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<br /> Privll:ege.. o£....the -.ftoor~ ~w&s~g~anted... the .Prestden~-a.r~L 8e~re~ry o.f. the .Monroe
<br />ward Civic and Social Club, who spoke in favor of their recommendation.
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<br />Notion of Mr. l$ilson to .refer to ~he City Manager, was adopted.
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<br /> The following oommu$1catlon was read:
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<br /> "The.uude~slgne~ Charles ~ye~, Jr.., ~-; S. Law~enee,-..Gra~.~W-, Syer, Virginia
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<br />si~ea %o-.~stall ~aer the sidew~k on ~e. eas~. smae cz ~ ~., a. ~. s-~or~eomn
<br />~ute, to he ooms~.o~e~.and inst~lea in adco~aance ~h plus ~herefo2, dra~ by J.L. ~mlth,
<br />Con,rector, a copy of w~ch is .here~
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<br />absolutely essenti~ on.a c~t of ~e, ~ae~ ~ in s.eve~e.,~eamae.r- mae ~aea~x~g p.x~m
<br /> tiding oonz~es f~m_ ~ ~0 }h~e_~ns of ~_a ~a~'1 a~ ~ ~e~,~ s~ag?
<br />l~i~ed ~o five ~nz. we-are aa~isea oy o~pe~e~ eng~pee~ ~ on a~eg~l~ o~?n~age
<br />of construction of ~e presen~ bulling, i~ is lmprae=mcaoie ye e~a zne eoai z~r~e space
<br />under the buli~, and fo~ Sh~'~ea~on ~s appitca~tonts being made. I~ is fe~d
<br />~e event ~he coal $~age preceded for nex~ wt~e~ ma~erlallzes ~he ~sui~lng sit, ton
<br />will seriously affeo~ ~he he~ and ~mfort of ~ guests ~d ~esiden~z of ~he ~ei.
<br /> As wlii be observed, ~e a~%a~ed plus contompia~e no~ only
<br />s~orage space, b~ ~he oons~e~ton of a~ute ~de~ ~e sidew~k f~m the ou~ %0 the bin. The
<br />use of ~his chute wild avoid ~he necessity for ~he frequen~ ~n~Ing ~d ~ranzpo~i~ of
<br />ae~ss ~e midew~k, ~h ~he oonsequen~ tnoonve~ence ~ pede~tri~s using the sidewalk.
<br /> The ~derai~ed a~e ~ In ~e even~ ~he pe~l~ ~eques~ed ts
<br />bond will be posted, az ~eq~red by the ~ity o~nance, and f~her ~ree ~a~ if a~ any time
<br />tn ~he future, ~he ~i~y requires the use of ~ space ~der ~e sidewalk ~o be utilized for
<br />~he a~ve pu~se, ~he bin ~d ~u~e ~!t b~ removed.
<br /> ~e same ar~gemen$ for handling coal Is, we ~derz~d, now in uae In
<br /> connection ~%h several ~fferen~ pre~ze~ on ~gh S~., ~d o ~her s~ee~s in the
<br /> ~ew of ~he meesst~ies of ~he sl~ua$ion i~ ts ~en~iy ~ques~ed ~hat ~he permit be granted.
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<br />Respectfully submitted,
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<br />Chas. Syer, Jr,
<br />J. S. Lawrence
<br />Grace W. Syer
<br />Virginia Syer Lewis,
<br />George'W. Syer and
<br />L. Orawford Syer
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<br />By J.S. Lawrence,
<br /> Their Attox-ney
<br />W. L. Derriokson."
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<br /> Notion of Mr. Fox tO gra~t the request, work ~ be done tmder tdae supervi-
<br />sion of t~ie City Engineer amd the City Attorney to protect the City with proper oo'ntract and
<br />bond, was adopted.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Fox that ~he City A~orney bring in an ordinance charging
<br />rent for tunnel under the sidewalks on a cubic foot~basis, was adopted.
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<br />The following communication was read:
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<br /> al~ is the desire of ~he Young Men*s Oivie Organization to l ring to your
<br />attention ~he unfavorable conditions that .are existing in our public transportation service.
<br />These conditions seem to b e working wholly ag~imst colored people. Some of the operators of
<br />the Public buses are uelug the "Police Powers" given them by 5t~e law to a,great disadvantage
<br />to Colored passengers and ~6~the advantage of some white passengers. A great influx'of people,
<br />of beth races, brought here by the war program, together with tire and gas rationing, adds
<br />gether to make the barclen~pon our transportation facilities increased to capacity. On ~his
<br />account it haa. beoome,,a!most impossible to separate the races on these public conveyances.
<br /> Bus operators, m~y o f them new men, are given the tack of enforolmg the
<br />segregatiom law under ~hese trying conditions. In approaching colored passengers many of the
<br />bus operators refuse to use ordinary, .commonsense oou~tesy,:and ~ot the slightest bit ef
<br />~onsequently, arguments and "incidents" are ooourrlng almos~ daily on the public buses.
<br />~e as colored Americans know the law we kn~.~r~t~ght f~om, wronge We
<br />also know ~_~h~n we are trea~ed wrong. We do not like to be~ , fl~'~i~s o f 'unfair court
<br />r~lings, which result f~rom umtrue,tes~t~-mon~ of prejudiced' o ,tore and biase~paasemgers.
<br /> ~entlemen, at a time when all of us should uhited and working for One
<br />common cause' preJudiOle is raising, its ugly head snapping a~_d biting at a group of people in
<br />whose veins flow the blood of patrlelIsm Juz~ as strong as an any white person that ever trod
<br />Ame~iea~ soil. From this needless traffic }~me~there spring~-unrest and discord. It is af~
<br />fee$1ng the morale of someof our people.
<br /> ' ~hea.~w,e,.~oa.~d.a,.bu.s-..and..pay our fswes we are entitled to the same privi -
<br />leges and, e~mr~e. Sies~as o,ther~aaseage~sget, bu~. ~e seldom get it. ~e are insulted, embarras-
<br />sed ,and.hmmtlla~ed-,,aa .bus.~opera~cm lnsist,,oamak~gtb~ segregation la~Wo~k only one way. Am~
<br />when_.a col~e~ person,a~em~-~s-to sf~m~l, fo~.,hiarlg~ts as an American citizen, he is usually
<br />takem,~o,polieeheadqaarters and Jailed. ~Many colored ei.tizens are a cruelly afraid to xide the
<br />buses, for fear~ of be~o~zi~g.invalved.in some disturbance.
<br /> The.YoUng Mem~ Oivic Organization has been studying ~his si~ma~ion for
<br />seve~al.mon~hs,,~.~e~have,.~d .$hatnine tenthsof the disturbances might be elimina~ed by
<br />mss of a litt~elao~ or courtesy on the part of the operator.
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