St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1952-07-25

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in this restaurant area is the
jurisdiction given to the State
Committee Against Discrimina-
ton in the area Of Public Accomo-
dations by a recent law.
All of the restaurant and hotel
associations and unions in the
field as well as * Of the $50 in
divdual restaurants in the area
have sent the Committee their
pledges stating that they would
accord equal treatment and cour-
tcsy to all patrons regardless Of
race, creed and national origin.
The associations and unions are
as follows: The Affiliated Res
taurateurs, Inc. The Allied Res
taurant and Entertainment In
dustries of New York, Inc, The
Hotel Association Of New York,
The Progressive Restaurant
Owners Association, The Society
of Restaurateurs, the executive
board Of the New York state
Restaurant Association, The
Geneva Association, the Associat-
ed Musicians Of Greater New
York. Local S02, the Local Joint
Executive Board OF New York
city Of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees and Bartenders In
ternational Union, the latter re-
presenting 10000 employees.
One outstanding contribution to
the development Of the work of
the Committee has been the joint
participation Of both Negro and
white groups in all phases OF the
Committees program. Mrs.
Edna A. Merson, chairman of the
Committee, commenting on the
ever increasing interest the Com
mittee has received from these
members Of the community, said:
The most exciting thing about
this work has been the people in
volved with us. After all, this pro-
ject Is carried out completely by
volunteers. The scientific surveys
are wonderful jobs, but they
could not have been achieved
without the help Of our $50 Com
mittee members and testers"
Another important aspect has
been the negotiations with sever
al individual restaurant owners
where discrimination had been re-
vealed in the 1850 survey. Be
tween negotiations retests were
made. The Committee found a
most significant change in the
practices of these restaurants in
the 1852 re-survey. Three out Of
these four which had been flag
rantly discriminatory accorded
equal treatment and courtesy to
both teams in these 1852 tests.
The sponsors Of The Committee
ON civil Rights in East Manhattan
are: Judge Hubert T. Delany
Clark NJ Eichelberger. A. Phillip
Randolph, Rose Schneiderman, Or.
George n. Shuster, DIR. Charming
Waring. Max Delson IL the Com
mittee's advisor on labor and In
dustry participation. Telford Taylor
" Its general counsel The ENecu-
tive Committee includes Mrs. MeT-
son, chairman; olivia Frost and
Ell NJ. Nathan. treasurer; Or. Ar
thur Click, assistant treasurer.
Dan West, secretary. william Il
Valentine Jr, assistant secretary.
and committee chairmen Suzanne
Armstrong, Joseph jackson, Tom
Sims, Hugh stern, and Olga Tong
Cooperating organizations are
American Association OF University
Women, New York Branch: Ameri-
can Jewish Committee. New York
Chapter American Jewish Con
gress: American Legion, willard
for Democratic Action, East side
and GrRmercy Park Branches.
BENJAMIN CardoEo Lodge Of R'naI
Firth; bureau OF Intercultural
Education'. Community Church.
Social Action Committee: East
Harlem Council for Community
Planning; Ethical Cultural Society
lntergroup Relations Committee.
Japanese American citizens
League, New York Chapter: Jewish
War Veterans OF the United states,
New York County Council: Nation
NJ Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People. New York
Chapter; National Conference OF
Christians and jews: National
Council OF Negro Women. New
York Metropolitan Council: Negro
Labor Committee: New York CITY
Civil Liberties Committee CACLIDs
New York Committee Of Racial
Equality tCORE). spanish Amcri-
can Youth bureau; Uptown Cham
hCr ~ Commerce. Urban League of
Greater New York Nnrkville civic
Council
Consulting organizations