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[[newspaper clippings]] National Alliance--January, 1972 Shift to Suburbs Cited Negroes Fear Postal Job Losses Scripps-Howard Staff Writer Leaders of the predominantly Negro National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees charged today an estimated 00,000 black jobs will be lost in the Postal Service over the next three years under present policies designed to improve mail handling efficiency. Wesley Young, Alliance vice president, blamed the expected losses on several factors including movement of postal facilities from the central cities to the suburbs and normal attrition as the Postal Service cuts its force from 750,000 to around 500,000. Young said 60 percent of the jobs lost thru attrition and consolidation the Postal Service's 15 regions had been held by blacks -- the fact? Negroes hold only slightly than 19 per cent of the total in the service. 'Disaster' Feared "This going to be a disaster for the negro and for the country," Mr. Young charged. "The Postal Service long has been a problem where Negroes who were denied job in the private sector could earn a decent living. But with the loss of this man [[cutoff]] jobs, you'll just about [[cutoff]] the back of the black mid[[cutoff]] A spokesman for the [[cutoff]] denied its policies in any [[cutoff]] ployees [[ [[image- black and white photograph of three men]] NATIONAL OFFICERS WITH POSTMASTER GENERAL? President Robert L. White (right) and Vice President Wesley Young (left) met with Postmaster General E.T. Klassen (center) in his office January [[cutoff]] 1972. Also in attendance at the meeting, Assistant Postmaster General for Personnel, Lawrence C. Gayle and Alvin J. Prejean, Diretor of Social Priorities. The National Officers were accompanied by Presidental Aides Wyatt C. Williams and J. Leon Henderson. The Postmaster General expressed a desire to meet with the officers again in the near future [[image and caption from previous page]] & AMF K[[cutoff]] the F[[cutoff]] shown accept [[cutoff] Auxiliary P[[cutoff]] ng events. [[boxed]] WOMEN'S AUXILIARY NATIONAL OFFICERS President, Mrs. Beatrice Simkins, 49 Crawford Street, Dorchester, Mass. 02121 Vice President, Mrs. Gertrude M. Meddling, 504 Callan Street, Greensboro, N.C. 27405 Recording-Corresponding, Secretary: Mrs. Annie H. Gilmoore 1744 W. Laurel St., San Antonio, Texas 78201 Financial Secretary-Treasurer: Mrs. Adelle Evans, 78 Monument Street, W. Meadford, Massachusetts Historian: Mrs. Mona G. Glenn, 1617 Monroe Street, Gary, Indiana DISTRICT PRESIDENTS DISTRICT 1--Mrs. Jennie V. Silas, 2814 Stallings Drive, Houston, Texas 77018 DISTRICT 2--Mrs. Marion T. Maddox, 1316 West 39th Street, Norfolk, VA, 23508 DISTRICT 3--Mrs. Serena O. Washington, Route #1, Box 197, Mt. Pleasant, S. Carolina DISTRICT 4--Mrs. Della M. Horton, 2417 Scovel Street, Nashville, Tennessee 37208 DISTRICT 5--Mrs. Alberta Braxton, 5133 As(?)pen Street, Philadelphia, PA DISTRICT 6--Mrs. Rowena L. Hairston, 2033 Mar(?)yland Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43219 DISTRICT 7--Mrs. Timma Leah Riess, 3628-4th Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minn. 55409 DISTRICT 8--Mrs. Virginia J. Williams, Box 334-57 Ridgeway Ave., Setanket, N. Y. 11785 DISTRICT 9-Mrs. Beatrice Adams, 109 Mound, Atchison, Kansas [[/boxed]] [[image - black & white photograph of Wesley Young, Vice President]] Page 10 National Alliance--July, 1971 [[image - black & white photograph of a group of people at a long table]] [[/caption]]DALLAS, TEXAS--1972 National Convention Committee of Dallas Local #104. Left to right: E. Burch, David Shaw, Chairman, Tours; Daisy Stanton, Felix E. Wilson, Chairman, Hospitality and Transportation; Henrietta Jordan, Chairman, Youth Program; Jimmie L. Jackson, President, Dallas Local; Norman J. Hickman, Treasurer; Mrs. Felix Wilson, General Chairman, Hospitality Committee; Arthur F. Joe, General Chairman; Mrs. N. J. Hickman, President, Women's Auxiliary, Co-Chairman, Women's Activities; Mrs. Carl Halton, Chairman, Souvenirs; B. E. Whitten, Cleo Brown, Fred Blair, Tour Committee; Mary Smith, Alfred N. Smith, Chairman, Souvenir Journal; Not Pictured: Clara Young, Co-Chairman, Women's Activities. [[/caption]] [[/newspaper clippings]]
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