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jnight or might not become full-time paid firemen.
'Of 35 Negroes working for the Town other than Jn -
the Police Department mainly in street, sewer and
sanitation departments five are in supervisory posi
tions and two of these are assistants.
In addition to its previously stated policy of non-dis
crimination, the Town moved last week to discourage
discrimination by private businesses, particularly those
which might be established here in the future.
In an official statement Mayor Sandy McClamroch
said: Nk
“. . . It is the official policy of this Town that there
be no discrimination practiced on the basis of a per
son’s race in the operation of both public and private
enterprise. . . .
“The Town oLChapel Hill hereby advises all private
business within this municipality of this of
| ficial policy. . . . and intends to further notify the
operators of business firms that may be annexed to
this municipality, or who set up business operations
here in the future, that this is the official policy of
the popularly-elected government of this municipality,
and that they will be expected to conduct their affairs
in accordance with this policy.”
Desegregation In Employment
Non-traditional job opportunities for Negroes in Chap
el Hill have increased perhaps faster than student in
tegration in the University and public school desegrega
tion. Nevertheless, fulfillment of these opportunities is
proportionately small. The reason is simple: a sad lack
of qualified applicants.
The Town’s single biggest employer is the University.
As of April, 1962, twenty-six per cent of its employees
were Negroes. Os 913 Negro employees, about 175 were
in non-traditional jobs: 112 technicians, 24 skillled
craftsmen, 25 semi-skilled, and 10 office and clerical
workers.
At Memorial Hospital, 35 per cent of the employees
are Negroes, including Registered Nurses, practical
nurses, and technicians. At one time, all of the tech
nicians in the hospital’s blood bank were Negroes. One
white technician has since been added.
1 The percentage of Negro workers at Memorial is
about 5 per cent higher than the rate of Negro admis
sions. They receive equal privileges and use of facilities.
Negroes also participate in the hospital’s auxiliary and
other programs.
Outside the University, Negroes are employed by pri-
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—Demonstrations Raise Nagging Question: Why—
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vate businesses in such non-traditional jobs as depart
ment store clerks, cashiers, clerical workers, printers,
pressmen, and a variety of jobs not easily classifiable
b'ut which are not usually filled by Negroes. In several
cases Negroes supervise white workers. In at least
two cases they are at times responsible for the over-all
conduct of the business. Some of them are in positions
of financial responsibility.
As far as the University is concerned, employment
is based strictly on qualifications, without regard to
race. This is also true in some private businesses and
organizations, but they are in a small minority. Even
so, according to one executive who has bent every effort
to place Negroes in non-traditional employment, there
are more opportunities than there are Negroes equipped
to fake advantage of them.
Business Desegregation ~r
Discrimination in public accommodations is the im
mediate cause of Chapel Hill’s current demonstrations
and picketing. Yet, ironically, with the exception of the
churches, it is probably the area in Chapel Hill in which
the least discrimination can be found.
Os more than 200 establishments in the immediate
Chapel Hill area which offer goods and services to the
public, 14 refuse to treat Negroes on an equal basis.
These 14 include a drug store, three motels, three restau
rants, a sandwich shop, a pool hall, a drive-in, a small
general store, and three beer joints. Three of the es
tablishments are members of the Merchants Association.
Although it is strongly opposed to a public accommo
dations ordinance, the Merchants Association is equally
opposed to discrimination by public businesses. The As
sociation’s directors have declared themselves to be “op
posed to any discriminatory practice in public businesses,
whether based on race, creed or color. We subscribe
wholeheartedly to the principles of equal treatment of
ALL customers.”
Os the 200 or .so non-discriminating Chapel Hill busi
ness establishments, some have never had racial bars.
One restaurant has been serving Negroes since 1945. An
other restaurateur said he had never refused service
to a Negro.
Most businesses voluntarily dropped their racial bar
riers as social change became apparent and was recog
nized as inevitable. A few reacted to direct pressure
from customers, picketing, boycott, and in the face of
demonstrations.
Chapel Hill’s two movie theaters desegregated in
1961 after several months of picketing and boycott.
Even though the change was the result of direct action,
they were among the first in the,South to integrate their
audiences.
Now, with the exception of one drug store, three
motels, three restaurants, one sandwich shop, one pool
hall, one drive-in, one general store, and three beer joints,
Negroes can expect and will get equal treatment from
all of Chapel Hill business establishments.
Why Chapel Hill?
The woman who wrote the letter two weeks ago was
aware, in general if not in detail, of the racial progress
that had been made in Chapel Hill in the University,
the public schools, churches; local government, in em
ployment and public accommodations. That was the rea
son for her asking, on hearing about the demonstrations,
“Why? Why Chapel Hill?”
Yates Baptist Party Next Week
The annual Parents-Boy Night,
| sponsored by the Brotherhood or
| ganization of the Yates Baptist
: Association, will be held at Beth
| esda school next week on Satur
day, August 10.
The day’s program will begin at
2:30 p.m. with the championship
, game of the Royal Ambassador
THE CHAPEL HILL WEEKLY
baseball league. Teams from Al
ston Ave., Bethesda, Cedar Fork.
Grey Stone, Holloway St., and
Immanuel Baptist churches have
been playing for several weeks.
The rosters have been confined
to boys ages 12-15.
At 5 the boys and their parents
will, enjoy their annual weiner
j roast. This will be followed by a
brief program of singing, the
awarding of trophies to the win
ning team, the installation of the
Associational Brotherhood offic
ers, and finally a speaker from
the Duke football squad.
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Community Church To Hear Haisley
Is Science a form of religion
which competes with older forms
such as Christianity, or is it es
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trouble, as is so often suggest
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ly temporary and superficial?
What changes, if any, are need
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cover its depth of commitment?
Mr. W. E. Haisley, Professor
of Physics at the University of
North Carolina, will discuss
these and other questions today
at 9:30 a.m. at the Community
Church.
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Graveside services were con
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