CITY-WIDE CONFERENCE

SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF CHICAGO'S POPULATION GROWTH

An examination of the pressures

that challenge the civic and economic

development of our community and the effect

on human relations of people in

new surroundings, among new neighbors

PALMER HOUSE

MAY 29-1957-JUNE 11 (WORK.ING SESSIONS) (REPORT TO THE P EOPLE)

Sponsored by

THE CHICAGO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS

in cooperation with

THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON NEW RESIDENTS

PLAN OF THE CONFERENCE Wednesday, May 29, 1957

REGISTRATION

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9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.-Grand Ball­room Foyer

CONFERENCE CONVENES

10: 00 A.M.-Grand Ballroom

General Chairman: AUGUSTINE J. BOWE, Chairman, Chicago Commission on Human Relations

Invocation

Rules and Procedures

Perspective for the Conference

WORKING SESSIONS

10:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M.

2:00 P .M. - 4:00 P.M.

Nine simultaneous sessions will be held in Confer­ence rooms in proximity to the Grand Ballroom, covering programs in housing, health, employment, law and order, education, public information, welfare, recreation, community organization.

All sessions with the exception of those in Recre­ation and Welfare will have both morning and afternoon periods.

LUNCHEON PROGRAM 12:30 P.M.

Chairman: AUGUSTINE J. BOWE, Chairman, Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

Address: "The Importance of Harmonious Human

Relations to a Great City's Future" JOSEPH L. BLOCK

President, Inland Steel Company

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SESSIONS

Housing

Chairman: JoHN WOMER, Vice President, Great Lakes Mortgage Corporation

MORNING SESSION

"How Chicago Grew" GEORGE DOVENMUEHLE,

President, George Dovenrnuehle, Inc.

"Two More Factors" JAMES c. DOWNS, JR.,

Chairman, Real Estate Research Corporation

AFTERNOON SESSION

"A Look at the Future" Summary by Chairman: JOHN WOMER

PANEL

"Steps Toward Solutions"

Moderator: WILLIAM E. HILL,

Racial Relations Officer, Public Housing Administration

Members:

ALDERMAN WILLIAM MURPHY, Chairman, Committee on Housing & Planning, Chicago City Council

HARRY OSGOOD, Director of Urban Programs, Public Relations Department, Sears Roebuck, Inc.

IRVING J . LEWIS, President, Park Terrace Corporation

GEORGE HARRIS, Dearborn Real Estate Board

Ross HUMPHRES, Chairman, Land Clearance Commission

JOHN WOMER, Vice President, Great Lakes Mortgage Corporation

Employment

"Merit Employment: A Key to Chicago's Growth"

Chairman: WILLIAM G. CAPLES, Vice President, Inland Steel Company

MORNING SESSION

"Industry's Needs in an Expanding Economy"

THOMAS H. COULTER, Chief Executive Officer,

Chicago Association of Commerce & Industry

"Merit Employment: Progress and Problems in Chicago"

RAYL. WALKER, Vice President,

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company

AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL

"How Can Merit Employment be Achieved in a Growing Chicago?"

Moderator: WILLIAM G . CAPLES, Vice President, Inland Steel Company

Members:

CLIFFORD J. CAMPBELL, Director, Dunbar Vocational High School

PATRICK GORMAN, International Secretary-Treasurer, Amalgamated Meatcutters of America, A.F.L.-C.1.0.

c. VIRGIL MARTIN, Vice President, Carson Pirie Scott & Company

JOHN B. M ETZENBERG, President, Cromwell Paper Company; President, Bureau on Jewish Employment Problems

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Education

Chairman: MRs. JAMES MAsoN, Chairman, Education Committee,

Chicago Commission on Human Relations

MORNING SESSION

"Education for Human Relations" KENNETH w. LUND,

Assistant to the General Superintendent of Schools, Chicago Public Schools System

RT. REV. MSGR. D. F. CUNNINGHAM Superintendent of Schools, Archdiocese of Chicago

REVEREND DR. HENRY BOETTCHER, Superintendent, Lutheran High School Association

of Greater Chicago

"Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow m Chicago's Schools"

ARCHIBALD J. CAREY, JR.

