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THE
TLANTA INQUIRER
To seek out the Truth and report it without Fear or Favor"
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VOL. 3 NO. 70
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21,1963!
March Leaders Talk Of Open Protest
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^^R Since the announcement of the Christmas Fund, the ln-
B quirer has been literally flooded with letters requesting
I aid from the fund, “Thousands of families will not enjoy
R Christmas this year because of hunger and poverty. Do
fl your share in helping to make this season joyful for those
fl less fortunate than you by making a contribution to the
I Inquirer to the Inquirer Christmas Fund. All money will
■ be spent to aid the neediest, as determined by careful
■ study of the cases presented for consideration. GIVE TO
fl THE NEEDIEST.
Dr. & Mrs. C.F. Goosby $lO.OO
Ip- American Legion Post#s74 .10.00
fl Atlanta School of Business 9.00
B Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority 7 «50
O The La Mode Mademoiselles et Madames, Mrs. Bethroe
Bailey, President 7.50
fl Futuristic Social Club Mrs. Minnie Domineck .... 7.00
10th Grade Class-Washington High Evening School, Mrs.
Lillie Kilgore, Pres. . . 6.95
■ Moreland Funeral Home 5.00
fl Radcliffe Presbyterian Church 5.00
Smith Realty Company 5.00
^^R Jackson’s Service Station 5.00
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Dobbs House Strikes Still
Bottle-Necked By Negro Scabs
Spokesmen for the 350 striking workers from the Dobb’s House
Restaurant at the Atlanta Airport told the Inquirer this week
that virtually all of them are still without jobs because other
Negroes have been continuously working on the jobs they ori
ginally held for less than the demands they (strikers) made re-
garding salary and working conditions.
Willie Character, who has e
merged as a key spokesman for
the strikers, charged that the
new workers, “scabs,” are not
only taking bread out of the
mouths of the families of the
strikers by disrepecting their
pickets but are also hendering
the chances of Negroes being
justly rewarded for the services
they render in general there and
elsewhere.
The strikers, members of the
Hotel and Restaurant Em
ployees Union (Local 151-AFL
CIO), have been walking a picket
line everyday two-hour shifts
at Dobbs House since they first
walked out on April 16, 1963
more than eight months ago.
Yet, despite the pickets, re
ports have been received that
more persons than the 350 on
strike have been hired in their
Auto Victim Awarded
$50,000 Damage Suit
Rev. Everett H. Walker of
2070 Simpson Road, N.W., has
been unable to work since July
8, 1962 when he was struck by
an auto in front of his home,
suffering severe injuries to his
knees, back, head and shoul
ders.
He can find some consolation
now, however, in the fact that he
has just won a $50,000 damage
suit from the driver of the auto,
Burell Stewart.
The pastor Liberty Methodist
Church and self employed con-
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3,000 Give Vocal Support In Icy Park
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Major community leaders have reportedly reached the point
where they may call for a real attack on Atlanta bias with pro
tests ranging from massive jail-ins to a complete economic
black-out of downtown Atlanta and surrounding retail merchants.
The note was first signaled
at last Sunday’s march to Hurt
Park where almost every
speaker, including Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr., declared that
Atlanta has fallen behind many
other Southern cities including
Georgia cities in the area of
racial progress and that Atlanta
may soon have to face a Day of
Reckoning. Dr. King said, “We
assemble here today to say to
our white brothers of Atlanta,
that there will be neither peace
nor tranquility in this communi
ty until these discriminatory
practices are changed.”
James Forman, executive
secretary of the Student Non-
places.
To add to the complications
of the strikers, who draw checks
from their union of $20.08 per
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R«. E. N. Wilktr
Special
^Mstmas
£nclo&ed
violent Coordinating Commit
tee, drew thunderous applause
when he suggested that Atlanta
“will probably need an Easter
boycott,” starting with the first
of the year, before Negro
I HELP US HELP HER |
The Atlanta Inquirer, Inc., is appealing to all persons in the
city of Atlanta who have any element of Christmas Spirit to aic
a young lady who will not have as Merry a Christmas as some ol
us will. Just because she was the victim of a hideous unknowr
animal who had no concept nor appreciation of life nor the in
nocence ■ of a woman who sacrificed to be a credit to her race
and an honor to her family and a blessing to her God.
According to her physician
in charge, Dr. H. Baskin she is
doing satisfactorily well but is
still in serious condition. She
is able to talk but as yet she
is unable to move from her
CAPS AND RECAPS
JFK’S IDEA GIVEN TO TWO NEGROES
WASHINGTON - Singer Marian Anderson and Dr. Ralph J.
Bunche, United Nations Under Secretary for Special Political
Affairs, were among 31 persons who received the Medal of Free
dom at White House ceremonies Friday, Dec. 6. President L.B.
Johnson presented the nation’s highest civilian honor authorized
in pacetime to the Americans and foreign nationals in the state
Dining Room draped in mourning for the man who conceived of
the unprecedented awards.
MEREDITH DISAGREES WITH RIGHTS LEADERS
lOS ANGELES, CALIF. - James Meredith, a symbol of President
Kennedy’s firm insistence upon equal rights for Negroes, dis
agreed here last week with national civil rights leaders in his
estimate of Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson. Meredith declared that
he believed that the fact the Pres. Johnson is a southerner will
tend to slow down progress in civil rights.
MARION ANDERSON PLANS FAREWELL
NEW YORK - Fam ed Negro Contralto whose voice hts thrilled
millions is making plans for a world concert tour next year
retiring the following spring. -'Tlfi 5 s Anderson, on Jan. 7, 1955,
became the first Negro to sirtg at the Metropolitan Opera House
indicated shemightbecomemor^'actlveinthecivil rights struggle,
and also is thinking about speaking to children In the schools
urging them to gain all possible education after her retirement.
citizens can expect needed
community improvemnets,
better jobs and cordial ad
mittance to places of public
accommodations.
An inform al survey of leaders
of the Summit L ^adership Con
ference and Dunday’s march re-‘
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waist down. This situation is
the result of a tortuous,beastly
act committed last week as she
got off the bus heading to her
sister-in-law’s house on Fair-
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