St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1950-01-20
KEEPS HOUSING TENSION HIGH:
ANTl-SEMlTlSM CROPS OUT
Continued from the January Is Edition)
BYRON s. MILLER

its Negro population by IS per
1910 During period population
percent.
Before the Cmcagos Negro population
south side ghetto There Of them lived gcay
conditions frequently family
and usually fairly high
900 have jamed
Is intense.
Negroes kept by
city being
agreements Discriminatory mortgage practices and the general
accepaby of anNego prejudice joined to make the barriers
almost completely effective.
out racial prejudice public opinion
continued prosperity Importance discriminatory
financing As result surrounding
ghetto have had the likelihood
most of these the has been sOcaed
associations whose principal purpose is to keep homes
from being sold Negroes
campaigns of antNgro hysera
areas the equity IN their house their only capital asset They
vigorously schooed into believing would
its value to drop anywhere rs
red the worst kind OF stereotype agitation They organized
block with block
anyone suspected of selling Negro hauled
sale made he is bounded his neighborhood
Formerly
discussed at meetings. today meetings of this
topic
Against therefore, no wonder that there
stoning
shooting beating connected with the entry of Negro families in
TO formerly alwhte neghborhoods
More important when the official police acq
displayed at Peoria Street added background
apparent that the situation gravity
Jewry and indeed, for all Of Chicago.
addition Relations Chi
aons These include religious groups
Meeting each day while incident taking place they
effect bringing to despite cooperation by
City Hall Encouraged by which edosy
the police performance and the they readily agreed
on series Of detectives repetition
serious kind of Chicago
Jewish Congress selected three primary Importance
Issuance by Mayor Kennedy explicitly
ing the right OF any person of color creed to live
visit anywhere Chicago police
arrest and take other vigorous action against aors of this
right
Relations Detail in the Police Department
specially recognize
situations that reliance placed local police
the neighborhood and share the mobs feelings;
Investigation they
be successfully prosecuted for Indictment to riot
In meeting called by Mayor Kennedy Rabbs NJ Bman
and Jacob Wenstein president epresdent respectively
the Congress Chicago Division asked that the city take these three
steps The Mayor
Mayor recognize
threat to life and property the decision taken
letter to the Mayor reeratng
ment of Ccagos daily
ad prepared and submitted but at the papers
jeced the letter
constructive recommendations without mention background
facts and emitting criticism Mayor Daily News wanted
opportunity Mayor directly try
his agreement to take the steps called
The outcome of the
persisted accept
recommendations, finally
background deleted but enough
clearly
failed action
day appeared the
Daily News finally agreed accept the original ad with mo
cations.
While negotiations over the ad were still unsettled the Chicago
Religious
delegation group spokesman
affiliated organizations with combined membership million
Essentially presented
meeting became slightly
comment the requests.
following evening,
final the Mayor public
which issued before the appeared
Morning papers
explicit
the police
fatty kind
orders to that effect went out promptly to the entire police force
public told that the full would
attempt interfere with harmonious
group relations
Point IA clear statement pohcywas accomplished
alone could be reassurng this objective attained
Rabbi open
produce kind
policemen
called top police
Commission Human Relations directed
to prepare a plan of action along these lines
defective police protectonas well under toward
accomplishment
Today activity Indeed
accomplished
below pitch neghborhood
neghborhood throughout
groups
Catholic Church itself be continuing foster
belief that has right determine who his neighbors
persuasive legal
available emphasis this right"
bound to continue produce riot situations not
adequate police after
preventive constituting point
prosecution of these
community carry
to Oft