AFTERNOON SESSION

PANEL

"Integration: the Joint Responsibility of School and Community"

Moderator: ARCHIBALD J. CAREY, JR.

Problem 1 - Communications

New Resident Groups:. CLIFFORD J. CAMPBELL, Dirctor, Dunbar Vocational High School

School and Family-Social Work Program: MARGARET QUANE,

Visiting Counselor, Evanston Township High School

School and Community-Role of P.T.A. MRs. WILLIAM DEAN, JR.,

Chairman, Human Relations and International Relations, Chicago Region P.T.A.

Problem 2 - School Pr~gram in Action

Chicago Public Schools: EVELYN CARLSON, District Superintendent, Chicago Public Schools

Chicago Catholic High Schools: BROTHER JUDE ALOYSIUS, FFC,

Chairman, Schools Committee, Catholic Interracial Council

Problem 3 - Teacher Education

Training Teachers in Service: ANNABEL CAREY PRESCOTT,

Teacher in Charge, Committee on Human Relations, Chicago Public Schools

Training Teachers to be: CHARLES MONROE,

Assistant Dean, Wilson Junior College

Problem 4 - Juvenile Unrest

The City-wide Problem of Gangs: LT. MICHAEL DELANEY,

Director, Crime Prevention Division, Chicago Police Department

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Community Organizations

MORNING SESSION

Chairman: REV. PHILIP A. JOHNSON, Salem Lutheran Church

"The Dynamics Behind Chicago's Growth"

DR. PHILIP M . HAUSER, Chairman, Department of Sociology,

University of Chicago

"In-Migration-Past and Present" SAMUEL A . GOLDSMITH,

Executive Director, The Jewish Federation of Chicago

AFrERNOON SESSION

Chairman: DR. ARTHUR HILLMAN, Dean of the Schools of Arts and Sciences,

Roosevelt University

"Problems that Ethnic, Nationality and Racial Groups Have and Ways of Meeting Them Through Community Organization"

PANEL I

Local Community Organizations

ALBERT VOTAW, Executive Director, Uptown Chicago Commission

WILLIAM JONES, Executive Secretary, Near West Side Community

Councn

ELLSWORTH SHEPHERD, Executive Secretary, Pilsen Neighbors

MORRIS COHEN, Director, Kenwood-Ellis Community Center

PANEL II

City-Wide Agencies

TED COBB, Community Organization Specialist,

Chicago Urban League

REV. LEO T . MAHON, Executive Assistant to the Coordinator, Cardinal's Committee for the Spanish-Speaking in Chicago

MISS RAQUEL MARQUEZ, Executive Director,

The Mexican-American Council of Chicago

LAWRENCE A. KELLER, AFL-CIO, Community Services Representative

"How Can Communities Meet the Problems of New Residents"

RABBI JACOB J. WEINSTEIN, K.A.M. Temple

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Welfare

(AFTERNOON ONLY)

"The Impact of People in Chicago's Future on Welfare Agencies"

Chairman: FRANK WooDs, President, Community Fund of Chicago

"The Scope of the Problem"

ROBERT MACRAE, Director, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

"Impact of the Community on the New Resident"

EDWIN c. BERRY, Executive Director, Chicago Urban League

PANEL

"Impact of the New Resident on Welfare Agencies"

Members:

ALVINE. ROSE, Commissioner of Welfare, Chicago Welfare Department

RAYMOND HILLIARD,

Director, Cook County Department of Welfare

Miss JEANETTE HANFORD, Assistant Executive Director, United Charities

ETHEL VERRY,

Executive Secretary, Chicago Child Care Society

HELEN LAUE,

Associate Executive Secretary, Division on Family and Child Welfare,

Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

REV. MSGR. VINCENT w. COOKE, Archdiocesan Supervisor of Charities, Catholic Charities of Chicago

