St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1955-04-22
Proud of Minnesota

Minnesota lawmakers gave
pride state when April 49, the Mime
overwhelming majority Of 1910
employment practices The senaes action followed
the bill by the house of representatives on April
by a vote Of $3.50
wednesday Gov oryile Freeman signed the bin making
state presence the
organizations which joined
the fight for the legislation
governor signed enacted the Minnesota
state legislature this week. marked the end Of an epoch MAX
ing campaign years. equality and
opportunity for all citizens regardless Of creed color or
national origin worked hard to make Job discrimination "pnl"w
actually in the early
4os when A. Philip Randolph
editor assist him in calling together
group Minnesota Negro and white citizens to discuss his
Negro Randolph the NAAcP and Lester
the organizations they
were disturbed with the Roosevelt
government contractors to employ
Negro workers and they wanted TO dmaze the sness OF the
job discrimination.
Minnesoans by group Randolph called together
Joined which finally successful in having
his executive order which set up Presidents Com
mtee Fair Employment Practices whose job was to force gov
labor employment
defense and wartime Industry
remained together and participated in the
Congress- enact federal FEpc gsa
World War H. In ieso sent of ~
Washington lobby for federal
FEpc Returning Minnesota the formed the Minnesota
Employment Practices which has carried on the
ten fight to obtain passage OF a state FEPc law
Credit passage belongs
large organizations individuals and the So cent OF
Indicated by the Minnesota Pol this
that they were In favor OF such legislation
Political credit belongs jointly
liberal DFL faction the Minnesota House and
Republicans who Joined with the Dti liberals In
getting b through the house this after having them
the Republican controlled egi.
hturcs
In the conservative Repubcan Senate only the
talking like pxeoats opposed the
Privately supporters OF the who only $3.50
chance agreeab surprised the final vote
wasta a
To great degree the measure victory party
leader asking the to the
legislation called partisan measure He recognized that HIS
two predecessors in the governors chair Luther foungda ana
both worked for and supported the bill during
OF office He also recognized that the bill had to have
support liberal factions in the iegs
iature win legislative approval
In authors and of
the bin represented majority minority
legislature which also made the
usan issue .r
nosty DFil had the advant
previous sessions by being almost unanimously IN favor OF
Republican controlled conservative faction OF
prior between those
Republicans supporting advocated the FEPc
sure leadership the House
peca represented Dunn safely said that the
DFI dominated liberals got the bill passed by cooperation from tho
Republicans who had failed to get enacted in prior
sions Of the Legislature
Liberal speaker
and like Clarence Langley deserve world of
credit Mun Ell
ner Anderson eoauhors
the for its and for defeat OF
victory the leadership furnished the
FEPc by Rev penzil Carly of st Paul In
the bill Negro leadership
background by choice This
spanked Minnesota State Conference OF the MACE Negro
leadershp played formulating and
out program bring victory for employment fs
play in this state
n complained 10 this
lobbyists supporting
gave feeling that Minnesota Negroes
noto that the
Interior motives OF
this feeling and encouraged by the state MACE
Negroes and whites this
ported the
ing its Council Employment Merit,
clubs and chuhe
missking this
Minnesota felt about the
The vitality positiveness
queohe
cooler heads prevailed II the bn had failed thu
would have blamed for the failure
chief passage