HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-1969Meeting fI - Maplewood Human Rights leplissien
Jvre 2L, L95B
Meeting catled tc order B p.rn. Mayor Axdahl stepped in to rish us wel1.
Absent: Messrs Bcthvell, Earris & Tucker
lst order of bus ine ss - -election of officers. Officers appointed as follovs:
Mr. James Bradford.--------------ChainnanIr. George Bran - - -Vice -chaiIman
Mrs. tr'rarrces Hughes-------------Corresponding Secretary
l',lrs. Maria Larsen- - -- - -- -- - - - - - -Recording Secretary
Workshop is to be held Saturday, June 29 at 8:4) at the St, paul Atts & ScienceCenter by the Minnesota Dept of Hunar Rights for Hr.mar Relations Comissions inmetropolitan area municipalities. Members of the Maplevood Cormission wereurged to attend. as our board and future activj.ties vill- stem from the findingsand recomend.ations of the State meeting.
It l,ras declded to have the second official meeting of our Com)ission on
Tuesd.ay, July 2nd while the matters discussed at the State meeting rrerestiII fresh ln the minds of those who attended. B;r-Laws, bud€et etc. wilt bedlscussed then. Tlrne: 7:30 p.m. sharp in the coffee room. After this ourmeetings will be heLd the fj.rst Ttres day of each month - 7:30 p.m. - Vlllage EaU.
Mrs. WoLd brought up the 'rhot Line" vhich Mr. John Warder, member of Minneapollsschool board. arrd ],1r. Anos Rosenb.l-oom have inaugurated, rtley sponser this programthemselves. Tlhey obtain two or three resource people fron across the nation who areInovn for their civil rights stard and. obtaln their promise to talk to ar assemblyof about !O people vho are interested in their comunity ard its problems. Thlstalk usually lasts between 20-2! minutes and is accomplishetl $ith the use ofspecial ampli -phones. lvlrs. WoId su€gested that our board sit in on one of thesespecial d.ialogues, possibly at the "Way" a.nd then in a few days invite the saneaction in Maptewood. July 8th in IvIpIs and Jul-y lSth back to Maplevood weretentatlvely suggested. Mark 3attle would be our resource person.
This activity was considered most fltting ard interesting for our Conmission and.a motion was entertained ard car"led that we participate. lilrs. Wold was appolntedco-ordinating chairman of the 'rHot Linei conmittee.
}{r, Broaqyrs church, Christ United Methodist, is sponsering an inter-raciaL seminarthe fourth Sundays in Septenber aral October. A1L phases of hunan rights could be
discussed and there wou.Id be a guaranteed audience for our Comission. l,[I. Broaqrrequested that the Comisslon co-sponser this event. Mrs. Larsen is to turn overreporb she obtalned fron Roseville seminar to hjm, Moti.on caffied,
I\bs. WoId mentioned that Roseville had prepared a speakers list which they handedout to organi.zations artl teaching personnel giving infoluation on speakersavailable, their subject matter, pay, tires available etc. etc. Members of
Conmission felt this action should be kept in mind for future posslble action onour part,
Meeting adjourned: 9:L5
t7;;7 uE""'"' Recordins secretary
Minutes of Meeting he1d. Ju.ly 2, L96B - Maplewood Ernnan Relations Cormission
ftrose present: Ji-n Bothvell, Claxence Earris, Iouis Eaak, Chuck lcrutson,Kirsten Wo1d, Jlm Bradford., John Broady, tr? $ran, Bob Lee.
Most of the meeting was taken up by the snendnent of the suggested by-lawsfor a conrnission 6uch as ours, !1"s. Larsen is to ret)rpe neri. set of by-lawsfor consideration by members of the conmission at our next neeting.
Project "Hotline" is in the vorks with tentative dates of July 9th and t-)th.
1,1rs. WoId vill caLI members when plans axe deflnlte. Maplevood Beview rrill
also receive a notice.
It was suggested that someone from the State6' Humarr Relations Conmissionbe invited to participate at our Augr:st 6 meeting with tjme set for 8 p.m.
fhe secleta"lX. is to mail a bri.ef sunIarlr of previous neeting to comnisslon
members which lrill ser-ve as refresher and possible "take offrr point for thefollowing meeting. Ttris is to be done about a veek before scheduled meetingard. d.ate and. tj-ne of sald meeting should. be included.
Discussion rras held as to the advisability of using names in reporting onou.r cormission activities. ft vas decided that since a great dea1 of ourvork wi.1l be of a confidential nature, that chalmen of cormittees reportlngto the connnlssion will exclude names of parties involved in any vrittenreport. OnIy vhen a matter has been resolved should it be rnad.e a part of ther,rritten record- of this cormnission, Most reports to the members of thecomrission nad.e by individ.ual, chairTan will be ora"1 in nature.
Polnt of dlscussion: the need. for a Parl_imentsxian on the Comission.Since the size of our commissi.on has a.lreaqy been established artd the needfor a parlimentarian woul-d. be of an occasional nature, it was decided that
one of the corn'nission members be delegated. to the stu{y of parllaentaryproced.ure. Mr. James Bothwell lras d.esignated after proper nonination eJrd
second.ing of same. He wilf purchase and stuqy Roberts books of padi8,mentary
Procedr-lre.
I{r. Broaqy had call-ed and spoken to Mr. Richardson, head of the North St,
Paul -Maplewood Schoot Dlstrict with regards to the emplo;anent of minorltygroup people. I{r. Richardson sald. that there vere four rrregular" teachers,tvo in special therapy vork, one ehinese teacher and sone maintenance staff.
Suggestion: invite members of the school board. for September meeting,
our neetings vill be open to the public.
our ajm: Keep CorEnission in public eye,
Meeting adJourned: l0 :30 p.m.
Meetlng: august 6, tp68 Maplevood. Ilurnan Relations Cormniss ion
Ttrose absent: Father ryan, Jame6 Tucker, Rqger I€e
Revised draft of by-larrs was discussed in ttetalr. changes vere mad.e as dulyprescribed. I{rs. Larsen wll-l ret}.pe by-1avs antt will send them on to chairnarBrad-ford.. l,lr ' Bradfortl ln turn vil1 v?ite cover l-etter arld subnit sane, togetherwith revised Budget .Resolution and. Mapfevood. Euaan Rerations comlisslon' By-l"*",to the Mapl-evood Vi_Llage Council_.
G)Mction was made to incorporate an "attend,anee" c.rause in cormission by-raws,as qualiflcation for continuing mernbership in com[ission. rt was suggestedthat discussion of said. clause await the receipt and. read.ing of ordinince pJ)to see if provision had been made for minimu.,n attend.ance at nieetings. Motiontabled.
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I'hs. Wold. dlscussed. the Hot Line project wlth us, tlr. Rosenbloom ard I{r.wa.rner a-re both physicarly ard finarciarly *nab1e to carry on the "hot rine"project work themselves. They were r]nabte to make proper contact with MarkBattre, who vas to be or.rr resource person. rt lras d.ecided by the coronission,after discussion vith lvlr. Broady, that the church venture ve have been anti-ci.pating coultl be incor?orated vith the "hot rlne" project and. thus combined.christ united Methodist is at Eudson Road & sterting. serwes s,ffoun dingareas such as Lard. Fall Terrace, Tanners Vlew, Newport, Cottage Grove etc.SantuarXr is sma11 -- built to serwe about 126 people comfortably vlth 2!O onthe outside, but ad.equate for the trpe of gathering cormission is contemplating.This church 1s plarning three groups of ttrree meetings of which ',hot Iin;"vourd be the first on either the fourth or fifth sunday in september. Ir. BroadJrwill go to see IvIr. Rosenbloom in hls Mi"nneapolis off ice a.nd l,,lrs. WoId willgive hijn any assistance he need6. tr!.rther report at our September meeting.fhere will stil-] be tjme then to set everJrthing in motion.
We would l-ike to exbend. an invltatlon to Mr. Richardson to be guest speakerfor October. Topic: Education & Euman Relations. Theme: Exploratlon.suggestions to be ericited. from ]vlr. Richardson. Education has become targetof public concern aJrd consequently we voufd. like to exptore these areas }r'ithhim to see how we can be of he1p. rt vas suggested that an erementatrJ. schoolprincipal participate at the sare neeting, Although the id.ea vas mostinteresting it vas not considered feasibl-e. said invitation witr be extendedfor another meeting.
HunaJl Rerations comission wlrl be happy to send. a speaker fron the cormissj.onto PTA ard cther school fixrctions to give a birds eye viev of the workingsard. policies of the Cormission.
Corresponding SecretaJXr wiLt give notice in print of alf meetings. Also, willa"rert public to the fact that conmission is in the process of foming speakersSureau and menbers vlft be availabl-e to speak to civic groups, Our meetingsare open to the public. Mrs. IIu€hes wj.]1, use nanes of cornnittee rnembers sothat public will become fa"arifia.r vith sarne.
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llrs. Hu€hes su€gested. yeaxrs plar of prograrEnlng. Most d.eslrable to
have fonnaJ- plar program for year. IvF. Brarsford volunteered to set
up outl-ine on subjects 'we rnight consid.er and representati.ves able to
discuss same: i.e. Representatlve fron St. Paul Realtors Assn,
A Public Relatlons Director etc. etc. Upon submission of saJne
the Com'dission wiu fuithe r discuss and suggest charges or add.itions
and. progra:n will be fomaJ.ly setup, It ffas also proposed that we
appoint a Prograln ghairman. Ihis to be d.iscussed. furbher.
When letter of invitation is sent to a speaker suggestion should be
made that presentation be of about f/ztriengtn v1tf, question and
arswer period. to follow. Al-so, speaker flrst--business neetlng af,ter.
Meeting adjourned 9 :\5 p.n.
Maria Larsen, Recording SecyB/7/a
MIIRC Meeting - September 3, L96B
Absent : I{r. Clevel8l}d Ray
Order of business:
M.r. Thomas Donald.son of the State office of El,man Rights Conmission spoketo the Comnission. Trheme: We Share the DreanObjective: Guldelines, suggestions ard advice for set up and acti.on of
MIIRC. tr\rl-l- report on his talk and discussion lrith comnission
members has been typed. up by recordi.ng secretarXr ard di.stributed to a1L MffiC
members .
1,,,I. BroaEy reportlng on "hotllne" project. tris church board. c arnot be persuadedto hold this type of meeting. They r,iould, however, Iike to meet with some ofthe members of the Com[1ssion. Sund.ay, September Z)th, has been suggested..
Sorne of our nembership questioned vhether we were reaaly or experienced. enoughto go before a group, officially;. consensus--it vas a way to start.
I1r.. Bothvell reported that on Septernber l7t}l, at 7:3C pm--Wilson Jr. Eigh--a
meeting wifl be held. At least )]o representatives fron various segrnents ofthe commr:nity wil-l be lnvLted ard. asked to act as group leaders at a much larger
session which vilI be held in october. tr'ilm feature with sound tape, covering
probl-ems involved vith black comlurity will be shoun. l,{r. Bothwe]-I said it isa very interestlng snd infomative pieee and. hopes it wifl be the incentive and
take off point for a great d.eal of huaan relations action. A1l members of the
MIIRC urged. to be present.
ltris September ITth meeting could al-so be a take off point ard possibly helpset up progran nxaterial for meeting to be held. on Septenber 29th. Ttris vasconsidered an excellent suggestion.
Recording SecretaxJr read- conmunication from Roseville mC on neeting to be
held. September l8th at &met Wiltiams Elementary School. Subject: The
Treatment of Minority Persons in our School Cl]rricul-ur. IvIr. Brarsford ard.
I,Drs, WoLd hope to attend. with It{rs. trfold. acting as official representative ofour Cormission.
Nexb meeting October Ist.
Su€gested plogran of action submitted by !,1I. Bransford. DetaiLed prograll
typed. up separately and distributed. to Comission members for their info.
Meeting adjourned--Io :30 p.m.
MaJia Larsen,
Recording Secretaf,Xr
3-October L, L96B
Intra-Cultural Educatlon Office set up.the lnfomational materiaJ-s availabl-e.of infomation.
Purpose: make teachers aware of
Ttris is a c ity-vid€ basls of poollng
Mr. Bothvell wil1 get copy of vorkbook compiled from one of these Afro-
American sumer r{orkshops.
Cornltte consisting of lvlr. Il::utson and. Mr. Jessup wil-l draft resofution
d.ealing v-ith implernentation of rninority group history in the school systemof the Maplewood-North St. Paua School District.
Such implenentation shou.ld" staJ'b at the lorer grade school level.
Second. speaker of the evening: Ivlr. Joh:r Boland, Candidate for the Legj.slatuf'e
Said he wa.s very much in favor of proposed. a:nen&nents to the State Ilurar
Bights Coru"nission Chalter whj"ch }rou.Id mal<e procedr.:res less cumbersone and
provide more reaJ-istj.c sarctions. Also, other leglslation which woul-d
supplart zoning l-av. People 1n public office shox.ld become b1owled€eabfe
and- exercise inltiative in the comnmity to provide a good. inff-uence.
Welfare policy in Ransey County voefully lacking in correcting inequities in
the system. Will vork for l-egislation to keep prospects off the weJ-fare roles
instead- of keeping them on.
Spoke of his door-to-door campaign of lntroduction and. mentioned that he
had. met ,w1th a great dea]. of vehemence from too large a nr.mber of the residen-
tlal- comunity voic j.ng their d.isl-ike of ninority peoples ard their lrish to
prevent integration at a.Ll cost, Felt we had or.:r vork cut out for us. that
it vas ertreme]-y i-mportajnt to advertise our C@lssion in every way. We must
show positive l-eadershlp. Su€gested we appear at '58 D of L Club meetings.
Corresponding Secy will- vrlte asking vhen we can be represented. at one oftheir meetings.
Meeting for Noverber to be set forr,rard. one week as the first Tues day fal-ls
on Election Day. Nexb meeting November L2, L9A.
Meetlng Adj ourned, l-O:25 p.m.
Maria Larsen, Recording Secy
Lo/B/68
2-0ctober L, L9A
S'.rggestion vas made that sma,l-ler groups of Comission members attend future
meetj.ngs so that aud.ience c a.n ldentify vith each member present on a more
personal leve1. Also, suggestion was nad.e of a tear sheet or brochure
covering furctions of Comission ard. roster of comission members. Ihere
lras a question as to vhether ad.dresses should be r:sed- in this nake up'
Mr. Brarsforal and. I4r. T\rcker v-iIL work on a d.rafting of thi.s pa:ryhIet '
tr'irst spealer of the evening--Supt of Schoof District--I,1r. ltralter Richardsotx.
Very interested. ln the integrating of minority personnel in the Maplewood-
North St. Paul School Dj.strict, and the field of hr:ma"n relations on the l,hole.
Seened. confortabl-e ard. at ease vith Comnission even when fielding possj.bly
disconf iting questi.ons.
