Memphis World
Memphis World Publishing Co.
1955-05-31
Raymond F. Tisby

MEMPHIS WORLD
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A Crazy Quilt Of Laws
There has been much discussion of the need for sweeping
changes in our system of regulating the railroads and other commercial 
carriers of goods and people. And it is likely that there
is considerable confusion in the public mind as to just why this is
so.
A good explanation of the situation has been given by a
top authority—Chairman Richard E. Mitchell of the Interstate Commerce 
Commission, the principal regulatory agency. Mr. Mitchell
said: "I believe that the common carriers of the nation, both truck
and rail, must meet the competition that confronts them. But I
want the regulatory laws and the interpretations thereof to be the
same terms and the same conditions ...
"Change the laws and interpretations to meet the conditions
in the transportation industry as they are today, not as they were
30 years ago. Eliminate all unnecessary regulatory laws as to
common carriers and regulate all competing transportation industries 
not now regulated. Make regulation fair to all."
The basic trouble lies in the fact that our regulatory policies
and procedures grew by bits and pieces. New stipulations were'
simply piled oh top of the existing ones, as they were needed or
legislators thought they were needed. The result is comparable
to a crazy quilt. And the worst part of it all is that the laws are
generally based on the theory that the railroads have pretty much
of a transportation monopoly—when, to the contrary, they are involved 
in an intensely competitive business.
The last Congress made the first comprehensive revision of
the tax laws in 75 years. This Congress has the opportunity to
do much the same thing in another vital field—transportation regulation 
and legislation.

BETWEEN THE LINES
We read in the parable of the
talents that when the unprofitable
servant was called upon for an account 
of his stewardship, he did not
respond with a report but with a
speech of 42 words; whereas the
profitable servants responded with
a 16-word report.
The servant who had done nothing 
was nearly three times as loquacious. 
His major excuse being,
"I was afraid." It is difficult for a
person who makes his way through
the current maze of "isms" to move
unafraid of making grave mistakes
and there is some excuse for him
who falters because he is afraid.
There lies before me at this writing 
an appeal for what appears to
be a worthy cause. If only a part, of
what is said is true the cause is a
worthy one and deserves most
richly the support of those who
want to see the right prevail. But
how does one know when one is
supporting indirectly the communist 
cause? Should I make a contribution 
to this worthy cause and
it turns out that somebody connected 
with the cause is of communisticleanings, 
then I should be suspected 
and watched and perhaps falsely 
accused of being communistic
when in reality I am not.
I know communism pretty
thoroughly from a study of the subject 
in university courses and from
a study of current events. I am not
a democrat because I do not know
communism.
I am a democrat because I know
democracy and I know communism
and I have made my allegiance
not upon ignorance but upon knowledge. 
And yet I am afraid.
My first charge against communism 
is that it's atheistic and
before this shortcoming all others
quall into insignificance, however,
significant they may be. There is
no need to enumerate further when
its major shortcoming is atheism.
Atheism strikes at the heart of all
we love and hold dear and because
communism is atheistic those who
believe in God could never tolerate
it as a way of life. It is spiritually
repugnant to those believers in the
God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
Father of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. But I am afraid to
give to what I believe to be a worthy 
cause, lest I lay myself open to
the charge that I am supporting
indirectly a communist cause.
It must not be doubted that in
the current movement to stamp
out communism in this country,

many innocent people are being
made to suffer because they innocently 
go about helping causes
that turn out to be communistic in
their motivations. I am currently
afraid to join things Ever since Iallowed 
myself to be put down as an
"advisor" to the Southern Youth
Congress which later turned out
to be communist-fronted, I have
been afraid to join anything however 
unsuspecting in label.
An old sinner lay at the point of
death as the story goes, and the
neighboring parson took in a few
members and the deacons to pray
with him and for him.
"Mr. Jones," the parson began,
the doctor says your time ain't
long and we have come to help you
to get right with God and to hear
you say you are ready and willing
to go and prepared to meet your
God."
Whereupon the sick man replied,
"Mr. Preacher, I ain't ready and
willing to go nowhere and I ain't
prepared to meet nobody."
It is getting to be dangerous to
join things in times like these; in
other words the ordinary person
"ain't prepared to join nothing."
Just as there is a question of
joining there is a kindred question
of defending persons accused. It
matters little whether the accused
is guilty or innocent of charges related 
to his loyalty, the temptation
is to let such a one shift for himself. 
This is vividly brought to
mind when we remember how influeritial 
Negroes stayed away from
Dr. DuBois in droves when he was
having it but with the authorities
Although all Negroes knew Dr. DuBois 
was not a communist, they
were afraid to defend him and left
him to bear his cross alone and
there was no one to help him.

