The Brothers’ Weekly "Newspaper
Albany, New York
eating’ up a a fight betiveet "black
ak white kids on Swan St. last Sunday, Ro-
bert Gene Dobbs of the Brothers was ar-
~ rested for disorderly conduct. Also arrest-
ed was Michael Sugarman, director of Al-
bany County Opportunity, Inc.
October 27-November 2
Vol.
Dobbs Breaks Up Swan St.Fight —
Efforts Result In Police Arrest
What’s Happening
‘At The Brothers’ Office
Once upon a time people used to call
their neighborhood policemen "peace" of-
ficers (among other things), I suppose be-
cause they were charged with keeping the
peace. It seems like in Albany, they've got
the thing the other way around -- the police
arrest those who are trying to act peaceful
and let the peacebreakers go. ay
Take for example last Sunday. It seems
like William Gibson, Liberal Party candi-
date for Alderman in the 7th ward and sax
_player at Kittle's, Robert Gene Dobbs, and
two white friends were making the scene at
Kittle's. +
Word came to Dobbs thata fight had bro-
_ ken out down - 0. the corner of Second and |
ce
lack cat off a wh e guy (b
and then the police arrived.
As one bystander reported the coppers |
‘got all excited and started giving orders *
left and right before they even knew what
was going on. The white guy whose face was
~ William Gibson, Candidate For Alderman,
William B. Gibson, Jr., one of the
founders of the Brothers, is building up his
campaign for alderman in the 7th Ward this
“week. Gibson and the Brothers are handing
out flyers throughout the ward and will dis-
tribute free copies of The Liberator this
weekend in an effort to familiarize the vot-
ers with his platform.
Born and raised in Albany, Gibson is
employed at the General Electric Company
as a painter. He helped organize the Broth-
ers about one and a half years ago and has
been one of thekey leaders of the organiza-
tion.
"Gibbie,'' as he is known by his friends,
is married and has two sons, aged 4 and 6
years. He is also known for his soul music
and is featured at Kittle's playing the bari-
tone sax.
Two summers ago, Gibson joined a group
of his friends picketing against job dis-
crimination at the union hall of thecon-:
struction workers' local 190. The group
~ went cn to picket contractors and took their
case to the National Labor Relations Board
and the State Commission for Human Rights.
After achieving some success with their
Presents Record Of Community Concern
picketing, the several friends decided to
form an organization -- Gibbie suggested
they call themselves ''The Brothers, '' and
the name was adopted. Starting out with a
concern for jobs for black people, Gibson
became of the Brothers' labor committee
and has worked relentlessly in this area.
As an organization the Brothers moved
on to protest discrimination in other areas.
Gibson participated in protests against dis-
criminationin housing; then against the fir-
ing of two black people, Lola Johnson and
George Bunch, from important positions.
Both cases seemingly involved political mo-
tives and this led Gibson and the Brothers
to their fight against the machine.
At the time the Brothers picketed for
Lola Johnson, fired from a teaching posi-
tion in Albany, Gibson brought up the issue
of the quality of education being received by
black children. Today this is one of his
main interests.
The conflict between the Brothers and the
city administration escalated when a pro-
gram to provide an interchange between the
Black and Italian communities was vetoed
‘rookie cop told him he was under arrest for |
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bruised and a companion were apprehended +4
-someone later said they had been charged
with public intoxication. |
Dobbs tried to talk to the cops andex-
plain how everything was really under con-
trol and there wasn't any need to arrest
anybody. The result was that some smart
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disorderly conduct.
One of the white friends who was with
Dobbs at Kittle's, Michael Sugarman, di-
rector of ACOI, the Albany poverty pro-
gram, had the audacity to ask the officer
why he was arresting Dobbs, Well, our hot
little peacemaker replied by telling Sugar-_
man he was under arrest also. {
And so the great law enforcers -- all
eight of them had done their duty. They hed
verty program
Meanwhile back on the corner the.
just left, some of the black kids, angry e-
cause of the arrest of Dobbs, hited on the
other white friend of the Brothers. | Z
One of thekids calledthe arrest of Dobbs _
"police brutality. '' The friend said, ''No, it
wasn't police brutality, but police stupidi-
of the Brothers wound up with a black eye
and stiches. fae
And so alert action by our lotsa peace-
makers -- The Brothers -- was foiled again
by those thick-skulled, strong arm experts,
the police of the city of Albany. Great work,
guys :
Editorial
Power Structure Feels Thorn Grow Deeper
Albany's power structure -- the Demo-
cratic machine, the Police Department, and
other parts of the system -- must be feeling
the pressure these days. They are slowly
coming to realize that they are losing con-
- trol over the black population of the city --
a population that oncesat back and took what
was dished out to them, but today is fight-
ing back.
