Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-09-13

bandieddor Dan Terry that III.
accompanied By her lawyer. |
mnpt servant. the minister ~ a
church iu the midst of q changing
nniRfiburhood and the Negro
spokesman for better housing and
JOB opportunities.
n 10 this ability n weld TO.
gFthsr people Of different inter
eats on the basis Of their common
beliefs that makes the Urban
League an especially important
kind ~ movement The American
nation needs this kind Of move
meut today as never before Why ?
Simply because public agreement
and courage around the question
Of equal opportunity appear 70
have broken down IN significant
areas II tho country even among
those people generally Inclined 10
support the ideal Of lta practice
II Is Imperative that agreement
and courage ~ reconstructed
even Ia the midst ~ bitter diHssn-
iunity furnishes railying point
sion over dsaeRragatlpn and this
subject ~ equal economic 0ppor
Not every white person who runs
away from ths entrance ~ Negro
families into hia naighboThood is
hlgot tie IL more apt 20 be only
confused i3ut no perauu who "a not
4 biRut can be content 10 stand
By and watch or actively cunniye
AT the barring Of good man from
q good job merely because his akin
eoiof 10 dark.
The rebuilding process. there
fore. calls for revision ~ strategy
for gettlag back 10 hindameni
ais IN order 60 move forward
again with more strongly -nrdsred
ranks
lrhis IL why the National ur.
ban League last year launched
Equal Opportunity Gay az
symbol and a challenge o. those
who contfol aud fiii the Industrial
Jobs ~ America 10 clone ranks
tightly and rupel any effort on the
pact or organized rncista 10 widen
their gains and disrupt American
industry as American education
has been diarupted
Equal Opportunity Day IN 1857
viii he ono of The truly mRuf
can't anniversaries since II falls on
November 10Th, tho date when
President Abraham Lincoln de-
ltyctnd ha memorable Gettysburg
address
Equal Opportunity DAY %
thousands ard thousands % EN-
pluyerH. 90 millions and millions
ot workers and 90 al even great
er number 81 car citizens who are
connected neither with manage
ment car organized labor viii be
an annual reminder that America
became great because Of her aSilI
ln the uaw ~ her mAnpowur. ahe
viii remain secure only aR long a.
That skill ia exertrd toward dem
nCtatic ends
This question ~ Equal Job Ops
poriunlty 10 only one % the many
with witch Ne have been struE
Cling during the recently fcoucma
81 workshop sessions ard slruX
gle " exactly the word 20 uso
our tob wauid be tough enough II
We were concerned only with the
Negroes rights
II wuald be ditncht II we were
= social agency concerned 0nly
with problems ~ urhanikatloft.
without regard o. ia racial "a
poets but when ws tie the tsgu
problems together and try 90 comc
up with constructive ard practical
answers ip the face ~ hostility or
indifference or misunderstanding
ahrewdly capitalized upon By a
rescttonary, INSCRIPTIONS oppost
fIoH this is like trying &C. repair
watch on merry gc round
] have talked about the nnet
for more uRnpowsr and this Ne
must have more volunteers who
arr better informed and are viii
inR % give more time te the work
20 the Urban League utarc starr
resources with better training ard
experience and encouraged by re
ceiyirK decent salaries An ~ this
neesis money
I, means million dtllara ADD
tianal addict Go the budgets ~ thr
National Urban t.asRIe and ia
local nffilateR ~ sprae people 4
millioa dollars is great deal ~
money but those ~ us who know
the Importance ~ tire fnh hat
the League is Undertaking realize
Ina, Il Is very rWsiest request
by 80 per cent means real sales
10 increase our overall Income
msnship and sustained follow
through y we pyvsiaee these. tbst
ti racial American leadership
which has supported the Urban
Leagues ever TIE years ani has
Watched eur gruwtA aHd listed oar
accomplishments sith apprecia
tive AwNrrHsSs cen look forward
- receiving ia terms az future sc
c0mphshments ~$lfs - the best
dividends ever rvsiuei Sy Amer
can society
F'ur tae best dividends are me-
extracted rrom TIE earth nor frOn,
minds not fSctu commerce OF
banking They sEe rot realised IN
tbs fern " mot,ey The hest tlvl
debds are these witch viii come
from closely krit ara harmon
tctfs American scsiety Etadea hy
afraid ~ cNtVnAing &na r~ceiv
pJitc IN race and nation. and un
tnS enmraaashlp with the free
World evvYtwhese
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