Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 11

"yfr mJ 5 4r Vl -i 1 4 I' V- O' 'i i'A i W-THE DAILY HEBALPl A Biloxt-Gulfport Mim Monday July 17r 1972 Union v-45 vi ly t1" 'v VV'Sv: thls thing up to make sure that Macks got a piece of PHILADELPHIA (AP) can't tell me 'boy then tell me you mean apprentice buy i Those at the words of an angry young black 'fhWZy Not 'blacks claim -C man Contractors argued it yt And they point to alleged Uan Wata i ill Iftdi OCwelf PlarMa lmiInswinHHWl mo aw He's NateV Brown' 7 elated Civil motorcycling' as an a the 1994 Right 27-yearoid plumbers ap-- Act Hiring percentages prentice who has worked 'fwfer a 1 1 more than three years un- prohibited -rn 1 der the federal the act The U8 Supreme ment's Philadelphia Plan The Philadelphia -Plan peat last October from a was set up in 1909 to lnte- group of contractors con grate white-only building V' testing a jower court rul-trade unions- -7 lng upholding the plan's Since that time' the i legality Court turned down an TUES0AYOWLV ap-g pjject to another in order to fulfill minority work percentages without hiring additional black workers Both unions and contrac- number of Macks integrat- 7: The -Jiigh court ruling ora deny the practice ex-ed into theunipns is either ahould have pushed the' jt v- exceptional or deplorable Vproject forward It didn't whom you What the forced hiring this year I was has accomplished and the only black I'd ever 13V per where the project is head- seen in the hall" said cent of all federal con- ed continues to be the substruction in the five-county Ject of a running dispute area In 1971 accordingto a among blacks unions report from the USlJabor contractors and federal of-Department'That exceed- ficials 4 7 excepuonaiorae depending on: wh talk to Blacks worked Nate Brown of the town Pa local where he started his plumber's apprenticeship One contractor Brown 1 4 C5 C5 LAWN SPREADER Take advantage of fantastic specials like this quality made lawn spreader at discounted derflrefrom contractors and unions since it began empty gesture en the part" of jthe federal government Officals of the six critical trade locals generally don't like to discuss the project When fit is discussed the hiring percentages are attacked the best i piece of Unionbusting material that has come out since Taft- Hartley" said Williams of the elevator constructors think -a man should have the right to work because 'of the color of his Williams said don't think unqualified workers should be hired over' qualified workers And what's happening in the Philadelphia Plan people are not really accepted on the jobs' Williams added referring to blacks hired through 'the project we take them and train them then accepted but not if they're jammed (forced on the unions)' Blacks charge that because of lax federal enforcement the project has Increased neither the number of blacks in the unions nor the number actually put to work Contractors and unions have sidestepped plan guidelines blacks charge by not admitting many of their race into the unions and instead taking a few blacks and them to death" in order to fulfill manhour requirements -7 knock the manhours" said one former Labor Department official who worked closely with the project the wav we set I 2 2 ti Save Ovsr $2J)0 1 Folding Aluminum GAMP GOT 2 CA frame 1" mattress JGIBSOiVS Aluminum tubt ed last year's goal of a 98 percent average So statistically the model integration project is not just a success but it's I ahead of schedule But: blacks and' civil rights organisations say the statistics what has really happened Blacks worked £165802 manhours out of 3238378 total manhours worked last year the federal report said: ff A normal work year for tradesmen is between 1-700 and 1900 manhours 'according to the General i Building Contractors Association In 1989 the city Human: Relations 7 Commission found 85 blacks out of more than- 9000 men in five of the building trade unions 7 1 Thus 88 black trades- men only three more than found in 1989 working an average of 1900 manhours each -would post more hours than the 165802 cit- ed by the Labor Depart- ment for blacks last year Figures on the number of blacks in the unions are not available the department said And the her is a well-kept secret among the unions There are currently or nine' blacks in Elevator Constructors Local No-5 said Robert Williams' lo- cal manager! 