St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-07-29
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New York Supreme Court
UphOlds Metropolitan Lies
Discriminatory Housing Program


The Grow policies metropolitan Life Insurance Co.'S
upported stuyvesant win tested in the u s. Supreme
Court
also to point up sharply
the death Of Supreme Court jus
Murphy and the gravity Of the decision on his successor
For just a. the New York Appeals state highest
appear handed split decision four judges voting
for Nets Hywhte voting against have the
majority Of Supreme Court been decided
Justice Murphy almost always the side Of extending
restricting the application Of democratic provisions OF
the Constitution
The facts stuyvesant depressing
me city, the state Legslatue and now finally majority
judges the State Court Of Appeals have combined with phi
vats corporation the metropolitan grant
~ psyrs AZ state or governmental institution while imposing
upon none Of the obligations Of government Orsana
This special privilege contract between elected
representatives q the people ana me private corporation ana
evy fit metropolitan nfss terms for building housing ct an
places the private corporation At one and the same time IN the posi-
tion Of being government and yet superior TO H.
state institutions are forbidden both by the implications
ntaa constitution BY provisions special antdscina
legislation recently passed 70 discriminate among dssns
rhls is particularly public housing projects.
Ts effect Of the special Legislation Metropolitan
domination and appropriation Of public thOroughfar etc. that the
itself had builder Of the stvosant Town project
exemption period Of 25 removed the entire
from the tax ou saving s5oOOoOOO Metropolitan
compared with what It's position would have been as private
builder instead Of what in fact private contractor
Additional savings going
r incalcuable
just approved majority Of the New York
Appeals official judicial stamp Of approval as
by definition
position Of that neither public private right
discrimination among citizens by virtue Of religion
ceay matter political belief should be permit
est democratic society TO the degree that Il
mtd the society Il 70 that degree the anthess Of democracy
Appeals take position Of the private
poraton which received grants antamount to making
public institution and s practice of discrimination
officially public institutions decision eevatng private
corporate rights fundamental human rights II reaction
trenched IN high position.
Judge Bromley writing the majority opinion
Legislature deliberately and Intentionally rened from
imposing upon metropolitan the matter Of dscrmina
ton Judges Edmund Lewis Albert Conway and Marvin Dye
Cured
Legislature doing, performed aborve
directly contrary tOhe Federal
wen the constitutional provisions against discrimination Is
passed by these judges.
opWyer Administration critical the beginning Of the
leases which LaGuardia Administration
outstanding benign regmenstead
placing Corporation the disposal Of the
fighting behaw Of human rights
defend the contract with the peoples fmdShOugh not
with the peoples leave.
II was q shameful Of confidence.
Judge Stanley Fd Chief Justice John T. LOubhan
Judge Desmond Of the Court Of Appeals
70 be commended their dissenting opinion.
support should the American Jewish Congress- the
Colored People, the
American Civil Liberties Union and the three Negro veterans
the win be carried the nations Supreme Court