New Britain herald., 1922-09-22
SOURCE OF RACIAL
 RIOTS ARE TRACED
Commission Investigating, Gives
 Report to Prevent Clashes

Chicago. Sept 22.--(By Associated Press. )-Mutual understanding, sym pathy and patience between the white and negro races, remedy that nec- f essarly is slow and which can come completely only after the disappear ance of prejudice, are recommended l in the report of the commission on racial relations. appointed by former Gov Frank 0. Lowden soon after the Chicago race riot in July. 1919.
 Chosen to study means of prevent ing future clashes between the two races more than three years ago and to promote a means of better uncB- standing, the commission made fifty nine recommendations. among them the following:
 Recommendations Made.
 That police and militia work on detailed plan for joint action in the control of race riots; that police and deputy sheriffs and militia be so dis tributed as adequately to protect both races in white and negro neigh borhoods,
 Negroes are more commonly ar rested, subject to police identiflca- tion. and convicted than white of lenders. On similar evidence they generally are held and convicted on more serious charges and given long CT sentences. We point out that these practices and tendencies are not only unfair to negroes but weaken the machinery of justice and produce misleading statistics of negro crime.
 We recommend that police pay particular attention to so-called 'ath- letic clubs on the South Side which we have found to be a fruitful source | of race conflict and that when race conflict arises or is imminent the members and meeting places of such clubs be searched for arms and that, if deemed necessary, such clubs be closed" The commission declared such clubs were contributing fac tor to the race riot of July, 1919.
 We recommend that the most stringent means possible be applied to control the importation, sale and possession of firearms and other 1 deadly weapons.
 To Rage House.
 We recommend that the authori- ties exercise their powers to condemn and rage all houses unfit for human habtation, enforce health and sani- tary laws and regulations in the care and upkeep of streets and alleys and the collection of rubbish and garbage in areas of negroe residence, where the commission has found these mat fore to ha c1 n, of, par1nofo1
 We recommend that in the areas where the main part of the negro population lives, school !. 'ildines, | equipment and teaching ~,rces be provided which shall be at least equal to the average standard for the city, that night schools and community | centers be esta blished in sections not i now adequately provided with such facilities and that truant officers give attention to school attendance by the children of negro families migrating from the south.
 There must be more and better housing to accommodate the great in- crease in negro population which was at the rate of 14s per cent from 1910 to 1920 This situation will be made NOI Se uy HlcllloIS ttllIluE tOWdTu forcible segregation or exclusion of negroes"
 Hoodlums Exempt
 The commission in it's report, de- clared the members were convinced that the moral responsibility for race rioting does not rest upon hood lums alone, but also upon all citizens, white or negro. who sanction force or violence in inter-racial relations or who do not condemn and combat the spirit of racial hatred thus ex-