Wednesday, July 10, 1963 ~
Demonstrations Putting Heavy Strain On Police Force
The current wave of picketing
and demonstrations has created
a heavy strain on the resources
of the Police Department, Chief
William D. Blake reported to the
Board of Aldermen Monday night.
‘Vhe Department has been try
ingTo remain neutral and impar
tial in“the demonstrations,” Chief
Blake said, “and we’ve been fair
ly successful. But it’s been a
real burden on the department.”
Vacations of patrolmen have
been slashed to the bone. Chief
Blake said, with those few who
have attempted to take leave
being called back to handle de
mands of the situation.
At present the department’s 25
men have piled up 777 hours
overtime in handling both picket
lines at Colonial Drug Store and
the limited and full demonstra
tions that have covered part or
all of downtown Chapel Hill.
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Chief Blake himself has put in
- i4B hours of the Departments
total overtime, a
‘‘Beginning July ‘4, thwe has
been a big increase in tension,”
the Chief said. “There were
three incidents that day and
since. We are still able to com
municate and negotiate with the
Committee for Open Business.
We have made suggestions and
they have been followed.”
(Tiief Blake and the Commit
tee’s executive committee meet
today to discuss several matters,
including the increasing number
of motor vehicle violations ac
companying the demonstrations,
during which attempts had been
made “to run them (the demon
strators' down.”
Trouble has also come, Chief
Blake said, “from citizens de
liberately parking in front of Mr.
Carswell’s store and then back
ing, out when they start singing.
One car would have knocked me
down if one of my boys hadn’t
yelled.” Chief Blake said elim
ination of this practice would
“lessen the chances of someone's
getting hurt.”' •+
Other incidents involving the
picket line in front of Colonial
Drug have been forestalled by
police, one of whom is kept on
duty nearby at all times pickets
are present. “There have been
several near • incidents, and
trouble would have happened if
we hadn’t had men there,” Chief
Blake said.
The Department's five - man
shift is augmented to a strength
of eleven men for "limited” dem
onstrations, involving marches
from St. Joseph’s AME Church
on Rosemary Street to Colonial'
Drug and back, and eighteen men
are required for a long march
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through the entire downtown dis
trict, in order to keep traffic mov
ing and maintain surveillance of
the parade.
“There are so many young
children involved now, that each
time we call men bacic. de
pends on the time of day as to
which shift we call back. It
takes at least one additional
shift. The first mass march we
had the entire force out.”
On days when there are no
demonstrations one additional pa
trolman is still required for l pic
ket duty, for each shift on duty
during picketing hours.
In reply to a question from
Alderman Roland Giduz, Chief
Blake said the patrolmen are not
paid for their overtime. It is
customary to give a patrolman »
'• compensatory time oft for over
time work, but the present force
and demands made upon it by
the demonstrations have prevent
ed this. Much compensatory time
off may be permanently lost, and
the vacation schedule of the de
partment has been wrecked.
“The Board ought to consider
extra pay for the police under
these circumstances,” Alderman
Giduz said.
Town Manager Robert Peck
said additional police personnel
ra'uier than overtime pay would
be a more practical answer, and
could result in a stronger, more
efficient department.
“The duty for which they are
required demands very experi
enced men,” Mr. Giduz said. He
recommended that the depart
ment be increased in strength
as soon as possible.
“It might be cheaper to pass
a public accommodations law,”
said Alderman Adelaide Walters.
Mrs. Walters also moved that
the Town Manager be instructed
to write the Wall Street Journal
a letter correcting a report in
the Journal of July 5 that sev
eral hundred demonstrators had
been arrested here, July 4. The
report read: “July 4 racial dem
onstrations and rallies were held
in other parts of the nation too.
In Chapel Hill, N. C. several
hundred Negro and white dem
onstrators were arrested as they
paraded in front of segregated
business establishments.”
Three arrests were made that
day, Mrs. Walters noted. The
Aldermen instructed Mr. Peck
to write the letter of correction.
Mayor Sandy McClamroch re
ported that he had attended Gov.
Sanford’s conference with mayors
of North Carolina towns in
Greensboro last Friday.
Ms. McClamroch confessed
that he was somewhat disap
pointed at the, outcome of the
conference and felt that it had
produced no solutions and no pro
posals not already tried in Chap
el Hill. The Governor did tell
the mayors that he didn't think
North Carolina had the authority
sto pass a public accommodations
law, and didn't feel it was need
ed. Mr. McClamroch said he de
tected a feeling of concern among
the mayors, that they seemed
to want a solution to desegrega
tion problems, and on the whole
seemed “a pretty liberal bunch.”
"One new thing I gathered
that We might try is that if the
mayor's bi-racial committee is
composed of all liberals, we will
not get the job done, We need
to appoint businessmen and lead
ers of the community to the
committee as well.”
Asked if he thought a. com
mittee larger than the present
one was being contemplated
here, Mr. McClamroch said he
had been thinking of dissolving
the present committee and start
ing from scratch.
None of the committees in oth
er communities had the mayor
as chairman, he noted.
Alderman Hubert Robinson and
several other Aldermen endorsed
the plan to appoint businessmen
to the new committee.
Mr. McClamroch did not say
when he intended to reconsti
tute his committee.
He explained that press re
ports that the recommended lo
cal public accommodations ordi
nance would be revived at the
Aldermen's meeting Monday
night were in error. The pro
posal was not brought before
the Board.
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