Woodlawn Booster (Newspaper) - March 13, 1963, Woodlawn, Illinois WIN CASH PRIZES IN NEW CONTEST SEE PAGE 7 Is Fire Dept Resumes Attack On Race Discrimination chat the outspoken independent 5th ward Aid Leon M Despres would be less militant were allayed last Wednesday when he introduced a resolution in die city council calling upon the Chicago Fire Department to take immediate steps to put into effect a full policy of integration The fears were based on his newspaper report Engine No 19 acceptance of endorsement informed headquarters on April of the 5th ward Regular 5 1962 that three men were ab- Organization in his sent and that temporary re-election bid and on is endorsement of Mayor ird J Daley for re-election that THE MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN A COMMUNITY VOL XXX NO 11 MARCH 13 1963 THIRTIETH YEAR The there has been token integration of units which do not engage in fire fighting Approximately nine Negro firemen are in the fire prevention bureau two on die arson investigation squad one in the shops and one in the fire alarm office However he pointed out Negro firemen are confined to lighting units in an area limited St Ashland Ave sion St and Lake Michigan ering the major gro housing area of die soudi side of Chicago Furthermore according to the alderman Negro units necessarily work much harder on the average than com- panies assigned to white areas because the pre- dominantly Negro area includes large sections of overcrowded building which are fire traps ik Most of the Negro companies commanded by white of fleers and Despres stated no white companies are commanded by Negro officers This Despres concluded indicates Fire Department and the er have failed to take steps re- quired by law According to a recent daily Crowd Views District 14 Fair visitors viewed 80 ex- I at the District 14 Science Fair on last Thursday at Hyde Park High School 6220 Stony Island The 122 student tors were prize winners at lairs in February at the following Fermi wood Murray Parkside Ray Reavis Scott Tesla and Wadsworth I Grand Jury Duty Ml Roberta Cambric 1535 St was sworn in before Judge Joseph Sam Perry to serve on tie March Federal Grand Jury Research has Number 1 prK arity In the Heart Association's fight dte heart and blood vessel diseases diat cause of all deaths each year in die United States Only through the expansion of medical research can the heart and blood vessel diseases be brought under con- trol the association states ment were needed One white firemen was transferred from a company that had a full ment that day The Negro lieutenant at Engine No 19 assigned a Negro fireman to the temporary job of engineer When headquarters learned that the white fireman sent over on temporary duty had not been given the temporary engineer's post he was ordered back to his lar company and no replacement was sent for him The report quoted one Negro fireman as saying We are still locked in the Black Belt When a Negro fireman seeks assignment to a company nearer his to a so-called white fire he's turned down But white men generally are assigned to units near their homes According to the article the fireman said he and his Negro companions were not interested in integration for sake He said they just wanted opportunities equal to those of white firemen At present there are mately men There is cording to Despres only one integrated unit a snorkel company of 21 teers 7 of whom are Negroes This company which was die first integrated unit in the history of what Despres calls die fire department went on active duty Oct 28 and is quartered at 1044 N Orleans St Despres resolution was passed on to the Polke and Fire Committee headed by ward Aid Vito Marzullo without any discussion Speaking on die resolution last Thursday Mayor Daley said he had been assured by Robert J Quinn that there is no discrimination at any time in that Hlliard Defends Aid In Local Speech LENDING AN ATTENTIVE EAR to a question from the ence Raymond M Milliard left Director of the Cook County Department of Public Aid prepares to answer a question following his address last Wednesday evening at die Woodlawn Methodist 1208 E St address in which he called for an end to job discrimination as die primary weapon in die fight against mounting welfare rolls was die first address of a special Lenten series on Christian Social Concerns being sponsored by die church The pastor of Woodlawn Methodist The Rev Charles Jordan sits widi Milliard during the question and answer period While die State Legislature toyed with a third deficiency propriation to cover public att needs and June and Re- publican Mayoralty candidate Benjamin S Adamowski made a campaign issue of die Illinois Public Aid plan to dispense birth control tion to ADC recipients five tots perished in a basement flat fire at 6427 Drexel Monday after- noon Their mother Mrs Hattie Jackson 27 an ADC recipient told police and firemen dial she had left home to purchase milk from a nearby store on St She was delayed by having to first stop to borrow 30 cents for die purchase from her cousin Miss Drucilla Coleman 6222 side The story was supported by her sister Mrs Clan Mosley of 1306 W Roosevelt rd who stated that homicide officers ar- rested Mrs Jackson for Mrs Jackson has been staying with her sister since die tragedy According to her sister Mrs Jackson was released after a tender at a St saloon where it was rumored Mrs Jackson was drinking at die time of die fire denied diat Mrs Jackson had been bad been away from home only about 20 explained continued on poise 14 To Abhor The Poor Says Aid Director Raymond M Milliard Director of the Cook County Department of Public Aid last Wednesday in an address at the Woodlawn Methodist Church 1208 K St declared that only a scale program to educate train and end job dis- will reduce die number of persons on welfare rolls address which kicked off a special Lenten ries on Christian Social Con- cerns was beard by a sparse of approximately 50 persons The Public Aid Director stated diat die problem can't be solved by attempting to punish on relief but rather means must be devised to give hope to the poor hi billing job discrimination as the number one cause of ing welfare rolls Milliard cited examples of Negroes with being confined to jobs which could be filled by persons much less training The Post Office he said is a good example of where erous Negro college graduates and professionals are forced Co remain in the Post Off ice because are denied executive tions in private companies which are controlled by whites Pointing up die need for stepped 117 training Milliard related a story of a cook's helper who has sufficient skill to be a top cook yet must remain a cook's helper because he cannot read The Cook County welfare head blasted both employers and labor leaders for discriminatory policies stressing that lack of equal opportunity in die and training programs of most unions is a major bar to continued on page 4
