Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-06-06
TOP MANAGEMENT
Join UrbGn League
Industry Council

NEY YORK CITY N. Y.

A"e'J-sN Top Representatives
OF management, headed by Win
throp Rockefeller az chairman.
have joined forces as members OF
the Commerce and Industry Coun-
ell Of the National Urban League,
1888 Broadway. The Council La
dedicated 10 the belief that there
should be equality OF opportunity
for all Americans, and that there
should be full utilization OF the
vast Negro manpower potential.
The Council works TO strengthen
and extend the Industrial relations
and vocational guidance program
OF the League, the nations Oldest
lnterracial voluntary service agen-
cy which strives to promote equal
economic opportunity for Negroes
In all fields Of endeavor. Members
of the Council actively participate
In and support the Leagues pro-
gram and invite their friends and
co-workers in industry and COM
merce to Join them IN achieving
this goal.
longtime member OF the boaro
Of trustees OF the National Urban
League. Mr.. Rockefeller serves as
chairman OF the Council with
Ralph L. Mason. Of Standard Oh
Company New Jersey, as CO.
chairman OF the Council with
executive cOmittee with Hoyt
Ammidon, OF The Hanover Bank:
Benjamin F. Wander Peel OF
Union Carbide q Carbon Corpora
ton: and Joseph r. Bransford. Of
Western Electric Company.
Two Of the Leagues projects
which have attracted widespread
attention and In which Council
members have been active are
pilot" placement Of qualified Ne
ErO~s In highly technical. skilled
and administrative positions, and
career conferences held In leading
Negro colleges and universities,
with Council members serving a.
or securing cOnsultanta. Career
conferences are designed to
acquaint students with opportun-
tiles In industry and business and
the preparations required 10 quail
lty them for employment This is
achieved by bringing TO the con-
terences representatives OF man
agement who advise the students
In round-table sessions.
Nine top-flight indlrstrialists
have Just accepted membership on
the Council They arr: Victor
Borella, president in charge
Of operations, Rockefeller Center,
Inc; James Felt. president, James
Felt q Co; Bernard =. Gtmbel.
president Gimbel Bros. Inc: James
q, Hanes chairman. HAnes Host
cry Mills Co: Philip Lehman,
president, Lehman Breweries
Inc, James L. Macwithey, assis-
tant vice-prrsident. Bristol Myers
Co; Walter Rothschild. president,
Abraham q Straus: Frederick
warburG. Kuhn. Loeb a Co: and
Walter II. Wheeler, Jr., president.
Pitney-BowcS, Inc
Other members Of the Council
are: william F. Cotter. counsel.
Union Carbide q Carbon Corp. {:
Robert W. Downing. president.
city Investing Co; Frank NJ. Fol.
som. president. Radio Corporation
~ America; William II. Harrison.
president. International Telephone
a Telegraph Corp; Aifrcd o.
Hoyt. Gillespie and Hoyt Henry r.
Luce. editor. Time. Life. and
Fortune; William s Paley
chairman. Columbia Rroadcasting
System. INC; Dwight r C Pal
mer chairman Of the hoArd. Cen
eral Cable Corp; Elmo Roper Inc;
Allan A. Ryan chairman. Royal
Typewriter Co, Inc Edward /.
shea. president. Ethyl Corp; and
Charles II. silver. Vtce-prcEident.
American WOODEN Co,
Henry W, Pope % the National