Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1951-08-24

against Negroes III property eA
Louis u. Shacffer, 1869 +
men are not allowed "a sell cc
grncS on penalty of being eN
board Of realtors,
That means YOU lose your job
~ all the reputable rial estate
agencies In the city and all their
naicsmCn arr mrmbcTH of thr
board" sharficr DECLARED.
Shaeffer aald he had worked as
salesman for 30 days for n
local rralty firm about sin months
ago lie said he was told by other
salcsmcn of the firm not Ia H'Al
restricted property Ia Negroes,
When Z asked nay fellow aalTH-
mcn what WoUld happen u did
sell Co Negro, they told nie !
would lose my membership In the
Hoard of RcaIinrs." ShanffeT Aaid.
Rhaeffrf also charged that real.
tors insert restrictive clauses In
property deeds although tho sta
promo court has ruled such re-
Strcllons illegal
The real estate aalrHmen put
catrCtivc ClAunca IN the deeds To
scare the buyers and keep other
realtors IN line" Shacffcr assert.
81
Shacffcr, who IN preAcntly
working for n Madison industrial
firm. Ia u graduate aocioloRist Of
the University Of Chicago lie
naid he formerly worked IN n re-.
search aocioiOglnt for state diH.
sion Of youth service
lie said he planned "a leave
Madison shortly Ia take u posi-
ton as oounaelnr and clinical
soCloloRiHt IN Illinois
4 Capital Times check In the
feNibiHF VI uftbh 'Ni''' +" Wv
Dane county courthouse revealed
that warranty deeds are In fact
being Tiled containing dlSoriTnIna'
tory restrictions,
Typical Of the restrictive clauses
IL the following
This IoI or any improvements
that shall be- erected thereon shall
never be sold. Trntsd, leaS"d, as
signed, transferred UF conveyed "a
any one who 10 not % the CauCa-
Sian race. nor 90 any person Of
the Polish, Italian or Jewish rare"
shaoffcrs blast comes on the
heels ~ n recent report 81 the
Madison Council Of Human
Rights, the local branch If the
Guvcfnnf'H Commission 1n Human
Rights, established by UOv. Oscar
Rannebohm "a combat racial dis
elimination,
The council report charged that
minority groUpa In Madison could
not buy homes In reatTictTd areas
NOR could they borrow nscoHHary
building funds from local loan
companies ~ banks
Branding tho situation "desper'
ate" the report was prepared by
council housing committee com
ptaed ~ Agnes Hole. E1na Baker,
Jean Erickson, Walter Johnson,
and Richard Andrews.
The housing report. which In ef'
feet took q bark handed slap ~ .
national magazines story about
The Oood Lfe In Madison. Wis.
c0nain." said that families ~ mi
monty groups In Madison are re-.
Htricted "a the poorest residential
Districts ~ the city.
The council survey revealed that
one family In every six lived IN n
house lacking sanitary facilities;
one out ~ every four ~ their
homes IL IN poor repair, one out of
10 ~ the homes ~ 0vrr-crUwdSd
Uns out ~ eight ~ their h1mss II
IN such pDOr condition that II
should De- demolished,
ATTY Fred RlES0T ~ chairman 0f
the council 10 recently replaced
Richard " Bardwoil. head ~ N"
Madison Vocational school
Bardwrll told tn" Capital Times
that conditions revealed by the
cpunciI report are q "disgraos %
the city ~ Madison
The Human Rights council re-
port charged that the conditions