"I WAS AFRAID"
We read in the parable of the
talents that when the unprofitable
servant was called upon for an account 
of his stewardship, he did not
respond with a report but with a
speech of 42 words; whereas the
profitable servants responded with
a 16-word report.
The servant who had done nothing 
was nearly three times as loquacious. 
His major excuse being,
"I was afraid." It is difficult for a
person who makes his way through
the current maze of "isms" to move
unafraid of making grave mistakes
and there is some excuse for him
who falters because he is afraid.
There lies before me at this writing 
an appeal for what appears to
be a worthy cause. If only a part, of
what is said is true the cause is a
worthy one and deserves most
richly the support of those who
want to see the right prevail. But
how does one know when one is
supporting indirectly the communist 
cause? Should I make a contribution 
to this worthy cause and
it turns out that somebody connected 
with the cause is of communisticleanings, 
then I should be suspected 
and watched and perhaps falsely 
accused of being communistic
when in reality I am not.
I know communism pretty
thoroughly from a study of the subject 
in university courses and from
a study of current events. I am not
a democrat because I do not know
communism.
I am a democrat because I know
democracy and I know communism
and I have made my allegiance
not upon ignorance but upon knowledge. 
And yet I am afraid.
My first charge against communism 
is that it's atheistic and
before this shortcoming all others
quall into insignificance, however,
significant they may be. There is
no need to enumerate further when
its major shortcoming is atheism.
Atheism strikes at the heart of all
we love and hold dear and because
communism is atheistic those who
believe in God could never tolerate
it as a way of life. It is spiritually
repugnant to those believers in the
God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob
Father of our Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ. But I am afraid to
give to what I believe to be a worthy 
cause, lest I lay myself open to
the charge that I am supporting
indirectly a communist cause.
It must not be doubted that in
the current movement to stamp
out communism in this country,

many innocent people are being
made to suffer because they innocently 
go about helping causes
that turn out to be communistic in
their motivations. I am currently
afraid to join things Ever since Iallowed 
myself to be put down as an
"advisor" to the Southern Youth
Congress which later turned out
to be communist-fronted, I have
been afraid to join anything however 
unsuspecting in label.
An old sinner lay at the point of
death as the story goes, and the
neighboring parson took in a few
members and the deacons to pray
with him and for him.
"Mr. Jones," the parson began,
the doctor says your time ain't
long and we have come to help you
to get right with God and to hear
you say you are ready and willing
to go and prepared to meet your
God."
Whereupon the sick man replied,
"Mr. Preacher, I ain't ready and
willing to go nowhere and I ain't
prepared to meet nobody."
It is getting to be dangerous to
join things in times like these; in
other words the ordinary person
"ain't prepared to join nothing."
Just as there is a question of
joining there is a kindred question
of defending persons accused. It
matters little whether the accused
is guilty or innocent of charges related 
to his loyalty, the temptation
is to let such a one shift for himself. 
This is vividly brought to
mind when we remember how influeritial 
Negroes stayed away from
Dr. DuBois in droves when he was
having it but with the authorities
Although all Negroes knew Dr. DuBois 
was not a communist, they
were afraid to defend him and left
him to bear his cross alone and
there was no one to help him.

WISHING WELL
Registered U. S. Patent Office.
H is a pleasant little game that will give you a message every
day. It is a numerical puzzle designed to spell put your fortune.
Count the letters in your first name. If the number of letters is 6 or
more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is
your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner of the rectangle 
and check every one of your key numbers, left to right. Then
read the message the letters under the checked figures give you.

