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THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 29, 1963 Dramatic Words Stir Throng at Lincoln WASHINGTON, Aug. 28. Some stirring words, in keeping with the dramatic March on Washington, were spoken by civil rights leaders at the Lincoln Memorial Wednesday afternoon: freedom now. "In good conscience, we support the Administration's civil rights bill, but with reservations. There's not one thing in the bill that will protect our people from police brutality in its present form." i Roy Wilkins, executive secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People: "The President's proposals represent so moderate an approach that if any one is weakened or eliminated, the remain der will be little more than "It is incomprehensible to us sugar-water The President here today and to millions of, ItVl- r'othe far from that the something more than pap.

United States ways blocked the progress of the trial in America today and brown American and those whojAmerican democracy is on trial knowing that the meek shall inherit the earth." Rabbi Joachim Prinz, president of the American Jewish Congress: "The real enemy" in the civil rights struggle being waged is "indifference" and "the moral insensibility of millions of Americans who think of themselves as decent people." "The Jewish people who lived under Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany learned that no man's rights are safe unless every man's freedom is secured. Gravest threat to liberty and justice arise when the people choose not to see the wounds of their brothers." The Rev. Dr. Eugene Car ion Blake, of Philadelphia, vice chairman of the Commission on Religion and Race, National Council of Churches: "It is partly because the would make deals, water down civil rights legislation, or take in the eyes of the world," and tne struggle lor freedom "can- cowardly refuge in technical d-'not and should not wait for some tails around human rights distant tomorrow." James Farmer, national direc'wniCh can regulate the contents tor of the Congress of Racial of a pill, apparently is power- Equality who is in a Donaldson-jless to prevent the physical Walter Reuther, president of the United Auto Workers Union, AFL-CIO: "What is needed now is boldj and adequate action to square, American democracy's perform-' ance with its promise of full citizenship rights and equal rights for all Americans. "The cause of freedom is on The Most Rev.

Patrick A John Lewis, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee: "To those who have said 'be patient and wait' we must say that, 'patience is a dirty and nasty We cannot be patient, we do not want to be free gradually, we want our ville, jail in connection with abuse of citizens within its own racial disturbances sent this borders." message: I "You have said to the world Whitney M. Young, execu-by your presence here that tive director of the National in an age of thermonuclear Urban League: bombs violence is outmoded as! "That we meet here today, O'Doyle, Roman Catholic Arch-bishop of Washington: I ''May the warmth of your love: replace the coldness that springs from prejudice and bitterness. Let us understand that simple justice demands that the rights of all be honored by every man. May we shun churches of America have fail-' ed to put their own house in order 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation the United States still faces a racial crisis." a solution to the problems of in common cause is to the men. shame of those who have al- a Memorial March Leaders Gain Slender Hope In Conferences With Legislators Kennedy Lauds Europe Reluctant Rights Advance To Comment After By Labor in 63 WASHINGTON, Aug.

28 'If Remains Key Word In Congress jfT: jj 3 .) (UPI). In a Labor Day statement heavily emphasizing civil rights. President Kennedy said Wednesday that 1963 probably would go down as one of the turning points in the history of By STEVEN GERSTEL LONDON, Aug. 29 (Thursday) (AP). From "stately manors in England to coffee bars in Rome, Europe watched the equal rights march in Washington with interest and a reluctance to comments.

kn Haunter nf th. rmu nt American labor. Mr. Kennedy noted that Income, production and employ Even the Comunists in the Soviet Union and elsewhere were By ROBERT C. ALBRIGHT Special to The Inquirer And Washington Post ment have all reached new relatively restrained in handling peaks in the Nation.

He indi the U. S. race problem. WASHINGTON, Aug. 28.

Live television coverage via cated satisfaction with the "continued steady gain in living standards" of Americans and cited record figures showing the Telstar satellite took the scene into the homes of Euro Argyl, saying: "From today on the American Negro intends to become the white man's social equal. "The way is now open for your daughter and my daughter to marry an American Negro and hold her head high. "That is the meaning of the) march. That is why it is his tory." Lady Jeanne is the grand-daughter of press magnate Lord Beaverbrook. that more than 70 million persons are employed, with the peans at peak evening viewing average weekly factory wage at hours.

Some of the reaction: Russia Five minutes before the pro gram was to go on, Moscow record high of more than $100 a week. COMBAT BIAS But, the President said, there still are many people who are not tasting the fruit of economic progress. Release of the statement by the White House on the day of the massive civil rights march on Washington appeared to be television canceled plans to screen the march. Instead, it relied on voice description and comment, and presented a panel Leaders of the march on Washington pressed their case for a strengthened civil rights bill Wednesday and related legislation in a quietly impressive two-hour round of conferences with top House and Senate leaders. But, on the record anyway, the limited commitments they! brought back from the Capitol were substantially those they already had, and there was no indication they made an" new converts.

