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APPENDIX F CONCERNING INTER-RACIAL RELATIONS AT LOYOLA UNIVERSITY Preamble 1. It has become increasingly evident that an official policy on the matter of inter-racial relations must be issued by the administration of Loyola University for the guidance of Ours. 2. While aiming at the ideal, all must be aware of the necessity of being practical. Well-intentioned efforts for the ideal may retard, and de facto have hindered, progress towards betterment of inter-racial relations. 3. In this, as in other matters, Ours are to be guided by strict obedience and full loyalty to the directives of the Superior charged with the administration of Loyola University. 4. The following are the result of much prayer, study and consultation and are to be taken as the norms most suitable to the purpose of Loyola University and the betterment of inter-racial relations within the framework of human society in this section of the country. Doctrine According to our Constitutions and Rules diversity of doctrine cannot and will not be permitted. All are to conform to the following doctrine, teaching what is certain as certain, what is probable as probable. 1. It is certain that all men are equal, in that each man is an end unto himself, and hence has an inalienable right to the pursuit of happiness, which ultimately is the gaining of Heaven. Hence the colored man has equal rights with the white man as to liberty of conscience, freedom of worship, etc., and all requisite means thereto. 2. It is certain that the colored citizen has equal rights with the white citizen politically. This implies the right to vote, to hold office, elective and appointive , etc. Some question the Negro’s right to vote in a white primary, but the Supreme Court of the U.S.A. by an 8 to 1 vote decided the Negro has this right. Distributive justice requires that State funds for education etc., be proportionately equally distributed among the white and colored citizens. 3. It is certain that the colored man had equal rights economically in that he has a right to a fair opportunity to make a decent living wage, to be paid an Appendixes  205 Archives of the New Orleans Province of the Society of Jesus. Anderson final pages 8/10/05 9:15 AM Page 205 equal salary for equal work, etc; however, the F.E.P.C. seems to extend this too far by denying to an employer the right to hire a white man in preference to a colored. 4. It is no means certain that there is social equality between the races. As is obvious, different groups of men, even of the same race, tend to form their own social units. Hence laws of segregation in means of transportation, hotels, stores, places of amusement, schools, etc., if approved by a majority, probably are not unethical or un-Christian. The same holds with regard to zoning laws restricting white or colored residential districts. Of course in all these cases the supposition is that equal service is given for equal price, i.e., if the colored man is charged the same as the white for riding the streetcar, he be given equal convenience with the white. In conclusion, it would seem if each race were given equal opportunity to develop itself separated socially from the other, this system would work out to the greater advantage of both than a system which would attempt to impose social equality by a fiat of civil law. Practical Rules In the practical efforts to better inter-racial relations the following are to be observed: a. The abolition of segregation seems to be the immediate aim and objective of some. Because of local conditions precipitate action may, and has, delayed the attainment of this objective. Let every effort be made toward the betterment of the religious, moral, economic, educational and living conditions of the Negro race. Raise the standard of the Negro people and segregation will not be an issue. Therefore, let Ours de-emphasize the matter of segregation and intensify efforts to better the condition of the Negro as above stated. This will not get you publicity and acclaim as a hero, but will be more effective to an attainment of the objective of every sincere promoter of inter-racial relations. b. From actual experience it is evident that signs on the campus do not help better race relations, are not good publicity for the cause, but rather engender resentment, suspicion...

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