St. Paul recorder., 1953-01-16


for implementing the work of
ing, Executive Committee chail
ington, d. c., announced that the
group will hold meeting soon at
the 18th ST. YMCA in Washing
ton.
At this time all churchmen in
terested would be enrolled to
strengthen the body, which repre-
sents the spiritual leadership of
10 denominations Communica-
tions from those interested should
be sent to he executive secre-
tary, the Rev. @. w. Lucas, 401
Summit Ave, Dayton 7, Ohio.
Gen. Eisenhower listened in
tently and eagerly to church
leaders in the conference and gave
them assurance that they need
have no fear that he will fail TO
do everything within his power
for their race. He said that he
would give full consideration to
eight suggestions of the Council
contained in a message read to
him by the Rev. Sandy f. Ray Of
Brooklyn.
II have differed with you in
some ways. but 1t has not been a
marked difference and shall at
tempt to perform to the limits Of
my ability to eliminate these diff
ferences." Gen. Ike said and then
quoted from a passage by Lin
coin, "As God gives US power to
see right"
He expressed some surprise
when the Rev. L. X. Jackson APP
priced him of the fact that Me-
groes have no redress from ex-
clusion by hotels throughout the
country. II wish you could be
Negro for 80 days and travel
through some sections of the
country and get hungry and want
a place to eat; or get sleepy and
want to rest and feel the iniqui-
ties we have felt, you could better
understand" The Rev. Jackson
told him.
The President t-Elect Eisenhower
promised to appoint a fact-find-
ing body on human rights. He as
sured the churchmen that he was
intensely interested in human
rights for he felt that Americas
might does not rest upon its
armed strength, in the final an
alysis, but upon its spiritual
strength. He told of his recent
meeting with the Freeman Heri-
tage Foundation, which promotes
interraeial goodwill and gives
nearly $4,000 a year in prizes,
and OF wholeheartedly supporting
their program, and Of his encour-
agement of a Presbyterian minis
ter for his outspoken attack on
bigotry in deep South Savannah,
Ga.
Some note of the Presidential
victor's feelings about the over
whelming Democratic vote In
Harlem was sounded when he told
his conferees that he couldn't un-
derstand how its residents had
gone 4 TO for a party with a
man like sparkman in II. "Es-
pecially, he said, after we had
promised them that we would
work as hard as possible in their
behalf.
1t was explained that It was
due 10 the fact that the Demo-
Gratis had done so much for them.
while the Republicans were out
for 20 years.
The President Elect said II
gave him the impression that they
were most interested in social
welfare. He hastened to assure his
listeners, however. that he was
going to do everything within his
power to make Democracy a
realty everywhere in the U.S.A.
TN not doing things for votes,
but because they're right" he
said.
In the case Of the FEPC de-
mands, he indicated that he was
not in favor Of FEPC on a federal
level stating that he was against
too much power being centralized
in Washington and preferred
leadership to solve problems
rather than a national police
force.
The Rev. o. Clay Maxwell Of
New York urged the general not
to be misled by the old arguments
Of THE time amt right" and "the
people aren't ready for It," THE
truth is, the people are far
ahead OF their political leaders"
he said. He cited several cases in
the south where integration of
the races in job opportunities and
equal service have been highly
successful.
In regard to appointments,
President-E Eisenhower stated
that DR.. f. d. Patterson. president
Of Tuskegee institute. had been
recommended to him for an APP
pointment by Jesse Jones, the
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