Atleast this is the impression we get as
we watch the clumsy efforts of the police
and other officials in their harassment of
the Brothers.
The Brothers, since they were formed a
little over a year ago, have been a thorn in
the side of the Albany power structure. And
each timethe machinetries to pull the thorn
out, it goes in a little deeper.
Robert Gene Dobbs' second arrest for
disorderly conduct in two months can be
seen as the reaction of the Albany police to
anyone who will stand up to the methods of
payoffs and terror that have been used to
control Albany for years.
Dobbs has announced to the Albany police
that he will not be called ''boy.'' But even
more importantly, he has told them that if
they try to take him down to the station and
-beat him like they beat other black people,
they'd better kill him. The threat has some
of them worried.
‘Sarted This Spring
TI Pe eaeaarent of the Brothers
a ‘this Spring when William Gibson, the
ral candidate for Alderman in the 7th
rd, was arrested for speeding, disor-
derly conduct and resisting arrest.
After the effect of the charges got as
much political milage as it could, the
speeding charge was dismissed, a police
court jury acquitted Gibson of resisting ar-
rest, and Gibson paid a $25 disorderly con-
duct fee.
Two Brothers were arrested during the
Juty 26-27 incidents. Jim Pryor was ar-
rested on the evening of July 27 for parti-
cipatingina riot. He declared not eat and
is still awaiting trial.
Sam McDowell was arrested the next day
for "taking part in a riot and encouraging
others to commit violence and with offering
to provide guns to a crowd of more than 100
persons." The activities of McDowell and
Pryor on the evening of July 27 were in line
with the rest of the Brothers —- trying to
prevent more violence and open warfare be-
tween the several hundred black men and —
the Albany police department.
Mistaken Identity
McDowell's running mate in the June
Primary, Robert Gene Dobbs, was not ar-
rested at this time: but his vounger brother
William Dobbs was, and he claims that the
police thought they had Robert Gene. Willie
was not indicted as a result of the arrest.
Another Brother, Clarence Newton, was
arrested, with great fanfare by the local
papers, for rape. The charge was made by
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Newton's 15 year old step daughter after
Newton had informed the police that she had
run away from home and was living with a
man in an Albany hotel.
The zirl was picked up and then charged
" Newton with attempted second degree rape.
The alleged date of the incident was in June.
Thereis no doubt that the whole case should
be thrown out of court, but the power struc-
ture with "yellow" journalism at its side
has achieved its goal by trying to discredit
another member of the Brothers.
Although the number of arrests might in-
dicate to some people that the Brothers are
nothing but dangerous criminals, it is in-
teresting that none of the Brothers arrested
have criminal records.
Arrested At Protest
Theonly time any of these men had been
arrestedin the past was during a protest of
the five dollar vote practice of the Demo-
cratic machine last November. It is clear
that they are being arrested because they
have stood up to the machine in Albany.
Their crime is that they want justice for
black people.
The Brothers will picket anyone if they
feel the cause is right. They have picketed
Mayor Corning, the police department, and
the EES s mansion. They will also go
time if the cause is right. They ©
: sa eaRR ere the philosophy of Henry David
Thoreau -- when the government is corrupt
and evil, the only place for an honest man
is jail.
Thereis no doubt that the poling” are get-
ting the message -- they can call you "nig-
ger'’ when they are inside the police sta-
tion, but if they do it on the streets, they
may wind up with a full scale rebellion.
Early last year the Brothers met with
city police officials over police brutality
and teenage violence in Arbor Hill. At the
time it was hinted that the Brothers would
police their own community. This is what
has happened -- only not the way the police
would like it.
Stand For Justice
The Brothers represent justice to the
black community. They are called on when
the welfare case worker threatens to cut a
check, when the landlord refuses to fix jp
his building and when someone is beaten up
by the police.