Said school-s are deficient 1n ninority hlstory tertbooks but are using inte-
grated- reading naterials, When written applications are received. ard con-
sidered. by him for teachirg sta.ff, there is no mention matle of race or creed-
ald. he chooses applicants for intervievs on the basis of quaf-ification, He
has vri"tten to tr'isk University and. spoken to lvlr. bite of SCAD, for instaJrce,
trying to line up minority personnel-. All ra.ces and creeds shou-Ld be repre-
sented in the school d-istrict. ltrere has been a scarcity of minority
applicants even though openings in the school district are adverbised clty-
vitle.
He felt that white teachers, as a who1e, have good. attltudes towards integrating
and that the three negro a.nd one Chlnese teecher nov employed. in the District
are fu1ly accepted-. Ttrere was a committee appointed. to go over new tert books,
State Department has hired. an Ind:ian Coordinato". Ivlr, Tucker nade mention of
the fact that he wou.ld be interwiewing and possibly recnriting teaching staff
in negro coll-eges tbis fa.l-I and I,1r. Rlchardson said. he voul-d- be most happy to
interviev ary card.id-ate. only crlteri.a to be used. in hiring--ability, quafi-
fications ard. personaJ-ity.
l4r. Richardson would like to see a cornplete .Aeerican Eistory pubfished a.nd
tautht as opposed. to separate vhite ard colored. histoly. Ee lras asked. if
fV coul-d. be useal in conjunction rith books and cfass vork. Ansver: thejibing of TV time and. c].ass work would be difficult to do on "open" eircuit
fV but is being vorked. on nov on ttclosed." circuit and programs are also being
taped. for later shoving,
Teachers shoufd. have at least a haJ-f day t'in-serwicett training to awaken
interest. frterest should start on the elementalT 6choo1 level a,nd not vait
to be fostered in the upper grad.es. He suggested. ve attend. the ?rincipa.ls
ard Elementary Schoo1 Teacher rneetings. Thi.s will be done.
I'II. Bothwef] conmente d. on the fact that there are opportrzrities for teachers
to educ ate themsel-ves in negro and. mlnority history in surmer progralns. IIow-
ever exbensive "in-serwicett training is needed. badly. Afro-.pme"ican unlts
to be used. in K thnr 12 for the school syste[. lfork shops for teachers
evolved last smer.
Meeting of the Maplewood IIunaI Relations Corunission - October I, L96B
Absent: Roger Lee
],1r. Steven Dornfeld of the St. Paul- Dispatch attend.ed- this meeting, in ful-}.
MIIRC requested. to send. representatives to John Gl_enn J} High PTA Tuesday,
October 8, Votunteering to attend.: Father Rrar, I,Irs. Hughes, Ivlrs. Larsen,
I,1r. Broaqy.
We have been asked by l{r. Broa{y to providb program for April PTA meeti.ng atthe Beaver Lale School. Discussion tabled urtil later in the year.
I,lrs Woltl: Reporting on September tB neeting at the rlnmett Willims SchoolfeJ.t meeting vas not too successful. Sne'l I attend.arce. Meeting started 45
minutes late and. speaker, I,Irs. Anna Slevins, tend.ed. to underestimate herau&lence. Ta^Ik vas aimed at convincj.ng people of the need. for ninorityhistory. Audience we]-l- aware of this point and. actuaaly interested. in sug-gestions aJrd. examples of hov to j-nplenent the acquirirg of this history.
There were a great maJrlr teachers in the aud.ience.
I{rs Wold. re St. PauI Urban League Ilouslng Conrnittee:This Corrnittee neets once a month. Since this is a most infomatlve anal baslcgroup, l,lrs. Wold contacted l{rs. Jeanette Grart-- in behal-f of the MffiC --explaining the pu-rpose of the I€ague and. wonalerlng if I,Fs. Grart wouJ-d. be
interested- in attend.ing then. MTS. Grart woul-d be most happy to attend League
meetings ard- report back to the MHRC. She had originaJ-1y appl-ied for member-ship j-n the MERC vhen it was being fonned.. A letter thanking Mrs. Grant forher interest and accepting her seryices wi]-l be sent by correspond.ing secy.
We wouJ-d. be interested in coord.inatin€ our a.cti.vities wlth the I€agues. MffiCwil-I submlt M.rs. Grart I s name to them.
Main conrnent elicited. from au&ience reaction: people fel-t scope of Cofimission
was not explained. s atisfactorily--raee relations issue is not su.fficientexpl-aflation. However, rnany of the Cormission menbers had. more to say thaJl
they had the opporturlty to say. Tfrose j.n attendarce were most gracious afld
Comission members vere wamly received.. Consensus from those participatj-ng,
Cormission menbers nade excelJ.ent i-npression ard. there was a good. mixing of
both peoples ard id€as.
l4rs. Eughes and ]vk. Sroaqy Lril-l prepare a crltique of thls neeting to be
used. as gr.dd.e for f utilre nxeetings.
Mr. John Broady: Reporting on meeting hel-d Slmday evening, September 29,ghrist United. Methodlst Chr:rch,
Wel]- attend.ed, by MffiC members. I,lr. Broady, personally, felt that the attend.-
arce rias disappointing consid.ering hov w"idely and wi.sely it vas advertised-
ard. the work that went into the notiflcations. IIovever, some of the cardl-
d.ates for office this November vere present as vere representatives of the
League of Women Voters, the Ju-nior League and other civic groups as vell as
the president of the MapJ-evood JCs. Ttrere was registered. attend.ance of 51plus tl cormission members, Obher Churchs seemed- to be apathetic about the
neetlng and. it was poorly advertised. to parishioners. Ttrere seems to be a
conti-nued. refuctance on the part of the clerry to mud(y up the waters and.get involved..
MI{RC meeting - November L2, L9@
A filnx entitled "Black Marl in White .Amerieat v111 be shovn a:rd. then the assemblyI,riU sput up into vorkable groups. Father Rhe in and. Ji]lI Bransford- have been
asked. to suJrmarize the evenings dialogue after the group discussion period.
Concerned eastside residents, throu€h the Arlington Hilfs Lutheran ghurch, axe
keeping a night watch on the home being built by a negro coupfe in the Phalen
Park Lake area which has been the object of repeated. vand.a^lism 1n an attenptto intjridate the future owners. Each pair of men take a two hour vatch from
d-usk to dawn. Tl:]ey asked. for volulteers to back up those a.Lreaqy slated. to hratch
i-n case they rar short. I,lr. Jessup vill try to get some volultteers.
Jearette Grant, MIIRC representative to the Urban League has aJ-ready been to tvomeetings. WiIL reporb to the Courission onl-y vhen she feels the j.nforration
night be of value to us or action 1s needed. on a partlcul-ar issue. She has beenlnvited to join our meetings at vil1.
Cl-erry night prograflmed. for Jaruasy will- be postponed. until the tr'ebruar)r meeting.
Januaqr neeting will be used. to take stock of Connission activities and tie up
loose end,s.
Letter is to be drafted, and sent to l{r. Wal-ter Richardson, He had stated. in hls
appearance before the Comoission that he woufd be most interested. in stuqyingthe materiaa available through the St, Paul- Board. of Ed-ucation, I,1r. Bothveubrought in the terbs to be suggested. to lvlr. Richardson.
A notion vas nade and. earried. that a letter be i,rritten the Roseville HrulanRelations Cormission advising them of the naterial and action recormended. to
1,1r. Richardson with copies to Alexander Barsey Eigh School, EiIl High, Arch
Bishop Mu.rray High, Presentation of the BVM, T?arsfiguration, St. Jerome's,
Gethsemane Lutherar Church, Cross Lutheran Church, Seventh Dry Ad.ventist Ac ademy.
Mr. icrutson read a dJaft of the resolution being prepared for submlssion toI4r. Richardson. Charges vere sqgested anong which he vas to name Mrs. FreJrces
Eughes, Ivlr. Bothweff and I{r. B"arsfo"d as liaison betveen his office and the
MI]RC.
Maria Larsen, Becord.ing Secy
November L9, f9(E
MIIRC Meeting - November 72, )-968
Absent: Messrs Ji-n Tucker, Jinl Brarsford., John Broa{y, Louis Haak & Claxence Harrls
Mr. ghaxLes Joturson, General Mara€er of Gem and. Mr. Wil1lam Rogers, GeneraA MaJragerof Shoppers City were guests that evening.
Points they made :
--Iack of appl-icaflts
- -trarsportati.on in this area, especla"lly as eoncerns Gem poses a problem.
--there is nore part time vork available thar fu11 tirne.
- -maJ-e help is need€d. very badly. Majority of applicants are fena.1es.
- -morrring help is especiaJ-ly needed, in both store6.
--traj-ning or previous experience not a factor in hi.ring as there is an advartageto not having to retrain.
--Shoppers Clty has a crew of 5 to B employees who work in the store stocklng
shelves ard. cleari.ng fron ]O pm to 7 am.
- -Gem does not employ night to morning hel-p. Eirst crevs come in at 6 am.
--the release of ninority personnel- for reasons of lnadequacy can be a very
"hai1y" business (or so felt I,1r. Johnson)
Both nara€ers consider it good business practice to have nlnorities represented.
anong their personnel.
M.". Rogers produced. a letter from the Zayre Cor? who ovn a,nd. mara€e Shoppers City,setting forth their equal opportrxrity pol-icy.
EI)ileptics and. those v'ith sjmifar disord.ers axe not easify hlred. at any storethe size of Gem or Shoppers City as they are not insurabfe. It was suggested.that such people seek ennpl-o)ment in smafl-er concerns vhere insura"nce would notpose a probfem and. where they vouJ-d be kept on on their otrn merits. Such peoplequalify for f imited employment.
It vas ake d. if the managenent of either store had nad.e an effort to ascertain
whether the fj.ms they were patronlzlng were equal opportunity emptoyers. ftvas felt that rith the diversity of products hardLed by both stores that thisvas prohibitlve for them.
Resulting actlon fron the Comtission:
notices of job possibilities at the tvo tocations to be included in rninoritypapels. A1so, schools carl be notified of the acceptance of stud.ents throughthe "on the job" tralning prograns.
I4rs. Hughes will r,irite up arld. submit a news release on the appearance of thetvo managers stressing that jobs are avail-able and. the minoritles are r.rged. toapply. Exbra Christmas help i,,-ill- be hired. soon.
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Jerry Hu€hes sent word. through Mr. Bothvell that there wilt be a Cana meetingon SundrJr, December 1st at B pn -- St. Jeromers School - 328 Roselal'n, St. paul-.
They hope to have at least !0 eouples present. St. Jerome I s does not have ar5rnegroes in their cormunity a.nd are asking the herp of the conmlsslon in invitlngten negro coupl-es r,iho voul-d be u-illing to act as discussion lead.ers.
Bnergency meeting ca-lled Mond.a , November 18, B p,m. vi11a€e haIL
Re: Cormissioner tr?ank Kent, State Er]]trar Rights Conmi6slon
Present: I'ather ryar, Messrs Harris, Broaqr, Igrutson
Med-ames Ilughes, WoId, Larsen
Prory yea votes: Messrs Jessup, Bradford, Ray
Pu4)ose: Letter of Support
Some of the comnission members had attend.ed. a meeting aIrd talk Saturday, November16, at vhich time they rarere infonned of the possible resignation of I'{r. tr'rark Kent.
IIe has been under fire for sone ti-me. Many of the accusations hurled against him
seem to be rooted. in vindictivenes s. When he took the State appointment and someof the existing depaxtments vere consolldated into the State Hima.n Rlghts office./a certain amor.ut of auto atj.c demotion took place thereby djscornflting a fev
lndlviduals who used the only nearls at their dj.sposa.I to strlke back.
the valid criticlsms seem to be that--he is not militart enough, has not kept his
fingers on the pulse of the l-ocal cornnissions, has not attempted to take or inplenent
suggestions made by these cormissions, is norlzaJ-ly unavaifable to then, needs to
upgrade hls staff, should have nore personal contact vlth the black cormunity,
After d.iscussion by those present at this meeting of the pros ard. cons, however,it was decided. that on the whole he is a detlicated public sen/ant, vel] avare ofthe problens that exist and doing his be6t to deal with then. IIe has been remissin some instarces but is vorking 1)lrd.er trenend.ous pressure.
ltle unrest anong the locaJ- cormiss ions - -especial-ly those in l,Fl-s vhich have
functioned. and vere established. since before his appointment--have caused positive
action on the part of the State office aJId there is a reassessment of a1I facetsof State vs loca.I effort nov taklng place. Since rie opti]listically expect this
reassessment to be frr:itful- in helping to establ-ish a lt1ison between the local-
comrissions ard the State office a.nd. since h. Kent has two more years of his
appointment in which to make the hoped. for progress, the MIIRC has d-rafted ttle
s,ttached letter expressing our suppolt.
You wiIL be receivlng fozmaa copy of this letter for your slgnature.
MaJia Laxsen,
Corresponding Secyt/Le/6e
MIIRC Meeting - December 3, L96B
Absent: Messrs Jessup ard. Harris aJrd l'{rs Hughes
Repolt: Ca.na Meeting - St. Jerome's Parlsh - Sunday, December 1
Kirsten wold
WeIl attend.ed- by parishioners but poorly attended by manbers of MIEC. How
ever, it was pointed out that vhen lvlr. Bothvell, in behaJ-f of Cana Chairtar
Jen)r Hughes, brought up the subject of this specia^l "Cana" evening at our
November 12 commission meeting, it vas vith the express pu.r?ose of asking
our help in inviting ten negro couples to act as small group discussionleaders. tr'omal invitation to the MffiC was not ertended..
Attending: Father Byan, Kirsten Wold, ghaimaJl Bradford-, Jj]n Bothwe11.
Aff felt that tr'ather gan and ghai tran Bradford. had. done an inspired job
in vrapping up the discusslon points broxght out in the small group dis-
cussions and had left much food. for thought in the minds of those assembl-ed.
Consensus: Thj.s is a very successful- format to fo]-lou, as it
and" second. tires it vas used. this tr'a.Il, artt should be kept in
future. Ttrere was no positlve rea,ction to the shovlng of thejust a general feeling of "so, where do ve go from here?rr but
the stage for the small group d.iscussions that fol-Io1^re d..
was the first
mind. for the
fil-no strip,
lt dld set
There were three priests present, tr'ather Philbin, tr'ather Kushinski and
tr'ather McFie--besid.e6 our orrrn tr'ather ryar. One of the priests could. not
see a.nJr point to the whole as sembly a;nd left wlthout taking part in the
sna"lf group discussions.