LEADERS PRAISED Congressional leaders praised the high-level tone of the conferences and the conduct of the leaders of the march on Washington. Speaker John W. McCormack Mass.) said that if the march remained orderly, and was "conducted in such a way as to arouse and admiration, it will help the bill." EXTENDS SLIM HOPE discussion on "the Negro Revo lution" in America. Moscow Radio also featured no coincidence. The President! said the economic indicators of The Vatican The Vatican radio, said th Roman Catholic Church was supporting the march for civil rights.

4 'The entire moral authority of the principles of Christianity and the teachings of the (Roman Catholic) Church stand near those who work for the destruction of every racia) formula in relations among men," the broadcast added. the march in a three-minute re port that called it the biggest the Nation are good but said efforts must be stepped up to dissolve racial discrimination. political event in U. S. history.

LH ieiepnoio chim Prinz, of American Jewish Congress; Dr. Eugene Blake, of National Council of Churches; A. Philip Randolph, AFL-CIO vice president; Mr. Kennedy; Walter Reuther, president of United Auto Workers; Vice President Lyndon Johnson (rear) and Roy Wilkins, exectuive secretary of the NAACP. Soviet newspapers published thousands of words on the pro Leaders of March on Washington meet with President Kennedy at the White House.

In group are (from left) Whitney Young, of National Urban League; the Rev. Martin Luther King, of Christian Leadership Conference; John Lewis, of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee; Rabbi Joa- "We must accelerate our efforts to achieve equal rights for all of our citizens in employ test. Although sympathetic to ment, in education, in voting and in all sectors of our national activity," Mr. Kennedy said. 'SOLID FOUNDATION "The gains of 1963 will never Miss Anderson Late American Negroes, Russian information media notably refrained from criticizing the American people as a whole, and praised the Administration for its efforts on the civil rights Film, TV Stars Judiciary Committee added the two provisions to the bill the House in his opinion would pass be reversed.

They lay a solid Kennedy Vows Fight For Rights Program McCormack, whose office was; both. foundation for the progress we Entertain Rally must continue to make in the ON TIGHT SCHEDULE the last stop on the civil rights conference circuit, gave the march leaders the biggest lift of months and years to come We The 10 march on Washington Noted Singer Weeps Over Traffic Tieiip WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 (AP). The Soviet Government newspaper Izvestia devoted its main editorial to the march, asserting: "The patience of 20 million Negroes has given way. All progressive mankind.

all the the day by holding out a accompanied by three advisers, began their hi In Talk to Marchers hope that the House civil rights round of Capitol Hill calls honest-minded people in the of! Senate Office Building suite WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 novel or difficult to understand. CJ INGER Marian Anderson ar- What is different today is the! rived in tears at the Lincoln Senate Majority Leader Mike Continued from First Page Mansfield Mont). I. host of reasons, the President Here they spent 30 minutes of intensified and widespread pub take satisfaction on this Labor Day that 1963 marks a long step forward toward assuring all America the opportunity of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness pledged by our forefathers." He said enactment of his tax bill would be a major stimulus to the economy and would help create more jobs for the Nation's 4.5 million unemployed, SPURS SCHOOLING On the education front, Mr.

Memorial Wednesday, just seconds too late to sing "The i i As our thoughts (UPI). A high-priced cast of entertainers, working for the love of the "cause," helped the vast crowd In front of the Lirir a tight schedule presenting their.asseriea-case. Then they moved on, to other demonstrations United States wish them success. "The march on Washington is only the beginning of a long and difficult road. But having once embarked upon it; people fighting for their human dignity will not leave it, will not turn back." Poland Star Spangled Banner" for the official opening of the jobs and freedom civil rights lie awareness of the need to move forward in achieving these objectives which are older than this Nation." Those attending the meeting two subway cars, to the Capitol coin Memorial pass the time be fore Wednesday's civil rights bill could possibly be strengthened.

A. Philip Randolph, president of the American Labor Council, quoted the Speaker as assuring the civil rights conferees that "if a fair employment practices bill and 'part three' are put into the package of proposals presented by President Kennedy to Corgress, that these two measures would get through the House." TALKS 'ENCOURAGING' Randolph said this aspect of the leadership talks was "very encouraging" to the civil rights leaders. Singer Camilla Williams sang included Vice President Lyndon that have occurred in different parts of the world, this Nation can properly be proud of the demonstration that has occurred here today." "One cannot help but be impressed with the deep fervor proper. Here both Senate Minority Leader Everett M. Dirksen 111.) and House Minority Leader Charles A.

