2 West Colfax St. (Grady
Ross Photo)

as a teacher aide with the
South Bend Community
School Corporation. She is
the wife of James E. Wil-
laims, owner of Jim's Mara-
thon Service Station, U01
South Bend Ave.

Miss Jocelyn Jenkins of
217 N. Bendix Drive is now
a clerk-typist for Hansel
Neighborhood Service Cen-
ter. Miss Jenkins had pre-
vious work experience with
the South Bend Community
School Corporation, and she
is a graduate of DeMoyne-
Owen College in Memphis,
Tennessee.

Two new staff members
have joined Hansel Neigh-
borhood Center. Mrs. Her-
man F. WiHiams of 1224
E. Corby Blvd. is the new
Office Manager/Administ-
rative Assistant. Mrs. Wil-
laims brings to the posi-
tion extensive business ex-
perience. She has been a real
estate salesman with, the
William R. Morris Agency,
Inc. since 1962. From 1958
to 1968 she served as sec-
retary/office manager for
WUliam R. Morris. Mrs.
WUliams is also employed

actions and pronouncements
by the Administration in-
volving job discrimination,
school desegregation, Sup-
reme Court nominations, ef-
forts to dilute the impact
of the Voting Rights Act,
support of tax exemptions
for segregated private sch-
ools, and the widely pub-
licized Moynihan memor-
andum proposing a period
of "benign neglect" of the
nation's black minority.

"A small but vociferous
number of Negroes has ef-
fected the black retreat as
indicated in the black col-
lege students' demands for
separate facilities . .. The
white backlash on the one
hand and the black retreat
on the other hand have com-
bined to accentuate the ra-
cial polarity of which the
Kerner Commission war-
ned."

Challenging the statement
of Professor Alexander
Bickell of the Yale Univer-
sity Law School that "The
vanguard of black opinion...
is oriented more toward the
achievement of group iden-
tity and group autonomy than
toward the use of public
schools as assimilation a-
gencies," Bishop Spottswood
queried: "Who asked Dr.
Bickell to determine the
vanguard of black opinion?
We intend to integrate the
public schools in order to
give black children equality
of education—not for the
purpose of assimilation!"

We in the NAACP,he said,
"have worked too long and
too hard, made too many
sacrifices, spent too much
money, shed too much blood,
lost too many lives fight-
ing to vindicate our man-
hood as fuH participants in
the American system to al-
low our victories to be nul-
lified by phony liberals, die-
hard racists, discouraged
and demoralized Negroes
and power-seeking politi-
cians."

The NAACP Board chair-
man recounted the activities
and achievements of the civil
rights organization in a var-
iety of fields and called for
rededication to the effort to
bring "the American dream
to reality for all our citi-
zens -- in the ghettos, in
the suburbs, in business,
in government, on the col-
lege campus and in every
neighborhood of these United
States."

Scout Council Honors Wilson

The boys in Troop 356 of —»

the Southeast Side Neighbor- fl
hood Center are a little sad-
eyed today. Their Scout Mas-
ter, Chris Wilson, has de-
parted from South Bend to
join the Peace Corps in Mor-
occo for the next 2 1/2
years.

Volunteering his services
may be an inherited tendency
within the Wilson family,

who live at 1507 East Wayne
Street. His father, Doctor
James L. Wilson, has been
involved for many years with
the Red Cross and has ser-
ved as physician for the
Children's Dispensary,

which is now known as Han-
sel Center. Chris's mother,

Margorie, has been involved
with women's auxiliaries.

Chris, an Eagle Scout with

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Mr. Don Smith (right) Assistant Executive of the Tri-
Valley Scout Council presents a Scout wallet to Mr.
Chris Wilson in appreciation for the free time he spent
teaching Scouting to youngsters at the Southeast Side
Center

row from Sunnyside Pres-
a Bronze Palm and a mem- byterian Church Troop 523,
ber of the Order of the Ar- (Continued on Page 4)