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Public Information

"The Role of Communications in Solving Problems of Chicago's Population Growth"

MORNING SESSION

Chairman: A. T. BURCH, Associate Editor, Chicago Daily News

Role of the Working Press

ROBERT E. KENNEDY, Editorial Staff, Chicago Sun-Times

Role of Radio and TV

(Speaker to be announced)

Role of the Minority Press

JOHN H . SENGSTACKE, Publisher, Chicago Defender

AFfERNOON SESSION

Chairman: WILLIAM RAY, News Director, National Broadcasting Company

Responsibility of Industry

ED LOGELIN, Vice President, U. S. Steel Corporation

Responsibility of Private Agencies

THOMAS I. UNDERWOOD, Winston, Strawn, Smith and Patterson

Responsibility of Public Agencies

ELEANOR WRIGHT, Director of Information, Chicago Commission

on Human Relations

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Recreation

(MORNING ONLY)

Chairman: MERLIN X. MUNGOVAN, Assistant Administrator, Family Court

Speaker: JESSE OWENS, Administrative Assistant, Illinois Youth Commission

PANEL

Moderator: MISS ELAINE SWITZER, Associate Director,

Division of Education and Recreation, Welfare Council of Metropolitan Chicago

Members:

FRANCIS B. MCKEAG, Director, Bureau of Social Centers, Chicago Board of Education

DAN PENNY, Area Supervisor, Chicago Park District

Russ CowANs, Sports Editor, Chicago Defender

EVERETT CoPE, Director, South Chicago Community Center

JOSEPH CLEMENS, Associate Director, Chicago Boys Club

Health and Hospital Services

Chairman: DR. LEONIDAS BERRY

MORNING SESSION

"Medical Services and Chicago's Population Growth"

DrnTRICH REITZES, Ph.D. University of Chicago

SYMPOSIUM I

"Health Facilities and Chicago's Population Growth"

Chairman: L EO LYONS

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Remarks: DR. N. 0. CALLOWAY

SYMPOSIUM IT

"The Doctor and the Hospital" Chairman: RAY BROWN

Remarks: DR. QUENTIN YOUNG

AFTERNOON SESSION

SYMPOSIUM ill

"The Patient and the Hospital" Chairman: DR. ARTHUR G. FALLS

R emarks: BROTHER DOMINIC, CFA

SYMPOSIUM IV

"Nursing Education and Nursing Services"

Chairman: Miss ADELAIDE FRITZ

R emarks: MRS. BEATRICE NORRIS

SYMPOSIUM V

"Medical and Dental Education: Pre­medical, Undergraduate, Postgraduate"

Chairman: Dr. A. M. Mercer

R emarks: DR. RALPH B ETTMAN

Closing Remarks: DR. EDWIN LEVINE,

Chairman, Chicago Commission on Human Relations Health Committee

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Law and Order

Chairman: ATTORNEY JEROME J. FRIEDMAN, Chairman, Law and Order Committee,

Chicago Commission on Human Relations

MORNING SESSION

"Recent Developments of the Law" ERWIN W. ROEMER,

Former Chairman, Illinois Commission on Human Relations

"Practical Problems in Civil Rights" LEON M. DESPRES,

Alderman, 5th Ward, City of Chicago

AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderator: DR. PAUL MUNDY, Associate Professor of Sociology, Loyola University

"Juveniles and Intergroup Conflicts"

"Civil Rights Violations and Housing"

"Public Accommodations & Discrimination"

"Police Problems and Human Relations"

Members:

BENJAMINE. NOVOSELSKY, Asst. State's Attorney, Family Court of Cook County

NISSEN N. GROSS, Midwest Director, Civil Rights Division, A.D.L.

GERALD BULLOCK, Vice President, Chicago Branch, N.A.A.C.P.