Halleck waited for them in Pirk-sen's suite. the National Anthem in her B. Johnson, Labor Secretary march-on-Washington program got down to serious speaking. Every branch of show busi Willard Wirtz and the head of Place as the crowd, estimated Kennedy said that inadequate the Justice Department's Civil! by the police at 200,000, stood; schooling, inadequate training, ness was represented, irom hushed, with bowed heads. inadequate skills are a major Miss Anderson had to employment and a PROCESS REPEATED and the quiet dignity that cnar- Poles saw the demonstration in the first Telstar television transmission received in their Communist country.

the thousands wno Rights Section, Assistant Attorney General Burke Marshall. JOCULAR START The get-together got off to a caught in the traffic jam and fruitful life with Dirksen and Halleck, they have gathered th on One Pole, impressed by the the jampacked crowd of demonstrators and was unable to "I hope that the Congress will enact legislation to strengthen the Nation's educational sys walked to the Speaker's office V-J'1-1 11 to demonstrate their faith and crowd at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial, said: "It looks jocuiar stan, ana tne to across the Capitol. There they The "part three" referred to answer her name was called to the confidence in our democratic leaders were ooviousiy in a when she tem." he said, "and I ask all i nnAni Cft minntflB in fllOV ilike Lincoln is embracing them happy mood. microphone to sing. parents, for the sake of the fu goes back to tne civil rignis miu.a irorm 0r Government the Presi- aet, when the House voted totter described as "constructive! Mr.

Kennedy told them that all with his arms." "How prosperous they seem," Miss Williams had finished thelture, of their children and the grant the Attorney he had seen and heard some of! and House Majority Leader Carl. EXERCISE RIGHT a viewer commented as a Polish broad injunctive power in the anthem when Miss Anderson.lNation, to have their children her head bowed and clearly in return to school next fall." tears, hastened up to the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on which flacc InonrAtpfl 'the speeches on television earlier in the day. Laughing, he looked at United Auto Workers Albert Okla). Mr. Kennedy said that tens At each of the stops, Roy Wil- of thousands of Americans, Ne-kins.

executive secretary of the cro and white, had exercised civil rights area. But the Senate promptly struck the provision from the bill. was being con- The civil rights delegation NAACP, introduced the leaders.their right Wednesday to direct er. one of the leaders and announcer related that the marchers were, being asked to "return to their buses and cars." West Germany In West Germany, the influ such popular folk singing stars as Odetta, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary, to such celebrated screen stars as Marlofi Brando and Charlton Heston. 'NICE BEING OUT OF 'JAIL'' From the night club and television world there was Negro comedian Dick Gregory who was recently arrested in Chicago during a racial demonstration.

Gregory drew a big laugh from the crowd when he "It is nice being out of jail." Gregory said this was a confusing year in which he had been "giving away more fingerprints than autographs." Sixty-year-old Josephine Baker was here irom Paris and made an impassioned speech about the love she felt for her native United States. I BUNCHE APPLAUDED I i i .1. 1. 1 r) nHnn4iAti rt lUUVtcu. urged congressional leaaers 10 01 ine marcn.

vuikms auu nmi-Uie wmcsi nussiuic speaker witn a reputation for do all in their power to add both' dolph then made the opening. a great national issue." articulateness, and said: Miss Anderson, whose singing career beean in a Philadplnhia "part three" and fair employ- presentation of their case for en- "Ltforts to secure equal ireai- didn't hear Wa I'phnrrh p-hnir cpomaH rtaliaht. ential Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung said editorially that the ment practices to the bill. acting an even stronger civilment and equal opportunity ur have heard Walter." McCormack confirmed that he rights package than Mr. Ken-! all without regard to race, color, told the delegation that "if" the nedy recommended.

creed or nationality are neither -f "I march would achieve much if. it demonstrated the Negro's In Baton Rouge BATON ROUGE, Aug. 28 (AP). Officials quietly enrolled 28 Negro 12th grade students in previously all-white public high schools Wednesday, two days before doors open for general registration. Acting under Federal Court orders to desegregate the 12th grade, the East Baton Rouge parish (county) educators took the advance step to avoid any racial incidents.

First classes open Tuesday, ps Text ammsmmmmmmmMmmmmmmM' ability to organize with disci pline, Britain ed, along with the throng, by the performance of Miss Williams, of West Philadelphia. Miss Williams holds a Marian Anderson music scholarship. Later, Miss Anderson appeared on the speakers platform and sang at the request of A. Phillip Randolph, leader of the demonstration. She chose the Negro spiritual "He's Got the Whole World in His Hands." President's Statement March in Capital ALBANY, N.