Discussion: Businesslike manner of insr.Eing better attend.arce at gather-
ings of this nature in the future. lvlrs. Wold volunteered. to act asrrmeeting" chairrtan. As ma.r\y members as possible shoufd voturrteer to goto these gatherings --after commitment to attend the nember will be respon-sible for contacting her if not able to attend.. The more coDmission
members attending these functions the better face we present to thecormunlty.
l,1r & lLrs Wo1d. r,rrote to ChaiIIarI Ilughes expressing their satisfaction vlththe meeting anal g ivi.ng creative suggestions as to the implenentatlon offutu-re human relations action in St. Jeromets parish. Copy vas sent toPastor Kushinski.
One of the interesting aspects of this "Cana" was the feeling of groupsoridarity and onene.s e)q)erienced. by the for:r conmission mernlers -pre-sent.
This thought turned ou.r conmission meeting into a eost interesting,educational a:rd. rewarding one as it engendered. a good. d.eaJ- of give andtake d.iscu6sion. tror instance., it had been felt by some menbers that wehad. not been veld.ed into a cohesive force but under pressure night revertto our ofd biases vlthout thought to the fact that al publi.c galherlngseaeh of us fS the cormission and ar5r i.nproper or thought.l-ess iemarX oireaction on his or her parb cou-l-d refl-ect, hovever unjustly, on theconmission as a vhole. Ttrls vouJ.d in turn cast a.n lrntavoralie light on thetaork ve axe trying to accorrltr)lish.
2-Meetins L2/3/(B
Although it is an establlshed. fact that ve are a.11, black or whi.te,rrprejudiced-" to some d.egree artd very much a part of our background-s, thefact that ve voh.:ntarily asked to joln the MHRC is our first urifying move,
the fact that we were chosen to be pa-rt of this group is the second, andthird and most jrport ant - -by joining we aclo:owJ-edged the urgent need. foraction in the hurar relations field and our wish to be part of ary improve -ment, hovever sma.ll. fhis is what must be kept uppermost in the hearts
and. ninds of a^Il cormission nenbers. Sel-fish and senseless reasonings
and. reactions must be laid aside and aJIy facet of the humar relationsfield hand-led lrith the end goal in mind.
l4r. Broaqy vas requested. to read- the rrIltten report on September 29th
neeting at Christ United Method.ist ghurch. Since this was reporled. onverbally and. r"ritten lnto the commission minutes of October l, no furtheraction is necessarlr.
IvIr. T\rcker w1ll be in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 26th. He wilfbe lntervieving and. recruiting from among 2rOOO graduating or recentlygraduated ninority techriicians for possibre pracenent in the Twin cities.He wiJ-f be keeping an eye open for teaching personnef to recormend to theSuperintendent of the North St. paul-Maplewood. school- d.istrict.
Ttre Norbh st. Paur- Ific vould like to neet vith the MHRC to work speclflcaJ_r-yon edueation in our school district. Irtr. Bothvel-I rill_ neet with CharlesBueh-l-er to set up this meeting. A retter 1s to be written to lr{r, Buehferadvising him that our education comrittee will be contacting hjltr shortly.A copy of this letter 1s to be sent to lvlr. Bothwell.
su€Sestion: hrrchase of slides, such as the filn usear at the "cana,, meeting,by the connnission. lr{r. Broady wil_l- conplle }isi of fi.lms avail-able to us.
I€tter to_ Senator I{Whes tharking him for al-lor,ring us to paxticipate in theDecember lst meeting vith copy to Father Kushinski.
Discllssion: Use of applicarts that vere not selected to be comtrission
members as nucleus of conrnission comittees. For instance, ve need. someoneto foflow up on possible action resul-ting from suggestions, recorrmend.ationsor promises mafu by the g:uests at or:r cormission meetings. We mu-st not takematters into our ovn harrds and do the active vork of recruitment, for instance,for Gen ard Shoppers City. Ttrey must be encor.raged. and. pressured, if necessa.rlr,to seek ninority help through their own efforts. We shov the vay a;rd provid.e
whatever notivat ion is necessary to see that the job gets done, Jj-rn
Bransford. appointed chainlan of jrplenenting conrnittee vith !lrs. Wold. toassist hi:n. They wil} contact some of those persons who had shown interestin human relations by applying for membership to the comission, requestingtheir cooperation with the comrisslon on noaintaining eontact r,rith arybusiness or person d.esignated..
J-Meeting L2h/68
Suggested- Janua-If,r progra:n: Representative from tlle St. Pau]. T?ade & Labor
Councif, IvIr. Bra.nsford. will contact then 1n SE. Pau]- torsee if they would
wish to send. someone from a conmittee or a melxber of the local comunity.
1,1r. Kr:rutson : ftre assistant pastor's I,j-ife, of St. Mark's Lutherar Chu.rch,
vorked. very cl-osely vith the New Jersey open Housing Office. WouJ-d very
nuch like to d.o similax work here in the consnunity or, if not abLe, 1n
St. Paul-. It vas suggested that she contact the Urban Office and Metropo-litan Clearing House who coul-d steer her to the proper agencies.
St. MaJk's board. anxious to starb a IIE program. Mr. Kr:rutson is to be sent
a copy of fetter w?itten by the Wold's to Jerry Hu€hes vhich contains a
vea.Ith of lnfomation.
Meeting aqJor.fned. 10:30 p.m.
Yfr;7A'"'""' Recor'rins secy
Meeting of MHRC - January 7, 1969
Absent: Messrs Brad.ford-, I€e, ?ucker, tr'ather ryan and l,{rs Larsen
Read.ing of the ninutes vas d.ispensed with since they had been mailed. to each
member.
Jj]n Brarsford reporbed brlefly on his folIov-up on the hlring of minorities at both
Shoppers City arrd. Gem Stores, where he had. visited. arrd talked irith the mana€ersa€ain.
Gov Levard.errs repl-y to the letter sent in connection vith Conmissioner of HumaJrRights Kent, vas read.
l,Ir. BothweU- reported. on the North St. Paul--Maplewood school liai.son conmlttee set
up by MHRC a.nd said. that a tentative d.ate for the coming week vas selected for ameeting. Menxbers of the comnittee vouJ-d. be notified.
Jir Bransford. explained. that labor people had. been scheduled for this Janua4r
meeting but that there were still- ursettled. c ond.itions in the Twin Clty area
between labor ard the Urban I€a€ues of both Clties and it vas thought best topostpone our meeting with labor representatives urtil l-ater.
tr'ather Rayn was not present, but he had sent requests for lnforrnation about the
tr'ebruary neeting r,rhich was planned. for the cterry. Ee woul-d..1-ike suggestlons forcontacts and any other help that the MIIRC ca.n give. Ihere vas d.isct]ssion on this,with the d.eclslon that locaJ- ministers shou-l-d. be asked. ard. because of the numberof chr.:rches in the area that a larger room be provided in the Viflage Ha.1f . Itwas thought that al1 RSVP card should be incfud.ed. i-n the invitation arld that a
phone follow-up caU- be made previous to the meeting date. Cards in11l be sent tottle Vi1la€e Ea"l] in care of the Chalnnan. Father ryan, Jim Bransford", Kirsten
Wo1d and Dright Jeesup will act as the comralttee to get the ]etters in the mall
and hardle details.
Kirsten I{ofd mentloned" that there vill be Hot Line sessions at two North Hlgherasses ard. it lrifl- be possibl-e for interested. members of Mmc to attend. she
Ia/if 1 give us the dates.
It vas agreed that the ner,r Village Manager be invited to ou.r March rneeting.
Members feel that a fist of fiLms available in the area of human relations shou.Id.be made up so that ve nay be able to atlsver requests for such material.
14r. 3othvell suggested. that the MIIRC ghal'-an check on the situation reporbed.i.n the press where discri-nlnation at the roca.r rv statlon has been tarren to theState Commissioner but we have not had. any officiaJ- notificatlon.
It was suggested. that fetters be sent to both Jerome Eughes and John Winter askingthat we be kept inforrned. of perti.nent legislative action during this session ofthe State I€gislature.
Meeting adj ourned !:1) pn
Frances .Hughes, Acting SecyYtL-t /zc / 59
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JalxuarJr 2, L969
Ei feLlorr Ember,
Fatber ryaa asked ne to lnc].utle tbe fo].J-ovlrlg Baterla]. ytth ry rerrj-Ed.er ofthe nert reeti-Bg. Eorever, si.Dce tbrie night be sone sl€geations for changeaad lnclusions ln the suggested ptlgra I feJ.t you sboul-d have bis tlougbtsear].ler:
'I ,onrt be axound. for a couple of veeks but f voul-d }i.ke the Cononi.ssion to befsDj-l-iar rith ror:gh progr8.m outl-lne for the Dexb neeting yith e.re a eJ-erg;:
Brief\y,
I. Greetlng and. intrcductlon of co!@ission's purpose 8ad goel6 by Jlm Bradforal
2. Clerry are forued iuto tro dl6cus6toD groups to tll.6cuss:
Ptrblcrns of cc@unityrole of cburcb in hr-man reletions
rol-e of Ir{IJERC
Tentatl\r€ progres
Dlscuesion l-ead.ers:Ji:o Bransford Ed l'116 . I.IoId ( seeys )Dright Jes6',-4) aji.i tlrs Hu+es
3. Beporb to C(Mlssion
\Di.alog:ue and Discuasion periotl oper to s.ll xoerbers of Comxisslcn in hopeof trlggering a DeBnlngful fut..rre :hr:reh related proJeet.
,. Slma.ry and closing: f'ather Srar and Mr. BraCfo:'C "
.li-- s i€ges+-:c:-s cr proEra,l before re€ti- shodd be guided to .fi,n !r-.:.sford,Ki:s--er Wc-d cr f,/ilht JessuF
:':==tr-a ir-ill ':e i-e1d. 1n Cour_31r 1\e:-oe:=.
.A-sc: hope tb.at as ne.ny I,ffiC rler-.3t s 2s :::sib1e vill be ac-e :c atte:-d. the:!trc::r:g Departrett of Rig::ts '.T.---r:.as.
=a=-,i-_C Febniaj? _s-,. peaa -cr_3k ont:: :gteria- :cvering the f irst ,_:_l s.?c-_1 ::eet ings at lile l,lpl-s Ch. Ctr. foraa:r.:rcrnrd' raterial. should be a =r:,:1"^- rrc decisive ze+..uazeLb.!. see you
Mayor Axdah]. felt that one of the most necessary functions of the Conmission
was to act as the eyes and. ears of the CorEciI. He voul-d llke the Comtrission,for instaJrce, to research pertinent legi.slation and pass the meat of thelrfindlngs on to the CounciL so that they woutd be better able to deteruine vhatis best for the comulity. He vould Iike us to study the OEO i.e. should this
agency be eliminated.? BestructuJed? What are the aspects of the legislation
now in the works etc. etc. ?
]'{r. Srad-ford. mad.e some genera.l remarks on the restructuring of the OEO billproposed. BiIl proposaL fron the Legal Aid Society in con.junction vith the
Ransey County Citlzens Corunittee to do with tenant status. Cannot garnishee
vages belolr a certain minimlun.; car ga.mishee without f irst obtainlng judgementfor the va€es i ca,nnot evict tenants vho have tried to enforce some of thesetenant statutes; uniforTr credit, Ra&sey Courty Economic Opporturity Comitteeis flormd.ering. Trying to decide what is thelr role cormensurate vith moneyto back it. Recornnended alfocation $tr)rOOrOOO. Lobbying for a charge based
on the fact that they reached conclusion they cannot d.o ar adequate job unlesslaws are changed..
I'{r. Tobler of the St. Pau]- Trad.es and. Labor A8senbly has been invlted to beguest speaker for March. I'l:eme: What labor is doing, has done and plans to
do relative to the hiring of mlnority personnel
Claire Habemari - cuIricuhlm director for the North St. paul -Maplewoo d schooL
system vlll be working with lvlr. Bothwell. Are seeking cand.id.ates for emplo)nnentby the school d16trict.
Meeting afuourned": IO p.m.
Maria Larsen, Recording Secy
Maplewood. Hrnnar Relations Cornnission
tr'ebruary 12, L969
2-Meeting tr'ebru€ry 3, L969
Meeting - tr'ebrr:a.:y 3, L969
Absent: l,!rs. Hughes - Messrs Tucker & Eaak
Ou.r program for the evening was to feature clerics from the itrmediate areain a give and. take d.iscussion. Unforbunately, the apathy of the cler$r as a
vhole vas quite evident in the lack of interest. RSVP invitatlons were sentto fB churches. Alrost half of those invited. did. not dignify the invitation
by the courtesy of a firrn refusal. Asst Pastor John Euison of St. Marks of
North St. Paul was caJ-led. at 7 that evening and. graciously attend.ed.,Ivf. Gilbertson of the SociaJ- MinlstrT Board. of Lakeview, Pastor Boger And.erson
of Our Red.eemer Lutheran ghrEch and. our Father RfaJi vere in attend.ance.
Also present l'/ere Sister Patric ia and Sister Angeline from Archbishop Murray
High School, Mayo" Axdahl-, Mana€er Lacouture ard last but not least l'{rs. Broaqy.
Gra.nd totaf of B guests and. l-2 cormission members.
General Comments :
Need for the clerlcs in the area to come together in an association of some
kind to establish a comnon bond.. Ttrere is a great need. for c om"nun ic at ion
betveen one parish and. arother aJld their leaders. they should take an activeinterest in the activities of each others paJishes.
Pastor Ellison fel-t that the evening had. not provided. hiln w-ith ary basis for
acti.on or even reaction. A Li.ttle more action aJId a lot less ta-lk vere his
consensus .
!'omaJ- fonnat for the evening vas dropped- a:rd- dlscussion was carried. oninformally. Possibly due to the fact that ve vere aIl rather crestfallen at
the lack of response, the meeting dragged. its feet. Our regul-ar meetings
engend.er a li.vely and vitaJ- give and. take vhich was absent that night. We
were by turns repetiti.ous, overly sudued or, the cc,nplete reverse, overl-y
vehement. It mlght have been best in the long run to have dropped the themefor the evening, apologized to ou-r guests, and then invited. them to slt in on
a regul-ar cornnlssion meeting. They would have gotten a more realistlc irageof their Coruni-sslon. I vonder hov many of my fellow conrnission members vill
agree with me.
Jinl Brarsford. acted. as moderator. He ard Cl:}allTtra.n Bradford greeted our guests
and gave a short d.iscourse on the goals aJid. ajrs of the Cormission. I,II.
Bradford. asked the three cl-erics present ard 1,1r. Gilbertson to ask parlsh
groups and circles to invlte the MmC in for a hl,man relations progran. We
need the exposure and they need. the infomation we ca:r provid.e. Tirne., speakers)
type of prograrl to be suited to group.
4-March \, L969
\-/ A. Continue to educate yourselves,
Exerb pressure (such as we vere tlclng with l,[r. Tobler),
Gather information,
Try to maJ<e your voice heard
a. What car we do as concerrred cj.tizens to speed the changes along?
Special meeting ffas called to discuss proposed huma:: rights legisLation nowpending. Date set: March LL, 1969 - 7:3O p.m, - coffee room - ViIIage HaII.
