Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1943-10-15


religions" in order that the possible
loss Of freedom at the close of this
war be offset.
DR.. Wesley pointed out that the
peoples of the world lost their free
doms following previous wars and
that they must be qualified to &C.
cept and receive freedom after this
war,
eve must accept the challenge
of the freedoms and the people
must be aware that freedom makes
a challenge" he said. "If we are
ready for freedom after the war,
perhaps we will have it. But if
freedom is nothing but war cry,
freedom viii cry out in vain agar"
A similar plea for preparedness
was sounded to Negroes by Joseph
d. keenan,, vice chairman for labor
production for the War Production
Board.
Must Help Self
"The Negro" keenan, asserted,
"must strive to lift himself. He
must rout out the rowdy element
from his society. Therefore, I am
asking that the Negroes themselves
accept a measure of responsibility,
which is one of the necessary
though sometimes unpleasant du-
ties of progress and freedom"
Other speakers at the final meet
ing, which brought to a dramatic
close the week long "Victory
Through Unity" conference, were
Rabbi Jacob J. Weinstein of Chi
cago; Willard S. Townsend, presi-
dent of the United Transport Ser
vice Employees of America, and
James B. Carey, secretary-treas-
urer of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations.
Horn Urges Economic
Opportunity
The previous day, dynamic
, Charles L. Horn, president of the
Federal Cartridge Corporation,
Twin Cities Ordnance plant, whose
company hires many Negroes, told
the group that '1abor and industry
must join hands to see that every
person, regardless of race, has an
equal opportunity to contribute his
skill to industrial progress"
"There should be enough leader
ship in both industry and labor to
face realistically this problem of
full minority participation" Horn
said.
at is one of our chief domestic
problems. Give the Negro economic
freedom and you solve a major
problem"
Many representatives of industry
and management as well as labor
heard Mr.. Horns fortnight decla-
rations and took part in a discus
sion of Sterilization of the Negro
In War Industries"
Mr.. Horn asserted that the more
important thing to discuss was
"How to Stabilize the Negro in In
dustry After the War"
Sets Up 14-POint Program
Hailed by governors and mayors
throughout the country, and given
an suspicious opening with a mes
sage from President Roosevelt, the
conference went on to a week of
sessions in which the participants
sought to develop program where
by sound racial relations might be
attained in this period of chaos,
looking both to the winning of the
war and the period to follow.
Contrary to custom, the result
was not a set of resolutions, but
rather a 14-point program to
specific recommendations directed
to the executive heads of the cities
and states throughout the country,
The recommendations were COM
piled by a committee of league
branch officials headed by John T,
Clark, executive secretary, Urban
League of st. Louis, the high
points of which are:
1. We urge that governors of
states and mayors of cities take
immediate steps to promote inter-
racial cooperation by clearing away
barriers that now stand in the way
of mutual understanding and re-
spect between the races.
2. We urge these government
heads and their interracial COM
mittees to take advantage of the
present period of intense mobility
of people, occupations and atti-
tudes.
3. All possible effort must be de-
voted to promote effective integra-
ton Of Negroes into the new COM
munities into which they are NOV
ing.
a. Municipal leadership must be
alert against the growth of new
Negro slum districts.
5. We charge industrial manage
ment with the duty of assisting in
the Indignation and protection of