Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-07-29
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New York Supreme Court -
Upholds Metropolitan Lies
Discriminatory Housing Program

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The Jim Grow policies Of o metropolitan fs Insurance Cos
unsupported stuvsaant Town viii be tested the u suprsms
Court
That fact however also TO point sharply
the crisis lives created BY tbs death Of supreme Court Jus
tee Murphy and The gravity Of the decon his successor
FOR just ~ the New York Court Appeals state highest
appoa split decision four Judges voting
for Hywhs rule and three voting against 90 have us
Win Justice Murphy always the side Of extending
rather than reng the application Of democratic provisions OF
the Constitution
T facts 70 date the stuyvsaan, Town depressing
me the state Legislature ana finally majority OF ts
Judges Of the state Court Of Appeals have combined with p
corporation the metropolitan L Insurance Co., 10 grant
hs privileges Of state governmental institution willis imposing
upon ~ mons OF the obligations OF government organs
special privilege contract between the elected
Representatives Of the people and the private ccporaaon and
wsn into special Legislative act designed
places the private corporation post
ton Of being government and yet superior 10 t.
forbidden both BY the implications Of the
state constitution and By the provisions special
legislation recently passed 10 discriminate among citssns
This particularly Of ali public housing projects
The effect Of the special legislation Metropolitan
the position regarding taxes eminent domain
domination and appropriation Of pubic horoughfarsS etc. that the
itself had builder Of the Btuyvesant Town project
exemption period Of 20 removed the entire
the ro Of At least SSo0OoOOo 10 Metropolitan
compared with what a position would have been private
builder instead Of what was In fact private contractor
Additional savings with going
BIN Of the nonHsmp cans and corporations 10 metropolitan
and inraicalabla
deal just approved majority Of ths New York
Appeals official judicial stamp Of approval fas
Olnm by definition.
my position course public prvats RICH.
among citizens by virtue Of religion
Osy for tina. matter political belief should be permit
society To the degree that Il per.
ttsd society 10 that degree the Anhsas Of democracy
Appeals position private
poratOn which has received grants tantamon 10 making
public institution and approve It's practice Of discrimination
IN II
corporate rights fundamental human riGha reaction
tTenched In high position,
Associate Judge Bromley writing majority opinion
Imposing upon Metropolitan
Judges Albert Conway Marvin Dye
cured a
Within directly contrary tohe Federal
well the stats constitutional provisions against discrimination
passed by these iudGea
opwyeF Administration critical In the beginning Of The
made under the LAouada Administrator
outstanding criticism Of that otherwise often benign regsnntead
placing Corporation Counae ofOe Disposal Of The
nana who fighting the contFaot bohaw Of human rghts
10 defend the contract with the peoples fndsough
win ths peoples leave.
n waa q shameful confidence
Stanley Fd Justice John Loubhran
Judge Charles Desmond the Court Of Appeals
20 commended their dissenting opinion
F support should Be the American jewish Congress- th
Association Advancement cod People ths
civil Liberties Union and three Negro
whose the win be carried 10 the nations supreme Court