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Cited Letter

Mrs. Worrall cited a letter sent
by her to Paul Saunier, director
of University relations, on December
6 to the effect that, "Excepting
the matter of segregated
housing, this complaint concerning
the University employees now
appears to be the most widely-spread
and deeply felt of all
grievances of the Negro community."

Her letter linked this grievance
with the threatened riots of last
August, "when the National
Guard and the city police forces
were mobilized, and the guns and
ammunition in the Sears Roebuck
and K-Mart stores sold out."

The most significant of these
grievances, according to an article
dealing with Mrs. Worrall's
letter in the Daily Progress for
November 30, is "the University's
employment of many temporary
workers, who are paid by the
hour and do not receive the
fringe benefits of permanent employees."
The article added that
the charge has been denied by
University officials.