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Session 588, Minutes January 25, 1960 Page 5 was 5ranted. Dr. Weinhaus urged the Council to adopt Bill No. 5788. TLe next speaker was Mr. George Frazier, 6901 Etzel Avenue. Mr. Frazier spoke in opposition to integration. Reverend Allen Hackett~ 6315 Pershing Avenue, of the Pilgrim Congregational Church, asked to be recognized~ which request was granted. Reverend Hackett stated that he recently returned from a trip around the world. He spoke in favor of Bill No. 5788 and based his support of the proposal on the theory that :'the eyes of the world are on the United States." Next to be recognized was ~lr. Clarence Wirtz~ 7809 Trenton Avenue. Mr. Wirtz strongly opposed Bill No. 5788. Reverend Ned Cole, Dean of Christ Church Cathedral of St. Louis asked to be recognized, which request was granted. He said they have a Church in University City and that he had been requested to appear before the Council this evening by the Bishop of the Diocese. He urged the passage of the bill as proposed. At this juncture, Mayor Kau~aan stated that as a matter of record, he had a letter directed to the Missouri Commission on Human Rights for the purpose of ascertaining how many cities in the State of Missouri have a Human Re- lations Co~nission. According to the information he has, the Mayor said~ the State of Missouri has a Human Relations Commission in St. Louis, St. Joseph: Kmnsas City and Jefferson City -- two more are in process of cre- ating such commissions or are discussing same: Columbia and Springfield. This information is a matter of public information~ Mayor Kaufman said. I.ir. 2obert E. Stege, 1094 Pennsylvania, was next to address the Council and i4r. Stege spoke against Bill No. 5788. ~rs. Marilyn Goodman, 1077 Jackson Avenue, upon being recognized, urged the Council to adopt Bill No. 5788. Councilman Stake, at this point~ stated that he would be interested in hear- ing from Councilman Baris whether it was his intention to include barber slops and beauty parlors in Lis proposed amendments to the DEFINITION section of Bill No. 5788. Councilman Baris answered that the bill is not up for final adoption, but as is done in every case by members of the Council, he will submit his suggested revisions to the Council. He said that specifically with reference to beauty shops and barber shops, it is his belief that all places of public accormodation should be prohibited from discriminating and Le would so include beauty shops and barber shops as well as restaurants, hotels, etc. 14iss Sherry Galanis, 7127 Pershing, a student, upon being recognized, spoke against discrimination and favored passage of Bill No. 5788. Dr. James A. Butler, 7001 Horthmoor, was next to address the Council and he expressed the view that there is no need for the proposed ordinance~ Mr. Fred Webbe, 6319 Clemens Avenue, upon being recognized, stressed the fact that Bill No. 5788, if adopted, will result in depreciated property values. Hiss Sandy Feigenbaum, 1085 North and South Road, a student, asked to be