Meeting adjourned.: IO:10 pm,
MaJia Larsen,
1/ L+/b9
Recording Secy
3-March \, t969 Meeting
Many unions naintain referral services. Have cormlttees that try to help, vhether
krith advice or concrete assistarlce. Too many people are unaware of services avail-
abl-e to them e.g. Legal Aid Society.
a, IIov many negroes are involved in these apprenticeship programs?
Of the Iast screening progra.m of 106 minority and lolr income men who appLied,
IB apprentiees were selected--nine vere negro the other nine mexican and indian.
A
A. Do you have a break doffn on r^rhat specific apprentiship programs minorities
involved in? What ls the retention rate? Hoff many total apprentices start
program ln a year's time?
are
a
A. Could not provide answer.
a
A
Eaeh union has its ovn group or staff. Each makes its o1,'n apprentice policy.
Each individual rmion has to handle 1ts ovn affairs, Ihere are L1l labor urions.
How d.o you get into an apprentice prograrn?
Go to the office of the rmion that hardJ-es the field of i.nterest,
Make Appllcation,
Speclfy line of interest,
You will have interview with apprentice trainlng supervisor who wiII in turn
send you to a screening connittee.
Length of apprenticeship varies with the trad"e. Machinists have two year
progra.rn.
a. Can you and other officers push the unions flrther in the direction that you
personally seem to be ai.]ning?
Note :No real answer to this question. Exbremely reluctant to drre Ll on any other
u.nion or trad.e but his or,m, Kept speaking from the point of view of the
machinist union. A master at dodging an uncomfortable point although he
seemed eamest a:rd. well intentioned.. 50fi politico.
A. Ihere are baldly urfair practices still curent--where
A. Take complaint to trEPC committee on University avenue.
not suggest anyone to bring 'rpressurett upon.
Stressed. education of populace and patience.
a. Is there a sense of urgency wlthln the labor unions?
A. Yes
d.o we turn for help?
He could not or vould
2 -March \, L969
They are prilnarily interested in screening eppLicarts for apprenticeships andestablishing a supervisory "budqy" system in the pla"nts L/here successful appllcarts
are to be pLaced.
Corunittee members personal-ly contact top ara€ement at plarts rnhere ne'w apprentlces
might be placed to elicit thelr approval and. cooperation and then hold sensitivity
seminars for the shop steward or other supervisory help of the department in vhich
the apprentice will work. Two men per department is consldered. ideal.
The applicarts that are screened throwh their progran and not formd adequate are
advised to go back to school or sent to the trade area that vould best fit thei.rpotentiaL
Ttris screening is done at the Bnployment Ser.vice Office in St. Paul located at
IU)O Unrverslty Avenue.
Each union sets up its own apprenticeship stardards. Standards carnot be loweredfor certain trades as it would. be both dangerous to the individual and economicallyprohibitlve to the c ompany employing an inadequate person.
A nei,I program has been initi.ated in St. PauI--IIRDI, Hurnan Resources ard DevelopmentInstltute headed by Mr. Elrner Chil-dress. IIe has been hlred by the American
Federation of Labor and the CfO on a grart by the Labor Department to develop a
fforking relatlonship p"ogram with mlnority people. HRDf will vork with unions and
nnanagement. Bud€et is l) milLion d.ol ars. IIRDI has been established in 30 citles
and. there are ,0 such board.s throughout the U.S.
A program to prepare the nev apprentice before they go lnto a plart has been
established. und.er OLEOP -- organized. Labor Employment @portunity Program.
After the apprentice gets into the "shop" the trained budd.ies are supposed to
take over. These buddies ill provide companionship, advice a.nd. any type of helping
hand that is required to firrnly establish the new employee as parE of the group,
Concentration is on the education of the union people to help in all areas. This
is calLed "second level trainlngrr vhich would lnclude your shop stewards, department
supervisors etc, These prograns are geared for rxrion people only.
The grant to Mr. Childress provid.es his living income and- expenses and the Labor
movement provide the vorking area and personnel.
Absent:
Guests:
MI{RC Meeting - March )+, t969
Messrs Tucke", Sroady, Jessup, Lee srd Mrs. Hughes
Pastor and I\Es. John Ellison
Invitation will be extend.ed to lvlr. Lacouture to attenal a meeting in the near future.
We wiLI then discuss budget and other com[isslon needs. ViIIage budget wiII forna.].ly
be submitted to the Vina€e Council by the I'{anager in August,
1,1r. ltlyberg, Social Studies Teacher at John Gl-enn Jr. High, would Like to establish
a Hunar Relations Unit i.n his stuEy class. Klrsten Wold. was to contact him with
suggestions.
Motion was made and. carried that the following infonnation be relayed to Mr.
Walter Richardson:
I,1I. Vlrgil Carter lr.rns the "Challenge" book store in Minneapol-is. IIas a most
ertensive collection of terts and materials that can be used. in classroom work.
Upon appoi.ntment, he will bring out a comprehensive selection of these terbs to
vorkshops and study units. English and Social Studies teachers should be plire
target.
Kirsten Wold wiII draft a letter to Mr. Rlchardson giving hin] fulf particulars
on this subject and. suggesting a lrorkshop be held for area educators before the
end of the school year to allov for the ord.ering of naterial for presentation and
incorporation lnto faII, lp5! progran.
Father ryar and Pagtor And.erson have been visiting the clerg)nnen in the area lrho
were invited but did not attend "clerg'y" night. Eave nnet with cordial reception.
Ttrey are hoping to establ-ish a fomal association of clergf ard will be having a
breakfast meeting 6oon to d.iscuss this matter.
Kirsten Wold attended a state meeting ard got involved in discussion of low cost
housing. Since the hour was late it was suggested that she bring a report of this
meeting up at ou-r next monthly conmission ession.
Ttre Central Steering Cormittee for the hunar relations project., "Perspectives:
A Challenge for the 7O's" has requested a $2, donation from the local conmissions
of the north suburbs to d.efray the $f3oo erpected. expense. Tabled untll next meeting.
Guest for the evening: Mr. Tobler - St, Paul Trades & labor Assembfy
The FEPC - Federal Enployment Practices Com. is parent organization of several
Alliances. Mr. Tobler serves on the National Alliance of Susinessmen -- Humarl
Rights Conmitte of Trades & Labor Assembty. This group or cornittee consists of
30 to 35 union officers.
SPECIAI MEETE\IG - March LL, 1969
Jointly held by North St. Pau,1 Hunan Belations Conmissionand
Maplewood. Hunan Relations Connission
Purpose: Discussion of Proposed llunan Rights l€gislatlon
Those Present from North St. Paul HRC:
Lois And.erson Janes Rawlelgh
Barbara DeLaJIunt Bob o'Connor., Chalntrar
Rev Donald. Me isenheiner
Present from MffiC :
Chaiman Bradford
Jame s BotilvelL
Chuck Ilrut son
Clevelald. Ray
Dwight Jessup
John Broady
Kirsten WoId.
Maria Larsen
Participating:
!1T. & I{rs. John M. Carlson - No. St. Paul
M.rs. Joar Bosard. - Maplewood
David WoId. - Maplewood
Dorot\y Arbore - Maplewood League of Wonen Voters Rep
Senator Jerome Ewhes
Representati.ve John Winters had also been invited but was not present. AIetter viII be sent hi-n aski.ng hin to set aside April L, L969, this should
give hj]n plenty of notice. Ttle letter r^ril-l also mention our disappointmentat his failure to attend. the two or three meetings he has been invited to.
It -,ras deci.ded after d.iscussion of the proposed legislation that it r,rould beto the interest of the comnurity at large to be mad.e cogniza"nt of the itemsof the legisfation and a comrittee was appointed to set up public meeting onApril l--John Glenn Elgh School First comnittee meeting will be nerb
Tuesday, March IBth at 'l:3c p.rn. and all conEoission members are u-rge d toparticipate. l,lr. John Broaqy vill chairman this endeavor and his consnittee
is composed of Barbara Del,aHu-nt, Jir Ral^rleigh, Kirsten ard Davld WoId and
Chuck ]<nutson.
Special Notice:Hillside Com"nu:rity Club and Webster PTA are joining in hosting
a progra.m featuring Mr. Jirn Murray,
Mr. Murray viII give a history in song of the black people starbing 'v,rith the
slave lanents ard up thru present tine. Tj:ne: zrth of March - 8 p.m.
Webster School, Nofth St. Pauf.
0n the Aprll Ist gatherlng: malfings wiLI be sent to alL civic, governmental,
educational, clerical bodies and to the authors
of the Hr.man Rights 3iI1 and area representatives of Ncrth St. Paul-Maplelrood
to gather as much c ormunity and. public support as possible.
3/B/6e
Maria Larsen, Recordjng SecY
Maple'wood H,Jman Relations Conmission
l8th Comnittee Meeting at St. Mark's
Luth Church - Across the Street from
North High.
Public Meeting - Proposed Hunan Rights LegislationApril 1, L969 - Jahn clenn Jr. HighCo-sponsored: Maple!,rood Hunar Relatlons Comnission
North St. Paul Hrnnar Relations Conmissi.on
tfr)zrt""'""' Record'ing secv
In the absence of Cormissioner Frank Kent, lvIl. Tom Donaldson of the State
llurnan Rights Deparbment ad.dressed the group. IIe spoke briefty expLainingthe proposed legislation a.nd Tevieved the proposed bil-1.
Chainnar Bradford explalned. the importance of some of the clauses arld then
introduced. Mr. Joe Yantes - Minnesota Council on Corrmjnity and Euren Rights.Mr. Yartes was aske d. to answer the question "what can we do?t'. -0rrnong hissuggestions; be informed ard most important keep infortred, put your thoughts
and lrlshes in rriting to legislators and. representatives, money contributions.
A motion was made and carried that contributions be made by the audience tooffset Minnesota Courcilrs nert malling. This dealt vlth pending legislation
ard. a contribution vould be a tarigible means of lendlng supporb. $5t wascollected.
l,1r. Yartes got into a hot and heavy exchange with members of the audience onthe "posting" clause of the proposed legislation. l,1r, Donaldson a:nd. Chainnan
Brad.ford attempted. to clarify the State's position.
Swgestion was made ard kill be acted. upon that a letter be sent to Rep.
John Winter urging hi-rn to author the "housing" portion of the legislation.\2 signatures were obtained to add r^/e ight to the request. Request wouldbe ulder the signature of Chairman Bradford.
In attend.ance - -p4. MIIRC members present: ).Irs Hughes and WoId.
Messrs Bradford, Harris, Broa(y, Haak, Ii:rutson, Bothwell, Ray
Info for this report given to Record.ing Secretary by Kirsten Wold.
Maplelrood. ChaimaJl Jin Bradford introd.uced. Norbh St. PauI Chairmar, Bob
OtConnor vho said a few words.
2-Report on Month ly Meeti ng l,4ay 1969
Special education workshop to be held l,Jednesday eve, 14ay l4th,8:30at L C l^lebster Elementary School - North St. Paul.
Panel of experts will consi st of :
l,4auri ce Britts, Coordinator - Human Relations in Service EdocationMrs Hallie Hendri eth, Coordi nator - Basic Sk-lls Center
Rev Carl Sunwa I I - Pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran Ch urch on Marshal I
1,4r. Archie Holmes, Consultant for Human Relations (State)Mr. Clair Haberman, Curriculum Director - Dist 622 School System
Jim Bothwell, Chairman, Education Comm. MHRC
Ki rs ten t,lol d - !IHRC - will moderate
There will be no formal presentations made. Ladies and gentlemenin attendance wilI be l,4HRC, NSPHRC and NSP and M League of Women
Voters members. Also,,guests invited include Principals and Asstsof the school di st pl us Archbi shop Murray Hi gh and Hi 1l Hi gh ofSt. Paul, Members of present school board and those runni ng for
of f iice, Vi 11age officials of both vi 11ages. Mr Ri chardson will
recei ve specia l i nv itat ion. The evening is envisioned as a
quest ion and a nswe r peri od wi th the panel fi el di ng prepa red questions
by the part ici pants.
6
Cl evel and Ray wasterms of offi ce on
w.i ll be suppl i ed w
Meeti ng Adj ourned 10 Pm
Mari a Larsen, Recordi ng SecY
5120 169
inted chairman, nominating committee for
MHRC board expi ri ng in Augus t, 'l969. Hea ros ter of pri vate ci ti zens i nterested in
was
Apri I .
df
AS recordi ng
appo
theith
HR acti vi ti es as s upported by the
when MH RC was bei ng concei ved.personnei.
ir applyi ng for board positions
He may tap them as committe
Father Ryan: Reported that a "primative" ministirial assn
formed of Maplewood clergy. First meeting was held end of
Lot of work still to be put into it but most encouraged.
Recording Secretary is to make a formal report.on meeting
attendanie by memb-ers as our byl aws are expl i ci t on number
meeti ngs thal may be m'i ssed except for seri ous cause.
Corres pondi ng Secretary to be thanked for s i tti ng i n
secretary until arrival of the latter.
MHRC Meeti ng May 1969
Broady, Ray, Harri s, Hughes,Bransford, Ryan, Larsen
Mayor Axdah I was kind enough
Broadford, Knutson, Haak
to a tten d
6
Present:
Las t meeti ng
di scuss i on wproposed HR
Bransford as ked if there
be made avai I abl e to theof Kent if these coul d be
o mi nutes sent out but on record)North St. Paul HRC which led tol. (mi nutes of that eveni ng also
was a legislative
open meeti ng onon record )
a b udge t forof Budget
(nith
bi I
There has been dialogue wi th Supton curri cul um.
Ri chardson thru educati on commi ttee
lvlr. Knutson presented a bill of $6.25 f or unpri n ted envel opes ll,
used to mail notices of the coming special Iegislative meetjng +/ t+.
700 noti ces were sent and the cost of the postage was $42.00.
Presentati on of the bill in the form of payment reque s t to Village
f4anager to be drafted and remi tted.
Mr Broady on Legislative meeting: approximately 80-90 people
with more Mapl ewoodi tes than No rth St Paul ites. Di scussi on of
Mr. McDonald's presentation--he replaced Commissioner Kent who
was attendi ng l egi sl ati ve heari ng on the Human Ri ghts Bill, calledunexpectedly. Mr. Broady was not notified of a change so he had
gone to special meeting held 4/24 at 8:00 a.m.
F inances: Harri s questioned procedure on obtai ni ng "operati ng"
f unds.
Bransford reported that he was tol d we shoul d set up
presentati on. Chai r appoi nted Bransford as Chai rman
Committe in conjunction with .l970 programs.
Knutson presented bill. Moti on was made by Harri s and seconded by
Ray to accept bill for presentati on. Moti on was made and carri ed
that after bills are paid, NStP commission be asked to share cost
thei r check should be made out to the Village of Mapl ewood.
and
Knutson: Tal ked of St Mark's congregati on's ci rcul ati on of an
open hous i ng peti t ion. .l00 si gnatures were pl aced on the
petition.
