Arkansas State press. [volume] (Little Rock, Ark.) 1941-1959, 1951-11-30

which had been made of attitudes and
am sure will do all that be done to
eliminate entirely the dscourteous treatment which white OPP
orators have heaped upon Negro patrons
What should be done Immediately when patron is mis-
treated by operator
G ask for the identity of the operator What your num-
Der please 2 ask her give the chief OPERATOR and 60
inform the chief operator of complaint and ask her to
make notation of the matten protest will be formally
lodged with the manager.
However, the urging hiring of Negro operators will
help make conditions better for if the company which is not
by law free to discriminate against patrons because or their
color be would give employment Negro operators
should have worry about being treated like HUI
beings would be mighty helpful for eligible Negroes to
application blanks for employment operators is
quite obvious that there Negroes equally if not bet
qualified than many serving operators for South
western Bell Telephone Company.
great Of interest has from the letter Of pro-
test appears that the foregoing suggestions might be
helpful the future those who minded to register
their protest the the proper place Talking back to the ope-
and rskng trouble very easily brew from insults
part either patrons operator hoped that the
patrons will the attention of the with protests
in order that this un-Chrsan attitude will be wiped
People their jobs and complaints against people who do
jobs will be given consideration and when it
appears action being taken the part of the local
manager another method can be invoked.
The high Of living has forced quite number OF loyal
Negro patrons abandon their policy of trying to do business
with small negborhood groceries owned and operated by
Negroes Consumers alike regardless OF racial origin every
body place buy saving while at the same
time satisfying themselves to quality we'll The matter as
stands poses serious question which brings up the
of Fair Employment Practices In many OF the down.
grocery Negroes not given the employment
which probably might be well justified In the large stores one
only few Negroes given work. while the other hand
Negroes every walk of life trading at the counters
More employment should be Negroes and follows that
there ought be immediate steps taken to find out about
the employment policies of the large downtown stores.
The Sanitary grocery which in the Dis
trc Of Columbia and went to the Supreme Court of the
United established the precedent that had the
right picket the grocery which refused to give
poyment labor Of the color of their skins So in the
early 1905 Washington picket lines up and the
picket lines quite number of outstanding Americans who
in the struggle for human Justice AS result of
the picket lines many large chain grocery stores forced
employ Negro clerks their and the results have been
overwhelmingly satisfactory that the policy has
been followed by many other stores in the downtown
tons Of many metropolitan areas
In Pine Bluff while is not emphasized but Negroes make
great Of the buying public The Negro people
titled jobs well any other labores and while
the 1T Good Law That No Person Ought BE Given
Job Simply Because OF The Color OF His skn Jobs ought be
available those who the requirements the duties
and other matters which pertain solely efficiency and capa
blity the handling of Jobs This quite serious problem
and would enable quite number of Negro citizens who have
adhered to great extent policy of trading with Negroes
matter of protest the undemocrac which jobs
of the great and properly directed may the
democratic way for which many of daily
rces It would be mighty fine organization like the
NAACP to take hold Of the problems Immediately and help make
for jobs for Negroes in the downtown the
CITY Of Pine Bluff