St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-12-06

Not only did they wait in
egal representative of Murphy
their backs In an effort to give
Murphy 100 times 100 pcrcen.
cooperation IN his request that
specific requests Tor specific In
formation" be presented 20 the
company in specific" form.
Everything was specific except
the specific information requested
OF Murphy's by the commission
And this information could not
be pried from the lips OF Harold
w Schultz, Murphy's legal coun-
sci.
To be specific chat word AGAIN.
the investigation Of these cases
by the FEP Commission Indicated
that Murphy does not wish 10 dis
close the records OF his files be-
cause ~ he Is not aware OF Just
what information the commission
wants or y he does not wish 10
disclose evidence TO incriminato
his company
Icncmnn Defends Papers Articles
Murphy Trucking counsel
Schultz attacked the motives OF
the Spokesman and Recorder pap
ers suggesting that the FEP com.
mission was conducting the in
| qmry because Of the newspapers
articles on the marked lack OF
Negro employees in the St Paul
! trucking industry
Carl Hcnneman. a member OF
the FEB commission interrupted
schultzs attack on the newspap-
tons had been for years crusa-
dors for the basic rights OF Min
ers by stating that the publica-
nesota Negroes.
During that period the papers
have courageously and relentless
~ pursued a policy calculated %
call the attention Of the people
OF the state 10 abuses against
the Negro and other minouties.
Heuneman said
The commissioner said that his
! years OF experience as a newsman
/ himself led him TO believe that us
ually where there is some smoke
there is apt TO be some fire." In
defending the Spokesman and Re-
corder papers.
According to Daniel Jacobowsd,
executive secretary Of the Com
mission. every firm with which
the commission has had dealings
in the past has made every ef-
fort 20 be cooperative" Murphy"
he continued rs the first employ
err TO fatty refuse 10 cooperate
According alto Schultz, the com
pany wishes 10 cooperate but Il
doesn't know just what the COM
mission wishes to know. This In
spite Of the fact that Carl Bros
trum, Murphy's personnel man
ager, was made aware Of the com
missions requirements as early as
August Of this year,
Firm Knew What Was Required
From personal contact with the
Murphy method, this reporter Was
aware Of Murphy's knowledge on
this matter at least two months
J ago when in an interview with
/ BrOstrum he was informed that
certain items pertinent 10 these
cases, especially pictures, would
have 20 be cleared through the
firms legal counsel because I'VE
might need them for evidcace in
lAhAlf NfhIuABha
n seemed 10 be Mr. Schultz's
contention that the commission
was acting upon the articles print
ed in this newspaper rather than
upon formal complaints and evil
dence.
What Schultz did not know was
that this reporter In conference
with the editor Of this paper de-
cided not 10 run some articles be-
cause we were aware that formal
complaints had ben filed by the
subjects OF those articles Con-
sequently. the commission 49, in
these Instances at least Is acting
in accordance with the proper legal
procedure in such matters.
Commission Legally Handcuffed
In several Instances, the legal
Handwriting Of the commission was
evident They do not, for example,
have the power 10 subpoena and
as consequence Murphy could
refuse 20 answer This was pointed
out BY Schultz, Milton Gray com
m'r5.on member pointed out. how
ever. that even II Murphy does
refu-e 20 answer the commission
is not completely stymied since
{ hes recourse to the evidence Of
The ccnplainants and can. there
fore decide whether or not to take
re matter 10 the criminal courts.
Mr Gray further stated that the
commission does not wish to pros
ccute but TO conciliate and educate
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