Discussion of holding commission meetings in the summer. Consensus:
monthl y meeti ngs will be conti nued.
was any way rul i ngs of the commi ss i on coul d
local tommissions. Bradford will inquire
sent out to the locals.
A I etter had been sent to Mr, Wal ter Ri chrdson (admi ttedl y quitelate, in the school season) urgi ng set up of a workshop for i ntegratedtexts and curriculum. We offered the services of the MHRC in theformulation and/or handl ing of the workshop and suggested the servicesof Mr. VirgilCarter of the Challenge Book Store - I'lp1s - as a basisfor the workshop. There has been no reaction to the letter orsuggestions contained from either lt4r. Richardson or his office.
JULY PROGRAM
Mabel Casson, Virgil Carter of the Cha) l enge Book Storeof his material and 1,4r. Clair Haberman. Purpose: tiesuggestions, ideas and information into fal I educators
commission is contempl ati ng.
wi th s omein their
workshop
l/,IORKSH(]P
Comments: Funds for school year of 69-70 have al ready been al I ocated.
It is
groups
etc.
f el t
e.g that the workshop shoul d be keptsocial studies teachers, or the
to smal Iadministrators
A workshop committee will be named to formulate plansfor workshop. Commi ttee wi I I meet wi th the teachersin advance of our major presentati on.
1,4r. Bothwell will contact central administration personnelto see what portion of their staff they would deem it
most necessary to approach.
Time cannot be al l ocated at pres ent. 0peni ng week
mi ght be a thought. Mos t school s devote some timepreschool meetings and there still could be plentyto put works h o p on the schedule.
workshop i nvol vi ng ei ther teachers
meeti ngs
toof time
14oti on made and carri ed to sponsoror administrators in the fall.
\-/ Meeti ng Adi ourned l0: 30 Pn
Mari a Larsen, Recordi ng Secy
Mapl ewood Human Relations Commission
14HRC - June 3 - Page 3
MHRC meeti ng June 3 Page 2
BUDGET OUTLINE
$ 9o. oo
200 .00
News Letter
To make available sel ecti on of HR and/oreducational materi al at publ ic meeti ngs
Correspondence expens es (meet ing noti ces etc)
Programs and publ ic education
"Ho t Line" pro ject
Reimbursement for State and/or civic meetings
Fundi ng for joi nt venture wi th one or mo re
nei ghbori ng commissions
50
100
100
200
100
.00
.00
.00
.00
.00
*l,le have been asked to share the cost of an "newsput out by the State Department of Human Rights.area commissions would take part. Each commission
expenses for one month out of the year. $90.00
**It is felt commission members should be paid for expenses incurredat State or Civic functi ons where we are offi ci a1ly representingthe MHRC. This woul d average out to four s tate meetings per yearwith a minimum of five members attending at $5 per member.
Th ere was further discussion on proposed budget and other i temsthat may or may not be included. Motion was made and carried that
Dwight Jessup prepare and submit formal budget for a total not to
exceed $l,000.00.
Letter was read from Mr. CI ai r Haberman, Curri cul um Di rector for
area distri ct schools.
He was most appreicative of ideas and purposes brought out duringour Education Workshop recently. lt4r. Haberman stated he would liketo report his activities to the MHRC on a regular basis - every
th ree or four months. Next report woul d contai n a descri pti on of
the reacti on of the seventh grade s tudents to the material s that he
described during l,4ay l4th workshop and plans for additional work
along that linel HL is also planili ng a workshop for sixth.grade
teacIers to be held in mid Sei:tember. Topic: status of minority
groups in the U.S. today.
Recording Secretary designated to reply to his letter thanking
him for his.i nterest and offering the services of the commission
and/or its members whenever he feels we can be of help.--Also' we
woui d be mos t i nterested to recei ve his reports. He will recei ve
a s tandi ng i nvi tati on to our month ly meetings.
l etter" to be
Twel ve metro
woul d cover
MFtR C Meeti ng -
Abs en t: Roger
3, 1969
Loui s Haa k, Cl evel and RaY
June
Lee,
Mi nutes read and approved as corrected.
Under date of May l9th, corresponding secretary submitted-request to
Village Manager ior re i mb urs emen t of bill i ncurred in Legis lative
meeti ig mailing. Reques t approved. North St. Paul HRC will be con-
iacted"and ask6d to s'ha re half of the bill. Discussion: mon ies
accrui ng from this reques t be turned over to Village Cl erk or Mgr
lli th reques t to hol d for IYHRC use in the future.
State Department of Human Rights summarizes its activities in
annual report which will be made available to MHRC. Also' new
rights aci will be available to commission shortly. Chairman
obtain when avaiIable.
Mr Tucker - re recruitment of southern teachi ng personnel :
an
ci v iI
wi I I
There i s formal recrui ting i non, at least 75% of the time,
and empl oyment outfits.
There have not been any inquiries from St. Paul or Minneapol is
S choo I Districts for teachers.
Pilisbury is jnviting p lacementthe fi rm and Tucker wi I I tal k to
th i s v']ay.
lvlr. Lee and Mr. Haak are to be contacted
willingness or des i re to cont i nue serving
duti es -or interest seem to i nterfere wi th
and it is felt that they may not wish to
d'i s c us s i on - - J u I y meeti ng.
southern schools. This is carri ed
by profess i onal recrui ti ng outfi ts
up to spend s ome time
about sendi ng students
at
up
bv Chai rman Bradford on
on MHRC. Confl i ct of
thei r MHRC commitment
serve agai n. Further
peopl e
them
There is a question on quality of education of black teachers
by possible 'employers. Ironical ly, administrators do not seem to
rLaiize that hllf, at least, of the staff of these black schools
are white instructors from the nearby white institutions '
0ne of the major setbacks to the recrui tment pro gram is that social
aipects are eitremel y cri ti cal . Ques ti on most as ked of recrui tment
personnel "what are ihe chances for soci al outlets and acceptance " '
Mr. Tucker asked to summarize his observations and send Supt of
District School s, lvlr. Wal ter Richardson' a report' CC to MHRC '
Mr. Tucker was asked whether or not
commi ss i on, for the above reasons .if Mrs . Tucker coul d "s tand in" for
This was not considered feasibl e by
he wished to remain on
Mos t empha ti ca I I Y, Yes.him at i^egular monthlY
commission members '
the
Asked
meeting.
MR. HABERMAN
Further
14eeting
0ne of the projects discussed by It4r. Haberman was a game evolved
by him called "Gaming". Pl ayed with 4th grade s tudents. First
he es tabl i shed that Joh n Batiste Sab le was a foundi ng father of
Chi cago. Then, "why are ci ti es I ocated i n a parti cu1 ar. pl.ace? "
Gave ihe students the basic information that l'4r. Sabel had tostart with. What would the students have to find out if they
wanted to relocate the city? Put each resource and necessity
on indi vi dual pieces of paper. Each "piece" had a "cost". It
evolved that fbr the neebs that were to be served Chicago should
have been built just where it was. After the foresight.and
intelligence needed to tackle the building of a.city had beengraphicilly proved Mr. Haberman casually threw in the fact that
frr.'Sable wai a negro. A visual aides firm in Newport called
"Instructional Simulations" heard of "gaming" and has shown an
i nterest in its further devel opment and publ ication.
busi ness was postponed due to the I ateness of the hour'
adjourned l0:35 p.m.
Mari a M Larsen,
It4a pl ewood Human
Recordi ng
Rel ati ons
Secy
Commission
Mrs Casson worked in formul ati ng a group of insti tutes which
worked wi th both parental and educator groups. Teach ers we re
taken into core nei ghborhoods on field tri ps. Student panels
were formed to address them. The students were to "tel I i t asit is" and they really laid it on the line. This was on thejunior and seni or high I evel .
Students were very frank in their commentaries to the discomfitof their teachers and rea I 1y ) eft their audi ences wi th a great
dea I of food for thought.
The teachers were i n groups of 40. Each school sel ected sentfour teachers. Thes e four teachers went to di fferent programsat each institute so that they could exchange information.
They were asked to fill out "awareness" type questionnaires.
Ma ny of th em fl atly refused.
Mrs. Casson wi I I be asked to send us a copy of the questionnai re
us ed at these institutes and will also provi de the MHRC withan index of fi lm s tri ps and visual a ids.
l,leeting-7 /1/69Page 2
Dwight Jess up drew up proposed MHRC budget. lt4oti on made andcarri ed that budget be accepted as presented and submi tted to
Counci l for approval . Corresponding secy wi I I fol I ow thru.
0ur guests for the eveni ng were Mrs Mabi eCarter and Mr. Clair Haberman. They were
Project ADAPT which used foreignfor whatever time they were abl e
about and e nco uraged discuss i onfood. 5th Graders.
Cas son, Mr. Virgi lvery impress i ve.
Mr. Carter displayed some of the reading material availableto both the schools and the reading public. He answeredquestions on content and interest and 14HRC has asked his helpin starting a "basic" library of our own. Some of the suggestions:
The Negro Almanac - The Negro, His Part in America (a must)
,, (New Dimensions in Education - Chicago Firm - "awareness" films)
Afri can Slave Trade (Davidson)
The Panther & The Lash
Bl ack Ra ge (Gree r & Cobbs)Crisis in BIack & l.Ihite (Silverman)
Before the Mayfl ower (Lerone Bennet, Jr)
Let' s Get Toge the r (Nathan t,Iright)
The Way It's Supozed to be (spelt just like that)
36 Chi I dren (Herbert Kohl )BIack Misery (Langston Hughes) -- (a play on "Happiness is")
MRS CASS0N: (so i nteres ti n g we could have built a whol e even i ng
around her)
Spoke on some of the projects that were undertaken the last coupleof years i n the St. Paul School System. Among them:
exchange students from theto spare. These students
on everyth i ng from rel i gi on
U
tal ked
to
An Afri can Club was formed which met one hour a week. Mrs
Casson i ntroduced the students to the bl ack "heroes " they shoul d
be identifying with. Most minority chi ldren are taken aback to
think that there is such a thing as an outstanding black man'
whether in the present or in the past. Many whites are "surprised"to real ize the important ro I es ta kbn in the past and present by
blacks. For instince, how many people are aware that 51ashington,D'C'
and Chicago were founded by blacks. (this last fact was brought
out by Mrl Haberman when discussing one of his projects).
Regular Monthly Meeti ng IIHRC Juiy 1 1969
Absent: Messrs Bransford, Knutson, Bothwell, Lee, Haak
Readi ng of the mi nutes ofthe record show correcti onpres en t and accounted for.
3 dispensed with. However, let
made to show Mr. Cleveland Ray
Mrs Nora EastmanSister Ani ta Robinson
June
wa s
Letter was read by recording secy from th.e State Department ofHR. Second special housing meeting is bang held July 7 at the
Radisson Hotel, Mpls. A suburban housing committee is in theprocess of fornation. The gui di ng force wili be a wel I rounded"task fo rce " compri s i ng, if at all possible, all segments ofthe populace e.g. a major employer, a realtor, a clergyman,
p lanni ng and zoni ng member etc. etc. This tas k force has in turn
been asked to s uppl y the names of four candi dates that woul d be
used as committee representatives of each community involved.Letter was sent to Chairman Bradford asking him to submit names.
Suggested by MH RC memb e rs :Rev Roger L Anderson, Pas tor0ur Redeemer Lutheran Church
1390 Larpenteur Aven ue
Mapl ewood 5 5109
5 MHRC members terms w.i 1l be up in August. Chairman of nominatingcommittee, Mr. Cleveland Rayl has contacted the 5. All have
expressed v{ill ingness to serve another term with the exception ofMr. Loui s Haak who will be I eavi ng the area.
Mr. Ray then contacted four possible candidates for the vacancy:
Mrs Justa Cardi nalMrs Lorra i ne Fi scher
After discussion by commission members, a quorum being present,it was felt that Sister Anita would be the best choice for the
pos t. Sister Ani ta js a social s tudi es teacher and as such would
h ave more expos ure to impressi onabl e m'i nds than any of the other
candi dates. This exposure is grea t1y needed in the work we aretrying to do in the school system. Sister Anita could prove a
valuable i nfl uence both wi th the s tudents and her peers ' Also,
she is not alreadyloaded down with commitments and would be aneffective working member of the commission.
Motion was made and carried that the following slate of candidates
be s ubmi tted to the Vi 1 l age Counci I for approva l :
Sister Anita Robinson - St. Pauls Priory
2075 E Larpenteur Ave
Mapl ewood 55109Mr. Clarence Harris - 1579 E Grandview - Maplewood
Mr. Dwi ght Jessup - 625 E County Road B - f4ap'l ewood
Mrs . John [^l Larsen - 2001 Dul uth St - Mapl ewood
Mr. Cleveland L. Ray - 1575 E County Road B
3-August 5, 'l969
A report such as the U of M coul d provide woul d be a good
education study tool. Village council could be asked toa s tri cter ord i nance bas ed on the knowl edge ga i ned. Thisbe used as an i ns trumen t of licensing.
publ ic
i ntroduce
coul d
"C0l4E.' (Churches on the Ilove for
s uburban churches are s ponsori ng
which they have titled "Reconcil
ity) consisting of 25 northof ministry for the concernedrangers". They are hoping
Equala day
i ng St
Mr.
Map
in
i nt
to form a social ministry that would communicate with its congre-gation in the formation of actions and ideas. This program wi lI beheld September 27 from 9 a,m. to 3:30 p.m. at Advent Lutheran
Church - 3000 N Hamline in Roseville. MHRC members all haveoffi ci al noti ce and registration fo rm. Pl eas e fol I ow through ifyou can possibly attend any of the workshops.
Clair Haberman, Curriculum Director for the North St. Paul
lewood School District has received calls from adults interested
an adult course in black history. If more than l2 people areerested they can request a course or class be establishedunder the adul t educati on program.
Sister Claire Lynch remarked that our newest commission member,Sister Ani ta Rob i nson woul d be emi nently qual i fi ed to teach an
adul t course as she has made special studies on black studies
and black history.
Meeti ng adjourned: 10 p.m
Maria Larsen, Recording Secy
**on1y three membe rsTucker.were able to donate time: Larsen, Broady,
Commission members were reminded to recommend that if there isany concrete knowledge of any act of djscrimination party concernedshould call or write the State Dept of Human Rjghts so that thecase can be documented and a file started on the company involved.
2-AUgust 5, 1969
Loui s Haak: The Haa k' s ane in the process of selling their home.
He feels that there is "reverse" discri mination beingpract iced in his area. Fel t that caucas i an pros pects have beendiscouraged from even viewing his home. His analysis was confirmedby some of the commission members who I'i ve in that area. The
a re a i
i s pus
compan
Spri ng
CopieSt. P
su
hin
i es
be
nofficially designated an "open" area and Spri ng Realtyg the sal e of homes 'i n that area to negroes. Real tyare i n famo us for establishing "open" and "cl osed" areas;ing ones of the worst offenders. This, of course,fosters the racial imbalance that we are trying to dissipate.