Last Sunday Robert Gene Dobbs was
called on when afight broke out on Swan St.
He had achieved the law and order neces-
sary for the incident to pass without ar-
rests and trouble, when the police arrived.
The police did not establish peace --
they so angered several black men by ar-
resting Dobbs that they set upon an inno-
cent white bystander who happened to be a
friend of the Brothers. In effect the police
were the greatest troublemakers of all that
night -- since they assumed authority over .
the situation and failed to exercise it prop-
Oct 27-Nov 2
erly.
If peace is ever to come to Arbor Hills
the police as they act today must change.
Since we realize that they will not change
of their own accord, we must predict that —
the violence they have taught us to live by
will continue.
KKK KKK
Amendment No.
On your ballot November 7 there will be
two amendments to the State Constitution —
which you are being called to vote on. A-
mendment No. 2 is a proposal to allow the
state to build and operate a ski center in
the Adirondacks. It will be called the Blue
Ridge Ski Center.
Since most people in the ghetto have
never skied and probably care little about
it, they may vote "yes" without thinking.
But there is a catch in this amendment
which poor people should be aware of.
The catch is that this amendment would
allow the state to spend upwards of $5 mil-
lion for recreation mainly to serve those
people who can already afford ~~ expense
of this luxury sport.
- Spending this amount of money for the
benefit of one class over another is ob- —
viously discriminatory. It is sponsored by
leaders of the state Democratic Party who >
hope to make ita monument to themselves.
We urge you to vote ''no'' on Amendment ~
No. 2 November 7 ;
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That Gibson Cat’s All Right
People - I been doin' some thinkin' of
late...come round to decidin' as I'll vote
for this Gibson cat, tho' I still hate to throw
perfect good five dollars clean away. .. But
I's over my attitude bout him. Don't make
sense, me holdin' out only just 'cause of a
little speedin' ticket, an' a put-on at that.
Like as not...know they'r out to stop the
cat somehow...Maybe that's what pulled
me, damn' stubborness o' Gibson. "Spite o'
all the Man's signifyin' ‘gainst him - he just
refuse to get scared off!
Only thing, got to disagree with Gibson
for puttin' down our schools here. I'm re-
sentin' this idea that a man's diploma ain't |
worth nothin'! I, a actual graduate, first
one out my whole family...Took me real
good courses in woodworkin' an' I learned
fast. Always been good with my hands.
Every now an' then still get a job as re-
quires a bit c' reparin!!
When Icometo graduate, weren't nothin'
but a young fool, - I wanted to be a real
carpenter, official like. But it turns out
there's this union bag an' you serves what
they call as "apprentice." First off, tho’,
zot to take this test for bein' apprenticed. .
and Jim, this test was somethin else!.
Questions 'bout all sorts ''mathematics" an
like things, - never heared 'bout in school.
In school, told me as I wouldn't be need-
in' them "college subjects'' - put me onto
this vocational jazz instead. After flunkin'
that test,
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"suidance'' people. Imagine that!..Sure
were a mean young blood back then.
Sensible now, an' right satisfied, I am.
Get me work enough, doin' odd jobs for
folk an' ain't so fussy 'bout unions an' such
True, I ain't makin' no kind o' bread like
used to look to while I was in school but I
make out damn good, considerin' like.
Still mighty proud o' my diploma. An' I
ain't diggin Gibson's callin' it worthless. .
That there diploma worth lots to me, man...
even if it didn' help much toward gettin' in
no actual career, like. Got it framed an'
hangin' on my wall - only diploma ever, out
my whole family! I sure do enjoy pointin' it
out to them uneducated folk as come callin. '
Gettin' back to Gibson's jive, that "pre-
judice" bit nothin' short o' nonsense! Like
that Miss Warren always sayin' - they en-
courages black kids to go to college, those
as havin' the special "ability" for it. But be
a waste o' time in most cases, Jim, seein'
most couldn't make it no how. 3
Got a bit to add onto that ''worthless di-
ploma" talkin' too. Admit as some time a-
go, might have held true. But no more -
black kids can just roll on into Manpower
after they graduates school.