Aug. 28 (UPI). Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller of New York said the march Wednesday on Washington is a "vibrant, living testimony" to the justness of the In London, the Evening Standard carried a dispatch from its Washington correspondent Lady Jeanne Camp- WASHINGTON, Aug.

2S text of President Kennedy's statement Wednesday on the civil rights Negro demand for equal rights. Rockefeller, a strong civil rights advocate and leading contender for the 1964 GOP Wi HAVE witnessed today in Washington tens of thousands of Americansboth Negro and white- presidential nomination, extended his best wishes to the leaders of march. Charleston Ends All-WhiteSchoo CHARLESTON, S. Aug. 28 (AP).

Segregation in Charleston schools will end Friday with the enrollment of three Negro! students in formerly all-white' schools. A 12-year-old girl and two' teen-age brothers are to enrollj The leaders of the organizations sponsoring the march and all who have participated in it deserve our appreciation for the detailed preparations that made it possible and for the orderly manner in which it has been conducted. THE Executive Branch of the Federal Government will continue its effort to obtain increased employment and to eliminate discrimination in employment practices, two of the prime goals of the march. In addition, our efforts to secure enactment of the legislative proposals made to the Congress will be maintained, including not only the civil rights bill, but also proposals to broaden and strengthen the manpower development and training program, the Youth Employment Bill, amendments to the vocational educational program, the establishment of a work study program for high school age youth, strengthening of the adult basic education provisions in the Administration's education program and the amendments proposed to the public welfare work-relief and training program. This Nation can afford to achieve goals of a full employment policy it can not afford to permit the potential skills and educational capacity of its citizens to be unrealized.

The cause of 20.000.000 Negroes has been advanced by the program conducted so appropriately before the Nation's shrine to the Great Emancipator, but even more significant is the con-trbiution to all mankind. The entertainment filled muc of the more than two hours took to march the enormou? crowd from the Washington Monument grounds less thai) one mile to the Lincoln Memorial. i During the intermittent entertainment, there were brief remarks from prominent Na-groes who were not included ift the main speaking program. One of them was United Na tions Undersecretary Ralpfi Bunche. He drew a big hand when he said, "Anybody wh cannot undestand the significance of your being here today is blind and deaf." SCROLL FROM PARIS Motion picture star Burt Lan caster displayed a scroll signed by 1500 Americans who recently participated in a civil rights march in Paris in support of the equality drive of Negroe in this country.

The formal program was not supposed to start until 2 P.M. but after consulting with thf march leaders, New York actor and playwright Ozzie Davisj who served as master of ceremonies, decided to help kee the crowd from getting undul restless. This involved virtually duplicating much of the same program the audience had seen and heard earlier but the dem strators seemed to love the second run as well as the first. Singer Harry Belafonte drew a tremendous hand at the Lincoln Memorial after having been unable to reach the monument grounds on time. exercising their rights to assemble peaceably and direct the widest possible attention to a great national issue.

Efforts to secure equal treatment and equal opportunity for all without regard to race, color, creed or nationality are neither novel nor difficult to understand. What is different today is the intensive and widespread public awareness of the need to move forward in achieving these objectives objectives which are older than this Nation. Although this summer has seen remarkable progress in translating civil rights from principles into practices, we have a long way yet to travel. ONE can not help but be impressed with the deep fervor and the quiet dignity that characterizes the thousands who have gathered in the Nation's Capital from across the country to demonstrate their faith and confidence in our democratic form of government. History has seen many demonstrationsof widely tvarying character and for a whole host of reasons.

As our thoughts travel to other demonstrations that have occurred in different parts of the world, this Nation can properly be proud of the demonstration that has occurred here today. in the eighth grade, which registers pupils before other classes. Eight other Nefro students whose admission to the schools has been ordered by Federal Judge J. Robert Martin, are to enroll Tuesday. ii 'A 5 Chicago Banks To Hire Negroes 1 CHICAGO, Aug.

28 (UPI). -Five of Chicago's largest commercial banks said Wednesday they will hire Negroes in offi-j cial capacities for the first time. The banks in a joint statement appealed to the Chicago Urban League to help them recruit qualified Negroes for the AP Wlrephoto Actor Marlon Brando (right) throws his arm around James Baldwin, author and Negro leader, at the Lincoln Memorial during March on Washington ceremonies. With them are actor Charlton Heston (left), singer Harry Belafonte. A 1.

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