Plan Jerome
Davis Award
Plans
are being formed for the establishment 
of a Jerome S. Davis
award, for outstanding service in
the fields of race relations and
civil liberties, ANP learned last
week after the General Alumni Association 
of Fisk University voted
to join in the project.
The award will be called "The
Fisk Distinguished Service Award,"
and will be given annually to "The

Negroes in the United States who,
in the opinion of judges, has done
the most outstanding service in
the fields of race relations, civil
liberties or economic justice."
The award will not be limited to
Americans however, since it was
pointed out that "...in exceptional
circumstances, the award may be
made to someone in South Africa."
It was also stated that the
award can be made "... to some
relatively unknown Negro who has
nevertheless done outstanding work
in one of the three areas mentioned. 

The award honors Dr. Jerome S.
Davis, former Yale University faculty 
member and pioneer missionary 
to Japan. Dr. Davis son, Dr,
Jerome 6. Davis, Jr., was a visiting 
professor at Fisk during the
1953-54 school year. Both were
leaders to the fight for civil rights.

REVIEWING
THE NEWS
BY WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Dolly World
We walked away from the meeting place, several of us,
breaking away one by one to return to our respective businesses.
Finally, there were only two of us, walking back to our jobs.
"Bill, it was good to have you speak to us," one of the organization 
spokesmen said. He paused, looked down at the
ground.
"Just think," he continued, "I never would have got to meet
you if, we hadn't invited you." I'm sure, the results will do a lot
of good."
I didn't have to question this young man's sincerity. His expression, 
the cadence of his walk, every visible muscle told me
that he was honest.
A few days later, I received a letter from him reiterating 
what he had said on that day we walked back to the office.
He admitted that the work and the road we are traveling in the
field of race relations is a hard and difficult one. But he also
admits there is hope, as long as the channels of communications
can be kept open to allow the words of democratic thinking and
reasoning flow through without obstruction.
I assured him that I also believed there is hope, much more
of it than many people might want to realize; and that this hope
will continue to shine across the dim horizon of misunderstanding,
frustration and mistrust. And that such hope will inevitably continue 
to emerge, not from thinking steeped in the past, but from
younger whites in South who dream and work for a new day.
I had a chance to speak to such a group.
There are barriers which prohibit our meeting each other,
I tried to tell them. The kind of barriers, I tried to say, which leave
the Negro in the eyes of whites as a sterotype, belonging only
to a group more representative of a "thing" than a fellow human
being.
The sterotype group leaves its mark, a sort of growing feeling 
of hate and bitterness putting race against race, and person
against person. This sort of thing has been with us much too
long. It should have gone out with the demise of the master and
slave culture, all left too long to plague the human soul.
Yes, there is hope, I tried to tell him, hope in such groups as
the Jaycees, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, made up of
young men, advanced in their thinking and sound in their judgment. 
The thinking of this organization on both a national and
local basis, has been healthy almost from its inception. The organization 
has much to its credit.
First of all, these are young business and professional men
who know more about their country and what is happening in

the world today. Many of them have gone away and fought
in the wars to help preserve the world for peace and democracy.
Many of them came back with the feeling that a lot is still wrong
in the world and that one way to correct it is to begin right here
at home. These young men are riot merely talking, they are doing
something about the problem. So there is hope.
There is hope in the young whites who question the reasoning
of their elders. More of them want to know the Negro. Their
thinking runs beyond the depths of color and religion. Yes, there
is hope, because the Jaycees are taking steps to pierce the psychological 
iron curtain.