Motion made and carried that corresponding secretary write tothe Spring Realty Co - Directly to the president - on the following
I i nes.
It has come to the attention of the MHR0 tha t yo ur
agency is showing certain homes in Maplewood predominantlyto mi nori ty races and that we recogn ize thi s al so representsdiscrimination. We would be interested in their comments.
Also we woul d like a statement
Wordi ng to be at the di screti on of the
CommissionfKent - f4ayors of
and the North St. Paul HRC.
of pol i cy from them.
c0rres . secy.
both Maplewood and Norths to
aul
Under the si gnature of Chai rman Bradford.
(negro home owners have even been contacted by the realty companyto see if they can possibly supply names of possible negro buyers. )
Discussion:Dwight Jessup told the commission that the U of M
had offered a course in social work last summer with
n hous i ng and h uman ri ghts. It was experimentalfield and i nvol ved teams of a white coupl e, a black
"mixed" coup le. (a1l students ) They woul d aor apartment within hours of each other andactions of the managers or sellers was carefu
Suggestion:Investigate the possibi lity of a similar study being
conducted in I\4apl ewood.
an emphasis oacti on in the
coup le and athe s ame homereaction and
documented.
pply for
thellv
14otion made and carried that Dwight Jessup lookMrs El I ison kindly offe red her servi ces wi th thework. She was quite active in a hous i ng group i
she and Pastor Ellison res i ded there. 0ffer of
accepted.
i nto the possibil itY.
ca11s and paper
n New Jersey when
hel p grateful ly
MHRC Regul ar Meeti ng - Augus t 5, l9 69
Absent: Messrs Bransford, Tucker, LeeT Bothwell and Kirsten t^lold
Gues ts: Sister CI ai re Lynch - Pat 0l son, Mrs Sorenson and Mrs El l ison
GENERAL COi'lMENTS
$900 I\4HRC budget s ubmi t ted. Accepted fori ncl us j on in ,l969-.l970
budget requests to Village Council. We will be notified.
Request has been received to staff the Human Rights Booth at the
ivl 'i nnesota State Fair starting August 23 and ending September 1st.Shifts will be of four hours duration -- l-5 and 5-9. Recordi ng
Secy will call and offer the services of the !IHRC members that can
comply.**
Roger Lee has resigned from commission due to family pressures.
it4oti on made and carried that lYrs Peter A (Lorraine) Fischer be
asked to join our body. Mrs Fischers name wiI I be official1y
submi tted to the Vi 11age Counci 1 for approval al ong wi th reques tto rea ppo i nt those commission membe rs whose terms are due to expi rethis month.
Program for 1969-'l970 and organization of committees and actions
scheduled for September meeti ng.
Suggestion: Commiss ion members bework on any particular
work of the commi ss i on fal I equal ly
and carried.
assigned in groups of three toproject. Thi s woul d have theon all shoulders. Motion made
Question: Are we interested in low cost housing projects in ourarea? 0pen housing shoul d be on a county wide andnot citywide basis. Tabled for further discussion in September.
Sugges ti on: Appoi nt task force to sampl e atti tudes of present
aird potenti al pol i ti cal cand.i dates . Appoi nt cand i date
committee. This committee would report to commission. Commission
coul d then take s tand. Further discussion September.
Mr. Knutson and Mr. Broady's churches have been holding special
programs after their respective Sunday school and church services.
i{ave attracted a diversiiy of types and opinions. They have been
asked to pool thei r knowl bdge. l,lhat ha ve been the acti ons and
reactions of the people and what programs have proved.the most
popular or thoughl piovoking for instance? MHRC could evolve a
poss ible "action" from their report.
Mrs Ellison spent some time at the State Dept of HR talking with Mrs
Howard about the feasibility of surveying TC communities. Mrs Howard
was quite discouraging since she felt surveys unnecessary. However,there seems no other way to get direct public opinion so the 14HRC
agreed that the survey should be conducted with the help of the Ustudents. 14rs. Ellison expects to have the group ready for field workabout the m.i dd.l e of the winter quarter.
Mr. Bothwell asked if l'4HRC was committed officialIy to the program
wi th the U through lYrs Ellison or if we needed to take some def initeaction. Mr. Broady stated that he felt this would be a bona fide
funct ion of MHRC but th at we should set up gui del i nes for the youngpeople who would be making the survey in I'laplewood. Mrs Ellison gave
some of the points that. she felt should be covered during the surveythen Mrs Hughes suggested that Mr. Jessup and Mrs El I ison present
s uch gui del i nes at the next meeti ng for the MHRC to discuss. Father
Ryan suggested that a copy of the guidel'i nes be sent to the secy tobe i ncl uded wi th the mi nutes of this meeti ng when mai I ed to the members.
Mayor Axdahl raised the question of the value of a survey and pointedout some of the prob lems th at might be encountered in making it. The
members agreed that l,4HRC shoul d check the pl an, gui del i nes and the
manner in which the people in the community could be approached.
It was indicated by some of the members that there should be anoffjcjal record of the action taken by the commission at this meeting,in connection with Mrs Ellison's work at the U, so the following motion
was made and approved;
MHRC will officially approve the involvement of Mrs John El lison wjththe U of l'1 program which will be under the guidance of Mr. Dwight
Jessup as Chai rman of the MHRC Hous i ng Commi ttee.
Next meeting there will be reports from the Housing and Education
Committees as well as one from Father Ryan on the Ministerial Allianee.It was felt that since all three committees concerned both lt4aplewood
and North St. Paul it miqht be well to invite the members of the
NoStP HRC to the 0ctober meeting. The Secy was asked to do so.
Meeti ng Adj ou rned
Many thanks to the Correspondi ng Secy for taki ng these mi nutes .
Mari a Larsen, Recordi ng Secy
It4apl ewood Human Rel ati ons Commiss i on
September 2, 1969 MHRC monthly meeting
Absent: Messrs Bradford, Jessup, Ray - Mrs Fischer, Mrs Larsen
Guests: Mayor Axdahl and lvlrs John Ellison
There was a lengthy discussion of Iow cost housing -- laws, materials
us ed, pre-fabri cated houses, transportati on, unions, bui I ding and
zoni ng codes,
The Chair as ked lt4ayor Axdahl if the new members pl aced on thehad been offici a1ly noti fi ed by the Village Clerk. The l4ayorthere had been an overs i gh t but would h ave it taken care of.
14H RC
f e I t
Mr. Bothwell had made contact with Mr. Haberman and plans a meetingof the Education Committee with Mr. Haberman the week of September8th . There was a discussion of the work that could be done thruthis committee, in the school system, both with teachers and students.
It was brought to the attenti on of the MH RC that Mr. Tucker had been
appointed to the Budget Advisory Board for Rehabilitation for theState of Mi nnesota.
Mrs !lold brought a report of a home for sale at 2.l03 SlOan Avenue,the owner of which wishes to selI to a member of a minority group.
The price is between $20,000 and $25,000 and the attitude of the
neighborhood is said not be be hostile. The sale may be made latethis fal l if anyone knows of an interested party.
MHRC members pl an to attend Rev El I ison's meet.i ng.
Readi ng of the mi nutes for the August meeti n g were dispensed wi th.
It4rs Ellison was asked to give her report on the work planned by
Housing Comm'i ttee in connection with the course offered at the
University. When she investigated the possibility of the classthe U working with the MHRC she was invited to teach a seminar
suburban housing and help the students set up survey procedures
vari ous communi ti es i ncl udi ng 14apl ewood.
the
at
onfor
Father Ryan was in the Cha'i r in the absence of Chairman Bradfordwith Mrs Hughes acting as recording secy in the absence of Mrs Larsen.
Pre-meeti ng discussion of the booths s een at the S tate Fair.
Father Ryan asked about the letter sent out by Rev Ellison extendingan invitation to members of the MHRC to attend a meeting on Sept 4at St. Mark's Lutheran Church which will be chaired by I'lr. KennonRothschild, a leading St. Paul realtor. l"lr. Knutson explained thatthe ch u rch had ci rcul ated a s tatement on ope n housing amonE itsparishoners and the response to this inquiry Ied to the meeting withMr. Rothschi ld.
l''!rs illison spent sone time at the State Jept of HR talking,.rith vrs
iioward about the feasiri lity of surveying iC communities. l,lrs iio;ard
i.ras i;uite discouraging since she felt surveys unnecessary. However,there seerns no other way to get direct publ i c opi ni on so the MHRC
agreed that the survey should be conciucted liith the help of the rj
s tudents. !l rs. Ell json expects to have the group ready for field work
about the mi ddl e of the /.i j nter quarter.
l"l r. Bothwe'l I askei i f IlHRC i^ras commi tted olf i c ial ly to the programwjth the U througn l,1rs Illison or if ,.r e needed to take some definite
acti on. i4r. Broady s tated tha: he felt this wou ld be a bona fidefunction of t'lilRC rut ti1 at we should set up guiCelines for the young
:eopie who would be nraking the survey in llaple{ood. )4rs Ellison gave
some of the points that she felt should be ccvered during the surveJ
then l,i rs Hughes suggested that i'1 r. -l essuo ar'rd Irs El f ison present
such guideiines at the next meeting for tlre It{RC to discuss. Falier;.ydn suggested that a copy of the gur del i nes be sent to the secy t0:e included vrith the ninutes of this reetin3 wren majled to the nemisrs'
!ayor Axdahl raised the question of t1e vajue of a survey and pointedcut sonle of the p rob l er> tiat r;i ign I L,e encou!rterecj in rnalirrg iL, Tlre
',enrDers agreed trlat t1H?C should check t-re:1an, guidelines and t'ie
:ranner in r.lh j ch tI,re people 'i n the corei,ni ty could oe approacned.
I t was i ndi cateC 5_v sone of the men)ers t'1ai there should be anoffi ci al record of the action taken by tre commjssion at this mee t j ng,in connection r./ith :.lrs Ellison's !,Jork at tle tJ so the following motion
'ias rrade and approveo;
IlHRC wrll officialiy aDprove the'i nvolvenent, of r'1 rsthe 3 of M program whjcn wjlI be under the guidance
Jessup as Chai rna!i of tne Itll{RC llous r ng Cor.ri tte€.
iohn El l'i son witltof Mr. D,.ri grt
:rext rireetlng tnere
a omrni I tees as wel I
: t i.ras fel t th at sarC i!ortt1 St. ?au 1',!3cP l"l RC:o the -
''eeti nq AdjourneC
',r'i 'l I be reports fror tneas one from Fathe r Ruanirce all th ree corr"::tees
i r rr ght be i.rel I to i r,v'._..2-:-r neet.:?. - e ._:.
Hcus i ng and Educationon t.e Xi nisterial Al iiance.
:oncerned b oth 11a:I e'.;cod:. tir 3 :'reflbers of the
,'td: dr, rJ Lu uu >u.
''ar; ihanks to t.'.a CcrreSpotding Secr' ilr'-akt0g these mjnules
'arja Larsen, ieclrding Secy'laplewood Human Relat.i ons ,.1ornr:riss ion
7-10/8/69
Fundi ng: 14r. H ab erman said the last workshop he attended expenses
amounted to about $500 and when you figure that to about
$l per person he doesn't feel the administration will quibble withthe cos t.
Sel ecti on ofpart of thewill be suchwares. Hi s
Each teacher
mate ri al s inyear in most
readi ng and teach i ng materi al is made in the earlyyear for the fol l owi ng school year. That is why i t
an opportune ti me for Mr. Carter to d is pl ay h i s
books coul d gi ve the educators a solid base for purchase.
has the right and opportunity to requisition thosethe early spring that they wish to use the following
subject matter areas.
Distri cl 622 does not have a coordinated curriculem program set up.
The U of 14 has added a Dept of B lack Studies. They
concerted promotional program to expiain program and
s tudents . Possible res o urce bank.
are now on arecruit
Now th atnotes butI'd say !
you all have eyestrai nthey'1'l h ave to go by
Actual ly had s ome mo re
Very interesting meeti ng
I'1 1 qui t.the board.
Don't forget to vote early
can be at the seminar 5:30
of 0ctober 23rd so you
i n Mpls.
thethat morning
even i ng
Mari a Larsen, Recordi ng Secy
14apl ewood Human Relations Commission
10/B/69
6-Meeti ng 10 /7 /69
Educati on [^lorksho - cont
A key n ote speaker
discussions.
wi I I set the "mood" for the sma11 group
An attendance of 550 educators from school district #62? 1s
anti ci pated.
Mr.0'Connor assured us that the North St. Paul Commissionget as i nvol ved as possible both in offeri ng thei r services
necessary and in personal attendance that day.
Mr. Haberman wi lI clear with the school administration
workshop may be open to educators outside of the school
The !IHRC could help defray the costs for transportation
misc expenses for the keynote speaker.
would
wh e re
i f thedistrict.
or
First step to be taken iS an offi ci a l noti ce to the State Dept HRof the projected workshop.
ELECTIVES FOIi,THE l^lORKSHOP
Mr. Virgil Carter will be asked to display and discuss his fine
selection of integrated texts and other material. (Chal lenge
Book Store in Mp1s.)
"Dignity" -- a game that
sess'i on. Game could be
Audio-visual aids set up
teachers could pl ay as an awareness
gi ven away as door pri ze I ater.
for "watch and listen" sessions.
t^lorkshop will be held at North Senior High from 8:30 to 12:00
p.m.
The re wi I I be two distinct group sessl on 'i n the morning.
Housing,
programsthe human
workshoP.
Discussion:
Coneensus:
labor, educati on, trades, social studies, tutori a l
etc . should be represented. This is a wo rks h op into
as pects of human rel ati ons and not just a " text " type
Should a I uncheon be served for resource people?
No I unch served but we could take th em out to dinner'
More di scuss ion on this I ater.
5-Meeting 10/7/69
Educati on l.lorksh op con t
Resource:
--Chas. Nichols - Work 0pportunity Center in Mpls
- -Mr. Keto - Bryant Jr Hi gh School Learni ng Center
--C. Edward Th omas - exec s ecy of an advancement course for
Afro-Ameri can musi c
--James Bransford--federal government
Also, members of the MHRC and NSP HRCresource peopl e as the need arises.14rs. [,rlold, Mrs Fischer, Mrs Larsen -
al ready s tated i ntenti on to attend .
empl oyment
will be asked to act as
Fathe r Ryan, Sister Anita,
Mes s rs Jessup, Ray, have
Mrs. Larsen wi ll send lt4r. Habof resource peop le us ed by thprojects.
--Gordon Parks
14r. Parks tocontact Mrs.
e rman and Mr. Bothwel Ie Roseville HRC on one
copy of rosterof thei r
Anyon e who has been acti vely i nteres ted
human re'l ati ons would be a good choi ceimmaterial to his professional field.
