St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-02-15

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whites only.
Under the FILA program, the
City of Washington Is ringed with
new developments for white per-
sons only. We are informed by
builders that there are iron-clad
agreements between FILA and
various lending institutions under
which new housing areas must be
designated for a specific racial
group. Hence. in the areas sur
rounding Washington, practically
all of the FILA insured develop
ments are for whites only. This
is the typical pattern Of FILA
operations in the North and West;
in the South, FILA operations
generally reinforce patterns of
residential segregation.
The Defense Housing program
Will undoubtedly io''" '"'
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eratiohs'
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Agencies are the exact opposite
of the following position taken by
the Department of Justice In its
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"-rbe covernment ia of the view
that judicial enforcement of rae
ial restrictive covenants on real
properly ~ lneoh'Pa' sL VIII t,ie
tinn and Laws of the limited
States. It is fundamental that no
agency of government should par
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essential rights because of race
or color or creed"
The time has come for the
Housing Agencies to cease the
hypocritical practice of refusing
to approve written restrictive
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tion of the u. s. Supreme Court
and National Policy AS stated in
hriefs filed nv the u. s. Depart-
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BY a stroke of the pen, Presi-
dent Truman can instruct the
Housing Agencies to change their
present practices and act as the
Supreme Court clearly meant for
them to act. We are urging the
President to do this and you can
help by joining in our request.
Whether ne intends to seek re-
election or not, the President can
now end all segregation that still
perslsts In the Armed Services.
The time is long past when
segregation on all Federal proper-
tv should have been eliminated
Colorcd EMPLOYEES in the Navy
Yards at Charleston South Caro-
lima and Norfolk. Virginia. still
work under extreme Jim-Crow
conditions There is segregation in
many Of the national parks and a
grcat dcal of Federal funds are
being spent at airports in the
South where colored passengers
are segregated. These are things
that the President has the power
TO end without any help from
Congress. Now is the time for him
To act
In NAV il 1851. the NAACP and
many important organizations
throughout the country obtained
a pledge from the Majority and
Minority Leaders in the Senate
that hearings would be held on re.
solutions TO limit debate. The
hearings were held and the issue
is now before the Senate Rules
Committee.
We now must work for favor,