7 Williams refused how- ever to give 'a reporter 1 their names and phone numbers members don't like for us to give out that Information' he said Lakefront Fischers -t Chess players In the open air chess pavilion along the lake in Lincoln Park in Chicago provided this study -in thought Sunday afternoon (AP Wirephoto) School group schedules fprum diacussions Panelists are George Watson assistant superin- tendent of education Pass Christian discussing the effects of integration on discipline Victor Allgood Full details on arrangements can be obtained from the local ESAPoff ice Gulfport Administrators teachers and parents will -be given a first-hand look at- 1 fy man can do only so much said example': Motorcycling involves shifting the same black worker from one federal Norris-' said employed him on a1 college construction site then transferred him to a high-rise building site and then back Jo the college site didn't know been carrying me on two slates all' the said "They had me on the slate for one con- tractor and on the slate for the other contractor at the same time And I couldn't be two places at once" That case is still pend-' ing according to the federal agency involved cruel trick played on the black said Carleton Smith -who worked 'as a spot checker on federal" construction sites last year with the Urban League The failure of the plan Smith said is not solely the fault of the contractors as other blacks have claimed1 rpWERIKIVS: RmnditiMird ftrfimslird PIANOS CuarMlml bjr U'erieiaa Our Low Price 350 Kaxjr toraw -krA EncFr4 ter rUu $997 read COT $699 S8 tf Vik V-V I WK 111 wei ssasiia NiimitHi J- -s SPINNING REEL Corrosloiwesistant Durable Delrin covers Ruggedstsinlsss steel gesrs Powerful teflon toughened drsg C9 Giant spool for maximum line capacity Silent selective anti- reverse' Loaded with tough tournament-oroven Mod II Strairline TUESDAY ONLY GIBSOVS what Harrison County: fport East schools are doing to make Hh School discussing integration work accommodations which Jason Allen North havjf been made for blacks Gulfport Middle School jn hif -chool Mrs Caro-will moderate the panel Ervin parent discuss- ing parental participation in school activities and Dr Norman Handy director of public information for Jackson State College disclosing what he de- scribes as an apparent voluntary- re-segregation by blacks buried of pipes i 'i ii In the Discount Center i 9 ad of July 16 the Price of the 4 A 1 Realtone WALKIE-TALKIE In an attempt to bridge the communication gap between today's school systems and the general public especially regarding the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) will sponsor a forum Tuesday' July 18 at 7 pm at Mood- y'a Fountainhead Restaurant 8300 West Beach Blvd Gulfport A Frazier to wail LAGUNA HILLS Calif (AP) Frasier the aged lion whose sexual prowess brought him nationwide fame was buried to the wail of bagpipes on a knoll overlooking his domain Kilted members of the Scottish clan Fraser which had adopted Frasier as a mascot accompanied the huge wooden coffin to the grave Saturday and performed traditional funeral rites Watching the ceremony were dozens of visitors to the 500- acre Lion Country Safari wildlife preserve where Frasier spent his last two years after being bought from a Mexican circus Church blessing The Tabernacle Missionary Baptist Church 779 Nixon St which has been under construction for the past year will have a blessing today at 8 pm at the church The building designed -and constructed 7 by Clay and Son Contract tors Co of Biloxi will be formally dedicated next month according to the Rev A A Dickey pastor 0 should have 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Thames Jr-of Bay Springs and the price of the FOLDING Frasier's 20-odd lion years were the equivalent of 80 human years He leaves seven two of them' and 85 children and a grandchild born a few days ago The contrast between Frasier's battered appearance and his sexual prolificacy received wide attention He earned Father of the Year awards was pictured on watches and T-shirts and became the namesake of a drink containing passion fruit'' Though toothless scarred and sometimes unable to walk unaided Frasier was healthy until shortly before he died of pneumonia Thursday veterinarians said scheduled The Shilo' District Asso- elation will meet -at the-church 10 am Wednesday with the Rev Potter pastor of the New bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Biloxi moderat- -ing A pre-musical for the association willbe held 8 pm Tuesday at the Biloxi Community Center under the direction of Rev Dickey SRAC The federal report covered 126 projects valued at 35549 million Only one the steamfit- ters-falled to meet its minimum goal for 1971 -Minority steamfitters worked only 18010 of the-184007 1 total manhours worked or about 10 per cent Instead of the 11-15 per cent set for that craft The- forced-hiring pro-: ject was federal Imposed on the five-county area after the commission reported 'that minorities represented In some cases sis little as per cent of an individual union's membership in a city 34 per cent black Six trades here were tagged lack- ing minority representation: ironworkers electricians plumbers sheetnietal workers steamfitters and elevator constructors The Philadelphia Plan -requires that contractors on federal projects ex-' ceeding $500000 guarantee that minorities perform a graduated percentage of the total labor The project has been un- brochure and enrollment City State' Mmqod rf 'H 1 ENROLL DISTRIBUTION AND MARKETING MANAGEMENT OFFERED THIS FAU JEFFERSON DAVlS CAMPUS VmWUSIPPI GULF MAST JUIHM eOLLEfiE Two-year course of Associate of Science Degree Prepare far 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