Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-11-30

VIII the united states DE- able Ia
rally the rest OF the world Ia the
side nf democracy. was the opln.
ton " tho panel members
TucSday nights program was u
twin hill, Tho frat part of the
program originated IN New York
with the brnadCaSting of Amori.
cas- Town Meeting ~ the Ar
Those participating IN the New
York broadcast wore DR. Sadie
Alexander. Edward Weeks, editor
NJ the Atlantic Monthly, George
\ Schuyler and the moderator
waR George V Denny Jr,
After tho broadcast, tho audi,
cncc NJ over 900 persons began to
pepper the three experts on hand
with questions that covered the
whole field of the po-callcd race
problem" Judsnn nrmia proaidcd
Speakers al tho Minneapolis
Nllk "'l' ANNb'iN - "faNfEt
director NJ the John Hay Whitney
FOunratiOn, Cart I. Rowan, starr
writer. Minneapolis Tribune jos
oph u inhman, professor ~ scot
uIugy, University of Chicago and
the moderator was l.. Howard
Bennett attorney ana vice chair
man ~ the Minneapolis United
Negro College Fund,
The United College Fund. Inc,
and the Minneapolis clubs 81
Mount HoIynkr College, BenninE
ton College, Bryn Mawr Rad
chffo College IN cooperation with
Americas Town Meeting of IN"
Air" presented the Mil city
symposium,
EducRtioB We. Legislation
one ~ the questions asked was
whether education or legislation
was the best solution 90 solving
tho problem. Weaver answered
that II was not q question Of leg
IHlRting against peoples prrju-
dice. but onr Of lsEialatinE against
prejudICed acts such ~ the poll
tRE. IynchlnE, segregated schools
and the many other undem0C rattle
acts that prejudice results In
ChurChss
Because churches are social
Institutions rather than Christian
institutions Ia tho primary reason
that churches haven't done all
they can d." Rowan answered 10
n question that asked what IN"
role of Christianity Ia In this
problem that IL confronting US
Private Colleges
"Docant the United Negro Col.
logo pcrpHirRtr aggregation =" was
another question asked
In answering that. Weaver
said that "a his knOwledge he
didn't know ~ n single Negro |
private college that wasn't dodl.
Gated 10 abOhshlnE segregation In
education lie went On 10 point |
out that ~ this particular time II !
would he disastrous Ia attempt 10
abolish Negro private SchoolS In
tho south That would result IN
there b"ing almost no higher sdu'
cation for Negroes. since those
states HiIlI do not properly pro
vide accredited schools
citing thr example 81 the Ma
tl0nai AAAOcistiDn for Col0red |
Gradual Nurses, Weaver said
that Lrn years ago that 0rRaniZh
ton was formed because there
was n definite need for such an |
organization 10 IOok out for IN"
wcIfsFc ~ Negro nurses. but re-
Gently that organization was dis
banded because the group felt
that onpuKh proErcHS had been
made ~ the extent that the prob
lem could be- sIlvcd within the
American Nurses Association
schuyler ChaIisBE~d
Lehman tOok schuyler 10 task
and challenged the statistics h"
used IN tho New York broadcast
and h. also doubted thr VeTacity
~ his statements about conditions
IN Warrington, -. g. and employ.
fnsni. Lehman was the author ~
- report by the Committee To
Ab0IIah Discrimination In Wash
inRton, y e.
BohuylTT tried % IHaye the I'm
prsAslIn that Jim Crow wasn't NJ
bad NJ most people thought and
that ws had almost solved the
problem Lehman said that II was
very easy 10 make figures do any.
thing you want them 10 do and he
also accusad Schuyler 81 using
half truths.
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OF course there was the newt
able question about intsr-mAr-
rage All three ~ ths speakers