Su es ted Ke noters
the field or n atu re of
res ource contact,
personal fri end offeasible. l.li lI
pro ject heads )
tnfor
(Jim Bransford wi ll contact asee if an i nvi tati on would be
l,Jol d who in turn will contact
--Dr Norma Jean Anderson
--Frank Kent
--Mabl e Casson
--Robert Kohls the author of "36 children" (contact! 14rs. tr{old)
A moderator wi l1 also be requi red.
Suggesti on: Look into the group acti vities about the time our
workshop would be held. Perhaps we could tap a speakerthat has come into town for another engagement.
l"lr.
the
out
Haberman has offered to shoulder al1 responsibility for setting
workshop up whi ch i ncl udes such mi scel I aneous matte rs as sendi nginvitations, co ffee preparati on etc.
4-10/7 /6e
It was fel t by the negro members of the comm'i ss ion
one of thei r peers were to act as an apostle theythe younger eiement of their race. They can "tell
whereas most of what the whi te communi ty attempts
u pon wi th suspicion.
EDUCATION WORKSHOP Ti tl e: "Why A Program on Human Relations"
Co-report by Jim Bothwell, Chairman of Education Committee andCIair Haberman, coordinator of human relations material for the
North St. Paul-Maplewood School Distri ct #622.
A11 systems are go for the morning workshop on education to be
held January 23, l1@, i11c
that the MHRC i nvol veto bri ng this project
h oweve r, be conducted
admi ni s trati on.
th at if each
coul d rea chit like it is"to do is Iooked
itself in whateverto a successfulunder the aus pi ces
Mot i on made and carri ed
way is deemed necessaryconclusion. This will,of School District #622
--Harol d Goodsky. Ameri can
and has done this type of
knowledgeab1e.
Dr. Jeanne Goim has supplied Mr. Haberman with the names
number of people who could act as di scussi on Ieaders at
group sessions held that day.
0thers suggested by commissi on members:
of
th e
a
s ma.l I
--Betty Howard of the State Dept of HR. A team
b een sent to one of the schools to conduct an
This could be a possibility for a small group activity.
--Ed Childress, St. Paul Trades & Labor Council
--Cosel I - ed uca to r who will be speaki ng at the 14EA
--Kennon Rothschi Id, Real tor
- -Mr. Peterson of the 0IC
--Pastor Sunwal l
from the state had
awareness sess i on.
Indi an who works in Mr. B roady ' s offi ce
work before. He is arti cul ate and
i ndi an group
board - Nat'l crisis inthe schools
--Larry Ma rti n works w ith
Mp1 s School--Chas. Smi th
3-Meeti ng 10/7 /69
Housing cont Urban League Project
M]NISTERIAL COMMITTEE
Dick Shaller spoke at their last meeting on clerical relations andresponsibility to the community.
Next meeting 8 A.M. - Thursday, 0ctober 23rd. MHRC members were
asked to be present. 0n1y firm commitment--Jim Bransford. He willgive an overall view of commission aims and activities. Possibles
Chairman Bradford, and Dw'i ght Jessup. t,{ill be a breakfast meetingat Perkins Pancake House - Hiways 36 and 6'l.
OFF THE CUFF DISCUSSION
0n "discrimination" against minority help on
improvement projects in the inner city. Sometaken by mi I i tant acti on:
the housi ng and street
commen ts agai nst steps
--Empl oyment recrui tment has not been restri cted to a gi ven area.
--Employment offices are conveniently located but there isn't enoughminority help applying to fill any of the job roles. Firms having
recrui tment programs have been hard put to fi nd any takers .
--Poverty programs are short term and so pay premium wages. It is
a sad fact that those involved in these programs may 4ravate the
s i tuati on so th at the p ro gram will not cease.
Basic reason for the failure of most of the programs and hiringpractices is lack of proper motivation. 0pportunity is not enough--i' motivation" .i s the kdy. For those that are or can be motivated
there are many programs going that can help them achieve empl oyment
and/or a profession, e.9. Ninneapol is l,lork 0pportunity Center andits St. P aui equivalent, take dropouts--tutors them in basic skills
and then they proceed to vocational school.
Note; vocational schools, which are free until you are twenty-one,are compos ed mai n1y of mi ddl e class i n come materi al . Again
the poor black or white minority Iack the motivation to attend.
Mr. 0'Connor will contact those that could implement such a studyfor North St. Paul. He suggested one of the North St. Paul Assns
such as the chamber of commerce.
Mrs . Ellison will consolidate all info.
2-Meeti ng 10/7 /69
Housing cont
The State Dept of HR was extremely concerned that only 28 out of 50
commissions submitted a housing committee roster in answer to theirrequest. Mrs. Howard of the State Dept mentioned this fact to Mrs.
Larsen and asked for Commission he1p. 14rs. Larsen in turn called
Chai rman B radford expl ai ni ng the s i tuati on and as ki ng if it would be
permissable to calI the two or three realty members of the original
nominating committee for the MHRC. Chairman gave the go-ahead.It was felt it would be a concrete start to have a chairman and
more so a representative of his own field. 14r. Johnson accepted.State was noti fied.
************
Comments by Kennon Rothschi ldat St. Mark's Lutheran Ch u rchFather Ryan and Chuck Knutson
wi th Mrs . Ellison).
to ministers and- September 4th.(Mr. Knutson had
peop I e assembl ed
C memb e rs attendi ng,
proj ect I eader
of I to I if necessary,boils down to theu must mot'i vate and
accompl i sh the better-
lay
MHR
been
--Housi ng peti ti ons ci rcu I ated f orget i t ! ! !
--Fjrm built Hanover - low income apartments. It is general1yfelt that if you transfer a family out of the dregs into comfortable
and " adequ ate " s urround ings you ' ve "made it" for them. Mr.
Rothschi ld's observati on was th at in the tenants wh at became appa rent
was not poverty and lack of education but that they transferred
thej li ndi vi dual probl ems , atti tudes and customs al ong wi th thei r
bel ongi ngs .
The need i s for personal contact, on a rati oto handle the individua'l problem. Again itfact that i n any project, Iarge or smal l , yo
reach the " i ndi vi dual " first before you can
ment of the group.
--There is a
"why do i t?
i s n ' t goi n g
eral feel i ng of
Nobody is goingsolve the probl
in the atti tude ofit anyways ? " "It"situation is so dire
gen
??to
pessimismto thank
em ei ther
reil ectedyou forbut the
th at we h ave to do s ometh i ng .
It i S
b lack
a sad fact th at pol ari zati on of
and white are vi cti ms of their races has i ncreased. Both
propaganda.
the
0wn
********
Mrs. Ellison was contacted by urban League for a meeting 0ctober Bth.
0bject: gathering of pertinLnt info o n -
M a p l ew o o d . a n d North. St. Paul- with a view to publication of a descriptive booklet or
brochure on each community. This publication would be used as an
,,.i ntroduction,, to the comhuni ty anil would incorporate all facets e.g.
empiovment opportuni ii "t , ""cr!ati on, communi ty make up, educati onal
iVit."n etc. btc. Lorraine Fischer was asked to chairman the make up
oi-u i"po.t that wouid include such information for submission to the
U.L. She will ask the help of the Maplewood League of t,rlomen Voters'
Monthly
Absent:
Guests:
Meeti ng MHRC 0ctober 7, 1969
Jim Tucker, Mrs Hughes
Mayor Axdhal , Cl ai r Haberman, Mrs El I i s on, Chai rman of
NSP HRC, Bob 0' Conner
SEMINAR ON SUBURBAN HOUSING
H()USING
lvlrs Ellison:
Twenty U of lvl students have signed up to take part in the,seminar
to Ue'conducted by 14rs. Ellisoi. Thiee architectural students and
i marketing analyiis student have also been added to the group'
Six to ten would be the i deal but it is fel t that the group wil l'
foi a variety of reasons, meld down to a workable figure for the
ir.r.V.- ft'e"students-wiil receive class credit while working on the
f,oriii,g material. ey 6tr ristmas it was.estimated that students would
have a wel I rounded 6 ack g round of housi ng i nf orrnati on '
Two students from North st. Paul signed up which should prove quite
iiii"."iii.q. R graauiie TA asst in group process will be available.
Housing Chairman Jessup was instructed lo go aheadlv]!!,?Io9tu'
to ue ionducted by uri'. Etlison as submitt'd to Commission and
outl i ned i n mi nutes of September ?nd-
The
lvlrs
Ir4oti on made and carried that reading of the minutes of previous meet-
ing be di s pensed with. No addi ti ons or correcti ons '
Quest.i on of Mayor Axdahl--has budget submitted by MHRC been formally
approved? Yesl Recording Secy to contact-acting.village-nanager
on deta.i ls of amount-ana 6ropei procedure for maIing use of the funds.
Supper meeting to be held by State Dept of Human EiShts in the
;ewisfr Community Center i n i'l inneapol i s - 0ctober 23rd - stressed
as most important by Chairman Bradford. There wi lI be three
interestinq topjcs. the most important covered by Commissioner Frank
K;;a;; neti p.irc"a'ures for invblving local commissions in pre-contract
Compl iance fbr munici pa1 governmenti. MHRC members attendi ng:
Mrs l,Jold, Mrs Larsen,' Mesirs Knutson, Bransford, Bradford'--Members
will s end in revers aii ons as requested by the State and will be
reimbursed for attendance fee by budgeted funds.
State has
Larsenl
t,{e should have a ful I housi ng commi tte compri s i ng
p.opi" in the community rather than commission members '
b een attempti ng to estab'l ish a "housing tas k force " '
Mr
St
. Floyd Johnson, F.0.Johnson Realty, 2055 English
-- f,"us consented to chairman the housing committee'
as housing chai rman for I4HRC will contact Mr' Johnson'Dwi ght Jessup,
4-0ctober 23, 1969
Jewi sh Communi ty Center Meeti ng
"Buzz" Sessi on Hi I i tes
Mari a Larsen, Recordi ng Sec;l ******Mapl ewood Human Rel ati ons Com
Resource peopl e--one each from
a local commission (I was Iocal commission resource for our group)
the Jewi sh Communi ty CenterState Dept of Human Ri gh ts
Member of the black community
Anti-semetism takes many forms e.g. St. Louis Park, which has a
large Jewish community, places a Creche in front of the courthouse
during the Christmas holiday season. The Jewish community feelthis is an affront to them. Such things are of a religious nature
and should be relegated to the churches or other insitutions that
aye so1e1y for the use of the Christian. Their children are very
uircomfortable during the holiday season as trees are put up in
classrooms, Christmas carols sung and other practices indulged in
which the Jewish child cannot take part in and so feels set apart.
The Christian teacher should, as should the Jewish one if it is a
turnabout, keep all re li gi ous cus toms and observances out of the
classroom. This is indirect discrimination to be sure but dis-
crimination nonetheless. Children should be taught as one entity
and not set apart as to col or or creed. This coul d on ly come from
the complete disengagement of the teacher from hi s particul ar bent.
Awareness groups shoul d be held for all i ncomi ng teachers of what-
ever faith. School boards should be urged to recrui t Jewish
teaching personnel . History shoul d be integrated to mi rror-thepart th6 Jews played in our- history or the new histories will be
di s torte d and i ncompl ete.
t.lould like to get word to all the commissions of the suburbs
that it would be well if they would invite a spokesman from the
Jewish community to, come and discuss semetic problems with us.
If all minorities aren't taken into consi-eration then the HR
groups are not fulfilling their proper funct'ion.
0ur resource person from the Jewish Community Center was Mr'
S am S ch e i n e r .
One of the points of discussion was the fact that what sets a Jew
apart from the other disadvantaged minorities so that many of us
don,t realize that they are "diiadvantaged" is education. No matter
wtrat aisadvantages the Jewish chi ld might have to face materially.
t,.-iun i"ia, write, comes from a stron! father oriented family and
is inculcatid with a strong sense of pr.i de in his Jewishness'
Recommended reading: "Jews, Justice and Judaism"by Robert St'John'
3-0ctober 23, 1969
Jewi sh Commun ity Center Meeti ng
It4any of
goi ng bYyou canof the c
demands.
rules that whi te society has been structured on are
e boards e.g. the merit system says that if you qualify
all the advantages like col 1 ege; s uddenly we fi nd many
eges lowering qualifications to meet existing black
the
th
ge t
ol I
We don't have enough background knowledgeof the situations we are confronted wi th e
many Jews i n New York entered the teachi ngthe only fie1d open to them. This is why
sys tem is predominantly Jewish.
e xcep t as vil
be en persecutChrist and no
'i s anal ogous
bl ack i mmate r
truly eval ua te ma ny. duri ng the Depress i on
rofessi on as that wase New York school
to
.s
p
th
Antisemetism'is established even theologically. Theological
bias forms basis for other prejudices. Refer to the 0ld and New
Testaments. The roots of the Christian faith were firmly rooted
in Judaism but with the New Testament the Jew ceases to existof the piece. The Jews as a faith and race havefer the illogical view that the " race " ki lied
few individuals who happened to be Jewish. This
the blacks being persecuted because they areto personal worth.
Jews understand that they are often the scapegoats for othersocieties. Unfortunately there seems to be a psychologi ca1
need for a substrata in our society. There has to be a lower
element for the middle class to look down on and an upper classfor them to look up to. Differences or i n d i v i d u a l i z a t i o n is
not tolerated. Sex + race are the two points resentment and
prej udi ce are based on.
The Jews were not allowed to own property in their early history
and so were forced into economics. Many times they were the only
members of the immediate community that could read or write and
were drawn into the service of the lords to carry out the business
of the estates. They were, therefore, set aside as providing
needed service -- a higher class of servant one may supp0se'
This held true until tfie end of world war II after which society
opened up and there has been a betterment of rel ati ons '
They are grateful to human rights and other grgqp: that allow
thein to tike a look at the community. We should look into our
own community for the hi dden bias' and work to rel ieue them'
integrated history should also contain Jewish contributions to
that history.
I an
edta
to
'i al
(next page for smal I re port on di al ogue session)
-more-
2-0ctober 23, 'l969
Jewish Communi ty Cente r Meeting
Commun i ty Educati on Commi ttee :
investigating s urveys that have
kinds of educati onal acti vi ty is
the individual communi ti es.
Technol ogy Commi ttee:
Studying Pemtom Housi ng, Mobi I e homes, Uniis conferring on other new methods of bui l
Zoning and Bui Iding Res tri cti ons Commi ttee:
or are being us ed. Also,
being conducted currentlY
what
in
Has been asked to come up with
zoni ng restri cti ons, fi nanci ngor pri vate covenants .
Federal, State & Private Programs Committee:
suggested changes in building codes'practi ces, transportation probl ems
housing etc. and
wi th expe rts .
fl aws i n pas t federal Programs
exi s ti ng federal Programs for
form
di ng
May present i nformati on as to the
and the opportuni ti es presented by
open housi ng in the s ub urbs .
