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Equality Dispute Rages In New York Council
WASHINGTON - (UP) - For the record it should be noted that the United States Senate is not the only political forum in which a dispute rages over the rights of Negroes to equality and integration.
It may surprise some persons, including the embattled Southern Democratic Senators here, to learn that the other forum in which such a dispute prevails is the General Welfare Committee of the Municipal Council of the City of New York.
A considerable part of the pressure on Congress to enact the pending Civil Rights Bill without any softening of its provisions comes from New York City and similar great urban areas outside the south. Even so, New York's General Welfare Committee has been troubled since last May 21 by a simple proposal. The proposal would make it unlawful to discriminate for reasons of race, color, religion, national origin or ancestry in the rental or sale of dwelling space. The proposed ordinance is intended to open to Negroes dwelling units evidently now closed to them by reason of such discrimination.
Newspapers and individuals which long have championed such a civil rights project as now confronts the Senate have been less enthusiastic about the anti-discrimination project in their home town. The real estate boards of all five boroughs of New York City vigorously opposed the proposed ordinance.
Mail Count Against
After public hearings in mid-June, the project was sent back to committee. The mail count against the proposition was 3 to 1 at city hall. Some councilmen said their mail was 4 to 1 against. What happens next is anybody's guess.
The ordinance already has been substantially amended. It originally provided fines up to $500 for discrimination in the sale or rental of housing units. Sen. Jacob K. Javits (R-N.Y.) was among those stanchie advocates of the civil rights bill now pending in the Senate who urged modification of the New York proposition to eliminate certain punitive provisions. The $500 fine provision has been abandoned.
Javits opposed the fine provision. He urged, instead, resort to "mediation, conciliation and technical assistance, with court injunctions as the primary enforcement medium to back it up."
Charles Abrams, head of the New York State Commission against discrimination, took the same stand. The New York Times reported the Javits-Abrams action in this language:
To Soften Legislation
"Two champions of civil rights called yesterday (July 7) for amendments to soften proposed city legislation to outlaw discrimination in private housing."
If, indeed, the proposal was to soften, then Javits' position toward the civil rights legislation pending in the Senate is substantially different. He opposes any softening there.
The committee also amended the bill to eliminate all cooperative apartments. As introduced last May, the bill exempted only one and two-family houses except those sold in developments of more than 10 units.
Councilmen Joseph T. Sharkey of Brooklyn and Earl Brown of Harlem, both Democrats, sponsored the ordinance with Councilman Stanley M. Isaacs of Manhattan, described as a Liberal-Republican. Brown, representing one of the great Negro constituencies, has bitterly protested the handling of the ordinance and the activities of Sharkey and of some of their fellow Democrats.
Neither the sponsors nor others who might know will venture now to predict what may happen to this anti-descrimination project in the capital city of civil rights. Sharkey could offer no more than a "hope" that he could get the ordinance out of committee and before the council for final action.
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MILWAUKEE—(UP) —Patricia Kelly had to pay all day for a moment of absentmindedness. She left her home to ride to her office job with a group of fellow workers in a car pool. She discovered too late that she had on her bedroom slippers and had to wear them all day at work.
Six states now are using reflective automobile license plates as a nighttime safety device. They are Maine, Louisiana, Delaware, Wyoming, South Dakota and Minnesota. North Dakota joins the list in 1958.
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Airman Sentenced OnHaircutDispute
FUCHU, Japan — (UP) — A court martial board found a young American airman guilty of disobeying an order in refusing to get a "white-sidewall" haircut and sentenced him to four months imprisonment at hard labor.
The board also reduced Airman Third Class Donald Wheeler of Cortez, Colo., to the rank of airman basic (private) and fined him $50 monthly for four months.
"I do not think this is fair," Wheeler said as he choked back the tears after the sentencing.
The 20-year-old Wheeler balked at getting the hairstuck—one with shaved sides and a fringe on the top—while a member of the honor guard at the U.N.-Far East Command Headquarters at Pershing Heights in downtown Tokyo.
The four-month sentence given Wheeler conceivably could be stiffer than the one Specialist 3/c William S. Girard may receive from a Japanese court if found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting and killing of a Japanese woman. There has been some speculation the Japanese court may give Girard a suspended sentence.
Wheeler could have been sentenced to six months imprisonment and given a bad conduct discharge.
"This is a miscarriage of justice," said his civilian attorney, Murray Sprung of New York. He had asked the court to give Wheeler as light a sentence as possible.
Wheeler will be confined for the four months at the Air Force stockade at Fifth Air Force Headquarters here. The sentence will be reviewed by a board of review.
Illinois Institute of Technology engineers report they have developed a battery with 63 times greater potential voltage and 10 times longer storage life.
Football Star Shot In Brawl
SAN FRANCISCO—(UF) — Roy Barni, nationally known football star, died Monday of bullet wounds he received while trying to settle a row between two patrons of his tavern.
Tuesday, July 23, 1957
Barni, 29, died in San Francisco hospital after undergoing emergency hospital treatment. He was wounded three times.
Shortly before he succumbed, a priest administered the last rites of the Roman Catholic Church.
Held in the shooting was James D. Invirnizzi, 62, a truck driver and old friend of Barni's. Police charged him with suspicion of murder.
The shooting took place late Saturday night in front of Barni's Marina district tavern "The Huddle."
Shaggy Dogs Chase The Bull
An enraged bull challenged the Foix-Toulouse passenger train Saturday night charging the engine repeatedly. The passengers and crew did not dare step outside to drive the animal off but several dogs appeared and finally chased the bull.
TOULOUSE, FRANCE—(UP)—An iron horse met its match near here and had to be rescued by some shaggy dogs.
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Barni is married and the father of a 3-year-old daughter, Famcha. His wife is expecting another child in November.
Barni was a member of the undefeated University of San Francisco team of 1951, the university's last. He played with Ollie Matson and other outstanding athletes as halfback.
Later, he played with the the Philadelphia Eagles, the Chicago Cardinals and last year as defensive back with the Washington Redskins. He was to leave for training next week with the Redskins.
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