So this Manpower done put together some
real fittin' courses...one deals with Me-
chanics. 'Course you don't get to learn the
same as a actual Mechanic do but you be
qualified for employin' round any gas sta-
new idea, too.. gen yi er “ler now.
A body can clear 'most $50 a week, most
any store, Jim. |
Then there's two courses 'specially for
the chicks. Show's em how to empty bed
pans, strip beds, clean an' wash folks up
an' such...So's a chick be a real hospital-
type ‘nurses' aide (that means a sorta lady
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News Notes
Seven Slayers Convicted
On October 20 a Federal Court Jury of |
white Mississippians convicted seven of 18
men accused of participating in a Ku Klux
Klan conspiracy to murder three young civil
rights workers in Mississippi in 1964.
Two of those convicted were County
Sheriff Cecil R. Price and Imperial Wizard
of the Ku Klux Klan Sam Powers.
The maximum penalty for conspiracy
convictions is 10 years and a $5, 000 fine.
Eastland I nvestigates
A sub-committee of the U.S. Senate an-
nounced this week that it would undertake a
sweeping investigation of organizations in
the New Left. The investigation will include
the civil rights and anti-war groups that
attended the National Conference for New
Politics in Chicago over Labor Day week-_
end.
The purpose of the investigation, ac-
cording to the Senate Internal Security sub-
committee, would be to determine if there
is need for legislation to control the sub-
versive activities of such groups. :
A prime target of the investigation, in-
dicated Senator James Eastland from Mis-
sissippi, wouldbe the Mississippi Freedom
Democratic Party, a Negro organization
seeking local political trina in 20 counties: ~ ;
in Mississippi. .
“ticladtig’ Senator Eastl
stealing letters and documents from the
temporary headquarters in Chica
the New Politics Conference. ne
Senator Eastland owns a large plantation
in Sunflower County, Mississippi where the
Mississippi Freedom Democrats have fo-— ‘S
cused much of their work.
Separate Rally
During last week end's mass rally in
Washington D.C.'s Lincoln Memorial in
protest of the Vietnam War, another rally
was being held in Banneker Park near Ho-
ward University by black militants who had
left the Lincoln Memorial site. At Banneker
Park, 1000 Negroes gathered to hear speak-
ers urge black people to get together and
discuss their problems at home rather than
march in a"'white man's war."
Poverty Protest
“Over 600 New Yorkers from low-income
areas, most of them Negroes, demonstrated
in Washington last week for an increase in
Federal anti-poverty funds. The demon-
strators attended a hearing of the House
Education and Labor Committee which was
considering amendments to the Federal $2
billion anti-poverty bill.
A central issue at the hearing was whet-
her local poverty projects would remain in
the hands of local organizations in which the
poor have statutory representation or whet-
her tne control of the programs would be
given to local politicians.
Oct 27-Nov B Be
_ Issue:
borrow $2. 5billion for development of high-
Assembly Speaker Travia,
League Of Women Voters
Of Albany County
In additon to voting for candidates for
_. office on Tuesday, November 7, you will be
_ voting on one proposition, two amendments
to the State Constitution, and on the pro-
posed new Constitution. The following is a
brief summary of the first three issues, in
theorder they will appear on the ballot. The
new Constitution will be discussed in the
next issue.
(A proposition is a law which must be
approved by the voters after it has been
passed in one session of the Legislature and
signed by the Governor. Amendments are
changes in the Constitution of New York
‘© State.) .
PROPOSITION #1 - Transportation Bond
Passage would permit the state to
ways, mass transit (bus, subway, com-
muter railroad) and airports. The Legisla-
ture in 1967 approved the program but its
financing depends on passage of the bond
ssue by the voters.
ie. who | ‘support the issue say the
needs r more information « on upstate uses of
he bond money. There is little organized
opposition to the program.
- AMENDMENT #1 - Job Development Au-
thority: This constitutional - amendment
3 would, if approved, permit the Legislature
_to increase from $59 million to $200 mil-
lion the state guaranteed bor rowing power
of the New York Job Development Authority
(SDA). The purpose of the JDA is to create
a new jobs by encouraging industrial expan-
- sion through loans to non-profit corpora-
_ tions concerned with commmunity develop-
~ ment.
