VOL. 22, NO. 15 GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1963 PRICE 5 CENTS From The President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity PLANS FOR PROGRESS 8IGNING^-RepresenUtlves of two i of (he 19 firms which signed Plans for Progress with the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportnulty are shown here dur ing the White House ceremonies Jan. 1?;" Left .to right, Casey La Fr amenta, Chicago, vice president in . charge of employee relations, Washington, D. C. ? Achieve Jnenf -a?_ equal employment odh portinufc$r" is . essentia^ to' attain ment of our national ' goals and purposes, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson told representatives of all agencies attending a train ing session of the equal opportun ity program Wednesday. The Vice President opened the seminar In the Commerce Depart ment Auditorium for the group of more than 100 staff people who will "study practical methods for operating affirmative aoction pro grams" in the field of equal em ployment opportunity in govern ment "Hie training program was conducted by "the Civil Service Commission and the President's Committee on Equal Qnployment Opportunity of which the Vice President is chairman. "You have not been assigned the task of promoting equal op portunity merely as an extra duty which is required to satisfy an idle whim of some admini strator," he declared. "This job has been placed in your hands and assigned a high priority sim ply because all of our national goals and purposes will fail un less we can truly say to the whole world that the United States is a nation in which peo ple are judged on their merits and not upon irrelevant consid erations of their ancestry." Also speaking at the opening session at the three-day training program were Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, O. Mennen Williams; Hobart Tay lor, Jr., executive vice chairman of the President's Committee; W. V. Gill, assistant to the chair man, Civil Service Commission; and John C. Feild, executive di rector, President's Committee. Vice President Johnson pointed out that the President'! Commit tee on Equal Employment Oppor tunity had developed five posi tive programs aimed at achiev ing its goals: 1. A compliance program based upon the principle '"Hum Shalt 1 not -discriminate"" that" covers 20,000,000 workers among 'ffchns tKat hold government con 'tracts. I" f t ? , 2. A compliance programTSta? covers 2,500,000 Federal workers in all agencies. 3. A "Plans for Progress" pro gram in which 104 of the largest corporations In America have pledged themselves to affirmative steps to end discrimination that even go beyond those steps which can be legally required under the Executive Order. 4. A "Union Program for Fair Practices" in which 117 of the major unions have pledged them selves 'o take affirmative steps to end discrimination over and above the requirements of the Executive Order. 5. A community rotations pro gram in which the Committee seeks to bring the facts to people in individual communities both through conferences in Washing ton and in other cities. Mr. Williams tofod the group that **wh?n any of us take a trip to Africa, we are asked questions about our relations with minority groups." "In some areas, the questions come w4th understanding," he declared, "but in some with bit terness. I say 'understanding* be cause they are not unaware of the kind of thing you ore doing here today and of what President Kennedy is doing.'* Mr. Gill emphasised that equal employment opportunity does not mean giving preference to mi nority group applicants or em- . ployees but, on the other hand, I that "it is not our dbjectlve to sit passively and wait for mi nority group people to find out about our Job opportunities ? a policy which has been character istic in the past." 'It 4s equal opportunity we seek," he pointed out. "Because some groups have tended to be outside the normal pattern of employment, we need special em (Continued on Page 4) Walgreen Drug: Stores; Norman A. Stapleton, Chicago, president, National Tea Co.; Secretary of Labor Wirtz, Committee vice chair man; President Kennedy; Vice President Johnson, Committee chair man; IXobart Taylor, Jr., . Committee executive vice chairman, and T. D. Raima, assistant director of personnel, Walgreen Drug Stores. Funeral Smices Held For Mrs. Betetiaffiifti^Supday(Jan,271h MRS. SELENA F? GILL funeral services ware held for j Mrs. Belena FueJl GUI, Sunday, January 27, at 2:00 pjm. at Bethel A .ME. Church with the poster, Rev. P. Bernard Walker officiat ing. Mrs. Gill, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Fueil, was born In Gastoriia, N. C., and had made Greensboro her home, coming here to live shortly after her marriage to Alphoruso Gill fai 1921. She was a loyal member of Bethel Church, and an active member of the Progressive Club of the church. She leaves to mourn their loss, a devoted hurihand, AJfehonzo Gill; one son. Napoleon Byrd of Washington, D. C; three grand - children, Ricky, Steven, and Bo nlta Bynd; two sisters, Mrs. Odes sa Harris of High Point, N. C., and Mrs. Lyuvenia Mills of New ! York Citor; one brother, Jotm ' Frank Fuell of Washington, D. I C., and a host of other relatives and friends. Interment was in th^ Piedmont | Memorial Parle "Die when I may I want it said of me by those ?who knew ime best, .That I always plucked a thistle | and planted ?A flower where I thought a flow r. er would grow" Final Rites Held For Mrs. Annie G. Avery Funeral services were hield Jtar Mrs. Nannie Gregory Avery Tuesday, January 29 at Bethel A.M.E. Church at 4:00 pan. The Rev. P. Bernard Walker officiat ed. The order of servioe was as follows: Prelude, Mrs. Ethyl An derson, organist; Processional, Prayer, Reading from the Old Testament, The Rev. C. A. Stroud, Presiding Elder, Raleigh District; Hymn, "Jesus Keep Me Near the Cross". Reading from the New Testament, The Reverend F. A. Jlargett. pastor of St. Stephens Christian Church; Soto, "Have Thine .Own Way, Lord"; Tribute ' (Continued on Page 4) eaker for the oc casion was the Reverend James H. Hargett, a native of Greens .boro but presently Pastor of the Church of Christian Fellowship, Los Angeles .California. Speaking on the status of the Negro In American society. Rev. Hargett stromtfy urge*! the privileged to help the less privileged. He stated that the Nepio is in the **twiMKht of American culture." Today is an era In which the privileged Negro tends to disengage hdmself from hds less privileged brother; Negro leaders tend to identify themselves with rrrtddle-dtaSB val ues; and discrimination is made not only on the basis of color but also on objective standards. The conventional frames of ref erence have rapftdty changed. The Negro is no longer exposed' to one religion but several, among them being the Black Muslim group which makes a strong tffc peal to young militant Negroes betwe?'v"fai a?es of ". 17- anH 35. This ' groupjo led by Elijah Mo hammed, la r anti-Ch r i s t and preadh^s 6' ' doctrine off revemga He .challenged his listeners to raise our standards, become in creasingly''4 critical' not .only of white ibut Ne^ro leadership, make ?m, effort' tbe eneery of the f ^oi^Jn^timts.lH&tec **, and devel 34'- ta^&OfWl. philan thropic qpirtt ama* oorsrfvm. Awards mfrdSdurtiitf'tfve even ing Included the Y cfcith" Christian award to Roger Mboire, I Citizen ship and Service tfward to C.W. PtidHipa; M04hfcr trf the Year to Mrs. Margaret GOT; Layman of the year to J. E. Whitley, Ova paign Chairman to Arthur Oump; 18 years service to Mrs. Bemfce B. Murtftfcson; 10 yean service to J. Prank Briggs. Elected to the Board otf Man agement were Dr. A. V. Blount, V. 1^, Chavis, Rev. Cecil Bishop, Arthur Lee, Jr. and J. A SPul more. \ $l *taht Aaite \ TO * , ' ' OBBy youn. , v traffic - a &? . W law*. ;3 Hat!