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1967-06-15 Newsletter, Fort Madison Branch of the NAACP Page 3

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      City                              Population                       Mayor

El Centro,  California            16,  811                   DuBois McGee
                                               1,  684  Negro        

Milpitas,  California                6,  572                   Ben Cross
                                                    277  Negro       

Disnore,  California                 2,  432                   Thomas Yardborough
                                                     345  Negro    


"For our own good and for the good of all peoples who would be free,  we must make our country an unblemished gleaming example of democracy,  of human rights,  of fraternal goodwill.  Yesterday was the time to complete the task,  but today is not too late."
                                                           -Dean Rusk

The Branch Administrative Secretary and the members of the Membership Committee have made an honest and sincere effort to see that membership cards are received by members in the shortest possible time.  If there are any complaints, we would like to hear them, as well as any constructive suggestions as to how we might improve our system. We do ask that you take into consideration,  the following facts:...Often as period of several days exists between the time the membership money is given to the solicitor and the time the membership is handed over to the Membership Committee or the Branch Administrative Secretary; there are times when we are out of $2.00 membership cards and must wait until we get some before we can send the cards out; there are various organizational tasks which must be taken care of, continuously which are not large, but are time consuming; and last but by no means least, most of us hold full time jobs which we must continue to hold if we are to effectively work in the area of civil rights.

Minority group families with the same income as white families pay more for less desirable housing, according to a study by the Real Estate Research Program at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. Mexican American families generally spend less on housing. These same statistics would be applicable in our locale.

HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR CONGRESSMEN? IF NOT...,DO SO,...NOW! Urge them to pass Civil Rights legislation on the National level...and to grant adequate funds to the Civil rights Commission, here in the State Legislature of Iowa. DON'T DELAY?

Our branch is requested to help in the Southeast Missouri NAACP Summer Project, by sending a volunteer or volunteers to work in this area during the period July 30 to September 3rd. Because the vast majority of the Negro population in the State of Missouri is concentrated in the urban areas of Kansas City and St. Louis, little attention has been paid to the next largest concentration of Negro citizens who live in Southeast Missouri, commonly referred to as the 'bootheel' section of the State. Bounded by Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee it has many of the southern characteristics of Arkansas and Tennessee and the worst of Kentucky. Little or no progress has been made in political action, school desegregation, housing and employment during the past decade. "In view of the dichotomy of our society, poverty and affluence, there is a great chasm to be filled. This can not be done by the poverty stricken because of the limitations of their substance. It must necessarily be done by those who have something by which this chasm can be filled. The State of Missouri is one of the areas of America which suffers the darkness

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-3- City Population Mayor El Centro, California 16, 811 DuBois McGee 1, 684 Negro Milpitas, California 6, 572 Ben Cross 277 Negro Disnore, California 2, 432 Thomas Yardborough 345 Negro "For our own good and for the good of all peoples who would be free, we must make our country an unblemished gleaming example of democracy, of human rights, of fraternal goodwill. Yesterday was the time to complete the task, but today is not too late." -Dean Rusk The Branch Administrative Secretary and the members of the Membership Committee have made an honest and sincere effort to see that membership cards are received by members in the shortest possible time. If there are any complaints, we would like to hear them, as well as any constructive suggestions as to how we might improve our system. We do ask that you take into consideration, the following facts:...Often as period of several days exists between the time the membership money is given to the solicitor and the time the membership is handed over to the Membership Committee or the Branch Administrative Secretary; there are times when we are out of $2.00 membership cards and must wait until we get some before we can send the cards out; there are various organizational tasks which must be taken care of, continuously which are not large, but are time consuming; and last but by no means least, most of us hold full time jobs which we must continue to hold if we are to effectively work in the area of civil rights. Minority group families with the same income as white families pay more for less desirable housing, according to a study by the Real Estate Research Program at the University of Southern California at Los Angeles. Mexican American families generally spend less on housing. These same statistics would be applicable in our locale. HAVE YOU WRITTEN YOUR CONGRESSMEN? IF NOT...,DO SO,...NOW! Urge them to pass Civil Rights legislation on the National level...and to grant adequate funds to the Civil rights Commission, here in the State Legislature of Iowa. DON'T DELAY? Our branch is requested to help in the Southeast Missouri NAACP Summer Project, by sending a volunteer or volunteers to work in this area during the period July 30 to September 3rd. Because the vast majority of the Negro population in the State of Missouri is concentrated in the urban areas of Kansas City and St. Louis, little attention has been paid to the next largest concentration of Negro citizens who live in Southeast Missouri, commonly referred to as the 'bootheel' section of the State. Bounded by Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee it has many of the southern characteristics of Arkansas and Tennessee and the worst of Kentucky. Little or no progress has been made in political action, school desegregation, housing and employment during the past decade. "In view of the dichotomy of our society, poverty and affluence, there is a great chasm to be filled. This can not be done by the poverty stricken because of the limitations of their substance. It must necessarily be done by those who have something by which this chasm can be filled. The State of Missouri is one of the areas of America which suffers the darkness