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R o b r t Bruton y o itiate a program?" 'he 'recommendations a n y demon said
called for the city's Iiu- asked• time. he finds ri -
Y Bruton said there has Meanwhile, Commis- ct of current hirin
un-
man Relations Commis- been effort to recruit s i one r Dwight Jessuppractices " "hard to
sion to submit a plan for blacks in Maplewood, demtend.
hiring minorities. � p said he finds it "discon- "We put ads in the
Some commissioners particularly for the po- certing that we don't
have suggested that nots lice department. have a black or a Nandi- newspapers apeand black.
"If the state didn't capped person on the don't apply," he saic.
enough effort has been have a law which gives staff inMaplei%•ood." "How do we go botheredout a
made to recruit minori- preference to veterans," get them? I'm
ties, particularly blacks, he reported, "we'd prob- "bks should do it (hire by this."
for municipal jobs. ably have a black police-
ed,
he coxample
man now." ed, "to set. an example
Commissioners Nary- for corporations." •
-
.:= ',_ ey Hu m e s and Paul Commissioner James
Lowery last month intro- Malley said the council
r duced a motion in which should be "interested in
1. i F the commission would implementing an affirm have "demanded" that ative actions program
w; ".--, the city develop, within because it's the right
- _ ' 60 daysa plan of action thing to do."
- \ " for hiring minorities.
And they also said the "Maplewood has a
plan should be imple, agminosed
mented within 90 days. tiolrn e(about 600rity, based o he-
.
6 ° .:. The motion was tabled the 1970 census)," he
BRUTON a n d the commission ableadded. "nd shouldibe
failed to revive it at last lato find one eligible
• week's session, attended black to work for the
They point ut that by eight commissioners parks department."
M a p l e w o o d has as and four councilmen. Councilman Norm An-
m a n y, if not more The motion was. la-
blacks than any of the beled by some people as
Twin Cities suburbs. "sabre rattling."
But the city has no "I really think 'de
blacks among some 75 mand' is the w r o n g
'=fulltime employes. word," Mayor Bruton
Give us a plan," advised the commission.
Mayor Bruton• told the
Human Relations Com- He said the mm bur
,.-mission at a meeting sion "youshould remember
:last week, "and let ug that are in an advi-
(the council) make mod- sort' role a recommend-
- it was
ifications." ing role," and that it was
He said it would be in no position to "de-
`wBnn:'wrong to merely adopt a manything."
r,program affirming an But he and other mem-
d
intent to hire minorities. they'ree beeswilling to listen the council sten
"How in the world.are
to the commissioners'
we going to implement
it?" he inquired. "Tell
us how we're going to Maplewood Awards
get the money, where we . Road Project
are going to get the per-
sonnel." A $45,538 contract for
He also suggested giv- construction of Holloway
i n g consideration to Avenue between Beebe
:-tying in with St. Paul's and North St. Paul roads
affirmative actions pro- in Maplewood has been
,gram. • awarded to T. A: Shifsky
"Or should we recom- Co., the apparent low
• mend that the county in- bidder.
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