Woodlawn Booster (Newspaper) - January 13, 1965, Woodlawn, Illinois Hangs Self Leaves Payment For Costs THE MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER IN A RE BORN I NG COMMUN xxxi NO WEDNESDAY JANUARY is Published at My Check THEY GAVE ME MY CHECK Tuesday Jan but numerous charges were leveled against me Mrs Rosa Pitts told the Booster Saturday She is pictured above kras she left the meeting Jan 4 after Ing that her check from the Manpower Training gram was being by Tbe Booster learned that due charges against Mrs Pitts 6330 Kenwood were made at a bearing Thursday Jan 7 but have not been released by tbe organization Upon questioning the Rev Stevenson president of replied no According to Mrs Pitts the president told her you are on 6 months probation still entitled to receive your check but subject to discharge Address By Havighurst COUNCIL ATTACKS DESPRES Defends Baldwin Book And Academic Freedom The right to retain a James Baldwin book on the required reading list in an English Dr Robert J Havighurst addressed The Woodlawn Organization Monday night Jan 11 at ters 1135 E st An estimated 175 people jammed into the storefront office to hear the famous educator author of The Havighurst a study of the Chicago public school system Gearing his talk mainly around quality education and fc the pre-school program Dr Havighurst touched on gration by saying Chicago has been badly organized for Integration He said Chicago has the attitude but not the set up for tion tried to report tical programs that the city would said hurst rather than express only my personal anticipated several things about the report would not be pleasing to the said the doctor but the way to integration Is not passing laws and The Rev son president of said to tbe guest speaker 1 have difficulty with your views on integration You said it can't be forced What about the Havighurst pointed out how limited integration is in the South and said that asso- brings about able people and He advised that Woodlawn residents and leaders should out the good schools in the district and tell the superintendent to get more like This was in wer to the Rev Arthur question about how to v get quality education Special social workers and nurses be assigned to specific schools was mended by the educator as a means of eliminating many of the present problems He concentrated on the means of quality education saying that cannot ex- integration in lawn in the next ten years I don't Havighurst also pointed out that all of the programs would require extra money Rev Brazier pointing eut how long they have been ing to establish some port asked the guest ker would the programs you recommend be feasible under the present school 1 do not think 1 can an- swer that said Havighurst but he admitted that It would be difficult for the board to act if the superintendent does not con- He then said that he was afraid he really could not answer the question at which time Brazier told him that he just This little exchange brought laughter from the overflowing crowd Rev Stevenson ended the session by calling the ideas of Dr Havighurst sive and In reference to Benjamin C Willis the president said His time has been out since the Supreme Court decision In 1954 We talk about children being a few years behind in school but this man is 11 years be- He concluded by urging all organizations to join and urge the re- moval of Willis or these brilliant ideas we have heard tonight can never be carried out His final remark drew a roaring applause course at Wright lege was defended by 5th ward Aid Leon M in an all day committee hearing last day After almost even hours of debate argument and cross examination of and aldermen the City Council's committee on schools voted 8 to 3 to ask the Board of Education to EXISTS IN YOUR MIND that glorified homosexuality when you read the asked Sth ward Aid Leon M as he Aid John Hoellen at Friday's City Council committee hearing on James Baldwin's controversial novel Another Sitting at left Is 6th ward Aid Robert H Miller Man Hangs Calk Fate Watchman Self Found hanged in his ing room at 61 SI sity was Leonard E 54 Tbe man according to the police bureau was a suicide victim The body was found Sunday by his landlady Mrs Mary Smith and her brother who had lived In the same room prior to World War 11 returned there after the war and according to Detective William wood of 3rd District homo- cide was apparently a ills mother lives in Oxford N Y and he has no known relatives or friends in Chicago is the watchman Beyond help ex- was contained in one of two suicide The other which in part read this should cover the ex- pense brought upon by de- pression and had attached to it a check for The Booster was told that this amount had been drawn from a pension fund after was dismissed from his previous place of em- ployment It was learned that last March he failed to show up for work and when contacted by his employer he said he was to work anymore When he became quent in his rent Mrs Smith went to see about him ami found the hanging body remove the novel on a lution backed by tion aldermen The tion was outlined by 18th ward Aid James C ray and supported by 6th ward Aid Robert H Miller A substitute motion by Aid Despres resolving that the investigation of the policy of a college teacher In placing Another on a re- quired reading list In an elective course in literature lies outside of the sphere of proper constitutional was defeated Voting against the proposal along with were ward Aid Jack I Sperling and ward Aid Robert J O'Rourke The tion is ignorant and an attempt to darken the halls of learning in said Despres and he branded the action taken as The committee heard the statements of twenty one fourteen of whom were against the banning of the novel Another It was marked by the cross examination of the witnesses and tire clashes between Aid Despres and ward Aid John J Hoellen who nally submitted the motion to ban the book he described as mediocre dumb and with the entire ond part built around homo- sexuality and glorifying Alderman Despres to those opening re- marks by the ward derman with the statement it is absolutely essential to consider my resolution porting freedom at the same time we consider Aid len's vicious attacks on I don't believe In the doctrine of teacher Hoellen said 1 doubt that tbe book reaches the test of obscenity but does that mean we should force it clown the students lie then told the Sth ward alderman You'd be ashamed to read it It's filth Despres answered Are you willing to read aloud the portions of the bible dealing with tion homosexuality rape and the other subjects that disturb lie continued by warning that Hoellen was proposing CONTINUED ON PACK 9