Those supporting passage of the amend-
ment, including Governor Rockefeller and
say the state
must actively encourage industrial growth
and create new jobs. Problems of automa-
tion and competition from other states are
two reasons given for this need.
Those opposed say the JDA makes loans
too easily and exaggerates the value of its
efforts. They also say loans are madeat
‘such low interest that the State must pay
Pe eebotive costs and any interest defi-
Opponents also state that the state's
ou rating will be damaged and that such
loans should be made by private enterprise.
AMENDMENT #2 - Blue Ridge Ski Center
: Pass age of this amendment would permit the
State to build and operate a ski center on
‘Hoffman Mountain near Schroon Lake. Op-
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Oct 27-Nov 2
. mind - most 'ppropriate one like. Teachin' |
homy, Georgia,
Mrs. Ruby Hughes
Bids In 6th Ward
For County Legislature
Mrs. Ruby Hughes, a dynamic black
leader in the South End, has been cam
paigning hard during the past weeks for the
office of County Legislator in the 6th Ward. %
Mrs. Hughes, who resides at 161 Orange
St., has tried to inform the voters of th
importance of this November's election --
that the new County Legislature which re
places the Board of Supervisors will make.
important decisions affecting the lives of al]
the residents of Albany County.
Stating a concern for the children of the
ward as one of her main planks in her plat-
form, Mrs. Hughes accuses her opponent of
not paying any attention to the people of the -
ward. Her opponent, 71 year old James Mc-
Dermotthas been a supervisor for 12 years.
Mrs. Hughes feels that McDermott has |
neglected the recreational facilities of the
area —- not only in the black neighborhoods ©
where she lives, but in the white middle
class neighborhoods that are part of the
ward. 2
Other problems that she feels her op-
ponent has ignored are the enforcement of
U. T. Hippie
From Page 3
orderly, man). Makes as much bread as
'em sales clerks, too!
An' they got the best program, to my
those chicks all the refinin' ways to go
"bout cookin'; cleanin' an' polishing 'friger-
ators, stoves, china, furniture; scrubbin'
down walls -and sweepin' floors - includes
everthin' they be needin' to become good,
dependable cleanin' women! Even got the
nohow, come outa there, for waitin' on rich
folk with a smart uniform an' a real fine
manner.
You got to admit, truly well-trained
maids is hard to find of late. Practically
set they own price... Best career as any
black woman could ever be wantin'! An' few
people be arguin'as it ain't the most 'ppro-
priate, 'specially if'n I was still down my
where niggers still has
"stead a wild an' crazy notions.
sense,
So there! Guess I done blown them poor
schoolin' tales o' Gibson's. Admire the cat,
really; exceptin' when he be talkin' that talk
there. Wonder can he spare me > afive come
next Tuesday?
housing codes, streetlighting and aconcern
for the condition of the streets, and houses
that are health and fire hazards. Mrs.
Hughes pointed out that the streets are only
cared for just before election time and she
_ says that to do now what should have been —
| done all along is an insult to the voters. _
' Anactiveleader inher community, Mrs.
Hughes is second vice president of the Al-
bany NAACP, corresponding secretary of ©
the Neighborhood Improvement Association,
is on the board of directors of Planned Pa- —
renthood, and Albany County Improvement, —
Inc. and isa member of Albany Citizens A- _
gainst ‘Poverty. She is running on the Re-
publican ticket.
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hands of the Adirondack Mountain Authority.
Those in favor say the center would be
ideally located for day and weekend us e,
giving a needed boost to the economy of the
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Opponents say the center would destroy
encourage further such’
developments and that the area has unde-
pendable snowfall. Those against also say
that the state should not operate ski centers
in competition with private enterprise.
The fourth issue on the ballot will be the
proposed new state constitution. The next
two columns in this series will be devoted
to a discussion of this proposal.
(This information has been prepared by
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Child Care Center Hopes
To Aid Welfare Mothers
The Brothers hope to initiate Albany's
first day care center for Welfare families
later this year. Negotiations are underway
for the use of the facilities of an Albany
church which would allow as many as 40
children between the ages of 3 and 5 to re-
ceive head-start instruction while their
mothers attend job training and/or voca-
tional training courses.
