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NEGRORALLY SEEN Civil Rights i n AS TH_ W~T TO BILL Despite Its Efforts to Help Mi Celler s ~ rtbapital March Coul~ c , <>J1 ,• Rights Votes s, New/ York Is Uncle~ Gr.o;fug f?ressure tf\ \ \"- By CLAYTON KNOWLES -11 i~ No city government In t he !em Hospital annex ; construeThe posed march on Wash- country has exceeded New tion has been halted for weeks ington by Negro. demonst rators York's In efforts to be sympa- on just this issue. slated for Aug. 28 might cause thetic a nd helpful on the !?rob- The application . of a Negro . . . !ems of Negroes, Puerto Ricans couple to have their son trans ferred to a hjgh school out of uncommitted legisl~tors , to. t~r~ and other minorities. against the President s civil In spite of this record, the his neighb.Prhood was denied by bill, Representative Emanuel Wagner administration is beset school authorities, who later L. Celler, chairman of the on all sides with r ising demands reversed themselves on the House Judiciary committee de- to do even more to assure basis of a medical report show' e qua Ii t y. These ing the boy had bronchial asthpressures, capped ma. It was said the boy._ would clared yesterd ay. News by many demon- be Jess subject to emotional The Brooklyn Democrat appeared on "Direc Line," an Analysis strations, fo cus on stress in a school with fewer furthering integra- Negroes. NBC television program. Mr Celler said the demontion in the schools, With t he Mayor away, charges t tlo would not affect his opening jobs-;-part_icularly in of disc~imination made a_gainst 8 ra n the construction field-sharp- Deputy Commerce Commissionown vote fo_r the measur_e. How- ening civil rights m achin_ery er Anne M. Kelly were ordered ever, he said he hoped mtegra- and winning more policy-mak- heard by a retlr~d Federal tion leaders would recognize Ing posts in government. judge. When the Mayor rethat there were neutrals in Demonstrations have .been turned, the order was counterCongress who resented what sponsored . by organizations manded and the case was _tu:n· they consider "pressure, bludg- ranging from long-established ed over to the City Commission eoning and coercion." , groups such as the Na tional on Human Rights. In effect, he continued, the Associa tion for the Advance- A call for an overhaul and demonstration might actually ment of Colored People and the strengtheni!).g _of the City cause the loss of favora,ble Urban League, which had be- Commission on Human Rights votes. come almost sedate in their came shortly a fter its staff was For example, he said, one march forward, to newer, cut and the remaining employes Western Sena tor has told him, brasher groups like . the Con- were given raises. "I'm for civil rights - but if gress of Racial Equality. Council President P aul R. t hey stage it [the march] I'm The emergence of CORE, Screvane has proposed barring going to vote a gainst it ]the with its aggressive leadership, the investment of city pension bill]. meant from the outset to the in- funds, totaling more than Mr. Celler said . he hoped fo rmed t ha t the N.A.A.C.P. a nd $3,400,000,000 in securities of "better counsel w ill prevail" to the Urban League would companies that practice discause t he leaders to reconsider "either be pushed into the back- crimination. Both the Mayor holding the march. ground or be pushed to t he and Controller Abraham D. forefront ." Developments took Beame, concede the goal is Riot Is Feared the second course. Jaudables but they question WASHINGTO~ July 14 (AP) Caught by Sur prise whether t he PI"?posal ls admin. istratively feasible. Representative J ames A. The Wagner administ ration The one steady hand at the H aley expressed concern today was caught by sur prise. It had tiller amid this uncertainty and t hat the march on Washington felt secure because its recor(\ confusion seems t o be t ha t of "could be the spark whic was goo~ and because year aft- the Mayor. A first-generation could touch off an ugly, blood- ~r year it had the overwhelm- American, M r. Wagner identilet ting riot accompanied per- mg support of Negroes and fies with minorities both in haps by klllblgs " Puerto Ricans at t he polls. their problems and in their · The fee ling was t hat_ it aspirations. couldn't happen here. I n Birmingham, yes, 'but not here. Mayor Has Guided City But it did happen here, and More than any Individual, he the administration, st unned at has sha ped the city's approach 1 first, is still floundering. to civil rights Issues whether it P icketing used to be sharply was striking at discrimination restricted at City Hall and else- in housing through the pioneerwhere_wh~ther unions, taxpa)'. er Ing Sharkey-Brown-Isaacs Act or mmor1ty groups were m- or seeking to open job opporvolved. Many had to be content tunities in city government for with marching within barri- Negroes and Puerto Ricans. cades around the park outside The excesses ot some of City Hall Plaza. the demonstrations may have Yet for nearly a . w~ek_ n~w aliena ted support for the minorthere has been a sit-m mside ity cause W1110ng both whites City Hall, at the very ga t~ to and Negroes. Yet the Mayor's the Mayor's executive off1c~s. calm, deliberate app roach, while The demonstratQUS brought p1l- suggestive to some of coddling, lows, blankets, r'l"IU!los-even a has averted tragic Incidents and guitar-and th : sit-in has gone clashes that often a ttend racial unrest . on around the lock. When it , n, even the Administratively, it ls a Mayor was en; he entered headache for Mr. Wagner. City Hall Ide door. P olitically 1 could be an An a cti el set up by the asset when P ent Kennedy, ll steps to get viewed by Ne as "sta.ndln Mayor pr more job t construction 10 feet high oa n rights " field fo r q Neg11oes and looks for a New Y runni~g P uerto Ri • But work has mate for the Senate th a re yet to be re urned on toe Har- cord that backs ms views. �