Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1956-07-06
Building Dedicated;

Ne" YORK Iltys hots tnaH
300 persons we're present when n
new. modern home for the Nation
al Urban League, tho nations
oldest and largest interracial so
ciaI service agency, was dedicated
Monday June Is, during a two
hour ceremony at the new head
quarters. II East 18th Street,
which featured greetings from
President Eisenhower.
From President Eisenhower
The President declared In his
telegram to Robert w. Bowling
that the new building will stand
an a symbol Of a belief In the In
dividual citizsn's dignity and his
night 10 equality . belief which
has inspired the Leagues efforts
for nearly fifty years. I applaud
your organizations contribution 10
continuing progress in the lower.
ing Of racial barriers
DR. Ralph ], Bunehe, United
Nations Under Secretary, who
headed an honorary dedication
committee Of $50 persons. empha.
sized the importance Of the "dedi-
Gated effort and teamwork on the
part Of American citizens, both
white and Negro. through the Ur.
ban League 10 give ever more
meaning and reality 10 the Ameri-
can ideal Of equal opportunity for
all o."
Mayor Robert r Wagner OF
New York CITY brought greetings
To the audience and told them that
he had proclaimed June ~ as
Urban League Day
Robert w. Downing. National
Urban League president, presided.
Henry Steeger. League trustee,
was chairman of the Dedication
Program Committee
MIR Downing called the building
IAN expression Of the continuity
Of cndeavor II gives Ms n feeling
uf visual substantially"
Rosrnwaid's Daughter SPEAKS
The principal address was de-
hvered by Mrs David NJ Levy,
president Of the Citizens Com
mittee for Children of New York,
and daughter OF the late philan.
thropist, julius Roaenwald Mrs,
Levy spoke OF her fathers role In
the development Of schools and
YMCAs for Negroes In the South
Describing the progress made In
the last four decades, Mrs Levy
said, To-day we strive for an tn
tegrated program and welcome
the closing of each segregated
center There are the two specific
projects the rural schools and
the Negro YMCA'S with which my
fathers name II particularly
identified"
But. Mrs, Levy continued,
there was no facet Of the problem
that did not engage his interest.
Even before his death In 1882 he
was aware that the Negro share
cropper was feeling the added bur
den Of farm mechaniEation and
was being forced to leave the land
that had meant home 10 him for
generations"
Three founders OF the Urban
League were presented To the
audience, Or George Edmund
Haynes. lecturer In the School oi
Education. New York city Col
iegc. DIR. Abraham LefkowitE
former principal Of Samuel J I'll
den High School In Brooklyn. and
Or Edward Ewing Pratt, profess
sor OF Foreign Trade at New Yorb
University
Reverend John LaFarge =. J
associate editor Of AMERICA
gave the invocation, and Rabb
| Abraham Feldman. president q
Synagogue Council of America
pronounced tho hcnedictinn
4 dedicatory prayer was %
trrcd by Reverend John ~, John
son. Rector ~ ~. Marks Eplsco-
pal church. Miss Louise Parker,
con,ral,o. >ang the hymn BLESS
This House"
John n Rockefeller III On he
half az his brother, winthrop.
! longtime trustee, whose grant q
SlO2, 600 made possible the ac
! qutsitinn " the new building pre-
scntcd to two great grandchtldrc,
~ League founders Fred u
Moorc aud Mrs Ruth Standis
BALDWIN, keys to- tho building q
= future free from prciudtces an
discrimination Recipients Of IN
keys. which also open the door
TO the new building were Lrste