Theday carecenter would have two main
purposes. It would allow women to receive
training which would then give them the
chance to find a job and become self-sup-
porting. At the present time under New
York State law the Welfare Department of-
fers $15 a week per child to a mother for
day care expenses. There are no day care
centers in Albany that take care of chil-
_ dren for that amount of money
The second purpose would be to precon-
dition the children for schooling. Working
with several experts in the education field,
including Mr. Jack Ether of the New York
-State University, the Brothers hope to pro-
vide an educational program that will break
down what Leon Van Dyke calls the disad-
vantage of theslum children. Van Dyke says
that most ghetto children enter school from
years behind. :
Theday care center would be open to any
welfare receipents, black or white, and
would follow the state guidelines for such
centers such as providing hot lunches, an
afternoon nap, and"'trained or experienced"
Supervisors.
The Brothers hope that welfare mothers
will themselves help run the day care cen-
ter, including having representation on the
board of directors of the center. The basis
for the center comes from the Welfare
Union of Albany which has worked on behalf
of welfare recipients and handled complaints
and problems for its members. A person
need only be on welfare to join the union--
there is no fee, nor obligations.
Women who would like to work in the day
care center will receive training. But any
woman who has children at least three years
old would beable to have her children cared
for while she attends classes for a high
school equivalency degree or for a particu-
lar job training program as run by the Man-
power Training Center, the New York State
Urban Center, or the Board of Education.
Women interested in this program may
contact Leon Van Dyke at the Brothers' of-
fice, 170 North Pearl St. , or call 465-3347.
Itis not known at the present time when the
center will start, but further information
will be appearing in the Liberator. ‘
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Her job is to see that children going to and
from School No. 5 cross the street safely. She is
Mrs. Rebecca Buchanan of 241 North Pearl St.
and you can tell from her smile that she likes her
job.
Mrs. Buchanan is the mother of three children
and she attends school herself. Between getting
the neighborhood children back to school from
lunch and watching them cross towards home in
the afternoon, Mrs. Buchanan is learning to be a
key punch operator. In the evening, she continues
her community work -- by helping with the tutor-
ing program at the Clinton Square Neighborhood
House.
Building Demolished On N. Pearl
Another building was demolished in Arbor Hill this
past week. Although we are glad to see the destruc-
- Arbor Hill Street Scenes
Collapsing Building =
Two men were injured Sunday
evening, Cctober 15, when part of the
building at 619-21 Broadway fell on
them. Pieces ofthe front ofthe build-
ing as large as four feet long fell ap-
proximately 25 feet on the two men.
Both men were taken tothe Albany
Medical Center. One of the first men
to reach the victims said a piece of
the debree which he lifted off the back
of one man was made of cast iron.
BELNEH PE NHELAIMN Y
3 ALBANY. MY.
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tion of unoccupied buillings which are fire hazards a of ) i ~ #
and serve as breeding places for rats, it seems that
buildings always come down and are never replaced.
Albany is far behind most other cities in building
programs. It will be another two years before con-
struction begins under Arbor Hill Urban Renewal #1
plans. The pinch is on the renters -- there are fewer
and fewer places to go.
UOrin-*
6 Albany Liberator Oct 27-Nov 2
Gibson Presents
From Page 1
by the mayor. Then the Brothers challenged
the Democratic machine's practice of hand-
ing out five dollars to anyone who would
register and vote Democratic.
Gibson was arrested with the Brothers
and college students on election day, 1966
for protesting this practice and later offer-
ed to testify before the grand jury.
} through the Common Council,
a
As he had changed his registration to the
Liberal Party, Gibbie was a natural choice
to run for office in the June primary. He
was unopposed as candidate for Alderman
and will try to unseat Frank DeGeorge a
week from Tuesday.
Gibson has maintained that job opportun-
ity is a primary concern for the black peo-
ple. "If the black man could get a decent
job,"’ he says, "he wouldn't have all the
other problems he has today."
In this respect, Gibson has been working
towards a crash training program that the
Brothers hope to initiate after this year with
help outside the community. Gibson says he
will continue working on this problem with
the Brothers, as well as do what he can
if elected.
Liberal Commission
The Liberator is looking for some-
yjone interested in selling advertising on]
yja commission basis.
