St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1949-03-11
THE WEEK
Under Capitol
DOVE
By Clifford Rucker


last week was on the subject of
race discrimination. Such impor-
tant issues as the State Liquor
Dispensary bill; return of dice,
hooligan and II games; and Vet
GRAMS Bonus bills received only
honorable mention, as the battle
of Fair Employment Practices
took over the spotlight.
On Monday before a standing
room only crowd, the opponents
Of the FEP measure presented
their final arguments TO the
House Labor Committee. The
proponents will make their fin
al appearance on Monday Of
this week and 1t will then be up
to. the members Of the Commit
tee to vote the measure up or
down.
On Tuesday in the Senate Labor
Committee the Fair Employment
Practices bill was defeated by a
one vote margin after a three
hour stormy session with all COM
mittee members present. Tempers
frequently ran high and in a final
flare-up after the committee vote,
Senator Thomas VukeliCh of Gil
bert, one of the authors, banged
the table and shouted The OPP
ponents sat here all afternoon
amending the bill and then voted
against II. l was never 80 dis
gusted in my life. This is the last
time l will ever come to a meeting
of this committee"
On Wednesday morning, after a
conference in Governor Luther
Youngdahls office, II was learned
that one Of the member Senator
Hans Peterson Of Ruthton who
had voted against the bill would
move for reconsideration of the
measure by the Committee. Sen
atOr Thomas WEIGH, chairman,
called a special meeting of the
labor committee for that after
noon bue Senator Karl Neumeier
Of Saltwater, a leading apparent
Of the bill strenuously objected.
On Thursday afternoon follow
ing the Centennial exercise, the
committee met and Immediately
after the motion to reconsider was
passed, a series OF further amend
ments were added The Committee
then reversed its previous stand
and voted TO 6 to report the
measure out as amended II will
now be placed at the foot of Gen
eral Orders and will in turn come
before the entire Senate for dis
cussion and vote.
The National Guard resolution
came before the Senate Military
Affairs Committee also on last
Monday. An amendment to the
original resolution had been pre-
viously approved which would
have included not only the Ma
tional Guard, but the entire armed
forces. After a conference with
the writer Of this column, Senator
B. C. Novak of st. Paul, sponsor
of the resolution urged the COM
mittce to Confine the resolution to
the National Guard only in the
hope that Negroes will be able to
enter the National Guard in this
state.
AfteT considerable heated
argument, the amendment nd.
ding the armed forces was res
cinded and the original rcsOIu-
ton was then passed by IA TO 8
vote. The measure will now bc
argued on the floor Of the Sen
ate.
The House Veteran and Military
Affairs committee did not take up
the National Guard resolution at
its Friday meeting although rep
resentatives of a number Of
Legion Posts and others, including
Major-Gcncral Enard A. Walsh
were present. Chairman Windmill
Ter OF Fergus Falls promised
action on the resolution at the
meeting scheduled for this week
The battle against race dis.
elimination In at fever pitch.
now Is the time to let your leg.
IslatOr know how you wish him
TO vote on these bills.