CHARLES G. O'REGAN' Deputy to the Commissioner for Staff Services, Chicago Police Department

JOHN CULLNAN, Captain of Police, Human Relations Unit, Chicago Police Department

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TUESDAY, JUNE 11-PALMER HOUSB­

Report to the People of Chicago

Luncheon Meeting and Audio-Visual Report

12:00 Noon - Grand Ballroom

Representatives of Chicago's industrial, business, civic and governmental leadership will meet at a luncheon session to review the findings of the working sessions on May 29. The program will feature a 60 minute audio-visual presentation of facts, problems, and possible solutions related to Chicago's population growth and changing human relations picture. It will dramatize and highlight Chicago's growth, the sources of its new popula­tion, and the future profile of the city.

THE COMMISSION'S COMMITI'EE ON NEW RESIDENTS

ELY M. AARON, Chairman JOSEPH P. ANTONOW MAURICE F. X. DONOHUE MRS. WENDELL GREEN RAYMOND H. HILLIARD

FRED K. HOEHLER ROBERT H. MacRAE AL VIN E. ROSE MRS. EDITH SAMPSON RAY L. WALKER

MEMBERS OF THE MAYOR'S COMMITTEE ON NEW RESIDENTS

MRS. HELEN AARON MRS. JOHN B. ALLEN RUSSELL W. BALLARD MARK BATILE DR. ROERT K. BELL EDWIN C. BERRY BENNIE BROWN DR. HERMAN N.

BUNDESEN CLIFFORD CAMPBELL WILLIAM C. CAPLES REV. GILBERT CARROLL A. L. CODE RALPH W. COLLINS GEORGE T. DONOGHUE JAMES C. DOWNS, JR. MRS. IONE A. DuV AL REV. RALPH A.

GALLAGHER, S.J. GERALD GETIY JOEL GOLDBLATI PHILIP M. HAUSER PAUL HEDDEN REV. J. H. JACKSON JESSE JACOBS

THOMAS JENKINS JOHN H. JOHNSON JAMES KEMP HENRY L. KOHN FRAYSER T. LANE WILLIAM A. LEE IRVINE M. LEVY VIRGIL MARTIN MORGAN MURPHY HALE NELSON TIMOTHY J. O'CONNOR WALTER E. PARKER DR. C.D. PROCTOR THEODORE ROBINSON ERWIN ROEMER WILLIAM R. RIVKIN DOMINIC ROSSI JOHN H. SENGSTACKE DR. CLIFFORD SHAW R. SARGENT SHRJVER ELLSWORTH SMITH LEONARD SPACEK ANTHONY VEGA RAYMOND WHITE DR. BENJAMIN C. WILLIS

CIDCAGO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RELATIONS

AUGUSTINE J . BOWE Chairman

ELY M. AARON Vice Chairman

RALPH D. ROBINSON Secretary

MORRIS BIALIS DR. PRESTON BRADLEY WILLIAM G. CAPLES LESTER CROWN DR. ULYSSES G. DAILEY

JEROME J . FRIEDMAN MRS. WENDELL E. GREEN MAURICE McELLIGOTI MRS. WILLIAM PETERSEN PETER R. SCALISE RAYL. WALKER

STAFF

FRANCIS W. McPEEK Executive Director

FREDERICK D. POLLARD, Jr. Administrative Assistant

Civil Rights Services EDMUND A. BROOKS JAMES E . BURNS GEORGE L. ROBERTS

Community Services DOUGLASS R. TURNER WARREN W. LEHMAN JOHN L. McKNIGHT ROGER W. NATHAN RACHEL R. RIDLEY

EducaJlon Department ELEANOR T. DUNGAN JOHN J. LIGHT

Employment Servlus WALTER J. DUCEY JULIO VIVAS

Migration Services MARGARETS.MADDEN SAMPLE N. PITTMAN

Public Information ELEANOR WRIGHT

Research BERT P. SCHLOSS

CORA B. GLOVER Office Manager

JOHN F. BYRNE Director for the Conference