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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7. 1963
MEOFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, OREGON
Cleveland Launches Home Visits to Break Down Racial Barriers
By PHILLIP KADIS
United Preis International
CLEVELAND, Ohio (UPI) -
Frank talk over a cup of hot
1 coffee. That was the order
of the day Sunday when
3,000 to 5,000 Clevelanders joined
in a unique experiment "inter
rachl Home Visit Day."
Sponsored by Catholic, Protes
tant and Jewish faiths in co-
: ooeration with the city's com
munity relations board, the
event was designed to break
. through the communications
: barrier between the races.
"We hope it will give both
sides a chance to learn about
each other and the opportunity
to dispel some of the white
stereotypes about Negroes," said
Gladys Wells, the board s execu
tive secretary. "The program
brings out basic emotions which
are behind prejudices . , . It's a
. lot simpler than some psycho
logists and sociologists think."
The original idea came from
a similar program undertaken
by a Catholic organization in
Chicago called Friendship. Mrs.
( Wells said. Soon, the plan took
shape and began to snowball.
' A Mass Day Visit Committee
was formed. It drew on the ex
perience of three other nro
grams: Caritas, sponsored by a
catnollc layman s group; Dia
logue, sponsored by the Cleve
land Presbytery, and the edu
cational home visit program of
roe community relations board
Role Of Churches
"Since the crux of racial teri
slon is the change which both
white and Negro must make,
uie cnurcncs nave tne unique
role of enunciating the moral
Imperative for social justice,"
saw tne Kev. marles W. Raw
lings, chairman of the com
mittee and head of the Office of
Race and Religion of the Cleve
land Presbytery. . "If the
churches fail to clearly tell what
Is morally wrong about racial
injustices, I'm not sure anyone
else will . . . It could be the
churches' finest hour."
, The mechanics of the visit are
fairly simple, but the re-
Duncan Calls for
Civil Rights Vote
WASHINGTON - "We have
equivocated long enough. This
year is dying while we concern
ourselves with minutes. We
must vote on Civil Rights now,"
Congressman Robert B. Dun
can, D-Orc., told the House of
Representatives this week,
In a call to Congress to "Tell
all members of a minority
group . . . whether the Constitu
tion means what it says or not,
Duncan joined a growing list
of Representatives In demand
ing that Civil- Rights legislation
be brought to the floor for a
vote:
"Although I don't pretend to
know all the answers In 10
months, I know the time has
since gone by when we might
expect delay to solve these
problems for us. Tho time has
come to vote," ho said.
Congressman Duncan pointed
out that this is no longer a sec
tional fight. "The disease of
racism is not isolated in one
section of this country it In
fects the whole body politic," he
said. Duncan added that those
whose history, environ m e n t,
and constituency make this a
difficult step to take, will "si
lently thank Congress for doing
what should be done."
He also noted that Civil Rights
can no longer be considered a
political fight, "bach major po
lltlcal party has had ample on
portunity to do what needs to
be done each party has sue
ceeded slightly and failed
mightily," he said.
"I care not, and history cares
not, who claims or receives
credit. I care only that the job
is done," he added.
suits are often what Mrs. Wells
describes as "electrifying." ,
A small group of white resi
dents not more than 15
meets in the home of a Negro
family to discuss race relations.
To provide more than one point
of view, another Negro couple
is asked to join the discussion.
A discussion leader is pro
vided, but the participants are
expected to carry the conversa
tional ball. Light refreshments
are served.
Tell of Visits
Charles Williams, a Negro
real estate dealer, found the
most successful part of former
visits in which he participated
was getting to talk to the wife
and children in the white fam
ily. He has his offices and resi
dence on the largely white area
on the city's West Side.
"I've found that the wife is
the boss in the family and the
man just brings home the pay
check," he said. "Nine out of
ten men work on an integrated
basis so they are accustomed
to it. But many women and
children never meet a Negro.
They discuss race relations at
home but never approach a Ne
gro to discuss it frankly and
closely."
A white mother of five chil
ren, Mrs. Stanford Smith, at
tended a meeting with her hus
band and her nine-year-old
daughter, Bernell, who had ask
ed to go along.
"I found some Negro families
had better homes and a finer
cultural background than our
own," said the soft-spoken Mrs.
Smith. "Since then, I have re
quested to be a host."
All agreed that after the con
versation got into full swing,
people began to see each other
as individuals and not as white
or black.
"I think we have a great
n.mber of people who practice
the forms of discrimination be
cause they are afraid to take an
independent stand, and a con
stant united stand by the
churches will fortify them," said
the Rev. Emanuel S. Branch
Jr. of the Cleveland- A r e a
Church Federation.
"You suddenly find that you
are talking to people and not to
groups of people . . . People who
eat and sleep and laugh and cry
and work like you . . And
color disappears," said Father
Vincent P. Hass of the Catholic
Interracial Council.
The meetings often begin with
statements by the participants
that they are not the least bit
prejudiced and they provide an
opportunity for people to get
things off their chest.
One Negro doctor let go with
pent up resentment and then ad
mitted "I guess I gave you
people a hard time. I didn't
realize I was prejudiced against
white people."
Sometimes the ice Is quickly
broken by children who are
present. Other times discus
sions are best carried on with
children absent because of sub
ject matter.
Most of the organizers of the
program are cautious about
their expectations of what the
visit is to accomplish.
They feel with Rev. Rawlings
that "the visit has limited val
ues. It is what people do after
this contact which will deter
mine its success."
But they are also aware of
the impact that a mass program
can have on the community.
Edward Dickerson told of
how he explained to a white
visitor who was a foreman id
an industrial plant why a Negro
employee appeared to be lazier
than an immigrant whom he
had replaced.
"I pointed out that the white
immigrant who was not able to
speak the language was con
tented with his job and wanted
to hold it. But the Negro knew
that no matter how hard he
worked or put his heart and
soul into the work, he couldn't
advance in his job," he said.
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Eastern Graduates
Emigrate to Midwest
. NEW YORK (UPI) - An in.
creasing number of Eastern
high school graduates are emi
grating to the Midwest for their
college education. A study bv 19
small coed colleges In five Mid
western states Albion, Alma
Augustana. Rock Island, Ham-
line, Heidelberg, Tiffin, Hiram,
Kalamazoo, Lake Forst, Ripon
and Rockford found that new
students from nine Eastern me
tropolitan areas jumped from
225 in 1961 to 529 this year. To
tal freshman enrollment re
mained virtually unchanged.
Portland Stale Adds
Apartment Building
PORTLAND (UPI) -Portland
Stat College has added a sec
ond apartment house with the
purchase of the Mayflower
Court Apartments near the col
lege. The 32-unit building was pur
chased for $131,000. It will be
used until the school's new
physical education building is
constructed on the site. The col
lege also owns a 15 unit apart
ment building.
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