Goals of Suburban Housing Committee: Consolidation of effort
and elimination of duplicat.ion. Establishment of successful
patte rns of acti on.
a
Speaker of the eveni ng -- Rabbi Arnol d M. Goodman
Spoke on the role of the white tiberal Jew and th
the Ci vi I Ri ghts novement. Some of the poi nts h
e non Jew ine made;
the white sees him as anY-
two forces. Blacks have
Jewi sh ghettos become black
vo te "I i beral "a contradi cti on.the civil r'i gh ts
agencies.
Bl ack awareness s tructure i s paramount
concern; concerned as a minoritY.
but Jews have a sPeci a1
Christians (used the term l.lASP) have not resolved their feelings
towards Jews.
The b I ackr sees the Jew as whi te and
thi ng but so they are caught between
moved in and displaced Jews so that
ghettos.
Interesting aside by the Rabbi --Jews as a group
rather thai "conservative" which is considered
The Jewi sh communi ty have gi ven ful I s upport to
movement and are active in supporting a1 I black
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Conference for alI Members of Local Human Relations(Statewide as opposed to usual citywide meetings)
hel d in Jewish Community Center of Greater Mi nneapol is0ctober 23, 'l969.
Attending from 14HRC:
Report
Be fore presentati onmeeting.
Kirsten lrjol d, Maria Larsen,Jim B ra ns fo rd, Dwi ght JessupMr. Fl oyd J oh ns on
John
and
Broady
of the speaker for the evening we had a business
l,{e were brought up to date
The mos t i mportant featureducti on of a " certi fi catemodel ordinance which the
each communi ty to enact.certi fi cate of compl i ancework for the village. Weact on the Iocal level. (
attached to this report ).
Guidelines have notrffia rly establishedworki ng for the State Dept of HR, each
Stopel stad has been appoi nted Di rectorof the new Contract Compl iance Division
ce rti f i cati on.
on the s peci fi cs of the new MHRC bill.
of the business meeting was the intro-of conpl i ance " ordi nance. This is aState Dept of Human Ri ghts woul d I i keIt would set po)icy for obtaining afrorn the state for anyone hi red to dowould be app)yi ng the goal s of the stateA copy of the proposed ordinance is
but there arein a di fferentof Enforcement.
establ ished to
1 awye rs
Mr.is headle
th reearea.
He
hand
State requested volunteer help from the communities encompassedby the HRC. Their staff is worki ng on a tight budget and cannot
employ all the help it needs. The Compliance Division wouldestablish training sessions for the volunteers. They would betrai ned to fol I ow set patte rns for i nvesti gati ng the 'i ndi vidualfi rms up for certification.
l,le were advised to ask viIlage attorney to look over the proposed
ordinace for legality before submission to the council as that isthe first thin9 they will question. Prepare the ordinance with
him and let him research it if need be.
This matter will be a future suburban conmission actionare to awai t s peci fi cs from the State before proceedi ngacti on.
A report was made by Mr. Paul Yerbes, commissioner from
who is Chairman of the new Suburban Housing Committee.
now formed:
I. Communi ty Educati on
2. Zoning and Building Restrictions
3. Technology
4. Federa l , State and Pri vate Programs
asto
we
take
Mi nnetonka,
Sub commi ttees
-more-
4-MHRC lYeeti ng November 4, 1969
The following I'IHRCgroup d iscussi ons:
Jim Bradford
Ki rsten !{ol d
Frances Hughes
J i m Brans f ord
Father Ryan
Si s ter Ani ta
Jim Bothwe I I
Jim Tucker
commissioners have been assigned topi cs for small
"Human Relations in the Law"
" Expe ri en ces in Teachi ng in Seni or Hi gh School "
"Library Material on Human Relations"
"Col1ege Education - Northern vs Southern Schools"
"The Church i n Human Rel ati ons "
" Content of Mi nori ty Li terature Program"
"A High School Principal Looks at the Probl em of
Human Rel ati ons "
"Problems in Employment"
l,leeti ng adjourned:
Next Meeti n g:
l0:05 P.M.
De cemb e r 2 1969
Mari a Larsen, Recording Secy
I,4aplewood H uman Re l ati ons Commission
3-MHRC t'1onth1y Meeting No vemb e r 4, 1 969
A f ul I reportseparately.
Father
I t was
know e
The Ministers will take fullworki ng on the l aymans IevelThe Al I i ance wi 1l meet agai nencouraged by response.
on Jewish Community Center meeting has been madeTalk by Rabbi Goodman and "buzz" session most interesting.
Meeti ng 0ctober 23, 1969Reporti ng John Broady & Dwi ght Jess up
n was out of town. Approxi mate ly l5 cleri cs in attendance.
di d
the
HR
Rya
th e
ach
fi rst meeting for some of them and some of themother. There is a fellowship developing amongst
not
m that
commi tteeis very apparent. Father Palmetesa intends to establjsh aof three or four of his par;ishioners. Father Palmetesa also sa'i d hewould send a I ette r to each of the all'i ance ch u rch es asking th em toappoint three of their 'l aymen to a HR commi ttee and then a jointmeeting of al l would be held.
action on thei r own so that they are
MHRC wi 1 I be kept ful1y i nformed.in November. 0ur commissioners much
Reveal i ng Comment:
member commi tte d toabout 5:30 to Dwight
Th i s underscores thegatheri ng where our
Up to 8 p.m. on october 22nd the meeting was tohave been cancelled because there was no MHRCappear. Rush cal I from Father Korf at PresentationJessup and John Broady both of whom agreed to go.necessity to commitment by commissioners for anypresence has been requested.
EDUCATION lioRKSHOP Jim Bothwe I I &
Frank Kent w i l I be "keynoter" for thewili serve as moderator.
CI a ir Haberman
January 23, 1970 workshop and
A letter can be provided to any MHRC member that wishes a formalexcuse for presentati on to empl oyer.
Formal acceptance from the following for group discussion leadership:
Dr. Jeanne Goins, Launa Ellison, Kennon Rothschi;l d, Chet 0din, MabelCasson. Ed Schneider, Audio Visual Director, will show some highlyrated fi I ms . Some Educators of the North St. Paul -Mapl ewood SchoolDistrict hat€ formed a HR committee with lt4r. Lance l,Jilliams (5th gradekcher at Oakdale) as chairman. He has asked i6 we could use his
services at the workshop. MHRC delighted to send formal invitation tolvlr, t,{illiams. Corresponding Secy directed to do so.
14INISTERIAL ALLIANCE -
2 -MH RC iYeeti ng November 4, I969
Some techniques that have been used for surveying:
--Good neighbor pledge cards; distributed and then mailed
--Postcards tha t s amp le atti t ude e.g. for or against ope n
--0btaining contributions for purchasing HR ads in Iocal(some contributors request that their names not be used
p
)
b a ck .
housing?
apers.
i ncorporatedrealized.
average
mus t al ert
deal of
'i onJ th rough
f i cati on of
have toour vi 1 l age
al i zed and
Consensus: As seminar progresses Mrs. Ellison will take stock ofalternative methods, will bring report of same back to Commissionfor discussion and the most feasible will be adopted.
Dwight Jessup, Chairman of the lt4HRC Housing Committee will callMr. Jerry Moe, local realtor and member of the community, to see if
he can be interested in joining the Suburban Housing Committee ofthe State Dept of Human Rights. Cleveland Ray has consented to
work on the MHRC Housing Committee.
URBAN LEAGUE Lorrai ne F ischer
Urban League request for lYaplewood Village material to bein descriptive b roch ure is much more e xtens i ve than firstt.llill include maps of schools, public buildings, bus Iines,cost of homes etc. etc. l,{e can draw on Village staff but
them to our coning if the project is going to take a greattime. t,le can also use vi1Iage faciIities.
Mrs. Hughes
Devel o pmen t
whi ch I i s tspublication
informed the commission that the 0ffice of Economicputs out a publication, "Profi ies of lY u n i c i p a 1 i t i e s " ,the public services, maJor businesses, etc. This
could prove useful in the makeup of the brochure.
JElAlISH COMMUNITY CENTER 0ctober 23
At the State Dept of HR meeting held for suburban commiss
out the State, a model ordinance was introduced for certifi rms doi ng bus i ness wi th our vi l l ages . The fi rms woul d
obtain a "Certificate, of Compliance" to do business with
i f the ordinance were enacted. Pl ans have not been cryst
MHRC will take no acti on unti 1 gui del i nes have been established.
More detai ls on this in specia1 report on 0ctober 23rd meeting.
The State has asked for volunteer hel p who woul d be trai ned as
'i nvesti gators for certifi cati on.
meeting
As direct offshoot of the Jewish Community Center/our monthly meeting
for December will have as guest speaker a member of the ,Jewish
community. It is felt th;t antisemetism is stiil prevalent and that
the HRC'i could be of great help in bringing antisemetism out in the
open and also implementing action to help correct the situation'
MHRC Month ly Meett n g
Page 2 under comments by Kennon Rothschi I d;amplified to read: "No immediate responsecirculated in North St. Paul".
November 4, 1969
Sister Anita Robi rson, Father Ryan, Jim Tucker,Absent:Ki rs ten t.lol d,
Clevel and Ray
Guests:Clair Haberman, Launa Ellison and three U of M students
who are enrol I ed in the seminar bei ng conducted by Mrs.Ellison: Dave Boerner, Sue 0fstad & Judy Brumfield
Reading of the minutes for" the 0ctober meeting were dispensed with
b ut the fol Iowi ng correcti ons or amendments were made:
firstto the
statement
housi ng peti ti ons
2
3
P age 4 - under " Educati on t^Iorkshop"; paragraph 2
read " J an ua ry 23, 1970'.
date shoul d
real tors.
parti cul ar
Page I under "Housing"; third paragraph will read: "Mr. Floyd
Johnson, F. 0. Johnson Realty, 2055 English St., has consentedto represent Maplewood on the Suburban Housi ng Comnittee formed
by the State Dept of Human Rights.".
HOUS I NG COl\lMITTEE REPORT Launa El l ison
Tol d of s ome of the cl asswork that her s tudents are engaged in.
Some of this involves fieldwork as for instance a survey recentlytaken of senior clergy. Mrs. Ellison in evaluating the reportsdid not buy some of the answers but the young people felt that onthe whol e the ministers had b een sincere.
14rs. Ellison wanted suggestions as to what the next quarter of the
semi nar should cover. I'lhat are we expecting from the studen!s andwhat results are we anti ci pati ng from' th e s6minar as a wh ol e? Thereare many areas the students could touch on but they must be directedto the mos t perti ent ones for our work.
Felt that students themselvBs should not do survey of the community.
They will organize and report and perhaps work along with thepollsters. Pollsters should be members of community groups with
MHRC mobilizing. l,Ie should get as, nuch of the community involved
as possible. The Ministerial Al l i ance coul d be especially hel pfulto this work.
A great many possible actions
--the survey coul d be slanted
Survey questi ons woul d thenfield.
were discussed e. g.
to certai n gnoups such as
be s I anted to mi rror that
trle woul d then l ook at parti cul ars such as "What kind of zoningpractices do we have on the books that can allow for low incomehousing"?. l,l e would look at building codes--are they adequate?
How about pre-fab homes? This is one area that offers a lot ofpossibility in meeting the income level of the lower income groups.
MH RC meeting 12/2/69
JEt^lISH COMMUNITY CENTER REPMr. Sam Schei ner
Mr. Scheiner's material was eye-opening. Took us quicklya bi rds eye vi ew of pri nted materi al that openly fos teredof any religion or peoples that didnot fa lI under the l,,l .Amantle. There are 3200 rightwing organizations spreadingmaterial. Blue collar groups feel the most threatened bythey term to be a possible infringement of their rights. They arethe ones that turn to such material to reinforce their feelings ofhate and fear with so called "facts". Can't understand why "others"can't do it like they did it without realizing that if they closeranks "others " can't make any i nroads. Take for i nstance the
apprenti ceshi p programs; you know someone who knows someone or betteryet the son of a son of a son etc. etc. This is the material thatis used for apprenti ceshi ps.
An outstanding example of the limits to which discrimination iscarried; as late as May of I967 blood donations were labeied,classified and administered as to race of donor.
Mr. Scheiner brought out these and many other interesting facetson discrimination. His material was cons'i dered of such importthat he has been invited to lead a smal l group discussion at the
educati on workshop next month .
As a matter of record, his address is as fol lows:
Directorlt4r. Sam Scheiner, Executive2ll Produce Bank Bui 1di ng
Mi nneapol i s 55403
338- 781 6
Meeti ng adjourned l0:30 p.m.
Next meeti ng: January 6th, I970
th rou gh
hatred
S.P.
h a te
what
lYaria Larsen, Secretary
Map lewood Human Relations Commission
l.,lonthly
Absent:
Guest:
Meeti ng MHRC - December 2, 1969
Messrs Bransford, Jessup & Tucker
1,1r. Sam Scheiner of the Jewish Community Center
l. A letter was received by the Commission from Jim Tucker resigning
his seat on the MHRC due to press of business. Motion was made
and carri ed that res i gnati on be accepted. Chai rman of Nomi nati ng
commi ttee wi ll secure-a replacement lnd submit new member candidate
for approval by both lt4HRC and Vi I I age Counci I . Secy wi'l I wri te to
Jim fbrmal ly aicepting resignation and thanking him for his contri-
butions to the work of the Commission.
2. Frances Hughes resigned her position as Corresponding Secy but
wi 11 keep lier seat on the Commi ssi on. The pos i ti ons of
Correspondin! Secy and Recording Secy wil l be melded. Recording
Secy accepted the new responsibility with one stipulation--someone
be ippointed to hantrl e any and all publicity. There will be further
discussion on this point at next meeti n g .
3. A mi ni s teri al program will take p1 ace duri ng the six weeks ofLent. Individual-church gro u ps wil l b roadcas t over TV' Each
church participating wiI'l choie ten parishioners for training and
they in turn wilt tead group discussion at a private home usingmaterial that wi lI be broadcast from a central location.
New Business
Workshop -January 23, 1970
Mr. Bothwel I and Mr. Haberman brought us up to date on
the workshop. Everything is go ing smoothly. January
meeting will be devoted to last m'i nute details'
A questionnaire will be designed to hand out to participants. V{ill
test .teacher reaction to the workshop.
It was suggested that each group discussion leader have a number
of stand-iis who could in turn act as group discussion Ieaders if
the need should arise. Some of the topics are bound to be of more
interest than others and it would be to the interest of all to keep
the number of participants of any one group workable.
14ary Kay Ri chardson wi I I be contacted regardi ng smal 1 group
discussion on legis lation and human rights.
Jim Tucker wi ttl ue con ta cte d tofor the group di scuss ion peri od
the pl ans f or6th MHRC
i f he can make himself avai lable
th e 23rd .
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