The Psychological Iron Curtain
BY WILLIAM GORDON
Managing Editor, Atlanta Dolly World
We walked away from the meeting place, several of us,
breaking away one by one to return to our respective businesses.
Finally, there were only two of us, walking back to our jobs.
"Bill, it was good to have you speak to us," one of the organization 
spokesmen said. He paused, looked down at the
ground.
"Just think," he continued, "I never would have got to meet
you if, we hadn't invited you." I'm sure, the results will do a lot
of good."
I didn't have to question this young man's sincerity. His expression, 
the cadence of his walk, every visible muscle told me
that he was honest.
A few days later, I received a letter from him reiterating 
what he had said on that day we walked back to the office.
He admitted that the work and the road we are traveling in the
field of race relations is a hard and difficult one. But he also
admits there is hope, as long as the channels of communications
can be kept open to allow the words of democratic thinking and
reasoning flow through without obstruction.
I assured him that I also believed there is hope, much more
of it than many people might want to realize; and that this hope
will continue to shine across the dim horizon of misunderstanding,
frustration and mistrust. And that such hope will inevitably continue 
to emerge, not from thinking steeped in the past, but from
younger whites in South who dream and work for a new day.
I had a chance to speak to such a group.
There are barriers which prohibit our meeting each other,
I tried to tell them. The kind of barriers, I tried to say, which leave
the Negro in the eyes of whites as a sterotype, belonging only
to a group more representative of a "thing" than a fellow human
being.
The sterotype group leaves its mark, a sort of growing feeling 
of hate and bitterness putting race against race, and person
against person. This sort of thing has been with us much too
long. It should have gone out with the demise of the master and
slave culture, all left too long to plague the human soul.
Yes, there is hope, I tried to tell him, hope in such groups as
the Jaycees, the Junior Chamber of Commerce, made up of
young men, advanced in their thinking and sound in their judgment. 
The thinking of this organization on both a national and
local basis, has been healthy almost from its inception. The organization 
has much to its credit.
First of all, these are young business and professional men
who know more about their country and what is happening in

the world today. Many of them have gone away and fought
in the wars to help preserve the world for peace and democracy.
Many of them came back with the feeling that a lot is still wrong
in the world and that one way to correct it is to begin right here
at home. These young men are riot merely talking, they are doing
something about the problem. So there is hope.
There is hope in the young whites who question the reasoning
of their elders. More of them want to know the Negro. Their
thinking runs beyond the depths of color and religion. Yes, there
is hope, because the Jaycees are taking steps to pierce the psychological 
iron curtain.

Poetic Tribute
To Young Hero
David Norris

A mother in her door cried for joy
And prayed all in one breath
With the news of how her boy
Had been snatched from the jaws
of death.
Another mother shuddered and
cried
While deep within, her soul did
rejoice
As her heart swelled with pride
For her beloved son, DAVID NORRIS. 

In the turmoil of a whirling stream
Swollen to its very brink
DAVID saw a form and heard a
scream
And he didn't take time to think
He plunged into the waters deep
Praying to God on high
To calm the waves that around
him leaped
As he answered the call of a human 
pry.
The stoutest heart would grow
weak to hear
The voice of a drowning child
The bravest soul would turn pale
with fear
To see a mad stream running wild.
But DAVID was strong, sturdy and
brave
His mind was calm and clear
Yet dragged beneath the wave
His boyish heart knew no fear.
In that perilous hour
On the brinks of the bayou, I'm
told
DAVID moved as directed by
divine power
And saved a human soul.
Many will never forget, I know
As the years pass swiftly by
The great deed of our brave hero
Who answered the call of a human
cry.
So while on this earth we trod
Our souls will always rejoice
As we thank our God
For a moy like DAVID NORRIS.

THE HELPING HAND
Bl Miss Freddie M. Jones

A mother in her door cried for joy
And prayed all in one breath
With the news of how her boy
Had been snatched from the jaws
of death.
Another mother shuddered and
cried
While deep within, her soul did
rejoice
As her heart swelled with pride
For her beloved son, DAVID NORRIS. 

In the turmoil of a whirling stream
Swollen to its very brink
DAVID saw a form and heard a
scream
And he didn't take time to think
He plunged into the waters deep
Praying to God on high
To calm the waves that around
him leaped
As he answered the call of a human 
pry.
The stoutest heart would grow
weak to hear
The voice of a drowning child
The bravest soul would turn pale
with fear
To see a mad stream running wild.
But DAVID was strong, sturdy and
brave
His mind was calm and clear
Yet dragged beneath the wave
His boyish heart knew no fear.
In that perilous hour
On the brinks of the bayou, I'm
told
DAVID moved as directed by
divine power
And saved a human soul.
Many will never forget, I know
As the years pass swiftly by
The great deed of our brave hero
Who answered the call of a human
cry.
So while on this earth we trod
Our souls will always rejoice
As we thank our God
For a moy like DAVID NORRIS.