Call Leon Vani
Dyke at 465-3347 or Peter Pollak at
[465- 0719 for details.
ae
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Housewives Have Grievance,
Claim Food Prices Rising
The woman who does the grocery buying
for her family today has a grievance; espe-
cially if she lives in urban neighborhoods
like Albany's Arbor Hill and the South End.
In Buffalo suburban housewives are be-
ginning to boycott supermarkets one year
after they picketed against high food prices
and store games and gimmicks. Their lead-
er claims the protest last year brought
prices down for about six months, but she
Says, they are now on their way back up.
Food prices do change and since the cost
of food is one of the major expenses for
most families, many.women try to shop for
a good price. However, the problem is
complicated by the sales, specials (like 3
for 69 and2 for 77), and the extras (stamps,
coupons, chances to win mink coats, etc. ).
In many of the small grocery stores
where most of the Arbor Hill and South End
families do their shopping, the buyer has to
guess the price because manyitems are not
marked.
In one typical store where the owner has
a sign saying he doesn't cash checks and
"In God we trust, but nobody else," you
have to ask for certain items. If you want a
head of lettuce,
price until the owner rings it up on the reg-
ister.
In this store a small head of lettuce cost
25 cents. At a super market the going fare
for lettuce is 29 cents for a larger head.
-Salt seems to be one of the products: gin
photo by Klaus Schnitzer
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DICK GREGORY, noted
black comedian, spoke toover
100, 000 opponents of the U.S.
policy in Vietnam, Saturday,
October 21. Gregory has an-
nounced that he will run for
HOURS: MON. THRU SAT. 7 A.M. TO 5 P.M.
— FREE CITY WIDE DELIVERY —
HE. 4-1347
32 CENTRAL AV. (BELOW NORTHERN BLVD.)
president in 1968.
ALBANY, N.Y.
you don't get to know the-
often used for a "come on."'A small grocer
advertised it for 15 cents for a regular size
of Morton's. At a shopping center in Del-
mar, it was 19 cents at one place and 2 for
25 at another. a
Perhaps the housewife will save on salt
at her corner grocer, but she may lose on
detergent. At the super market she'll pay
74 cents for a popular brand and 93 cents
for the same brand at the:corner grocery.
Although some prices don't fluctuate like
bread and those products which come from
the manufacturer with the price on it, oth-
ers vary mainly by brand. Milk prices are
a good example -- while the difference be-
tween the name brands varies only slightly
between the corner grocery and the super
market, the super market's own brand
shows a big savings.
A half gallon of a super market's brand
at the corner grocery may cost as much as
60 cents for the same amount. When you
consider that families with young children
may use as many as 14 quarts a week, the
potential difference in price is as much as
77 cents a week.
Most food experts talk about buying in
quantity to save money. But this isn't ne-. )
cessarily so -- sometimes there will bea ©
reduction in price, but because people tend
to use up larger quantities faster, sod may. - pes
not save at all.
In sonerals!
the ie income or apartment areas. A v
man without a car or someone to watch a
er her children cannot take cff an hour to
i
travel to thesuper market. Thacher homes,
the low income housing project,
tant, for example from any major super-
* NOTICES
Masquerade Ball
THE BUSY BEE CLUuB of the O.E.
S. is sponsoring their First Halloween |
on Friday, October ©
Masquarade Ball,
27, 1967 from 10 p.m. until ??. It will
be held at the Holiday Inn - Broadway
in Menands. Music is by J.R. and the
Impressions. Cost: $3.00 in advance/
$3.50 at the door -- prizes for best
costumes. Sister V. Ford - Chairman,
Employment Service
Do you need a job or want job training? ay
Have you tried the New York State Employ- —
ment Service? In Albany call GR4-4293 and
ask for Henry Bryant. In Troy call 274-
0800 and ask for Brian McCarthy.
Silent Vigil
Every ‘Wedensday from 12 Noon to 1 pm
at State and Eagle Streets in front of the
Capitol. Now in its 36th week. Come and
join us. Stand up for peace - for an end to
the killing and suffering and for a new be-
ginning in Vietnam and here at home. You
ey stay at the vigil for 6 or 60 minutes.
Oct 2ENOV2 7
is far dis- |
Tuesday
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2. NOV 7 = 3
For Alderman
William Gibson
Job Opportuniti
Better Schools
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More Playgrounds
Better Housing
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