Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1962-03-02
MINI. Negro Keeps
Making Progress In
All Fields Of Life
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Brown House whose services are
utilized by both races and whose
staff is interracial in character,
and directed by a trained woman
social worker, Alice Sims Onque.
Each city has an Urban League,
which do and have done in the
past fine jobs for the communities
in job placement, Interpretation of
community aspirations, vocational
guidance, housing and in all the
areas which present special prob
lens which face a racial sub
division of the population like the
Negro.
About 200 In Postal Service
There are an estimated 200 Ne
groes employed in the Post Office
department in the Twin Cities
More are joining the postal service
every month. Many Of them have
many years Of seniority and a good
number entered the postal service
after World War I and II. For
many years this was the most
stable employment held by Negroes
here.
A few of them notably the late
Jose H. Sherwood, and Richard
Stokes of st. Paul and the late
Donald Brady of Minneapolis rose
to high level jobs in the depart
ment during their lifetime.
In recent years James Logan
now with the regional postal office
was named to head the motor
vehicle division of the entire region
after serving as superintendent o.
motor vehicles for the Minneapoli!
Postoffice.
Appointment Of Negroes to sup
ervisory posts in either city in re
cent years have been as scarce a!
hens teeth" despite seniority anC
ability.
Nationally, Negro postal work.
ers have never received their
just due, In assignments, prom
otions and elevation to jobs to
which many Of them were en-
titled.
It is predicted that new da!
is coming for Negro workers il
the postal system. No special fav
ors, but just the same considera
ton which usually goes withou
question to fellow white workers.
Negro postal workers, here ant
everywhere else have appeared tt
be really both to challenge some O.
the conditions under which Negro
workers have worked especially il
respect to promotions to supervis
DRY posts. A strong conservatism
which seems to go with govern
ment employ has seemed to oper
ate to keep many Negro posta
workers in-articulate and quie
when they should have been filling
their Representatives and Sena
tors mail boxes full with com
plants.
The Postoffice department Is
vital governmental agency. Even
tually the government Is going Il
have to pay decent salaries to pos
tai employees, comparable to wha
private industry pays its worker
of the same level and 1t will be
good field of employment for per
sons seeking security and tenure
The chief postal unions for the
carriers and clerks Of course
admit Negro postal workers to
membership but in most cities
make no real effort to see that
Negro members receive their
lust due In promotions, upgrad-
ings and assignments. The Twin
City locals are said to be better
than most, but still nothing gives
much.
Because of this the Nadona
Postal Alliance was formed to rep
resent Negro workers but to dat
It has not made a real dent in tn
widespread race discrimination
which exists almost unchalenge'
In the Postal system.
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