St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1957-04-05


City Hall and Court House ON
The board viii study written
briefs to be submitted by the
attorneys for McCarthy's Cafe
and the state OF Minnesota before
the end OF April, together with
some five hundred pages OF testi-
mony. II Is expected that the
board win prepare lbs finding and
order for issuance by May 10,
Evidence OF discrimination by
the cafe in refusing to upgrade
Carter from bus-boy TO waiter
and in refusing to ro-employ him
because he had filed the complaint
were given throughout the seven
hearing sessions which began on
March 1.
This evidence included reported
statement by jeremiah Murphy.
president and manager of Me-
Carthy's Cafe. that he did not
, want TO make Carter a waiter be-
cause he did not want TO put him
in a position TO be hurt because
he thought customers would not
accept a Negro as a waiter.
Another reported statement by
Murphy was that It might be all
right to have an all-Negro crew
OF walters, such as the one in
which Carter had worked at the
Park Plaza Hotel. but he didn't
think Il would work out TO mix "A
Negro In with white walters and
mattresses.
Murphy sought to show n nom
discriminatory policy existed at
McCarthys by testifying that the
cafe had % Negro employees
making up about ono-fourth Of it's
total working force. However.
ross-examination revealed that
all OF these Negro workers were
employed In lower-level positions
such as washer, buslboy and
Mushroom attendant, and no Ne
groes had ever been employed as
walters. mattresses, cooks or In
any other position involving high
err levels OF responsibility and
skin.
Carter testified Monday that he
had been given permission by both
the manager and his immediate
supervisor at McCarthy's 10 come
TO work at 8 p. m, thus refuting
the charge that he had been hab-
itually tardy which had been inn
piled by earlier testimony.
Carter's industry and ambition
we're indicated by the fact that
he had handled a full daytime job
during all the time he had been
employed at McCarthy's on the
evening shift as a bus-boy
However, he pointed out that
his work at McCarthy's was not
incidental or secondary and that
his income from that source was
substantially greater than from
his daytime employment.
Isadore Berkowtz. manager Of
Snyder's Drug Store, 2630 East
Lake St, Minneapolis where
Carter works during the day.
testified that the complainant
had been a very efficient and pop
ular employee Of the store for
the past two and one-half years
Berkovitz praised Carter for his
good work record, promptness and |
reliability and for his good rela-
tons with all his fellow EN-
plOyees.
Earlier testimony revealed that |
Carter had performed satisfactory |
service as a waiter at the Park |
Terrace Cafe, 400 Excelsior
Boulevard, 81. Louis Park, be-
ginning in November, 1866, but
had been discharged from that
position the day after the public
hearings opened
n had been claimed that he
had been discharged because Of a
complaint made by members Of a
party who were said 10 have been
offended when Carter had return
ed ten pennies in change after he
had received a ten cent tip on
$500 check. Mrs. Sue Rogers,
3ll2 Hiawatha Avenue, and Yir-
ginia STAY. 50 Williams Ave, S.
s.. Minneapolis, testified Monday
that they had been members OF
that party, served by Carter on
the evening Of February 81, 1857.
Both Mrs Rogers and Miss STAY
testified that neither they nor any
Of the members Of their party had
complained or had any reason TO
complain. since Carter's service
had been exceptionally efficient
and courteous throughout the eve
ming
In earlier testimony. Helmut
Wegner, a German immigrant.
one Of the white bus-boys. who
had been upgraded to a position