Housing: Hearings Before the United States Commission on Civil Rights, Issues 8-9U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 |
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... Negro areas and the only ones mov- ing in were Negroes . Mr. SADLER . I would like to speak on that . First , you asked what the racial - relations people do . We have written quite a bit about Chicago . Then , let me clarify for you ...
... Negro areas and the only ones mov- ing in were Negroes . Mr. SADLER . I would like to speak on that . First , you asked what the racial - relations people do . We have written quite a bit about Chicago . Then , let me clarify for you ...
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... Negro rather than more white . As a consequence , it is difficult to maintain a constant ratio of one group to the other after the Negro population has become the majority in any given area . 3. The effects of project location in an ...
... Negro rather than more white . As a consequence , it is difficult to maintain a constant ratio of one group to the other after the Negro population has become the majority in any given area . 3. The effects of project location in an ...
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... Negro families had been demonstrated . The day before the first Negro GI family moved in , a window was broken in the apartment . But shortly after the family moved in , the president of the tenant association made a welcoming visit . A ...
... Negro families had been demonstrated . The day before the first Negro GI family moved in , a window was broken in the apartment . But shortly after the family moved in , the president of the tenant association made a welcoming visit . A ...
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... Negro project . " On investigation * ** it was revealed that the hostility had originated not with Negro tenants but with other Negroes who desired to get into this project of predominate Negro occupancy and felt that they should have ...
... Negro project . " On investigation * ** it was revealed that the hostility had originated not with Negro tenants but with other Negroes who desired to get into this project of predominate Negro occupancy and felt that they should have ...
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... Negro families moved in and then , for a while , nobody seemed to care for tea . Several days had passed when a group of women said to the housing manager : " We don't feel quite right about not welcoming the new Negro families . We ...
... Negro families moved in and then , for a while , nobody seemed to care for tea . Several days had passed when a group of women said to the housing manager : " We don't feel quite right about not welcoming the new Negro families . We ...
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Page 150 - ... the elimination of substandard and other inadequate housing through the clearance of slums and blighted areas, and the realization as soon as feasible of the goal of a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family...
Page iv - States for the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business...
Page iv - Board shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Board, its member, agent, or agency, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.
Page 104 - States shall be entitled to the full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, and privileges of inns, public conveyances on land or water, theaters, and other places of public amusement; subject only to the conditions and limitations established by law, and applicable alike to citizens of every race and color, regardless of any previous condition of servitude.
Page 441 - ... (2) study and collect information concerning legal developments constituting a denial of equal protection of laws under the Constitution...
Page 62 - Every contract, combination in form of trust or otherwise, or conspiracy, in restraint of trade or commerce in any territory of the United States or of the District of Columbia, or in restraint of trade or commerce between any such territory and another, or between any such territory or territories and any state or states or the District of Columbia, or with foreign nations...
Page 173 - The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error.
Page 107 - ... decent, safe and sanitary dwellings. The housing, so far as practicable, shall be in areas not generally less desirable in regard to public utilities, public and commercial facilities and at rents or prices within the financial means of the families and individuals displaced and equal in number to the number of such displaced families or individuals and reasonably accessible to their places of employment.
Page i - That a commission is hereby created and established, to be known as the Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission), which shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the commissioners shall be members of the same political party.
Page iv - ... (f) The Commission, or on the authorization of the Commission any subcommittee of two or more members, at least one of whom shall be of each major political party, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and act at such times and places as the Commission or such authorized subcommittee may deem advisable. Subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of written or other matter...