The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1950-02-22

iaihdliohS designating the week o
George Washingtonis birthday
February 10 to 26. as Brotherhoo,
week.
MAYOR LEE FIGHTS
JIM CROW PRACTICES
Mayor Lee deserves much O
the credit for the progress mad,
by Portland in fighting Jim Grow
practices and religious discrimina
ton. In her first month in offic,
as mayor, she appointed the may
or's committee on civil rights.
Rev. Myron c. Cole chairman O
the mayors committee points on
I'm the past year I have seen tn.
intensification of the genuine spiri
of the feelinf of brotherhood il
Portland. The church. the syna
gogue. labor organizations and ed
ucational institutions have reiter
ated with more emphasis the thing.
that make democracy live.
Not all of the goals have beer
attained he warned: 1.-THE contin
ued effort to educate all citizen.
regardless of race, color, religion
or national origin on the intrinsic
worth of the individual as a human
being, and the furthering of legis
laion, in reality a form of edu.
cation must be made more widely
understood.
Other key people in this great
fight to make democracy work-tc
pass a civil rights ordinance, is
Edwin c. Berry, executive secre-
tary of the Urban League of Port
land who deserves a great deal
of credit of his part in the over
all picture. He was enthusiastic
about the award for Portland.
"As recently as five years age
we We're considered the worst city
in regard to race relations, north
of the Mason Dixon Line" he
commented.
DAVID ROBINSON, Portland
attorney, Jewish leader. and pres.
ident of the Urban League of Port
land, considers his battle with big.
otry personal one. Religious anc
racial intolerance has been "a
problem close to my heart fol
years.
FATHER J. THOMAS TOBIN
Catholic vicar, knows the problem
of the Negro well. His work has
brought into being the Committee
on Interracial Principles and prac.
tees, intended to study and solve
vocational problems of the Negro
and the office for Vocational OBJ.
portunity. a counselng and job.
placement office.
RAY WOLF, social studies SUI.
pervisor of Portland schools. i.
considered as a person able tc
foster improved relations through
his work.
j. c. PLANTATION, his spade
work for better relations bore
fruit with the City clubs 1914 re
port on the Negro in Portland
Il thing the Negroes ambition i.
to be given equal opportunity
like any other American citizen.
OTHER FEATURES OF PORT
I LANDS RED LETTER WEEE
is the ending-scrapping of th'
street cars rather the remaining
few.
Next Sunday morning, while mos
of the city sleeps. a Portlan,
Traction company motorman a
the controls of a Willamette
Heights street car will get under
way at 5:45 am. from N. w. Cor
don and Thurman streets and vii
make his way to the Ankene,
street car barns.
The motorman's FOWL car" jour
ney. over iron rails worn wit
age, will mark the last trip of
city street car in Portland. l
also will bring to a close Cougar
long era of the street car in tn
city, a chapter of a community
transportation history.
The street car, for the city a
least. dies with that last ride mex
Sunday morning - its life spa
shortened by the change over t
ne-way streets which will brinl
a new fleet of fast, mobile motto
coaches to the time-honored route
still rutted in steel.
Brotherhood Plea Sounded
Rabbi Edward T. Sandrow o
Long Island speakes as staunchl,
for minority rights and the appli