Fight for housing under new FHA urged by race body
Chicago Defender reports a stench bomb injuring a pressman and claims union hostility as the paper vows continued fight for Negro rights. The article also notes federal housing acts, urging minorities to push for inclusion in city planning and redevelopment, and to secure housing in both public and private projects. The FHA race relations staff warns the real struggle starts locally.
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Chicago
Chicago Defender
Indiana Avenue
Washington
ANP
Federal Housing Authority
Bunche Suggested as Mediator in Arab-Israeli Talks
Tel Aviv reports Prime Minister David Ben Gurion urges Dr. Ralph Bunche to settle the Arab Israeli question. He says the commission idea failed and names Bunche as mediator, calling him one of the ablest men he has met.
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TEL Aviv
ANP
David Ben Guiron
Ralph Bunche
Commission
Ben Guiron
Bunche
Top Negroes on national racial relations staff named
Miami Times reports the national racial relations staff names Horne McGraw and Corienne Robinson as top officials. Regional leaders include Franklin Thorne William Dabney George Nesbitt Geore Washington Robert Pitts Clarence Johnson A Maceo Smith A L Thompson De Hart and Edward Rutledge. The article notes progress yet ongoing nationwide resistance.
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National Racial Relations
Housing drive vows to use armaments against blight
A proclamation on Page Eleven urges using available resources to wipe out bad housing in the city and on the farm. It calls for relentless efforts to replace slums with decent and wholesome housing and states that the racial relations service will be at command.
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Racial Relations Service
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America
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Pete Granger
Michael Reese Hospital
Dr. Bunche
Drs. J. V. Blonde
E. J. Paczah
F. S. Holman
Bridgewater’s Grocery & Market
N.W
Florida Motor Lines
United States
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3Rd Avenue
Miami Times
Miami, Florida
Congress of the United States
William Pinder
Miami
Florida
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Grand Avenue
Colgate
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Tabu
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Starlite Bros
Denier
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