St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-08-31
The Urban League Movement


the Annual Conference Of the
Urban in Minnesota next week 1t mt
give evauaon of the organizations program as
it appears to this newspaper
1t feeling debt of gratitude to the
arseeing years founded the Urban
League public good has done much
cooperation understanding and participation OF
ganu occupations and in American
communities.
cities Americans exposed to the philosophy
of the Urban League ccny by
the motto mot aims but opportunity In those Few words are e
planned the underlying aspirations Of the average OF negro
extraction charity but opportunity
his knowledge and s so as to make his best contribution
family community state and nation
The Urban League primarily with the prob
the migration Of Negroes from the rural south to
north The with pfuy small financial
sterilization of the Negro population in the
havy populated north south has interested in
responsible and leading members of industry and
labor in the problems of the city Negro
The movement the trained
equipped and women among the Negro popua
Many members who trained social work or in
labor relations have helped improve the lot OF the
urban Negro
Urban Leagues very state
bitterness to bright futures real living and par
eipaon the good things of community he Ihey nave helped
members the dominant learn practical democracy in their
relations with members of the Negro community
During depression cities of the land
secretary hope
unemployed the who suffered from the difficult
period the various local leagues
a established to aid Labor
them had begun to
membership of the marginal Negro worker and found the
leagues cooperative decreased the dstr and
today afates accepted parts community orgn
In the field OF community planning and relations time after
time the such
responsible members of both Negroes and
whites has served as abzing Many outbreaks
in community of an alert
secretary who knew the technique of utilizing his
segment of the city leadership which was in
TO inf Opin
such housing public recreation and
job opportunities league sfy by Cancellation to i'm
prove given uzes the of government social
welfare and the leadership in industry labor management education
and religious organizations
city been bettered by the
Urban League The proof in that the league has
city that it did not stay, and do real job
certainly that the Urban League
perfect institutions founded for the best
will continue to make its share of honest
mistakes organizations responsibility
public appreciation Its program viii have to
the changing needs of the cities it
serves as well to believe
National Urban League is not that 1t operates IN
changing scene
Its local a autonomy which sometimes
creates problems organization this
believes that in its dispersal Of authority and independence OF local
organizations where there is
concentration and authority miles away from the commun
ty being served
There is still job to be League
erpreng function and Of the league the Negro man
Disposition discontinue generally the
employment departments such things domestic help this
newspaper should take into account
relations Negroes and whites to make
Of unshlled
argument U. and state employment services
take care take consideration
that league earned by the
ssng and placement certainly should be
assumed that the program securing jobs
open Negroes neglected However that class of worker
can help given the smallest amount of assistance
Negroes need the help Of the Urban
League they into labor unions
and n problems with employers of labor
the unked classification can
in his pursuit OF job then is
possible exposed to the other of
strength the league
of people serves Loss of contact
cuament of placement services is In TINS
opinion policy We have considered that the
relations departments that they had to
order work higher type place
both the for
employment higher technical levels could not be
red ON for the unsed worker is Of
fered II may be would increased dv
dends n public respect and confidence
services which the varied leagues operate are
doing community meet the ha
Ienge of better stronger nation When
the roll is published be that the
Urban will high those groups VINO
la accomplished
Again we Minnesota the greatest state
in the union the Urban League movement
some of its shining Have good time here ladies and
gentlemen and come often