Trial Going On
Since '6J-Bartlett
concerning the condemnation of
By JEFF BLOOM the houses, it would be possible
for Horton to get more money if
Amiss Bartlett is the he stalIs for time By doing this
community organizer for the Urban Renewal may eventually
Office of Economic Opportunity „0 through in which case he
(OEO) in Greensboro. ^ould b6 reimbursed with
His territory for OEO covers o~a i r..~*„ n..t i« n,„
some 40,000 people, includi
those of Gillespie Street, i
is dedicated to his work
these housi
people of the
Strivt
.' and of other
people refuse
d a change of
contentton*1611!
the hou
*:s fn
Greensboro <
md the
involved live
in Greensboro?"
(He is referr
c trial
- which
is taking plac
e in High
Point.
That means t!
bese peopl
go to High P
:'i!.i i: i
their houses
Greensboro, ar
that they cann
to High Po
int.) "Is
possibility th
at the
• udiri;:]
i of his free time As tor tne secon6 trial if it system is working in behalf ol
working on various projects to can De proven that the houses the owne
help the poor people on are nt)t worth the rent (ranging h0uS"«
Gillespie Street and similar areas, from $10 to $12.50 a week), rePres*!™
In fact, he cut down many trees then Horton cannot legally s°™*r. V"
on his five-and-one-half acre collect any presently due, or ^° .pr,„
property and transported them unpaid rent. n„,n»« J
over to Gillespie Street so that Mr. Bartlett is worrying about "„" "
these people would have how much of the taxpayers l„„iH m
something with which to heat m0ney is being wasted on the .
their houses and to cook their continuance of this trial. Several hTs lone'
food- other questions are also cit;zen° 0f
He explained to me that these bothering him: "Why has the has a re
houses on Gillespie Street were City of Greensboro progressed prodUctiw
andemned in 1961, and so slowly to provide adequat«
ie trials have been going on housing for the poor people o'
ontinually since. Frazier and the city? Who is
Horton have been appealing it, these houses trying to fool by ^'^ge ofthe'taxpayersai
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ painting just the exterior?" (He
federal courts. Mr. Bartlett is referring to the cases when
explains that this is one of two Horton would paint the exterior
cases being fought by Horton but do nothing about the inside,
and by the people from this the part that really matters.)
neighborhood. The other case,
he says, involves the rent strike
which the people have been
is of Greensboro by
ng games through our
ts for the benefit and profit
