Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1959-02-27
Mill CRY Urban
League Reviews LIS
Race Relations Role


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firms which dld not employ Ne
grors agreed 10 work with the
Urban League 10 secure Negro
workers and To provide equal OPP
poriunity Tor upgradlng One hun
bred sixty THREE firms expressed mn
uu~iliingnesa 10 introduce Negroes
into their work force
1870 Among the outstanding
placement and upEraalng opport-
unitles the League helped secure
we're
Assembly line workers at Ford
Motor Co, telephone operators AT
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
clerk typis,s with the Beard Of
Education and the University Of
Minnesota and women assembly
line workers at Honeywell Co
1917 Urban League employ
msut placements represented a
number of initial openings and IN.
clided kindergarten teacher In
tho Minneapolis Public Schools,
milkman with Northland Milk Co.
beautician with Kenwood beauty
Salon, an accountant with Aasoci-
ated Activities, radio rcpairman
al nouteifs and two sales girls
al Powers Dry Goods Co.
1913 "A major accomplish.
ment Of this year WINS the place
mcnt for the first time % eleven
sales girls In downtown rrtnu
stores Much Of the credit for
these new employment opportun.
tiles must go 20 tho toiut Com
miitce for Employment opportun-
Nv which demonstrated 20 The re.
tallurs the amount Of public &C.
coptanee for this project
1910 "rhe Pilot Placement
Project was successful In obtaining
skilled and professional listiugs
from General Mills and minneapo.
lis Honeywell Persons coming to
the agency with professional com.
potency as electrical engineers
etc we're Included IN this protest
While noteworthy gains arc tr
ing accomplished in these areas ot
employment we are aware OF the
| fact that discrimination IN om
ploymeut has not been eliminated
In Minneapolis on the negative
aide ~ the employment ledger 8
maiot AREA ~ employment, the
culinary industry, in which many
Negroes onee earned livelihood
Iis now virtually closed % them
| Except for a few isolated In
stances Negroes are nos able 60
secure Iohs "a walters, Mattresses
or hartcndsrs ia tho food AMI
drink serving establishments IN
our city These iohs represent an
area 10 employment IN which the
Negro worker has loat ground
Evidence "a support this statement
can hs found in the 1888 Urban
League annual report which point
81 out that In an effort to main.
tain supply 81 well trained Ne
gro walters. special classes IN table
waiting were established. and the
men WHO completed shis training
we're placed without, difficulty
/ In 1919 the Urban League re-.
ported AZ enc Of its Industrial re-.
Nations accomplishments the place
ment ~ number ~ Negro women
As cafeteria mattresses On an IN,
ssgrated sasis in one of the large
downtown department sscros N
lthc city IN 1859 such Jobs, " the
main. arr closed 70 Negroes
During the last ten years tho
principle ~ merit employment
which gained limited aceoptance
durinw the loss 10 1919 period
has become enc es'sie ~ practice tsF
an Increasing number o. alafor erfa
blowers
A menber ~ tire Urban League
remarked recentiy that the SALES
persoanei IN ans % the lcaaiug
downtown department starvS our
/ INK the Christmas HOLIDAYS booked
ike the United Nations
Men Waite teachers arv employed
ara assigned on the basis q nec,'
/ cor teachers IN schools throUghog.
the clty without regard - racc
crvei color er national orsKsn Ne.
rrurs are now employed a. chcm
zeal electrical clectronics ard civ
Z 70 engineers ar,hiiests physicists
srd accountants IN ~auie cf ems
arvas ma ,t fifms pprtas th
perpt Negroes evrv for ths nrs,
time employed az cashiers ar
cOuFtezv BOYS IN the major sspg
markets White coilAT wurScr.
have hecn sraplcyrd ~ banks an
cthrr lsnding lnstiiHaens Negrv
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