Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-01-23

Second.clasS citizen, as II his
ondaFy.
The Southern Conference Edu-
cationRI Fund recently polisd tho
24l4 medical institutions listed In
the American Hospital Directory
for ~ Southern and border states
and the District Of Columbia.
From 7ii replies 40 per cent
retuFn-~it was learned that 5s4
ts2 per cent? admit Negroes M
patients and that 33,4bi beds (a2
per cent? Of a total Of IO2. 900
beds are available 10 them.
While the amount Of bed space
seemingly follows census figures
for the region, more than two
thirds Of this space In fixed by
quota, with no allowance made
for degree Of need or special con-
tinRenciea. ny virtue of HegreRa-
ton practices then, the Negro,
whose generally depressed &C..
onomIc status tendH 90 increase
his need for capitalization, IL
often turned back by an inflexible.
arbitrary barrier.
The hospital administrators
were also asked what racial policy
they considered best suited for the
health needs Of their communities,
Approximately 90 per cent favor.
ed the admission OF Negroes on q
segregated basis; 10 per cent
favored the maintenance of sep"
arate hospitals for whites and Ne
groes. hut how does this approve.
cd order Of things work out in
practioef
The administrative machinery
of a segregated or '1lly.whlte"
hospital IN always taxed by Smer.
gehcy cases. A prospective pa.
lent. lying bleeding and unoon-
acloua ON = stretcher. cannot be-
criHpiy told 10 go TO an institution
that serves his own people" Yet
In essence, that has been done, In
being done. and viii be done SEQ
even though the rejected one dies
~ n result Such brutality derives
unthinkinRly from the premise 10
which . Jim Crow hospital In
dedicated, II routine medical and
surgery cases are 20 be treated
only on tho basis OF q persons
skin color. the healing hand aut-
fera atrophy and Ia himblIng at n
time of undiacriminatinE CRISIS,
Consider this log Of accidents
and emergencies. extending over
q period Of 40 years. which ended
In inaxcunabie suffering and
tradedy.
1, In the fall or 1880, George \.
Moore, Jr. son of a noted ply.
stefan. was motoring from Nash
vile 20 TlakeRee TO attend the
Ftak- TNimkcRee football game
Then, according to w, niekUrson
Donnelly now alumni secretary
Mt Ffnk who was In the car, the
following events took place;
About AZ milsa out OF Hunts,
vile. Alabama, the automobile In
which nix Of us were riding over
turned and all escaped serious In,
jury except Moore who was found
Ia have Q broken back,
Moore was carried 10 Hunts.
vile for treatment, but on arrlv.
ing In Huntsville, We were told
there were no hospital facilities
available for Negroes and the
best thing TO do would BE- 10 take
him 90 Athens. Alabama, appruxi-
mately ten miles away, for treat
mrnt.
when we inquired about Rmhu.
lance facilities, there were none In
which Negroes could ride, hut
with q great deal Of persuasion
and seeing the condition OF Moore,
we were able TO get the white pco-
pie 20 let us use q hearsc 10 make
the Journey,
During the ride, Moore con.
tracted pneumonia and with other
complications died before nr,
Moore, sr. his father. could reach
him.
Or moore gricved ovrr the con
dition, arm told. because the all
ment which afflicted hts son was
one that he had been most site.
cessful In curing during that time
2. On the afternoon ~ Novrm
Der 9. 1891. Miss Juliette Dcrri.
cote. q nationally known dean At
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