7 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Operetta, Concert Scheduled Here 1 Gershom Morningstar, Grad., and L l rarys Cost Robert Brandzell, '58SM, has a set which is done in "all gold." "And everything is hung by The new pink slip procedure for Cost-cutting proposals intended 'dotted lines'," Wineman said. preventing saved seats in the to enable the local bus company. mysteriously. Undergraduate Library is "work- Ann Arbor Transit, Inc., to con- The Gilbert and Sullivan pre- ing quite well" according to Mrs. tinue operating are now being sentation will be given at 8 p.m. Roberta L. Keniston, director of ' &q Pa.IaP!SUo1 tomorrow through Saturday. the Library. The company has filed notice w-ith the city that it intends to Shaw Chorale Here Last week, in response to stu- discontinue operations June 1 The Robert Shaw Chorale and dent complaint, spoken and un- The proposals include the possi- Orchestra, conducted by Robert spoken, the Library started to re- The popos al erue hos- Shaw, will be featured in the final move all open books that were bility of usig smaller buses hold- concert of the University Extra "saving" seats and placing a mes- The company needs new buses. A Concert Series at 2:30 p.m. Sun- sage asking cooperation in each 25-pany nelds n sected day in Hill Auditoium. one -passenger model was inspected The Chorale, founded in 1948. nrKni Monday. will present Suite from "Aci and Mrs. Kenston said there had Other proposals are the use of Gilapesent Suite fnd "Acien been no complaints from students part of the old city gaage for bus Gass" by anel whose books had been moved. storage and the elimination of the Mass" by Faure. She added she did not expect $30 weekly service charge which After intermission, the program the percentage of saved seats to the company now pays the city and "True Love" by Hindemith; reach last semester's high, pur- on its purchases of gas and oil at an "Tue oe" br dit"Fur H;- ported to be twenty per cent of the city garage. "Love Song" from "Four Hun- the library's capacity. An cthergrsalastht.u garian Folksongs" by Bartok; hAnother proposalwas that bus "The Lover's Wish" from "Vier By May, she said, when library repairs be done by city mechanics Stuce, Op. 27" by Schonberg; and usage, and the desire to save seats and that the company pay the "With Air Commanding" from reaches its high, students will - city for the repairs. "The Rake's Progress" by Stra- have accepted the use of the slips. These proposals were presented vinsky. Students began to complain re- -Daily-Robert Dennis in a letter from the company's The program will conclude with cently, when the percentage of coordinator, John W. Rae, at the Brahms' "Rhapsodie for Contral- saved seats, often reserved for ONE-ACT-Fred Ouellette and Margaret Forward will star in City Council meeting Monday to Solo, Male Chorus and Orches- hours while the, occupants were scenes from "Victoria Regina," a one-act play to be performed at night. They were referred for tra, Op. 53;" and Offenbach's not in the library, showed signs 4 p.m. today in Trueblood Auditorium. The play is directed by study to City Administrator Guy Suite from "Les Brigands." of rising. Jeanne Hall. C. Larcom, Jr. Commission Reports City Discrimination Findings V (EDITOR'S NOTE: The summary of the Student Government Council Human Relations Committee Report an' the area of off-campus housing for Univresity students has been made to the Ann Arbor Human Re- lations Commission. The full text will be printed tomorrow.) ment Practices Act has accom- plished a great deal to eliminate discrimination in employment. The Supreme Court decisions are hav- ing effects in the north and south on public school segregation. Hous- ing remains the last large area of obvious discrimination. Between 1953 and 1955 the Ann Arbor Housing Committee, ap- pointed by the City Council, in a that he call his agent. The agent suggested to the owner that he call his lawyer. The lawyer's opin- ion was that the agent should show the house. The house was shown. 4. A white family, when shown a prospective lot on which to build, was told by the real estate agent that this was a risky buy "because Negroes have been moving in two :F" t Following is the report of .the Ann Arbor Human Relations Com- mission given to City Council on March 9: The Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission for the past year and a half has been investigating spe- cific complaints and looking into general rumors that indicate in- equality of treatment of people on the basis of race, creed, or national origin. Discrimination has been evident in several areas. In most of these we are continuing to combat dis- crimination with education, con- ciliation and use of all the good will which the Commission can foster. We continue to move to- ward the goals of the Commission by voluntary cooperation which our ordinance specifies. It is generally recognized that segregation works economic and psychological hardships on those discriminated against as well as on those who discriminate. Some Tension Down There can be no question that in public accommodations, such as trains and restaurants, legislation has effected a 'change in public attitude so that we no longer con- sider tension in these areas to be a significant social problem. Legis- lation such as the Fair Employ- Organize ComImittee This report was made to the City Council Monday night by the Ann Arbor Human Relations Commission. At that time the Council set up a committee to study it and Vwake recommendations concerning Council action. The Committee will probably begin meeting next week, ac- cording to its chairman, Councilman A. Nelson Dingle. First, he said, it must assemble material to study, including examples of legislation against discrimination that have been adopted else- where.- The members of the committee are Dingle, City Attorney Jacob F. Fahrner, Jr., and Councilmen James F. Brinkerhoff, Richard Dennard and Russell J. Burns. iv f general study of housing found' that discrimination existed. Studies by this Commission since 1957 sub- stantiate the findings of the pre- vious committee. The Human Re- lations Commission must unequiv- ocally state that in our community discrimination in housing persists. Cite Experiences We shal illustrate the problem by citing experiences of Ann Arbor citizens in the past year. These are typical cases selected from the many which have come to the at- tention of the Commission or to individual members. Under Com- mission policy names are withheld. 