Arizona sun., 1948-07-02
Has Phoenix Been Hell ped by The Courrier's
National Publicity?

National Publicity!
There are many things wrong about the city of Phoenix
from the standpoint of democracy regards to Negroes
The SUN has no inclination to defend the indefensbe.
There however obligation upon to report
the facts 1t is the obligation of newspaper reporters to
know by careful check that the stories they give their
readers complete and correct and the wider their
ing public the more imperative this obligation Anything
else is to the least oveny reporting and to say the
worst plain disregard for honest reporting.
Recently National Negro Weekly, The Pittsburgh
Courier purpored to give to America The facts how
questions only few of the statements in the weknown
reporters article but does contend that there other
facts which his readers should know if they to correct
y apprase our Phoenix democracy Perhaps his one night
stay city too short to do than to talk
few prominent but uninformed citizens. We say uninform
ed for why else would they short change George Schuyler
the famous reporter With time and little effort
he could have found out that Coored Girls and be-
long the Y W. c. A. that Colored boys and girls
ved to swim and dance in the Ys teenage program that
Coored guests housed in the dormtory and that Col
ored woman the Ys board of management for
eral years.
The reporters statement the Y NJ c. A. correct.
That institution gives service to Colored men and it's
service to Coored boys limited to it's H-Y and CwaY
programs but it is worth reporting that it's cafeteria is
at all times to who to it and for two
included Coored boys entire equality These additional
facts have bearing democracy but hardly
enough to justify the word Christian in the of the
institution.
We all know and regret that the state law requires that
school boards segregate Colored children but if the report
had taken the time visit the Mary Bethune School
and to it's construction and equipment with schools
for white children, he could have decided for himself
whether not it is poorly located for the district
and if the school building in any way inferior in
structon and equipment
He could have easily informed himself regarding the
or improvements at Booker T. Washington school and he
might have reported that the teachers of Arizona predo
nanty white have gone record against segregated
schools and have pledged themselves to seek legislation
which will permit communities to desegregate their
schools Is there bearing democracy that all teach
ers IN PhoenX are on the same salary schedules? The
Principal at Carver High School, when asked if the report
er VISITED the school, stated that he knows of such visit
although Mr. Schuyler, we wonder why?
We wonder at that just wonder why the reporter
not informed that while few children of Catholic
families attend St Marys High School, Negro students at
tend the Phoenix Technical School and Phoenix Junior
College where they participate in all activities.
Speaking of the Mathew Henson Housing Project any
OF my readers know that the projects all alike
difference in upkeep would be difficult to discern.
1t is difficult to how Mr. Schuyler got such ac-
curate information about the doctors hospitals
failed to be informed that Negro of the City
Parks Board and could have informed the reporter
the golf Encanto Park Colored people make use
OF all the park facilities including the lunch and the
club house.
No with whom the reporter talked seemed to know
that Coored is secretarreasurer of the City Ath
etlc Commission that there Colored employed
interviewer the State Employment office that there is
no discrimination in the municipal bus system including the
lunch counter
How did Mr. Schuyled fail to hear that the Phoenix Cv
commissioners had recently passed Fair Employment
Ordinance? Why also did let him know Phoenix
Community Chest?
The SUN would be the first to admit that none of these
facts compensate for what city fails to
Phoenix would be complete if these facts
omitted either by careless reporting by intentionally g
noring them.
The most garing naccuracy, however, and the state
ment that looks to like intentional msnformation the
statement about the location of the Wessde Boys Club
True is not easily accessible Coored boys from the
Eastsde but why should any Colored Phoenician claim
that location directly from the Mathew Henson
Housing Project and square away from the beautiful
Eks Club is undesirable that boys from any Coored
family in the city could not attend it?
There surprisingly accurate about Phoenix
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