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MY WEEKLY
SERMON
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT,
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, MEMPHIS
TEXT: Read: Acts 3:1-6.
So many people die long before
their time.
They die simply because they
consent to it. The door of their
personal hopes is slammed by themselves. 
They cease to expect anything 
better in life.
No wonder life closed in upon
them. When the sun of ever-expectancy 
goes down, that simply means
"goodnight to us."
The setting of the Scripture is in
old Jerusalem. A man crippled
from his birth was carried to the
temple gate each day to beg from
the passersby.
One day two Christians, on their
way to worship; saw this human
derelict and heard his cry, "Money,
money."
To the eternal credit of this poor
cripple we can say lie was consistent, 
courageous, and undiscouraged
"expecting to receive something."
Without his daily expectancy he
never would have returned day after 
day. But this unnamed brother
literally lived upon the tip-toes of
expectancy.
No wonder he received something
better, greater, finer than that
which he requested.
Peter said to this street beggar,
"Look upon us ... I have no silver 
or gold, but I give you what
have ... In the name of Christ
walk."
And the man got up and took

his first step. Not only did he receive 
health, but the love and joy
of Christ came into his heart ...
and he began praising God.
Anyone who dally lives upon tiptoes 
of expectancy, and faithfully
works at his job, will, in some way,
and in some day, find more than he
expects ... Through the power of
a simple, humble, consistent and
persistent faith in Almighty God,
thorugh His Son Jesus Christ.
Don't die before your time. Don't
consent to death. But live on the
tip-toes of expectancy.

END EXPECTANCY;
CONSENNT TO DEATH
REV. BLAIR T. HUNT,
PASTOR
MISSISSIPPI BLVD. CHRISTIAN
CHURCH, MEMPHIS
TEXT: Read: Acts 3:1-6.
So many people die long before
their time.
They die simply because they
consent to it. The door of their
personal hopes is slammed by themselves. 
They cease to expect anything 
better in life.
No wonder life closed in upon
them. When the sun of ever-expectancy 
goes down, that simply means
"goodnight to us."
The setting of the Scripture is in
old Jerusalem. A man crippled
from his birth was carried to the
temple gate each day to beg from
the passersby.
One day two Christians, on their
way to worship; saw this human
derelict and heard his cry, "Money,
money."
To the eternal credit of this poor
cripple we can say lie was consistent, 
courageous, and undiscouraged
"expecting to receive something."
Without his daily expectancy he
never would have returned day after 
day. But this unnamed brother
literally lived upon the tip-toes of
expectancy.
No wonder he received something
better, greater, finer than that
which he requested.
Peter said to this street beggar,
"Look upon us ... I have no silver 
or gold, but I give you what
have ... In the name of Christ
walk."
And the man got up and took

his first step. Not only did he receive 
health, but the love and joy
of Christ came into his heart ...
and he began praising God.
Anyone who dally lives upon tiptoes 
of expectancy, and faithfully
works at his job, will, in some way,
and in some day, find more than he
expects ... Through the power of
a simple, humble, consistent and
persistent faith in Almighty God,
thorugh His Son Jesus Christ.
Don't die before your time. Don't
consent to death. But live on the
tip-toes of expectancy.

Voice Of America
takes Cue From
Nat'l Association
Recently 
the NAACP, in special news
releases, cited gains made in integration 
since the U. S. Supreme
Court ruling on segregation last
May 17.
Last week the U. S. Information
Agency, through the Voice of America, 
conducted a series of overseas,
broadcasts reviewing developments
in integration.
As part of its campaign to win

friends for America, Voice, in
foreign - language commentaries
traced the chronology of successful
integration following the court's
ruling.
In addition to broadcasts, the
agency's motion picture service
provided film sequences on integration 
for movie and television
audiences abroad.

Federal Govt. Expands Housing
Bias, NAACP Tells Senate Body
A Senate Housing 
Subcommittee was urged by a
representative of the National Association 
for the Advancement of
Colored People to adopt "proper
safeguards" in any new housing
legislation to insure that "not one
penny" of federal money will be
spent for racially segregated housing. 

