St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1947-02-07

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CLIO. Paper Spanked Campaign
Credit for pushing the drive for
FEPC law in Minneapolis at this
time Is admittedly due Minnesota
Labor, Clio. weekly Newspaper
which has kept up a consistent edi-
torial campaign 10 get the matter
before the city council. During the
past year every time things would
get quiet on the proposed lsgisla-
ton the labor paper would run
another editorial on the need 10
pass the bill.
Committee Recommends Passage
The Council Ordinances and Leg
islation committee headed by Al
derman Edwin Hendricks approved
passage Of the ordinance on Jan.
10, by a vote Of 8 to 2 after sew
eral individuals and Representatives
had appeared in behalf Of enact
ment.
Appearing in support or the bill
was Mrs. Lawrence Steefel Of the
Mayors Council on Human Rela-
tons which originally sponsored
the law. Others who spoke at the
Jan. IL committee hearing as re-
ported In the Jan. II edition Of
this newspaper were: Robert Wis
hart, chairman Hennepin County
CLIO; Gerald Stoll, American Vet
Grams Committee official; Rabbi
David Aronson Of the Governors
Interracial Committee; William
Seabron, industrial secretary Of the
Minneapolis Urban League; HUI
bert Schon, executive secretary Of
the United Labor Committee for
Human Rights; Arthur Naftalin,
the. mayors secretary, who spoke
on behalf Of Mayor Hubert H. Hum
phrey, Jr.; Samuel Scheiner Of the
Minnesota Jewish Council, and
Wilfrsd Leland, executive secre-
tary Of the Mayors Council on HUI
man Relations.
Rambsrg and Moultoa Only
Opposition
Not a single individual or or
ganization appeared at the hearing
to oppose the committee approval
Of the bill. Two aldermen, Frank
Moulton and Leonard Ramberg, in
dicated by their questions and later
by their votes, opposition 10 the
measure. After the speeches In IA
vor Of the proposed law, the COM
mittee voted 8 TO 2 TO recommend
its passage to the city council. Vot-
ing for committee approval were
committee chairman, Edwin Hen
bricks; Glen Wallace and J. w.
Straiton. Opposed were MOulton
and Ramberg.
Human Relations Division on FEPC
Predicted by Columnlst
Despite the favorable committee
report, a division Of opinion in the
Mayors Human Relations Council,
chief proponents Of the legislation,
was predicted by Nell DOdSon Rus
sell in her column, "The Way /
See It," in the Minneapolis Spokes-
man for Jan. "a. She wrote:
ABOUT THE PROPOSED
MINNEAPOLIS FEPC: There
is more behind-the-seenes man
euverinE going on than In .
Congressional committee. I won
der II any members Of Mayor
Humphreys Council on Human
Relations will gradually sueeanb
to the Establishments Of outside
forces and get weaker and weak
o..
THE Council was about for
FEPC at first, or at least gave
that impression, but since the
city council committee on OFdi-
nanees and legislation voted three
to two last Wednesday, to recon-
mend passage Of . city FEPC
to the city council on Jan. 81,
strange things have been hap
peninE.
Telephones have been ringing
and ears have been pulled in this
direction and that direction. Some
Of the brothers who do the hir-
ing and firing are trying to get
the weak willies in key spots in
race relations organizations to
do q little job for them. Either
no Minneapolis FEPC at all, or
one so ineffective as to be worth
less"
Division Appears As Predicted
As the day approached for coun-
ell action on the ordinance it was
learned that a minority Of five
members Of the Mayors council led
by Durward Balch, attorney for
General Mills, had decided to write
a Joint letter to members Of the
city council urging delay in action
on the FEPC measure, on the
grounds that passage Of the law
would hamper the Minneapolis
Self-survey which is just getting
under way.
The Mayors council was polled
when the five council members an
nouneed their plan, and the major
ity ordered a letter sent to the city
council reiterating the councils
position that the FEPC ordinance
should be passed Immediately. The
minority report was signed BY
Balch, Stewart Leek, George Jen-
sen, Emmett o'Brien and Judge
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