1. A Negro woman responded by telephone to an advertisement for a house in a new development in Ann Arbor. The down- payment was specified at $600. An appoint- ment was made, the client was shown the house, and then told that she had misunderstood: that the published down payment did not include the lot which would be $1500 in addition. A white woman who looked at the same house found that the advertised down payment, for her, did include the lot. 2. A white person was looking at a model house when a Negro family ,drove up. The real estate agent-.said, "Well, we have to do something about that!" He ex- cused himself and moved the Negro family Ton without showing the house. When he returned he stated,;"That's taken care of; you don't have to worry." The white person had neither felt nor indi- cated to the agent any concern. 3. A professional person from the University made an appoint- ment to see an advertised house. He reported that the real estate agent had a thick stack of cards which rapidly dwindled when he saw that the client was a Negro. The agent refused to show the house in question, saying the own- er had restricted the sale. Through the address the client reached the owner who denied that any re- strictions had been placed on the sale of the house. The owner wanted to show the house but had placed the house with the real estate firm. At this point the Com- mission member was telephoned by the home-seeker and in turn called the owner and suggested to him blocks away." The client explained that this was no concern to her. Nonetheless, a year later this same agent mentioned in "jest" to the same client that "Niggers" were moving into the neighborhood of the house she was considering.. 5. Rentals also present complex problems. Apartments are unavail- able to members of some minority groups. Landlords blithely pass re- sponsibility on to a nebulous "pub- lic." A landlord had agreed by phone to rent to a doctor an apart- ment which had been shown by the caretaker. When the applicant and his wife came to make final arrangements, the landlord dis- covered that they were Negroes, whereupon he refused to rent to them. 6. An industry encouraged by the community and City officials to locate in Ann Arbor has recently employed a highly skilled profes- sional worker who is a Negro. This man, who owns his- home in an- other state, has been unsuccessful in finding suitable rental housing. His wife and two children have been unable to join him. Houses and apartments which are avail- able have been refused to him when he said that he is a Negro. 7. In August 1958 Commission members made 25 phone calls to advertisers of rooms and apart- ments in the Ann Arbor News ask- ing if they would rent to Negroes or to. foreign students. Of those called 24 said no. The other one already had a policy of open occu- pancy. The Commission feels that these typical cases substantiate the gen- eral finding of discrimination and demonstrate its pattern. agreed to by representatives) of financial institutions and builders. The findings of these meetings were: The representatives of finan- cial institutions say that they do not discriminate. They offered pro- cedure whereby if anyone felt that there was discriminatory practice in the handling of a loan because of race, color, creed or national origin, he could authorize the in- stitution to have his file made available to a Commission mem- ber. The builders told the Commis- sion that they would be willing to build for anyone but that they would be unable to make advan- tageous loans if they broke the existing pattern of segregation. Economic Necessity The real estate agents who did meet with the Commission said that they do not create prejudice but only reflect public opinion. They claim their practices are an economic necessity. (It is important to note that no lasting ill, effects on property values have resulted because some few Negro families live outside the traditional Negro areas. It is equally important to note that' harmonious relationships in these neighborhoods have not been dis-' turbed. Significantly these indi- viduals have not been' able to ob- tain housing through ordinary business channels.) It appears the realtors them- selves might welcome support from public authority to help them im- plement the principle of equality of opportunity. On the basis of the finding of the Commission as illustrated in this report the Commission feels that further positive action must be taken to end discrimination in housing in Ann Arbor and that the Council must take this responsi- bility. In accordance with the pro- visions of the Ordinance estab- TODAY The Dept. of S Scene! "VICTORA by LAURENCI TRUEBLOOD AU Admiss lishing the Human Relations Com- mission, as set forth in section No. 1:223, the Commission recom- mends in the best interest of the community that the Council con- sider appropriate governmental action to eliminate discrimination in housing. Such action should, include con- sideration of (a) strengthening the power of the Commission, and (b) consideration of legislation to eliminate discrimination in hous- ing, and (c) consideration of mak- ing additional funds available to the Commission for continuing and expanding education. Toward that end the Commis- sion stands ready to cooperate with Council in efforts toward the common goal of assuring equal rights to all citizens. / Respectfully submitted, The Human Relations Commission. Henry Lewis, Chairman Members of the Human Relations Commission are: Mrs. Arthur Carr Mrs. Gerald Davenport Mr. Richard Dennard Mr. Herman Jacobs Mr. James Lewis Dr. Henry Lewis Mr. Richard Mann Hon. George Sallade Mr. Paul Wagner Dr. Albert.Wheeler STAN KENTON ORCHESTRA IN CONCERT MARCH 23, 8:30 P.M. County Bldg. Aud. Jackson, Michigan Ticket Orders: JACKSON JAZZ CLUB P.O. Box 261, Jackson, Mich. $2.00 - $2.50 -,$3.00 - Tax Inc. J ,1 OPENING TOMORIOW NIGHT CURTAIN 8:00 P.M. THREE PERFORMANCES: Thursday, Friday, and Saturday Sought Voluntary Changes The Commission has gone through the procedures provided under its ordinance to seek vol- untary changes. The people with whom to discuss the situation ob- viously were leaders in real estate, finance and building. Although it was not possible to set up a meet- ing with official representatives of the Ann Arbor Board of Realtors, some members met with the Com- mission unofficially. The Commission has no power to require conferences much less actions. Meetings were voluntarily NOW ! Doors open at 12:45 Another Encore Program of Two Pictures You Have Previously Elected to be Exceptionally Good. DIAL NO 2-3126 1! I Week Days at 7 and 9 P.M. "Far and away the of the year!"" ev"m M4 - I I1 I I DIAL NO 8-6416 :h Maddest Comedy Herald-Tribune a I1!hPe I I F ' 1 ...,I{V . ,.IYI/° -- ir, V/l Vw VV4Vii Vj V44tny