The Omaha guide., 1943-10-09
For Race
Relations
Today ond
in the Post
Wor World
BY ERNEST e. JOHNSON

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CHICAGO. Oct 5 amp General
agreement that the ssrd annual
conference Of the National Urban
with its Victory Through
Unity" theme was one OF the more
successful and effective in league
history. was registered here .ast
week among the 200 delegates as
they wound I'D their program sun
day with a huge and colorfuT
-Four Freedoms Rally" at Orch
estra hall.
Hailed BY governors and mayors
throughout the country, and given
an suspicious opening with a mes
from President Franklin d.
Roosevelt. the conference went on
10 q week Of sessions in which the
participants sought to develope a
program whereby sound racial rel
might be attained in this
Of chaos looking both TO
the winning Of the war and the per
iod TO follow.
Contrary to custom, the result
not a set Of resolutions. but
rather a Il point program Of spec
ific recommendations directed to
the executive heads Of the cities
and states throughout the country
4 passage from the document, out
lined BY Lester B. Granger. exc
cutive secretary Of the league. and
"buttressed' by the findings OF the
participants in the technical SEES
sions Of the conference, reads as
follows:
The National Urban league sub
mits these recommendations as the
first steps in a practical program
for developing i~nterraciaI under
standing and cooperation. We
urge that public and private lead
ership organize for action around
some or all Of the points while
studying local communities for the
existence Of other problems that
require immediate action
The recommendations were com
pied by a comittss of leaRr4e BRAN
en- officials headed BY JOHN r.
Cl4rk executive secretary, Urban
League Of St Louis. the high
points Of which +
!. we urge that governors OF
states and mayors of cities take i'm
mediate steps to promote interrac-
laI cooperation By clearing away
Iarrfers that now stand in the way
q mutual understanding: and reS-
pect between the races. We rec
o-nmend the appointment Of COM
mittees on public mo-ale composed
. representative citizens Of both
races. and entrusted with the res
possibility By identifying factors
that make for i-n+crracial friction
AMI taking steps 10 remove them
= we urge thase government
heads and their i~nterracial comm
to take advantage OF the
I,rt sent period Of intense mobility
TX people. occupations and arti
tudcs.
3. All possible effo-t must ne
/ voted to promate eff -ctivc tIte-
rr.cn OF Negre : into the noT
lmiat rites in " -ch tnar are NOR
i g.
:. Municipal Il ldership must -
alert against the growth Of new
Nesrc sIum diss-Iez
5. We charge Industrial manage
nent with the duty Of assisting in
the Indignation and protection CT
those new Negro workers who
have come into war centers in re-
spouse to the cali OF the nation, a.
voiding p~aternalism, but maintain
ing an effective concern for the
housing. health. police protection
and recreation OF its workers
s. The spread OF racial segrega-
ton must be vigorously opposed by
responsible community leadership
1t is the pattern Of living which
the southern enIighted leadership
has found to be socially harmful
and practically unavoidable. NcT-
thern citizens must not thoughtless
" adopt 2 way OF life which has al
ready worked unquestionable harm
to both whites and Negroes in u
southern states
T.. Negro leadership must take
the lead in developing q higher
type Of social education among the
members Of their race The Ne
gro population insult accept self
discipline a. one 81 the means Of
fitting Negroes more effectively
into the life o. their modern urban
environment a careful plan and
continuous. sustained campaign Of
education in work habits. public
behavior. neighborhood relation
ships and urban living is q press
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and before the war there were few