In Tampa, a highly publicized controversy arose because a Negro neighborhood worker was fired by a local antipoverty agency. The discharged employee filed charges of racial discrimination in the hiring and job placement practices of the county antipoverty program. 242. Atlanta, Dayton, Elizabeth, and New Brunswick (two serious and two minor). Elizabeth opened a "little city hall" in the disturbance area. In New Brunswick, the administration rented an armory for use as a neighborhood center. 243. In Elizabeth, the county legal services agency announced plans for 1-day consumer clinics in various low-income neighborhoods for training and counseling on complaints about credit and other consumer practices. 244. Cincinnati and Detroit (two major). In Detroit, as stated, CCAC began developing proposals for new businesses in the riot area, including a Negro-owned cooperative food market and a number of other cooperative business ventures. In Cincinnati, newspapers reported that two Negroes who had long sought financing for a new business center in the disturbance area had succeeded since the disturbance. 245. Atlanta, Cincinnati, Detroit, Newark, and Tampa (four major and one serious). In Atlanta, the police and fire departments announced the formulation of a confidential coordinated plan to cope with any future disturbances. In Cincinnati, voters approved a bond issue to establish a countywide police communications center and command post for normal conditions as well as riot conditions. The new city budget included $500,000 for 50 additional policemen. In Newark, the city council appropriated $200,000 for the purchase of armored cars, riot guns, helmets, and other riot control equipment. In Tampa, city and county law enforcement departments prepared a detailed "After-action Report" describing the city's disorder and how it was controlled. The report recommended purchase of riot control equipment and suggested tactical improvements. 246. Dayton, Elizabeth, Paterson, and Tampa (one major, two serious, and one minor). In Dayton, the organizers of the "White Hats" stated that the group would be used again if another riot occurred. The organizers also stated that they expected city officials to cooperate with them again as they had during the June disorder. In Elizabeth, there was evidence that city officials planned to ask Negro community leaders to assist in future peacekeeping as they did during the disorder. In Paterson, the Community Action agency gave a leadership course for Negro teenagers in the hope that the youths will act as counterrioters should the need arise. 247. In Tampa, as indicated above, the "White Hats" program, which had been continued after the disorder, ended with the indictment of several youths on non-riot-connected charges. 248. Also, in Cincinnati, according to unofficial estimates, about 50 percent of the businesses damaged during that city's riot had reopened by mid-December, 1967. In Dayton, where the total estimated property damage from the June disorder was relatively small, most of the store fronts damaged in the West Dayton business area were repaired. 249. Detroit and Plainfield (two major). In Plainfield, two Negro organizations demanded that any new building be undertaken only after consultation with representatives of the Negro community. In Detroit, CCAC insisted that no rebuilding be started until Negro citizens of the area decided how they want their neighborhoods redeveloped. |