St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1953-02-27

Francisco. 1t is a slick piece, a
jazzed up combination of truths
and distortions to achieve a dra-
matte best-of-all possible worlds
impression" the statement said.
The statement charged that the
magazine had not been truthful
when 1t stated that Negro doctors
enjoy the same facilities as white
doctors In all Of San Francisco's
hospitals, public and private.
THE number Of hospitals which
admit Negro physicians to prac-
tice is still a minority of the to-
tai" the statement claimed.
Hospitals Still Jim Crow
Manning's statement also said
that ward segregation has not
been completely abolished and
that the Urban League along with
other civic and human relations
organizations is currently con-
Quoting a drive to get the South
ern Pacific hospital to abandon its
long standing policy of segregat-
ing its Negro patients.
The statement goes on to say:
THE articles conclusions re:
the Sheng housing case are, unfOr-
tunately, inaccurate. After de-
scribing correctly the essential is
sues that were involved It con-
cludes: Though Sheng bought
elsewhere, his failure In South
wood had a good effect: no sub
urban development wants to risk
the scorn and wrath heaped upon
the voters of SouthwoOd for rails
ing the race issue!
The fact is that a week after
the Sheng incident, the newly pur-
chased home of a Negro family in
another all-white suburb was
stoned and sheriffs deputies had
to be rushed to the scene to pro-
tect his person and property.
The articles author (John Ger
rity) was told Of this and other
Incidents but chose not to mention
them.
The Sheng case is typical of
the attitude of most suburban de-
velopments toward the entry of
non-whites.
Even in San Francisco proper,
where there is heartening trend
toward residential distribution of
non-white families, refusals to sell
or rent to non-whites are COM
mon."
The statement said there were
other examples Of downright in
accurate or elastic reporting"
Several months before the arti-
Gle was published, Certify, a free
lance writer, appeared at the San
Francisco Urban League office
seeking information pertaining to
the article.
League Helps Author
The league gave what assistance
it could and referred to other or
CARNATIONS which could give him
additional information on the sub
ject.
In return the author promised
to submit the manuscript to the
league for any necessary changes
before submitting 1t to the maya
zine for publication.
Fails to Keep Word
Manning claims that he never
heard any more about the story
until he received a letter from
Madeline AK from the research
department of Golfers that con-
tanned Gerrity's manuscript.
Part of the letter said:
"In the interest of accuracy we
would appreciate your reading this
article both in terms of factual
content and Interpretation"
Gerrity had sent the manuscript
directly to Golfers, by-passlng
Manning, to whom he had prom
ised he would submit the manu-
script first.
Manning said that several other
organizations and individuals had
also been contacted by the maya
zine and they were Of the same
opinion as Manning - that the
proposed article was full Of mac
curacies and distortions and had
wired the magazine as such.
Two weeks later. Certify, Ed
Howden, director of the San Fran
cisco Council for Civic Unity, and
Manning went over the article and
changed the story, substituting
fact for fiction"
They were under the impression
that the galleys would be sent
back to them for further revisions
if necessary.
The next he knew of the article,
Manning claims, is when he
learned that it was already in
print.
The published article contains
only part of the corrections and
the Interpretation, while turned
down from the binding purity Of
the original. was substantially out
Of focus" Manning charged