CITY GETS WARNING ON RACIAL UNREST
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August 18, 1966
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"There is no indication that
these riots were planned, con-
trolled or run by extreme,left-
wing elements," he said.
In this, he disagreed with a
Cleveland grand jury,, which
last week concluded that left
wing agitators had fomented
the Hough rioting.
The true agitators, Mr. Katz.
enbach said, are "named disease
and despair,' joblessness and
hopelessness, rat-infested hous-
ing and long-impacted cyni-
cism."
He placed the blame on "gen-
erations of indifference by all
the Americalu people to the rot
and rust and mold which we
have allowed, to eat into the
core of our cities
CITY GETS WARNING
011 RACIAL UNRE'ST
Fourteen Puerto Rican and
Negro leaders in the Browns-
ville-East New York section of
Brooklyn, where racial fighting
broke, out last month, said last
night the city would have to
act or they could not help keep
the peace.
Bill Wright, president of the
United Negro and Puerto Rican
Front. . told the Night Mayor,
Robert Sweet, executive assist-
ant to, Mayor Lindsay:
"There is a time limit. This
is aft ultimatum. We will-not
sit down at a table again. We
eons, more parks and recrek
tional facilities and the demoli-
tion of vacant buildings.. ;
"You have the money and the
m(anpower. Mr.' Wright told
He and seven others started
to walk out, but Mr. Sweet
talked them into staying and
promised he would visit some
slum homes after the meeting.
After the meeting Mr. Wright
Took the Night Mayor to East
Nw~wwv York apartments and
slibwed him broken water pipes,
-leaky ceilings, holes in ceilings
floors and apartments with-
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men yesterday included .L_ Rev _ -_. . -F_ - _
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ban League: David Dinkins, a;the forefront of public att
Harlem. Assemblyman; J,'cseltion."
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Community Planning Board 10hav to ..eg,
.in Harlem, said te assessed'have been met with viol
valuation of possible sites in, by white residents.
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symbols of "white r"
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W. Wilson said yesterday
at civil rights demonstrations
ayor Richard J. Daley,
primeM
target of rights work
because of allegations that
effort-to find a solution to
city's racial torment
;railroad executive, who~li
on Chicago's south Side,
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earner this suinlater. ,
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aced Chicago civil
in clear, Senator," Mr. Katzen6ach
n_ retorted.
At another point, Senator
Kennedy said that the Admin-
istration's demonstration cities
program-designed to combine
physical renewal and social im-
provements in city slum areas
-'is really just a drop in the
bucket for what we really need."
"Senator," Mr. Katzenbach
said patiently, "this dembnstra-
tion cities program is just the
kind of philosophy you've been'i
asking for."
President Johnson had
sought $2.3-billion over six
years for the demonstration cit-
ies program. The bill, tentative-
utieng these communities into
battlegrounds for extremist and
racist elements who are now
flocking to these neigghboh'hoods
to foment more trouble "
At the same time, he pro-
posed, the Chicago Reel 'Estate
Board should recommend to all
broke that they comply "fn
letter and spirit" with the city's
housing ordinance. Th civil
rights organizations c'onten
that relators often refuse to
ou
he l Mr. Maros asked, th e boards
work with his commission andu
the Conferencepn:Religion and
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tel . com faints flied with. it tin
regard to race. vii :right
workers charge that this is no
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today as hey decorated" Adm.
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cently retired as the' aSkney's
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dence in the: expert and dell
seated service of peesoJ nn1?,
the agency." ,
said. "Sometimes they tall` hi
silence. More often. they; saoi
ceed in silenct.
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out, of retirement last year to
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had stipulated only that he be
relieved when a permanent di-
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