St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-03-14

the committee was
one from George Dineen, chair
man Of the Sport and Recreation
committee Of the Minneapolis
Junior Chamber Of Commerce:
Il think can safely speak for
the Sports and Recreation COM
mittee, when I say that the re-
creation committee Of the park
board is to be commended for its
fortnight action when It re-
commended that the park board
control the memberships at the
various public courses and thus
put to an end the discriminatory
practices that exist on public
property"
Open Tournaments To All
Mayor Eric G. Hoyer comment
ed by stating:
Il think that any private clubs
on public courses should be elimi-
mated and that arrangements
should be made 10 that participa-
tion in the various tournaments
can be open TO anybody"
Walter crammond. president OF
the Central Labor Union, AT OF L.
said:
Il sincerely urge the park
board 10 follow the committees
recommendation and adopt its
proposals and that the present set
up is grossly unfair to the tax
payers as a whole"
Wishart Commends Action
I'VE support the committee re-
commentator and believe that Il
is certainly a very necessary poll
icy TO be adopted by the park
board" this was part Of letter
sent to Walter p. Quist. president
of the park board. signed by Ro-
bert Wishart, president Of the
Hennepin County CTo council.
The Minneapolis branch Of the
NAACP also sent a letter to the
park board commenting the COM
mittee and urging the park board
to adopt the committees proposal.
Grace Lindley
Grace Lindley, prominent in
COP political circles, said, These
clubs are way off the beam and
there shouldn't be any special
privileges Of any kind on public
facilities of any kind"
Genevieve Steefel. chairman of
the Mayors Council on Human
Relations, said: Negroes are
never barred from contributing to
the tax fund and it's logical that
they should also be allowed TO
enjoy some Of the privileges that
tax payer has.
II should think that the COM
mittee's proposals should be good
for golf and are incidentally good
for race relations" and that 'it
would be distasteful for the park
board not to adopt the committee
recommendations"
Rev E. s. Hjortland. pastor Of
Central Lutheran church, said. 81
am opposed TO any form Of dis
elimination and think that golf
would improve because IL IL Is
opened to a larger area there
would be a higher quality of play.
Park board chairman, Walter
p. Quist. received a letter from
the Minneapolis Urban League
that stated, I'VE are very pleased
that this committee has taken
the positive steps towards the dis
olution of this problem. We feel
certain that many responsible citi-
zens in the community win con-
slider il to their best interests as
well as to the best interests Of the
total community to support this
point of view"
Many other citizens and organi-
cations such as the Governors
Interracial Commission and Alder
man Henry Bank and DR.. w. ID.
Brown all have praised the COM
mittee for its stand have also
urged the park board to pass
favorably on the committees re-
commentator.
The park board first learned
that these golf clubs were operat-
ing as private clubs on municipal
courses and were racially dis
criminatory in their membership
practices when 1t received let
ter from the Twin City Golf AS
ISOLATION on August 81. protest.
ing the practices of these clubs
In their letter to the park board
the Twin City Golf Association
listed five grievances that they
thought should be remedied.
They were:
. The golf association was not
able to get official recognition as
golf club because OF q rule Of
the state golf association which
allows only one club TO be recog-
nized at each course.
. The recognition as a club is