Testifying before the housing
subcommittee of the Senate Banking 
and Currency Committee,
Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP
charged that the federal government 
is "expanding housing segregation" 
through its FHA, VA and
slums clarence programs. He labeled 
the federally-aided housing program 
"a cruel and disgusting hoax
so far as colored citizens of the
United States are concerned."
"Where new housing is built with

the help of the resources of the
Veterans Administration, the Federal 
Housing Agency, and other
federal agencies, there is an ironclad 
policy of building whole cities
for whites only," Mr. Mitchell
maintained.
The director of the NAACP's
Washington bureau pointed to
Levittown in Bucks County, Pa., as
"the classic example" of new housing 
being built with the financial
help of the federal government but
available to whites only.
"Those who have new housing to
sell or land that is available for
development must give assurance to
lending institutions and often to
local governments that the housing
and land will be used for whites
only," Mr. Mitchell stated. "There
is not a single top federal official
in the housing field who does not
know this is happening and who
does not by action or failure to act
help to continue it."
Federal slum clearance programs
in Baltimore, Birmingham, Savannah 
und other cities, were denounced 
by the NAACP spokesman for
"reducing the land space available
to colored homeowners and renters 
without adequate plans to see
that persons displaced are rehoused
or given an opportunity to return
to the area when it is redeveloped."

WHOLE CITIES
A Senate Housing 
Subcommittee was urged by a
representative of the National Association 
for the Advancement of
Colored People to adopt "proper
safeguards" in any new housing
legislation to insure that "not one
penny" of federal money will be
spent for racially segregated housing. 

Testifying before the housing
subcommittee of the Senate Banking 
and Currency Committee,
Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP
charged that the federal government 
is "expanding housing segregation" 
through its FHA, VA and
slums clarence programs. He labeled 
the federally-aided housing program 
"a cruel and disgusting hoax
so far as colored citizens of the
United States are concerned."
"Where new housing is built with

the help of the resources of the
Veterans Administration, the Federal 
Housing Agency, and other
federal agencies, there is an ironclad 
policy of building whole cities
for whites only," Mr. Mitchell
maintained.
The director of the NAACP's
Washington bureau pointed to
Levittown in Bucks County, Pa., as
"the classic example" of new housing 
being built with the financial
help of the federal government but
available to whites only.
"Those who have new housing to
sell or land that is available for
development must give assurance to
lending institutions and often to
local governments that the housing
and land will be used for whites
only," Mr. Mitchell stated. "There
is not a single top federal official
in the housing field who does not
know this is happening and who
does not by action or failure to act
help to continue it."
Federal slum clearance programs
in Baltimore, Birmingham, Savannah 
und other cities, were denounced 
by the NAACP spokesman for
"reducing the land space available
to colored homeowners and renters 
without adequate plans to see
that persons displaced are rehoused
or given an opportunity to return
to the area when it is redeveloped."

WHITES ONLY
A Senate Housing 
Subcommittee was urged by a
representative of the National Association 
for the Advancement of
Colored People to adopt "proper
safeguards" in any new housing
legislation to insure that "not one
penny" of federal money will be
spent for racially segregated housing. 

Testifying before the housing
subcommittee of the Senate Banking 
and Currency Committee,
Clarence Mitchell of the NAACP
charged that the federal government 
is "expanding housing segregation" 
through its FHA, VA and
slums clarence programs. He labeled 
the federally-aided housing program 
"a cruel and disgusting hoax
so far as colored citizens of the
United States are concerned."
"Where new housing is built with

the help of the resources of the
Veterans Administration, the Federal 
Housing Agency, and other
federal agencies, there is an ironclad 
policy of building whole cities
for whites only," Mr. Mitchell
maintained.
The director of the NAACP's
Washington bureau pointed to
Levittown in Bucks County, Pa., as
"the classic example" of new housing 
being built with the financial
help of the federal government but
available to whites only.
"Those who have new housing to
sell or land that is available for
development must give assurance to
lending institutions and often to
local governments that the housing
and land will be used for whites
only," Mr. Mitchell stated. "There
is not a single top federal official
in the housing field who does not
know this is happening and who
does not by action or failure to act
help to continue it."
Federal slum clearance programs
in Baltimore, Birmingham, Savannah 
und other cities, were denounced 
by the NAACP spokesman for
"reducing the land space available
to colored homeowners and renters 
without adequate plans to see
that persons displaced are rehoused
or given an opportunity to return
to the area when it is redeveloped."

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