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Shotgun Recommendation. Appointed last summer while the riot-caused ruins of Newark and Detroit still smoldered, the eleven-member* commission had a threefold mission: 1) to record what had actually happened, 2) to find out why it happened, and 3) to suggest a scheme for heading off further troubles. The first two tasks were performed with the help of 90 staff workers in a minimum of time and with a maximum of thoughtfulness and sensitivity. But for the third assignment, the commission, stunned by the gravity and magnitude of the problem, produced shotgun recommendations without regard for cost or national...
...million pittance of a budget. It is the FCC that assigns frequencies to ham operators and taxi fleets, TV stations and aviation controllers. It is trying to clear the maddening interference-ridden nighttime AM radio band and the general clutter that hampered police communications during the Watts, Newark and Detroit riots. When people complain about excessive telephone or telegraph rates, or that radio-controlled garage doors are fouling up aircraft communications, or that shrimp-boat captains are uttering obscenities on ship-to-shore frequencies, it is the FCC that takes the rap. Besides all this, the FCC grapples with Comsat...
...report is proving dramatically to the nation what President Johnson has sought to play down. The country cannot afford both the war in Vietnam and a war on poverty. When the President appointed the commission (and called for a day of prayer) in the heat of the Newark riots it looked like a cheap way out. The Commission has shown that there is no cheap way out. Should the President shelve this report, having aroused and once more frustrated hopes, the country may well have to pay far more...
Time Inc. President James A. Linen stressed his company's interest in the city of Newark. "In spite of recent problems of racial conflict and urban blight," he said, "we have been most impressed with the community's remarkable spirit and resiliency. In keeping with the Newark News's tradition of community service, we hope and believe that we can make a significant contribution to the city's growth and well-being...
Last week Lewis, 35, became the first Negro to be named music director of an American orchestra.* The Newark-based New Jersey Symphony announced that he would take over in June from Kenneth Schermerhorn, who is moving to the Milwaukee Symphony. The orchestra insisted that it chose Lewis only because he is talented, and not because he is Negro. Still, in a city with an estimated 55% Negro population and a recent history of racial frustration, the appointment seems astute sociologically as well as musically...